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- 03 Nov 2003
- What Do You Think?
Can Investors Have Too Much Accounting Transparency?
Summing Up Basic conclusions that can be drawn from responses to this month's column are that it may or may not be useful to try to legislate accounting transparency. But such efforts address symptoms, not causes, of behaviors leading to... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 24 Apr 2008
- Working Paper Summaries
Bank Accounting Standards in Mexico: A Layman’s Guide to Changes 10 Years after the 1995 Bank Crisis
- 2011
- Working Paper
Top Executive Background and Financial Reporting Choice
By: Francois Brochet and Kyle Travis Welch
We study the role of executive functional background in explaining management discretion in financial reporting. Taking goodwill impairment as our reporting setting, we focus on top executives (CEOs and CFOs) whose employment history includes experience in investment... View Details
Keywords: Financial Reporting; Goodwill Accounting; Experience and Expertise; Decision Choices and Conditions; Managerial Roles; Agency Theory
Brochet, Francois, and Kyle Travis Welch. "Top Executive Background and Financial Reporting Choice." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 11-088, February 2011. (Revised November 2011.)
- May 2024
- Article
Financial Innovation in the 21st Century: Evidence from U.S. Patents
By: Josh Lerner, Amit Seru, Nick Short and Yuan Sun
We develop a unique dataset of 24 thousand U.S. finance patents granted over the last two decades to explore the evolution and production of financial innovation. We use machine learning to identify the financial patents and extensively audit the results to ensure... View Details
Keywords: Banking; Investment Banks; Information Technology; Regulation; Patents; Innovation and Invention; Trends
Lerner, Josh, Amit Seru, Nick Short, and Yuan Sun. "Financial Innovation in the 21st Century: Evidence from U.S. Patents." Journal of Political Economy 132, no. 5 (May 2024): 1391–1449.
- 1990
- Other Unpublished Work
Using and Interpreting Financial Statements
By: Marc L Bertoneche
Keywords: Financial Statements
- July 2001 (Revised October 2001)
- Case
Policy Management Systems Corp.: The Financial Reporting Crisis
Tim Williams, the new CFO of a publicly-traded enterprise software company, attempts to rebuild his company's reputation for reliable financial reporting following a highly visible financial reporting crisis. The crisis begins with an earnings shortfall warning, which... View Details
Keywords: Accrual Accounting; Revenue Recognition; Capital Markets; Policy; Corporate Governance; Accounting Audits; Technology Industry
Hutton, Amy P. "Policy Management Systems Corp.: The Financial Reporting Crisis." Harvard Business School Case 102-013, July 2001. (Revised October 2001.)
- 01 Sep 2016
- Cold Call Podcast
Behind Apple's Tax Situation, an Unprecedented Financial Policy
- 15 May 2009
- Working Paper Summaries
Money or Knowledge? What Drives Demand for Financial Services in Emerging Markets?
- Web
3. Financial Obligations | MBA
3. Financial Obligations 3.1 Student Accounts 3.2 Financial Aid 3.3 Student Cost of Attendance 3.4 Tuition & Fees 3.5 Withdrawals, Leaves of Absence, & Return of Federal/Title... View Details
- December 1995
- Article
Primer on New Stock Option Accounting Alternatives
By: David F. Hawkins
Hawkins, David F. "Primer on New Stock Option Accounting Alternatives." Accounting Bulletin, no. 34 (December 1995).
- 01 Mar 2009
- News
Faculty Responds to Financial Crisis
and Global Financial Turmoil,” dealing with the U.S. system of financing homes; “Executive Pay and the Credit Crisis of 2008,” examining the impact of the financial crisis on executive pay; and “The Future... View Details
- 19 Sep 2018
- News
How Close Are We To Another Financial Collapse?
- 15 Apr 2024
- News
Corporate Debt and Financial Crises
- May 2009 (Revised November 2010)
- Case
Depreciation at Delta Air Lines: The "Fresh Start"
By: William J. Bruns Jr.
In estimating depreciation for accounting purposes, Delta Air Lines has changed its assumptions about aircraft lifespan and residual values four times in the last thirty years or so. In the most recent changes, Delta adopted fair value accounting as part of its fresh... View Details
Keywords: Accounting Policies; Accounting Procedures; Depreciation; Bankruptcy; Cost Accounting; Financial Reporting; Insolvency and Bankruptcy; Policy; Air Transportation Industry
Bruns, William J., Jr. Depreciation at Delta Air Lines: The "Fresh Start". Harvard Business School Brief Case 094-013, May 2009. (Revised November 2010.)
- December 2014
- Article
Market Competition, Earnings Management, and Persistence in Accounting Profitability Around the World
We examine how cross-country differences in product, capital, and labor market competition, and earnings management affect mean reversion in accounting return on assets. Using a sample of 48,465 unique firms from 49 countries, we find that accounting returns mean... View Details
Keywords: Corporate Performance; Valuation; Equity Valuation; Persistence; Competitive Advantage; Institutions; Earnings Management; Labor Market; Capital Markets; Competition; Profit; Performance; Supply and Industry; Financial Statements; Government and Politics; Globalized Markets and Industries
Healy, Paul M., George Serafeim, Suraj Srinivasan, and Gwen Yu. "Market Competition, Earnings Management, and Persistence in Accounting Profitability Around the World." Review of Accounting Studies 19, no. 4 (December 2014): 1281–1308.
- 19 Feb 2019
- News
Bank Boards: What Has Changed Since the Financial Crisis?
- February 2003 (Revised November 2003)
- Exercise
Accounting for Pensions at General Motors Corporation (A)
By: David F. Hawkins and Jacob Cohen
A potential investor in General Motors is gathering information about investment in General Motor's stock. The investigation leads the investor to review the General Motor's Web site and several CNBC interviews of General Motors' executives. View Details
Keywords: Investment; Accounting; Compensation and Benefits; Financial Services Industry; Financial Services Industry; Financial Services Industry
Hawkins, David F., and Jacob Cohen. "Accounting for Pensions at General Motors Corporation (A)." Harvard Business School Exercise 103-052, February 2003. (Revised November 2003.)
- November 1993 (Revised July 1995)
- Background Note
Introduction to Transnational Financial Statement Analysis
By: David F. Hawkins
Hawkins, David F. "Introduction to Transnational Financial Statement Analysis." Harvard Business School Background Note 194-029, November 1993. (Revised July 1995.)