Publications

April 1985
Article

The Effect of Bonus Schemes on Accounting Decisions

Keywords: Compensation and Benefits; Accounting; Decision Making

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October 2007
Case

Valuation at Novartis

Keywords: Valuation; Pharmaceutical Industry

June 2005 (Revised July 2009)
Case

Financial Reporting Problems at Molex, Inc. (A)

Following an accounting problem at Molex, the firm's auditors request changes in management. The board of directors has to decide whether the auditors' concerns have merit or whether, as management argues, the accounting issue is immaterial. View Details

Keywords: Managerial Roles; Governing and Advisory Boards; Financial Reporting; Relationships; Resignation and Termination; Accounting Audits

September 2003
Teaching Note

City of New York, The (TN)

Teaching Note for (9-198-030). View Details

Keywords: New York (city, NY)

August 2003
Teaching Note

Computer Associates International Inc.: Governance and Investor Communication Challenge (TN)

Teaching Note for (9-103-007). View Details

Keywords: Computer Industry; Information Technology Industry

March 2001
Teaching Note

Reporting Income for Dot-coms TN

Teaching Note for (9-101-013). View Details

Keywords: Web Services Industry

February 2000 (Revised August 2003)
Teaching Note

Brierley Investments Limited TN

Teaching Note for (9-100-014). View Details

Keywords: Financial Services Industry; New Zealand

February 2000 (Revised August 2003)
Teaching Note

Boston Chicken, Inc. TN

Teaching Note for (9-198-032). View Details

Keywords: Food and Beverage Industry; United States

15 Mar 2016
First Look

March 15, 2016

Download working paper: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=50763 Finding Excuses to Decline the Ask By: Exley, Christine L., and Ragan Petrie Abstract—A growing body of empirical evidence documents a reluctance to give. Individuals avoid donation asks, and... View Details

September 1997 (Revised March 2000)
Case

Adelphia Communications Corporation

A bank officer must make a loan application decision for a large but financially troubled cable broadcaster. View Details

Keywords: Financial Condition; Financing and Loans; Decision Choices and Conditions; Contracts; Telecommunications Industry

December 2006
Supplement

Financial Reporting Problems at Molex, Inc. (B)

Keywords: Financial Reporting; Problems and Challenges; Technology Industry

May 2006
Case

Nokia in 2003

Examines the challenges facing a money manager who owns stock in Nokia, the leading wireless handset provider. Two analysts covering the stock make very different predictions about the economies of the industry, Nokia's future performance, and stock recommendations.... View Details

Keywords: Financial Reporting; Forecasting and Prediction; Performance Effectiveness; Performance Evaluation; Problems and Challenges; Electronics Industry

February 2005
Teaching Note

Valuation Ratios in the Restaurant Industry (TN)

Teaching Note to (9-104-066). View Details

Keywords: Food and Beverage Industry

August 2003
Teaching Note

Krispy Kreme Doughnuts (TN)

Teaching Note for (9-103-018). View Details

Keywords: Food and Beverage Industry; New York (city, NY)

October 2002 (Revised January 2013)
Case

Krispy Kreme Doughnuts

Krispy Kreme is a rapidly growing firm with a business model that has excited Wall Street. View Details

Keywords: Business Growth and Maturation; Business Model; Financial Statements; Forecasting and Prediction; Financial Reporting; Performance Evaluation; Business Strategy; Food and Beverage Industry; New York (city, NY)

April 2001
Teaching Note

Boeing Company's Accounting for Executive Stock Compensation, The

Teaching Note for (9-100-031). View Details

Keywords: United States

1992
Chapter

The Effects of Changes in Corporate Control on Firm Performance

Keywords: Corporate Governance; Performance; Organizational Change and Adaptation

March 2020 (Revised June 2023)
Case

EyeControl: Inspiring Communication

By: Paul A. Gompers and Danielle Golan

Eye-controlled communication device startup EyeControl was founded in Tel Aviv, Israel in 2016 by cofounders with a shared personal connection to locked-in syndrome—a neurological disorder that left sufferers cognitively sound, yet paralyzed, with the exception of eye... View Details

Keywords: Health Disorders; Communication Technology; Business Startups; Expansion; Finance; Decision Making; Social Enterprise; Medical Devices and Supplies Industry