Publications

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July 2021 (Revised August 2023)
Supplement

Wirecard: The Downfall of a German Fintech Star Student Spreadsheet Supplement

By: Jonas Heese and Charles CY Wang

July 2021 (Revised February 2024)
Teaching Note

Wirecard: The Downfall of a German Fintech Star

By: Jonas Heese and Charles C.Y. Wang

Teaching Note for HBS Case No. 121-058. View Details

Article

Corporate Misconduct and Manager Visits

By: Jonas Heese and Gerardo Pérez Cavazos

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Research: The Rise of Partisan Media Changed How Companies Make Decisions

By: Jonas Heese and Vishal P. Baloria

Keywords: Public Relations

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February 2022
Teaching Note

Introducing EVA at ISS: A Better Way to Evaluate CEO Performance and Compensation?

By: Jonas Heese and Charles C.Y. Wang

February 2023
Teaching Note

Ginkgo Bioworks vs. Scorpion Capital: The Debate over Related-Party Revenues

By: Aiyesha Dey, Jonas Heese and Suraj Srinivasan

Teaching Note for HBS Case No. 123-037. View Details

February 2020
Supplement

Fake News at DER SPIEGEL (C): Organizational Changes

By: Aiyesha Dey, Jonas Heese and Tonia Labruyere

Supplements the (A) case. View Details

February 2020
Supplement

Fake News at DER SPIEGEL (B): The Commission’s Recommendations

By: Aiyesha Dey, Jonas Heese and Tonia Labruyere

Supplements the (A) case. View Details

Keywords: Accounting; Corporate Governance; Crisis Management; Media; Journalism and News Industry; Germany

September 2019
Article

The Effect of Enforcement Transparency: Evidence from SEC Comment-Letter Reviews

By: Miguel Duro, Jonas Heese and Gaizka Ormazabal

This paper studies the effect of the public disclosure of the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) comment-letter reviews (CLs) on firms’ financial reporting. We exploit a major change in the SEC’s disclosure policy: in 2004, the SEC decided to make its CLs... View Details

Keywords: Disclosure; SEC Comment-Letter Reviews; Public Enforcement; Governance; Information Publishing; Policy; Financial Reporting; Capital Markets; Organizational Change and Adaptation

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April 2018 (Revised July 2023)
Technical Note

Whistleblower Legislation in the Context of Financial Reporting

By: Aiyesha Dey, Jonas Heese and James Weber

This note provides an overview of U.S. federal legislation relating to whistleblowing, Sarbanes-Oxley, Dodd-Frank (including the Office of the Whistleblower), and the False Claims Act. View Details

Keywords: Whistleblower; Sarbanes-Oxley; Dodd-Frank; False Claims Act; Securities And Exchange Commission; Government Legislation; Financial Reporting; United States

February 2020
Case

Fake News at DER SPIEGEL (A)

By: Aiyesha Dey, Jonas Heese and Tonia Labruyere

The case discusses the strategy of DER SPIEGEL, the leading news magazine in Germany, in the aftermath of the discovery of a fake reporting scandal. It had come to light that one of DER SPIEGEL’s own reporters had falsified and made up entire articles for years,... View Details

Keywords: Scandal; Management Control Systems; Corporate Governance; Crisis Management; Communication Strategy; Journalism and News Industry; Germany

September 2023
Supplement

Icahn Enterprises: Ponzi Scheme or Sound Investment

By: Aiyesha Dey, Jonas Heese and James Weber

Excel Supplement consists of financial statements of Icahn Enterprises and two competitors. View Details

Keywords: Financial Statements

July 2021 (Revised February 2022)
Technical Note

RegTech: A New Way to Manage Risks

By: Aiyesha Dey, Jonas Heese and James Barnett

A note on regulatory technology (RegTech) describing its evolution, use cases, and the competitive environment in 2021. View Details

Keywords: Regulatory Technology; Change; Financial Management; Governance Compliance; Governance Controls; Technology; Banking Industry; Financial Services Industry; Technology Industry

June 24, 2021
Article

How Costly Is Whistleblowing?

By: Aiyesha Dey, Jonas Heese and Gerardo Pérez Cavazos

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April 2019
Case

Coup or Crime? The Case of Carlos Ghosn

By: Aiyesha Dey, Jonas Heese and Puneet Brar

This case explores the interplay of global corporations, management styles, and local traditions through the high profile arrest of auto industry icon, Carlos Ghosn, in November 2018. The case allows students to debate opposing theories that led to the arrest and... View Details

Keywords: Management Style; Globalized Markets and Industries; Problems and Challenges; Ethics; Governance Controls

Article

Cash-for-Information Whistleblower Programs: Effects on Whistleblowing and Consequences for Whistleblowers

By: Aiyesha Dey, Jonas Heese and Gerardo Pérez Cavazos

Cash-for-information whistleblower programs have gained momentum as a regulatory tool to enforce corporate misconduct. Yet, little is known about how financial incentives affect whistleblowers’ decisions to report potential misconduct to authorities. Similarly, there... View Details

Keywords: Corporate Misconduct; Whistleblowers; Financial Incentives; Ethics; Governance Compliance; Lawsuits and Litigation