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- 16 Oct 2019
- Working Paper Summaries
Core Earnings? New Data and Evidence
- July 2002 (Revised March 2005)
- Case
Kendall Square Research Corporation (A) (Abridged)
By: William J. Bruns Jr. and F. Warren McFarlan
Kendall Square Research was a small competitor in the supercomputer industry. Sales grew rapidly in 1992 and early 1993, and the company sold stock to the public for the first time. Analysts forecasted higher earnings for 1993, then the company's revenue recognition...
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Bruns, William J., Jr., and F. Warren McFarlan. "Kendall Square Research Corporation (A) (Abridged)." Harvard Business School Case 303-036, July 2002. (Revised March 2005.)
- March 2013
- Case
NovaStar Financial: A Short Seller's Battle
By: Suraj Srinivasan and Amy Kaser
The NovaStar case describes the challenges faced by short seller Marc Cohodes of hedge fund Rocker Partners as he tried to expose what he thought was widespread fraud in mortgage lender NovaStar Financial. The case is set in the time period from 2001 to 2007 and tracks...
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Keywords:
Short Selling;
Financial Accounting;
Financial Analysis;
Financial Analysts;
Valuation;
Business Analysis;
Financial Statement Analysis;
Financial Statements;
Securitization;
Securities Analysis;
Fraud;
Accounting Quality;
Accounting Red Flags;
Accounting Restatements;
Hedge Fund;
Hedge Funds;
Accounting Scandal;
Accounting Fraud;
Financial Crisis;
Financial Intermediaries;
Financial Firms;
Corporate Accountability;
Subprime Lending;
Mortgage Lending;
Accounting;
Accrual Accounting;
Fair Value Accounting;
Governance;
Governance Compliance;
Corporate Governance;
Governance Controls;
Financial Services Industry;
United States;
California
Srinivasan, Suraj, and Amy Kaser. "NovaStar Financial: A Short Seller's Battle." Harvard Business School Case 113-120, March 2013.
- March 2003 (Revised October 2003)
- Case
Campbell Soup Company: Transforming for the 21st Century
By: Lynda M. Applegate and Jamie Ladge
In July 2001, Campbell Soup's newly appointed CEO, Douglas R. Conant, addressed a group of Wall Street analysts and unveiled his plan to kick-start growth. His plan called for organizational renewal and revitalization, redesign of core customer-facing processes...
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Keywords:
Customer Focus and Relationships;
Entrepreneurship;
Growth and Development Strategy;
Marketing Strategy;
Product Marketing;
Industry Structures;
Production;
Supply Chain Management;
Competition;
Competitive Strategy;
Consumer Products Industry;
Food and Beverage Industry;
United States
Applegate, Lynda M., and Jamie Ladge. "Campbell Soup Company: Transforming for the 21st Century." Harvard Business School Case 803-119, March 2003. (Revised October 2003.)
- 10 Sep 2010
- Working Paper Summaries
The Impact of Corporate Social Responsibility on Investment Recommendations
- January 2011
- Case
The Risk-Reward Framework at Morgan Stanley Research
By: Suraj Srinivasan and David Lane
The case describes the Risk-Reward framework that Morgan Stanley analysts use as a systematic approach to communicate a broader range of fundamental insights about a company rather than the traditional single point estimates. The goal of the framework is to focus the...
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Keywords:
Financial Statements;
Forecasting and Prediction;
Equity;
Framework;
Management Analysis, Tools, and Techniques;
Risk Management;
Business Processes;
Research;
Valuation
Srinivasan, Suraj, and David Lane. "The Risk-Reward Framework at Morgan Stanley Research." Harvard Business School Case 111-011, January 2011.
- 19 Jan 2011
- News
Can Apple Find More Hits Without its Tastemaker?
- July 2020 (Revised November 2020)
- Case
Pricing at Netflix
By: Elie Ofek, Marco Bertini, Oded Koenigsberg and Amy Klopfenstein
Since its launch in 1998 as “the Amazon.com of DVDs,” Netflix had evolved from a DVD rental company to a video streaming platform and producer of original films and television shows. As the company matured, it regularly increased prices and adjusted its product...
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Keywords:
Pricing;
Marketing;
Marketing Strategy;
Entertainment;
Film Entertainment;
Television Entertainment;
Finance;
Price;
Strategy;
Competition;
Competitive Strategy;
Business Strategy;
Adaptation;
Information Technology;
Internet and the Web;
Digital Platforms;
Customers;
Customer Satisfaction;
Customer Value and Value Chain;
Entertainment and Recreation Industry;
North and Central America;
United States
Ofek, Elie, Marco Bertini, Oded Koenigsberg, and Amy Klopfenstein. "Pricing at Netflix." Harvard Business School Case 521-004, July 2020. (Revised November 2020.)
- November 2006 (Revised March 2008)
- Case
Kendall Square Research Corporation
Kendall Square Research was a small competitor in the supercomputer industry. Sales grew rapidly in 1992 and early 1993 and the company sold stock to the public for the first time. Analysts forecast higher earnings for 1993, then the company's revenue recognition...
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McFarlan, F. Warren. "Kendall Square Research Corporation." Harvard Business School Case 307-010, November 2006. (Revised March 2008.)
- 13 May 2011
- News
Something for the weekend
- 18 Dec 2018
- News
José Mourinho thought he could buy success – now he’s paid the price
Samuel G. Hanson
Samuel G. Hanson is the William L. White Professor of Business Administration at Harvard Business School, a Research Associate at the National Bureau of Economic Research, and a Faculty Affiliate of the Harvard Economics department. He teaches Finance 1... View Details
- April 2018 (Revised March 2019)
- Case
Tesla-SolarCity
By: E. Scott Mayfield and Emil N. Siriwardane
On June 21, 2016, Tesla Motors, Inc. announced its offer to acquire SolarCity, bringing CEO Elon Musk one step closer to completing his goal of moving the world from a hydrocarbon-based economy to a solar-electric one. Markets and analysts were mixed in their reaction...
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Keywords:
Tesla;
SolarCity;
Solar Power;
Mergers and Acquisitions;
Renewable Energy;
Goals and Objectives;
Finance
Mayfield, E. Scott, and Emil N. Siriwardane. "Tesla-SolarCity." Harvard Business School Case 218-108, April 2018. (Revised March 2019.)
Elisabeth Kempf
Elisabeth Kempf is an Associate Professor in the Finance Unit, teaching Finance 1 to MBA students. She is also a Faculty Research Fellow at the National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) and a Research Affiliate at the Centre for Economic Policy and Research... View Details
- 31 Jul 2010
- News
Singapore: The Hottest (Little) Economy in the World
- 28 Nov 2012
- News
How Women Succeed on Wall Street
- April 2002 (Revised July 2002)
- Case
Imagicast
By: John T. Gourville and Alison Berkley Wagonfeld
Imagicast has brought to market an interactive, multimedia retail kiosk designed to increase product sales. In spite of promising projections by industry analysts and detailed demand forecasts by Imagicast management, the company has yet to sell a single kiosk. Time...
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Keywords:
Forecasting and Prediction;
Crisis Management;
Product Launch;
Demand and Consumers;
Sales;
Technology;
Retail Industry;
United States
Gourville, John T., and Alison Berkley Wagonfeld. "Imagicast." Harvard Business School Case 502-052, April 2002. (Revised July 2002.)
- Spring 2013
- Article
Does Mandatory IFRS Adoption Improve the Information Environment?
By: Joanne Horton, George Serafeim and Ioanna Serafeim
We examine the effect of mandatory International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) adoption on firms' information environment. We find that after mandatory IFRS adoption, consensus forecast errors decrease for firms that mandatorily adopt IFRS relative to forecast...
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Keywords:
International Accounting;
Financial Reporting;
Standards;
Information;
Quality;
Earnings Management
Horton, Joanne, George Serafeim, and Ioanna Serafeim. "Does Mandatory IFRS Adoption Improve the Information Environment?" Contemporary Accounting Research 30, no. 1 (Spring 2013): 388–423.