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- 05 Mar 2019
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, March 5, 2019
(IMM), a measure of the social value created by a company per equity dollar invested. If a company fails to meet the IMM threshold, Rise will not invest in it. The case finds McGlashan and Maya Chorengel (HBS MBA ’97), Rise’s senior partner for impact, View Details
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Dina Gerdeman
- 16 Sep 2008
- First Look
First Look: September 16, 2008
These partners were concerned with the transparency of the advancement process, their ability to position themselves as both leaders within the firm and rainmakers, and the politics of promotion within the firm. The firm must find...
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- 10 Apr 2018
- First Look
First Look at New Research, April 10, 2018
Has Entered the Mainstream By: Chatterji, Aaron K., and Michael W. Toffel Abstract—Leaders in all sectors, from business to sports to education, are increasingly wading into controversial political and social issues. Based on interviews...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 20 Aug 2007
- Research & Ideas
HBS Cases: Using Investor Relations Proactively
linked to politics, economics, and ecology. Any bit of news, such as an oil tanker spill, a technical problem at a plant, or a political crisis in 1 of their sourcing countries, can send their share prices into a tailspin. Even good news...
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- 09 Feb 2016
- First Look
February 9, 2016
experiencing destabilizing social and political pressures. If successful, the CCP will forge a new path of urbanization, building cities before recruiting urban citizens. The process, however, entails possibilities of yet other social...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 18 Jul 2017
- First Look
First Look at New Research and Ideas, July 18, 2017
including rising sea levels, changing weather patterns and extreme weather, pressure on water and food, political and security risks, human health risks, and impact on wildlife and ecosystems. Next, responses to climate change are...
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Sean Silverthorne
- October 2023 (Revised April 2024)
- Case
Accounting Red Flags or Red Herrings at Catalent? (A)
By: Joseph Pacelli, ZeSean Ali and Tom Quinn
Fund manager Janet Curie asked for a recommendation about the pharmaceutical company Catalent. The company seemed like a solid investment. However, a pair of research reports issued over the previous two months complicated this narrative. GlassHouse Research, a short...
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Accounting Audits;
Budgets and Budgeting;
Business Earnings;
Earnings Management;
Cost Accounting;
Fair Value Accounting;
Financial Reporting;
Revenue Recognition;
Integrated Corporate Reporting;
Fairness;
Moral Sensibility;
Values and Beliefs;
Government Legislation;
Conflict of Interests;
Forms of Communication;
Announcements;
Blogs;
Debates;
Pharmaceutical Industry;
Accounting Industry;
United States
Pacelli, Joseph, ZeSean Ali, and Tom Quinn. "Accounting Red Flags or Red Herrings at Catalent? (A)." Harvard Business School Case 124-024, October 2023. (Revised April 2024.)
- 27 Mar 2018
- First Look
First Look at New Research, March 27, 2018
Abstract—Current academic and policy debates focus on the impact of tort reforms on physicians’ behavior and medical costs. This paper examines whether these reforms also affect incentives to develop new technologies. We develop a...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 13 Dec 2016
- First Look
December 13, 2016
hand. It also allows students to consider and debate whether the traditional private equity fund structure can be applied in Africa. In particular, the case focuses on one of Qalaa’s largest and most difficult greenfield infrastructure...
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Carmen Nobel
- 01 Feb 2011
- First Look
First Look: Feb. 1
Bonding Stick? A Natural Experiment Involving the Supreme Court and Cross-Listed Firms Authors:Amir N. Licht, Xi Li, and Jordan I. Siegel Abstract Using a natural experiment to overcome the empirical challenges facing the debate over the...
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- 23 Jan 2006
- Research & Ideas
Financial Reporting Goes Global
actually likely to lead to a heated debate internationally and in the U.S.—I am still not sure the standard setters will win out on this issue. There is a lot more that could be said in that area, but since it is not a purely...
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- 25 Sep 2018
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, September 25, 2018
candidates have the same political orientation (making coordination relatively more important and desirable), but they remain strong when two candidates only qualify for the second round (and there is no need for coordination), suggesting...
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Dina Gerdeman
- 21 Oct 2014
- First Look
First Look: October 21
phrases in content on U.S. political issues from two sources-Encyclopedia Britannica and Wikipedia. Our overall slant measure is less (more) than zero when an article leans towards Democrat (Republican) viewpoints, while bias is the...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 02 Jun 2010
- First Look
First Look: June 2
Leaders of organizations in the social sector are under growing pressure to demonstrate their impacts on pressing societal problems such as global poverty. We review the debates around performance and impact, drawing on three literatures:...
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Martha Lagace
- 18 Sep 2018
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, September 18, 2018
uniting, becoming more “producer-friendly,” and consider the role within ASGM governance systems they are best suited to play (which may be none at all). Findings contribute to debates on the merits of increasing governance fragmentation...
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Dina Gerdeman
- 03 May 2011
- First Look
First Look: May 3
things, and events. They provide contexts in which executives and employees can interact to create new meaning. Phronetic leaders use metaphors and stories to convert their experience into tacit knowledge that others can use. They exert View Details
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Sean Silverthorne
- 10 Jul 2018
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, July 10, 2018
(e.g., cereal) products, and they are being courted by two major players in each category. With an award-winning snack bar in their hands, they are now debating whether they should delve further in to the ready-to-eat category. It is a...
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Dina Gerdeman
- 19 May 2009
- First Look
First Look: May 19, 2009
companies, taking as our point of departure a particularly energetic debate during a symposium at the 2007 Academy of Management meetings. We surface the assumptions that underlie such debates, compare them with findings from our research...
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Martha Lagace
- 15 Feb 2011
- First Look
First Look: Feb. 15
experiments offer evidence that debates about the relative costs and benefits of self-deception are informed by adopting a temporal view that assesses the cumulative impact of self-deception over time. Download the paper:...
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Sean Silverthorne