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- March 2008 (Revised January 2010)
- Background Note
Note on Accountability in the U.S. Health Care System
By: Regina E. Herzlinger and Michael Millenson
This note explains how health care providers, health insurers, and consumers are held accountable for their performance and the entrepreneurial opportunities thus created. View Details
Keywords: Entrepreneurship; Ethics; Insurance; Corporate Accountability; Health Care and Treatment; Demand and Consumers; Health Industry; United States
Herzlinger, Regina E., and Michael Millenson. "Note on Accountability in the U.S. Health Care System." Harvard Business School Background Note 308-111, March 2008. (Revised January 2010.)
- November 2002
- Article
Why Good Accountants Do Bad Audits
By: Max H. Bazerman, George Loewenstein and Don A. Moore
Keywords: Accounting Audits
Bazerman, Max H., George Loewenstein, and Don A. Moore. "Why Good Accountants Do Bad Audits." Harvard Business Review 80, no. 11 (November 2002). (Reprinted in A.Leckley & J. Bogle (Eds.), Best Business Stories of the Year, Vintage Books, 2004.)
- August 2011
- Teaching Note
Subprime Crisis and Fair-Value Accounting (TN)
Teaching Note for 109-031. View Details
- 1993
- Book
Accounting for Managers: Text and Cases
By: W. J. Bruns Jr.
Keywords: Accounting
Bruns, W. J., Jr. Accounting for Managers: Text and Cases. Cincinnati, OH: South-Western College Publishing, 1993.
- 1998
- Manual
Instructor's Manual: Accounting Text and Cases
By: Robert N. Anthony, David Hawkins and Kenneth A Merchant
Keywords: Accounting
Anthony, Robert N., David Hawkins, and Kenneth A Merchant. Instructor's Manual: Accounting Text and Cases. 10th & 11th eds. New York: McGraw-Hill/Irwin, 1998.
- 2021
- Working Paper
Connecting Expected Stock Returns to Accounting Valuation Multiples: A Primer
By: Akash Chattopadhyay, Matthew R. Lyle and Charles C.Y. Wang
We outline a framework in which accounting “valuation anchors" could be connected to expected stock returns. Under two general conditions, expected log returns is a log-linear function of a valuation (market value-to-accounting) multiple and the expected growth in the... View Details
Keywords: Expected Returns; Present Value; Investment Return; Accounting; Valuation; Information; Framework
Chattopadhyay, Akash, Matthew R. Lyle, and Charles C.Y. Wang. "Connecting Expected Stock Returns to Accounting Valuation Multiples: A Primer." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 21-081, January 2021.
- October 2023 (Revised April 2024)
- Case
Accounting Red Flags or Red Herrings at Catalent? (A)
By: Joseph Pacelli, ZeSean Ali and Tom Quinn
Fund manager Janet Curie asked for a recommendation about the pharmaceutical company Catalent. The company seemed like a solid investment. However, a pair of research reports issued over the previous two months complicated this narrative. GlassHouse Research, a short... View Details
Keywords: Accounting Audits; Budgets and Budgeting; Earnings Management; Cost Accounting; Fair Value Accounting; Revenue Recognition; Integrated Corporate Reporting; Fairness; Moral Sensibility; Values and Beliefs; Government Legislation; Conflict of Interests; Announcements; Blogs; Debates; Investment; Trust; Business and Shareholder Relations; Accounting Industry; Accounting Industry; United States
Pacelli, Joseph, ZeSean Ali, and Tom Quinn. "Accounting Red Flags or Red Herrings at Catalent? (A)." Harvard Business School Case 124-024, October 2023. (Revised April 2024.)
- February 2006 (Revised October 2006)
- Teaching Note
Introduction to Cost Accounting Systems (TN)
By: David F. Hawkins, V.G. Narayanan, Michele Jurgens and Jacob Cohen
Keywords: Cost Accounting
- January 1973 (Revised December 1977)
- Case
Chrysler Corp.: The 1970 Accounting Change
Wehle, Mary M. "Chrysler Corp.: The 1970 Accounting Change." Harvard Business School Case 173-157, January 1973. (Revised December 1977.)
- 2000
- Chapter
Relationship Marketing and Key Account Management
By: Joseph P. Cannon and N. Narayandas
Keywords: Customer Relationship Management
- January 1988
- Background Note
Glossary for Manufacturing Cost Accounting Systems
Dearden, John. "Glossary for Manufacturing Cost Accounting Systems." Harvard Business School Background Note 188-088, January 1988.
- 2007
- Chapter
Beyond Dependence: Conceptualizing Information and Accountability in NGO-Funder Relations
By: Alnoor Ebrahim
This paper explores the linkages between information systems and accountability in nongovernmental and nonprofit organizations (NGOs). The information systems in four NGOs are introduced: two Indian NGOs engaged in natural resource management and rural development, an... View Details
Keywords: Philanthropy and Charitable Giving; Corporate Accountability; Information Management; Business and Stakeholder Relations; Non-Governmental Organizations; Information Technology; India; District of Columbia
Ebrahim, Alnoor. "Beyond Dependence: Conceptualizing Information and Accountability in NGO-Funder Relations." In Reconceptualising NGOs and Their Roles in Development: NGOs, Civil Society and the International Aid System, edited by Paul Opoku-Mensah, David Lewis, and Terje Tvedt, pp. 119–159. Aalborg, Denmark: Aalborg University Press, 2007.
- May 2003
- Article
Accountability in Practice: Mechanisms for NGOs
By: Alnoor Ebrahim
Ebrahim, Alnoor. "Accountability in Practice: Mechanisms for NGOs." World Development 31, no. 5 (May 2003): 813–829.
- February 2006
- Teaching Note
Introduction to Responsibility Accounting Systems (TN)
By: David F. Hawkins, V.G. Narayanan, Michele Jurgens and Jacob Cohen
Keywords: Accounting
- 2021
- Working Paper
Accounting for Product Impact in the Airlines Industry
By: George Serafeim and Katie Trinh
We apply the product impact measurement framework of the Impact-Weighted Accounts Initiative (IWAI) in two competitor companies within the airlines industry. We design a monetization methodology that allows us to calculate monetary impact estimates of fare... View Details
Keywords: Product Innovation; Impact; Impact Investing; Impact Measurement; ESG; ESG (Environmental, Social, Governance) Performance; ESG Ratings; Social Corporate Responsibility; Corporate Social Responsibility; Social Impact; Aviation; Product Design; Product Positioning; Society; Product; Environmental Sustainability; Measurement and Metrics; Framework; Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact; Air Transportation; Air Transportation Industry
Serafeim, George, and Katie Trinh. "Accounting for Product Impact in the Airlines Industry." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 21-066, November 2020. (Revised February 2021.)