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- February 1987 (Revised July 1996)
- Case
Comdisco, Inc.: Financial Statement Analysis (B)
Keywords: Financial Statements
Palepu, Krishna G. "Comdisco, Inc.: Financial Statement Analysis (B)." Harvard Business School Case 187-119, February 1987. (Revised July 1996.)
- 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.)
- Article
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau: Financial Regulation for the Twenty-First Century
By: Leonard J. Kennedy, Patricia A. McCoy and Ethan S. Bernstein
After existing regulatory systems failed to prevent the recent financial crisis, Congress passed the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act, a sweeping reform designed to alleviate the crisis and prevent its recurrence. Out of this Act, the Consumer... View Details
Keywords: Consumer Financial Protection Bureau; Dodd-Frank; CFPB; Financial Crisis; Reform; New Agency; Market-based Approach; Evidence-based Analysis; Innovative Technologies And Transparency Policies; BEST Practices; Government and Politics; Government Administration; Finance; Financial History; Law; Markets; Organizations; Organizational Design; Business and Government Relations; Balance and Stability; Strategy; Financial Services Industry; Financial Services Industry; United States
Kennedy, Leonard J., Patricia A. McCoy, and Ethan S. Bernstein. "The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau: Financial Regulation for the Twenty-First Century." Cornell Law Review 97, no. 5 (July 2012): 1141–1176.
- March 1972
- Exercise
Financial Analysis and Forecasting: Problems and Exercises
Tennican, Michael L. "Financial Analysis and Forecasting: Problems and Exercises." Harvard Business School Exercise 272-156, March 1972.
- February 2018 (Revised June 2021)
- Case
New Constructs: Disrupting Fundamental Analysis with Robo-Analysts
By: Charles C.Y. Wang and Kyle Thomas
This case highlights the business challenges associated with a financial technology firm, New Constructs, that created a technology that can quickly parse complicated public firm financials to paint a clearer economic picture of firms, remove accounting distortions,... View Details
Keywords: Fundamental Analysis; Machine Learning; Robo-analysts; Financial Statements; Financial Reporting; Analysis; Information Technology; Financial Services Industry; Financial Services Industry; Financial Services Industry; North America; Tennessee
Wang, Charles C.Y., and Kyle Thomas. "New Constructs: Disrupting Fundamental Analysis with Robo-Analysts." Harvard Business School Case 118-068, February 2018. (Revised June 2021.)
- July 1983 (Revised June 1985)
- Background Note
Note on the Analysis of Financial Reports
Dearden, John. "Note on the Analysis of Financial Reports." Harvard Business School Background Note 184-006, July 1983. (Revised June 1985.)
- September 1994 (Revised June 2017)
- Case
Chemalite, Inc. (B): Cash Flow Analysis
By: Robert Simons and Antonio Davila
Students are asked to use actual and pro forma financial statements to prepare a statement of cash flows under both the direct and indirect method. View Details
Keywords: Cash Flow Analysis; Strategy Execution; Management Control Systems; Analysis; Cash Flow; Financial Statements
Simons, Robert, and Antonio Davila. "Chemalite, Inc. (B): Cash Flow Analysis." Harvard Business School Case 195-130, September 1994. (Revised June 2017.)
- 1999
- Chapter
CEO Compensation in Financially Distressed Firms: An Empirical Analysis
By: S. C. Gilson and M. R. Vetsuypens
- Article
CEO Compensation in Financially Distressed Firms: An Empirical Analysis
By: S. C. Gilson and M. R. Vetsuypens
Gilson, S. C., and M. R. Vetsuypens. "CEO Compensation in Financially Distressed Firms: An Empirical Analysis." Journal of Finance 48, no. 2 (June 1993): 425–458. (Abstracted in Financial Management Collection 7 (winter 1992) and 9 (fall 1994))
- 2003
- Casebook
Business Analysis and Valuation Using Financial Statements: Text and Cases
By: Krishna G. Palepu, Paul M. Healy and Victor L. Bernard
Palepu, Krishna G., Paul M. Healy, and Victor L. Bernard. Business Analysis and Valuation Using Financial Statements: Text and Cases. 3rd ed. Mason, OH: Thomson South-Western, 2003.
- June 2003
- Article
Thinking Real: Key to Financial Analysis in Deflationary Periods
By: David Hawkins
Hawkins, David. "Thinking Real: Key to Financial Analysis in Deflationary Periods." Accounting Bulletin, no. 119 (June 2003).
- May 1990 (Revised September 1994)
- Background Note
Note on Financial Reporting Strategy and Analysis When Managers Have Proprietary Information
Provides a framework that helps explain these real-world observations about accounting and financial statement analysis. When managers have superior information on firms' strategies, and when investors suspect that managers have incentives not to fully disclose this... View Details
Palepu, Krishna G. "Note on Financial Reporting Strategy and Analysis When Managers Have Proprietary Information." Harvard Business School Background Note 190-188, May 1990. (Revised September 1994.)
- March 2001
- Article
2001 CFA Level 1 and II Financial Statement Analysis Review
By: David F. Hawkins
Hawkins, David F. "2001 CFA Level 1 and II Financial Statement Analysis Review." Accounting Bulletin, no. 96 (March 2001).
- 2008
- Working Paper
Signaling Firm Performance Through Financial Statement Presentation: An Analysis Using Special Items
By: Edward J. Riedl and Suraj Srinivasan
This paper investigates whether managers' presentation of special items within the financial statements reflects economic performance or opportunism. Specifically, we assess special items presented as a separate line item on the income statement (income statement... View Details
Keywords: Financial Reporting; Financial Statements; Decision Choices and Conditions; Corporate Disclosure; Performance
Riedl, Edward J., and Suraj Srinivasan. "Signaling Firm Performance Through Financial Statement Presentation: An Analysis Using Special Items." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 09-031, September 2008. (Conditionally accepted at Contemporary Accounting Research.)
- Article
Signaling Firm Performance Through Financial Statement Presentation: An Analysis Using Special Items
By: Edward J. Riedl and Suraj Srinivasan
This paper investigates whether managers' presentation of special items within the financial statements reflects economic performance or opportunism. Specifically, we assess special items presented as a separate line item on the income statement (income statement... View Details
Keywords: Managerial Roles; Financial Statements; Economics; Performance; Research; Opportunities; Business Earnings; Motivation and Incentives
Riedl, Edward J., and Suraj Srinivasan. "Signaling Firm Performance Through Financial Statement Presentation: An Analysis Using Special Items." Contemporary Accounting Research 27, no. 1 (Spring 2010): 289–332.
- 24 Oct 2008
- Working Paper Summaries
Signaling Firm Performance Through Financial Statement Presentation: An Analysis Using Special Items
Keywords: by Edward J. Riedl & Suraj Srinivasan
- March 1987 (Revised May 1995)
- Teaching Note
Comdisco, Inc.: Financial Statement Analysis (A) and (B), Teaching Note
Keywords: Financial Statements
- March 2009
- Journal Article
Does Individual Performance Affect Entrepreneurial Mobility? Empirical Evidence from the Financial Analysis Market
By: Boris Groysberg, Ashish Nanda and M. Julia Prats
Our paper contributes to the studies on the relationship between workers' human capital and their decision to become self-employed as well as their probability to survive as entrepreneurs. Analysis from a panel data set of research analysts in investment banks over... View Details
Keywords: Entrepreneurship; Investment Banking; Retention; Human Capital; Performance Effectiveness; Banking Industry
Groysberg, Boris, Ashish Nanda, and M. Julia Prats. "Does Individual Performance Affect Entrepreneurial Mobility? Empirical Evidence from the Financial Analysis Market." Journal of Financial Transformation 25 (March 2009): 95–106.
- April 2002
- Article
2002 CFA Level I and II Financial Statement Analysis Review
By: David F. Hawkins
Keywords: Financial Statements
Hawkins, David F. "2002 CFA Level I and II Financial Statement Analysis Review." Accounting Bulletin, no. 106 (April 2002).
- March 1999
- Article
CFA Level 1 and II Accounting and Financial Analysis Review
By: David F. Hawkins
Hawkins, David F. "CFA Level 1 and II Accounting and Financial Analysis Review." Accounting Bulletin, no. 77 (March 1999).