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  • October 2021
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Financial Reporting at Mattel

By: Aiyesha Dey, Trung Nguyen, Marshal Herrmann and Julia Kelley
In September 2020, Diana Ferguson was nearing her first Audit Committee meeting as the newly appointed Audit Committee chair of Mattel, Inc. Mattel was just recovering from an accounting scandal which had revealed the company’s poor internal controls and weak board... View Details
Keywords: Accounting; Accounting Audits; Financial Reporting; Financial Statements; Governance; Corporate Accountability; Corporate Disclosure; Corporate Governance; Governance Compliance; Governance Controls; Governing Rules, Regulations, and Reforms; Governing and Advisory Boards; Lawsuits and Litigation; Business and Shareholder Relations; Consumer Products Industry; Entertainment and Recreation Industry; Financial Services Industry; North and Central America; United States; California
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Dey, Aiyesha, Trung Nguyen, Marshal Herrmann, and Julia Kelley. "Financial Reporting at Mattel." Harvard Business School Case 122-006, October 2021.
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By: Ethan C. Rouen
Relying on empirical archival methodologies—as well as techniques in data science—to develop and structure new sources of data by which to approach questions of looming disclosure changes, Professor Rouen has focused on one of the Securities and Exchange Commission’s... View Details
  • January 2009
  • Supplement

KPMG (B): Risk and Reform

By: Robert G. Eccles and Eliot Sherman
Under the leadership of Tim Flynn, Chairman and CEO of KPMG, the firm made a number of changes in compensation, governance, and culture in order to address the underlying reasons for actions that occurred prior to him becoming CEO that led to the accounting giant... View Details
Keywords: Communication Strategy; Ethics; Corporate Governance; Governance Compliance; Governing Rules, Regulations, and Reforms; Governing and Advisory Boards; Compensation and Benefits; Employee Relationship Management; Organizational Change and Adaptation
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Eccles, Robert G., and Eliot Sherman. "KPMG (B): Risk and Reform." Harvard Business School Supplement 409-075, January 2009.
  • December 2007 (Revised June 2009)
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KPMG (A): A Near-Death Experience

By: Robert G. Eccles and Eliot Sherman
Describes the way in which "Big Four" auditor KPMG dealt with an indictment stemming from the firm's sale of tax shelters. In 2005 Tim Flynn has been KPMG Chairman for a matter of days when he learns that the government is preparing to indict the firm on charges of... View Details
Keywords: Accounting Audits; Crime and Corruption; Taxation; Lawsuits and Litigation; Crisis Management; Partners and Partnerships; Accounting Industry; Accounting Industry
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Eccles, Robert G., and Eliot Sherman. "KPMG (A): A Near-Death Experience." Harvard Business School Case 408-073, December 2007. (Revised June 2009.)
  • 18 Jun 2007
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Leveling the Executive Options Playing Field

examining the role of stock options in executive compensation; the incidence of stock option abuses; how stock option compensation is reported to stockholders under generally accepted accounting principles versus how the same compensation... View Details
Keywords: by Mihir Desai
  • June 2025
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Social Security and Trends in Wealth Inequality

By: Sylvain Catherine, Max Miller and Natasha Sarin
Recent influential work finds large increases in inequality in the U.S. based on measures of wealth concentration that notably exclude the value of social insurance programs. This paper shows that top wealth shares have not changed much over the last three decades when... View Details
Keywords: Wealth; Equality and Inequality; Taxation; Insurance; Welfare
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Catherine, Sylvain, Max Miller, and Natasha Sarin. "Social Security and Trends in Wealth Inequality." Journal of Finance 80, no. 3 (June 2025): 1497–1531.
  • November 2006
  • Background Note

U.S. Taxation of Foreign-Source Corporate Income

By: Henry B. Reiling
Identifies several of the problems and policy choices associated with taxing foreign-source income. Examples are given of the practical after-tax effects of the major alternatives. Foreign tax credit and "tax haven" based business activities receive special attention.... View Details
Keywords: Earnings Management; Credit; Policy; Taxation; Problems and Challenges; United States
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Reiling, Henry B. "U.S. Taxation of Foreign-Source Corporate Income." Harvard Business School Background Note 207-085, November 2006.
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By: Matthew C. Weinzierl

My academic research centers on uncovering and closing gaps between the theory and reality of tax policy. My main contribution has been to identify and address a mismatch between the goals for taxation typically assumed in theory and the goals the public and... View Details

  • November 2010 (Revised August 2011)
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Australian Vintage Ltd.

By: David F. Hawkins
Following International Financial Reporting Standards guidance company records a number of significant losses and a related deferred tax asset. View Details
Keywords: Accounting; International Accounting; Financial Statements; Financial Reporting; Taxation; Business or Company Management; Asset Management; Assets; Financial Management; Standards; Australia
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Hawkins, David F. "Australian Vintage Ltd." Harvard Business School Case 111-034, November 2010. (Revised August 2011.)
  • 12 Jan 2016
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business units—professional tax software, sold to accountants, and the consumer focused TurboTax product. The new product—TurboTax Personal Pro—connects consumers with professional accountants online,... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
  • June 2011 (Revised September 2011)
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Tough Choices for the Illinois Pension System

By: Robert C. Pozen and Brij S. Khurana
This case describes the precarious fiscal situation of the Illinois public pension system in the spring of 2009 and the accounting of pension plans by non-federal municipalities more generally. In February 2009, in the midst of a recession, recently-appointed Governor... View Details
Keywords: Budgets and Budgeting; Financial Crisis; Financial Liquidity; Annuities; Financial Management; Financing and Loans; Taxation; Strategic Planning; Problems and Challenges; Illinois
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Pozen, Robert C., and Brij S. Khurana. "Tough Choices for the Illinois Pension System." Harvard Business School Case 311-139, June 2011. (Revised September 2011.)
  • 21 Nov 2006
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multinational firms hold cash in their foreign subsidiaries because of the tax costs associated with repatriating foreign income. Consistent with this hypothesis, firms that face higher repatriation tax... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • October 2011 (Revised July 2012)
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Mike Mayo Takes on Citigroup (B)

By: Suraj Srinivasan and Amy Kaser
Mike Mayo takes on Citigroup (B) is a supplementary exercise to go along with Mike Mayo takes on Citigroup (A) case and is designed to give students an opportunity to understand the creation of deferred tax liabilities (DTLs) and the life cycle of a DTL using an... View Details
Keywords: Taxation; Accounting; Banking Industry
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Srinivasan, Suraj, and Amy Kaser. "Mike Mayo Takes on Citigroup (B)." Harvard Business School Supplement 112-051, October 2011. (Revised July 2012.)
  • November 2002 (Revised June 2003)
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China's Rural Leap Forward

By: Bruce R. Scott and Jamie Matthews
Collectively owned township and village enterprises (TVEs) played a pivotal role in China's rapid growth during the 1980s and 1990s. Although they originated in the policies and institutions of the Maoist era, TVEs thrived only after Deng Xiaoping's economic reforms... View Details
Keywords: Business and Government Relations; Public Sector; Public Ownership; Development Economics; Governing Rules, Regulations, and Reforms; Macroeconomics; Emerging Markets; China
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Scott, Bruce R., and Jamie Matthews. "China's Rural Leap Forward." Harvard Business School Case 703-024, November 2002. (Revised June 2003.)
  • 28 Oct 2014
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associated with high used ship prices and heightened industry investment in new ships, but we forecast low future returns. We propose and estimate a behavioral model of industry cycles that can account for the evidence. In our model,... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
  • February 2019 (Revised May 2021)
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Electric Car Wars, 2018

By: John R. Wells and Benjamin Weinstock
Electric cars had long been championed by environmentalists as a superior solution to the internal combustion engine (ICE), but, despite large government incentives and strong pioneering efforts by a few automakers over the years, electric and hybrid cars and light... View Details
Keywords: Electric Vehicle; Electric Vehicles; Electricity; Electric Motors; Electric Power Generation; Electricity Usage; Electricity Distribution; Internal Combustion Vehicle; Auto Manufacturing; Automobile Manufacturing; Automotive Industry; Tesla; General Motors; History; Nissan; Innovation; Batteries; Battery; Subsidies; Government Initiatives; Government Incentives; Political Issues; Energy Generation; Production; Infrastructure; Innovation and Invention; Government Legislation; Global Range; Business History; Auto Industry; China
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Wells, John R., and Benjamin Weinstock. "Electric Car Wars, 2018." Harvard Business School Case 719-470, February 2019. (Revised May 2021.)
  • 13 May 2002
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A Cure for Enron-Style Audit Failures

past five decades, accountants have changed from watchdogs to advocates and salespersons. Auditing has become one of a number of services, including consulting and tax advice, in which View Details
Keywords: by Jay Lorsch; Accounting
  • 05 Jul 2006
  • Research & Ideas

Reinventing the Dowdy Savings Bond

course of four weeks, representatives at two Volunteer Income Tax Assistance (VITA) sites offered filers the option of splitting their refunds, depositing all or some of their refund into an existing or new savings View Details
Keywords: by Julia Hanna; Banking; Financial Services
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Market Reaction to and Valuation of IFRS Reconciliation Adjustments: First Evidence from the UK

By: Joanne Horton and George Serafeim
We investigate the market reaction to, and the value-relevance of, information contained in the mandatory transitional documents required by International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) 1 (2005). We find significant negative abnormal returns for firms reporting... View Details
Keywords: Valuation; Markets; Information; International Finance; Earnings Management; Stock Shares; Taxation; Goodwill Accounting; Price; Financial Reporting; Standards; Corporate Disclosure; United Kingdom
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Horton, Joanne, and George Serafeim. "Market Reaction to and Valuation of IFRS Reconciliation Adjustments: First Evidence from the UK." Review of Accounting Studies 15, no. 4 (December 2010).
  • 13 Dec 2007
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Acting Globally but Thinking Locally? The Influence of Local Communities on Organizations

Keywords: by Christopher Marquis & Julie Battilana
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