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  • 01 Jan 2004
  • News

Barbara Hackman Franklin, MBA 1964

corporate auditing and financial reporting. "Integrity and high ethical standards are an essential part of the process." Reforms such as the Sarbanes-Oxley Act are making a difference, continues Franklin. "We don't want to go too far with... View Details
  • 01 Mar 2025
  • News

On The Case: The Base Factor

In her research as a marketing modeler, Professor Eva Ascarza focuses on understanding customers—and predicting, in particular, who will be a good one and how best to retain them. Without customers, obviously, there is no business. That could also be the tagline for... View Details
Keywords: Jen McFarland Flint
  • 01 Jun 2005
  • News

Transforming the IRS

For decades, the IRS judged employees’ performance by using narrow, unbalanced, and frequently perverse — but easily gathered — statistics that focused almost entirely on revenue coming from audit assessments and property seizures.... View Details
Keywords: Ann Cullen; IRS; Many Unhappy Returns; reform; Executive, Legislative, and Other General Government Support; Government
  • October 1993 (Revised November 1994)
  • Case

Becton Dickinson & Co.: Multidivisional Marketing Programs

By: Frank V. Cespedes
In response to a potential competitive inroad at a key account, managers at Becton Dickinson are considering a multidivisional marketing effort. View Details
Keywords: Marketing Communications; Accounting Audits; Management; Supply Chain Management; Organizations; Sales; Change Management; Health Industry
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  • 02 Dec 2016
  • News

The Story Behind the Stories

Subscribe on iTunes Subscribe on SoundCloud More Skydeck episodes Gayle Tzemach Lemmon (MBA 2006) is a journalist and author of two New York Times best selling books. She was a political reporter and a TV producer in DC before coming to HBS, and started writing about... View Details
  • 19 Oct 2010
  • First Look

First Look: October 19, 2010

gap. Purchase this case:http://cb.hbsp.harvard.edu/cb/product/111023-PDF-ENG Batson International, S.A. (B) David F. HawkinsHarvard Business School Supplement 111-024 A surprise internal audit of a division's accounting practices reveals... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 14 Jul 2023
  • Blog Post

Building a Culture of Awareness and Accountability in your Organization

and together as a group. “Start meeting and keep meeting about anti-racism practices in your organizations,” Manso-Brown said. “Setting aside time every other week or once a month to engage as a group with the same materials, learn, and discuss is a central part of... View Details
Keywords: All Industries
  • 15 May 2012
  • First Look

First Look: May 15

and elaborate on their normative implications. Audit Quality and Auditor Reputation: Evidence from Japan Authors:Douglas J. Skinner and Suraj Srinivasan Publication:The Accounting Review (forthcoming) Abstract We study events surrounding... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
  • 06 Aug 2013
  • First Look

First Look: August 6

displeasure over the directors' ineffectiveness at monitoring managers. In a sample of securities class-action lawsuits from 1996 to 2010, about 11% of independent directors are named as defendants. The likelihood of being named is greater for View Details
Keywords: Anna Secino
  • 19 Jun 2014
  • News

Turning "Black Gold" to Green

Capturing industrial carbon dioxide and pumping it back underground to help extract energy from old, unproductive oil fields seems like a plan that might be good in theory but is probably too complicated to pull off in the real world. Just don't tell that to Justin... View Details
Keywords: Ralph Ranalli; Oil and Gas Extraction; Mining
  • 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
  • 07 Oct 2002
  • Research & Ideas

What Leaders Need to Do To Restore Investor Confidence

look at the design of option plans and be much more careful about the rate at which they vest. There'll be talk about whether some of the proceeds should go into incentive banks, with a claw-back if there's poor performance. We'll talk about whether directors on View Details
Keywords: by Harvard Management Update
  • Web

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

propels you into more powerful decision-making roles with far-reaching influence. Speaker Bios: Nisha Kumar Behringer (MBA 1995) is a Board Diversity Network steering committee member and serves as the Director & Chair of the Audit... View Details
  • 21 Jun 2010
  • Research & Ideas

Strategy and Execution for Emerging Markets

mature markets. It could help managers audit any given emerging market and its different institutional voids. Managers can then tailor-make their strategy to a particular market, given that different elements are missing in different... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
  • Web

Building a Culture of Awareness and Accountability in your Organization - Recruiting

keep meeting about anti-racism practices in your organizations,” Manso-Brown said. “Setting aside time every other week or once a month to engage as a group with the same materials, learn, and discuss is a central part of this work.” View Details
  • 10 Feb 2021
  • Blog Post

What You Can Do to Create an Anti-Racist Organization

and discuss is a central part of this work.” Audit Your Policies “Do an audit of your policies and assess if policies are reinforcing the marginalization of any group,” Manso-Brown recommended. This may... View Details
  • Web

1.10 Cross-Registration | MBA

courses taken for audit count toward this 6-credit limit. Course Fee and Course Materials All students are required to pay a course fee of $100 per 1.5 credit course and $200 per 3 credit course upon enrollment. The course fee paid by... View Details
  • 05 May 2003
  • Research & Ideas

Greed, Fear, and The System Hinder Corporate Reform

governance. According to Grace Hinchman, senior vice president for public affairs at Financial Executives International, chief financial officers need to become more responsive to a smarter audit committee, and shareholders have a... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
  • 13 Jan 2021
  • News

Stress Test

lock, but the company soon expanded its focus to B2B sales in the health care sector. Its clients now include sites responsible for COVID-19 testing and vaccine distribution, which require both security and a reliable audit log. The... View Details
  • December 2004
  • Article

Market Valuation and Merger Waves

By: Matthew Rhodes-Kropf and S. Viswanathan
Does valuation affect mergers? Data suggest that periods of stock merger activity are correlated with high market valuations. The naïve explanation that overvalued bidders wish to use stock is incomplete because targets should not be eager to accept stock. However, we... View Details
Keywords: Mergers and Acquisitions; Valuation; Market Transactions; Value; Cash; Stocks; Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact; Bids and Bidding; Market Design; Stock Shares; Accounting Audits; Performance Evaluation
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