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- November 1976 (Revised May 1993)
- Case
Budget Crisis of the Boston School Committee
Herzlinger, Regina E. "Budget Crisis of the Boston School Committee." Harvard Business School Case 177-084, November 1976. (Revised May 1993.)
- September 1976
- Case
Del Norte Paper Co. (A)
Deals with a transfer pricing problem in a complex, international situation. A broad range of issues are present in the case, or are needed for a thorough case analysis. Such issues include: relevant costs; the appropriateness of profit centers; the appropriateness of...
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Sahlman, William A. "Del Norte Paper Co. (A)." Harvard Business School Case 177-034, September 1976.
- September 1976
- Case
Del Norte Paper Co. (B)
Serves two roles: first, provides a reasonably comprehensive description of an ongoing budgeting and reporting system for the international operations of a large American company. Second, allows the student to focus on and critically analyze a series of specific...
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Sahlman, William A. "Del Norte Paper Co. (B)." Harvard Business School Case 177-035, September 1976.
- September 1975 (Revised August 1991)
- Case
Exercise in Fund Accounting: Igertown, Georgia
Keywords:
Accounting
Herzlinger, Regina E. "Exercise in Fund Accounting: Igertown, Georgia." Harvard Business School Case 176-040, September 1975. (Revised August 1991.)
- 1974
- Chapter
Management Accounting in Hospitals: A Case Study
By: Robert S. Kaplan
Kaplan, Robert S. "Management Accounting in Hospitals: A Case Study." In Accounting for Social Goals: Budgeting and Analysis of Nonmarket Projects, edited by J. L. Livingstone and S. Gunn, 131–148. New York: Harper & Row, 1974.
- spring 1973
- Article
A Stochastic Model for Auditing
By: Robert S. Kaplan
Kaplan, Robert S. "A Stochastic Model for Auditing." Journal of Accounting Research 11 (spring 1973): 38–46.
- Article
Accounting Changes and Stock Prices
By: Robert S. Kaplan and Richard Roll
Kaplan, Robert S., and Richard Roll. "Accounting Changes and Stock Prices." Financial Analysts Journal (January–February 1973): 48–53.
- April 1972
- Article
Investor Evaluation of Accounting Information: Some Empirical Evidence
By: Robert S. Kaplan and Richard Roll
Kaplan, Robert S., and Richard Roll. "Investor Evaluation of Accounting Information: Some Empirical Evidence." Journal of Business 45 (April 1972): 225–257.
- March 1969 (Revised January 2000)
- Case
Industrial Products, Inc.
By: Joseph L. Bower and John W. Rosenblum
Involves the decision of whether to construct a new plant in another part of the country for a line of fire protection equipment. Capital funds set aside for the construction are blocked by Fireguard's continued record of substantial operating losses and divisional...
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Keywords:
Decision Choices and Conditions;
Factories, Labs, and Plants;
Capital;
Construction;
Financing and Loans;
Expansion;
Business Earnings;
Markets;
Product;
Manufacturing Industry
Bower, Joseph L., and John W. Rosenblum. "Industrial Products, Inc." Harvard Business School Case 369-019, March 1969. (Revised January 2000.)
- Article
Cash Take-Overs and Accounting Valuations
By: Russell Taussig and Samuel Hayes
Taussig, Russell, and Samuel Hayes. "Cash Take-Overs and Accounting Valuations." Accounting Review 43, no. 1 (January 1968). (Reprinted in Johnson and Fischer, Readings in Contemporary Financial Management,
Scott, Foresman and Co., 1969.)
- 1965
- Article
Group Decision Making: A Report of an Experimental Study
By: Joseph L. Bower
When a group of people must decide on some one action, such as where shall we go out to dinner, or in an investment club which stock shall we buy, how do the individual members come to a decision that affords the best resolution of the question at hand for the group as...
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Bower, Joseph L. "Group Decision Making: A Report of an Experimental Study." Behavioral Science 10, no. 3 (1965): 277–289.
- December 1961 (Revised January 1994)
- Case
Plowman Poultry Farm
A poultry farmer wanted to expand production greatly and sought a large extension of his line of credit from his bank in addition to his existing loan on which he had not made payment. The Board of Directors must review a detailed account of events leading to this...
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Keywords:
Governing and Advisory Boards;
Animal-Based Agribusiness;
Expansion;
Decision Choices and Conditions;
Financing and Loans;
Commercial Banking;
Agriculture and Agribusiness Industry
Hayes, Samuel L., III. "Plowman Poultry Farm." Harvard Business School Case 262-003, December 1961. (Revised January 1994.)
- Research Summary
By: Srikant M. Datar
Datar's research interests are in the cost management and management control areas. He
has published his research on activity-based management, quality, productivity, time-based
competition, new product development, bottleneck management, incentives and
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- Teaching Interest
Accounting for Managers
By: V.G. Narayanan
I teach financial and managerial accounting to executives and MBA students.
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- Forthcoming
- Article
Activist Directors: Determinants and Consequences
By: Ian D. Gow, Sa-Pyung Sean Shin and Suraj Srinivasan
This paper examines determinants and consequences of hedge fund activism, focusing on activist directors, i.e., directors appointed in response to activist demands. Using a sample of 3,259 activism events from 2004 to 2016, we identify 1,623 activist directors....
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Gow, Ian D., Sa-Pyung Sean Shin, and Suraj Srinivasan. "Activist Directors: Determinants and Consequences." Review of Accounting Studies (forthcoming). (Pre-published online July 12, 2023.)
- Teaching Interest
Audit Committees in a New Era of Governance
By: Suraj Srinivasan
The last ten years has heightened demands on audit committees. Not only are they responsible for overseeing internal and external audits to ensure that investors receive accurate and transparent information, but they must ensure compliance with new accounting and...
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- Teaching Interest
Audit Committees in a New Era of Governance
By: Paul M. Healy
The last ten years has heightened demands on audit committees. Not only are they responsible for overseeing internal and external audits to ensure that investors receive accurate and transparent information, but they must ensure compliance with new accounting and...
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- Teaching Interest
Business Education for Scholars & Teachers
By: Suraj Srinivasan
This course introduces students to basic functions of management and markets, including accounting and management, marketing, management, finance, and operations.
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- Research Summary
Capital Flows and Capital Goods (joint with Eliza Hammel)
By: Laura Alfaro
We examine one of the channels through which financial integration can help promote growth. In particular, we study the effects of capital account liberalization on the imports of capital goods. We pay particular attention to the effects of equity market...
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