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Reinventing State Capitalism
In this book we study the evolution of corporate governance arrangements that governments have adopted for their state-owned enterprises (SOEs) in the last 20 years. We show that the process of privatization and liberalization of the 1990s and early 2000s created... View Details
- 16 Sep 2010
- News
Idea Takes Root
Almost without notice in the American press, a new international effort is under way to create a standardized global reporting model for operating sustainable businesses in the 21st century. HBS professor Robert G. Eccles is on the... View Details
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Sameer's research examines the dynamics of social networks inside organizations and their consequences for individual attainment and organizational success. His research encompasses three broad streams of activity.
Social Capital... View Details
- 23 May 2011
- Op-Ed
Leading and Lagging Countries in Contributing to a Sustainable Society
Reporting Advances Integrated reporting is an emerging management practice that involves the integration of a company's required financial report with its voluntary (except for... View Details
Keywords: by Robert G. Eccles & George Serafeim
- 06 Oct 2008
- News
Economic Choices: 2008 Leadership Strategies
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Supply Chain Inventory Planning
My work studies management decision-making in demand and supply planning contexts with a focus on forecasting and inventory planning decisions. I examine these decision-making processes from both a supply chain (i.e. across firm) and an... View Details
- 01 Sep 2009
- News
Faculty Research Online
HBS Working Knowledge vault about building a business in a down economy, motivating the troops, and other current topics. See http://hbswk.hbs.edu/item/6232.html. Why Do Countries Adopt International Financial Reporting Standards? Why do... View Details
- 21 May 2009
- News
How Businesses Can Prosper, Even Now
- 01 Sep 2012
- News
What’s the Big Idea?
answering this neutral, open-ended question: “Briefly describe one event from today that stands out in your mind.” “It was incredible to have nearly 12,000 day-by-day reports offering a window into the positive and negative things that... View Details
- 01 Dec 2006
- News
2006 MBAs Go to Work
Martin, associate director of MBA Recruiting Services, notes that 88 percent of students report that the job they accepted was their first choice in terms of function. “We ask students to prioritize their career search relative to three... View Details
- 02 Apr 2009
- News
Online Education Offers Access and Affordability
- 16 Sep 2015
- Op-Ed
The Real Duty of the Board of Directors
define materiality for reporting and strategy. We call this the Statement of Significant Audiences and Materiality, or simply The Statement. No matter how big the corporation, it has limited resources. Thus, the board has a responsibility... View Details
Keywords: by Robert G. Eccles & Tim Youmans
- November 2005 (Revised February 2006)
- Teaching Note
Financial Accounting: An Online Introductory Course (TN)
By: David F. Hawkins and Paul M. Healy
- 01 Mar 2009
- News
HBS Posts Strong Results in 2008
Executive Education programs drew a record 9,345 participants. And Harvard Business Publishing sold 8.2 million cases and over 2 million books, peak figures for both. These and many other details are laid out in narrative, charts, and graphs in the newly released HBS... View Details
- August 2018 (Revised July 2020)
- Case
Revenue Recognition at HBP
By: Paul Healy and Siko Sikochi
In early 2014, Paul Bills, CFO of Harvard Business Publishing (HBP), sat down with David Wan, the company’s CEO, to discuss budget preparations for the coming year. Bills noted that the performance of Corporate Learning, one of HBP’s three business units, would be... View Details
Keywords: Accrual Accounting; Budgets and Budgeting; Revenue Recognition; Financial Reporting; Publishing Industry; Education Industry; United States
Healy, Paul, and Siko Sikochi. "Revenue Recognition at HBP." Harvard Business School Case 119-029, August 2018. (Revised July 2020.)
- Second Quarter 2010
- Column
One Report: Are You Ready?
By: Robert G. Eccles
Keywords: Reports
Eccles, Robert G. "One Report: Are You Ready?" IESE Insight, no. 5 (Second Quarter 2010).
- December 1997
- Case
Baylor Books, Inc.
By: William J. Bruns Jr. and Jeremy Cott
The owner of a trade book publishing company must consider proper accounting for books returned and potentially returnable by book stores. Company and industry data are supplied. Costs of failure to publish books under contract and a cost accounting system for books... View Details
Bruns, William J., Jr., and Jeremy Cott. "Baylor Books, Inc." Harvard Business School Case 198-082, December 1997.
- November 1986 (Revised December 1998)
- Case
Disctech, Inc.
Describes a company that had problems of fraudulent financial reporting. Provides an opportunity to discuss the roles of top management, financial management, internal and external auditors, and the audit committee of the board of directors in such circumstances. The... View Details
Merchant, Kenneth A. "Disctech, Inc." Harvard Business School Case 187-066, November 1986. (Revised December 1998.)
- November 1999 (Revised November 2003)
- Background Note
Perspective, Institutions and Basic Issues
By: David F. Hawkins
This case describes the basic institutions involved in the setting of generally accepted accounting principles and the fundamental issues that institutions must address. View Details
Keywords: Financial Reporting
Hawkins, David F. "Perspective, Institutions and Basic Issues." Harvard Business School Background Note 100-010, November 1999. (Revised November 2003.)