1.
Theory of the Firm: Managerial Behavior, Agency Costs and Ownership Structure
Michael C. Jensen, A THEORY OF THE FIRM: GOVERNANCE, RESIDUAL CLAIMS AND ORGANIZATIONAL FORMS, Harvard University Press, December 2000
Number of pages: 78
Posted: 19 Jul 1998
Last Revised: 18 May 2013
Accepted Paper Series
Harvard Business School and Simon School, University of Rochester (Deceased)
Downloads
134,010
2.
Agency Cost of Free Cash Flow, Corporate Finance, and Takeovers
American Economic Review, Vol. 76, No. 2, May 1986
Number of pages: 15
Posted: 25 Mar 1999
Accepted Paper Series
Harvard Business School
Downloads
45,827
3.
Separation of Ownership and Control
Michael C. Jensen, FOUNDATIONS OF ORGANIZATIONAL STRATEGY, Harvard University Press, 1998, and Journal of Law and Economics, Vol. 26, June 1983
Number of pages: 32
Posted: 29 Nov 1998
Accepted Paper Series
University of Chicago - Finance and Harvard Business School
Downloads
36,918
4.
Time-Driven Activity-Based Costing
Number of pages: 18
Posted: 14 Jan 2004
Working Paper Series
Harvard Business School and Acorn Systems, Inc.
Downloads
27,177
5.
Executive Compensation
Number of pages: 91
Posted: 19 May 1999
Working Paper Series
University of Southern California - Marshall School of Business
Downloads
20,084
6.
Three Residual Income Valuation Methods and Discounted Cash Flow Valuation
Number of pages: 12
Posted: 16 Jan 2002
Last Revised: 02 Jun 2019
Working Paper Series
IESE Business School
Downloads
19,530
7.
Specific and General Knowledge and Organizational Structure
Michael C. Jensen, FOUNDATIONS OF ORGANIZATIONAL STRATEGY, Harvard University Press, 1998
Number of pages: 33
Posted: 01 Sep 1995
Last Revised: 17 Jan 2011
Accepted Paper Series
Harvard Business School and Simon School, University of Rochester (Deceased)
Downloads
16,610
8.
Cash Flow Is a Fact: Net Income Is Just an Opinion
Number of pages: 10
Posted: 25 Sep 2002
Last Revised: 02 Jun 2019
Working Paper Series
IESE Business School
Downloads
16,177
9.
Evidence on Eva
Journal of Applied Corporate Finance, Vol. 12, No. 2, Summer 1999
Number of pages: 27
Posted: 20 Sep 1999
Accepted Paper Series
University of Melbourne - Faculty of Business and Economics, Chapman University -- The George L. Argyros School of Business & Economics and Claremont Colleges - Peter F. Drucker Graduate School of Management
Downloads
15,774
10.
EVA and Cash Value Added Do NOT Measure Shareholder Value Creation
Number of pages: 10
Posted: 05 Jun 2001
Last Revised: 02 Jun 2019
Working Paper Series
IESE Business School
Downloads
15,344
11.
Paying People to Lie: The Truth About the Budgeting Process
Harvard NOM Research Paper No. 01-03, and HBS Working Paper No. 01-072
Number of pages: 28
Posted: 30 Apr 2001
Working Paper Series
Harvard Business School
There are 3 versions of this paper
Paying People to Lie: The Truth About the Budgeting Process
Harvard NOM Research Paper No. 01-03, and HBS Working Paper No. 01-072
Number of pages: 28
Posted: 30 Apr 2001
Downloads
14,650
Corporate Budgeting is Broken, Let's Fix it
Harvard NOM Working Paper No. 02-26
Number of pages: 12
Posted: 14 Aug 2002
Downloads
11,200
Paying People to Lie: The Truth About the Budgeting Process
European Financial Management, Vol. 9, pp. 379-406, September 2003
Number of pages: 28
Posted: 12 Jul 2003
Downloads
67
Downloads
14,650
12.
The Modern Industrial Revolution, Exit, and the Failure of Internal Control Systems
Michael C. Jensen, A THEORY OF THE FIRM: GOVERNANCE, RESIDUAL CLAIMS AND ORGANIZATIONAL FORMS, Harvard University Press, December 2000; Journal of Finance, July 1993
Number of pages: 65
Posted: 09 May 1999
Last Revised: 14 Sep 2011
Accepted Paper Series
Harvard Business School
There are 2 versions of this paper
The Modern Industrial Revolution, Exit, and the Failure of Internal Control Systems
Journal of Applied Corporate Finance, Vol. 6, No. 4, Winter 1994
Number of pages: 20
Posted: 07 May 2004
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1,322
The Modern Industrial Revolution, Exit, and the Failure of Internal Control Systems
Journal of Applied Corporate Finance, Vol. 22, No. 1, pp. 43-58, Winter 2010
Number of pages: 18
Posted: 31 Mar 2010
Downloads
4
Downloads
13,902
13.
Activity-Based Costing System Advantages and Disadvantages
Number of pages: 12
Posted: 03 Feb 2005
Working Paper Series
affiliation not provided to SSRN
Downloads
12,285
14.
The Long-Term Effects of Hedge Fund Activism
Harvard Law School John M. Olin Center Discussion Paper No. 802
Number of pages: 77
Posted: 07 Aug 2013
Last Revised: 02 Jul 2015
Accepted Paper Series
Harvard Law School, Duke University - Fuqua School of Business and Columbia Business School - Finance and Economics
There are 2 versions of this paper
The Long-Term Effects of Hedge Fund Activism
Harvard Law School John M. Olin Center Discussion Paper No. 802
Number of pages: 77
Posted: 07 Aug 2013
Last Revised: 02 Jul 2015
Downloads
12,082
The Long-Term Effects of Hedge Fund Activism
NBER Working Paper No. w21227
Number of pages: 85
Posted: 08 Jun 2015
Last Revised: 14 Jun 2015
Downloads
85
Downloads
12,082
15.
Just Say No to Wall Street: Putting a Stop to the Earnings Game
Journal of Applied Corporate Finance, Vol. 14, No. 4, pp. 41-46, Winter 2002
Number of pages: 7
Posted: 17 Jan 2002
Last Revised: 18 May 2013
Accepted Paper Series
The Monitor Company and Harvard Business School
There are 3 versions of this paper
Just Say No to Wall Street: Putting a Stop to the Earnings Game
Journal of Applied Corporate Finance, Vol. 14, No. 4, pp. 41-46, Winter 2002
Number of pages: 7
Posted: 17 Jan 2002
Last Revised: 18 May 2013
Downloads
11,358
Just Say No to Wall Street: Putting a Stop to the Earnings Game
Journal of Applied Corporate Finance, Vol. 22, No. 1, Winter 2010
Number of pages: 9
Posted: 05 Apr 2010
Last Revised: 18 May 2013
Downloads
2,505
Just Say No to Wall Street: Putting a Stop to the Earnings Game
Journal of Applied Corporate Finance, Vol. 22, Issue 1, pp. 59-63, Winter 2010
Number of pages: 7
Posted: 31 Mar 2010
Downloads
5
Downloads
11,358
16.
Corporate Budgeting is Broken, Let's Fix it
Harvard NOM Working Paper No. 02-26
Number of pages: 12
Posted: 14 Aug 2002
Accepted Paper Series
Harvard Business School
There are 3 versions of this paper
Paying People to Lie: The Truth About the Budgeting Process
Harvard NOM Research Paper No. 01-03, and HBS Working Paper No. 01-072
Number of pages: 28
Posted: 30 Apr 2001
Downloads
14,650
Corporate Budgeting is Broken, Let's Fix it
Harvard NOM Working Paper No. 02-26
Number of pages: 12
Posted: 14 Aug 2002
Downloads
11,200
Paying People to Lie: The Truth About the Budgeting Process
European Financial Management, Vol. 9, pp. 379-406, September 2003
Number of pages: 28
Posted: 12 Jul 2003
Downloads
67
Downloads
11,200
17.
Performance Pay and Top Management Incentives
Michael C. Jensen, FOUNDATIONS OF ORGANIZATIONAL STRATEGY, Harvard University Press, 1998
Number of pages: 50
Posted: 08 Mar 2001
Accepted Paper Series
University of Southern California - Marshall School of Business and Harvard Business School
Downloads
10,968
18.
Compensation and Incentives: Practice vs. Theory
Michael C. Jensen, FOUNDATIONS OF ORGANIZATIONAL STRATEGY, Harvard University Press, 1998; Journal of Finance, Vol. 63, No. 3, pp. 593-616, July 1998
Number of pages: 38
Posted: 24 Sep 1998
Accepted Paper Series
HBS Negotiations, Organizations and Markets Unit, Harvard Business School and University of Southern California - Marshall School of Business
Downloads
10,857
19.
Value Creation and its Measurement: A Critical Look at EVA
Cuadernos de Administración, No. 22, pp. 7-31, June 2000
Number of pages: 41
Posted: 19 May 1999
Last Revised: 01 Apr 2009
Accepted Paper Series
Grupo Consultor CAV Capital Advisory & Valuation
Downloads
10,171
20.
Pay Without Performance: Overview of the Issues
Journal of Corporation Law, Vol. 30, No. 4, pp. 647-673, 2005
Number of pages: 16
Posted: 19 Jul 2005
Last Revised: 28 Apr 2009
Accepted Paper Series
Harvard Law School and Harvard Law School
Downloads
9,986
21.
The Wages of Failure: Executive Compensation at Bear Stearns and Lehman 2000-2008
Yale Journal on Regulation, Vol. 27, 2010, pp. 257-282
Number of pages: 31
Posted: 26 Nov 2009
Last Revised: 01 Dec 2010
Accepted Paper Series
Harvard Law School, Harvard Law School and Harvard Law School
Downloads
9,950
22.
Divisional Performance Measurement
Michael C. Jensen, FOUNDATIONS OF ORGANIZATIONAL STRATEGY, Harvard University Press, 1998
Number of pages: 22
Posted: 29 Nov 1998
Last Revised: 17 Jan 2011
Accepted Paper Series
Harvard Business School and Simon School, University of Rochester (Deceased)
There are 2 versions of this paper
Divisional Performance Measurement
Michael C. Jensen, FOUNDATIONS OF ORGANIZATIONAL STRATEGY, Harvard University Press, 1998
Number of pages: 22
Posted: 29 Nov 1998
Last Revised: 17 Jan 2011
Downloads
9,263
Specific Knowledge and Divisional Performance Measurement
Journal of Applied Corporate Finance, Vol. 21, Issue 2, pp. 49-57, Spring 2009
Number of pages: 11
Posted: 04 Jul 2009
Downloads
6
Downloads
9,263
23.
Organization Theory and Methodology
Michael C. Jensen, FOUNDATIONS OF ORGANIZATIONAL STRATEGY, Harvard University Press, 1998
Number of pages: 37
Posted: 13 Aug 1998
Accepted Paper Series
Harvard Business School
Downloads
8,079
24.
Accounting Information, Disclosure, and the Cost of Capital
Number of pages: 47
Posted: 12 Oct 2005
Working Paper Series
University of Pennsylvania - Accounting Department, University of Chicago - Booth School of Business and University of Pennsylvania - Accounting Department
There are 3 versions of this paper
Accounting Information, Disclosure, and the Cost of Capital
Number of pages: 47
Posted: 12 Oct 2005
Downloads
8,020
Accounting Information, Disclosure, and the Cost of Capital
Journal of Accounting Research, Vol. 45, No. 2, pp. 385-420, May 2007
Number of pages: 36
Posted: 11 Dec 2007
Downloads
10
Accounting Information, Disclosure, and the Cost of Capital
Journal of Accounting Research, Forthcoming
Posted: 08 Jan 2007
Downloads
8,020
25.
Communicating and Controlling Strategy: An Empirical Study of the Effectiveness of the Balanced Scorecard
Number of pages: 54
Posted: 09 Aug 2001
Working Paper Series
University of Colorado at Denver - Business School and University of Colorado, Boulder
There are 2 versions of this paper
Communicating and Controlling Strategy: An Empirical Study of the Effectiveness of the Balanced Scorecard
Number of pages: 54
Posted: 09 Aug 2001
Downloads
7,865
Communicating and Controlling Strategy: An Empirical Study of the Effectiveness of the Balanced Scorecard
Journal of Management Accounting Research, 2001
Posted: 08 Jan 2002
Downloads
7,865
26.
Contracting Theory and Accounting
JAE Rochester Conference April 2000
Number of pages: 135
Posted: 17 Jan 2001
Working Paper Series
University of Pennsylvania - Accounting Department
There are 2 versions of this paper
Contracting Theory and Accounting
JAE Rochester Conference April 2000
Number of pages: 135
Posted: 17 Jan 2001
Downloads
6,838
Contracting Theory and Accounting
Journal of Accounting & Economics, Vol. 32, No. 1-3, December 2001
Posted: 23 Oct 2001
Downloads
6,838
27.
Environmental Management Accounting: Techniques and Benefits
Jurnal Akuntansi Universitas Jember, Vol. 7, No. 1, pp. 23-35
Number of pages: 20
Posted: 22 Nov 2009
Accepted Paper Series
Swinburne University of Technology
Downloads
6,341
28.
The Relationship between the Market Value of a Company and Internal Performance Measurements
Number of pages: 26
Posted: 07 Jan 1999
Working Paper Series
University of Pretoria and University of Pretoria
Downloads
6,162
29.
What's Really Wrong with U.S. Business Schools?
Number of pages: 25
Posted: 01 Aug 2005
Working Paper Series
University of Southern California - Marshall School of Business - Finance and Business Economics Department, University of Southern California - Marshall School of Business - Finance and Business Economics Department and University of Rochester - Simon Business School
Downloads
6,050
30.
Coordination, Control, and the Management of Organizations: Course Notes (2nd of 4 Ccmo Documents)
Harvard Business School NOM Unit Working Paper No. 98-098
Number of pages: 110
Posted: 21 Apr 1998
Last Revised: 17 Jan 2011
Working Paper Series
Harvard Business School and Simon School, University of Rochester (Deceased)
Downloads
5,986
31.
The Cost of Debt
Number of pages: 16
Posted: 14 Feb 2001
Working Paper Series
London Business School and University of Toronto - Finance Area
Downloads
5,981
32.
The Design and Use of Management Control Systems: An Extended Framework for Analysis
AAA 2006 Management Accounting Section (MAS) Meeting
Number of pages: 54
Posted: 04 Aug 2005
Working Paper Series
Monash University - Department of Accounting and Lancaster University
There are 2 versions of this paper
The Design and Use of Management Control Systems: An Extended Framework for Analysis
AAA 2006 Management Accounting Section (MAS) Meeting
Number of pages: 54
Posted: 04 Aug 2005
Downloads
5,645
The Design and Use of Management Control Systems: An Extended Framework for Analysis
Management Accounting Research, Forthcoming
Posted: 27 Jul 2009
Downloads
5,645
33.
Managing Costs and Cost Structure Throughout the Value Chain: Research on Strategic Cost Management
Number of pages: 51
Posted: 12 Dec 2005
Working Paper Series
University of California, Davis - Graduate School of Management
Downloads
5,494
34.
The Impact of Information Technology on Management Accounting Practices
Number of pages: 38
Posted: 03 Jan 2011
Working Paper Series
York University
Downloads
5,296
35.
Science, Specific Knowledge, and Total Quality Management
Michael C. Jensen, FOUNDATIONS OF ORGANIZATIONAL STRATEGY, Harvard University Press, 1998; Journal of Applied Corporate Finance, Vol. 10, No. 2, Summer 1997
Number of pages: 55
Posted: 29 Jan 1998
Accepted Paper Series
Ohio State University - Fisher College of Business, Department of Finance and Harvard Business School
Downloads
5,207
36.
What is the Optimal Method to Value a Football Club?
Number of pages: 32
Posted: 24 Mar 2013
Working Paper Series
University of Reading - ICMA Centre
Downloads
5,197
37.
Organizations and Markets: History and Development of the Ccmo Course and the Field (1st of 4 Ccmo Documents)
Number of pages: 29
Posted: 21 Apr 1998
Case and Teaching Paper Series
Harvard Business School, HBS Negotiations, Organizations and Markets Unit, Harvard Business School, Finance Unit and Ohio State University - Fisher College of Business, Department of Finance
Downloads
5,168
38.
Calculation of Compensation Incentives and Firm-Related Wealth Using Execucomp: Data, Program, and Explanation
Number of pages: 10
Posted: 27 Jul 2013
Working Paper Series
University of Utah - Department of Finance, Drexel University - Department of Finance and Temple University - Department of Finance
Downloads
5,058
39.
Subjectivity and the Weighting of Performance Measures: Evidence from a Balanced Scorecard
Number of pages: 42
Posted: 22 May 2003
Working Paper Series
University of Pennsylvania - Accounting Department, Stanford University - Graduate School of Business and University of Pennsylvania - Management Department
There are 2 versions of this paper
Subjectivity and the Weighting of Performance Measures: Evidence from a Balanced Scorecard
Number of pages: 42
Posted: 22 May 2003
Downloads
5,052
Subjectivity and the Weighting of Performance Measures: Evidence from a Balanced Scorecard
The Accounting Review, Forthcoming
Posted: 21 Jul 2003
Downloads
5,052
40.
Chief Sustainability Officers: Who Are They and What Do They Do?
Chapter 8 in Leading Sustainable Change, Oxford University Press, 2014
Number of pages: 22
Posted: 21 Mar 2014
Last Revised: 05 Sep 2014
Accepted Paper Series
Miller Consultants and Harvard University - Harvard Business School
Downloads
5,044
41.
Coordination, Control, and the Management of Organizations: Course Content and Materials (3rd of 4 Ccmo Documents)
Number of pages: 71
Posted: 21 Apr 1998
Case and Teaching Paper Series
Ohio State University - Fisher College of Business, Department of Finance and Harvard Business School
Downloads
4,791
42.
The Impact of Activity Based Costing on Managerial Decisions at Insteel Industries - a Field Study
Number of pages: 35
Posted: 02 Sep 1999
Working Paper Series
Harvard University - Accounting & Control Unit and Harvard University - General Management Unit
Downloads
4,701
43.
Practice Developments in Budgeting: An Overview and Research Perspective
Number of pages: 40
Posted: 28 Sep 2003
Working Paper Series
University of Southern Maine - School of Business, Lancaster University and London School of Economics & Political Science (LSE)
There are 2 versions of this paper
Practice Developments in Budgeting: An Overview and Research Perspective
Number of pages: 40
Posted: 28 Sep 2003
Downloads
4,657
Practice Developments in Budgeting: An Overview and Research Perspective
Journal of Management Accounting Research, Vol. 15, pp. 95-116, 2003
Posted: 28 Sep 2003
Downloads
4,657
44.
Corporate and Integrated Reporting: A Functional Perspective
Chapter 9 in Corporate Stewardship: Achieving Sustainable Effectiveness, edited by Ed Lawler, Sue Mohrman, and James O’Toole, Greenleaf, 2015.
Number of pages: 21
Posted: 02 Feb 2014
Last Revised: 24 May 2018
Working Paper Series
University of Oxford - Said Business School and Harvard University - Harvard Business School
Downloads
4,625
45.
Coordination, Control, and the Management of Organizations: Practice Questions (4th of 4 Ccmo Documents)
Number of pages: 85
Posted: 20 Apr 1998
Case and Teaching Paper Series
Harvard Business School, Simon School, University of Rochester (Deceased), HBS Negotiations, Organizations and Markets Unit and Ohio State University - Fisher College of Business, Department of Finance
Downloads
4,601
46.
An Economic Perspective on Transfer Pricing
Number of pages: 73
Posted: 26 Feb 2006
Last Revised: 27 May 2009
Working Paper Series
University of Zurich - Department of Business Administration (IBW) and University of Basel
Downloads
4,465
47.
The Activity-Based Costing Method: Development and Applications
The IUP Journal of Accounting Research and Audit Practices, Vol. VIII, No. 1, p. 7-22
Number of pages: 18
Posted: 26 Jul 2010
Last Revised: 26 Dec 2018
Accepted Paper Series
University of Burgundy - IAE Dijon School of Management, CREGO EA 7317
Downloads
4,462
48.
In Search of Management Accounting Theory
Number of pages: 22
Posted: 26 Sep 2005
Working Paper Series
Aalto University School of Business and Turku School of Economics
There are 2 versions of this paper
In Search of Management Accounting Theory
European Accounting Review, Forthcoming
Posted: 20 Feb 2009
Downloads
4,350
49.
International Transfer Pricing Issues and Strategies for the Global Firm
Internal Auditing, 23(1): 12-19. 2008
Number of pages: 15
Posted: 22 Apr 2008
Last Revised: 06 May 2014
Accepted Paper Series
Deloitte & Touche LLP, Prairie View A&M University and Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi-Department of Accounting
Downloads
4,345
50.
An Analysis of Eva and Other Measures of Firm Performance Based on Residual Income
Hankamer School of Business Working Paper
Number of pages: 30
Posted: 22 Jul 2003
Working Paper Series
Baylor University - Department of Finance, Insurance & Real Estate, Baylor University - Department of Finance, Insurance & Real Estate and Baylor University - Department of Finance, Insurance & Real Estate
Downloads
4,328
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