by Abigail Allen - Publications - Faculty & Research

07 Dec 2010
Working Paper Summaries

Towards an Understanding of the Role of Standard Setters in Standard Setting

Keywords: by Abigail Allen & Karthik Ramanna; Accounting

Profile

Allen Yang

While Allen Yang certainly has the intellectual chops to tackle big ideas, he's always had a hunger for the tangible and the practical—for hands-on reality. "In college, I studied economics," Allen... View Details

Keywords: CPG; Tech; Financial Services

23 May 2018
News

Abigail P. Johnson, MBA 1988

to online investment guidance and cryptocurrency. Upon earning her BA, Johnson moved to New York and worked as a research associate at Booz Allen Hamilton. The experience influenced the rest of her life. She met Chris McKown, her future... View Details

Keywords: Susan Young

01 Jan 2015
Working Paper Summaries

Lobbying Behavior of Governmental Entities: Evidence from Public Pension Accounting Rules

Keywords: by Abigail M. Allen & Reining Petacchi

September 1955 (Revised April 1983)
Case

Allen Distribution Co.

A new credit department manager plans to set the tone of his department by reviewing marginal accounts. View Details

Keywords: Management Style

Citation

Educators

Purchase

In 1945, when Allen was appointed CEO, Boeing faced cancellation of $1.5 billion in wartime contracts. Under Allen’s leadership, Boeing kept course and later prospered. In 1952, Boeing’s B-52 was chosen by... View Details

Keywords: Automotive & Aerospace

Allen H. Neuharth

accomplishment was the creation and growth of USA Today into a leading national newspaper, which launched in 1982 and became profitable in just 5 years, an accomplishment bested only by People Magazine. View Details

Keywords: Publishing & Print Media

03 Jun 2020
Research & Ideas

Who Guarantees Your Workplace Is Safe for Return?

Allen at a recent Books@Baker event. Most commercial office buildings have fairly sophisticated air temperature and humidity sensors, but the data is seldom shared with tenant companies and individuals. However, in today’s tech-enabled... View Details

Keywords: by John Macomber and Joseph Allen; Real Estate

12 Apr 2021
News

Healthier by Design

16 Apr 2013
Working Paper Summaries

The Auditing Oligopoly and Lobbying on Accounting Standards

Keywords: by Abigail M. Allen, Karthik Ramanna & Sugata Roychowdhury; Accounting; Banking

Web

Judy L. Allen Oral History - Business Education For Women At Harvard University | Harvard Business School

IV, Institute for Public Policy at Rice University. Judy Ley Allen was also appointed to the Cultural Arts Council of Houston by former Mayor Kathy Whitmire and has served on the boards of the Houston Museum... View Details

12 Feb 2015
Working Paper Summaries

Auditor Lobbying on Accounting Standards

Keywords: by Abigail M. Allen, Karthik Ramanna & Sugata Roychowdhury; Accounting

05 Jul 2006
Working Paper Summaries

Promoting a Management Revolution in Public Education

Keywords: by Stacey M. Childress, Richard Elmore & Allen S. Grossman; Education

10 Oct 2016
Book

Why White-Collar Criminals Commit Their Crimes

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel; Financial Services

18 Sep 2000
Research & Ideas

Getting It Done: Improving Nonprofit Performance

making sure that these donations actually make a difference in alleviating some of the major ills and inequities of society. What, many ask, are the measures of effectiveness in these operations? Where is the accountability? Would there be better bang for the buck... View Details

Keywords: by James E. Aisner

09 Jun 2003
Research & Ideas

The Challenge of the Multi-site Nonprofit

operations. The problem, according to Harvard Business School professors Allen Grossman and V. Kasturi ("Kash") Rangan, rests in inevitable tensions and battles for power that arise between national headquarters and local... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne

22 Feb 2000
Research & Ideas

Social Capital Markets: Creating Value in the Nonprofit World

in Philanthropy, who willspearhead the effort along with Allen Grossman, Bloomberg Senior Lecturerin Philanthropy. But a new understanding is emerging: these dollars, whilecharitable, are still capital investments of precious... View Details

Keywords: by Anne Kavanagh

23 May 2018
Video

2018 Alumni Achievement Awards Presentation

May 2020
Teaching Note

Chem-Ecol

By: Richard S. Ruback, Royce Yudkoff and Ahron Rosenfeld

Dahra Allen acquired Chem-Ecol, a machine oil recycling business, for C$13.3 million in December of 2012. Allen decided to hire a sales director and the case discussion largely focuses on selecting the sales director from her short-list of five candidates. During the... View Details

Keywords: Salesforce Management; Selection and Staffing; Sales; Performance Improvement; Canada