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- May 1995 (Revised August 2008)
- Background Note
Intercorporate Equity Investments
By: David F. Hawkins
Discusses accounting for intercorporate equity investments and the preparation of consolidated financial statements.
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Hawkins, David F. "Intercorporate Equity Investments." Harvard Business School Background Note 195-237, May 1995. (Revised August 2008.)
- 07 Jul 2016
- Blog Post
Can You Learn Finance through the Case Method?
confident in my business-related quantitative skills coming into HBS. I had never taken a single economics class in my life and had no exposure – and I truly mean zero – to accounting or finance. In fact, developing an understanding...
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Gary P. Pisano
Gary Pisano is the Harry E. Figgie, Jr. Professor of Business Administration at the Harvard Business School where he has been on the faculty since 1988. From 2018-2023, Pisano was Harvard Business School’s Senior Associate Dean for Faculty Promotion and... View Details
- February 2005 (Revised March 2005)
- Case
Tots R Us
By: Thomas D. Fields and Susan L. Kulp
Presents an overview of many issues associated with cost accounting and control.
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Fields, Thomas D., and Susan L. Kulp. "Tots R Us." Harvard Business School Case 105-004, February 2005. (Revised March 2005.)
- March 2000 (Revised November 2000)
- Case
IBM Corporation Turnaround
By: Robert D. Austin and Richard L. Nolan
Describes the details of IBM's dramatic corporate turnaround in the early 1990s led by CEO Louis V. Gerstner. Accounts of events are from interviews with IBM executives. Covers the factors that led to the company's decline and actions taken to recover.
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Keywords:
Transformation;
Restructuring;
Management Teams;
Management Practices and Processes;
Leading Change;
Organizational Change and Adaptation;
Computer Industry;
Information Technology Industry
Austin, Robert D., and Richard L. Nolan. "IBM Corporation Turnaround." Harvard Business School Case 600-098, March 2000. (Revised November 2000.)
- October 2001
- Case
Healthcare Brands Corporation
By: David F. Hawkins
A U.K. and a U.S. firm are entering into a merger agreement. Management must decide whether the merged companies should be domiciled in the United Kingdom and account for the merger as a pooling of interests or the United States and account for the merger as a...
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Keywords:
International Accounting;
Mergers and Acquisitions;
Contracts;
Health Industry;
United Kingdom;
United States
Hawkins, David F. "Healthcare Brands Corporation." Harvard Business School Case 102-032, October 2001.
- November 2001 (Revised September 2007)
- Case
Children's Hospital and Clinics (A)
By: Amy C. Edmondson, Michael Roberto and Anita L. Tucker
Describes the major phases of an initiative designed to transform the organization and enhance patient safety. Raises interesting questions about how to encourage candid discussion about failures while continuing to hold people accountable for their performance.
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Keywords:
Health Care and Treatment;
Leading Change;
Business Processes;
Organizational Change and Adaptation;
Organizational Culture;
Performance Improvement;
Safety;
Health Industry
Edmondson, Amy C., Michael Roberto, and Anita L. Tucker. "Children's Hospital and Clinics (A)." Harvard Business School Case 302-050, November 2001. (Revised September 2007.)
- May–June 2015
- Article
Big Data: Big Deal or Big Hype?
By: Sunil Gupta
Google Flu Trends article of November 2008 heralded a new age for big data where it is possible to leverage the vast amount of data to speak for itself, without theory or expert knowledge of the subject matter. However, in a short span the pendulum swung from big data...
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Gupta, Sunil. "Big Data: Big Deal or Big Hype?" European Business Review (May–June 2015).
- Web
Institute for the Study of Security Markets (ISSM) | Baker Library | Bloomberg Center | Harvard Business School
Databases Institute for the Study of Security Markets (ISSM) Institute for the Study of Security Markets (ISSM) Bookmark This Institute for the Study of Security Markets (ISSM)...
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- August 2009 (Revised July 2010)
- Case
Choosing a GAAP for Canada
By: Karthik Ramanna and Beiting Cheng
Explores Canadian regulators' decision to adopt International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS). The Canadian decision in 2005 to adopt IFRS is particularly interesting because Canada had well-developed domestic accounting standards and because a significant...
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Keywords:
Financial Reporting;
International Accounting;
Cost vs Benefits;
Governing Rules, Regulations, and Reforms;
Standards;
Accounting Industry;
Canada
Ramanna, Karthik, and Beiting Cheng. "Choosing a GAAP for Canada." Harvard Business School Case 110-023, August 2009. (Revised July 2010.)
- November 1997
- Case
Comptronics Associates, Inc.
By: David F. Hawkins and Norman Bartczak
The acquirer wants the acquired company to be accounted for as a pooling of interests.
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Hawkins, David F., and Norman Bartczak. "Comptronics Associates, Inc." Harvard Business School Case 198-058, November 1997.
- 03 May 2016
- Blog Post
Working With Organizations That Recruit at HBS: An Interview with Renee Pappastratis
diverse set of industries keeps me on my toes! I am also part of our Operations team and am heavily involved in planning all of our on-campus recruiting events. What is your...
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- Fall 2020
- Article
Climate in the Boardroom: Struggling to Reconcile Business as Usual and the End of the World as We Know It
How does one witness to businesspeople about climate change? Climate change is a problem for the collective and the long term, whereas business often requires a ruthless focus on the individual and the quarter. Climate change is an ethical catastrophe whose solution...
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Keywords:
Sustainable Business;
Climate Change;
Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact;
Environmental Sustainability
Henderson, Rebecca. "Climate in the Boardroom: Struggling to Reconcile Business as Usual & the End of the World as We Know It." Special Issue on Witnessing Climate Change. Daedalus 149, no. 4 (Fall 2020): 118–124.
- March 2005 (Revised May 2005)
- Case
Noodles & Company (Abridged)
By: Linda A. Cyr
Aaron Kennedy has successfully grown Noodles & Co. from a single global noodle shop to a chain of 58 restaurants spanning six states in seven years. In the face of increasing competition, Kennedy has plans to roll out 240 new stores in the next four years. He must...
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Keywords:
Competition;
Entrepreneurship;
Franchise Ownership;
Growth and Development Strategy;
Retail Industry;
Food and Beverage Industry;
United States
Cyr, Linda A. "Noodles & Company (Abridged)." Harvard Business School Case 805-098, March 2005. (Revised May 2005.)
- February 2018
- Case
Health Savings Accounts: Enabling Consumer Participation
By: Regina E. Herzlinger and James Wallace
Health savings accounts (HSAs), a creation of the 2003 Medicare Modernization Act, had become an integral part of the drive toward consumer-driven health care. Coupled with high-deductible health plans, HSAs allowed consumers to directly control a significant part of...
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- Article
How Much Does Industry Matter, Really?
By: A. M. McGahan and M. E. Porter
In this paper, we examine the importance of year, industry, corporate-parent, and business-specific effects on the profitability of U.S. public corporations within specific 4-digit SIC categories. Our results indicate that year, industry, corporate-parent, and...
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McGahan, A. M., and M. E. Porter. "How Much Does Industry Matter, Really?" Special Issue on Organizational and Competitive Influences on Strategy and Performance. Strategic Management Journal 18, no. S1 (July 1997): 15–30.
Rebecca A. Karp
Rebecca Karp is an Assistant Professor in the Strategy Unit at Harvard Business School. She teaches Strategy in the MBA required curriculum. Professor Karp is a field researcher and ethnographer. Her research examines how companies formulate and... View Details
- November 2000 (Revised April 2002)
- Case
Blaine and Mason, LLP: Gross Versus Net Revenue Reporting (A)
By: David F. Hawkins
The managing partners of a public accounting firm must resolve a number of staff requests for assistance in deciding how audit clients should report their revenues. Each example explores whether revenues should be reported on a gross or net basis.
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Keywords:
Financial Statements;
Accounting Audits;
Business Earnings;
Budgets and Budgeting;
Financial Reporting;
Revenue;
Accounting Industry
Hawkins, David F. "Blaine and Mason, LLP: Gross Versus Net Revenue Reporting (A)." Harvard Business School Case 101-040, November 2000. (Revised April 2002.)
- 24 Oct 2005
- Research & Ideas
Building an IT Governance Committee
chaired by an IT expert. In this mode, it's even more important to get the membership right. For example, the chairman of the IT committee for Novell—a company in strategic mode—founded a major IT-strategy-consulting company, sold it to...
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by Richard Nolan & Warren McFarlan