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How can I find (or create) a list of fast-growing public companies? Create a list of fast-growing public companies: Capital IQ Go to Screening > Companies. Under Company Details, add any geographic or industry filters desired. Go to Financial Information >... View Details
- November 2023 (Revised August 2024)
- Background Note
Life Cycle Assessment: An Overview
By: Willy C. Shih, Michael W. Toffel and Kelsey Carter
Life cycle assessment (LCA) is a holistic approach to quantifying the environmental impacts—including resources consumed and wastes produced—associated with the entire life cycle of a product, from the production or extraction of the raw materials used in its creation,... View Details
Keywords: Life-cycle; Environmental Performance; Design; Environmental Management; Environmental Sustainability; Climate Change; Measurement and Metrics; Standards; Accounting; Environmental Accounting
Shih, Willy C., Michael W. Toffel, and Kelsey Carter. "Life Cycle Assessment: An Overview." Harvard Business School Background Note 624-052, November 2023. (Revised August 2024.)
- 10 Jun 2021
- Blog Post
Managing Sustainable Advantage with Key ESG Cofounders, Anne-Marie Schoonbeek and Heleen van Poecke
managing performance, but also translates it into ESG metrics relevant to their industry. “The metrics we use are based on the latest academic research (including research from HBS professors Rebecca... View Details
- January – February 1991
- Article
The Performance Measurement Manifesto
By: Robert G. Eccles Jr.
Eccles, Robert G., Jr. "The Performance Measurement Manifesto." Harvard Business Review 69, no. 1 (January–February 1991).
- October 1992
- Article
Creating A Comprehensive Performance Measurement System
By: Robert G. Eccles Jr. and Philip J. Pyburn
Eccles, Robert G., Jr., and Philip J. Pyburn. "Creating A Comprehensive Performance Measurement System." Management Accounting (October 1992).
- September 2006
- Article
A Model of Forum Shopping, with Special Reference to Standard Setting Organizations
By: Josh Lerner and Jean Tirole
Lerner, Josh, and Jean Tirole. "A Model of Forum Shopping, with Special Reference to Standard Setting Organizations." American Economic Review 96, no. 4 (September 2006): 1091–1113. (Earlier versions distributed as National Bureau of Economic Research Working Paper No. 10664.)
- 1985
- Article
Measuring and Reporting the Financial Condition of Public Organizations
By: Dutch Leonard
Leonard, Dutch. "Measuring and Reporting the Financial Condition of Public Organizations." Research in Governmental and Non-Profit Accounting 1 (1985).
- 04 Sep 2019
- News
Advanced Statistics Are the New Foam Fingers
Just try to convert someone weaned on ERA—earned run average, a calculation of how many runs a pitcher allows per nine innings, and a long-favored way to evaluate efficacy—to FIP (fielding independent pitching), which helps evaluate a hurler independent of the defense... View Details
- April 2021
- Exercise
Valuing Employment Exercise
By: George Serafeim, Ethan Rouen and Katie Panella
The Valuing Employment exercise can be used to show the importance of impact measurement in designing incentives and contracts. The exercise has two phases. In the first phase, participants play the role of managers at the State of Massachusetts Infrastructure... View Details
Keywords: Bid Evaluation; Workforce; Impact Measurement; Bids and Bidding; Contracts; Design; Measurement and Metrics
Serafeim, George, Ethan Rouen, and Katie Panella. "Valuing Employment Exercise." Harvard Business School Exercise 121-086, April 2021.
- August 1998
- Article
New International Accounting Standard: Discontinuing Operations
By: David F. Hawkins
Hawkins, David F. "New International Accounting Standard: Discontinuing Operations." Accounting Bulletin, no. 68 (August 1998).
- November 1998
- Article
FASB May Move toward New International Business Combination Accounting Standard
By: David F. Hawkins
Hawkins, David F. "FASB May Move toward New International Business Combination Accounting Standard." Accounting Bulletin, no. 73 (November 1998).
- October 2008
- Case
The Talbots, Inc., and Subsidiaries: Accounting for Goodwill
By: William J. Bruns Jr.
In 2006, Talbots, Inc., a specialty women's retailer, purchased a competitor, J. Jill. The transaction created a large goodwill account along with accounts for trademarks and other intangible assets. Using prevailing accounting standards (Statement of Financial... View Details
Keywords: FASB; Intangible Assets; Standards; Financial Statements; Goodwill Accounting; Apparel and Accessories Industry; Retail Industry
Bruns, William J., Jr. "The Talbots, Inc., and Subsidiaries: Accounting for Goodwill." Harvard Business School Brief Case 083-254, October 2008.
- September 2005
- Article
Holding Companies: Size-Related Cost Economies
By: Alvin J. Silk and Ernst R. Berndt
Silk, Alvin J., and Ernst R. Berndt. "Holding Companies: Size-Related Cost Economies." AdMap, no. 464 (September 2005): 51–53.
- 16 July 1999
- Article
Measuring Aggregate Process Performance Using AHP
By: Frances X. Frei and Patrick T. Harker
Frei, Frances X., and Patrick T. Harker. "Measuring Aggregate Process Performance Using AHP." European Journal of Operational Research 116, no. 2 (16 July 1999): 436–442.
- June 1993 (Revised September 1994)
- Case
GenRad, 1990 (B): The VXIbus Standard
By: Raphael R. Carty and Benson P. Shapiro
Carty, Raphael R., and Benson P. Shapiro. "GenRad, 1990 (B): The VXIbus Standard." Harvard Business School Case 593-005, June 1993. (Revised September 1994.)
- 1982
- Article
The Contraction Mapping Approach to the Perron-Frobenius Theory: Why Hilbert's Metric?
By: Elon Kohlberg and John W. Pratt
Kohlberg, Elon, and John W. Pratt. "The Contraction Mapping Approach to the Perron-Frobenius Theory: Why Hilbert's Metric?" Mathematics of Operations Research, no. 7 (1982): 198–210.
- May 5, 1999
- Article
International Accounting Standards Committee's Core Set of Standards: Reviewed and US GAAP Contrasted
By: David F. Hawkins
Hawkins, David F. "International Accounting Standards Committee's Core Set of Standards: Reviewed and US GAAP Contrasted." Accounting Bulletin, no. 81 (May 5, 1999).
- February 1997
- Article
Mexico Going Highly Inflationary for FAS 52 Accounting
By: David F. Hawkins
Hawkins, David F. "Mexico Going Highly Inflationary for FAS 52 Accounting." Accounting Bulletin, no. 46 (February 1997).
- March 1997
- Article
FASB and IASC Issue Similar Earnings per Share Standards
By: David F. Hawkins
Hawkins, David F. "FASB and IASC Issue Similar Earnings per Share Standards." Accounting Bulletin, no. 47 (March 1997).
- September 1998
- Article
New International Accounting Standard: Impairment of Assets
By: David F. Hawkins
Hawkins, David F. "New International Accounting Standard: Impairment of Assets." Accounting Bulletin, no. 70 (September 1998).