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Professor Sikochi teaches the required first-year MBA course Financial Reporting and Control. He is also a guest instructor in the second-year MBA elective course Doing Business in Africa. View Details
Keywords: Financial Accounting; Financial Reporting; Control
  • June 2001 (Revised January 2006)
  • Background Note

Mechanics of Financial Accounting, The

By: David F. Hawkins and Jacob Cohen
Explains in simple terms and numerical examples how the language of accounting is spoken and communicated to financial statement users. Describes terms such as "debits," "credits," "journal entries," "t-accounts," and "financial statements." View Details
Keywords: Accounting; Financial Statements
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Hawkins, David F., and Jacob Cohen. "Mechanics of Financial Accounting, The." Harvard Business School Background Note 101-119, June 2001. (Revised January 2006.)
  • November 1994 (Revised November 2010)
  • Background Note

Financial Statement Analysis

By: David F. Hawkins
Covers basic financial analysis techniques. View Details
Keywords: Analysis; Financial Statements
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Hawkins, David F. "Financial Statement Analysis." Harvard Business School Background Note 195-177, November 1994. (Revised November 2010.)
  • October 1982
  • Supplement

Ideal Standard France: Pat Paterson, Video

By: Christopher A. Bartlett
A two-part taped interview with Pat Paterson. Paterson describes the action he took in dealing with his company's profit problems, then talks about the outcome. His decision to dismiss 1,500 workers may have accelerated the company's bankruptcy. View Details
Keywords: Decisions; Insolvency and Bankruptcy; Profit; Resignation and Termination; Outcome or Result; Problems and Challenges
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Bartlett, Christopher A. "Ideal Standard France: Pat Paterson, Video." Harvard Business School Video Supplement 883-512, October 1982.
  • September 2004 (Revised January 2006)
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Introduction to Cost Accounting Systems

By: David F. Hawkins, V.G. Narayanan, Jacob Cohen and Michele Jurgens
Covers the basics of cost system design, demonstrating in a clear, step-by-step fashion how costs are assigned to cost objects. Key concepts include direct and indirect costs, two-stage allocation, cost pools, and cost drivers. Also provides a brief review of several... View Details
Keywords: Cost Accounting; Cost; System
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"Introduction to Cost Accounting Systems." Harvard Business School Tutorial 105-701, September 2004. (Revised January 2006.)
  • December 1998
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Origins of National Income Accounting

By: David A. Moss and Joseph P Gownder
Set in the Great Depression, this case explores the origins of national income accounting in the United States. Highlights Senator La Follette's 1932 proposal for the federal government to begin collecting national income statistics. View Details
Keywords: Accounting; Financial Crisis; Analytics and Data Science; Mathematical Methods; United States
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Moss, David A., and Joseph P Gownder. "Origins of National Income Accounting." Harvard Business School Case 799-080, December 1998.
  • January 2010
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The Future of Financial Reporting

By: Karthik Ramanna
Multimedia/video case on the SEC's work on improvements to financial reporting. Students review topical audio and video from various sources including SEC footage, and interviews with others involved, such as Bob Pozen, (past head of Fidelity and chairman of the SEC's... View Details
Keywords: Fair Value Accounting; Financial Reporting; Financial Management; Performance Improvement
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Ramanna, Karthik. "The Future of Financial Reporting." Harvard Business School Multimedia/Video Case 110-701, January 2010.
  • 14 Jan 2019
  • Op-Ed

These 4 CEOs Created a New Standard of Leadership

financial strength, increasing annual revenues to $12 billion while reducing costs. A $3.6 billion fundraising campaign further strengthened its balance sheet. With the help of a skilled team of physician leaders and administrators, John... View Details
Keywords: by Bill George; Health; Banking; Food & Beverage; Consumer Products
  • 11 Apr 2000
  • Research & Ideas

Financial Services 24/7

week for it to clear will be equally unfathomable. Technology is transforming the banking industry so rapidly that anything less than around-the-clock electronic access to bank accounts seems unthinkable. While predictions vary widely as... View Details
Keywords: by Susan Young

    Taking Gender Into Account

    We conceptualize leadership development as identity work and show how subtle forms of gender bias in the culture and in organizations interfere with the identity work of women leaders. Based on this insight, we revisit traditional approaches to standard leadership... View Details

    • April 2012
    • Article

    The Question of IFRS Adoption: A Very Long Engagement

    By: Karthik Ramanna and Ross L. Watts
    Keywords: Accounting Standards; Political Economy; International Accounting; International Relations
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    Ramanna, Karthik. "The Question of IFRS Adoption: A Very Long Engagement." CPA Journal 82, no. 4 (April 2012).
    • January 2005 (Revised October 2005)
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    Standard & Poor's Sovereign Credit Ratings: Scales and Process

    By: Rawi E. Abdelal and Christopher Bruner
    Describes Standard & Poor's sovereign credit ratings scales and the credit rating process. In particular, describes the role and function of the rating committee and the analytical categories considered in arriving at a final sovereign credit rating. View Details
    Keywords: Financial Markets; Credit; Bonds; Policy; Risk and Uncertainty; Measurement and Metrics; Forecasting and Prediction; Financial Services Industry
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    Abdelal, Rawi E., and Christopher Bruner. "Standard & Poor's Sovereign Credit Ratings: Scales and Process." Harvard Business School Background Note 705-027, January 2005. (Revised October 2005.)
    • February 2013
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    Diamond Foods, Inc.

    By: Suraj Srinivasan and Tim Gray
    The Diamonds Foods, Inc. case describes the major accounting blow up at the company in late 2011 that was triggered by a report by Off Wall Street, a prominent short selling research firm. Diamond Foods, a high flying growth company in 2011, grew from a walnut farmers'... View Details
    Keywords: Accounting Restatements; Accounting Scandal; Accounting; Financial Analysis; Financial Statement Analysis; Short Selling; Revenue Recognition; Board Of Directors; Audit Committees; Auditing; Financial Reporting; Financial Statements; Agribusiness; Accrual Accounting; Earnings Management; Corporate Accountability; Corporate Disclosure; Corporate Governance; Valuation; Revenue; Agriculture and Agribusiness Industry; California; Cambridge
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    Srinivasan, Suraj, and Tim Gray. "Diamond Foods, Inc." Harvard Business School Case 113-055, February 2013.
    • 14 Nov 2012
    • Research & Ideas

    New Agenda for Corporate Accountability Reporting

    How do you measure corporate accountability? And can you do it credibly? Since the financial crisis of 2008-2009, for-profit corporations are facing greater demand to disclose more than revenues and expenses on annual financial reports. In response, some are pointing... View Details
    Keywords: by Martha Lagace; Accounting; Energy; Utilities
    • August 2023 (Revised October 2024)
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    Plug Power (A)

    By: Jonas Heese, Joseph Pacelli and James Barnett
    Set immediately after a December 2019 short-seller attack, the case explores Plug Power’s long challenging history. It then focuses on two key issues raised in the short-seller report related to lease accounting and stock warrants that Plug purportedly used to boost... View Details
    Keywords: Accounting; Environmental Accounting; Financial Reporting; Ethics; Management; Social Enterprise; Investment; Stocks; Energy Industry; Green Technology Industry; United States; Europe
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    Heese, Jonas, Joseph Pacelli, and James Barnett. "Accounting Outages at Plug Power? (A)." Harvard Business School Case 124-009, August 2023. (Revised October 2024.)
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    HBS - Financials | Supplemental Financial Information

    2023 Annual Report From The Dean Key Metrics Financials PDF Downloads Financials From the CFO Financial Highlights Statement of Activity & Cash Flows Consolidated Balance Sheet... View Details
    • November 2023 (Revised October 2024)
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    Accounting Outages at Plug Power? (C)

    By: Jonas Heese, Joseph Pacelli and James Barnett
    Set in June 2023, the C case explores Plug Power’s recovery from its financial restatements, how it benefited from government subsidies, and new strategic alliances. View Details
    Keywords: Environmental Accounting; Financial Reporting; Ethics; Finance; Management; Social Enterprise; Energy Industry; Green Technology Industry; United States; Europe
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    Heese, Jonas, Joseph Pacelli, and James Barnett. "Accounting Outages at Plug Power? (C)." Harvard Business School Supplement 124-019, November 2023. (Revised October 2024.)
    • 15 Jul 2020
    • News

    Predictable financial crises

    • September 2001
    • Background Note

    Financial Reporting Environment, The

    By: Paul M. Healy, Amy P. Hutton, Robert S. Kaplan and Krishna G. Palepu
    Provides a framework for understanding the role of financial reporting and various intermediaries as mechanisms for reducing both adverse selection and moral hazard problems in capital markets. Financial reports reduce adverse selection by providing basic information... View Details
    Keywords: Financial Reporting; Financial Statements; Capital Markets; Venture Capital; Corporate Disclosure; Conflict of Interests
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    Healy, Paul M., Amy P. Hutton, Robert S. Kaplan, and Krishna G. Palepu. "Financial Reporting Environment, The." Harvard Business School Background Note 102-029, September 2001.
    • May 2011 (Revised August 2011)
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    Accounting for Loss Contingencies: FASB/IASB Proposals

    By: David F. Hawkins
    Technical note describing current FASB and IASB loss contingency standards and FASB and IASB proposals to change these standards. View Details
    Keywords: Accounting
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    Hawkins, David F. "Accounting for Loss Contingencies: FASB/IASB Proposals." Harvard Business School Background Note 111-141, May 2011. (Revised August 2011.)
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