Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 29, 2010

"Creative accounting" is really bad. For me, it evokes a wonderful old New Yorker cartoon by Robert Weber , where a small, meek accountant stands before the desk of an overfed chief executive exhorting the accountant to rescue the company: "It's up to you now, Miller. Except when it's good.

Creative Accounting 14

Creative Accounting Creativity GAAP Balanced Scorecard 14

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 13, 2011

What is interesting and important happens mostly in secret, in places where there is no power. Those who already have power continue to glide along the familiar rut they have made for themselves." — Michael Ondaatje, The Cat's Table. It's not optional, he says. People will always find a way to be heard.". Why listen?

COO 11

COO Learning-by-Doing Bureaucracy Strategy 11

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 5, 2017

What if concentrated market power of a few companies in an industry has made these companies more profitable than usual? I have worked on research that has found that a strong company culture is associated with lower levels of myopic decision making, better productivity, and innovation. Creative accounting measures.

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EPS Metrics Depreciation Short-term 8