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- October 2004 (Revised January 2006)
- Tutorial
Introduction to Responsibility Accounting Systems
By: David F. Hawkins, V.G. Narayanan, Jacob Cohen and Michele Jurgens
Responsibility accounting systems generate financial and related nonfinancial information about the actual and planned activities of a company's responsibility centers--organizational units headed by managers responsible for a unit's performance. The principal...
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- May 2003 (Revised March 2006)
- Case
Carol Fishman Cohen: Professional Career Reentry (A)
By: Myra M. Hart, Robin J. Ely and Susan Wojewoda
Explores the career challenges facing highly successful women who leave the full-time workforce for several years to manage family commitments. Carol Cohen is a 1985 Harvard MBA who has professional line experience in a manufacturing environment, followed by a...
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Hart, Myra M., Robin J. Ely, and Susan Wojewoda. "Carol Fishman Cohen: Professional Career Reentry (A)." Harvard Business School Case 803-185, May 2003. (Revised March 2006.)
- September 2002 (Revised January 2003)
- Case
Dimensional Fund Advisors, 2002
Dimensional Fund Advisors (DFA) is an investment management firm that prides itself on basing its investment strategies on sound academic research. Many of the best-known finance research papers of the past two decades (especially those by Eugene Fama and Kenneth...
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Cohen, Randolph B. "Dimensional Fund Advisors, 2002." Harvard Business School Case 203-026, September 2002. (Revised January 2003.)
- September 2002 (Revised January 2003)
- Case
A-Rod: Signing the Best Player in Baseball
This case analyzes a large investment decision considered by the Texas Rangers in 2000: whether to spend $252 million for the services of shortstop Alex Rodriguez. The signing was probably the most controversial sports contract of the past decade.
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Cohen, Randolph B., and Jason Wallace. "A-Rod: Signing the Best Player in Baseball." Harvard Business School Case 203-047, September 2002. (Revised January 2003.)
- November 2000 (Revised May 2001)
- Case
State of South Carolina, The
This case presents the managerial dilemma faced by the treasurer of South Carolina in 1998. Until last year, the South Carolina state pension fund (with over $17 billion in assets) was barred by the state constitution from investing in equities. After the constitution...
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Keywords:
Risk and Uncertainty;
Capital Markets;
Investment Return;
Public Administration Industry;
South Carolina
Cohen, Randolph B., and Mark L. Mitchell. "State of South Carolina, The." Harvard Business School Case 201-061, November 2000. (Revised May 2001.)
- October 2000 (Revised October 2000)
- Case
Off-Balance Sheet Leases in the Restaurant Industry
By: Amy P. Hutton, Paul M. Healy and Jacob Cohen
Amid mounting concern by credit agencies about off-balance sheet liabilities, an analyst for one of the leading credit-rating agencies has been asked to make a presentation about off-balance sheet liabilities, the strategic analysis behind leasing versus purchasing...
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Keywords:
Fair Value Accounting;
Property;
Leasing;
Financial Statements;
Capital Structure;
Credit;
Financial Services Industry
Hutton, Amy P., Paul M. Healy, and Jacob Cohen. "Off-Balance Sheet Leases in the Restaurant Industry." Harvard Business School Case 101-033, October 2000. (Revised October 2000.)
- September 2000
- Case
MCI-WorldCom Combination, The (A)
By: Paul M. Healy and Jacob Cohen
Outlines the accounting decision faced by WorldCom in its acquisition of MCI. Two methods are discussed (purchase and pooling) and students are asked to evaluate which would be more suitable for WorldCom.
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Healy, Paul M., and Jacob Cohen. "MCI-WorldCom Combination, The (A)." Harvard Business School Case 101-027, September 2000.
- November 1999 (Revised July 2003)
- Case
Pre-Paid Legal Services, Inc.
By: Paul M. Healy and Jacob Cohen
Pre-Paid Legal Services' business model reveals two key issues--managing the sales force and sales growth and managing claims. Students analyze the economics of the business and consider how to measure firm performance, how to evaluate and reward the sales force, and...
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Keywords:
Financial Management;
Financial Strategy;
Salesforce Management;
Marketing Strategy;
Accrual Accounting;
Business Cycles;
Forecasting and Prediction;
Insurance;
Business Growth and Maturation;
Insurance Industry
Healy, Paul M., and Jacob Cohen. "Pre-Paid Legal Services, Inc." Harvard Business School Case 100-037, November 1999. (Revised July 2003.)
- Teaching Interest
Overview
By: Lauren H. Cohen
Family Enterprises - Family Offices - FinTech - Innovation - Patent Landscape - Asset Pricing - Behavioral Finance - Asset Management
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- Research Summary
Overview
By: Lauren H. Cohen
For Professor Cohen's recent articles and working papers, please visit his personal website.
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- Forthcoming
- Article
The Health Risks of Generative AI-Based Wellness Apps
By: Julian De Freitas and G. Cohen
Artifcial intelligence (AI)-enabled chatbots are increasingly being used to
help people manage their mental health. Chatbots for mental health and
particularly ‘wellness’ applications currently exist in a regulatory ‘gray area’.
Indeed, most generative AI-powered...
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Keywords:
AI and Machine Learning;
Well-being;
Governing Rules, Regulations, and Reforms;
Applications and Software
De Freitas, Julian, and G. Cohen. "The Health Risks of Generative AI-Based Wellness Apps." Nature Medicine (forthcoming). (Pre-published online April 29, 2024.)
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