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- 16 Jun 2020
- News
Why Do People Avoid Facts That Could Help Them?
- 07 Sep 2011
- News
Top executives need feedback—here's how they can get it
- April 1964 (Revised January 2003)
- Case
Empire Glass Company (A)
By: David F. Hawkins
Concerns management control at the divisional level, and the use of budgets.
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Hawkins, David F. "Empire Glass Company (A)." Harvard Business School Case 109-043, April 1964. (Revised January 2003.)
Jonas Heese
Jonas Heese is the Marvin Bower Associate Professor of Business Administration in the Accounting & Management Unit. He teaches the Business Analysis and Valuation course in the MBA elective curriculum. He has also taught first-year MBAs in Financial... View Details
- October 1978 (Revised November 1985)
- Background Note
Managing Interpersonal Conflict
Discusses the nature and dynamics of interpersonal conflict and suggests how to diagnose and manage a conflict situation. The perspective employed is that of an interested third party who wishes to intervene in the conflict to resolve or control it. Focuses on how to...
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Keywords:
Conflict Management
Barnes, Louis B., and James P. Ware. "Managing Interpersonal Conflict." Harvard Business School Background Note 479-004, October 1978. (Revised November 1985.)
- January 1999 (Revised March 2003)
- Case
Rich-Con Steel
One month after "going live" with a new information system, Rich-Con Steel is in crisis. The new system was intended to give the company basic visibility and control over its business processes, but instead, visibility and control appear to have evaporated. Marty...
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McAfee, Andrew P. "Rich-Con Steel." Harvard Business School Case 699-133, January 1999. (Revised March 2003.)
- April 2004 (Revised September 2007)
- Case
Accounting Fraud at WorldCom
By: Robert S. Kaplan and David Kiron
The principal players in WorldCom's accounting fraud included CFO Scott Sullivan, the General Accounting and Internal Audit departments, external auditor Arthur Andersen, and the board of directors. The case provides sufficient detail to allow for a full discussion of...
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Keywords:
Governance Controls;
Governing and Advisory Boards;
Crime and Corruption;
Ethics;
Financial Reporting;
Organizational Culture;
Corporate Governance;
Accounting Audits
Kaplan, Robert S., and David Kiron. "Accounting Fraud at WorldCom." Harvard Business School Case 104-071, April 2004. (Revised September 2007.)
- 2014
- Working Paper
Savings in Transnational Households: A Field Experiment Among Migrants from El Salvador
By: Nava Ashraf, Diego Aycinena, Claudia Martinez A. and Dean Yang
While remittance flows to developing countries are very large, it is unknown whether migrants desire more control over how remittances are used. This research uses a randomized field experiment to investigate the importance of migrant control over the use of...
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Keywords:
Migration;
Remittances;
Intrahousehold Allocation;
Savings;
Immigration;
Diasporas;
International Finance;
El Salvador
Ashraf, Nava, Diego Aycinena, Claudia Martinez A., and Dean Yang. "Savings in Transnational Households: A Field Experiment Among Migrants from El Salvador." NBER Working Paper Series, No. 20024, March 2014. (Review of Economics and Statistics, accepted.)
- Research Summary
Research Interests
Budgeting and planning, forecasting, incentives, management control systems, conflicts of interst in accounting.
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- September 2018
- Case
Advent International: Kroton Investment
By: Victoria Ivashina, Ruth Kostas and Priscilla Zogbi
Keywords:
Private Equity;
Acquisition;
IPO;
Valuation;
Education;
Distance Learning;
Turnaround;
Growth;
Exit;
PE;
Buyer;
Middle-class;
Low Income;
K-12;
Entrepreneur;
Family Business;
University;
College;
Consolidation;
Fragmentation;
Penetration;
Value;
Shares;
Control;
Negotiation;
Equity;
Transaction;
Board;
Majority;
Minority;
Post-secondary;
Leverage;
Campus;
Deal;
Shareholder;
Tag Along;
Brazil;
Latin America
Ivashina, Victoria, Ruth Kostas, and Priscilla Zogbi. "Advent International: Kroton Investment." Harvard Business School Case 219-035, September 2018.
- June 2023 (Revised September 2023)
- Simulation
Managing the Customer Journey Marketing Simulation: Adobe's Data-Driven Operating Model (DDOM)
By: Sunil Gupta, Rajiv Lal and Celine Chammas
Adobe started monitoring Annual Recurring Revenue (ARR), one of its primary metrics, when it shifted from selling its software in a box to selling the software as a subscription-based cloud service. They wanted to know when, where, and how much to invest in marketing....
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- 15 Oct 2012
- News
Pay-as-You-Drive Insurance: Big Brother Needs a Makeover
- Book Review
Review of Power Loss: The Origins of Deregulation and Restructuring in the American Electric Utility System, by Richard F. Hirsh
By: Willis Emmons
Emmons, Willis. "Review of Power Loss: The Origins of Deregulation and Restructuring in the American Electric Utility System, by Richard F. Hirsh." Journal of Economic Literature 39, no. 3 (September 2001): 941–943.
- 18 Dec 2006
- Other Presentation
Maine Competitiveness: Moving to a New Economic Development Model
This presentation draws on ideas from Professor Porter's articles and books, in articular, The Competitive Advantage of Nations (The Free Press, 1990), "Clusters and the New Competitive Agenda for Companies and Governments" in On Competition (Harvard Business School...
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Porter, Michael E. "Maine Competitiveness: Moving to a New Economic Development Model." Maine Competitiveness Caucus, Maine State Legislature, Augusta, ME, December 18, 2006.
- September 2001
- Background Note
Financial Reporting Environment, The
Provides a framework for understanding the role of financial reporting and various intermediaries as mechanisms for reducing both adverse selection and moral hazard problems in capital markets. Financial reports reduce adverse selection by providing basic information...
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Keywords:
Financial Reporting;
Financial Statements;
Capital Markets;
Venture Capital;
Corporate Disclosure;
Conflict of Interests
Healy, Paul M., Amy P. Hutton, Robert S. Kaplan, and Krishna G. Palepu. "Financial Reporting Environment, The." Harvard Business School Background Note 102-029, September 2001.
- November 2003 (Revised July 2007)
- Case
Ottawa Devices, Inc. (A)
By: Henry B. Reiling and Harry Clegg Midgley IV
A master plan accommodating two retiring brothers, the brother who will remain as president, third-generation family members, employees, philanthropic interests, and company imperatives must be developed by second-generation brothers who are controlling shareholders...
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Keywords:
Family Business;
Change Management;
Transition;
Management Succession;
Management Teams;
Retirement;
Conflict of Interests
Reiling, Henry B., and Harry Clegg Midgley IV. "Ottawa Devices, Inc. (A)." Harvard Business School Case 204-101, November 2003. (Revised July 2007.)
- 09 Dec 2010
- News
Facebook Builds a Washington Lobbying Team
- 18 Nov 2003
- Lecture
Microeconomic Foundations of Competitiveness—A New Agenda for International Aid Institutions
This presentation draws on ideas from Professor Porter’s books and articles, in particular, "Building the Microeconomic Foundations of Prosperity," in The Global Competitiveness Report 2003-04 (World Economic Forum, 2003); "Clusters and the New Competitive...
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Keywords:
Economics
Porter, Michael E. "Microeconomic Foundations of Competitiveness—A New Agenda for International Aid Institutions." Lecture at the Leadership Team Workshop, United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), New York City, NY, United States, November 18, 2003.
- October 2004 (Revised January 2006)
- Tutorial
Introduction to Responsibility Accounting Systems
By: David F. Hawkins, V.G. Narayanan, Jacob Cohen and Michele Jurgens
Responsibility accounting systems generate financial and related nonfinancial information about the actual and planned activities of a company's responsibility centers--organizational units headed by managers responsible for a unit's performance. The principal...
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