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- 26 Apr 2016
- News
The Quiet War on Corporate Accountability
- April 2019
- Supplement
Building Accountability for Results
By: Robert L. Simons
Simons, Robert L. "Building Accountability for Results." Harvard Business School Multimedia/Video Supplement 119-712, April 2019.
- October 2017 (Revised March 2024)
- Teaching Note
Accounting Turbulence at Boeing
By: Jonas Heese and Suraj Srinivasan
Teaching Note for HBS No. 118-020. View Details
- TeachingInterests
Leadership and Corporate Accountability
In this course, students learn about the complex responsibilities facing business leaders today. Through cases about difficult managerial decisions, the course examines the legal, ethical, and economic responsibilities of corporate leaders. It also teaches students... View Details
- February 2007
- Tutorial
HBS Financial Accounting Tutorial
By: David F. Hawkins and Paul M. Healy
Keywords: Accounting
- May 2005
- Teaching Note
Pre-matriculation Accounting Tutorial (TN)
By: David F. Hawkins and Paul M. Healy
Keywords: Accounting
- November 1992 (Revised April 1993)
- Background Note
Accounting for Indirect Costs
By: William J. Bruns Jr.
An introduction to processes by which indirect costs are first assigned to cost centers and then assigned to products or services produced. A simple schematic illustrates how expenditures are assigned to service centers or production centers, service centers to... View Details
Bruns, William J., Jr. "Accounting for Indirect Costs." Harvard Business School Background Note 193-070, November 1992. (Revised April 1993.)
- 16 Jul 2020
- News
Accounting for Real Change
Ronald Cohen (MBA 1969) Ronald Cohen (MBA 1969) In an opinion piece in the Financial Times, “Crisis Offers a Chance to Rewrite Accounting to Include Impact,” Sir Ronald Cohen (MBA 1969) writes that the global pandemic is creating a new... View Details
- Article
Make Online Ads Accountable
Rayport, Jeffrey F. "Make Online Ads Accountable." Bloomberg Businessweek (February 16, 2009).
- August 1983 (Revised March 1986)
- Background Note
Basic Financial Accounting Concepts
Cooper, Robin. "Basic Financial Accounting Concepts." Harvard Business School Background Note 184-021, August 1983. (Revised March 1986.)
- July 1985 (Revised May 1986)
- Background Note
Lease Accounting and Analysis
By: David F. Hawkins
Keywords: Accounting
Hawkins, David F. "Lease Accounting and Analysis." Harvard Business School Background Note 186-008, July 1985. (Revised May 1986.)
- May 1985
- Background Note
Depreciation Accounting and Analysis
By: David F. Hawkins
Keywords: Accounting
Hawkins, David F. "Depreciation Accounting and Analysis." Harvard Business School Background Note 185-166, May 1985.
- January 2022
- Technical Note
Accounting for Climate Change
- 07 Oct 2019
- News
Weighting accounts for impact
- March 2024
- Module Note
Accounting Standards for the 21st Century
By: Jonas Heese
Over the past two decades, accounting standards have evolved to meet the demands of a rapidly changing business environment. This module note focuses on understanding the impact of these standards on measuring firm performance and financial position in the context of a... View Details
Heese, Jonas. "Accounting Standards for the 21st Century." Harvard Business School Module Note 124-056, March 2024.
- April 1997
- Article
1997 CFA Level I and II Accounting Review Package: Selected Accounting Bulletins
By: David F. Hawkins
Keywords: Accounting
Hawkins, David F. "1997 CFA Level I and II Accounting Review Package: Selected Accounting Bulletins." Accounting Bulletin, no. 49 (April 1997).
- February 1998
- Article
1998 CFA Level I and II Accounting Review Package: Selected Accounting Bulletins
By: David F. Hawkins
Keywords: Accounting
Hawkins, David F. "1998 CFA Level I and II Accounting Review Package: Selected Accounting Bulletins." Accounting Bulletin, no. 61 (February 1998).
- 2012
- Working Paper
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: Integrated Corporate Reporting; For-Profit Firms; Framework; Corporate Accountability; Corporate Governance; Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact; Research; Environmental Sustainability; Social Issues
Ramanna, Karthik. "A Framework for Research on Corporate Accountability Reporting." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 12-021, September 2011. (Revised July 2012, October 2012.)