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- September 2023
- Module Note
Live Case Exercise for Financial Reporting
By: Tatiana Sandino and Marshal Herrmann
Harvard Business School employs the case method as a cornerstone of its pedagogy, providing students with opportunities to engage in discussions related to difficult or contentious decisions confronted by real-world organizations. In this “live case,” we depart from...
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Financial reporting quality and its consequences
Does reporting quality have real economic consequences? Professor Yu addresses this question in her research, which examines the channels through which reporting quality affects the behavior of economic agents, namely managers and investors. Her particular focus is... View Details
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Supplemental Financial Information - Financial Report 2018
percent from $37.1 billion a year earlier. For the second consecutive year, the total value of the Harvard endowment exceeded the $36.9 billion reported at year-end fiscal 2008, just prior to the start of the View Details
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Supplemental Financial Information - Financial Report 2015
Financials Supplemental Financial Information Statement of Activity & Cash FlowsConsolidated Balance SheetSupplemental Financial Information page 1 of 2 Revenues At the core of...
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- 2011
- Working Paper
Top Executive Background and Financial Reporting Choice
By: Francois Brochet and Kyle Travis Welch
We study the role of executive functional background in explaining management discretion in financial reporting. Taking goodwill impairment as our reporting setting, we focus on top executives (CEOs and CFOs) whose employment history includes experience in investment...
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Keywords:
Financial Reporting;
Goodwill Accounting;
Experience and Expertise;
Decision Choices and Conditions;
Managerial Roles;
Agency Theory
Brochet, Francois, and Kyle Travis Welch. "Top Executive Background and Financial Reporting Choice." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 11-088, February 2011. (Revised November 2011.)
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Supplemental Financial Information - Financial Report 2015
Financials Supplemental Financial Information Statement of Activity & Cash FlowsConsolidated Balance SheetSupplemental Financial Information page 2 of 2 Expenses The School’s...
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Supplemental Financial Information - Financial Report 2018
Financials Supplemental Financial Information 3ms page 2 of 2 Expenses The School’s total operating expenses for fiscal 2018 were $766 million, up by $35 million, or nearly 5 percent, from $731 million for...
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- July 2001 (Revised October 2001)
- Case
Policy Management Systems Corp.: The Financial Reporting Crisis
Tim Williams, the new CFO of a publicly-traded enterprise software company, attempts to rebuild his company's reputation for reliable financial reporting following a highly visible financial reporting crisis. The crisis begins with an earnings shortfall warning, which...
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Keywords:
Accrual Accounting;
Revenue Recognition;
Capital Markets;
Policy;
Corporate Governance;
Accounting Audits;
Technology Industry
Hutton, Amy P. "Policy Management Systems Corp.: The Financial Reporting Crisis." Harvard Business School Case 102-013, July 2001. (Revised October 2001.)
- 1972
- Book
Financial Reporting Practices of Corporations
By: David Hawkins
Hawkins, David. Financial Reporting Practices of Corporations. Homewood: Dow Jones-Irwin, 1972.
- July 2015
- Article
Executives' 'Off-the-Job' Behaviors and Financial Reporting Risk
By: Robert Davidson, Aiyesha Dey and Abbie Smith
We examine how executives' behavior outside the workplace, as measured by their ownership of luxury goods (low “frugality”) and prior legal infractions, is related to financial reporting risk. We predict and find that chief executive officers (CEOs) and chief financial...
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Keywords:
Management Teams;
Behavior;
Personal Characteristics;
Crime and Corruption;
Governance Compliance;
Financial Reporting;
Organizational Culture
Davidson, Robert, Aiyesha Dey, and Abbie Smith. "Executives' 'Off-the-Job' Behaviors and Financial Reporting Risk." Journal of Financial Economics 117, no. 1 (July 2015): 5–28.
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Financials - Annual Report 2017
Financials Financials 5-Year Data Summary 3ms Financial Data IN MILLIONS For the Fiscal Year ended June 30... 2017 2016 2015 2014 2013 Revenues $ 800 m. 761 707 676 612...
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Financials - Annual Report 2020
Financials 5-Year Data Summary 1ms Financial Data IN MILLIONS For the Fiscal Year ended June 30... 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 Revenues $ 861 m. 925 856 800 761 Expenses $ 831 m. 821 766 731 704 Cash from...
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- February 2004 (Revised April 2004)
- Case
Financial Reporting in the Catholic Church
The Catholic Church is a large and complex international organization with several layers of management spread across a diverse range of services and geographical areas. Creating a coherent and manageable communication strategy for is a challenging task that requires...
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Keywords:
Corporate Disclosure;
Religion;
Financial Reporting;
Organizational Culture;
Communication Strategy
Miller, Gregory S., and Thomas Patrick Doyle CSC. "Financial Reporting in the Catholic Church." Harvard Business School Case 104-057, February 2004. (Revised April 2004.)
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Models of Best Practice in Integrated Reporting 2015
By: Robert G. Eccles, Michael P. Krzus and Sydney Ribot
In March of 2015, the authors reviewed the integrated reports of 25 multinational companies that participated in the International Integrated Reporting Council's (IIRC's) Pilot Programme Business Network. Because it was not until December 2013 that companies had any...
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Eccles, Robert G., Michael P. Krzus, and Sydney Ribot. "Models of Best Practice in Integrated Reporting 2015." Journal of Applied Corporate Finance 27, no. 2 (Spring 2015): 103–115.
- 01 Jun 2003
- News
HBS Releases First-Ever Financial Report
it is important they understand how their contributions are being used. The report explains the School’s strategic and flexible rolling five-year plan, which is responsive to changes in the operating environment. “During a year of...
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Sustainability and Integrated Reporting
A sustainable strategy for a company is one that enables it to create value for shareholders over the long term while contributing to a sustainable society. In doing so, it must balance the needs of different types of providers of financial capital (e.g.,... View Details
- 01 Dec 2003
- News
HBS Releases 2003 Financial Report
achieving our strategic objectives for the year,” said Richard P. Melnick (MBA 1992), the School’s chief financial officer. The Harvard Business School 2003 Financial Report, scheduled for release this...
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Financials - Annual Report 2019
Financials Financials 5-Year Data Summary 1ms Financial Data IN MILLIONS For the Fiscal Year ended June 30... 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015 Revenues $ 925 m. 856 800 761 707...
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- September 2010 (Revised July 2012)
- Case
Citigroup 2007: Financial Reporting and Regulatory Capital
By: Suraj Srinivasan, Edward J. Riedl and Sharon Katz
This case introduces 1) financial statements for banks, 2) basic regulatory capital calculations, and 3) actions Citigroup must consider under a scenario of continued losses/fair value declines in 2008 (leading to potential violation of regulatory capital).
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Keywords:
Fair Value Accounting;
Financial Reporting;
Financial Statements;
Financial Crisis;
Capital;
Financial Strategy;
Governing Rules, Regulations, and Reforms;
Banking Industry;
United States
Srinivasan, Suraj, Edward J. Riedl, and Sharon Katz. "Citigroup 2007: Financial Reporting and Regulatory Capital." Harvard Business School Case 111-041, September 2010. (Revised July 2012.)
- August 1994 (Revised July 1995)
- Background Note
Financial Reporting and Control, Course Overview
By: Robert L. Simons and Antonio Davila
Keywords:
Financial Reporting
Simons, Robert L., and Antonio Davila. "Financial Reporting and Control, Course Overview." Harvard Business School Background Note 195-117, August 1994. (Revised July 1995.)