Publications

February 2004 (Revised July 2004)
Background Note

Retiree Benefit Note Analysis

By: David F. Hawkins

Walks the reader through the retiree benefit note disclosures required by SFAS 132, which were revised in 2003. View Details

Keywords: Retirement; Accounting; Standards; Compensation and Benefits

December 1999 (Revised November 2010)
Background Note

Inflation Accounting and Analysis

By: David F. Hawkins

Describes alternative approaches to accounting for business activities during periods of inflation. Presents hints and techniques for analyzing financial statements during inflationary periods. A rewritten version of an earlier note. View Details

Keywords: Cost Accounting; Financial Statements; Inflation and Deflation

April 1994
Background Note

Notes on Scalogram Analysis

By: Alvin J. Silk

April 1982
Background Note

Systems Analysis in Marketing

By: Benson P. Shapiro

Keywords: Marketing

October 1980 (Revised June 1993)
Background Note

Introduction to Decision Analysis

By: Paul A. Vatter

Keywords: Decision Making; Management Analysis, Tools, and Techniques

December 1999 (Revised March 2001)
Background Note

Lease Accounting and Analysis

By: David F. Hawkins

Discusses global accounting for leases by lessees and lessors with emphasis on U.S. lease accounting standards. A rewritten version of an earlier note. View Details

Keywords: International Accounting; Accounting; Leasing

January 2001
Background Note

Country Analysis in a "Global Village"

By: Bruce R. Scott

Substantially rewritten to establish the relevance of countries in the global context. It does so in terms of their differing economic performance in recent decades, and also by contrasting those that have "converged" toward the rich country norm (as theory would... View Details

Keywords: Globalized Economies and Regions; Macroeconomics; Trade; Business Strategy; Performance Evaluation; Industry Growth; Currency; Policy; Development Economics

May 1989 (Revised June 1989)
Case

Chemalite, Inc.: Du Pont Analysis

May 1991
Background Note

Price Change Accounting and Analysis

By: David F. Hawkins

Keywords: Price; Change; Accounting

February 2006
Teaching Note

Alternative Choice Decision Analysis (TN)

By: David F. Hawkins, V.G. Narayanan, Michele Jurgens and Jacob Cohen

Keywords: Decision Making

October 2002 (Revised February 2003)
Case

Joe Smith's Closing Analysis (B)

By: Lynda M. Applegate and Rakesh Khurana

Supplements the (A) case. View Details

October 1985
Background Note

Interim Period Reporting and Analysis

By: David F. Hawkins

Keywords: Financial Reporting

March 1996
Supplement

Executive Shirt Company, Inc.: Analysis

By: Janice H. Hammond

Presents a follow-up. View Details

Keywords: Apparel and Accessories Industry; United States

TeachingInterests

Economic Analysis of Public Policy

Teaching Fellow, Spring 2015
Harvard John F. Kennedy School of Government View Details

September 2010 (Revised January 2011)
Background Note

Using Regression Analysis to Estimate Time Equations

This note presents a simple way to estimate time equations using regression analysis in Excel. The note quickly outlines regression analysis, then presents a real-life case example from the natural gas industry that students can use to gain experience developing and... View Details

Keywords: Accounting; Activity Based Costing and Management; Mathematical Methods

July 1982 (Revised April 1984)
Background Note

Some Avenues for Ethical Analysis in General Management

Provides a general framework for the analysis of ethics-related case studies in business policy, drawing upon categories from the discipline of moral philosophy. View Details

Keywords: Management; Analysis; Ethics