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  • 12 Jun 2020
  • News

Businesses Must Reclaim Prudent Accounting Principles

  • 05 Feb 2008
  • First Look

First Look: February 5, 2008

  Working PapersOn Best-Response Bidding in GSP Auctions Authors:Matthew Cary, Aparna Das, Benjamin Edelman, Ioannis Giotis, Kurtis Heimerl, Anna R. Karlin, Claire Mathieu, and Michael Schwarz Abstract How should players bid in keyword auctions such as those used View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 15 May 2012
  • First Look

First Look: May 15

Looking back, how should the company's restructuring be assessed? Purchase this case:http://cb.hbsp.harvard.edu/cb/product/811030-PDF-ENG Caijing Magazine (B) Karthik Ramanna and G.A. DonovanHarvard Business... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
  • 18 Oct 2011
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First Look: October 18

attempt to answer the latter question by attempting to institutionalize empathy as part of its delivery of care. Purchase this case:http://cb.hbsp.harvard.edu/cb/product/612031-PDF-ENG China or the World? A Financial Reporting Strategy... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 20 Jan 2010
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First Look: Jan. 20

IFRS in China Karthik Ramanna, G.A. Donovan, and Nancy DaiHarvard Business School Case 110-037 In 2005, China announced plans to "converge with," but not completely adopt, IFRS. China also began to lobby for changes to specific... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 01 Dec 2012
  • News

Corruption 101

could affect many people. The case, "Against the Grain: Jim Teague in Tanzania," was written by the student (using a pseudonym) under the supervision of HBS associate professor Karthik Ramanna. In a... View Details
Keywords: Crop Production; Agriculture; Credit Intermediation and Related Activities; Finance
  • 30 Oct 2012
  • First Look

First Look: October 30

Michael W. Toffel Publication:Organization Science (forthcoming) Abstract Governments and other organizations often outsource activities to achieve cost savings from market competition. Yet such benefits are often accompanied by poor... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • June 2016
  • Teaching Note

IKEA in Saudi Arabia (A), (B), (C)

By: Karthik Ramanna
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Ramanna, Karthik. "IKEA in Saudi Arabia (A), (B), (C)." Harvard Business School Teaching Note 116-062, June 2016.
  • March 2016
  • Teaching Note

The Maggi Noodle Safety Crisis in India (A), (B), and (C)

By: Karthik Ramanna
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Ramanna, Karthik. "The Maggi Noodle Safety Crisis in India (A), (B), and (C)." Harvard Business School Teaching Note 116-049, March 2016.
  • 2015
  • Working Paper

A History of 'Reliability' in the FASB's Conceptual Statement No. 8

By: Karthik Ramanna
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Ramanna, Karthik. "A History of 'Reliability' in the FASB's Conceptual Statement No. 8." Working Paper, November 2015.
  • July 2012
  • Supplement

Caijing Magazine: Video Interview with Wang Boming

By: Karthik Ramanna
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Ramanna, Karthik. "Caijing Magazine: Video Interview with Wang Boming ." Harvard Business School Video Supplement 113-701, July 2012.
  • June 2012
  • Teaching Note

Against the Grain: Jim Teague in Tanzania (TN)

By: Karthik Ramanna
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Ramanna, Karthik. "Against the Grain: Jim Teague in Tanzania (TN)." Harvard Business School Teaching Note 112-112, June 2012.
  • July 2008
  • Supplement

The Politics and Economics of Accounting for Goodwill at Cisco Systems (A) and (B) (CW)

By: Karthik Ramanna
Keywords: Goodwill Accounting
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Ramanna, Karthik. "The Politics and Economics of Accounting for Goodwill at Cisco Systems (A) and (B) (CW)." Harvard Business School Spreadsheet Supplement 109-702, July 2008.
  • April 2015 (Revised December 2016)
  • Teaching Note

Dylan Pierce at Peninsula Industries

By: Karthik Ramanna
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Ramanna, Karthik. "Dylan Pierce at Peninsula Industries." Harvard Business School Teaching Note 115-053, April 2015. (Revised December 2016.)
  • May 2014
  • Teaching Note

Wal-Mart Lobbying in India?

By: Karthik Ramanna
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Ramanna, Karthik. "Wal-Mart Lobbying in India?" Harvard Business School Teaching Note 114-091, May 2014.
  • June 2013
  • Teaching Note

Caijing Magazine and Rospil.info Combined Case Discussion

By: Karthik Ramanna
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Ramanna, Karthik. "Caijing Magazine and Rospil.info Combined Case Discussion." Harvard Business School Teaching Note 113-141, June 2013.
  • April 2013
  • Article

The International Politics of IFRS Harmonization

By: Karthik Ramanna
The globalization of accounting standards as seen through the proliferation of IFRS worldwide is one of the most important developments in corporate governance over the last decade. I offer an analysis of some international political dynamics of countries' IFRS... View Details
Keywords: Accounting Standards; IASB; IFRS; Politics; International Accounting; Globalization; Standards; Corporate Governance; Canada; China; India
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Ramanna, Karthik. "The International Politics of IFRS Harmonization." Accounting, Economics and Law 3, no. 2 (April 2013): 1–46. (Published in a dedicated issue of the journal together with four discussions, including two by the chairpersons of the national accounting standards bodies of France and Japan.)
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A Framework for Research on Corporate Accountability Reporting

By: Karthik Ramanna
This paper provides an accounting-based conceptual framing of the phenomenon of corporate accountability reporting. Such reporting is seen as arising from a delegator's (e.g., a citizenry) demand to hold a delegate (e.g., shareholders) to account. When effective,... View Details
Keywords: Corporate Accountability; Value; Financial Reporting; Business and Shareholder Relations
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Ramanna, Karthik. "A Framework for Research on Corporate Accountability Reporting." Accounting Horizons 27, no. 2 (June 2013): 409–432.
  • 2007
  • Dissertation

The Implications of Unverifiable Fair-Value Accounting: Evidence from the Political Economy of Goodwill Accounting

By: Karthik Ramanna
Keywords: Fair Value Accounting; Goodwill Accounting
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Ramanna, Karthik. "The Implications of Unverifiable Fair-Value Accounting: Evidence from the Political Economy of Goodwill Accounting." Ph.D. diss., Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), 2007. (Winner of American Accounting Association. Financial Accounting and Reporting Section. Best Dissertation Award presented by American Accounting Association.)
  • August 2008
  • Article

The Implications of Unverifiable Fair-value Accounting: Evidence from the Political Economy of Goodwill Accounting

By: Karthik Ramanna
I study the evolution of SFAS 142, which uses unverifiable fair-value estimates to account for acquired goodwill. I find evidence consistent with the FASB issuing SFAS 142 in response to political pressure over its proposal to abolish pooling accounting. The result is... View Details
Keywords: Accounting; Fair Values; Politics; Standard Setting; Fair Value Accounting; Goodwill Accounting; Government Legislation; Agency Theory
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Ramanna, Karthik. "The Implications of Unverifiable Fair-value Accounting: Evidence from the Political Economy of Goodwill Accounting." Journal of Accounting & Economics 45, nos. 2-3 (August 2008): 253–281. (Winner of the Elsevier JAE 2008 Best Paper Prize. Winner of the American Accounting Association FARS Best Dissertation Award. Presented at the 2006 Journal of Accounting & Economics Conference.)
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