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- March 2019
- Supplement
Fair Value Accounting at Berkshire Hathaway Inc. (B)
By: Jonas Heese, Suraj Srinivasan and Francois Brochet
This case serves as a complement to the case "Fair Value Accounting at Berkshire Hathaway, Inc. (A)". View Details
Heese, Jonas, Suraj Srinivasan, and Francois Brochet. "Fair Value Accounting at Berkshire Hathaway Inc. (B)." Harvard Business School Supplement 119-090, March 2019.
- Research Summary
Performance Measurement and Accountability in the Social Sector
Professor Ebrahim's research examines the pressures for accountability facing social sector organizations, and their implications for organizational performance. How can nonprofits and social enterprises measure performance in order to achieve better results? This... View Details
- 2009
- Article
Placing the Normative Logics of Accountability in 'Thick' Perspective
By: Alnoor Ebrahim
This article provides a critical reflection on the heavily normative nature of current accountability debates. In particular, it explores three streams of normative discourse on nonprofit accountability: improving board governance, improving performance-based... View Details
Keywords: Fair Value Accounting; Accounting; Governance; Performance Evaluation; Governing Rules, Regulations, and Reforms; Goals and Objectives; Management Practices and Processes; Power and Influence; Social and Collaborative Networks; Organizational Structure; Relationships; Accounting Industry
Ebrahim, Alnoor. "Placing the Normative Logics of Accountability in 'Thick' Perspective." American Behavioral Scientist 52, no. 6 (2009): 885–904.
- Article
A Framework for Research on Corporate Accountability Reporting
By: Karthik Ramanna
This paper provides an accounting-based conceptual framing of the phenomenon of corporate accountability reporting. Such reporting is seen as arising from a delegator's (e.g., a citizenry) demand to hold a delegate (e.g., shareholders) to account. When effective,... View Details
Ramanna, Karthik. "A Framework for Research on Corporate Accountability Reporting." Accounting Horizons 27, no. 2 (June 2013): 409–432.
- Article
The Influence of Ownership on Accounting Information Expenditures
This paper analyzes the association between ownership, top management incentives, and expenditures on accounting information. We argue that organizations with privately appointed boards of directors such as for-profit and non-governmental nonprofit organizations use... View Details
Keywords: Governance; Motivation and Incentives; Accounting; Health Care and Treatment; Ownership; Health Industry
Eldenburg, Leslie, and Ranjani Krishnan. "The Influence of Ownership on Accounting Information Expenditures." Contemporary Accounting Research 25, no. 3 (Fall 2008).
- 1987
- Introduction
The Role of Field Studies in Accounting Research and the Development of Accounting
By: Robert S. Kaplan
Keywords: Accounting
- August 2017 (Revised December 2017)
- Case
Accounting for Nuclear Power Provisions at RWE
By: Paul Healy and Jonas Heese
In early 2016, RWE, a utility that operates nuclear power plants in Germany, came under scrutiny from regulators and the media over the adequacy of its provisions for costs of decommissioning and dismantling (D&D) its nuclear power plants. Accounting standards required... View Details
Keywords: Liabilities; Provisions For Long-term Obligations; Discounting; Accounting; Energy Generation; Energy Industry; Germany
Healy, Paul, and Jonas Heese. "Accounting for Nuclear Power Provisions at RWE." Harvard Business School Case 118-013, August 2017. (Revised December 2017.)
- May 2011
- Background Note
Intangible Assets Other Than Goodwill: Accounting and Analysis
By: David F. Hawkins
To accompany cases dealing with accounting for intangible assets. View Details
- January 2024
- Supplement
Accounting Red Flags or Red Herrings at Catalent? (B)
By: Joseph Pacelli, ZeSean Ali and Tom Quinn
GlassHouse Research identified accounting red flags at Catalent. Fiat Lux Partners countered most of GlassHouse’s claims. Who was right? This update explores the aftermath of the short seller duel. View Details
Keywords: Accounting Audits; Acquisition; Budgets and Budgeting; Business Earnings; Earnings Management; Cost Accounting; Fair Value Accounting; Financial Reporting; Revenue Recognition; Integrated Corporate Reporting; Fairness; Moral Sensibility; Values and Beliefs; Government Legislation; Conflict of Interests; Announcements; Blogs; Debates; Lawsuits and Litigation; Stocks; Performance Productivity; Accounting Industry; Accounting Industry; United States
Pacelli, Joseph, ZeSean Ali, and Tom Quinn. "Accounting Red Flags or Red Herrings at Catalent? (B)." Harvard Business School Supplement 124-055, January 2024.
- December 2021 (Revised October 2023)
- Teaching Note
Accounting for Bitcoin at Tesla
- December 2021 (Revised November 2024)
- Course Overview Note
Leadership and Corporate Accountability (LCA)
By: Nien-hê Hsieh
Hsieh, Nien-hê. "Leadership and Corporate Accountability (LCA)." Harvard Business School Course Overview Note 322-074, December 2021. (Revised November 2024.)
- 2017
- Other Teaching and Training Material
Financial Accounting Reading: Revenue Recognition
By: David F. Hawkins
The overarching goal of the revenue recognition chapter is to help students better understand the substance and implementation challenges of the joint FASB/IASB revenue recognition standard. This Reading includes four Interactive Illustrations: "Time Value of Money for... View Details
Hawkins, David F. "Financial Accounting Reading: Revenue Recognition." Core Curriculum Readings Series. Harvard Business Publishing 5066, 2017.
- September 2004 (Revised January 2006)
- Tutorial
Introduction to Cost Accounting Systems
By: David F. Hawkins, V.G. Narayanan, Jacob Cohen and Michele Jurgens
Covers the basics of cost system design, demonstrating in a clear, step-by-step fashion how costs are assigned to cost objects. Key concepts include direct and indirect costs, two-stage allocation, cost pools, and cost drivers. Also provides a brief review of several... View Details
- March 1995
- Article
Q4 One-time Accounting Items Explained
By: David F. Hawkins
Keywords: Accounting
Hawkins, David F. "Q4 One-time Accounting Items Explained." Accounting Bulletin, no. 29 (March 1995).
- July 2020 (Revised November 2020)
- Exercise
Accounting for Assets at Tesla
By: Paul M. Healy and Marshal Herrmann
Healy, Paul M., and Marshal Herrmann. "Accounting for Assets at Tesla." Harvard Business School Exercise 121-009, July 2020. (Revised November 2020.)
- Article
Cash Take-Overs and Accounting Valuations
By: Russell Taussig and Samuel Hayes
Taussig, Russell, and Samuel Hayes. "Cash Take-Overs and Accounting Valuations." Accounting Review 43, no. 1 (January 1968). (Reprinted in Johnson and Fischer, Readings in Contemporary Financial Management,
Scott, Foresman and Co., 1969.)
- March 2015
- Teaching Note
The Sustainability Accounting Standards Board
By: Julie Battilana and Felicia Khan
- November 2010 (Revised December 2015)
- Background Note
Spans of Control and Accountability
By: Eugene F. Soltes
Overview of Spans of Control and Accountability. View Details
Keywords: Organizational Design
Soltes, Eugene F. "Spans of Control and Accountability." Harvard Business School Background Note 111-066, November 2010. (Revised December 2015.)
- Article
Research Opportunities in Management Accounting
By: Robert S. Kaplan
Kaplan, Robert S. "Research Opportunities in Management Accounting." Journal of Management Accounting Research 5 (Fall 1993): 1–14.
- 2022
- Working Paper
The Gender Gap in Confidence: Expected But Not Accounted For
By: Christine L. Exley and Kirby Nielsen
We investigate how the gender gap in confidence affects the views that evaluators (e.g., employers) hold about men and women. If evaluators fail to account for the confidence gap, it may cause overly pessimistic views about women. Alternatively, if evaluators expect... View Details
Keywords: Confidence; Experiments; Gender; Perception; Values and Beliefs; Performance Evaluation; Analysis
Exley, Christine L., and Kirby Nielsen. "The Gender Gap in Confidence: Expected But Not Accounted For." Working Paper, October 2022.