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- August 2010 (Revised November 2010)
- Supplement
Cosmeticos de Espana, S.A. (C)
By: David F. Hawkins
The third case in the Cosmeticos de Espana case series. What should management's accounting response be to a further devaluation of the Bolivar?
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Financial Statements;
Decision Choices and Conditions;
Inflation and Deflation;
Currency Exchange Rate;
Beauty and Cosmetics Industry;
Spain;
Venezuela
Hawkins, David F. "Cosmeticos de Espana, S.A. (C)." Harvard Business School Supplement 111-021, August 2010. (Revised November 2010.)
- August 2009 (Revised August 2010)
- Supplement
Eddie Bauer (B)
By: Paul M. Healy, Sharon P. Katz and Aldo Sesia
In February 2007, shareholders of Eddie Bauer, the specialty apparel retailer, were scheduled to vote on management's proposed sale of the company to two private equity firms. More than 50% of outstanding shares in Eddie Bauer needed to be voted in favor of the deal...
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Financial Statements;
Mergers and Acquisitions;
Governing and Advisory Boards;
Privatization;
Valuation;
Apparel and Accessories Industry;
Retail Industry;
United States
Healy, Paul M., Sharon P. Katz, and Aldo Sesia. "Eddie Bauer (B)." Harvard Business School Supplement 110-009, August 2009. (Revised August 2010.)
- 17 Dec 2018
- News
Tomorrow, Transformed
our day with research and teaching that will help prepare the next generation of leaders for the coming century. Here we offer a glimpse into some of the ways in which HBS is already expanding the notion of what’s possible across the...
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- Web
IFC: Europe; Decarbonization and Sustainable Production - Course Catalog
November 14, November 21, and December 5; 3:10 PM - 5:10 PM plus two office hour check-in meetings Travel Dates : Arrive: Sunday, January 5, 2025 and Depart Wednesday, January 15 Course Fee: $3,500 Immersive Field Courses : IFCs require a firm commitment and carry a...
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- 01 Dec 2002
- News
Books
Companies Must Merge Social and Financial Imperatives to Achieve Superior Performance, Paine has condensed twenty years of research and teaching in the oftenmaligned field of business ethics to argue that companies can — indeed must — be...
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- Profile
Charles Jennings
How has HBS prepared you for your current role and your long term career? HBS has improved my mental flexibility in handling new and challenging situations by exposing me to a wide variety of extremely talented individuals. I am better...
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- 16 Aug 2024
- In Practice
Election 2024: What's at Stake for Business and the Workplace?
In a US presidential election year with more twists and turns than most in recent memory, many of the issues on the ballot impact business. And keeping politics in the workplace respectful is forefront on managers’ minds as a divided nation View Details
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by Rachel Layne
- 01 Dec 2018
- News
Case Study: Your Data, Your Health
for the test with speedy release to market that would appeal to investors. The logic is that you need a win. Once you establish a good foundation, you will have the opportunity to expand to what feels morally correct. —Muthanna Al-Mumin (GMP 22, 2017) Because the...
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Jen McFarland Flint
- 04 Oct 2016
- First Look
October 4, 2016
2016 Self-published Introduction to Financial Accounting: Review Quizzes and Practice Exams By: Narayanan, V.G. Abstract—This book provides practice multiple choice questions on introductory accounting topics. It can be used to View Details
- November 2010 (Revised December 2011)
- Supplement
Oriflame S.A. (C)
By: David F. Hawkins and Karol Misztal
Notes from Oriflame's 2009 annual report relevant to the assessment of the monetary impact of Oriflame's FX risk management actions.
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Keywords:
Financial Reporting;
Financial Statements;
International Accounting;
Currency Exchange Rate;
Annual Reports;
Management Analysis, Tools, and Techniques;
Risk Management;
Standards;
Beauty and Cosmetics Industry
Hawkins, David F., and Karol Misztal. "Oriflame S.A. (C)." Harvard Business School Supplement 111-052, November 2010. (Revised December 2011.)
- 01 Oct 2020
- What Do You Think?
Are CEOs the Wrong Leaders for Stakeholder Capitalism?
leverage have to include large institutional investors. I was reminded of this when I read of David Swenson’s recent message to organizations managing Yale’s money under Swenson’s highly successful supervision. He told them that their performance would be judged on...
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by James Heskett
- 01 Mar 2023
- News
Turning Point: In Good Company
Aparna Piramal Raje (MBA 2002) (Illustration by Gisela Goppel) Aparna Piramal Raje (MBA 2002) (Illustration by Gisela Goppel) There have been many turning points in my journey of living with bipolar disorder over the last 20 years. HBS has been an integral part of the...
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- 20 Mar 2007
- First Look
First Look: March 20, 2007
model to establish these interrelationships at a firm level. Using publicly available financial data we estimate the six causal effects among sales, inventory, and gross margin. Our results show that sales, inventory, and gross margin are...
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Martha Lagace
- 25 Jan 2000
- Research & Ideas
Strategic Alliances
Starbucks; The Nature Conservancy and Georgia-Pacific; Bidwell Training Center, a nonprofit vocational and technical school in Pennsylvania, and Bayer Corporation; and Jumpstart, a Boston-based NPO that prepares low-income preschoolers to...
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by Nancy O. Perry
- 18 Oct 2004
- Research & Ideas
The Bias of Wall Street Analysts
overoptimistic assumptions embedded in that research. The bigger problem is that not all investors are able to rigorously study financial statement analysis and valuation, and given constraints on time,...
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- 01 Mar 2023
- News
Making Dreams Attainable
Illustration by David Vogin HBS believes that leadership talent is more evenly distributed than opportunity across society and the world, and takes the approach that preparing future leaders for today’s challenges depends on having a...
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- 07 Apr 2014
- News
Family Values
HBS is committed to ensuring that its learning model provides a powerful, integrated curriculum. A major new gift from the family of the late William F. Connell (MBA 1963) will help this effort as the School continues to prepare leaders...
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- 01 Mar 2017
- News
Alumni and Faculty Books for March 2017
lending to one, or even working for one, you should be able to read its financial statements and ask questions based on those statements. This book examines some of the more advanced topics in accounting and...
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- 05 May 2003
- Research & Ideas
How Bank of America Turned Branches into Service-Development Laboratories
physical facilities were prepared for. So the team decided to reconfigure the twenty Atlanta branches into three alternative models: Five branches were redesigned as "express centers," efficient, modernistic buildings where...
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CFO Letter - Annual Report 2016
Financials From the Chief Financial Officer 5-Year Data Summary CFO Letter Financial Highlights Statement of Activity & Cash Flows Consolidated...
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