International Accounting Standards - Publications - Faculty & Research

01 Dec 2020
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Two Truths and a Lie About 5G

Illustration by Mengxin Li After years of speculation, 2020 was meant to be a big year for the implementation of 5G, the fifth generation of standards for broadband cellular networks. And somewhere between a pandemic and a mountain of... View Details

Keywords: Jen McFarland Flint

01 Jun 2002
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News in the News Biz

turns down,” he wrote. But such layoffs, he warned, should take into account the paper's unique contribution to its readers. Bower advised most local papers to save money by not sending reporters into the field to cover national and View Details

01 Sep 2009
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Executive Pay: Onward & Upward

require listed firms to have a majority of independent directors and mandate compensation committees to be entirely composed of outside directors. The exchanges also require firms to get shareholder approval of overall executive compensation plans. 2004 The Financial... View Details

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

01 Dec 2002
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Secretary of Labor Elaine Chao Advises New MBA Students on Business Values

Dean Kim B. Clark for founding the Leadership and Values Initiative, an effort that for the last two years has sought to more fully integrate the School's community standards of integrity and honesty, respect for others, and personal... View Details

01 Oct 2002
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Sam Hayes

Another crucial step would be to ensure that public accounting firms once again become bona fide watchdogs. Too often, lucrative consulting contracts have caused accounting firms to relax their auditing... View Details

Keywords: Garry Emmons

01 Feb 2018
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HBS Professor Emeritus Hugo Uyterhoeven Dies at 86

business policy and the role of the middle manager. He also examined the domestic and international economy, particularly the interaction between business and government, as well as the subjects of productivity, corporate profits, and... View Details

01 Oct 2002
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John R. Davis

and accounting for all 800 “cow units” (a standard measurement that in this case means about 1,175 actual cattle). Calving season calls for constant monitoring of the pregnant cows and helping them give... View Details

01 Oct 2002
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Dean Clark on Leadership, Educational Priorities, and Funding the Future

development of community standards and a system of accountability for students, faculty, and staff. We also have launched a distinguished speaker series and have plans under way for additional workshops and... View Details

01 Feb 1998
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Former HBS Dean Fouraker Dies at 74

professor at Pennsylvania State University. He quickly made his mark at HBS as an effective and highly regarded teacher in the MBA and Executive Education Programs, while also taking leadership roles in the administration of the School's View Details

01 Dec 2015
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Case Study: Bionic Banking

(Thinkstock/Getty Images) Robo-advisors, like Betterment and Wealthfront, are built for millennials-automated asset management for those with lower account balances or an aversion to traditional financial advisors. Silicon Valley has... View Details

01 Oct 1999
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New Chairman Updates Development in MBA Program

community standards of respect, integrity, and accountability have always been implicit and widely shared here at the School, and we have now articulated them more clearly and established processes to help... View Details

01 Sep 2006
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Faculty Books

developing organizational capabilities and managerial competencies to implement a clearly defined strategic intent. This case-based book discusses the marketing challenges faced by global U.S. companies (Bausch & Lomb, Reebok, and Gillette) and View Details

Keywords: Business Schools & Computer & Management Training; Educational Services

01 Mar 2017
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Students Forecast Climate Change’s Impact

14.5% of worldwide greenhouse gas emissions are a result of livestock, and beef and dairy production account for 65% of livestock emissions.” Fix: Give Up Beef. “Given Shake Shack’s position as a mission-driven and fast-growing brand, and... View Details

Keywords: Dan Morrell

01 Dec 2017
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Environmental Impact

Investments and a former US Ambassador to Austria, focuses her philanthropy on three areas: environmental conservation, education, and international economic development. She and her husband, Craig, the telecommunications pioneer who... View Details

01 Sep 2003
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Globalization Revisited

argued that advances in communications technology were increasingly inspiring consumers around the world to want the same things. Therefore, he declared, international companies should cease to act as “multinationals” that customized... View Details

Keywords: Garry Emmons; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services

01 Jun 1999
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Joel Bines

offered by his parents, who, he says, "taught me the value of extending myself and working hard." Bines's forays into the unfamiliar began just after his graduation from Bates College. After serving as a student intern for the... View Details

Keywords: Eileen K. McCluskey

01 Sep 2020
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The Devil You Don’t Know

Great Recession. Certainly, there are some similarities: there are some elements of a standard demand-side crisis, and we need to be attentive to those. But the problem we are facing today goes far beyond a breakdown in demand, so it is... View Details

01 Jun 2005
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Do You Speak Business?

matters). Thus, among its other ramifications, globalization is forcing companies to operate and conduct themselves according to certain international standards and expectations. This trend is inevitably... View Details