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Managers and Market Capitalism, Module Note
Henderson, Rebecca M.; Ramanna, KarthikCaso HBS-112043-EEconomíaThe last thirty years have seen the widespread embrace of market capitalism as not only a highly efficient form of economic organization but also as one that best meets the diversity of human preferences. In large, complex societies, an increasing body of theoretical and empirical research suggests, however, that the existence of competitive markets rests on strong institutional foundations. This note explores the appropriate role for the general...Desde 8,20 €
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The Private Company Council
Ramanna, Karthik; Viceira, Luis M.Caso HBS-113045-EContabilidad y controlFinancial Accounting Foundation chairman Jack Brennan is under pressure from private-company interests to set up a new body-the Private Company Council-to determine separate GAAP for private companies. PCC advocates-including the US Chamber of Commerce-argue that traditional US GAAP has too many disclosure and fair-value requirements that impose very high compliance costs on private companies. But there are influential players-including the Big F...Desde 8,20 €
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When the Crowd Fights Corruption
Healy, Paul M.; Ramanna, KarthikArtículo HBS-R1301K-ECorruption is the greatest impediment to conducting business in Russia, according to leaders recently surveyed by the World Economic Forum. Indeed, it's a problem in many emerging markets, and businesses have a role to play in combating it, according to Healy and Ramanna. The authors focus on RosPil--an anticorruption entity in Russia set up by Alexey Navalny, a crusader against public and private malfeasance in that country. As of December 2011,...Desde 8,20 €
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Rospil.info
Healy, Paul M.; Ramanna, Karthik; Shaffer, MatthewCaso HBS-112033-EEconomíaTo maximize their effectiveness, color cases should be printed in color. What should business leaders do about corruption? In December 2011, four HBS alumni met to debate how to engage the unprecedented protests against Vladimir Putin's corrupt government, which had erupted in Russia in response to alleged fraud in the recent parliamentary elections. A notable figure in the protests was anti-corruption blogger Alexey Navalny. Navalny used publicl...Desde 8,20 €
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Why "Fair Value" is the Rule
Ramanna, KarthikArtículo HBS-R1303H-EContabilidad y controlFor the past two decades, fair value accounting--the practice of measuring assets and liabilities at estimates of their current value--has been on the ascent, marking a major departure from the centuries-old tradition of keeping books at historical cost. Why has this happened? The author, an associate professor of business administration at Harvard Business School, offers one answer: The membership of the Financial Accounting Standards Board, whi...Desde 8,20 €
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Novartis: A Transformative Deal
Collis, David J.; Hartman, AshleyCaso HBS-717453-EDirección estratégicaWhen Joe Jimenez became CEO of Swiss-based Novartis in 2010 replacing longtime CEO Dan Vasella, he assumed control of one of the top pharmaceutical companies in the world. Vasella, an avowed advocate of diversification, had expanded the scope of the company and structured it into sixteen distinct business units ranging from animal health to oncology while "actively fostering competition between those divisions for resources." Shortly after assumi...Desde 8,20 €
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Group Functions at the Maersk Group
Collis, David J.; Shaffer, MatthewCaso HBS-715432-EDirección estratégicaIn 2014, seven years after he was appointed CEO of the Danish shipping and oil conglomerate A.P. M ller Maersk (the Maersk Group), Nils Andersen was reexamining the size and role of corporate headquarters in the company he had reshaped as a "premium conglomerate." During his tenure, Andersen had divided what had previously been operated as almost a single entity into separate lines of business, each accountable for its own performance and expect...Desde 8,20 €
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Nasty Gals Do It Better
Collis, David J.; Chang, Diane; Shaffer, Matthew; Hartman, AshleyCaso HBS-715412-EDirección estratégicaIn 2006, Sophia Amoruso started Nasty Gal, an eBay boutique selling vintage clothes. With a strong sense of style and personality, Amoruso poured herself into building the brand and developing relationships with her customers - typically the slightly edgy 18-24 year old. The company had grown since that time into a multi-category retailer, expanding into third party clothing, accessories and its own private label. Its explosive growth was one of ...Desde 8,20 €
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Group Functions at the Maersk Group (Spanish version)
Collis, David J.; Shaffer, MatthewCaso HBS-716S21Dirección estratégicaIn 2014, seven years after he was appointed CEO of the Danish shipping and oil conglomerate A.P. M ller Maersk (the Maersk Group), Nils Andersen was reexamining the size and role of corporate headquarters in the company he had reshaped as a "premium conglomerate." During his tenure, Andersen had divided what had previously been operated as almost a single entity into separate lines of business, each accountable for its own performance and expect...Desde 8,20 €
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Accounting for Climate Change
Kaplan, Robert S.; Ramanna, KarthikArtículo HBS-R2106J-EDirección estratégicaCorporations are facing growing pressure--from investors, advocacy groups, politicians, and even business leaders themselves--to reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from their operations and their supply and distribution chains. About 90% of the companies in the S&P 500 now issue some form of environmental, social, and governance report, almost always including an estimate of the company's GHG emissions. The authors describe these as "catchall ...Desde 8,20 €