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- June 1990
- Teaching Note
Standard Fruit Co. in Nicaragua (A) (Abridged), Teaching Note
By: James E. Austin and Tomas Otto Kohn
- April 1984 (Revised August 1995)
- Teaching Note
Standard Oil Co.: Combination, Consolidation, and Integration, Teaching Note
- July 2003 (Revised February 2004)
- Background Note
M&A Legal Context: Standards Related to the Sale or Purchase of a Company
By: Carliss Y. Baldwin, Constance E. Bagley and James Quinn
Introduces students to the legal standards affecting officers and directors when selling or purchasing a company. Provides a practical understanding of the Revlon Standard, the Securities and Exchange Act of 1934, Rule 10b-5, and the legal criteria for a cause of... View Details
Keywords: Laws and Statutes; Law Enforcement; Government Legislation; Acquisition; Business Exit or Shutdown; Corporate Governance; Going Public; Courts and Trials
Baldwin, Carliss Y., Constance E. Bagley, and James Quinn. "M&A Legal Context: Standards Related to the Sale or Purchase of a Company." Harvard Business School Background Note 904-004, July 2003. (Revised February 2004.)
- March 2011 (Revised March 2014)
- Case
The IASB at a Crossroads: The Future of International Financial Reporting Standards (A)
By: Karthik Ramanna, Karol Misztal and Daniela Beyersdorfer
What are the major challenges to the continued growth of IFRS worldwide? Should countries be encouraged to pursue "full adoption" of IFRS or should each country determine its own IFRS "convergence" strategy? Given the limitations of governance and... View Details
Keywords: International Accounting; Emerging Markets; Financial Reporting; Global Strategy; Fair Value Accounting; Corporate Governance; Standards; Adoption; Growth and Development Strategy
Ramanna, Karthik, Karol Misztal, and Daniela Beyersdorfer. "The IASB at a Crossroads: The Future of International Financial Reporting Standards (A)." Harvard Business School Case 111-084, March 2011. (Revised March 2014.)
- December 2002
- Article
A Look At Our Future: IASB Proposed Share-Based Payment Standard
By: David F. Hawkins
Keywords: Standards
Hawkins, David F. "A Look At Our Future: IASB Proposed Share-Based Payment Standard." Accounting Bulletin, no. 113 (December 2002).
- April 14, 2000
- Article
New Standard Proposed: Retirement of Long Lived Asset Obligations
By: David F. Hawkins
Keywords: Assets
Hawkins, David F. "New Standard Proposed: Retirement of Long Lived Asset Obligations." Accounting Bulletin, no. 85 (April 14, 2000).
- 2018
- Working Paper
Detecting Anomalies: The Relevance and Power of Standard Asset Pricing Tests
By: Malcolm Baker, Patrick Luo and Ryan Taliaferro
The two standard approaches for identifying capital market anomalies are cross-sectional coefficient tests, in the spirit of Fama and MacBeth (1973), and time-series intercept tests, in the spirit of Jensen (1968). A new signal can pass the first test, which we label a... View Details
Keywords: Investment Management; Anomalies; Portfolio Construction; Transaction Costs; Investment; Management; Asset Pricing; Market Transactions; Cost
Baker, Malcolm, Patrick Luo, and Ryan Taliaferro. "Detecting Anomalies: The Relevance and Power of Standard Asset Pricing Tests." Working Paper, July 2018.
- November 13, 2003
- Article
Looking Ahead: Anticipated New 2004 and Year-End 2003 Standards Reviewed
By: David Hawkins
Keywords: Standards
Hawkins, David. "Looking Ahead: Anticipated New 2004 and Year-End 2003 Standards Reviewed." Accounting Bulletin, no. 126 (November 13, 2003).
- January 1999
- Article
International Accounting Standards: New Interim Financial Reporting Standard Now Effective
By: David F. Hawkins
Hawkins, David F. "International Accounting Standards: New Interim Financial Reporting Standard Now Effective." Accounting Bulletin, no. 74 (January 1999).
- November 1998
- Article
FASB May Move toward New International Business Combination Accounting Standard
By: David F. Hawkins
Hawkins, David F. "FASB May Move toward New International Business Combination Accounting Standard." Accounting Bulletin, no. 73 (November 1998).
- November 6, 2001
- Article
Timely New Standard Issued: Long-Lived Asset Impairment and Disposal Write-Downs
By: David F. Hawkins
Hawkins, David F. "Timely New Standard Issued: Long-Lived Asset Impairment and Disposal Write-Downs." Accounting Bulletin, no. 102 (November 6, 2001).
- April 2012
- Article
The Impact of Relative Standards on the Propensity to Disclose
By: Alessandro Acquisti, Leslie John and George Loewenstein
Two sets of studies illustrate the comparative nature of disclosure behavior. The first set investigates how divulgence is affected by signals about others' readiness to divulge. Study 1A shows a "herding" effect, such that survey respondents are more willing to... View Details
Keywords: Rights; Surveys; Management Practices and Processes; Ethics; Corporate Disclosure; Judgments; Consumer Behavior; Standards
Acquisti, Alessandro, Leslie John, and George Loewenstein. "The Impact of Relative Standards on the Propensity to Disclose." Journal of Marketing Research (JMR) 49, no. 2 (April 2012): 160–174.
- May 2022
- Article
When Harry Fired Sally: The Double Standard in Punishing Misconduct
By: Mark Egan, Gregor Matvos and Amit Seru
We examine gender differences in misconduct punishment in the financial advisory industry. We find evidence of a “gender punishment gap”: following an incident of misconduct, female advisers are 20% more likely to lose their jobs and 30% less likely to find new jobs... View Details
Keywords: Financial Advisers; Brokers; Gender Discrimination; Consumer Finance; Financial Misconduct And Fraud; FINRA; Financial Institutions; Employees; Crime and Corruption; Gender; Prejudice and Bias; Personal Finance; Financial Services Industry
Egan, Mark, Gregor Matvos, and Amit Seru. "When Harry Fired Sally: The Double Standard in Punishing Misconduct." Journal of Political Economy 130, no. 5 (May 2022): 1184–1248.
- 18 Jun 2011
- News
Big Blue at 100: Still the standard for American companies
- 1999
- Working Paper
Understanding the Influence of Environmental Standards on Judgements and Choices
By: Ann E. Tenbrunsel, Kimberly A. Wade-Benzoni, David M. Messick and Max Bazerman
- 08 Nov 2018
- Working Paper Summaries
When Harry Fired Sally: The Double Standard in Punishing Misconduct
- April 2012
- Article
The Impact of Relative Standards on the Propensity to Disclose
By: Alessandro Acquisti, Leslie K. John and George Loewenstein
Acquisti, Alessandro, Leslie K. John, and George Loewenstein. "The Impact of Relative Standards on the Propensity to Disclose." Journal of Marketing Research (JMR) 49, no. 2 (April 2012): 160–174.
- 21 Mar 2012
- News