Management Control and Performance Measurement

Dennis Campbell

HBS 4403

This course is a research seminar for doctoral students and faculty interested in studying control issues from an Economics perspective. Agency models, with moral hazard and adverse selection features, will be applied to settings in auditing, supply-chains, and managerial performance evaluation. Use of Accounting information for belief-revision and performance-evaluation will be studied using both empirical and analytical methodologies. The trade-off between these two uses of accounting information will also be covered. Problem sets, a research proposal, and class participation will be the primary mode of evaluation. Prior exposure to graduate level microeconomics and econometrics is required.