International Financial Reporting Standards - Publications - Faculty & Research

26 Jun 2012
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by a public health organization are randomly allocated to four groups. Agents in the control group receive a standard volunteer contract often offered for this type of task, whereas agents in the three treatment groups receive small View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

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would like to learn more about credit card merchant account guidelines and policies. Visit the Financial intranet site . If you wish to anonymously report areas of concern or non-compliance with policy.... View Details

13 Dec 2004
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Sharing News That Might Be Bad

be settled for months. How Do You Deal With It? Like so many executives over the past few years, you have made a commitment to internal "transparency"—where not only the numbers but also the big picture is discussed candidly... View Details

Keywords: by Paul Michelman

16 Jun 2003
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Researchers Contribute Globalization of Markets Papers

Twenty years has provided time to judge the success or failure of Theodore Levitt's predictions of a global economy populated by standardized products and marketing approaches. For the colloquium, a number of Harvard Business School and... View Details

Keywords: by Working Knowledge editors

December 2010 (Revised September 2011)
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By: David F. Hawkins, Suraj Srinivasan, Akiko Kanno and Lizzie Gomez

Speculation as to how Japanese companies might implement IFRS with particular emphasis on consolidation accounting. View Details

Keywords: History; Business Conglomerates; Misleading and Fraudulent Advertising; Consolidation; Financial Statements; International Finance; International Accounting; Standards; Goodwill Accounting; Manufacturing Industry; Japan

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01 Sep 2009
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Executive Pay: Onward & Upward

1994 Under intense pressure from industry, regulators decide stock options should not be reported as a compensation expense but as footnotes in financial statements. 2002 Following the collapse of Enron and... View Details

Keywords: Corporate Services; Management, Scientific, and Technical Consulting Services; Professional Services

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Merit-Based Admissions, Need-Based Aid Every student admitted to Harvard Business School demonstrates a unique ability to become a leader who will make a difference in the world. While admission is based on merit, financial aid is awarded... View Details

16 Sep 2008
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estate firms' decisions to provide investment property fair values prior to the required disclosure of this information under International Financial Reporting View Details

10 Mar 2014
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Counting Up the Effects of Sarbanes-Oxley

had any impact in the lead-up to the financial crisis. Did it make things better or worse?" says Srinivasan. "We don't know the answer to that. We only know that there were benefits in terms of View Details

Keywords: by Julia Hanna; Accounting; Banking

01 Mar 2010
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Global Capital and National Institutions: Crisis and Choice in the International Financial Architecture by Laura Alfaro (World Scientific) This casebook has three main topics: the determinants and effects of... View Details

Keywords: Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services; Management

06 Nov 2018
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New Research and Ideas, November 6, 2018

financial reports have strong implications for firms' future returns: a portfolio that shorts "changers" and buys "non-changers" earns up to 188 basis points per month (over 22% per year)... View Details

Keywords: Dina Gerdeman

01 Oct 2002
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corporations, financial institutions, and government agencies, including the Justice Department, Treasury Department, the Federal Trade Commission, and the Securities and Exchange Commission. He frequently comments in the news media on... View Details

Keywords: Garry Emmons

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IFC: LA/Hollywood

covering the Cable, Online Video, Tech and Broadcasting sectors. Financial Times The Financial Times is one of the leading international business dailies. Harvard affiliates... View Details

01 Sep 2004
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Charlie Williams (MBA 1939, DCS 1952)

many others go on to distinguished careers in financial services. Williams retired in 1986. When the Class of 1939 graduated from HBS, business and employment were still in a slump, salaries were at Depression levels, and war clouds were... View Details

Keywords: Garry Emmons; National Security and International Affairs; National Security and International Affairs; National Security and International Affairs; National Security and International Affairs

01 Jun 2009
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Consumption Is America’s Competitive Advantage

In the saber-rattling and highly influential 2007 report Rising Above the Gathering Storm, the National Academies warned that America’s technology and scientific leadership was being surpassed by a number of Asian countries, threatening... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne; Management, Scientific, and Technical Consulting Services; Professional Services

27 May 2009
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First Look: May 27, 2009

events associated with the adoption of International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) in Europe. European IFRS adoption represented a major... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

03 Jan 2018
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In the Wake of #MeToo, Should Corporate Boards Hire Compliance Officers?

on-the-job misdeeds served the purpose nicely. Those supporting the idea of a corporate board's creating an independent officer of compliance, reporting directly to the board, cited the need for visible action in the face of growing... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett

28 Aug 2012
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First Look: August 28

of International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) leads to capital market benefits through enhanced financial... View Details