Suraj Srinivasan

Harvard Business School

Professor of Business Administration

Soldiers Field

Boston, MA 02163

United States

http://drfd.hbs.edu/fit/public/facultyInfo.do?facInfo=pub&facId=10700

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Audit Quality and Auditor Reputation: Evidence from Japan

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Audit Quality and Auditor Reputation: Evidence from Japan

Forthcoming, The Accounting Review, Volume 87, No. 5, September 2012, Chicago Booth Research Paper No. 10-15, Harvard Business School Accounting & Management Unit Working Paper No. 10-088
Number of pages: 49 Posted: 22 Feb 2010 Last Revised: 28 Jul 2012
Douglas J. Skinner and Suraj Srinivasan
The University of Chicago - Booth School of Business and Harvard Business School
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Audit quality, Auditor reputation, Japan

Audit Quality and Auditor Reputation: Evidence from Japan

Accounting Review, Vol. 87, No. 5, September 2012, Harvard PON Working Paper No. 2118825
Number of pages: 49 Posted: 29 Jul 2012
Douglas J. Skinner and Suraj Srinivasan
The University of Chicago - Booth School of Business and Harvard Business School
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Audit quality, auditor reputation, Japan

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SOX after Ten Years: A Multidisciplinary Review

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SOX after Ten Years: A Multidisciplinary Review

Harvard Law and Economics Discussion Paper No. 758
Number of pages: 86 Posted: 23 Oct 2013 Last Revised: 29 May 2014
John C. Coates, IV and Suraj Srinivasan
Harvard Law School and Harvard Business School
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SOX, Sarbanes-Oxley Act, Regulation, Fraud

SOX after Ten Years: A Multidisciplinary Review

Accounting Horizons, Forthcoming
Number of pages: 86 Posted: 17 Jan 2014 Last Revised: 14 May 2015
John C. Coates, IV and Suraj Srinivasan
Harvard Law School and Harvard Business School
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SOX, Sarbanes-Oxley Act, Regulation, Fraud, Cost Benefit Analysis, Section 404, PCAOB, SEC

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Regulation and Bonding: The Sarbanes-Oxley Act and the Flow of International Listings

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Regulation and Bonding: The Sarbanes-Oxley Act and the Flow of International Listings

Rock Center for Corporate Governance at Stanford University Working Paper No. 11
Number of pages: 59 Posted: 15 Jan 2007 Last Revised: 08 Oct 2013
Joseph D. Piotroski and Suraj Srinivasan
Stanford Graduate School of Business and Harvard Business School
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Cross Listing, Sarbanes Oxley, SOX, Corporate Governance, Regulation, Securities Law, Law and Finance, Legal system, Bonding, ADR, International Finance

Regulation and Bonding: The Sarbanes-Oxley Act and the Flow of International Listings

Journal of Accounting Research, Vol. 46, No. 2, pp. 383-425, 2008
Posted: 22 Mar 2008
Joseph D. Piotroski and Suraj Srinivasan
Stanford Graduate School of Business and Harvard Business School

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Cross Listing, Sarbanes Oxley, SOX, Corporate Governance, Regulation, Securities Law, Law and Finance, Legal system, Bonding, ADR, International Finance, AIM, London Stock Exchange, Nasdaq, NYSE

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Signaling Firm Performance Through Financial Statement Presentation: An Analysis Using Special Items

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Signaling Firm Performance Through Financial Statement Presentation: An Analysis Using Special Items

Contemporary Accounting Research, Forthcoming
Number of pages: 53 Posted: 13 Aug 2006 Last Revised: 28 Jul 2009
Eddie Riedl and Suraj Srinivasan
Boston University - Questrom School of Business and Harvard Business School
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special items, strategic reporting, presentation, voluntary disclosure, pro forma

Signaling Firm Performance Through Financial Statement Presentation: An Analysis Using Special Items

Contemporary Accounting Research, Forthcoming
Posted: 04 Dec 2009 Last Revised: 24 Feb 2010
Eddie Riedl and Suraj Srinivasan
Boston University - Questrom School of Business and Harvard Business School

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Disclosure Practices of Foreign Companies Interacting with U.S. Markets

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Disclosure Practices of Foreign Companies Interacting with U.S. Markets

Harvard Business School Strategy Unit Working Paper No. 03-081, Harvard NOM Working Paper No. 03-29
Number of pages: 55 Posted: 26 May 2003
Tarun Khanna, Krishna Palepu and Suraj Srinivasan
Harvard University - Strategy Unit, Harvard University - Harvard Business School and Harvard Business School
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Disclosure, Globalization, Corporate Governance, Accounting

Disclosure Practices of Foreign Companies Interacting with U.S. Markets

Journal of Accounting Research, Vol. 42, No. 2, May 2004
Posted: 09 Aug 2004
Tarun Khanna, Krishna Palepu and Suraj Srinivasan
Harvard University - Strategy Unit, Harvard University - Harvard Business School and Harvard Business School

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Disclosure, globalization, convergence, corporate governance, accounting

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CEO and CFO Career Penalties to Missing Quarterly Analysts Forecasts

Number of pages: 42 Posted: 29 Jun 2008 Last Revised: 12 Aug 2012
Richard Mergenthaler, Shivaram Rajgopal and Suraj Srinivasan
The University of Arizona - Eller College of Management, Columbia Business School and Harvard Business School
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Market Competition, Earnings Management, and Persistence in Accounting Profitability around the World

Review of Accounting Studies, Volume 19, Issue 4, pp 1281-1308, December 2014
Number of pages: 38 Posted: 21 Jun 2011 Last Revised: 01 Feb 2017
Paul M. Healy, George Serafeim, Suraj Srinivasan and Gwen Yu
Harvard Business School, Harvard University - Harvard Business School, Harvard Business School and University of Michigan
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market competition, Performance persistence, Cross-country differences, Financial statement analysis

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Corporate Governance When Founders are Directors

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Corporate Governance When Founders are Directors

Journal of Financial Economics, Forthcoming
Number of pages: 51 Posted: 23 Aug 2010 Last Revised: 09 Jan 2011
Feng Li and Suraj Srinivasan
Shanghai Advanced Institute of Finance, Shanghai Jiaotong University and Harvard Business School
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Founder, CEO compensation, CEO turnover, family firms, corporate governance, board of directors

Corporate Governance When Founders are Directors

Journal of Financial Economics, Vol. 102, No. 2, pp. 454-469, November 2011
Number of pages: 51 Posted: 08 Jan 2011 Last Revised: 24 Nov 2011
Feng Li and Suraj Srinivasan
Shanghai Advanced Institute of Finance, Shanghai Jiaotong University and Harvard Business School
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CEO Compensation, CEO Turnover, Founder, Corporate Governance, Board of Directors

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Non-Audit Services and Financial Reporting Quality: Evidence from 1978-1980

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Non-Audit Services and Financial Reporting Quality: Evidence from 1978-1980

Harvard Business School Research Paper No. 1886489
Number of pages: 47 Posted: 15 Jul 2011 Last Revised: 08 Aug 2011
Kevin Koh, Shivaram Rajgopal and Suraj Srinivasan
Nanyang Technological University (NTU) - Nanyang Business School, Columbia Business School and Harvard Business School
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auditor independence, audit fees, Nonaudit services, Auditing, conflict of interests, financial reporting, earnings management

Non-Audit Services and Financial Reporting Quality: Evidence from 1978-1980

Review of Accounting Studies, Forthcoming
Number of pages: 47 Posted: 26 Sep 2011
Kevin Koh, Shivaram Rajgopal and Suraj Srinivasan
Nanyang Technological University (NTU) - Nanyang Business School, Columbia Business School and Harvard Business School
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auditor independence, audit fees, non audit services, auditing, conflict of interests, financial reporting, earnings management

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Can Analysts Assess Fundamental Risk and Valuation Uncertainty? An Empirical Analysis of Scenario-Based Value Estimates

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Can Analysts Assess Fundamental Risk and Valuation Uncertainty? An Empirical Analysis of Scenario-Based Value Estimates

Number of pages: 49 Posted: 20 Oct 2012 Last Revised: 08 Oct 2013
Peter R. Joos, Joseph D. Piotroski and Suraj Srinivasan
INSEAD, Stanford Graduate School of Business and Harvard Business School
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Valuation, Analyst Forecasts, Scenarios, Uncertainty

Can Analysts Assess Fundamental Risk and Valuation Uncertainty? An Empirical Analysis of Scenario-Based Value Estimates

Journal of Financial Economics (JFE), Forthcoming, Stanford University Graduate School of Business Research Paper No. 16-13
Number of pages: 45 Posted: 01 Feb 2016
Peter R. Joos, Joseph D. Piotroski and Suraj Srinivasan
INSEAD, Stanford Graduate School of Business and Harvard Business School
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Analysts; Fundamental Risk Assessment; Scenario-based Valuations; Target Prices

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Institutional Ownership and Corporate Tax Avoidance: New Evidence

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Institutional Ownership and Corporate Tax Avoidance: New Evidence

Number of pages: 54 Posted: 15 May 2016 Last Revised: 26 May 2016
Mozaffar Khan, Suraj Srinivasan and Liang Tan
Causeway Capital Management, LLC, Harvard Business School and George Washington University - Department of Accountancy
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Tax avoidance, Agency costs, Institutional ownership

Institutional Ownership and Corporate Tax Avoidance: New Evidence

Accounting Review, Forthcoming
Posted: 27 May 2016
Mozaffar Khan, Suraj Srinivasan and Liang Tan
Causeway Capital Management, LLC, Harvard Business School and George Washington University - Department of Accountancy

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Tax avoidance, Institutional ownership

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Accountability of Independent Directors - Evidence From Firms Subject to Securities Litigation

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Accountability of Independent Directors - Evidence From Firms Subject to Securities Litigation

Number of pages: 58 Posted: 27 Jun 2013
Francois Brochet and Suraj Srinivasan
Boston University - Department of Accounting and Harvard Business School
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independent directors, litigation risk, class action lawsuits, director accountability, reputation, boards of directors, corporate governance

Accountability of Independent Directors - Evidence from Firms Subject to Securities Litigation

Journal of Financial Economics (JFE), Forthcoming
Number of pages: 58 Posted: 23 Aug 2013 Last Revised: 31 Aug 2013
Francois Brochet and Suraj Srinivasan
Boston University - Department of Accounting and Harvard Business School
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Corporate governance, board of directors, litigation, director accountability, director reputation

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Which U.S. Market Interactions Affect CEO Pay? Evidence from U.K. Companies

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Which U.S. Market Interactions Affect CEO Pay? Evidence from U.K. Companies

Rock Center for Corporate Governance at Stanford University Working Paper No. 96, Management Science Journal, Forthcoming
Number of pages: 34 Posted: 11 Jan 2011 Last Revised: 11 Jan 2014
Joseph J. Gerakos, Joseph D. Piotroski and Suraj Srinivasan
Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth College, Stanford Graduate School of Business and Harvard Business School
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CEO compensation, international pay, globalization, corporate governance, incentives, cross-listing, United Kingdom

Which U.S. Market Interactions Affect CEO Pay? Evidence from U.K. Companies

Management Science, Forthcoming
Number of pages: 34 Posted: 21 Oct 2012
Joseph J. Gerakos, Joseph D. Piotroski and Suraj Srinivasan
Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth College, Stanford Graduate School of Business and Harvard Business School
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CEO compensation, international pay, globalization, corporate governance, incentives, cross-listing, United Kingdom

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Securities Litigation Risk for Foreign Companies Listed in the U.S.

Number of pages: 52 Posted: 19 Oct 2012 Last Revised: 18 Jun 2014
Beiting Cheng, Suraj Srinivasan and Gwen Yu
Harvard University - Harvard Business School, Harvard Business School and University of Michigan
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Litigation Risk, Cross Listing, Bonding, 10b-5, Securities Litigation, U.S. Listing, Class Action

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What Else Do Shareholders Want? Shareholder Proposals Contested by Firm Management

Harvard Business School Accounting & Management Unit Working Paper
Number of pages: 48 Posted: 28 Apr 2016 Last Revised: 23 Oct 2017
Eugene F. Soltes, Suraj Srinivasan and Rajesh Vijayaraghavan
Harvard Business School, Harvard Business School and University of British Columbia (UBC) - Sauder School of Business
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Admitting Mistakes: Home Country Effect on the Reliability of Restatement Reporting

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Admitting Mistakes: Home Country Effect on the Reliability of Restatement Reporting

Number of pages: 51 Posted: 25 May 2012 Last Revised: 18 Jul 2014
Suraj Srinivasan, Aida Sijamic Wahid and Gwen Yu
Harvard Business School, University of Toronto - Accounting and University of Michigan
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Admitting Mistakes: Home Country Effect on the Reliability of Restatement Reporting

Accounting Review, Forthcoming
Number of pages: 51 Posted: 18 Jul 2014
Suraj Srinivasan, Aida Sijamic Wahid and Gwen Yu
Harvard Business School, University of Toronto - Accounting and University of Michigan
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Consequences of Financial Reporting Failure for Outside Directors: Evidence from Accounting Restatements and Audit Committee Members

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Consequences of Financial Reporting Failure for Outside Directors: Evidence from Accounting Restatements and Audit Committee Members

Journal of Accounting Research, Vol. 43, pp. 291-334, May 2004
Number of pages: 62 Posted: 05 Jul 2011
Suraj Srinivasan
Harvard Business School
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Corporate Governance, Restatement, Audit Committee, Board of Directors, Reputation, Labor Market, Directors

Consequences of Financial Reporting Failure for Outside Directors: Evidence from Accounting Restatements and Audit Committee Members

Journal of Accounting Research, Vol. 43, pp. 291-334, May 2005
Number of pages: 44 Posted: 08 May 2006
Suraj Srinivasan
Harvard Business School
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Consequences of Financial Reporting Failure for Outside Directors: Evidence from Accounting Restatements and Audit Committee Members

Journal of Accounting Research, Vol. 43, No. 2, May 2005
Posted: 14 Jan 2007
Suraj Srinivasan
Harvard Business School

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Restatement, Audit Committee, Board of Directors, Reputation, Labor Market

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Do Analysts Follow Managers that Switch Companies? An Analysis of Relations in the Capital Markets

AAA 2010 Financial Accounting and Reporting Section (FARS) Paper
Number of pages: 49 Posted: 06 Sep 2009 Last Revised: 28 Apr 2013
Francois Brochet, Gregory S. Miller and Suraj Srinivasan
Boston University - Department of Accounting, University of Michigan, Stephen M. Ross School of Business and Harvard Business School
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Management turnover, Analyst coverage, Capital market relationships

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Political Influence and Merger Antitrust Reviews

Number of pages: 82 Posted: 04 Apr 2017 Last Revised: 15 Sep 2017
Mihir N. Mehta, Suraj Srinivasan and Wanli Zhao
University of Michigan at Ann Arbor, Harvard Business School and Renmin University of China
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Political Economy, Antitrust, FTC, DOJ, Senate Judiciary Committee, House Judiciary Committee, Mergers and Acquisitions

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The Changing Landscape of Auditor Litigation

Stanford Law and Economics Olin Working Paper No. 512, Columbia Business School Research Paper No. 17-110
Number of pages: 62 Posted: 30 Nov 2017 Last Revised: 12 May 2019
Colleen Honigsberg, Shivaram Rajgopal and Suraj Srinivasan
Stanford Law School, Columbia Business School and Harvard Business School
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auditor litigation, Tellabs, Section 10(b), Section 11, audit quality, Janus, PSLRA, class-action litigation

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Bank Boards: What Has Changed Since the Financial Crisis?

Number of pages: 59 Posted: 31 Jan 2019 Last Revised: 05 Feb 2019
Shivaram Rajgopal, Suraj Srinivasan and Yu Ting Forester Wong
Columbia Business School, Harvard Business School and University of Southern California - Leventhal School of Accounting
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Corporate Governance, Financial Crisis, Banks, Bank Board, Board of Director, Diversity, Chairperson, 2008 Crisis

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Do Analysts Follow Managers Who Switch Companies? An Analysis of Relationships in the Capital Markets

Accounting Review, Vol. 89, No. 2, 2014
Number of pages: 50 Posted: 06 Jul 2014
Francois Brochet, Gregory S. Miller and Suraj Srinivasan
Boston University - Department of Accounting, University of Michigan, Stephen M. Ross School of Business and Harvard Business School
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Management turnover, Analyst coverage, Capital market relationships

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The Role of Gatekeepers in Capital Markets

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The Role of Gatekeepers in Capital Markets

Number of pages: 42 Posted: 04 Apr 2019
Sugata Roychowdhury and Suraj Srinivasan
Boston College and Harvard Business School
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The Role of Gatekeepers in Capital Markets

Journal of Accounting Research, Vol. 57, No. 2, 2019
Posted: 24 Jun 2019
Sugata Roychowdhury and Suraj Srinivasan
Boston College and Harvard Business School

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gatekeepers; regulators; credit rating agencies; credit rating; SEC; acquisitions; mandatory disclosures; litigation risk; courts of law; judge ideology; auditors; audit committee; FINRA; financial advisors

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Citigroup 2007: Financial Reporting and Regulatory Capital

Harvard Business School Finance case no. 111-041
Posted: 16 Mar 2012
Eddie Riedl, Suraj Srinivasan and Sharon P. Katz
Boston University - Questrom School of Business, Harvard Business School and INSEAD

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The Risk-Reward Framework at Morgan Stanley Research

Harvard Business School Accounting & Management Unit case no. 111-011
Posted: 16 Mar 2012
Suraj Srinivasan and David Lane
Harvard Business School and Harvard Business School

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Kanebo Ltd. (C)

Harvard Business School Accounting & Management Unit Case No. 111-068
Posted: 16 Mar 2012
David F. Hawkins, Suraj Srinivasan and Akiko Kanno
affiliation not provided to SSRN, Harvard Business School and Harvard Business School

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Kanebo Ltd. (B)

Harvard Business School Accounting & Management Unit Case No. 111-038
Posted: 16 Mar 2012
David F. Hawkins, Suraj Srinivasan and Akiko Kanno
affiliation not provided to SSRN, Harvard Business School and Harvard Business School

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Kanebo Ltd. (A)

Harvard Business School Accounting & Management Unit case no. 111-037
Posted: 16 Mar 2012
David F. Hawkins, Suraj Srinivasan, Akiko Kanno and lizzie gomez
affiliation not provided to SSRN, Harvard Business School, Harvard Business School and affiliation not provided to SSRN

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Mike Mayo Takes on Citigroup (B)

Harvard Business School Accounting & Management Unit Case No. 112-051
Posted: 06 Feb 2012
Suraj Srinivasan and Amy Kaser
Harvard Business School and affiliation not provided to SSRN

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Strategy and Governance at Yahoo! Inc.

Harvard Business School Accounting & Management Unit Case No. 112-040
Posted: 05 Feb 2012
Krishna Palepu, Suraj Srinivasan, David Lane and Ian McKown Cornell
Harvard University - Harvard Business School, Harvard Business School, Harvard Business School and Harvard Business School

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Ken Langone: Member, GE Compensation Committee

Harvard Business School Accounting & Management Unit Case No. 111-060
Posted: 04 Feb 2012
Suraj Srinivasan and Elizabeth Gomez
Harvard Business School and Unaffiliated Authors

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Mike Mayo Takes on Citigroup (A)

Harvard Business School Accounting & Management Unit Case No. 112-025
Posted: 04 Feb 2012
Suraj Srinivasan and Amy Kaser
Harvard Business School and affiliation not provided to SSRN

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The Crisis at Tyco - A Director's Perspective

Harvard Business School Accounting & Management Unit Case No. 111-035
Posted: 29 Jan 2012
Suraj Srinivasan and Aldo Sesia
Harvard Business School and Harvard Business School

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Target Corporation: Ackman Versus the Board

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Target Corporation: Ackman Versus the Board

HBS Case No. 109-010, Harvard Business School Accounting & Management Unit
Posted: 30 Oct 2009
Krishna Palepu, Suraj Srinivasan and James Weber
Harvard University - Harvard Business School, Harvard Business School and affiliation not provided to SSRN

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Target Corporation: Ackman Versus the Board

Harvard Business School Accounting & Management Unit Case No. 109-010
Posted: 16 Mar 2012
Krishna Palepu, Suraj Srinivasan and James Weber
Harvard University - Harvard Business School, Harvard Business School and affiliation not provided to SSRN

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