Standardization - Publications - Faculty & Research

December 2010 (Revised September 2011)
Case

Kanebo Ltd. (A)

By: David F. Hawkins, Suraj Srinivasan, Akiko Kanno and Lizzie Gomez

Speculation as to how Japanese companies might implement IFRS with particular emphasis on consolidation accounting. View Details

Keywords: History; Business Conglomerates; Misleading and Fraudulent Advertising; Consolidation; Financial Statements; International Finance; International Accounting; Standards; Goodwill Accounting; Manufacturing Industry; Japan

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01 Aug 2017
News

the Colorado field office of B Lab, a nonprofit organization that seeks to redefine the meaning of success in business. B Lab’s mission is to assemble a global community of Certified B Corporations—companies that meet certain prescribed View Details

01 Oct 1999
News

White knight in the rye

minimal standards of civility. So it was like a breath of fresh air when, as the New York Times (June 23, 1999) reported, the winning bidder for the letters, Peter Norton (13th OPM), announced his intention "to do whatever Mr. Salinger... View Details

Portrait Project

Matt Simpson

than any Ivy League classroom ever could. Made me appreciate just how much my parents had done to give me this chance. That my father woke up at 4am for decades to put me in the position I was squandering. That mom and dad set the View Details

01 Oct 2000
News

HBS to Host Venture Capital Forum for Women

representatives of businesses led or managed by women will make presentations to over three hundred corporate, angel, and venture investors and strategic partners. Companies seeking financing will be screened to ensure that they meet stringent View Details

Keywords: Finance

01 Sep 2006
News

Faculty Books

consumers. Comparing eight areas of policy — product liability law, product safety standards and recall, misleading advertising, comparative product tests, product labeling, quality standards, consumer contracts, and pricing — Trumbull... View Details

Keywords: Business Schools & Computer & Management Training; Educational Services

30 Oct 2007
First Look

First Look: October 30, 2007

Harmonizing Accounting Standards Really Harmonize Accounting?: Evidence from Non-U.S. Firms Adopting US GAAP Authors:Mark T.Bradshaw and Gregory S. Miller Periodical:Journal of Accounting, Auditing and Finance (forthcoming) Abstract... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

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accepted standards exist on how companies must respond to do-not-track signals. In the event a final standard is established, we will assess and provide an appropriate response to these signals. Last... View Details

11 Feb 2014
First Look

First Look: February 11

productivity of EHR use and delegation. We then explored the interaction between these 2 strategies and the role of practice size. Results: Greater EHR use and greater delegation were independently associated with higher levels of productivity. An increase in EHR use... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

19 May 2003
Research & Ideas

Expensing Options Won’t Hurt High Tech

place at the right time or penalized just for being in the wrong place at the wrong time. A strong case can also be made for the superiority of properly designed restricted stock grants and deferred cash payments. Yet current accounting View Details

Keywords: by Zvi Bodie, Robert S. Kaplan & Robert C. Merton

Portrait Project

Victoria Song

I will master my own destiny. As a young child, I took note of the sharp contrast between the standards that existed for boys and girls in my stoic, conservative family. My brother was encouraged to speak his mind, to defend himself, to... View Details

Portrait Project

Sarah Shanfield

and invested in. I will be remarkable by being approachable, and purposeful through listening. Like my mother, I will challenge myself to raise the standard of each interaction and encourage others to meet me there. View Details

28 May 2013
Research & Ideas

Can LEGO Snap Together a Future in Asia?

do is repackage the bricks into the boxes of the one that's selling really well," Mikes says. "It's really easy for them to be nimble and meet demand." The risks of product acceptance. LEGO's standard is to create global... View Details

Keywords: by Kim Girard; Entertainment & Recreation

01 Dec 1999
News

Good Day, Sunshine

developments at the School, and enjoying faculty presentations. "Our alumni are the measure of the School," said Dean Kim B. Clark in a welcoming address to all classes. "I am grateful for what you do in your lives, for the standards that... View Details

01 Oct 1998
News

A Message from Dean Clark

the highest standards essential to responsible leadership in the modern business world. We seek to create an extraordinary environment for teaching and learning, one where our students, faculty, and staff are challenged, supported, and... View Details

17 Sep 2024
HBS Case

The Climate Targets Leaders Need to Know as Regulations Loom

As investor pressure mounts on companies to show their environmental impacts, leaders are encountering an unwieldy tangle of terms and approaches. Climate accounting basics and a dictionary of sorts can help demystify the calculations and voluntary targets that... View Details

Keywords: by Rachel Layne

01 Oct 2002
News

Sam Hayes

Another crucial step would be to ensure that public accounting firms once again become bona fide watchdogs. Too often, lucrative consulting contracts have caused accounting firms to relax their auditing standards to placate management.... View Details

Keywords: Garry Emmons

24 Aug 2009
Research & Ideas

SuperCorp: Values as Guidance System

principles of this sort not only speak to high standards of conduct but also stretch the enterprise beyond its own formal boundaries to include the extended family of customers, suppliers, distributors, business partners, financial... View Details

Keywords: by Rosabeth Moss Kanter

28 Sep 2009
Research & Ideas

Improving Accountability at the World Bank

are four main recommendations that emerge from the research, which are developed further in the final section of this testimony. For the World Bank to enhance democratic participatory processes that can achieve successful development outcomes, it should: Establish... View Details

Keywords: by Alnoor Ebrahim

01 Mar 2012
News

Competitiveness at Risk

about the project. Why did HBS launch the project? Rivkin: Many of us at the School have come to believe that the ability of firms in the United States to be competitive in the world economy and to support living standards in America is... View Details

Keywords: Roger Thompson; Educational Support Services; Educational Services

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