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- 18 Sep 2000
- Research & Ideas
Getting It Done: Improving Nonprofit Performance
the approaches of these funds to applying the for-profit venture model [to nonprofits] vary," he explains, "they are all establishing performance metrics for their 'investments' and rewarding [good results] with continued funding." But... View Details
Keywords: by James E. Aisner
- Web
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2022 Annual Report From The Dean Key Metrics Financials PDF Downloads Financials From the CFO Financial Highlights Statement of Activity & Cash Flows Consolidated Balance Sheet Supplemental Financial Information Financials From the CFO... View Details
- 28 May 2019
- News
Beyond the Bitcoin Bubble
I think you need to determine the underlying value driver and then see if there’s more supply or demand for that value driver. So it’s not fundamentally different from the rest of the market. What is different is that there’s no history—no agreed-upon View Details
Keywords: Dan Morrell
- November 2005
- Article
A Behavioral Window on the Mind of the Market: An Application of the Response Time Paradigm
By: Fred W. Mast and Gerald Zaltman
Mast, Fred W., and Gerald Zaltman. "A Behavioral Window on the Mind of the Market: An Application of the Response Time Paradigm." Brain Research Bulletin 67, no. 5 (November 2005): 422–427.
- Article
Discussion of Private Predecision Information, Performance Measure Congruity, and the Value of Delegation
By: S. Datar
Datar, S. "Discussion of Private Predecision Information, Performance Measure Congruity, and the Value of Delegation." Contemporary Accounting Research 17, no. 4 (Winter 2000).
- January 1999
- Article
International Accounting Standards: New Interim Financial Reporting Standard Now Effective
By: David F. Hawkins
Hawkins, David F. "International Accounting Standards: New Interim Financial Reporting Standard Now Effective." Accounting Bulletin, no. 74 (January 1999).
- Article
Measuring Audit Quality
By: Shivaram Rajgopal, Suraj Srinivasan and Xin Zheng
In this paper, we document 45 specific allegations related to audit deficiencies based on GAAS, as detailed in 141 AAERs and 153 securities class action lawsuits over the violation years 1978–2016. Next, we use these allegations to validate existing popular proxies of... View Details
Keywords: Audit Quality; Audit Deficiency; AAER; Securities Class Action Lawsuits; Enforcement; Accounting Audits; Quality; Measurement and Metrics
Rajgopal, Shivaram, Suraj Srinivasan, and Xin Zheng. "Measuring Audit Quality." Review of Accounting Studies 26, no. 2 (June 2021): 559–619.
- Article
Measuring Competence? Exploring Firm Effects in Drug Discovery
By: Rebecca M. Henderson and Ian Cockburn
Henderson, Rebecca M., and Ian Cockburn. "Measuring Competence? Exploring Firm Effects in Drug Discovery." Strategic Management Journal 15 (Winter 1994): 63–84. (Winner of Dan and Mary Lou Schendel Best Paper Prize To honor substantial work published in the Strategic Management Journal presented by Strategic Management Society.)
- 20 Nov 2001
- Lecture
A Higher Standard: Corporate Performance in the Global Era." Speaker. "Transparency Within the Uruguayan Society: Responsibility of the State, the Firm, and the University
By: L. S. Paine
Paine, L. S. A Higher Standard: Corporate Performance in the Global Era." Speaker. "Transparency Within the Uruguayan Society: Responsibility of the State, the Firm, and the University. Lecture at the Transparency Within the Uruguayan Society: Responsibility of the State, the Firm, and the University, Universidad de Montevideo, Escuela de Negocios, Montevideo, Uruguay, November 20, 2001.
- November 23, 2021
- Article
The Nasdaq Mandate Will Expand Diversity in Business—and That’s Good for Business
By: Rosabeth M. Kanter and Andrea Silbert
As The Boston Club’s corporate census has identified, Massachusetts is moving the needle on the advancement of women and people of color in the business community. In our work, we measure this data year after year, and we are seeing incremental progress, but it is... View Details
Keywords: Women; Equity; Board; Diversity; Race; Gender; Measurement and Metrics; Policy; Massachusetts
Kanter, Rosabeth M., and Andrea Silbert. "The Nasdaq Mandate Will Expand Diversity in Business—and That’s Good for Business." Boston Globe (November 23, 2021), A.8.
- 2021
- Working Paper
Accounting for Organizational Employment Impact
By: David Freiberg, Katie Panella, George Serafeim and T. Robert Zochowski
Organizations create significant positive and negative impacts through their employment practices. This paper builds on the substantial body of research regarding job quality and impact measurement to present a framework for monetized analysis of employment impact. We... View Details
Keywords: Impact-Weighted Accounts; IWAI; Employment Impact; Employment; Jobs and Positions; Quality; Measurement and Metrics; Analysis; Framework
Freiberg, David, Katie Panella, George Serafeim, and T. Robert Zochowski. "Accounting for Organizational Employment Impact." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 21-050, October 2020. (Revised August 2021.)
- 2023
- Working Paper
Are Hospital Quality Indicators Causal?
By: Amitabh Chandra, Maurice Dalton and Douglas O. Staiger
Hospitals play a key role in patient outcomes and spending, but efforts to improve their quality are hindered because we do not know whether hospital quality indicators are causal or biased. We evaluate the validity of commonly used quality indicators, such as... View Details
Keywords: Quality; Health Care and Treatment; Measurement and Metrics; Outcome or Result; Health Industry
Chandra, Amitabh, Maurice Dalton, and Douglas O. Staiger. "Are Hospital Quality Indicators Causal?" NBER Working Paper Series, No. 31789, October 2023.
- 2021
- Working Paper
Accounting for Workforce Impact at Scale
By: Adel Fadhel, Katie Panella, Ethan Rouen and George Serafeim
Using new data on workforce composition and wages, we systematically measure the employment impact at U.S. firms from 2008 to 2020, including 2,682 unique firms and 22,322 firm-year observations. We document significant variation across industries and firms within each... View Details
Keywords: Impact Accounting; ESG; Employee Turnover; Wages; Employment; Measurement and Metrics; Human Capital; Diversity; United States
Fadhel, Adel, Katie Panella, Ethan Rouen, and George Serafeim. "Accounting for Employment Impact at Scale." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 22-018, December 2021.
- Working Paper
Measuring the Perceived Liquidity of the Corporate Bond Market
By: Sergey Chernenko and Adi Sunderam
We propose a novel measure of bond market liquidity that does not depend on transaction data: the strength of the cross-sectional relationship between mutual fund cash holdings and fund flow volatility. Our measure captures how liquid funds perceive their portfolio... View Details
Chernenko, Sergey, and Adi Sunderam. "Measuring the Perceived Liquidity of the Corporate Bond Market." NBER Working Paper Series, No. 27092, May 2020.
- July 2015
- Article
Prosocial Norms in the Classroom: The Role of Self-regulation in Following Norms of Giving
By: P. R. Blake, M. Piovesan, N. Montinari, F. Werneken and F. Gino
Children who are prosocial in elementary school tend to have higher academic achievement and experience greater acceptance by their peers in adolescence. Despite this positive influence on educational outcomes, it is still unclear why some children are more prosocial... View Details
Blake, P. R., M. Piovesan, N. Montinari, F. Werneken, and F. Gino. "Prosocial Norms in the Classroom: The Role of Self-regulation in Following Norms of Giving." Special Issue on Behavioral Economics of Education. Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization 115 (July 2015): 18–29.
- April 1994 (Revised November 1998)
- Case
Kendall Square Research Corporation (A)
By: William J. Bruns Jr.
Kendall Square Research was a small competitor in the supercomputer industry. As sales grew rapidly in 1992 and early 1993, the company sold stock to the public for the first time and analysts forecast higher earnings for 1993. However, when the company's revenue... View Details
Bruns, William J., Jr. "Kendall Square Research Corporation (A)." Harvard Business School Case 194-068, April 1994. (Revised November 1998.)
- 2008
- Chapter
How XBRL Will Dramatically Improve Reporting and Control Processes
By: Robert G. Eccles, Liv Watson and Mike Willis
- Article
CEO Incentives and Firm Size
By: George P. Baker and Brian J. Hall
Baker, George P., and Brian J. Hall. "CEO Incentives and Firm Size." Journal of Labor Economics 22, no. 4 (October 2004).
- Other Article
Sustainable Strategies and Net-Zero Goals
By: Mark L. Frigo, Robert S. Kaplan and Karthik Ramanna
In a recent Harvard Business Review article, Kaplan and Ramanna describe a rigorous approach, the E-liability method, for companies’ ESG reporting, especially as it pertains to GHG emissions measurements. They argue that the current standards for measuring... View Details
Keywords: Measurement; Sustainability; Net-zero Emissions; Environmental Sustainability; Integrated Corporate Reporting; Measurement and Metrics; Strategy
Frigo, Mark L., Robert S. Kaplan, and Karthik Ramanna. "Sustainable Strategies and Net-Zero Goals." Special Issue on Sustainability. Strategic Finance 103, no. 10 (April 2022): 42–49.
- August 8, 2018
- Article
Hospital-based ACOs Face Challenges in Tracking Performance Indicators
By: Christiana Beveridge, Sofia Warner, Greg Leya and Thomas W. Feeley
Given that accountable care organizations (ACOs) have not achieved the degree of cost reductions and quality improvements initially hoped for, we sought to better understand the underlying reasons for their limited success. Our analysis of American Hospital Association... View Details
Beveridge, Christiana, Sofia Warner, Greg Leya, and Thomas W. Feeley. "Hospital-based ACOs Face Challenges in Tracking Performance Indicators." NEJM Catalyst (August 8, 2018).