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- 26 Jan 2021
- Research & Ideas
A New Way to Cut Credit Card Debt: Pay Off One Purchase at a Time
aim at their credit card debt, which totaled $825 billion at the end of 2020 in the United States alone. As balances have climbed, the percent of household income allocated to repayment has decreased 17 percent over the last decade, and nearly 30 percent of consumers...
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- December 2018 (Revised August 2022)
- Teaching Note
Revenue Recognition at HBP
By: Siko Sikochi and Paul Healy
In early 2014, Corporate Learning, one of three business units at Harvard Business Publishing (HBP), was in the process of revamping its flagship product, Harvard Manage-Mentor (HMM) from version 11.0 (HMM11) to version 12.0 (HMM12). The revamped software would be...
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- 01 Dec 2006
- News
2006 MBAs Go to Work
$134,438 for the Class of 2005. Another uptick was measured in the number of graduates entering the financial services industry, with a shift from 36 percent to 42 percent. Kierstead observes that the Class of 2006 is the first to...
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- 08 Oct 2015
- Working Paper Summaries
Market Reaction to Mandatory Nonfinancial Disclosure
- February 2001 (Revised April 2001)
- Case
Warnaco Group, Inc. (B)
By: David F. Hawkins
Supplements the (A) case.
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Keywords:
Financial Statements;
Financial Reporting;
Restructuring;
Apparel and Accessories Industry;
Retail Industry
Hawkins, David F. "Warnaco Group, Inc. (B)." Harvard Business School Case 101-069, February 2001. (Revised April 2001.)
- June 2020 (Revised October 2020)
- Case
Muddy Waters vs. eHealth: The Debate of a 'Lifetime'
By: Jonas Heese and Cristo Liautaud
In May 2020, an analyst was assessing eHealth’s performance. eHealth was an online / tele-sales broker of health insurance products. The stock had recently hit all-time highs, closing at a peak of $146 on March 4, 2020. But now, May 4, 2020, eHealth traded at $103. The...
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Heese, Jonas, and Cristo Liautaud. "Muddy Waters vs. eHealth: The Debate of a 'Lifetime'." Harvard Business School Case 120-114, June 2020. (Revised October 2020.)
- 01 Aug 2016
- Research & Ideas
Retail Execs Underplay Current Performance to Investors--but Why?
Retail executives aren’t always giving stockholders the straight scoop about the financial standing of their companies in comments around earnings announcements—and some may be providing misleading information, potentially for their own...
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- June 2024
- Case
Wemade: (Re)Establishing Trust in Blockchain Games (A)
By: Jung Koo Kang, Charles CY Wang, David Allen and Kwangmoon So
This case explores the fundamental challenges and accounting issues arising from the integration of blockchain technology into traditional business models. It features Wemade, a South Korean online gaming company that has staked its future on blockchain-based games....
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- February 1992 (Revised May 1995)
- Supplement
CUC International, Inc. (C)
By: Krishna G. Palepu and Paul M. Healy
Describes analysts' and investors' reaction to CUC's initial response.
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Palepu, Krishna G., and Paul M. Healy. "CUC International, Inc. (C)." Harvard Business School Supplement 192-101, February 1992. (Revised May 1995.)
- February 1992 (Revised May 1995)
- Supplement
CUC International, Inc. (B)
By: Krishna G. Palepu and Paul M. Healy
Describes CUC's initial response to investors' concerns about the firm's accounting. Students are asked to evaluate this response.
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Palepu, Krishna G., and Paul M. Healy. "CUC International, Inc. (B)." Harvard Business School Supplement 192-100, February 1992. (Revised May 1995.)
- February 2001
- Case
Trans-Share Inc.
By: David F. Hawkins
The seller of fractional interest aircraft programs must decide how to account in its IPO for the sales of fractional interest aircraft programs. Teaching Purpose: To expose students to revenue recognition issues.
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Hawkins, David F. "Trans-Share Inc." Harvard Business School Case 101-083, February 2001.
- October 1976 (Revised June 2008)
- Case
Chemalite, Inc.
A chemical engineer who has set up a company to manufacture and market one of his inventions is trying to prepare his state of the corporation report. This case is designed to serve as a vehicle to introduce students to basic bookkeeping and accounting functions.
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Keywords:
Financial Reporting;
Financial Statements;
Business Startups;
Valuation;
Chemical Industry
Wilson, David A. "Chemalite, Inc." Harvard Business School Case 177-078, October 1976. (Revised June 2008.)
- July 2011 (Revised October 2012)
- Case
Adoption of IFRS in Ethiopia
By: David F. Hawkins and Shani Senbetta
Ethiopia's decision to adopt IFRS. The motivation to adopt IFRS and the challenges to implement the decision.
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Hawkins, David F., and Shani Senbetta. "Adoption of IFRS in Ethiopia." Harvard Business School Case 112-010, July 2011. (Revised October 2012.)
- September 2007
- Supplement
Silic (B): Choosing Cost or Fair Value on Adoption of IFRS
By: David F. Hawkins, Vincent Marie Dessain and Andrew Barron
Hawkins, David F., Vincent Marie Dessain, and Andrew Barron. "Silic (B): Choosing Cost or Fair Value on Adoption of IFRS." Harvard Business School Supplement 108-031, September 2007.
- February 2008
- Teaching Note
Silic (TN) (A) and (B): Choosing Cost or Fair Value on Adoption of IFRS
By: David F. Hawkins, Edward J. Riedl, Vincent Dessain and Andrew Barron
Teaching Note for 108-030 and 108-031.
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- July 2011 (Revised September 2011)
- Case
CEO Compensation at GE: A Decade with Jeff Immelt
By: V.G. Narayanan and Lisa Brem
When ISS, a large shareholder advisory group, recommended a "no" vote on Jeff Immelt's award of 2 million stock options in April 2011, GE's compensation committee had to decide whether to rescind or amend the award or ignore the ISS recommendation. Was Immelt's 2010...
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Keywords:
Budgets and Budgeting;
Stock Options;
Stock Shares;
Annual Reports;
Executive Compensation;
Compensation and Benefits;
Business and Shareholder Relations;
Performance Evaluation;
Corporate Governance;
Corporate Accountability;
Financial Services Industry;
Financial Services Industry
Narayanan, V.G., and Lisa Brem. "CEO Compensation at GE: A Decade with Jeff Immelt." Harvard Business School Case 112-003, July 2011. (Revised September 2011.)
- 01 Mar 2009
- News
HBS Posts Strong Results in 2008
Executive Education programs drew a record 9,345 participants. And Harvard Business Publishing sold 8.2 million cases and over 2 million books, peak figures for both. These and many other details are laid out in narrative, charts, and graphs in the newly released HBS...
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- July 2009 (Revised June 2010)
- Supplement
Kim Park (B): Liabilities
By: David F. Hawkins, Gregory Miller and V.G. Narayanan
A series of caselets exploring the accounting for liabilities.
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Hawkins, David F., Gregory Miller, and V.G. Narayanan. "Kim Park (B): Liabilities." Harvard Business School Supplement 110-018, July 2009. (Revised June 2010.)
- July 2009 (Revised May 2012)
- Case
Wareham SC Systems, Inc.
By: David F. Hawkins
CFO tests company's revenue recognition practices against the recently issued SAB 101 requirements and proposes plan for adoption of SAB 101.
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Hawkins, David F. "Wareham SC Systems, Inc." Harvard Business School Case 110-015, July 2009. (Revised May 2012.)
- August 2000 (Revised February 2001)
- Background Note
Revenue Recognition
By: Paul M. Healy
This case discusses revenue recognition in straightforward situations and then considers revenue transactions that may be more complex to record. Revenue recognition criteria can be implemented for the following situations: 1) Customers pay prior to delivery; 2)...
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Healy, Paul M. "Revenue Recognition." Harvard Business School Background Note 101-017, August 2000. (Revised February 2001.)