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  • March 2001 (Revised April 2001)
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General Electric 2000: Quality of Earnings Assessment

By: David F. Hawkins
A financial analyst reviews General Electric's financial reports to learn more about U.S. Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP) and how they differs from international accounting standards. View Details
Keywords: Financial Reporting; Financial Statements; Accounting Audits; International Accounting; Consumer Products Industry; Technology Industry; United States
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Hawkins, David F. "General Electric 2000: Quality of Earnings Assessment." Harvard Business School Case 101-091, March 2001. (Revised April 2001.)
  • February 1999
  • Article

1998 10-K's: Earnings Quality Alert

By: David F. Hawkins
Keywords: Business Earnings; Quality; Reports
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Hawkins, David F. "1998 10-K's: Earnings Quality Alert." Accounting Bulletin, no. 76 (February 1999).
  • 22 Apr 2010
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Audit Quality and Auditor Reputation: Evidence from Japan

Keywords: by Douglas J. Skinner & Suraj Srinivasan
  • April 1982 (Revised June 1985)
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Westinghouse Electric Corp.: Quality of Earnings Analysis

Westinghouse had just issued its annual report to shareholders for the year ending December 31, 1973. The report indicates that sales have increased to a record $5.7 billion but that net income is down almost 20% from its record level of $199 million in the previous... View Details
Keywords: Business Earnings; Financial Reporting; Corporate Finance; Electronics Industry
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Bartczak, Norman. "Westinghouse Electric Corp.: Quality of Earnings Analysis." Harvard Business School Case 182-239, April 1982. (Revised June 1985.)
  • Spring 2013
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Accounting Quality, Stock Price Delay, and Future Stock Returns

By: Jeffrey Callen, Mozaffar N. Khan and Hai Lu
In frictionless capital markets with complete information and rational investors, stock prices adjust to new information instantaneously and completely. However, a substantial body of research studies information imperfections such as asymmetric information and... View Details
Keywords: Quality; Price; Stocks; Asset Pricing; Accounting
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Callen, Jeffrey, Mozaffar N. Khan, and Hai Lu. "Accounting Quality, Stock Price Delay, and Future Stock Returns." Contemporary Accounting Research 30, no. 1 (Spring 2013): 269–295.
  • December 2012
  • Case

Trouble Brewing for Green Mountain Coffee Roasters

By: Suraj Srinivasan and Michael Norris
In October 2011, noted hedge fund manager David Einhorn of Greenlight Capital delivered a presentation at an investors' conference analyzing the business and accounting quality weaknesses of Green Mountain Coffee Roasters. Until then Green Mountain had exhibited rapid... View Details
Keywords: Accounting Fraud; Accounting Quality; Accounting Red Flags; Accounting Restatements; Accounting Scandal; Accounting Information; Financial Accounting; Financial Analysts; Financial Analysis; Financial Intermediaries; Hedge Funds; Financial Ratios; Financial Statement Analysis; Valuation Methodologies; Earnings Quality; Accounting; Quality; Earnings Management; Valuation; Crime and Corruption; Mergers and Acquisitions; Financial Reporting; Investment Funds; Financial Statements; Food and Beverage Industry
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Srinivasan, Suraj, and Michael Norris. "Trouble Brewing for Green Mountain Coffee Roasters." Harvard Business School Case 113-035, December 2012.
  • November 2007
  • Article

A Model of Consumer Learning for Service Quality and Usage

By: Raghuram Iyengar, Asim Ansari and Sunil Gupta
In many services, e.g., the wireless service industry, consumers choose a service plan based on their expected consumption. In such situations, consumers experience two forms of uncertainty. First, consumers may be uncertain about the quality of their service provider... View Details
Keywords: Experience and Expertise; Customer Value and Value Chain; Learning; Price; Knowledge Use and Leverage; Marketing Strategy; Consumer Behavior; Service Delivery; Quality; Risk and Uncertainty; Service Industry
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Iyengar, Raghuram, Asim Ansari, and Sunil Gupta. "A Model of Consumer Learning for Service Quality and Usage." Journal of Marketing Research (JMR) 44, no. 4 (November 2007): 529–544.
  • 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
  • March 2011
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What Do Dividends Tell Us About Earnings Quality

By: Douglas Skinner and Eugene F. Soltes
Over the past 30 years, there have been significant changes in the distribution of earnings (cross-sectional variation has increased, with increasing left skewness) as well as in corporate payout policy, with many fewer firms paying dividends and the emergence of stock... View Details
Keywords: Distribution; Business Earnings; Change; Policy; Stocks; Investment Return; Performance Consistency; Quality
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Skinner, Douglas, and Eugene F. Soltes. "What Do Dividends Tell Us About Earnings Quality." Review of Accounting Studies 16, no. 1 (March 2011).
  • November 1997
  • Case

Intercon Electric Corporation: Quality of Earnings Analysis

By: David F. Hawkins and Norman Bartczak
Keywords: Business Earnings; Energy Industry
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Hawkins, David F., and Norman Bartczak. "Intercon Electric Corporation: Quality of Earnings Analysis." Harvard Business School Case 198-013, November 1997.
  • 28 Sep 2009
  • Research & Ideas

Improving Accountability at the World Bank

accountability and effectiveness today? What should it do about them? With a detailed description of the Bank's challenges of democratic accountability, its constraints, and recommendations for the future, HBS professor Alnoor Ebrahim... View Details
Keywords: by Alnoor Ebrahim
  • 2013
  • Chapter

Growth and the Quality of Foreign Direct Investment: Is All FDI Equal?

By: Laura Alfaro and Andrew Charlton
In this paper we distinguish different "qualities" of FDI to re-examine the relationship between FDI and growth. We use "quality" to mean the effect of a unit of FDI on economic growth. However, this is difficult to establish because it is a function of many different... View Details
Keywords: Quality; Economic Growth; Foreign Direct Investment
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Alfaro, Laura, and Andrew Charlton. "Growth and the Quality of Foreign Direct Investment: Is All FDI Equal?" In The Industrial Policy Revolution I: The Role of Government Beyond Ideology. no. 151-1, edited by Joseph E. Stiglitz and Justin Lin Yifu. IEA Conference Volume. London: Palgrave Macmillan, 2013.
  • July 1993 (Revised June 1997)
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News Corporation Limited, The: Quality of Earnings Analysis

By: David F. Hawkins
Keywords: Business Earnings; Publishing Industry; Information Industry
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Hawkins, David F. "News Corporation Limited, The: Quality of Earnings Analysis." Harvard Business School Case 194-006, July 1993. (Revised June 1997.)
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Accounting & Management - Faculty & Research

Accounting & Management Overview Faculty Curriculum Seminars & Conferences Awards & Honors Doctoral Students July 2025 Case Microsoft’s Performance Across Three CEOs By: George Serafeim This case traces Microsoft’s evolution from its... View Details
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Growth and the Quality of Foreign Direct Investment: Is All FDI Equal? (joint with Andrew Charlton)

By: Laura Alfaro
In this paper we distinguish different qualities of FDI to re-examine the relationship between FDI and growth. Establishing the quality of FDI, however, is a difficult concept. Quality, that is the effect of a unit of FDI on economic growth, is a combination and... View Details
  • January 2004 (Revised April 2004)
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Ford Motor Company: Quality of Earnings Growth Analysis (A)

By: David F. Hawkins and Jacob Cohen
Even though Ford Motor Co. reports improved profitability, an equity analyst issues a sell recommendation and Standard & Poor's downgrades long-term debt. View Details
Keywords: Quality; Business Earnings; Valuation; Investment Return; Profit; Financial Statements; Revenue; Auto Industry; Consulting Industry
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Hawkins, David F., and Jacob Cohen. "Ford Motor Company: Quality of Earnings Growth Analysis (A)." Harvard Business School Case 104-059, January 2004. (Revised April 2004.)
  • February 2004
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Ford Motor Company: Quality of Earnings Growth Analysis (A)

By: David F. Hawkins
Keywords: Measurement and Metrics; Quality; Business Earnings; Auto Industry
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Hawkins, David F. "Ford Motor Company: Quality of Earnings Growth Analysis (A)." Harvard Business School Spreadsheet Supplement 104-706, February 2004.
  • 30 Apr 2009
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Earnings Quality and Ownership Structure: The Role of Private Equity Sponsors

Keywords: by Sharon P. Katz; Financial Services
  • July–August 2008
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Interview with a Quality Leader: Regina E. Herzlinger on Consumer-Driven Healthcare

By: Regina E. Herzlinger
Regina E. Herzlinger is the Nancy R. McPherson Professor of Business Administration Chair at the Harvard Business School, Cambridge, MA. She received her bachelor's degree from MIT and her doctorate from the Harvard Business School The first woman to be tenured and... View Details
Keywords: Consumer-driven Health Care; Health Care and Treatment; Health Industry
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"Interview with a Quality Leader: Regina E. Herzlinger on Consumer-Driven Healthcare." Journal for Healthcare Quality 30, no. 4 (July–August 2008): 17–19.
  • June 2001 (Revised October 2002)
  • Case

Accounting for the Intel Pentium Chip Flaw

By: Gregory S. Miller, V.G. Narayanan and Lisa Brem
Investigates the 1994 Intel Pentium plan. View Details
Keywords: Fair Value Accounting; Quality; Measurement and Metrics; Cost; Computer Industry
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Miller, Gregory S., V.G. Narayanan, and Lisa Brem. "Accounting for the Intel Pentium Chip Flaw." Harvard Business School Case 101-072, June 2001. (Revised October 2002.)
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