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  • 19 Jun 2007
  • First Look

First Look: June 19, 2007

demand for auditing by the licensor. We characterize the optimal royalty contract, accounting system choice by the licensee, and audit strategy choice by the licensor. We show when the owner prefers to... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 28 Apr 2003
  • Research & Ideas

Shareholders Key to Corporate Reform

be actually brought home to the investor." Most of our social contracts are built on the assumption that individual accountability influences human behavior. Indeed, the recent move by the SEC to require CEOs to personally attest to their companies' View Details
Keywords: by Cynthia A. Montgomery & Rhonda Kaufman
  • 26 Mar 2013
  • First Look

First Look: March 26

conducted by OWS, and allows students to understand implications of the growth strategy for financial performance and valuation. Additionally, the case highlights the role of corporate boards and audit... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 05 Apr 2011
  • First Look

First Look: April 5

Contractors. oDesk's online marketplace also includes a payment platform and tools that allow Employers to audit and verify Contractors' work and time sheets. oDesk collects commissions, approximately 10% of gross services, on all work... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 07 Oct 2008
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First Look: October 7, 2008

paper: http://www.hbs.edu/research/pdf/09-049.pdf   Cases & Course MaterialsAbsolute Return for Kids Harvard Business School Case 309-036 Absolute Return for Kids [ARK] is a charity with strong financial support—what are the... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • October 2016 (Revised January 2017)
  • Supplement

Bally Total Fitness (B): The Fall, 2005–2016

By: John R. Wells and Gabriel Ellsworth
By many measures the largest health-club chain in the United States in the early 2000s, Bally Total Fitness sold most of its remaining fitness clubs to 24 Hour Fitness in 2014 and disappeared from the industry top 100 rankings. After Bally was bedeviled by accounting... View Details
Keywords: Bally Total Fitness; Accounting; Accounting Audits; Accrual Accounting; Business Earnings; Revenue Recognition; Financial Statements; Acquisition; Business Exit or Shutdown; For-Profit Firms; Crime and Corruption; Borrowing and Debt; Capital; Capital Structure; Cash; Cash Flow; Public Equity; Financial Condition; Insolvency and Bankruptcy; Financing and Loans; Investment Activism; Profit; Revenue; Geographic Scope; Business History; Executive Compensation; Resignation and Termination; Annual Reports; Contracts; Lawsuits and Litigation; Business or Company Management; Marketing; Market Entry and Exit; Private Ownership; Public Ownership; Problems and Challenges; Strategy; Business Strategy; Competition; Corporate Strategy; Health Industry; Accounting Industry; United States; Illinois; Chicago
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  • 05 Nov 2007
  • What Do You Think?

Why Is Succession So Badly Managed?

"Perhaps the existence of a succession plan should be included in every BCP (Business Continuity Planning) assessment that is conducted by an audit firm for publicly-traded companies." Given the general importance of succession... View Details
Keywords: Re: James L. Heskett
  • Web

Board Diversity Network: 2024 Fall Events Recap - Blog: RGE Report

It’s good to bring the core financial skills but boards these days are also looking for expertise on how to navigate economic uncertainty, capital allocation, cybersecurity, digital transformation and AI, and all things talent and human... View Details
  • 30 Oct 2007
  • First Look

First Look: October 30, 2007

Course MaterialsBASIX Harvard Business School Case 207-099 BASIX, an Indian microfinance corporation, must decide whether to continue to sell weather insurance to its clients. A brand-new financial product, weather insurance pays if... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • Web

Print View - Course Catalog

Course Policies and Course Fee & Financial Aid . Visit IFC Financial Aid for a quick assessment to determine your eligibility and process or contact finaid@hbs.edu for more information. Enrollment: Limited... View Details
  • 19 Oct 2015
  • Research & Ideas

Business Research that Makes for Smarter Public Policy

University of California law professor Jodi Short, and HBS doctoral student Andrea Hugill examined factors such as whether it was more effective to send the same auditors back to a company or send new auditors with each audit. The answer: View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding
  • 21 Aug 2012
  • First Look

First Look: August 21

the symbolic use of information and how corporate behavior is influenced by civil society scrutiny embedded in institutional processes. Download the paper: http://www.hbs.edu/research/pdf/11-115.pdf   Cases & Course MaterialsNew Century View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 01 Dec 2004
  • News

One-on-One with William H. Donaldson

don’t feel particularly comfortable with that characterization, except as follows. On the quiet side, I’ve always felt that one’s actions should speak louder than one’s words. As for the crusader part, yes, when I came into this job I was upset by the fraudulent... View Details
Keywords: Roger Thompson; Finance; Administration of Economic Programs; Government
  • 19 Apr 2016
  • First Look

April 19, 2016

involvement of nonbank institutions and, in particular, the rise of mutual fund participation in the leveraged loan market after the financial crisis. Based on the wider syndication, (narrower) skills, and diverse incentives of nonbank... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 05 May 2003
  • Research & Ideas

Sharing the Responsibility of Corporate Governance

which require full and fair disclosure of the financial performance of companies and of the risks associated with their business. This attitude is reminiscent of the Roaring Twenties when, according to Representative (and later Speaker of... View Details
Keywords: by Carla Tishler
  • 01 Dec 2002
  • News

Bad Times for Business

investors, falsified information, and pretended to create value when value hadn't really been created. If inadequate disclosure rules were cracks in the financial infrastructure, options were the rocket fuel that blew the cracks wide... View Details
Keywords: Garry Emmons
  • 03 Jan 2007
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First Look: January 3, 2007

available for download Banking Deregulation, Financial Constraints, and Entrepreneurship Authors:William R. Kerr and Ramana Nanda Abstract We study how U.S. branch banking deregulations affected the entry of new firms in the non-financial... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 03 Apr 2012
  • First Look

First Look: April 3

auditor for both the financial and nonfinancial information contained in the integrated report, but these are covered by separate assurance opinions. Among the challenges of providing an integrated audit is... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
  • 07 Oct 2014
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First Look: October 7

Results from a Natural Field Experiment in California By: Levine, David I., and Michael W. Toffel Abstract—For companies with strong internal occupational safety and health auditing programs, OSHA inspections might seem a formality that... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 05 Apr 2018
  • News

A Philanthropic Eye Reframes African American Abstract Art

being an artist was short-lived. She took a year off from her undergraduate studies at Dartmouth in an attempt to launch her ballet career, working as a waitress at a comedy club to pay for auditions and coaching. “I discovered I was... View Details
Keywords: Jill Radsken