by Paul M. Healy and George Serafeim - Publications - Faculty & Research

The World Bank estimates that the equivalent of $1 trillion is offered in bribes every year. In the age of globalization, it's easy to see how giving into bribery might be competitively advantageous. In fact, research by Harvard Business... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel

24 Nov 2014
Research & Ideas

Corrupting Silence: Companies Must Speak Up Against Bribes

troubles, HBS's Paul M. Healy, the James R. Williston Professor and Senior Associate Dean for Research, saw a unique opportunity to examine an elephant in the room in the... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding

Article

Discussion of Earnings-based Bonus Plans and Earnings Management by Business Unit Managers

By: Paul M. Healy

Keywords: Management; Compensation and Benefits; Earnings Management

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02 Aug 2022
Research & Ideas

6 Strategies for Building Socially Responsible—and Profitable—Companies

A dozen years ago, Harvard Business School Professor George Serafeim wondered why some companies operated with an eye toward the greater good, while most did not. Back then, he always got the same response: Corporate leaders thought social and environmental practices... View Details

Keywords: by Lane Lambert

12 Mar 2024
HBS Case

How Used Products Can Unlock New Markets: Lessons from Apple's Refurbished iPhones

Some of Apple’s most loyal customers think nothing of upgrading to the latest iPhone every time one comes out. But what about consumers who can’t splurge on a $1,000 iPhone 15 Pro? And what about the electronic waste that would accrue if people threw away functional... View Details

Keywords: by Rachel Layne; Electronics; Information Technology

30 Jun 2015
First Look

First Look: June 30, 2015

https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=46138 Forthcoming Accounting Review An Analysis of Self-reported Anticorruption Efforts By: Healy, Paul M., and George View Details

Keywords: Carmen Nobel

21 Nov 2011
Lessons from the Classroom

The New Challenge of Leading Financial Firms

Business School Professor Paul M. Healy in a recent interview. "The firms in the business have much more complexity in the types of the risks they are managing, in the... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel; Financial Services

07 Jul 2020
Research & Ideas

Market Investors Pay More for Resilient Companies

The steep market drop in the early days of the COVID-19 crisis is being used as a laboratory to study the importance of companies investing in stakeholder relations with their employees, suppliers, and customers, and how those investments could be strategic resources... View Details

Keywords: by Kristen Senz; Financial Services

02 Jan 2018
Research & Ideas

The Most Popular Stories and Research Papers of 2017

Battilana. Want to Be Happier? Spend Some Money on Avoiding Household Chores In an age of time scarcity, buying our way out of the negative moments in the day is an important key to happiness, according to research by Ashley V. Whillans,... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne

2013
Book

Business Analysis and Valuation: Using Financial Statements, Text and Cases

By: Krishna G. Palepu and Paul M. Healy

This book provides a framework for business analysis and has been used by business schools throughout the world. It provides a foundation for analysis using four key steps: 1) Strategy analysis: Identifying a firm's strategy and understanding sources of its competitive... View Details

Keywords: Governance; Debt Securities; Valuation; Performance Evaluation; Financial Statements; Credit; Business Ventures; Strategy; Financial Condition; Mergers and Acquisitions; Forecasting and Prediction

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11 Apr 2017
First Look

First Look at New Research, April 11

forthcoming Journal of Accounting & Economics Career Concerns of Banking Analysts By: Horton, Joanne, George Serafeim, and Shan Wu Abstract—We study how career concerns influence banking analysts'... View Details

12 Dec 2017
First Look

New Research and Ideas, December 12, 2017

https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=53593 Material Sustainability Information and Stock Price Informativeness By: Grewal, Jody, Clarissa Hauptmann, and George View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

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Voluntary, Self-Regulatory, and Mandatory Disclosure of Oil and Gas Company Payments to Foreign Governments

Causes and Consequences of Firm Disclosures of Anticorruption Efforts

Who Pays for White-Collar Crime?

What Impedes Oil and Gas Companies’ Transparency?

The Use of Broker Votes to Reward Brokerage Firms’ and Their Analysts’ Research Activities

Market Competition, Government Efficiency, and Profitability Around the World

Earnings Information Conveyed by Dividend Initiations and Omissions

Ketchup and Hotdog Synergies: Intangibles Created by the Kraft Heinz Merger

The Real Cost of Bribery