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- 03 Nov 2003
- What Do You Think?
Can Investors Have Too Much Accounting Transparency?
Section 404, which will become common knowledge from Wall Street to Main Street, as well as rules promulgated by the Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) in recent years. This is not an issue of interest only to those of us in the U.S., as suggested by a number...
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by James Heskett
- 06 Dec 2016
- First Look
December 6, 2016
advantage is modeled as a stock of capability that accumulates over time, a firm's proclivity to manage short-term earnings at the expense of long-term investment can have very different consequences depending on whether the firm's...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 11 Oct 2017
- Research & Ideas
The House Wants to Squelch Voices of ‘Small’ Shareholders. Research Shows Those Voices Matter.
Blair Storie-Johnson Right now, the eligibility requirements to submit a shareholder proposal are fairly nonrestrictive: A shareholder must hold either a mere $2,000 of stock in a company or at least 1 percent of a company’s shares. “Even...
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by Carmen Nobel
- 02 Jul 2001
- What Do You Think?
Built to Last or Bought to Sell?
assumption that continuity is more desirable. The problem apparently has much to do with the narrow definition of success, the ability to outperform the stock market that the authors use as the primary criterion for their study. Jonathan...
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by James Heskett
- 11 Sep 2000
- Research & Ideas
Riding the Internet Fast Track
bottom lines, ultimately depressing stock prices. To circumvent this problem, some firms issue "tracking stock," hoping that capital markets will perceive them much like traditional start-up stocks. So when should a company...
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by Peter Jacobs
- 03 Mar 2008
- First Look
First Look: March 4, 2008
and senior officers of firms, we test the hypothesis that analysts' school ties to senior officers impart comparative information advantages in the production of analyst research. We find evidence that analysts outperform on their stock...
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Martha Lagace
- 12 May 2009
- First Look
First Look: May 12, 2009
recommendations cover the entire hiring cycle in seven steps: anticipating the need for new hires, specifying the job, developing a pool of candidates, assessing the candidates, closing the deal, integrating the newcomer, and reviewing...
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Martha Lagace
- 01 Feb 2011
- First Look
First Look: Feb. 1
level. Inheriting Losers Authors:Li Jin and Anna Scherbina Publication:Review of Financial Studies (forthcoming) Abstract We show that new managers who take over mutual fund portfolios sell off inherited momentum losers at higher rates than View Details
- 30 Jan 2017
- Research & Ideas
Vanguard, Trian And The Problem With 'Passive' Index Funds
On August 31, 2016, many investors celebrated the 40th birthday of one of the world’s most successful financial instruments: the mutual index fund, created by Vanguard founder John C. Bogle. Index funds, which automatically track an index of View Details
- 08 Apr 2014
- First Look
First Look: April 8
a comprehensive deal persuasively enough to transform more Iranian skeptics into active supporters-a necessary condition for success if there is an acceptable deal at the next stage. To sway skeptics, I recommend a specific...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 06 Mar 2012
- First Look
First Look: March 6
Healy, George Serafeim, Devin Shanthikumar, and Gui Yang Abstract We examine the selection and performance of stocks recommended by analysts at a large investment firm relative to those of sell-side analysts...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Sep 2014
- News
Alumni and Faculty Books for September 2014
Alumni Books Coffee Can Investing: A Better Idea Than Mutual Funds in an IRA or 401(k) by Terry Allen (MBA 1963) Fuller Mountain Press This book describes exactly what to do to maximize returns for those who want to bet on the stock...
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- 29 Jan 2008
- First Look
First Look: January 29, 2008
leveraged buyout firm. To the best of our knowledge, this is the first paper to analyze the importance of leveraged buyout firms' bank relationships and provide evidence for leveraged buyout firms' favorable leverage terms. Institutional View Details
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Martha Lagace
- 02 Jan 2008
- Research & Ideas
Most Popular Stories 2007
2.0" turned up on the online encyclopedia one day—and was recommended for deletion—McAfee and colleague Karim R. Lakhani knew they had the makings of an insightful case study on collaboration and governance in the digital world....
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by Sean Silverthorne
- 18 Aug 2009
- First Look
First Look: August 18
stock repurchases. We investigate whether the informativeness of payout policy with respect to earnings quality changes over this period. We find that the reported earnings of dividend paying firms are more persistent than those of other...
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Martha Lagace
- 08 Jun 2018
- News
My First Job: Selling Shoes, Surviving Black Monday, and Shaped by Chicken Lenses
investment banking division for Goldman Sachs. And it was kind of an interesting experience I thought I'd share quickly. We started the training program in about September of 1987, then in October of 1987 there was a big stock market...
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- 27 Mar 2018
- First Look
First Look at New Research, March 27, 2018
sell-side analysts employed at state-owned brokerages issued relatively optimistic earnings forecasts and stock recommendations during these periods. This relative optimism is particularly pronounced in...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 10 Aug 2020
- Blog Post
HBS Summer Fellows Focus on Racial Equity and Justice
Boston, initially stocked with 30 books each, and garner used and new book donations to promote a continual exchange of books. After establishing a process for exchanging books and knowledge on racial justice, I plan to test different...
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- 19 Jul 2011
- First Look
First Look: July 19
resulting from the liberalization of the Turkish economy. Purchase this case:http://cb.hbsp.harvard.edu/cb/product/811081-PDF-ENG Oriental Fortune Capital: Building a Better Stock Exchange Josh Lerner and Keith Chi-ho WongHarvard Business...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 05 Dec 2012
- What Do You Think?
Should Managers Bother Listening to Predictions?
they too often are based on the wrong things, what he calls the "noise" (short-term stock market action) rather than the "signal" embedded in the noise (long-term secular trends in the market). In his view, the problem...
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by James Heskett