Internal Audit - Publications - Faculty & Research

05 May 2003
Research & Ideas

Greed, Fear, and The System Hinder Corporate Reform

governance. According to Grace Hinchman, senior vice president for public affairs at Financial Executives International, chief financial officers need to become more responsive to a smarter audit committee, and shareholders have a... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace

19 Jun 2014
News

Turning "Black Gold" to Green

doctorate at the Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences and on a dissertation entitled "On the Physics and Chemistry of Carbon Dioxide Capture and Storage in Terrestrial and Marine Environments." Dawe was the co-president of the HBS Energy Club and had spent his... View Details

Keywords: Ralph Ranalli; Oil and Gas Extraction; Mining

January 2010
Case

Five and Six Dulles Station

By: Arthur I Segel

Cricket Real Estate Advisors needs to decide if they should invest in a proposed joint venture development with Buddy Holly & Associates. Holly is a successful northern Virginia office developer who plans to develop two buildings containing 232,750 rentable square... View Details

Keywords: Valuation; Joint Ventures; Markets; Accounting Audits; International Finance; Agreements and Arrangements; Change; Strategic Planning; Management Analysis, Tools, and Techniques; Financial Management; Real Estate Industry

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24 Nov 2014
Research & Ideas

Corrupting Silence: Companies Must Speak Up Against Bribes

pressure to perform. Second, internal controls within their companies are not that strong. And finally, their companies allow them to rationalize their behavior." Even after the scandal broke, the mid-level Siemens executive who oversaw... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding

27 Apr 2010
First Look

First Look: April 27

ideas across academic communities. The Predictive Value of Accruals and Consequences for Market Anomalies Authors:Francois Brochet, Seunghan Nam, and Joshua Ronen Publication:The Journal of Accounting, Auditing and Finance (forthcoming)... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

09 Jun 2003
Research & Ideas

Incentives and Operational Excellence

lives, said Narayanan. Owens & Minor allowed customers to internalize the consequences of their demand for services.— V.G. Narayanan The case of Video Vault, a small outfit in Massachusetts, was a fine example of how an operational... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace

01 Jun 1997
News

Short Takes

schools, have benefited from setting up internal management development programs and facilities in order to maintain a qualified pool of employees. Replicating U.S. business practices in other countries is a very complex challenge,... View Details

Keywords: Judith A. Ross

16 Sep 2014
First Look

First Look: September 16

recognized as providing an important dimension in international business studies. Much of this historical work has focused on mapping historical growth patterns of multinationals and exploring the determinants of their growth. However,... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

20 May 2016
Op-Ed

World Health Organization Lacks Leadership to Combat Pandemics

new report says as much. The report comes from The Commission on Global Health Risk Framework for the Future. It makes 26 recommendations which aim to strengthen the WHO’s leadership role in coordinating international preparedness and... View Details

Keywords: by John Quelch; Health

30 Jun 2003
Research & Ideas

Computer Security is For Managers, Too

each warrants. A bank, for instance, might assign the greatest amount of protection to the database that stores its customers' financial information. For a pharmaceutical company, it might be the research servers that hold data on promising drug compounds. View Details

Keywords: by Robert D. Austin & Christopher A.R. Darby

01 Jan 2003
News

Charles O. Rossotti, MBA 1964

Cofounder, Former Chairman & Chief Executive Officer American Management Systems, Inc. Former Commissioner, Internal Revenue Service Senior Advisor, The Carlyle Group Return to Alumni Achievement Awards main page ©2003 www.RockyThies.com... View Details

01 Apr 2000
News

Q & A: A Conversation with IRS Chief Charles Rossotti

Named the 45th Commissioner of Internal Revenue in 1997, Charles O. Rossotti (MBA '64) heads the Internal Revenue Service, which has 102,000 employees, a $7.8 billion budget, and annual revenue collections... View Details

Keywords: Garry Emmons

19 Oct 2010
First Look

First Look: October 19, 2010

gap. Purchase this case:http://cb.hbsp.harvard.edu/cb/product/111023-PDF-ENG Batson International, S.A. (B) David F. HawkinsHarvard Business School Supplement 111-024 A surprise internal audit of a... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

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IFC: Cape Town; Africa Rising - Course Catalog

IFC Financial Aid for a quick assessment to determine your eligibility and process or contact finaid@hbs.edu for more information. Enrollment: Limited to 45 MBA students (due to the nature of IFCs, auditing is not permitted) Course... View Details

01 Jan 2004
News

Barbara Hackman Franklin, MBA 1964

had been suspended for several years. One of the first women to graduate from HBS, Franklin is used to breaking down barriers. She has worked with five Presidents of the United States, founded an international trade consulting and... View Details

01 Sep 2005
News

One-on-One with Thomas Riley

whether I’m still up to it. I’m ready to go.” Eight months later, in January 2004, Riley took his post at the U.S. embassy in Rabat, where he oversees a staff of 400 people. A Stanford University graduate, he is a veteran of three decades in View Details

Keywords: Garry Emmons; Finance; Government

01 Jun 2003
News

Up Against The Firewall

essential steps toward achieving cyber security. Such actions include assessing the value of the firm’s vital information, the risks to it, and the appropriate degree of accessibility and protection it warrants. There should be regular, consistent, and well–documented... View Details

Keywords: Garry Emmons; Robert Austin; Corporate Services; Computer Systems Design and Related Services; Professional Services

03 Apr 2012
First Look

First Look: April 3

auditor for both the financial and nonfinancial information contained in the integrated report, but these are covered by separate assurance opinions. Among the challenges of providing an integrated audit is getting the View Details

Keywords: Carmen Nobel

07 Oct 2002
Research & Ideas

What Leaders Need to Do To Restore Investor Confidence

concern for a wide range of constituencies—has been pushed aside and has been replaced by a technical definition of what is acceptable. So there's also no question that we need to strengthen the internal systems that guide conduct within... View Details

Keywords: by Harvard Management Update

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Board Diversity Network: 2024 Fall Events Recap - Blog: RGE Report

avoid limiting yourself to a narrow swim lane ; your input will be needed on a breadth of topics. For example, **if you have operations expertise, use it—**having comprehensive knowledge of operations can translate to both domestic and View Details

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