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- September 1995 (Revised June 2002)
- Case
Intel Pentium Chip Controversy (A), The
By: V.G. Narayanan and James D Evans
Following Intel Inc.'s decision to replace flawed Pentium chips, the company faces revenue recognition choices. Events leading up to IBM's decision to halt shipment of computers that have Intel's microprocessor inside and Intel's decision to replace all the flawed...
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Business or Company Management;
Decision Choices and Conditions;
Revenue Recognition;
Computer Industry
Narayanan, V.G., and James D Evans. "Intel Pentium Chip Controversy (A), The." Harvard Business School Case 196-091, September 1995. (Revised June 2002.)
- August 2010
- Supplement
Batson International, S.A. (C)
By: David F. Hawkins
Senior management must sign a management letter. An internal audit reveals a number of questionable accounting practices (B case). How should senior management respond?
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Accounting Audits;
Financial Reporting;
International Accounting;
Managerial Roles;
Standards;
United States
Hawkins, David F. "Batson International, S.A. (C)." Harvard Business School Supplement 111-025, August 2010.
- August 2001 (Revised October 2001)
- Case
Shinsei Bank (D)
By: Michael Y. Yoshino and Perry Fagan
One year later, Yashiro and his management team can be proud of the young bank's first-year results, but face a set of difficult implementation issues.
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Financial Reporting;
Restructuring;
Management Systems;
Management Teams;
Success;
Banking Industry
Yoshino, Michael Y., and Perry Fagan. "Shinsei Bank (D)." Harvard Business School Case 302-039, August 2001. (Revised October 2001.)
- Fast Answer
Field Course: Private Equity Projects and Ecosystems: Company, Industry, Market and Transaction Research
trend and forecast coverage across 10 major commercial real estate sectors, 275+ markets, and 3,000+ submarkets. Includes market transactions and performance trends. FactSet
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- Web
Glossary | Baker Library | Bloomberg Center | Harvard Business School
Skip to Main Content Lehman Brothers Collection Resources Baker Library Collections Corporate Reports Collection R. G. Dun & Co. Credit Reports HBS Cases Baker Old Class Collection Related Archival...
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- October 2011
- Teaching Note
Bridging the GAAPs (TN)
By: Gwen Yu
Teaching Note for 111-114.
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Equity;
Financial Reporting;
Investment Portfolio;
Valuation;
Framework;
Adoption;
Standards;
Globalization
Yu, Gwen. "Bridging the GAAPs (TN)." Harvard Business School Teaching Note 112-045, October 2011.
- 2010
- Dissertation
Accounting Standards and International Portfolio Holdings: Analysis of Cross-border Holdings Following Mandatory Adoption of IFRS
By: Gwen Yu
Prior literature shows that investors under-invest in foreign firms due to information asymmetry problems. I posit that differences in local accounting standards are a source of the information asymmetry among investors. Using security-level holdings of international...
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Financial Reporting;
International Accounting;
Standards;
Investment Portfolio;
Foreign Direct Investment
Yu, Gwen. "Accounting Standards and International Portfolio Holdings: Analysis of Cross-border Holdings Following Mandatory Adoption of IFRS." Diss., University of Michigan, 2010. (Winner of American Accounting Association. International Accounting Section. Outstanding Dissertation Award presented by American Accounting Association.)
- Web
China | Baker Library | Bloomberg Center | Harvard Business School
Information System) Country and company information on Africa, Asia, Australia, Europe, and the Middle East. Go To Database Arranged by country, this resource includes: country profiles; macroeconomic statistics, forecasts, and analysis; View Details
- 01 Dec 2016
- News
How DC is Taxing the Country
(photo by Brooks Kraft/Getty) Sunny jobs reports and shrinking unemployment numbers might give the impression that the US economic recovery is complete. Scratch beneath that surface, though, and a much bleaker trend emerges, says a new...
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Francis Storrs
- 30 Jul 2010
- News
Notes from a Hammock
best-selling trilogy of mysteries. The Girl was published in 2005, but it sometimes seems Larsson is writing after the meltdown of 2008, and with the benefit of hindsight. His hero, Mikael, an investigative business journalist, speaks contemptuously of View Details
- 01 Mar 2008
- News
India is more Transparent
China, can I believe the financial information in a company’s annual report? “Not really, I say. The annual report does not serve the purpose it does in market economies, that is, to communicate reliable...
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- October 2019
- Supplement
Impax Laboratories: Executing Accretive Acquisitions (B)
By: Benjamin C. Esty and Daniel Fisher
Explores events after Impax announced the acquisition of a portfolio of generic pharmaceutical products from Teva in June 2016.
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Financial Reporting;
Financial Statements;
Mergers and Acquisitions;
Capital Structure;
Financial Strategy;
Competition;
Competitive Advantage;
Corporate Strategy;
Pharmaceutical Industry;
United States
Esty, Benjamin C., and Daniel Fisher. "Impax Laboratories: Executing Accretive Acquisitions (B)." Harvard Business School Supplement 220-031, October 2019.
- May 2006
- Case
Nokia in 2003
By: Paul M. Healy
Examines the challenges facing a money manager who owns stock in Nokia, the leading wireless handset provider. Two analysts covering the stock make very different predictions about the economies of the industry, Nokia's future performance, and stock recommendations....
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- August 2010
- Supplement
Batson International, S.A. (B)
By: David F. Hawkins
A surprise internal audit of a division's accounting practices reveals a number of possible earnings management and accounting irregularities.
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Accounting Audits;
Earnings Management;
Financial Reporting;
International Accounting;
Standards;
United States
Hawkins, David F. "Batson International, S.A. (B)." Harvard Business School Supplement 111-024, August 2010.
- 11 Oct 2006
- Research & Ideas
U.S. Tops Business Competitiveness Index 2006
higher levels in the future," according to the report. Among the dozens of variables analyzed are production process sophistication, per capita Internet and cell phone use, intensity of local competition, financial market...
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by Sean Silverthorne
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Business History in the Contemporary Collection | Baker Library | Bloomberg Center | Harvard Business School
provides directory information and financial data for public and private companies. For more recent editions of this title, see D & B Million Dollar Directory. 55 778 Dun & Bradstreet Million Dollar Directory...
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- November 2010 (Revised July 2011)
- Supplement
Oriflame S.A. (B)
By: David F. Hawkins and Karol Misztal
Exercise for recording derivative hedging transactions, accompanied by a technical note on IFRS derivative accounting.
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Financial Reporting;
Financial Statements;
International Accounting;
Currency Exchange Rate;
Management Analysis, Tools, and Techniques;
Risk Management;
Standards;
Beauty and Cosmetics Industry
Hawkins, David F., and Karol Misztal. "Oriflame S.A. (B)." Harvard Business School Supplement 111-051, November 2010. (Revised July 2011.)
- 20 Feb 2006
- Research & Ideas
Are Company Founders Underpaid?
CEO is the highest paid executive and almost always out-earns her direct reports by a significant margin. Also, multiple studies have found that the more equity the CEO holds, the more compensation she commands. However, the patterns are...
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- 24 Jul 2013
- Op-Ed
Detroit Files for Bankruptcy: HBS Faculty Weigh In
most cities? In part, the answer is that OPEB liabilities were for many decades never reported on municipal balance sheets. Without such reporting, it seemed that cities' healthcare promises did not have serious View Details
- 18 Jun 2007
- Op-Ed
Leveling the Executive Options Playing Field
Harvard Business School professor Mihir A. Desai argues that investors and regulators are served poorly by the U.S. corporate financial reporting system, which allows companies to declare different profit...
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by Mihir Desai