Introduction To Financial Accounting - Publications - Faculty & Research

17 Nov 2015
Lessons from the Classroom

How Activist Investors Became Respectable

their strategy, and the business media even treat them as celebrities. In many cases, activists have courted both investors and the public with an informative and insightful approach to individual investments. They engage in considerable... View Details

Keywords: by Joseph Fuller; Financial Services; Financial Services

24 Sep 2007
Research & Ideas

The FDA: What Will the Next 100 Years Bring?

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration, which was created by the passage of the 1906 Federal Food and Drugs Act, regulates companies and industries accounting for one-quarter of all consumer spending, roughly $1.5 trillion worth of... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne; Biotechnology; Consumer Products; Food & Beverage; Health

19 Feb 2013
First Look

First Look: Feb. 19

sourcing mix. The case also deals with the pros and cons of various energy sources in view of their perceived environmental impact. As the company's CEO, Bernardo Larrain Matte has to take all these different considerations into View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

01 Oct 2001
Research & Ideas

Five Questions for Stuart Gilson

the end I believe this accounting innovation played an important role in the ultimate financial success of the restructuring. Some critics have pointed to recent labor unrest... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne

20 Apr 2009
Research & Ideas

Misgovernance at the World Bank

seat on the board? A: I think the main service we can provide is to show that board members can be held accountable by data that are publicly available. It would be relatively simple for the Bank View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace

09 Jan 2014
Research & Ideas

Excerpt: ’Fortune Tellers’

Wall Street Journal, the Commercial and Financial Chronicle, and the Chicago Tribune. Some forecasters packaged snippets of their forecasts to be sold through news syndicates and View Details

Keywords: by Walter A. Friedman

28 Oct 2013
Research & Ideas

Responsible Leadership in an Unforgiving World

the financial crisis to see how traditional guardians of accountability—regulators and boards of directors—have failed to keep up with the speed of the markets. In the new... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding

06 Feb 2006
Research & Ideas

The Trouble Behind Livedoor

into market manipulation, especially in Japan? Robin Greenwood: Generally speaking, market manipulation comes in two forms: manipulating investor expectations, or manipulating investors' ability to trade. View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne; Financial Services; Financial Services

15 Nov 2001
Research & Ideas

Five Questions for Paul Gompers and Josh Lerner

balanced perspective. We highlight both the powerful ways in which the venture industry has worked, as well as the distortions that periodically grip the industry. This is geared to those who would like to... View Details

Keywords: by Carol Elsen; Financial Services

22 Aug 2007
Research & Ideas

The Hedge Fund as Activist

they keep a larger fraction of the gains that they produce by keeping watch over management. "Shareholder activism" refers to the practice of holding managers accountable for the performance of... View Details

Keywords: by Robin Greenwood; Financial Services

06 Sep 2005
Research & Ideas

The Best Place for Retirement Funds

were already geared up to apply these data to the asset location question. Q: Why are tax considerations often not considered by a significant number of households when making decisions about View Details

Keywords: by Ann Cullen

10 Jun 2015
Research & Ideas

The Transparency Revolution in Corporate Reporting

decipher what kind of company they are buying into. The Sustainability Accounting Standards Board (SASB) is an NGO established in 2011 with designs on cutting through that noise. Much the way the Financial... View Details

Keywords: Re: George Serafeim

25 Sep 2000
Research & Ideas

More Than the Sum of Its Parts: The Impact of Modularity on the Computer Industry

holding a lot of options on each module within a computer system—an option on the disk drives, the software, the CPU. CB: These "options on modules" are like financial options. As we show in the book, you can use View Details

Keywords: by Staff; Computer; Consumer Products; Technology

05 Jun 2007
First Look

First Look: June 5, 2007

capital ought to flow across country borders with minimal restriction and regulation. Freedom for capital movements became the new orthodoxy. In an intellectual, legal, and political history of financial... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

22 Jan 2014
Research & Ideas

High-Tech Immigrant Workers Don’t Cost US Jobs

wants to hire and then applies to the US government to obtain the visa. Young workers account for a large portion of skilled immigrants, with 90... View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman; Financial Services; Financial Services

23 Jul 2001
Research & Ideas

How One Center of Innovation Lost its Spark

a historical analysis of the U.S. tire industry from 1900 to 1990 suggest that the firms clustered in Akron initially led the industry in innovation, but later failed to respond effectively View Details

Keywords: by Donald Sull; Manufacturing; Transportation; Auto

05 May 2003
Research & Ideas

Sharing the Responsibility of Corporate Governance

which require full and fair disclosure of the financial performance of companies and of the risks associated with their business. This attitude is reminiscent of the Roaring Twenties when, according to... View Details

Keywords: by Carla Tishler

18 Jul 2006
First Look

First Look: July 18, 2006

than $100 million. These transactions are large enough to require the help of a financial adviser and attract both strategic and financial bidders. The sale process described... View Details