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- August 2017
- Supplement
Accounting for Political Risk at AES (B)
By: Gerardo Pérez Cavazos and Suraj Srinivasan
Supplement to the (A) case, HBS No. 118-023. View Details
Pérez Cavazos, Gerardo, and Suraj Srinivasan. "Accounting for Political Risk at AES (B)." Harvard Business School Supplement 118-024, August 2017.
- August 2011
- Teaching Note
Subprime Crisis and Fair-Value Accounting (TN)
Teaching Note for 109-031. View Details
- 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.
- November 2017 (Revised November 2017)
- Teaching Note
Accounting for Political Risk at AES
By: Gerardo Pérez Cavazos and Suraj Srinivasan
Teaching Note for HBS Nos. 118-023 and 118-024. View Details
- October 1994 (Revised June 1995)
- Case
Thermo Electron: Accounting for Stock-based Compensation
Barth, Mary E., and Dale Coxe. "Thermo Electron: Accounting for Stock-based Compensation." Harvard Business School Case 195-043, October 1994. (Revised June 1995.)
- December 2014
- Article
Market Competition, Earnings Management, and Persistence in Accounting Profitability Around the World
We examine how cross-country differences in product, capital, and labor market competition, and earnings management affect mean reversion in accounting return on assets. Using a sample of 48,465 unique firms from 49 countries, we find that accounting returns mean... View Details
Keywords: Corporate Performance; Valuation; Equity Valuation; Persistence; Competitive Advantage; Institutions; Earnings Management; Labor Market; Capital Markets; Competition; Profit; Performance; Supply and Industry; Financial Statements; Government and Politics; Globalized Markets and Industries
Healy, Paul M., George Serafeim, Suraj Srinivasan, and Gwen Yu. "Market Competition, Earnings Management, and Persistence in Accounting Profitability Around the World." Review of Accounting Studies 19, no. 4 (December 2014): 1281–1308.
- 1987
- Book
Relevance Lost: The Rise and Fall of Management Accounting
By: Robert S. Kaplan and H. Thomas Johnson
Kaplan, Robert S., and H. Thomas Johnson. Relevance Lost: The Rise and Fall of Management Accounting. Boston: Harvard Business School Press, 1987.
- September 2019
- Supplement
Accounting Fraud at Tesco Stores (B)
By: Jonas Heese, Suraj Srinivasan and Julia Kelley
This case serves as a complement to the case "Accounting Fraud at Tesco Stores (A)". View Details
Heese, Jonas, Suraj Srinivasan, and Julia Kelley. "Accounting Fraud at Tesco Stores (B)." Harvard Business School Supplement 120-033, September 2019.
- July 2014
- Case
Accounting for Virtual Goods at Zynga
By: Paul Healy, Gwen Yu and Aldo Sesia
Healy, Paul, Gwen Yu, and Aldo Sesia. "Accounting for Virtual Goods at Zynga." Harvard Business School Case 115-005, July 2014.
- August 1997
- Article
Four New U.K. Accounting Standards Proposed
By: David F. Hawkins
Keywords: United Kingdom
Hawkins, David F. "Four New U.K. Accounting Standards Proposed." Special Issue on The State of Small Business. Accounting Bulletin, no. 55 (August 1997).
- August 2005
- Supplement
The U.S. Current Account Deficit (CW)
By: Laura Alfaro, Rafael M. Di Tella and Ingrid Vogel
- January 1987 (Revised March 1987)
- Case
MCI Communications Corp.: National Accounts Program
By: Frank V. Cespedes
Keywords: Telecommunications Industry
Cespedes, Frank V. "MCI Communications Corp.: National Accounts Program." Harvard Business School Case 587-116, January 1987. (Revised March 1987.)
- August 4, 2000
- Article
Film Producer and Distributor Accounting Standard Standardized
By: David F. Hawkins
Hawkins, David F. "Film Producer and Distributor Accounting Standard Standardized." Accounting Bulletin, no. 89 (August 4, 2000).
- October 2023
- Teaching Note
Fermenting Accounting Problems at Vermont Kombucha Corp.
By: Tatiana Sandino and Marshal Herrmann
Teaching Note for HBS Case No. 123-064. View Details
- 2013
- Working Paper
Accountability of Independent Directors—Evidence from Firms Subject to Securities Litigation
By: Francois Brochet and Suraj Srinivasan
We examine which independent directors are held accountable when investors sue firms for financial and disclosure related fraud. Investors can name independent directors as defendants in lawsuits, and they can vote against their re-election to express displeasure over... View Details
Brochet, Francois, and Suraj Srinivasan. "Accountability of Independent Directors—Evidence from Firms Subject to Securities Litigation." Working Paper, 2013. (Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 13-104, June 2013.)
- 03 Nov 2003
- What Do You Think?
Can Investors Have Too Much Accounting Transparency?
Summing Up Basic conclusions that can be drawn from responses to this month's column are that it may or may not be useful to try to legislate accounting transparency. But such efforts address symptoms, not causes, of behaviors leading to... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- Article
The Global Rise of Democracy: A Network Account
By: Magnus Thor Torfason and Paul Ingram
We examine the influence of an interstate network created by intergovernmental organizations (IGOs) on the global diffusion of democracy. We propose that IGOs facilitate this diffusion by transmitting information between their member states and by interpreting that... View Details
Keywords: International Relations; Networks; Society; Transformation; Power and Influence; Country; Globalization
Torfason, Magnus Thor, and Paul Ingram. "The Global Rise of Democracy: A Network Account." American Sociological Review 75, no. 3 (June 2010): 355–77.
- 2020
- Working Paper
Is Accounting Useful for Forecasting GDP Growth? A Machine Learning Perspective
We provide a comprehensive examination of whether, to what extent, and which accounting variables are useful for improving the predictive accuracy of GDP growth forecasts. We leverage statistical models that accommodate a broad set of (341) variables—outnumbering the... View Details
Keywords: Big Data; Elastic Net; GDP Growth; Machine Learning; Macro Forecasting; Short Fat Data; Accounting; Economic Growth; Forecasting and Prediction; Analytics and Data Science
Datar, Srikant, Apurv Jain, Charles C.Y. Wang, and Siyu Zhang. "Is Accounting Useful for Forecasting GDP Growth? A Machine Learning Perspective." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 21-113, December 2020.