Publications
Publications
- September 1986 (Revised March 1987)
- HBS Case Collection
Graves Industries, Inc. (B): Lohnes Marine Hardware Division
Abstract
Describes events occurring over a four-year period in one division of Graves Industries. The division goes through a business cycle and uses several methods of managing earnings to meet its budget targets. The purpose of the case is to allow the exploration of the causes of the unethical (or fraudulent) behaviors and ways in which they could have been prevented, or at least detected more effectively.
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Citation
Merchant, Kenneth A. "Graves Industries, Inc. (B): Lohnes Marine Hardware Division." Harvard Business School Case 187-046, September 1986. (Revised March 1987.)