Publications

Teaching Note for (9-103-015). View Details

Keywords: Distribution Industry

August 2000 (Revised February 2001)
Background Note

Revenue Recognition

This case discusses revenue recognition in straightforward situations and then considers revenue transactions that may be more complex to record. Revenue recognition criteria can be implemented for the following situations: 1) Customers pay prior to delivery; 2)... View Details

Keywords: Business Earnings; Revenue Recognition; Decision Making; Financial Statements

February 2000
Teaching Note

Adelphia Communications Corporation TN

Teaching Note for (9-198-031). View Details

Keywords: Telecommunications Industry

February 2000 (Revised August 2003)
Teaching Note

Thermo Electron Corporation: Financial Analysis TN

July 1989
Article

Earnings and Stock Splits

By: Paul Asquith, Paul M. Healy and Krishna G. Palepu

Keywords: Business Earnings; Stocks

03 May 2011
First Look

First Look: May 3

http://hbr.org/2011/05/column-the-hollow-science/ar/1 Effective Managers Say the Same Thing Twice (or More) Authors:Tsedal Neeley and Paul Leonardi Publication:Harvard Business Review 89, no. 5 (May 2011) Abstract How do effective... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

July–August 2019
Article

How to Scandal-Proof Your Company

By: Paul M. Healy and George Serafeim

Despite efforts to crack down on illegal activity, crimes like fraud, bribery, embezzlement, and money laundering are rampant in corporations. What steps can leaders take to fix this growing problem? View Details

Keywords: Organizations; Crime and Corruption; Organizational Culture; Leadership; Ethics

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April 2013 (Revised November 2013)
Case

Growing Financial Services in India: Aditya Birla Financial Services Group

By: Paul M. Healy and Rachna Tahilyani

Aditya Birla Financial Services Group is a large, broad-based, Indian financial services institution offering products ranging from life insurance and mutual funds to private equity. The company has witnessed a turnaround in recent years and regained lost market share.... View Details

Keywords: Regulatory Environment; Finance; Asset Management; Business Growth and Maturation; Transformation; Leadership Development; Leadership Style; Business Processes; Organizational Structure; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Competitive Strategy; Diversification; Segmentation; Financial Services Industry; Insurance Industry; India

June 2008 (Revised May 2009)
Supplement

Corruption at Siemens (C)

By: Paul M. Healy and Maria Loumioti

Keywords: Crime and Corruption

November 2000 (Revised January 2003)
Case

Yahoo!'s Stock-Based Compensation

By: Paul M. Healy and Jacob Cohen

Amy Maislos, an investor in Internet and technology companies, was excited to read that Yahoo! had reported a positive net income for 1998 operations. During the late 1990s, stock prices of Internet companies had risen rapidly even though most companies were reporting... View Details

Keywords: Stock Options; Internet and the Web; Financial Statements; Corporate Disclosure; Business Earnings; Earnings Management; Information Technology Industry

July 2000
Case

Aerospace Technologies, Inc.

By: Paul M. Healy and Jacob Cohen

Ben Galil's privately held engineering consulting firm represents aerospace products manufacturers in Israeli government biddings. The company incurs expenses for years before getting paid. This case deals with the alternative methods for booking revenues and expenses... View Details

Keywords: Accrual Accounting; Accounting; Revenue; Cost; Business or Company Management; Profit; Engineering; Bids and Bidding; Government and Politics; Private Ownership; Consulting Industry; Israel

winter 1986
Article

Auditor Changes Following Big Eight Mergers with Non-Big Eight Audit Firms

By: Paul M. Healy and Tom Lys

Keywords: Accounting Audits; Change; Business Ventures; Mergers and Acquisitions

November 2021 (Revised November 2023)
Case

Hitting Home: Amazon and Mary's Place

By: Paul M. Healy, Debora L. Spar and Amy Klopfenstein

In 2020, Amazon, the $386 billion online retail behemoth, built an eight-story shelter for women and families experiencing homelessness on its expanding headquarters in Seattle, Washington. The shelter, operated in partnership with a non-profit organization known as... View Details

Keywords: Business Ethics; Homelessness; Business And Society; Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact; Social Issues; Corporate Accountability; Urban Development; Society; Information Technology; Ethics; Technology Industry; Seattle; United States; North America

June 2018 (Revised July 2018)
Case

PCAOB Efforts to Improve Audit Quality (A)

By: Aiyesha Dey and Paul Healy

December 1999
Article

A Review of the Earnings Management Literature and its Implications for Standard Setting

By: Paul M. Healy and James Wahlen

Keywords: Money; Management

June 2008 (Revised May 2009)
Supplement

Corruption at Siemens (D)

By: Paul M. Healy and Maria Loumioti

Keywords: Crime and Corruption

January 2003 (Revised May 2003)
Case

Yahoo!'s Stock-Based Compensation (B)

By: Paul M. Healy and Jacob Cohen

Supplements the (A) case. View Details

Keywords: Web Services Industry; Technology Industry

September 2000
Case

MCI-WorldCom Combination, The (B)

By: Paul M. Healy and Jacob Cohen

Supplements the (A) case. View Details

Keywords: Mergers and Acquisitions; Accounting; Telecommunications Industry

October 1999
Background Note

Emergence of an International Accounting Standards Setter, The

By: Paul M. Healy and Jacob Cohen

Provides students with an overview of recent developments in the setting of accounting standards at a global level. View Details

Keywords: International Accounting; Financial Statements; Globalization