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- 13 Apr 2017
- News
When Shareholders Speak Their Minds
- 29 Jun 2014
- News
Fight against short-termism is misdirected
- 24 Oct 2016
- News
Apple Has Designs on Stifling Innovation
- 30 Sep 2008
- First Look
First Look: September 30, 2008
privatization of Argentina's electricity sector and is now contemplating an even larger privatization opportunity in Peru. In deciding how much to bid in Peru, Endesa must account for the political context... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 12 Oct 2010
- Working Paper Summaries
Crashes and Collateralized Lending
- 31 May 2017
- News
What Jane Austen can teach us about risk management
- 23 May 2013
- News
Don’t Blame Apple for America’s Broken Tax Code
- 14 Apr 2017
- News
Humanizing Finance
- September 1986 (Revised February 1991)
- Case
Graves Industries, Inc. (C): Consumer Hardware Division
Describes events occurring over a three-year period in a division of Graves Industries. The division is being squeezed for profit, and managers in the division get involved in some fraudulent financial reporting schemes involving revenues and capitalization of... View Details
Merchant, Kenneth A. "Graves Industries, Inc. (C): Consumer Hardware Division." Harvard Business School Case 187-047, September 1986. (Revised February 1991.)
- August 2010 (Revised January 2013)
- Supplement
Urban Water Partners (B)
By: Karthik Ramanna, George Serafeim and Aldo Sesia
The case explores a new business venture to bring clean water to residents of Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, who otherwise cannot afford it. Management has enough money to get their company through August 2010, but needs more capital thereafter. An HBS alumnus is interested... View Details
Keywords: Human Needs; Accrual Accounting; Financial Statements; Health Industry; Utilities Industry; Dar es Salaam
Ramanna, Karthik, George Serafeim, and Aldo Sesia. "Urban Water Partners (B)." Harvard Business School Supplement 111-029, August 2010. (Revised January 2013.)
- 12 Jan 2013
- News
Striking a balance on money market funds
- 09 Jun 2020
- News
Fed action, debt markets and stocks
- Spring 2013
- Article
Does Mandatory IFRS Adoption Improve the Information Environment?
By: Joanne Horton, George Serafeim and Ioanna Serafeim
We examine the effect of mandatory International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) adoption on firms' information environment. We find that after mandatory IFRS adoption, consensus forecast errors decrease for firms that mandatorily adopt IFRS relative to forecast... View Details
Keywords: International Accounting; Financial Reporting; Standards; Information; Quality; Earnings Management
Horton, Joanne, George Serafeim, and Ioanna Serafeim. "Does Mandatory IFRS Adoption Improve the Information Environment?" Contemporary Accounting Research 30, no. 1 (Spring 2013): 388–423.
- 20 Jul 2017
- News
KKR, a private-equity giant, lays out its succession plan
- 10 Jan 2019
- News
How Companies Like Apple Sprinkle Secrets in Earnings Reports
- September 1986 (Revised April 1990)
- Case
Mueller-Lehmkuhl GmbH
Mueller-Lehmkuhl sells apparel fasteners and rents attaching machines. It views these two products as effectively a single item and prices them accordingly, the fasteners at high profit and its attaching machines at a loss. The cost system allocates the cost of the... View Details
Keywords: Cost Accounting; Profit; Manufacturing Industry; Apparel and Accessories Industry; Japan; Germany
Cooper, Robin. "Mueller-Lehmkuhl GmbH." Harvard Business School Case 187-048, September 1986. (Revised April 1990.)
- 26 Oct 2010
- First Look
First Look: October 26, 2010
Karen A. Jehn, and Martin Euwema Publication:Journal of Organizational Behavior (forthcoming) Abstract Contrary to much boundary spanning research, we examined the negative consequences View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 15 Dec 2011
- News