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- 24 Apr 2014
- News
Transforming the lives of the needy across Pakistan
thousands of small nonprofits in Pakistan that were doing amazing work on the ground remained undiscovered by mainstream donors. Borrowing from his private equity training, Wasim employed a metrics-driven...
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Podcast - Managing the Future of Work
the nation as a whole does not view this in such, “Oh, this is all great,” kind of terms. An idea of like, “Let’s just argue for unlimited visas,” that doesn’t play very well. Even something simple, like the...
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- April 2022
- Teaching Note
Gender Equality in Business: 100 Years of Progress?
By: Boris Groysberg and Colleen Ammerman
Teaching Note for HBS Case No. 422-066, "Gender Equality in Business: 100 Years of Progress?" The case traces the history of women in management from the early 20th to early 21st century through analysis of Harvard Business Review's coverage of women and gender. The...
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What Can You Do to Foster Gender Equity?
deeply. We found that gender biases affect women at all stages of their careers and create barriers to advancement. Identifying and understanding the commonalities in many women's experiences is an important first step to overcoming the...
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Podcast - Managing the Future of Work
they’ve got this ubiquitous source of data that they use for any processes. But when we started, we did get sidetracked in an interesting market. So we started selling workforce data to investment management firms—so these are hedge...
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- 01 Dec 2000
- News
New Economy Theme of HBS African-American Alumni Conference
of several young alumni, including program cochairs Jacqueline M. Jones (MBA 1997) and Bonita D. Powell (MBA 1995)." In addition, York M. Eggleston (MBA 1996) organized a preconference Equity Summit designed...
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- 15 Jul 2019
- Book
Many Executives Are Afraid of Finance. Here's How They Can Gain Confidence
disproportionate stock price hit to an earnings miss reflects that informational problem. The promise of private equity involves solving that gap between owners and managers. Buybacks must be interpreted in...
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by Dina Gerdeman
- 2008
- Working Paper
Long-Run Stockholder Consumption Risk and Asset Returns
By: Christopher J. Malloy, Tobias J. Moskowitz and Annette Vissing-Jorgensen
We provide new evidence on the success of long-run risks in asset pricing by focusing on the risks borne by stockholders. Exploiting micro-level household consumption data, we show that long-run stockholder consumption risk better captures cross-sectional...
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Malloy, Christopher J., Tobias J. Moskowitz, and Annette Vissing-Jorgensen. "Long-Run Stockholder Consumption Risk and Asset Returns." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 08-060, January 2008.
- December 2014
- Article
Market Competition, Earnings Management, and Persistence in Accounting Profitability Around the World
We examine how cross-country differences in product, capital, and labor market competition, and earnings management affect mean reversion in accounting return on assets. Using a sample of 48,465 unique firms from 49 countries, we find that accounting returns mean...
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Corporate Performance;
Valuation;
Equity Valuation;
Persistence;
Competitive Advantage;
Institutions;
Earnings Management;
Labor Market;
Capital Markets;
Competition;
Profit;
Performance;
Supply and Industry;
Financial Statements;
Government and Politics;
Globalized Markets and Industries
Healy, Paul M., George Serafeim, Suraj Srinivasan, and Gwen Yu. "Market Competition, Earnings Management, and Persistence in Accounting Profitability Around the World." Review of Accounting Studies 19, no. 4 (December 2014): 1281–1308.
- 16 Mar 2023
- News
Bringing DEI into the Core of Our Institutions
- July 2012 (Revised February 2013)
- Case
Société Internationale de Plantations et de Finance (SIPEF)
By: David Hawkins
Management of a company with extensive palm oil tree plantations questions the usefulness to management and investors of IAS41's requirement to value palm oil trees at their fair value.
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Financial Accounting;
International Financial Reporting Standards;
International Accounting Standards;
Biological Asset Accounting;
IAS41;
Historical Cost;
Equity Valuation;
Financial Ratios;
Plant-Based Agribusiness;
International Accounting;
Valuation;
Financial Reporting;
Fair Value Accounting;
Equity;
Agriculture and Agribusiness Industry
Hawkins, David. "Société Internationale de Plantations et de Finance (SIPEF)." Harvard Business School Case 113-027, July 2012. (Revised February 2013.)
Paul A. Gompers
Paul Gompers, Professor of Business Administration at the Harvard Business School, specializes in research on financial issues related to start-up, high growth, and newly public companies. Professor Gompers has an appointment in both the View Details
- 03 May 2023
- News
Why Confronting Racism in AI 'Creates a Better Future for All of Us'
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Podcast - Managing the Future of Work
belonging and inclusion.Kerr: Let’s go back to the pay equity part. Beyond paying the interns and not having free labor, what are some of the other things that you’ve done? And does this fall in gender...
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- 22 Apr 2002
- Research & Ideas
Profits and Prophets: The Role of Values in Investment
"Profits and Prophets: The Role of Values in Investment," at the Harvard Business School Möbius Leadership Forum on April 12. Hayes holds the Jacob H. Schiff Chair in Investment Banking at Harvard Business School, Emeritus....
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by Sean Silverthorne
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Harvard and the Legacy of Slavery | About
to you if and when you need support. The HBS Office of Diversity, Equity & Inclusion is a resource to our full community; additionally, students can reach out to SAS staff (617.495.6087 or sas@hbs.edu) or...
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Podcast - Managing the Future of Work
on recoding work for gender equity If it’s cool for girls to code, why aren’t more women working in technology? And why are working mothers in all sectors finding it difficult to establish and maintain careers? Reshma Saujani, founder...
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The Importance of Mentorship: A Conversation With Professor Ting Zhang - MBA
Government Health Care / BioTech Manufacturing Private Equity Real Estate Retail Social Enterprise Technology Venture Capital Audiences Audiences FirstGen+ College Diverse Perspectives International LGBTQ+ Military Socioeconomic Inclusion...
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- 12 Oct 2016
- Research & Ideas
Break the Rules of How Business is Done
of their equity plans by outlining in detail the possible scenarios and potential outcomes of their particular grants. The message here is A) you add value to this company and...
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by Julia B. Austin
- 11 Dec 2018
- Blog Post
Recap of the 4th Annual Women in Investing Summit
Caitlin Riederer (MBA ’20) co-chaired the 2018 Women in Investing Summit. Prior to attending HBS, she worked in private equity at Charlesbank Capital Partners and strategy consulting at The Boston Consulting Group. Caitlin received...
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