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  • 28 Aug 2012
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First Look: August 28

the paper: http://dx.plos.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0042673 Mandatory IFRS Adoption and Financial Statement Comparability Authors: Francois Brochet, Alan Jagolinzer, and Edward J. Riedl Publication: Contemporary View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 30 Aug 2004
  • Research & Ideas

Mapping Your Board’s Effectiveness

Subsequently, it needs information on how well the strategy is being implemented and what results the strategy is delivering. Directors cannot infer from quarterly financial statements whether the company has selected a sensible customer... View Details
Keywords: by Robert S. Kaplan
  • 18 Jan 2021
  • Book

How Thinking Like a Startup Helps Governments Solve More Problems

differences, clearly public entrepreneurs are ultimately responsible to and accountable to voters, citizens, people living in the community. And that’s different from being mainly responsible to private stakeholders and private customers.... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
  • 05 Sep 2017
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First Look at New Research and Ideas, September 5, 2017

of 9,360 U.S. cities found that air pollution predicted six different categories of crime; these analyses accounted for a comprehensive set of control variables (e.g., city and year fixed effects, population, law enforcement) and survived... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 16 Mar 2010
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First Look: March 16

Abstract This paper explores the psychology of conflict of interest by investigating how conflicting interests affect both public statements and private judgments. The results suggest that judgments are easily influenced by affiliation... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 16 Dec 2014
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First Look: December 16

effectiveness because people were not accountable to each other for progress, did not have shared understanding of their work, and faced interpersonal risks when reaching out to other roles. The redesign introduced new mesolevel... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 26 Feb 2019
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New Research and Ideas, February 26, 2019

attempts at managing these ”strategic paradoxes” fail because they’re not managed carefully and consistently. (It’s easy to write a great purpose statement or to dream up a new business model but way more difficult to follow through when... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
  • 19 Jul 2011
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First Look: July 19

response to, varying market conditions. However, while the problems of balance-sheet liability and revenue recognition, and the related problems of income statement presentation, can be resolved by the application of DV/RV reasoning, this... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 28 Aug 2007
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First Look: August 28, 2007

Harvard Business School Case 107-035 Obadiah Vineyard's owners create financial statements in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles (GAAP) to help them obtain funding to plant more... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 22 Jan 2013
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First Look: Jan. 22

  PublicationsThe Burden of Guilt: Heavy Backpacks, Light Snacks, and Enhanced Morality Authors:Gino, F., M. Kouchaki, and A. Jami Publication:Journal of Experimental Psychology: General Abstract Drawing on the embodied simulation account... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 15 Mar 2016
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March 15, 2016

evidence that such “CEO activism” can influence public opinion and consumer attitudes. Our field experiment examines the impact of Apple CEO Tim Cook’s public statements opposing a pending religious freedom law that critics warned would... View Details
  • 12 Apr 2011
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First Look: April 12

case:http://cb.hbsp.harvard.edu/cb/product/511068-PDF-ENG ActionAid International: Globalizing Governance, Localizing Accountability Alnoor Ebrahim and Rachel GordonHarvard Business School Case 311-004 As a global NGO working in 45... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 25 Mar 2013
  • Research & Ideas

How Chapter 11 Saved the US Economy

out-of-court restructuring. In prepackaged bankruptcy, companies negotiate restructuring plans with creditors, gathering formal votes prior to filing for bankruptcy so they can enter Chapter 11 with a reorganization plan and disclosure View Details
Keywords: by Kim Girard; Financial Services
  • 21 Apr 2015
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First Look: April 21

relationships with their competitors affect consumers' preferences. Through a series of experiments, we show that the competitive context in which a brand operates can affect consumers' purchase interest and purchase frequency. We show that brand positioning View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel & Sean Silverthorne
  • 19 Mar 2006
  • Research & Ideas

Unlocking Your Investment Capital

extreme, poorly implemented risk management can lead to the firm's demise. Under Sarbanes-Oxley 404, both the CEO and CFO have to attest with personal liability to the accuracies of the financial statements (including footnotes with... View Details
Keywords: by Ann Cullen; Financial Services
  • 03 May 2004
  • Research & Ideas

Business History around the World

myself, perceive of business history as playing a central role in enhancing our understanding of key issues in contemporary management and business administration. The book provides a position statement of where we are now, which we hope... View Details
Keywords: by Cynthia Churchwell
  • 20 Mar 2012
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First Look: March 20

http://www.springer.com/economics/development/book/978-1-4614-1878-8?changeHeader Employee Selection as a Control System Authors:Dennis Campbell Publication:Journal of Accounting Research (forthcoming) Abstract Theories from the... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 01 Apr 2014
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First Look: April 1

centers. It uses a transfer-pricing system designed to account for interdependencies between profit centers and to induce coordination. Further, profit center managers are incentivized with own-level residual income measures. The use of... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 01 Feb 2011
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First Look: Feb. 1

including suggestions for future research. The Many Faces of Nonprofit Accountability Authors:Alnoor Ebrahim Publication:Chap. 4 in The Jossey-Bass Handbook of Nonprofit Leadership and Management. 3rd ed., edited by David O. Renz,... View Details
  • 09 Sep 2024
  • HBS Case

McDonald’s and the Post #MeToo Rules of Sex in the Workplace

decisions to hire Easterbrook and then to fire him without cause were matters of business judgment that the court would not second guess. However, the SEC charged McDonald’s and Easterbrook with providing false and misleading public View Details
Keywords: by Avery Forman; Food & Beverage

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