Introduction To Accounting - Publications - Faculty & Research

30 Jan 2014
HBS Seminar

Rebecca Henderson, Harvard Business School

06 Nov 2024
News

Box Jumping: Portfolio Recompositions to Achieve Higher Morningstar Ratings

31 Jul 2017
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Apple, Google And Amazon: How To Understand Capitalism's Future

02 Dec 2015
What Do You Think?

What Will It Take to Achieve Gender Equality in Leadership?

inequality is costing the global economy $12 trillion annually, with North America accounting for 25 percent of that total followed by China’s 20-plus percent. If diversity and gender equality have so much potential for improving... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett

05 Jun 2024
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Us Senate Searches for Fix to Homeowners Insurance Woes

18 Jul 2018
News

No More General Tso's? A Threat to 'Knowledge Recombination'

2008
Working Paper

CEO and CFO Career Penalties to Missing Quarterly Analysts Forecasts

By: Rick Mergenthaler, Shiva Rajgopal and Suraj Srinivasan

We find that missing the quarterly analyst consensus earnings forecast is associated with career penalties in the form of a reduced bonus, smaller equity grants, and a greater chance of forced dismissal for both CEOs and CFOs during the period 1993-2004. These results... View Details

Keywords: Earnings Management; Governing and Advisory Boards; Compensation and Benefits; Managerial Roles; Personal Development and Career

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SSRN

08 Oct 2021
Research & Ideas

How Newspaper Closures Open the Door to Corporate Crime

Some may shrug at the inevitable passing of the local newspaper, writing it off as a dinosaur that doesn’t have much to offer in our modern world of blogs, social media sites, and streamed soundbites. But no news is not necessarily good... View Details

Keywords: by Avery Forman

24 Apr 2014
News

Online learning brings business basics to a wider audience

Professor and Chair of the MBA Elective Curriculum V.G. Narayanan explains the potential impact of three accounting courses he is developing for the School's new online learning platform, HBX. (Published April 2014) View Details

May 2016 (Revised May 2017)
Case

Supply Chain Finance at Procter & Gamble

By: Benjamin C. Esty, E. Scott Mayfield and David Lane

In April 2013, Procter & Gamble (P&G), the world’s largest consumer packaged goods (CPG) company, announced that it would extend its payment terms to suppliers by 30 days. At the same time, P&G announced a new supply chain financing (SCF) program giving suppliers the... View Details

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Educators

Purchase

26 Jun 2015
News

Shutting Down Stores Doesn’t Have to Be Bad for Business

23 Dec 2024
News

You Have F.S.A. Dollars to Burn. Everyone Wants Them.

05 Jul 2017
News

Are Stockbrokers Illegally Leaking Confidential Information to Favored Clients?

04 Feb 2013
News

Are the ‘Big Four’ Audit Firms Too Big to Fail?

07 Sep 2020
Research & Ideas

How to Help Small Businesses Survive COVID's Next Phase

hours reduce electricity bills? Perhaps for the first time, small-business owners accustomed to monthly accounting might need to track day-to-day spending so they can react... View Details

Keywords: by Danielle Kost; Food & Beverage; Service

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How to Communicate your Organizations’ People-Centered Values - Recruiting

members of your community accountable for? Employee Resource Groups (ERGs) are important because they bring individuals together in the workplace based on shared characteristics or life experiences to... View Details

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Company databases: which database to choose? | Baker Library

Help Center Company databases: which database to choose? Which company database should I use? We subscribe to several company databases; each has its particular strengths. You may choose one versus another... View Details