Governance Compliance - Publications - Faculty & Research

24 Apr 2012
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First Look: April 24

primarily at auditors (both external and internal), risk managers, accountants, CFOs, and consultants, Effective Auditing for Corporates covers the following: 1) compliance and the corporate audit, 2) fraud detection, 3) risk-based... View Details

Keywords: Carmen Nobel

January 2023
Teaching Note

The Opioid Settlement and Executive Pay at AmerisourceBergen

By: Suraj Srinivasan and Li-Kuan Ni

Teaching Note for HBS Case No 122-014. In 2020, AmerisourceBergen Corporation, a Fortune 50 company in the drug distribution industry, agreed to settle thousands of lawsuits filed nationwide against the company for its opioid distribution practices that critics alleged... View Details

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January – February 2008
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Managing the Impact of Employee Turnover on Performance: The Role of Process Conformance

By: Zeynep Ton and Robert S. Huckman

We examine the impact of employee turnover on operating performance in settings that require high levels of knowledge exploitation. Using 48 months of turnover data from U.S. stores of a major retail chain, we find that, on average, employee turnover is associated with... View Details

Keywords: Customer Focus and Relationships; Governance Compliance; Retention; Standards; Service Operations; Business Processes; Retail Industry; United States

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February 1992 (Revised September 2003)
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Beech-Nut Nutrition Corporation (A-1)

By: Lynn S. Paine

The CEO of Beech-Nut Nutrition Corp. must decide what to do when he receives information that the company's supply of apple juice concentrate may be adulterated. The concentrate is used in many of the company's juice products. It appears that others in the company may... View Details

Keywords: Quality; Law; Ethics; Nutrition; Management Teams; Decisions; Business or Company Management; Communication; Governance Compliance; Information Management; Corporate Finance; Food and Beverage Industry; United States

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13 May 2022
Research & Ideas

Company Reviews on Glassdoor: Petty Complaints or Signs of Potential Misconduct?

corporate misconduct, pointing to cultural factors that might eventually result in scandal earlier than they would otherwise attract attention. In a business environment where ethics are paramount, the findings may offer managers and View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding; Technology

April 2011 (Revised April 2015)
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Cipla 2011

By: Rohit Deshpande, Sandra J. Sucher and Laura Winig

Dr. Yusuf Hamied, head of the Indian pharma and generics manufacturing company Cipla, is weighing options for how to continue to support the global fight against HIV/AIDS while positioning his company for growth in a changing regulatory landscape. View Details

Keywords: Leadership; Leading Change; Leadership Style; Management Teams; Governance Compliance; Corporate Strategy; Pharmaceutical Industry

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08 Mar 2011
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First Look: March 8

PublicationsConcentrating on Governance Authors:Dalida Kadyrzhanova, and Matthew Rhodes-Kropf Publication:Journal of Finance (forthcoming) Abstract This paper develops a novel trade-off view of corporate governance. Using a simple model... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

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HBS - Financials | Supplemental Financial Information

governed by three factors: a specified rate increase set by the University, which in fiscal 2022 was 2.5 percent; new gifts to the endowment, which consists of more than 1,000 discrete funds established over the years by individual... View Details

July 2023 (Revised October 2024)
Case

Revenue Recognition at Stride Funding: Making Sense of Revenues for a Fintech Startup

By: Paul M. Healy and Jung Koo Kang

The case explores the challenges of revenue recognition and financial reporting for Stride Funding (Stride), a fintech startup that has disrupted the student loan market. Stride leveraged proprietary machine learning and financial models to underwrite alternative... View Details

Keywords: Revenue Recognition; Financial Reporting; Entrepreneurial Finance; Business Startups; Growth and Development Strategy; Governance Compliance; Accrual Accounting; Financial Services Industry; United States

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29 Jan 2021
Op-Ed

How Influencers, Celebrities, and FOMO Can Win Over Vaccine Skeptics

convince more people to get vaccinated. [div class=infogram-embed data-id=_/4llCHjEqY1XunMkYbjrB][/div] Three steps to speed vaccine adoption Governments are prioritizing certain groups to receive the vaccine, with medical professionals... View Details

Keywords: by Rohit Deshpandé, Ofer Mintz, and Imran S. Currim

08 Dec 2015
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December 8, 2015

era to those of today. Next, we explain why transparency is desirable, even if full compliance is not achieved. We then outline the obstacles—both psychological and institutional—to comprehensive reporting. We go on to discuss possible... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

21 Feb 2005
Op-Ed

Is Business Management a Profession?

individuals. In response to the recent scandals, politicians and government officials have stepped in to pass new laws and create new regulations, while prominent persons on Wall Street and elsewhere in the business community have issued... View Details

Keywords: by Rakesh Khurana, Nitin Nohria & Daniel Penrice

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HBS - Financials | Supplemental Financial Information

percent of total revenue. Three factors govern the change in the endowment distribution: a specified rate increase set by the University, which in fiscal 2023 was 4.5 percent; new gifts to the endowment, which comprises more than 1,000... View Details

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HBS - Financials | Supplemental Financial Information

to $184 million, amounting to 23 percent of total revenue. In any given year, the change in the endowment distribution is governed by three factors: a specified rate increase set by the University, which in fiscal 2021 was 2.5 percent;... View Details

12 Nov 2021
News

Alumni Business Leaders on Confronting the Climate Change Challenge

civil disobedience. This really matters—as Erica Chenworth’s research has shown, no government can withstand a challenge of 3.5 percent of its population without either accommodating the movement or (in extreme cases) disintegrating. How... View Details

14 Jul 2020
Research & Ideas

Restarting Under Uncertainty: Managerial Experiences from Around the World

cases, managers were able to preempt the threats of COVID-19 by interpreting and acting upon imperfect information before their governments did so. 2. Protect and sustain your ecosystem Companies live in the same ecosystems as their... View Details

Keywords: by Raffaella Sadun, Andrea Bertoni, Alexia Delfino, Giovanni Fassio, and Mariapaola Testa

01 Dec 2012
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An Advocate for Women's Equality

the armed forces came at this time. On the policy side, Nixon's Labor Department enforced new requirements for contractors to hire and promote women; conducted compliance reviews of universities; and gave the Equal Opportunity Commission... View Details

Keywords: Richard Nixon; Chuck Colson; Executive, Legislative, and Other General Government Support; Executive, Legislative, and Other General Government Support

01 Sep 2006
News

Strange Bedfellows

United States could junk the dual-book system and require corporations to pay taxes, at a considerably lower rate, on profits reported to capital markets. Such a change would save the considerable resources now dedicated to dual-reporting system View Details

Keywords: Mihir A. Desai; Government