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- November 2010 (Revised May 2012)
- Background Note
Assessing a Company's Future Financial Health
By: Thomas R. Piper
The case provides students with (1) an understanding of the essence of long-term financial health; (2) familiarity with the calculation and meaning of various financial ratios; and (3) an understanding of the influence of a company's operating and competitive...
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Keywords:
Financial Condition;
Forecasting and Prediction;
Investment Return;
Operations;
Competitive Strategy
Piper, Thomas R. "Assessing a Company's Future Financial Health." Harvard Business School Background Note 911-412, November 2010. (Revised May 2012.)
- Teaching Interest
Creating the Modern Financial System
By: David A. Moss
Creating the Modern Financial System offers a vital perspective on finance and the financial system by exploring the historical development of key financial instruments and institutions worldwide. The premise of the course is that students will gain a richer and... View Details
- September 1999 (Revised February 2000)
- Case
Microsoft's Financial Reporting Strategy
Explores Microsoft's overall financial reporting strategy by examining the company's treatment of two accounting issues--software capitalization and revenue recognition. For both issues, the company selects accounting methods that are relatively conservative. Also...
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Matsumoto, Dawn, and Robert Bowen. "Microsoft's Financial Reporting Strategy." Harvard Business School Case 100-027, September 1999. (Revised February 2000.)
- September 1985 (Revised March 1987)
- Case
Winthrop Financial Associates
By: William A. Sahlman and William J. Poorvu
Sahlman, William A., and William J. Poorvu. "Winthrop Financial Associates." Harvard Business School Case 386-077, September 1985. (Revised March 1987.)
- October 2003
- Article
Anti-Competitive Financial Contracting: the Design of Financial Claims
By: Giacinta Cestone and Lucy White
Cestone, Giacinta, and Lucy White. "Anti-Competitive Financial Contracting: the Design of Financial Claims." Journal of Finance 58, no. 5 (October 2003): 2109–2141.
- February 2008 (Revised May 2008)
- Case
Lincoln Financial Group (A)
Lincoln Financial Group (LFG) reorganizes its business in order to improve customer intimacy. However, to implement the strategy, they need to effect significant changes in the skills of their salespeople. This case series straddles human resource management, corporate...
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Keywords:
Competency and Skills;
Customer Relationship Management;
Training;
Selection and Staffing;
Organizational Change and Adaptation;
Performance Evaluation;
Sales;
Corporate Strategy
Godes, David B., and David Lane. "Lincoln Financial Group (A)." Harvard Business School Case 508-028, February 2008. (Revised May 2008.)
- June 2017
- Case
AT&T Versus Verizon: A Financial Comparison
By: V.G. Narayanan and Joel L. Heilprin
This case asks students to prepare a report comparing the financial and operating performance of AT&T and Verizon. Taking the perspective of a communications industry analyst, they must also consider the differences between and implications of the companies' business...
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Keywords:
Financial Statements;
Operations;
Analysis;
Business Model;
Accounting;
Performance Effectiveness;
Telecommunications Industry
Narayanan, V.G., and Joel L. Heilprin. "AT&T Versus Verizon: A Financial Comparison." Harvard Business School Brief Case 917-543, June 2017.
- January 2018 (Revised February 2020)
- Case
Financial Inclusion at Omidyar Network
By: Vikram S. Gandhi, Caitlin Lindsay Reimers Brumme and James Barnett
A team of investors at Omidyar Network explore two different investment possibilities in the budding financial inclusion space using their investment framework to consider capital alternatives available for both investments, each of which carries highly divergent...
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Keywords:
Impact Investing;
Micro Finance;
Investment;
Investment Return;
Investment Activism;
Investment Portfolio;
Microfinance;
Africa;
Philippines
Gandhi, Vikram S., Caitlin Lindsay Reimers Brumme, and James Barnett. "Financial Inclusion at Omidyar Network." Harvard Business School Case 318-004, January 2018. (Revised February 2020.)
- September 2000 (Revised October 2000)
- Exercise
Drivers of Industry Financial Structure
By: Dwight B. Crane and Indra Reinbergs
This case contains common-size balance sheets and financial ratios for 10 companies, each representative of a different industry. Students are asked to identify the industries from the structure of the financial statements.
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Keywords:
Finance
Crane, Dwight B., and Indra Reinbergs. "Drivers of Industry Financial Structure." Harvard Business School Exercise 201-039, September 2000. (Revised October 2000.)
- June 2019
- Article
Financial Development and Technology Diffusion
By: Diego Comin and Ramana Nanda
We examine the extent to which financial market development impacts the diffusion of 16 major technologies, looking across 17 countries, from 1870 to 2000. We find that greater depth in financial markets leads to faster technology diffusion for more capital-intensive...
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Comin, Diego, and Ramana Nanda. "Financial Development and Technology Diffusion." IMF Economic Review 67, no. 2 (June 2019): 395–419.
- March 1986 (Revised July 1986)
- Case
Applications for Financial Futures
Consists of a series of four brief descriptions of the use of financial futures as hedging vehicles: a savings and loan hedging the rollover of three-month money market certificates with T-bill futures, a corporate debt issuer hedging the cost of a future debt issue...
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Keywords:
Financial Instruments
Mason, Scott P. "Applications for Financial Futures." Harvard Business School Case 286-109, March 1986. (Revised July 1986.)
- January 2009
- Case
Sue Whitman at MBB Financial
This case describes some issues confronting the leader of a major investment bank. She is pleased with the financial performance of her firm but concerned about signs of a bubble in the market.
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- September 1980 (Revised January 1981)
- Case
Bay Financial Corp.
By: William J. Poorvu and John H. Vogel Jr.
Keywords:
Financial Services Industry
Poorvu, William J., and John H. Vogel Jr. "Bay Financial Corp." Harvard Business School Case 381-032, September 1980. (Revised January 1981.)
- March 2021 (Revised December 2021)
- Supplement
Ant Financial (D)
By: Feng Zhu, Krishna G. Palepu, Kerry Herman and Susie Ma
The (D) case updates the case series from the time of Ant’s planned IPO, and the Chinese government’s regulatory shifts.
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Keywords:
Finance;
Information Technology;
Governing Rules, Regulations, and Reforms;
Financial Services Industry;
Financial Services Industry;
China;
Beijing
Zhu, Feng, Krishna G. Palepu, Kerry Herman, and Susie Ma. "Ant Financial (D)." Harvard Business School Supplement 621-089, March 2021. (Revised December 2021.)
- 2013
- Working Paper
Financial vs. Strategic Buyers
By: Marc Martos-Vila, Matthew Rhodes-Kropf and Jarrad Harford
This paper introduces the impact of debt misvaluation on merger and acquisition activity. Debt misvaluation helps explain the shifting dominance of financial acquirers (private equity firms) relative to strategic acquirers (operating companies). The effects of...
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Martos-Vila, Marc, Matthew Rhodes-Kropf, and Jarrad Harford. "Financial vs. Strategic Buyers." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 12-098, April 2012. (Revised April 2014.)
- 1999
- Book
Reading Financial Reports
By: W. J. Bruns Jr., J. H. Hertenstein and S. M. McKinnon
Keywords:
Financial Reporting
Bruns, W. J., Jr., J. H. Hertenstein, and S. M. McKinnon. Reading Financial Reports. Boston, MA: Harvard Business School Press, 1999.
- May 1985 (Revised January 1986)
- Background Note
Basic Financial Statements
By: David F. Hawkins
Keywords:
Financial Statements
Hawkins, David F. "Basic Financial Statements." Harvard Business School Background Note 185-126, May 1985. (Revised January 1986.)
- December 1996 (Revised December 2006)
- Background Note
Introduction to Corporate Financial Engineering
By: Peter Tufano
Describes the content of the Corporate Financial Engineering (CFE) course at HBS. Used on the first day of class to let students know what the course will cover and the main ideas to be developed in CFE.
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Keywords:
Corporate Finance
Tufano, Peter. "Introduction to Corporate Financial Engineering." Harvard Business School Background Note 297-053, December 1996. (Revised December 2006.)
- 1992
- Book
Managing Financial Institutions: Cases within the Financial Services Industry
By: Samuel L. Hayes III and David M Meerschwam
Hayes, Samuel L., III and David M Meerschwam, eds. Managing Financial Institutions: Cases within the Financial Services Industry. Fort Worth: Dryden Press, 1992.