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Why Good Accountants Do Bad Audits (Spanish version)
Bazerman, Max H.; Loewenstein, George; Moore, Don A.Article HBS-R0211GAccounting and ControlOn July 30, President Bush signed into law the Sarbanes-Oxley Act addressing corporate accountability. A response to recent financial scandals, the law tightened federal controls over the accounting industry and imposed tough new criminal penalties for fraud. The president proclaimed, "The era of low standards and false profits is over." If only it were that easy. The authors don't think corruption is the main cause of bad audits. Rather, they cl...Starting at €8.20
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Dual-Class Shares: Risks and Advantages
W. Glenn Rowe; Andrew SweeneyArticle IVEY-W29979-EAccounting and ControlDual-class share structures offer stakeholders real advantages, but more firms need to follow best practices in deployment to mitigate the risk of abuse. This article highlights four different ways that Canadian firms, including Rogers and Shaw, implement dual-class share structures. It also discusses the related advantages and risks. Advantages include how dual-class shares facilitate the execution of strategy; encourage founders to publicly lis...Starting at €8.20
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Using the Balanced Scorecard as a Strategic Management System (Spanish version)
Kaplan, Robert S.; Norton, David P.Article HBS-R0707MAccounting and Controlthe inability to link a company's long-term strategy with its short-term financial goals. The scorecard lets managers introduce four new processes that help companies make that important link. The first process--translating the vision--helps managers build a consensus concerning a company's strategy and express it in terms that can guide action at the local level. The second--communicating and linking--calls for communicating a strategy at all l...Starting at €8.20