Publications
Publications
- September 1986 (Revised February 1991)
- HBS Case Collection
Graves Industries, Inc. (C): Consumer Hardware Division
Abstract
Describes events occurring over a three-year period in a division of Graves Industries. The division is being squeezed for profit, and managers in the division get involved in some fraudulent financial reporting schemes involving revenues and capitalization of expenses. A number of issues are raised concerning causes of the frauds and methods of preventing and/or detecting them.
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Citation
Merchant, Kenneth A. "Graves Industries, Inc. (C): Consumer Hardware Division." Harvard Business School Case 187-047, September 1986. (Revised February 1991.)