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- September 2019 (Revised December 2023)
- Case
Accounting Fraud at Tesco Stores (A)
By: Jonas Heese, Suraj Srinivasan and Julia Kelley
This case describes the accounting fraud at Tesco Stores Limited (TSL), which was discovered by a senior accountant in TSL’s finance department. The accountant was concerned about TSL’s handling of commercial income, which, according to the accountant, overstated... View Details
- September 2019 (Revised February 2024)
- Teaching Note
Accounting Fraud at Tesco Stores (A), (B), & (C)
By: Jonas Heese and Suraj Srinivasan
Teaching Note for HBS Nos. 120-032, 120-033, and 120-034. View Details
- September 2019
- Supplement
Accounting Fraud at Tesco Stores (B)
By: Jonas Heese, Suraj Srinivasan and Julia Kelley
This case serves as a complement to the case "Accounting Fraud at Tesco Stores (A)". View Details
- September 2019
- Supplement
Accounting Fraud at Tesco Stores (C)
By: Jonas Heese, Suraj Srinivasan and Julia Kelley
This case serves as a complement to the case "Accounting Fraud at Tesco Stores (A)". View Details
- August 2019 (Revised March 2022)
- Case
Family Matters: Governance at the Zamil Group
By: Christina R. Wing, Suraj Srinivasan and Esel Çekin
This case focuses on a large Saudi Arabian industrial conglomerate and family business Zamil Group’s corporate and family governance journey. The 12 sons of the founder led and grew the group successfully after taking over from their father in 1961. The secret to their... View Details
- August 2019
- Teaching Note
Uber in 2017: One Bumpy Ride
By: Suraj Srinivasan and Jonah Goldberg
Teaching Note for HBS No. 117-070. View Details
- June 18, 2019
- Article
Research: Investors Reward Companies That Talk Up Their Digital Initiatives
By: Suraj Srinivasan and Wilbur Chen
A study of how companies disclose their digital initiatives on earnings calls and written communications finds that more firms are using these technologies, that financial markets reward companies that disclose such initiatives, but that financial performance... View Details
- May 2019
- Teaching Note
Tesla, Inc. in 2018
By: Siko Sikochi and Suraj Srinivasan
Teaching Note for HBS No. 119-013. The case facilitates a discussion about corporate governance and its role in achieving sustainable profitability and driving long-term shareholder value. The discussion can focus on such questions as what constitutes good governance,... View Details
- May 2019
- Supplement
Fair Value Accounting at Berkshire Hathaway Inc. (A) and (B)
By: Jonas Heese and Suraj Srinivasan
- May 2019
- Article
The Role of Gatekeepers in Capital Markets
By: Sugata Roychowdhury and Suraj Srinivasan
Gatekeepers in financial markets have the power to provide the institutional stability, fortitude and direction necessary for the development and the smooth functioning of capital markets. At the same time, they are often motivated by their own private incentives.... View Details
- April 2019
- Supplement
Bata Versus Relaxo Exhibits and Rations Teaching Note Supplement
By: Suraj Srinivasan
- April 2019
- Supplement
Bata Versus Relaxo Modified DuPont Calculations Teaching Note Supplement
By: Suraj Srinivasan
- 2019
- Working Paper
Bank Boards: What Has Changed Since the Financial Crisis?
By: Shiva Rajgopal, Suraj Srinivasan and Forester Wong
Several government-mandated committees investigating the financial crisis highlighted four key deficiencies in the composition of bank boards before the crisis: (i) group think among bank board members; (ii) absence of prior banking experience of board members; (iii)... View Details
- April 2019
- Technical Note
A Note on Boards in VC-Backed Ventures
By: Shikhar Ghosh, Ramana Nanda, Suraj Srinivasan and Terrence Shu
What is the value of a Board, and why does a company need one? The note documents the formal role of a Board of Directors as going beyond simply acting as legal representation of corporate ownership. Moreover, this role changes as the company moves through different... View Details
- March 2019
- Supplement
Fair Value Accounting at Berkshire Hathaway Inc. (B)
By: Jonas Heese, Suraj Srinivasan and Francois Brochet
This case serves as a complement to the case "Fair Value Accounting at Berkshire Hathaway, Inc. (A)". View Details
- March 2019 (Revised May 2019)
- Case
Growth Investing at Totem Point
By: Suraj Srinivasan, Charles C.Y. Wang and Jonah Goldberg
The case describes the investment of hedge fund, Totem Point Management in Analog Semiconductors (ADI) as a way to discuss forecasting and valuation in growth companies. In June 2016, hedge fund Totem Point invested in ADI at around $55 a share. In general, Totem Point... View Details
- March 2019
- Case
Dabur India: Growing Professional Management from Family Roots
By: Suraj Srinivasan, Namrata Arora and Jonah Goldberg
The case opens in December of 2018, with Sunil Duggal, the CEO of Dabur India (a multinational consumer goods conglomerate with a focus in Ayurvedic products) contemplating who should succeed him at the head of the company. The new CEO will have been the first since... View Details
- January 2019
- Supplement
Dollar General Bids for Family Dollar Spreadsheet Supplement
By: Jonas Heese, Paula A. Price and Suraj Srinivasan
- January 2019 (Revised March 2019)
- Teaching Note
Fair Value Accounting at Berkshire Hathaway Inc. (A) and (B)
By: Jonas Heese, Suraj Srinivasan, Francois Brochet and Christine Johnson
Teaching Note for HBS No. 119-030 and HBS No. 119-090 View Details