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  • June 2004 (Revised March 2005)
  • Background Note

Question of LIFO or FIFO, The; Which Is Preferable?

By: William J. Bruns Jr. and Sharon M. Bruns
Discusses the advantages and disadvantages of alternative inventory flow assumptions allowed in the United States. A single exhibit shows that in Year 2, a company using LIFO in Year 1 could report higher net income by switching to FIFO at a cost of higher income... View Details
Keywords: Cost Accounting; Taxation; Revenue
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Bruns, William J., Jr., and Sharon M. Bruns. "Question of LIFO or FIFO, The; Which Is Preferable?" Harvard Business School Background Note 104-087, June 2004. (Revised March 2005.)

    C. William Pollard

    Pollard led ServiceMaster’s dramatic growth and diversification through the acquisitions of Terminix, TruGreen/ChemLawn, Merry Maids, and American Home Shield. During his tenure, Pollard continued ServiceMaster’s 22 consecutive years of View Details
    Keywords: Services
    • 01 Jun 2018
    • News

    Sustaining HBS’s Unique Economic Model

    Harvard Business School’s continued excellence requires ongoing investment—in people, programs, and ideas. The HBS economic model is tightly aligned with its mission of educating leaders who make a difference in the world, where the View Details

      Joseph P. Routh

      When Routh assumed the position of President in 1938, Pittston’s coal and oil production businesses were generating $26 million in revenues and losing approximately $1 million on the bottom-line. Through shrewd investments and tight... View Details
      Keywords: Agriculture & Mining
      • July 2009
      • Teaching Note

      Wareham SC Systems, Inc. (TN)

      By: David F. Hawkins
      Teaching Note for [110015]. View Details
      Keywords: Revenue; Management Practices and Processes; Planning; Adoption
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      Hawkins, David F. "Wareham SC Systems, Inc. (TN)." Harvard Business School Teaching Note 110-016, July 2009.
      • December 2016
      • Article

      Selective Regulator Decoupling and Organizations' Strategic Responses

      By: Jonas Heese, Ranjani Krishnan and Frank Moers
      Organizations often respond to institutional pressures by symbolically adopting policies and procedures but decoupling them from actual practice. Literature has examined why organizations decouple from regulatory pressures. In this study, we argue that decoupling... View Details
      Keywords: Regulator Leniency; Beneficence; Mispricing; Upcoding; Nonprofit Organizations; Health Care and Treatment; Revenue; Health Industry
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      Heese, Jonas, Ranjani Krishnan, and Frank Moers. "Selective Regulator Decoupling and Organizations' Strategic Responses." Academy of Management Journal 59, no. 6 (December 2016). (Selected for Best Paper Proceedings of the 2015 Academy of Management Annual Meeting. Winner of the Healthcare Management Division of the Academy of Management 2015 Best Paper Award.)
      • May 2012
      • Course Overview Note

      Managing Stakeholders with Corporate Social Responsibility

      By: Christopher Marquis and Laura Velez Villa
      This note articulates the ways in which strong stakeholder-company relationships developed through corporate social responsibility initiatives and other types of social strategies deliver bottom line benefits. The analysis follows stakeholder logic models connecting... View Details
      Keywords: Business And Society; Social Responsibility; Stakeholder Management; Government And Business; Philanthropy; Business and Stakeholder Relations; Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact; Philanthropy and Charitable Giving; Revenue
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      Marquis, Christopher, and Laura Velez Villa. "Managing Stakeholders with Corporate Social Responsibility." Harvard Business School Course Overview Note 412-121, May 2012.
      • March 2011 (Revised March 2014)
      • Teaching Note

      IP Intermediaries & Intellectual Ventures

      By: Andrei Hagiu
      Teaching Note for 710423 and 711486. View Details
      Keywords: Intellectual Property; Business Model; Innovation and Invention; Revenue; Sales
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      Hagiu, Andrei. "IP Intermediaries & Intellectual Ventures." Harvard Business School Teaching Note 711-503, March 2011. (Revised March 2014.)
      • March 2011 (Revised March 2014)
      • Teaching Note

      Intellectual Ventures

      By: Andrei Hagiu
      Teaching Note for 710423. View Details
      Keywords: Patents; Business Model; Innovation and Invention; Revenue
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      Hagiu, Andrei. "Intellectual Ventures." Harvard Business School Teaching Note 711-502, March 2011. (Revised March 2014.)
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      HBS - Financials | Financial Highlights

      Consolidated Balance Sheet Supplemental Financial Information Financial Highlights Operating revenues increased 20 percent to a record $966 million, while operating expenses increased 17 percent to $908 million. The largest View Details
      • February 2002 (Revised May 2002)
      • Background Note

      That's a Wrap: The Dynamics of the Video Rental Industry

      By: V.G. Narayanan and Lisa Brem
      The history, current dynamics, and future trends of the $10 billion home video rental industry provides a platform to discuss revenue-sharing contracts between suppliers of home videocassettes and retailers. View Details
      Keywords: Contracts; Motivation and Incentives; Supply Chain Management; Revenue; Financial Strategy; Motion Pictures and Video Industry
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      Narayanan, V.G., and Lisa Brem. "That's a Wrap: The Dynamics of the Video Rental Industry." Harvard Business School Background Note 102-051, February 2002. (Revised May 2002.)
      • 01 Dec 2011
      • News

      What Keeps HBS Ahead? You Do!

      rely on revenue from Executive Education, Publishing, and our endowment to supplement the cost of delivering the program. This revenue covers the basics, but in many cases, the work that ensures the School’s... View Details
      Keywords: William A. Sahlman; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services

        Vincent A. Gierer, Jr.

        Gierer has presided over 8 years of consecutive growth in both revenues and earnings despite intense government-imposed new excise taxes. Gierer has been instrumental in expanding the market for smokeless tobacco, generating volume growth... View Details
        Keywords: Food & Tobacco

          Garner A. Beckett

          Through a series of four mergers, Beckett transformed his small Riverside Cement Company into the American Cement Corporation, one of the largest providers in the United States. During his tenure, the company’s revenues increased... View Details
          Keywords: Construction & Real Estate

            Scott G. McNealy

            McLeod presided over a period of infrastructure investment and development for Moore. During his tenure, Moore became one of the premier providers of business forms and printing services in the United States and Canada. When he stepped down as CEO, Moore’s assets,... View Details
            Keywords: Computers & Electronics

              Robert A. Pritzker

              A talented engineer, Pritzker's best asset was his ability to take an ailing industrial company and turn into a highly profitable enterprise. Throughout his career, Pritzker revived about 60 companies, all of which were purchased by his brother Jay. These businesses... View Details
              Keywords: Fabricated Goods

                Conde M. Nast

                Nast transformed his first magazine, Vogue, from a low revenue and low readership publication into a premier fashion magazine that generated millions in revenues. Such turnarounds were typical of most Nast publications, including Glamour... View Details
                Keywords: Publishing & Print Media

                  Edmund T. Pratt, Jr.

                  After working in financial management for the Kennedy administration, Pratt worked his way up the executive ladder at Pfizer to become CEO. Pratt focused the company on research and development, eventually expanding Pfizer into 140 countries. During his tenure, he... View Details
                  Keywords: Healthcare

                    Henry W. Gadsden

                    Gadsden presided over a massive period of growth for Merck & Company. A strong believer in the power of research and development, he increased spending in this area four fold during his tenure – from $32 million to $125 million. Under his leadership, Merck’s View Details
                    Keywords: Healthcare

                      Ray W. MacDonald

                      MacDonald presided over Burroughs during a dramatic growth period for the computer industry in the 1970s, and Burroughs’ products for electronic data processing and financial accounting systems were among those enjoying prosperity throughout the decade. During the 12... View Details
                      Keywords: Computers & Electronics
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