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- 2003
- Article
Confirming Management Earnings Forecasts, Earnings Uncertainty, and Stock Returns
By: Michael B. Clement, Richard Frankel and Jeffrey Miller
In this study we examine the association among confirming management forecasts, stock prices, and analyst expectations. Confirming management forecasts are voluntary disclosures by management that corroborate existing market expectations about future earnings. This...
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Clement, Michael B., Richard Frankel, and Jeffrey Miller. "Confirming Management Earnings Forecasts, Earnings Uncertainty, and Stock Returns." Journal of Accounting Research 41, no. 4 (2003): 653–679.
- May 2020 (Revised November 2021)
- Supplement
Valuing Peloton
Peloton Interactive, a well-known unicorn in the connected fitness space, had gone public with a market capitalization of over $8.0 billion. In the weeks following its public debut, Peloton’s stock price fell by over 25%. Taylor Knox, a stock analyst and enthusiastic...
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- March 2000
- Case
Dell Computer Corporation: Share Repurchase Program
By: George C. Chacko and Luis M. Viceira
Dell Computer Corp. announced a share repurchase program shortly after a significant stock price drop. In this announcement, the company also states that it will use options contracts. This case looks at the options transactions and how they relate to Dell's employee...
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Chacko, George C., and Luis M. Viceira. "Dell Computer Corporation: Share Repurchase Program." Harvard Business School Case 200-056, March 2000.
- April 2022
- Article
Predictable Financial Crises
Using historical data on post-war financial crises around the world, we show that crises are substantially predictable. The combination of rapid credit and asset price growth over the prior three years, whether in the nonfinancial business or the household sector, is...
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Greenwood, Robin, Samuel G. Hanson, Andrei Shleifer, and Jakob Ahm Sørensen. "Predictable Financial Crises." Journal of Finance 77, no. 2 (April 2022): 863–921.
- October 2002 (Revised January 2003)
- Case
Hermitage Fund, The: Media and Corporate Governance in Russia
William Browder, the top executive of the Hermitage Fund, the best-performing international equity fund over the last five years, attributed much of his funds' strong returns to its focus on shareholder activism and corporate governance. In 2001, he was putting this...
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Dyck, Alexander. "Hermitage Fund, The: Media and Corporate Governance in Russia." Harvard Business School Case 703-010, October 2002. (Revised January 2003.)
- January 2017
- Case
Danaher Corporation, 2007–2017
By: John R. Wells and Gabriel Ellsworth
On July 2, 2016, Danaher Corporation completed the spinoff of Fortive Corporation. The previous day, Danaher’s stock price had reached an all-time high. In 2015, Danaher had decided to split off its test and measurement, fuel and fleet management, and automation...
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Keywords:
Danaher;
Fortive;
Larry Culp;
Beckman Coulter;
Pall;
Life Sciences;
Diagnostics;
Environmental Operations;
Water Management;
Dental;
Testing;
Measurement;
Fuel;
Fleet Management;
Automation;
Toolmaking;
Tools;
Disease Management;
Continuous Improvement;
Toyota Production System;
Divestiture;
Spinoffs;
Spin-off;
Networks;
Acquisition;
Mergers and Acquisitions;
Business Conglomerates;
Business Divisions;
Business Subsidiaries;
Business Units;
Business Growth and Maturation;
Business Model;
For-Profit Firms;
Joint Ventures;
Restructuring;
Engineering;
Chemicals;
Construction;
Machinery and Machining;
Profit;
Revenue;
Globalized Firms and Management;
Multinational Firms and Management;
Health;
Health Care and Treatment;
Health Disorders;
Medical Specialties;
Business History;
Job Cuts and Outsourcing;
Business or Company Management;
Growth and Development Strategy;
Management Analysis, Tools, and Techniques;
Management Practices and Processes;
Management Succession;
Management Systems;
Resource Allocation;
Market Entry and Exit;
Measurement and Metrics;
Logistics;
Business Processes;
Organizational Change and Adaptation;
Public Ownership;
Problems and Challenges;
Science;
Genetics;
Natural Environment;
Wastes and Waste Processing;
Science-Based Business;
Opportunities;
Strategy;
Adaptation;
Business Strategy;
Competition;
Competitive Strategy;
Competitive Advantage;
Consolidation;
Corporate Strategy;
Diversification;
Expansion;
Technology;
Software;
Technology Networks;
Technology Platform;
Value;
Valuation;
Aerospace Industry;
Auto Industry;
Biotechnology Industry;
Chemical Industry;
Computer Industry;
Construction Industry;
Consumer Products Industry;
Distribution Industry;
Electronics Industry;
Food and Beverage Industry;
Health Industry;
Industrial Products Industry;
Information Technology Industry;
Manufacturing Industry;
Medical Devices and Supplies Industry;
Pharmaceutical Industry;
Retail Industry;
Rubber Industry;
Semiconductor Industry;
Shipping Industry;
Technology Industry;
Telecommunications Industry;
Utilities Industry;
United States;
District of Columbia
Wells, John R., and Gabriel Ellsworth. "Danaher Corporation, 2007–2017." Harvard Business School Case 717-464, January 2017.
- March 1989 (Revised October 1994)
- Case
Philip Morris Companies and Kraft, Inc.
Gives students the opportunity to explore the effect of substantial free cash flow on corporate acquisition and operating strategies. Students are also given the opportunity to extract information from the common stock prices of the participating firms. A variety of...
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Ruback, Richard S. "Philip Morris Companies and Kraft, Inc." Harvard Business School Case 289-045, March 1989. (Revised October 1994.)
- 13 May 2016
- News
Hate surge pricing? It’s not all bad
- April 1982 (Revised September 1986)
- Case
Ideal Standard France: Pat Paterson
A newly appointed country subsidiary manager must decide on action for an operation losing $1 million per month. He is constrained by price controls on one hand and sensitive union relations on the other. Furthermore a major loss-contributing plant has recently been...
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Keywords:
Business Subsidiaries;
Transition;
Cost Management;
Management;
Crisis Management;
Labor and Management Relations
Bartlett, Christopher A. "Ideal Standard France: Pat Paterson." Harvard Business School Case 382-139, April 1982. (Revised September 1986.)
- December 2008 (Revised March 2009)
- Case
The World Food Programme during the Global Food Crisis (A)
By: Anette Mikes, Peter Tufano, Eric D. Werker and Jan-Emmanuel De Neve
Rising food prices threatened an unprecedented number of people around the world with malnutrition or starvation in 2008. The new Executive Director of the United Nations' World Food Programme (WFP)—the world's largest food relief agency—must not only address this...
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Keywords:
Food;
Globalized Firms and Management;
Nutrition;
Crisis Management;
Business and Government Relations;
Nonprofit Organizations;
Welfare
Mikes, Anette, Peter Tufano, Eric D. Werker, and Jan-Emmanuel De Neve. "The World Food Programme during the Global Food Crisis (A)." Harvard Business School Case 709-024, December 2008. (Revised March 2009.)
- 07 Oct 2010
- News
Poll: Technology connects students, brings stress
- September 2020 (Revised June 2021)
- Case
Eaton Corporation: Portfolio Transformation and The Cost of Capital
By: Benjamin C. Esty, E. Scott Mayfield and Daniel Fisher
In 2000, Eaton Corporation was a broadly diversified industrial conglomerate. But its strategy was evolving and its focus was narrowing around “power management” and more recently on “intelligent power,” the use of digitally enabled products and services designed to...
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Keywords:
Mergers and Acquisitions;
Business Conglomerates;
Business Divisions;
Cost of Capital;
Corporate Finance;
Value;
Valuation;
Industrial Products Industry;
United States;
Denmark;
Republic of Ireland
Esty, Benjamin C., E. Scott Mayfield, and Daniel Fisher. "Eaton Corporation: Portfolio Transformation and The Cost of Capital." Harvard Business School Case 221-006, September 2020. (Revised June 2021.)
- May 2020 (Revised July 2020)
- Case
COVID-19: The Global Shutdown
By: Laura Alfaro and Sarah Jeong
In the first months of 2020, a pandemic overwhelmed the world. COVID-19, commonly known as the coronavirus, spread from China and created a severe public health emergency across countries. While an immediate fear of the disease’s impact on human life permeated society,...
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Keywords:
Trade;
Microeconomics;
Macroeconomics;
Financial Crisis;
Economy;
Economic Systems;
Economic Slowdown and Stagnation;
Economic Sectors;
Health Pandemics
Alfaro, Laura, and Sarah Jeong. "COVID-19: The Global Shutdown." Harvard Business School Case 320-108, May 2020. (Revised July 2020.)
- August 2013
- Article
Customer-Driven Misconduct: How Competition Corrupts Business Practices
By: Victor Manuel Bennett, Lamar Pierce, Jason A. Snyder and Michael W. Toffel
Competition among firms yields many benefits but can also encourage firms to engage in corrupt or unethical activities. We argue that competition can lead organizations to provide services that customers demand but that violate government regulations, especially when...
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Keywords:
Competition;
Crime and Corruption;
Management Practices and Processes;
Ethics;
Consumer Behavior;
Customer Satisfaction;
Auto Industry;
Service Industry
Bennett, Victor Manuel, Lamar Pierce, Jason A. Snyder, and Michael W. Toffel. "Customer-Driven Misconduct: How Competition Corrupts Business Practices." Management Science 59, no. 8 (August 2013): 1725–1742. (Online Appendix. Lead article. Nominated for "Best Conference Paper Award" and "SMS Best Conference Paper Prize for Practice Implications" at 2012 Strategic Management Society International Conference.)
Front Page News: The Effect of News Positioning on Financial markets
This paper estimates the effect of presentation of information on financial markets, using quasi-random variation in prominent "front page" positioning of news on the Bloomberg... View Details
- 2023
- Book
Move Fast and Fix Things: The Trusted Leader's Guide to Solving Hard Problems
By: Frances X. Frei and Anne Morriss
Speed has gotten a bad name in business, much of it deserved. When Facebook made "Move fast and break things" an informal company motto, it fueled a widely held belief that we can either make progress or take care of people, one or the other. That a certain amount of...
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Keywords:
Leading Change;
Performance Improvement;
Problems and Challenges;
Organizational Change and Adaptation;
Organizational Culture
Frei, Frances X., and Anne Morriss. Move Fast and Fix Things: The Trusted Leader's Guide to Solving Hard Problems. Harvard Business Review Press, 2023.
- June 1983
- Background Note
Note on the Paper Machinery Industry
Describes the major structural changes taking place in the paper industry in the 1970s: major oil and pulp price increases, pollution legislation, a shift in industry development from OECD countries to LDCs and NICs and the technological revolution in paper making....
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Keywords:
Engineering;
Price;
Global Strategy;
Growth and Development;
Industry Structures;
Organizational Change and Adaptation;
Pollutants;
Competition;
Pulp and Paper Industry
Bartlett, Christopher A. "Note on the Paper Machinery Industry." Harvard Business School Background Note 383-185, June 1983.
- February 2004 (Revised September 2006)
- Case
Finding a Response: Pixar and a Coy Story
Pixar, Inc. is the subject of an article that suggests its share price is currently overvalued. The article is picked up in summary by several wire services. Pixar's management must determine the appropriate public response. Its choices range from ignoring the article,...
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Keywords:
Media;
Animation Entertainment;
Decision Making;
Film Entertainment;
Communication Strategy;
Entertainment and Recreation Industry;
Media and Broadcasting Industry
Miller, Gregory S. "Finding a Response: Pixar and a Coy Story." Harvard Business School Case 104-069, February 2004. (Revised September 2006.)
- 06 Mar 2019
- News