Accounting Information - Publications - Faculty & Research

11 Aug 2014
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The First Five Years: Melissa Fensterstock (MBA 2012)

my life. Joking aside, getting great press or opening a large account are the entrepreneurial highs that keep us going. The most challenging part of the business is managing inventory. It is easy to be aspirational and to design the next... View Details

01 Dec 1999
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A Class Act

filled with news from enlisted men and officers serving in theaters around the world: letters sent in by parents from sons at sea; first-person and news accounts of harrowing escapes, rescues, and bravery; and reports about sailors... View Details

Keywords: Nancy O. Perry

01 Dec 2005
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A Matter of Opinion

Compendium of Authoritative Misinformation (with Christopher Cerf), whose title is self-explanatory; and, in 2005, A Matter of Opinion, an account of Navasky’s life and times in publishing and beyond. Going forward, Navasky sees a secure... View Details

Keywords: Information; Information

19 Jun 2017
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Can Neuroscience Find You the Perfect Job?

so maybe that's why. They're always on to the next thing. There are things that we have verified with our data, such as accountants and consultants tend to be very detail oriented. OK, well, we didn't need pymetrics to tell us that. But... View Details

01 Apr 1996
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Stasis and Turmoil: HBS Research for the Real World

1991 to 1994, he served as the first senior associate dean, director of financial and information systems, at HBS. He has coauthored five books and written nearly two hundred cases and articles. The Managerial Implications of Deregulation... View Details

01 Mar 2018
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Realizing The Potential Of One Harvard

the program. A PRIMO fellow last summer, Castro, a psychology major at Harvard College, was born in Dallas and raised in Central Mexico. Paired with Assistant Professor Susanna Gallani, a member of the Accounting and Management Unit at... View Details

01 Dec 2011
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Faculty Books

organizational performance is substantial and quantifiable. An effective business culture can account for up to half of the performance differential between organizations in the same business. Drawing on field research and case studies,... View Details

Keywords: Utilities

01 Jun 2018
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June 2018 Alumni and Faculty Books

night and day, / towers rise as if to say / Pollution can be beautiful.” Bach’s final fugue informs all of nature. Villon is admonished by an aging courtesan. Aristotle finds “Demagogues are the insects of politics. / Like water beetles... View Details

01 Mar 2017
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Alumni and Faculty Books for March 2017

Understanding Advanced Topics in Accounting by Lawrence Weiss (DBA 1989) (Business Expert Press) Accounting information provides individuals with a starting point to understand... View Details

01 Dec 2000
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Opening Doors: Inside the World of Museum Management

that is dwarfed by the museum's immense airy inte-rior, or experiencing the overwhelming scale of the Met's grand entryway. Not surprisingly, maintaining these enormous older structures can be a challenge, particularly when taking into View Details

Keywords: Susan Young; museums; marketing; management; nonprofits; education; facilities; Internet; Museums, Historical Sites, and Similar Institutions; Arts, Entertainment; Advertising, Public Relations, and Related Services; Professional Services

01 Dec 2012
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Reimagining Capitalism In a World of Limited Resources

electricity—and research conferences, such as the Corporate Accountability Reporting Conference to be held in January 2013. "The fact that there is so much talent at Harvard that we can pull together enables us to coordinate programs in... View Details

Keywords: Dalai Lama

01 Oct 1996
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Sherman Baldwin: Leadership under Fire

book titled Ironclaw (the radio call sign of his carrier squadron). He completed the nonfiction account in 1995 during the last year of a final tour of duty in Washington, D.C., that included positions with the Joint Chiefs of Staff, the... View Details

Keywords: James E. Aisner

01 Dec 2016
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Case Study: Sweat the Technique

bulletin@hbs.edu From Baker Library: From step counting to remote patient monitoring, Rock Health reports on the emerging world of wearable biosensors. Curious to see where the broader consumer wearables market is headed? Check out growth forecasts through Statista... View Details

Keywords: Dan Morrell

01 Mar 2003
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New Book Recounts Storied Class of ’49

gave of those earnings at then record levels to establish the MBA Class of 1949 Professorship of Business Administration. Stressing that the class provides solid role models for today’s leaders, Callahan gives detailed accounts of eight... View Details

Keywords: Laura Singleton

13 Jul 2011
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China Boot Camp

HBS faculty engage in a panel discussion in Beijing. A visit to China Merchant Bank will inform BGIE and other courses at HBS. When Baker Foundation Professor F. Warren McFarlan first visited China in 1979, he traveled there with his wife... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services

01 Dec 2016
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Alumni Books of 2016

of the wonders that surround each of us is coupled with Flatt’s candid, empowering reflections on existence and his illness. The CMO’s Social Media Handbook by Peter Friedman (MBA 1983) (LiveWorld) Thirty years of experience informs this... View Details

01 Sep 2015
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The Business of Love

re-create the transparency and social accountability that would come if a couple met offline through a mutual friend. The app populates a user’s dating profile with information and current photos from... View Details

Keywords: April White

21 Dec 2018
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Bridging the Gap

authentic interests might be. Flint: It sounds like there’s a return on investment here for the college education that could be taken into account in this decision. Falik: I think that the most compelling reason that every young person... View Details

Keywords: Educational Support Services; Educational Services

01 Sep 2020
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Saving Grace

Illustration by Neil Webb About a year before he reached retirement, Frank Chapman started mapping out the travels he and his wife envisioned for their golden years. A career accountant for British telecom companies, he thought it best to... View Details

Keywords: Jen McFarland Flint

01 Dec 2002
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Bad Times for Business

Organizational design, structure, and culture do play a role and almost always have in corporate scandals. Companies that get into trouble often do so because of minimal internal connections between many parts of the organization. With deficient View Details

Keywords: Garry Emmons

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