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  • 04 Feb 2013
  • Research & Ideas

Are the Big Four Audit Firms Too Big to Fail?

Are auditors becoming too big to fail? For over a decade, there have been articles and op-eds in the popular and business press arguing that the auditing industry, currently dominated by Deloitte & Touche, Ernst & Young, KPMG, and... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace; Accounting
  • January–February 2021
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Cross‐firm Return Predictability and Accounting Quality

By: Wen Chen, Mozaffar Khan, Leonid Kogan and George Serafeim
We test the hypothesis that if poor accounting quality (AQ) is associated with poor investor understanding of firms’ revenue and cost structures, then poor AQ stocks likely respond more slowly than good AQ stocks to new non‐idiosyncratic information that affects both... View Details
Keywords: Accounting Quality; Earnings Quality; Stock Returns; Investment Strategy; Accounting; Business Earnings; Quality; Investment Return; Investment; Strategy
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Chen, Wen, Mozaffar Khan, Leonid Kogan, and George Serafeim. "Cross‐firm Return Predictability and Accounting Quality." Journal of Business Finance & Accounting 48, nos. 1-2 (January–February 2021): 70–101.

    Political Standards

    The University of Chicago Press November 2015.

    Prudent, verifiable, and timely corporate accounting is a bedrock of our modern capitalist system. In recent years, however, the rules that govern corporate accounting have been subtly changed in... View Details

    • October 2007 (Revised January 2009)
    • Case

    The Hertz Corporation (A)

    By: Timothy A. Luehrman and Douglas Scott
    Examines the leveraged buyout of Hertz in 2005, a complex, high-profile deal and a good example of cutting-edge practice in private equity. The first of a two-part series on the Hertz LBO, adopts the perspective of Clayton, Dubilier & Rice, the leader of a private... View Details
    Keywords: Leveraged Buyouts; Private Equity; Bids and Bidding; Negotiation Deal; Valuation; Value Creation; Financial Services Industry; United States
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    Luehrman, Timothy A., and Douglas Scott. "The Hertz Corporation (A)." Harvard Business School Case 208-030, October 2007. (Revised January 2009.)
    • May 2007 (Revised April 2020)
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    Ernesto Tornquist: Making a Fortune on the Pampas

    By: Geoffrey Jones and Andrea Lluch
    Examines the career of Ernesto Tornquist, a cosmopolitan financier considered to be the most significant entrepreneur in Argentina at the end of the 19th century. Tornquist created a diversified business group, linked to the political elite, which integrated Argentina... View Details
    Keywords: Business History; Development Economics; Partners and Partnerships; Personal Development and Career; Entrepreneurship; Financing and Loans; Trade; Globalized Markets and Industries; Economy; Performance; Argentina
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    Jones, Geoffrey, and Andrea Lluch. "Ernesto Tornquist: Making a Fortune on the Pampas." Harvard Business School Case 807-155, May 2007. (Revised April 2020.)
    • February 2015 (Revised April 2016)
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    Quincy Apparel (B)

    By: Thomas R. Eisenmann and Lisa C. Mazzanti
    The (B) case provides post-mortem analysis from Quincy's cofounders on why their startup failed and what they could have done differently. Explanations for failure focus on Quincy's ambitious value proposition and resulting operational challenges; cofounder conflict;... View Details
    Keywords: Retail; Online Retail; Women's Apparel; Internet and the Web; Entrepreneurship; Failure; Business Startups; E-commerce; Apparel and Accessories Industry; Retail Industry
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    Eisenmann, Thomas R., and Lisa C. Mazzanti. "Quincy Apparel (B)." Harvard Business School Supplement 815-095, February 2015. (Revised April 2016.)
    • 10 Jan 2022
    • Research & Ideas

    How to Get Companies to Make Investments That Benefit Everyone

    Regulators often punish companies for bad behavior—for instance, by fining them if they pollute the environment. But instead of focusing on what business leaders are doing wrong and constantly slapping their hands, government officials... View Details
    Keywords: by Lane Lambert
    • 04 Oct 2019
    • Blog Post

    Finding My Passion in the Startup Space

    Business Operations for Blueground, one of the few bright exceptions, working between our New York headquarters and our offices in Athens. Finding your career passion is a trial and error process. People say “follow your passion” but this... View Details
    • 2024
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    The Golden Revolving Door

    By: Ling Cen, Lauren Cohen, Jing Wu and Fan Zhang
    Using both the onset of the US-China trade war in 2018 and the most recent Russia-Ukraine war and associated trade tensions, we show a counterintuitive pattern in global trade. Namely, while the average firm trading with these nations significantly decreases their... View Details
    Keywords: Trade; Business and Government Relations; International Relations
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    Cen, Ling, Lauren Cohen, Jing Wu, and Fan Zhang. "The Golden Revolving Door." NBER Working Paper Series, No. 32621, June 2024.
    • 06 Jun 2005
    • What Do You Think?

    Is a “Level Playing Field” a Good Thing?

    governments should stop the natural market dynamics, but . . . countries should (not) use the term 'level playing field' as an excuse for exploitation." Paul Jackson points out that "In this country [the United States], let... View Details
    Keywords: by James Heskett
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    Capturing & Disseminating Video/Photography During Course Activities | About

    Capturing & Disseminating Video/Photography During Course Activities Please note: All classroom recordings are owned by HBS, with copyright to the recordings belong to the President and Fellows of Harvard College. The case and field methods, the hallmark pedagogies of... View Details
    • 02 Aug 2020
    • What Do You Think?

    Is the 'Experimentation Organization' Becoming the Competitive Gold Standard?

    would be interesting , he continued, to examine sectors other than technology “for their natural tendencies and what drives such culture and procedural traits.” Joe noted that some of the principles of experiment design provide “a piece of View Details
    Keywords: by James Heskett; Technology
    • 10 Jun 2014
    • First Look

    First Look: June 10

    paper investigates the role of the CRO in making these transformations happen. The two cases highlight that the role of the CRO may be less about the packaging and marketing of risk management ideas to View Details
    Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
    • 29 May 2012
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    First Look: May 29

    issue facing firms, that the business press has outlined a recurring set of prescriptive advice about the topic to practitioners, and why (despite its recurring nature) that advice seems to have limited usefulness. The chapter then... View Details
    Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
    • September 2004 (Revised January 2005)
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    IBM: Ordering Midrange Computers in Europe

    IBM Europe is trying to expand business-to-business (B2B) efforts with its large distributors of midrange systems. These efforts aim to automate many transactions and business processes, removing the need for human involvement. IBM has completed an initial project with... View Details
    Keywords: Customer Relationship Management; Information Technology; Information Infrastructure; Marketing Channels; Distribution Channels; Information Technology Industry; Computer Industry; Germany; United States
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    McAfee, Andrew P., and Michael Otten. "IBM: Ordering Midrange Computers in Europe." Harvard Business School Case 605-022, September 2004. (Revised January 2005.)
    • 24 Sep 2013
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    First Look: September 24

    Earnings Call By: Eccles, Robert G., and George Serafeim Abstract—One of the challenges companies claim to face in making sustainability a core part of their strategy and operations is that the market does not care about sustainability,... View Details
    Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
    • 2008
    • Casebook

    The Rules of Globalization: Case Book

    By: Rawi Abdelal
    This is a book about the politics of the global economy — about how firms prosper by understanding those politics, or fail by misunderstanding them. Understanding the politics of globalization may once have been a luxury; it is now, for most high-level managers, simply... View Details
    Keywords: Trade; International Finance; Globalized Economies and Regions; Governing Rules, Regulations, and Reforms; Policy; Government and Politics; Business and Government Relations
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    Abdelal, Rawi, ed. The Rules of Globalization: Case Book. Singapore: World Scientific Publishing, 2008.
    • September 2022
    • Background Note

    On CUE: The Quest for Optimal Customer Unit Economics

    By: Elie Ofek, Barak Libai and Eitan Muller
    Startups are often evaluated by how well they perform on unit economics, defined as the ratio of a customer’s lifetime value (LTV) to acquisition costs (CAC). A common target for unit economics, advocated by many VCs and analysts, is 3:1 (i.e., LTV/CAC=3). While there... View Details
    Keywords: Unit Economics; Business Startups; Performance Evaluation; Customer Value and Value Chain; Customer Relationship Management; Analysis
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    Ofek, Elie, Barak Libai, and Eitan Muller. "On CUE: The Quest for Optimal Customer Unit Economics." Harvard Business School Background Note 523-050, September 2022.
    • 14 Sep 2023
    • Blog Post

    MBAs Accelerate Their Social Enterprise Ventures

    startup to tackle product accessibility for the disability community. Many products and websites today are inaccessible to people with disabilities despite over 30 years of the Americans Disabilities Act which prohibits disability discrimination. Very few of the... View Details
    • 03 Jun 2020
    • Blog Post

    How to Thrive as a Remote Manager and Employee

    of COVID-19, companies are shifting their priorities and business plans. While this creates a challenging job market in many industries, it also surfaces an opportunity for job seekers to show their ability... View Details
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