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Audit Quality and Auditor Reputation: Evidence from Japan

By: Douglas Skinner and Suraj Srinivasan
We study events surrounding ChuoAoyama's failed audit of Kanebo, a large Japanese cosmetics company whose management engaged in a massive accounting fraud. ChuoAoyama was PwC's Japanese affiliate and one of Japan's largest audit firms. In May 2006, the Japanese... View Details
Keywords: Audit Quality; Auditor Reputation; Japan; Accounting Audits; Crime and Corruption; Reputation; Beauty and Cosmetics Industry; Japan
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  • 23 Apr 2019
  • First Look

New Research and Ideas, April 23, 2019

2019 Boston: Harvard Business Review Press Becoming a Manager: How New Managers Master the Challenges of Leadership By: Hill, Linda A. Abstract—In your career, or anyone's, there is one transition that stands out as the most crucial—going... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
  • 18 Mar 2010
  • Working Paper Summaries

Matching Firms, Managers, and Incentives

Keywords: by Oriana Bandiera, Luigi Guiso, Andrea Prat & Raffaella Sadun
  • 20 Dec 2006
  • Working Paper Summaries

The Demise of Cost and Profit Centers

Keywords: by Robert S. Kaplan
  • Research Summary

Corporate Diplomacy

Michael Watkins is defining a top management function of increasing importance: the conduct of corporate diplomacy. Senior executives conduct the business equivalent of international diplomacy when they negotiate to sustain or transform relationships with influential... View Details
  • October 2024
  • Article

How to Use Sales Assessments

By: Frank V. Cespedes
Judging a person’s fit for a sales job is complex, and research shows that managers greatly overrate their ability to predict someone’s performance on the basis of interviews. Hence, using assessments is a growing trend in sales hiring and training. This article... View Details
Keywords: Forecasting and Prediction; Performance Evaluation; Sales
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  • September 26, 2022
  • Article

Is Your Family Office Built for the Future?

By: Josh Baron and Rob Lachenauer
Family offices can provide a number of benefits, including privacy, customization, and having your own team to handle a wide range of services, such as guiding family philanthropy, managing shared properties, or even managing household help. Successful principals in... View Details
Keywords: Business Offices; Family and Family Relationships
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  • May 2020
  • Teaching Note

Big Boom Beverages: Fight or Flight? (Brief Case)

By: Stephen A. Greyser and William Ellet
Teaching Note for HBS Brief Case No. 920-557. The case addresses analysis and decisions related to the entrepreneurial life of a distinctive energy beverage, including its niche market launch, early problems, reformulation, social media impact, market success, and... View Details
Keywords: Alcoholic Beverages; Energy Drinks; Regulation; Entrepreneurship; Ethics; Marketing Communications; Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact; Reputation; Communication Strategy; Decision Making
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  • 03 Jul 2013
  • What Do You Think?

What Are the Limits of Transparency?

everyone's questions. We inverted the pyramid of the organization and made reverse accountability a reality." That's not all. Nayar makes his own 360-degree feedback open to 50,000 employees, and 3,800 View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
  • 31 Jan 2012
  • Working Paper Summaries

Observation Bias: The Impact of Demand Censoring on Newsvendor Level and Adjustment Behavior

Keywords: by David F. Drake
  • April 2018
  • Case

Happy UAE

By: Joshua Schwartzstein, Brian J. Hall, Tiffany Y. Chang, Karim Sameh and Alpana Thapar
This case centers on the United Arab Emirates' (UAE) national goal of raising the happiness of its residents and visitors through ambitious government initiatives. They combined this bold national goal with an accountability structure (incentive plan) built on Key... View Details
Keywords: Happiness; Welfare; Governance; Motivation and Incentives; United Arab Emirates
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  • 02 Oct 2007
  • First Look

First Look: October 2, 2007

development is a key area of management, straddling strategy, innovation and entrepreneurship and macro-organizational behaviour. All of the contributors in the Handbook of New Product Development Management... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace

    Max H. Bazerman

    Max H. Bazerman is Jesse Isidor Straus Professor of Business Administration at the Harvard Business School. His recent books... View Details
    Keywords: accounting industry; accounting industry; accounting industry
    • 14 Jul 2015
    • First Look

    First Look: July 14, 2015

      Publications May-June 2015 Human Resource Management Back to the Future: Implications for the Field of HRM of the Multi-stakeholder Perspective Proposed 30 Years Ago By: Beer, Michael, Paul Boselie, and Chris Brewster Abstract—Thirty... View Details
    Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
    • Mar 18 2015
    • Testimonial

    Aligning Financial Strategy with Business Strategy

    • December 1998 (Revised December 1999)
    • Case

    Morgan Stanley Dean Witter Private Client Services

    By: Thomas J. DeLong, David M. Darst, Ann K Rusher and Catherine M. Conneely
    The 1997 merger of retail giant Dean Witter and investment bank Morgan Stanley was a year old when Bob Sculthorpe was appointed director of Private Client Services (PCS) at Morgan Stanley Dean Witter (MSDW). The firm was still operating under two separate broker-dealer... View Details
    Keywords: Mergers and Acquisitions; Business Divisions; Investment Banking; Brands and Branding; Salesforce Management; Competitive Strategy; Retail Industry
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    • Research Summary

    Is Deposit Insurance a Good Idea, and if so, Who Should Pay for it?

    Joint work with Alan Morrison, Saïd Business School, Oxford.

    Deposit insurance schemes are becoming increasingly popular around the world and yet there is little understanding... View Details

    • November 2007 (Revised March 2009)
    • Case

    OppenheimerFunds and Take-Two Interactive (A)

    By: Jay W. Lorsch, Andrew Hill and Kaitlyn Simpson
    Describes the dilemma faced by Emmanuel Ferreira, a fund manager at OppenheimerFunds. As the largest shareholder and a long-time investor in software publisher Take-Two Interactive, Ferreira contemplates whether or not to get involved with other investors in trying to... View Details
    Keywords: Restructuring; Decision Choices and Conditions; Investment; Corporate Governance; Governing and Advisory Boards; Business and Shareholder Relations
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    • March 2020
    • Article

    Voluntary, Self-Regulatory, and Mandatory Disclosure of Oil and Gas Company Payments to Foreign Governments

    By: Paul M. Healy and George Serafeim
    Concerns about high rates of government corruption in resource-rich countries have led transparency advocates to urge oil and gas firms to disclose payments to host governments for natural resources. Transparency, they argue, can increase government accountability and... View Details
    Keywords: Oil ＆ Gas; Corruption; Transparency; Self-regulation; Industry Self-regulation; Regulation; Disclosure; Disclosure Regulation; Energy Sources; Crime and Corruption; Corporate Disclosure; Governing Rules, Regulations, and Reforms; Energy Industry
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    • 12 May 2020
    • Research & Ideas

    It’s Time To Relaunch Your Remote Team

    routines calls for relaunches to help leaders and team members understand how each member has been affected, figure out how to address concerns, and ultimately get everyone back on the same track to achieve team goals. Team leaders should focus their relaunch in four... View Details
    Keywords: by Tsedal Neeley