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- Multimedia (214)
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- 2007
- Chapter
When is Doing Business with the Poor Good - For the Poor? A Household and National Income Accounting Approach
By: Dutch Leonard
Leonard, Dutch. "When is Doing Business with the Poor Good - For the Poor? A Household and National Income Accounting Approach." In Business Solutions for the Global Poor: Creating Social and Economic Value, edited by V. Kasturi Rangan, John A. Quelch, Gustavo Herrero, and Brooke Barton. John Wiley & Sons, 2007.
- April 2012
- Article
The Question of IFRS Adoption: A Very Long Engagement
By: Karthik Ramanna and Ross L. Watts
Keywords: Accounting Standards; Political Economy; International Accounting; International Relations
Ramanna, Karthik. "The Question of IFRS Adoption: A Very Long Engagement." CPA Journal 82, no. 4 (April 2012).
- Teaching Interest
Overview
Professor Pérez Cavazos teaches the required first-year MBA course Financial Reporting and Control. View Details
- Editorial
Companies Must Include Environmental and Social Performance Measures
By: George Serafeim
Serafeim, George. "Companies Must Include Environmental and Social Performance Measures." Financial Times (February 24, 2020).
- January 2014 (Revised November 2014)
- Case
Legislative Choices for U.S. Corporate Tax Reform
By: Robert C. Pozen and Eric Lonstein
This case asks students to wear the hat of a policymaker to explore the politically charged issues around corporate tax reform in the U.S. View Details
Pozen, Robert C., and Eric Lonstein. "Legislative Choices for U.S. Corporate Tax Reform." Harvard Business School Case 314-090, January 2014. (Revised November 2014.)
- December 2022
- Supplement
Driving Decarbonization at BMW - Video Supplement
Videos of Thomas Becker, Vice President of Sustainability and Mobility at BMW Group, in support of the case "Driving Decarbonization at BMW" (HBS No. 123-008) View Details
Keywords: Decarbonization; Auto Manufacturing; Carbon Accounting; Accounting; Environmental Accounting; Energy; Environmental Management; Climate Change; Environmental Sustainability; Pollution; Product; Supply Chain; Supply Chain Management; Production; Product Design; Transportation; Transportation Industry; Europe; United States; China
Lu, Shirley, George Serafeim, and Michael W. Toffel. "Driving Decarbonization at BMW - Video Supplement." Harvard Business School Multimedia/Video Supplement 123-706, December 2022.
- 2018
- Simulation
Financial Analysis Simulation: Data Detective
By: Suraj Srinivasan and V.G. Narayanan
In this simulation, students learn to identify typical industry characteristics revealed in financial data. Equipped with an interactive and flexible set of tools, students analyze disguised financials and—using their knowledge of operational practices and reasoning... View Details
Keywords: Financial Analysis; Financial Accounting; Financial Ratios; Accounting; Financial Statements; Analysis
Srinivasan, Suraj, and V.G. Narayanan. "Financial Analysis Simulation: Data Detective." Core Curriculum Readings Series. Simulation and Teaching Note. Boston: Harvard Business Publishing 8742, 2018. Electronic.
- October 2014
- Article
Sovereigns, Upstream Capital Flows and Global Imbalances
By: Laura Alfaro, Sebnem Kalemli-Ozcan and Vadym Volosovych
We construct measures of net private and public capital flows for a large cross-section of developing countries considering both creditor and debtor side of the international debt transactions. Using these measures, we demonstrate that sovereign-to-sovereign... View Details
Keywords: Current Account; Aid/government Debt; Reserves; Puzzles; Productivity; Sovereign Finance; Developing Countries and Economies; Macroeconomics
Alfaro, Laura, Sebnem Kalemli-Ozcan, and Vadym Volosovych. "Sovereigns, Upstream Capital Flows and Global Imbalances." Journal of the European Economic Association 12, no. 5 (October 2014): 1240–1284. (Also NBER Working Paper 17396. Online Appendix.
See International capital flows database for the data on measures of net private and public capital flows for a large cross-section of developing countries.)
- December 2014 (Revised December 2020)
- Course Overview Note
The Basic LCA Framework
By: Joseph L. Badaracco and Rebecca Henderson
Keywords: Leadership & Corporate Accountability; Values; Responsibility; Leadership; Corporate Accountability; Values and Beliefs
Badaracco, Joseph L., and Rebecca Henderson. "The Basic LCA Framework." Harvard Business School Course Overview Note 315-060, December 2014. (Revised December 2020.)
- January 2009 (Revised June 2010)
- Case
Lyons Document Storage Corporation: Bond Math
By: William J. Bruns Jr.
In 2009 a recent MBA must analyze the possible refunding of bonds issued in 2000 when interest rates were much higher. She must consider the possible consequences of repurchasing company bonds outstanding using cash that might be obtained by issuing new bonds at a... View Details
Keywords: Financial Accounting; Quantitative Analysis; Securities; Debt Securities; Bonds; Cash Flow; Mathematical Methods; Accounting; Interest Rates
Bruns, William J., Jr. "Lyons Document Storage Corporation: Bond Math." Harvard Business School Brief Case 093-215, January 2009. (Revised June 2010.)
- July 2012 (Revised February 2013)
- Case
Société Internationale de Plantations et de Finance (SIPEF)
By: David Hawkins
Management of a company with extensive palm oil tree plantations questions the usefulness to management and investors of IAS41's requirement to value palm oil trees at their fair value. View Details
Keywords: Financial Accounting; International Financial Reporting Standards; International Accounting Standards; Biological Asset Accounting; IAS41; Historical Cost; Equity Valuation; Financial Ratios; Plant-Based Agribusiness; International Accounting; Valuation; Financial Reporting; Fair Value Accounting; Equity; Agriculture and Agribusiness Industry
Hawkins, David. "Société Internationale de Plantations et de Finance (SIPEF)." Harvard Business School Case 113-027, July 2012. (Revised February 2013.)
- Teaching Interest
Overview
By: Ethan C. Rouen
Professor Rouen teaches the Elective Curriculum course Reimaging Capitalism. View Details
- Teaching Interest
Overview
Professor Sikochi teaches the required first-year MBA course Financial Reporting and Control. He is also a guest instructor in the second-year MBA elective course Doing Business in Africa. View Details
- September 2018 (Revised July 2019)
- Case
Time-Driven Activity-Based Costing at Voray
By: Ethan Rouen
Rouen, Ethan. "Time-Driven Activity-Based Costing at Voray." Harvard Business School Case 119-033, September 2018. (Revised July 2019.)
- October 2012
- Case
Dispensers of California, Inc.
By: David A. Wilson and David Hawkins
An investor seeking capital must prepare projected financial statements for a new business. View Details
- May 2009
- Supplement
Ceres Gardening Company: Funding Growth in Organic Products, Spreadsheet for Instructors (Brief Case)
By: John H. McArthur and Joel L. Heilprin
- May 2009
- Teaching Note
Ceres Gardening Company: Funding Growth in Organic Products (Brief Case)
By: John H. McArthur and Sunru Yong
Teaching Note to 4017. View Details
- September 2016
- Article
The Effect of Target Difficulty on Target Completion: The Case of Reducing Carbon Emissions
By: Ioannis Ioannou, Shelley Xin Li and George Serafeim
Targets are an integral component of management control systems and play a significant role in achieving desirable performance outcomes. We focus on a key environmental performance objective—reduction of carbon emissions—as a setting in which to examine how target... View Details
Keywords: Sustainability; Target-setting; Management Accounting; Management Accounting And Control Systems; Control Systems; Sustainable Development; Environment; Goals and Objectives; Climate Change; Management Systems; Accounting; Environmental Sustainability
Ioannou, Ioannis, Shelley Xin Li, and George Serafeim. "The Effect of Target Difficulty on Target Completion: The Case of Reducing Carbon Emissions." Accounting Review 91, no. 5 (September 2016): 1467–1492.
- February 2020 (Revised August 2021)
- Case
Australia: Commodities, Competitiveness, Climate and China
By: Richard H.K. Vietor and Laura Alfaro
For the past few decades, Australia has dealt with the benefits and costs of repeated mining booms—inflation, a housing bubble, a current account deficit, and growing dependence on China. Between 1996 and 2007, however, Australia had most of these issues under control... View Details
Keywords: Commodities; Competitiveness; Carbon Tax; Environment; Capital Flows; Current Account; Mining; Economy; Problems and Challenges; Climate Change; Taxation; Competition; Financial Condition; Government and Politics; Inflation and Deflation; Environmental Sustainability; Australia
Vietor, Richard H.K., and Laura Alfaro. "Australia: Commodities, Competitiveness, Climate and China." Harvard Business School Case 720-028, February 2020. (Revised August 2021.)
- 2020
- Blog
LinkedIn Articles: Our Impact on the Environment
By: George Serafeim
Serafeim, George. "Our Impact on the Environment." LinkedIn Articles (blog). September 29, 2020. https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/our-impact-environment-george-serafeim/.