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• Case | HBS Case Collection | 2013 (Revised from original 2012 version)

  Integrated Assurance at Philips Electronics N.V.

  Robert G. Eccles and Daniela Saltzman

  Philips Electronics is a leader in integrated reporting. In 2010 it produced its third generation report. Since its first report in 2008, Philips' integrated reports and its integrated reporting website had grown in sophistication. In planning for its integrated report for 2011, the company is exploring the issues that will need to be addressed in order to produce an integrated report. KPMG is the company's auditor for both the financial and nonfinancial information contained in the integrated report, but these are covered by separate assurance opinions. Among the challenges of providing an integrated audit is getting the internal measurement and control systems for nonfinancial information to be of the same quality as for financial information. A further challenge is that the cultures of the finance function and those who work in sustainability are very different.

  Keywords: Accounting Audits; Reports; Organizational Culture;

  Citation:

  Eccles, Robert G., and Daniela Saltzman. "Integrated Assurance at Philips Electronics N.V." Harvard Business School Case 412-054, May 2013. (Revised from original January 2012 version.)

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  Baxter's Asia Pacific 'Talent Edge' Initiative

  Jordan Siegel, Mimi Xi and Christopher Poliquin

  This case examines whether multinationals have a potential competitive weapon in aggressively exploiting social schisms in host labor markets and in hiring and promoting senior managers from excluded groups.

  Keywords: Labor; Selection and Staffing; Groups and Teams;

  Citation:

  Siegel, Jordan, Mimi Xi, and Christopher Poliquin. "Baxter's Asia Pacific 'Talent Edge' Initiative." Harvard Business School Case 711-408, March 2013. (Revised from original October 2010 version.)

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• Teaching Note | HBS Case Collection | 2013 (Revised from original 2012 version)

  Innovating into Active ETFs: Factor Funds Capital Management LLC (TN)

  Lauren Cohen, Kenneth Froot and Timothy Gray

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  Cohen, Lauren, Kenneth Froot, and Timothy Gray. "Innovating into Active ETFs: Factor Funds Capital Management LLC (TN)." Harvard Business School Teaching Note 212-085, February 2013. (Revised from original May 2012 version.)

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