Publications

September 2009 (Revised May 2011)
Supplement

Acumen Fund: Measurement in Impact Investing (B)

By: Alnoor Ebrahim and V. Kasturi Rangan

As Acumen Fund, a global venture philanthropy firm, moves forward with an investment portfolio exceeding $22 million, it runs into two critical measurement problems. First, how should it track the performance of each investment when its interest is not just the bottom... View Details

Keywords: Venture Capital; Investment Portfolio; Philanthropy and Charitable Giving; Standards; Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact; Performance Evaluation; Social Enterprise; Competition; Financial Services Industry; Kenya

30 Dec 2013
Research & Ideas

Most Popular Articles of 2013

Advertising Authors Pavel Kireyev, Koen Pauwels, and Sunil Gupta find that popular Web metrics do not adequately capture consumer behavior online and lead marketers to create less effective marketing budgets. Organizational Factors that... View Details

Keywords: by Staff

December 2010 (Revised September 2011)
Case

Kanebo Ltd. (A)

By: David F. Hawkins, Suraj Srinivasan, Akiko Kanno and Lizzie Gomez

Speculation as to how Japanese companies might implement IFRS with particular emphasis on consolidation accounting. View Details

Keywords: History; Business Conglomerates; Misleading and Fraudulent Advertising; Consolidation; Financial Statements; International Finance; International Accounting; Standards; Goodwill Accounting; Manufacturing Industry; Japan

30 Jun 2015
First Look

First Look: June 30, 2015

the potential for non-traditional gender role models to gradually erode gender inequality in homes and labor markets. Download working paper: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=49311 Customers and Investors: A Framework for Understanding View Details

Keywords: Carmen Nobel

07 Mar 2017
First Look

First Look at New Research, March 7

of Kansas City) The Federal Reserve's Balance Sheet as a Financial-Stability Tool By: Greenwood, Robin, Samuel Gregory Hanson, and Jeremy C. Stein Abstract—We argue that the Federal Reserve should use its balance sheet to help reduce a key threat to View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

December 2002 (Revised January 2004)
Case

Basel II: Assessing the Default and Loss Characteristics of Project Finance Loans (A)

By: Benjamin C. Esty and Aldo Sesia

In June 1999, the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision announced plans to revise the capital standards for banks. The Basel Committee believed that project loans were significantly riskier than corporate loans and, therefore, warranted higher capital charges under... View Details

Keywords: Risk and Uncertainty; Project Finance; Financing and Loans; Projects; Standards; Banks and Banking; Banking Industry

January 2011 (Revised July 2011)
Case

Accounting for Catastrophes: BP PLC and Union Carbide Corporation (A)

By: David F. Hawkins

The IASB and FASB propose new contingency loss recognition, measurement, and disclosure rules (A case). The B and C cases apply these proposals to British Petroleum's Mexican Gulf oil spill and Union Carbide's Bhophal gas discharge. View Details

Keywords: Financial Reporting; International Accounting; Trade; International Finance; Standards; Strength and Weakness; Natural Disasters; Crisis Management; Governance Controls; Governing Rules, Regulations, and Reforms; Energy Industry; India

December 1999 (Revised April 2012)
Background Note

Earnings Per Share

By: David F. Hawkins

Discusses accounting rules for earnings per share measurement. The U.S. approach is described in detail and non-U.S. practices are briefly covered. A rewritten version of an earlier note. View Details

Keywords: Business Earnings; Stock Shares; Profit; Governing Rules, Regulations, and Reforms; Measurement and Metrics; United States

20 Nov 2018
First Look

New Research and Ideas, November 20, 2018

forthcoming Review of Financial Studies Private Equity and Financial Fragility During the Crisis By: Bernstein, Shai, Josh Lerner, and Filippo Mezzanotti Abstract—Do private equity firms contribute to View Details

Keywords: Dina Gerdeman

10 Nov 2015
First Look

November 10, 2015

forthcoming Journal of Financial Economics Under New Management: Equity Issues and the Attribution of Past Returns By: Baker, Malcolm, and Yuhai Xuan Abstract—There is a strong link between measures of stock market performance, such as... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

November 2010 (Revised December 2011)
Supplement

Oriflame S.A. (C)

By: David F. Hawkins and Karol Misztal

Notes from Oriflame's 2009 annual report relevant to the assessment of the monetary impact of Oriflame's FX risk management actions. View Details

Keywords: Financial Reporting; Financial Statements; International Accounting; Currency Exchange Rate; Annual Reports; Management Analysis, Tools, and Techniques; Risk Management; Standards; Beauty and Cosmetics Industry

13 Mar 2012
First Look

First Look: March 13

government has outsourced these inspections to the private sector. Analyzing millions of emissions tests, we find empirical support for our hypotheses that particular product portfolios and forms of governance can mitigate moral hazard. Our results have broad... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

13 Feb 2013
Research & Ideas

5 Weight Loss Tips From Behavioral Economists

day. If participants reached their weight loss goal by the end of the trial, they got to keep the money, thus doubling their deposits. But if they failed to reach the goal, they lost all the cash. Meanwhile, a control group of participants entered a weight loss program... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel

05 Aug 2002
Research & Ideas

Five questions for Regina E. Herzlinger

"bonus" long-term policies that reward those who switch to healthy lifestyles. Insurers and providers will receive risk-adjusted payments, so the sick will become financially attractive enrollees and patients. With today's... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace

August 2010 (Revised September 2011)
Background Note

Retiree Pension and Health Benefits

By: David F. Hawkins

Note on accounting for retiree pension and health benefits under IFRS and U.S. GAAP. View Details

Keywords: Financial Reporting; International Accounting; Health Care and Treatment; Compensation and Benefits; Standards; Retirement; United States