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  • December 2003 (Revised November 2015)
  • Background Note

The Fiduciary Relationship: A Legal Perspective

By: Lynn Sharp Paine
Discusses the concept of a fiduciary, as developed in the Anglo-American common law tradition, and outlines the principal differences between the legal standard applied to fiduciaries compared to ordinary arms'-length contractors. View Details
Keywords: Ethics; Assets; Financial Management; Common Law; Standards
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Paine, Lynn Sharp. "The Fiduciary Relationship: A Legal Perspective." Harvard Business School Background Note 304-064, December 2003. (Revised November 2015.)
  • 13 Apr 2020
  • News

A Way Forward for Small Businesses

  • 25 Sep 2019
  • Research & Ideas

The Economic Cost of Physician Burnout

the bottom line. “It’s not just going to be a waste of resources trying to deal with this problem,” Goh says. “Aside from all of the positive outcomes you generate, it’s probably a good financial return on investment as well.” Goh and his... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding; Health
  • February 1997 (Revised May 1998)
  • Case

Tire City, Inc.

By: W. Carl Kester
A small, rapidly growing retail distributor of automotive tires must present a set of forecasted financial statements to a bank in order to obtain a five-year loan. Expected growth rates given in the case and historical financial ratios derived from recent financial... View Details
Keywords: Financial Statements; Forecasting and Prediction; Financing and Loans; Price; Supply Chain; Distribution Industry; Retail Industry
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Kester, W. Carl. "Tire City, Inc." Harvard Business School Case 297-091, February 1997. (Revised May 1998.)
  • 13 Jun 2012
  • HBS Case

HBS Cases: A Startup Takes On the Credit Ratings Giants

For most of the 20th century, three bond ratings agencies—Moody's, Fitch, and Standard & Poor's—dominated the credit ratings industry, recently controlling 97 percent of the market. But the status quo was disrupted by the 2008 global... View Details
Keywords: by Maggie Starvish; Financial Services; Financial Services
  • January 2004 (Revised April 2004)
  • Case

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.)
  • October 16, 2024
  • Article

Physicians Can Help Cut Costs. They Just Need the Right Incentives.

By: Susanna Gallani and Derek A. Haas
Health care organizations have long tried to enlist physicians in their effort to control or reduce costs. One effective means for doing so is to create an incentive system that rewards physicians for their contributions. To design such a system, organizations should... View Details
Keywords: Cost; Motivation and Incentives; Compensation and Benefits; Health Industry
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Gallani, Susanna, and Derek A. Haas. "Physicians Can Help Cut Costs. They Just Need the Right Incentives." Harvard Business Review Digital Articles (October 16, 2024).
  • January 2011 (Revised July 2011)
  • Case

Elizabeth Jacobs: Price-Earnings Ratios and Employee Stock Option Grants

By: David F. Hawkins
Analyst questions the value of accounting measurement of earnings per share and stock option costs for equity valuation purposes. View Details
Keywords: Earnings Management; Business Earnings; Employee Stock Ownership Plan; Stock Shares; Employee Ownership; Stock Options; Equity; Accounting Audits; Valuation; Profit Sharing; Accounting Industry
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Hawkins, David F. "Elizabeth Jacobs: Price-Earnings Ratios and Employee Stock Option Grants." Harvard Business School Case 111-087, January 2011. (Revised July 2011.)
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Credit Access and Social Welfare: The Rise of Consumer Lending in the United States and France

By: Gunnar Trumbull
Research into the causes of the 2008 financial crisis has drawn attention to a link between growing income inequality in the United States and high household indebtedness. Most accounts trace the U.S. idea of credit-as-welfare to the period of wage stagnation and... View Details
Keywords: Household Finance; Welfare State; Credit; Personal Finance; Welfare; Borrowing and Debt; France; United States
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Trumbull, Gunnar. "Credit Access and Social Welfare: The Rise of Consumer Lending in the United States and France." Politics & Society 40, no. 1 (March 2012): 9–34.
  • December 2009 (Revised January 2024)
  • Case

A Letter from Prison

By: Eugene Soltes
Stephen Richards, the former global head of sales at Computer Associates, Inc. (CA), is serving a seven-year prison sentence for financial fraud. In the case, Richards responds to a number of questions about managerial responsibility and the manipulation of financial... View Details
Keywords: Accounting; Crime and Corruption; Ethics; Corporate Accountability; Managerial Roles
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Soltes, Eugene. "A Letter from Prison." Harvard Business School Case 110-045, December 2009. (Revised January 2024.)
  • March 2009 (Revised July 2010)
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State Street Corporation

By: William E. Fruhan
To maximize their effectiveness, color cases should be printed in color. State Street Corp. reports a 13% gain in EPS in 2008 amidst a global financial crisis. The stock price declines 59% on the day of the earnings report. This one day decline was exceeded in the... View Details
Keywords: Fair Value Accounting; Financial Reporting; Financial Crisis; Financial Liquidity; Financial Markets; Crisis Management; Financial Services Industry
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Fruhan, William E. "State Street Corporation." Harvard Business School Case 209-112, March 2009. (Revised July 2010.)
  • August 2010
  • Supplement

Batson International, S.A. (C)

By: David F. Hawkins
Senior management must sign a management letter. An internal audit reveals a number of questionable accounting practices (B case). How should senior management respond? View Details
Keywords: Accounting Audits; Financial Reporting; International Accounting; Managerial Roles; Standards; United States
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Hawkins, David F. "Batson International, S.A. (C)." Harvard Business School Supplement 111-025, August 2010.
  • 08 May 2014
  • Working Paper Summaries

Corporate and Integrated Reporting: A Functional Perspective

Keywords: by Robert Eccles & George Serafeim
  • 23 Jun 2021
  • News

Investors Burned by Fraud Get Better at Detecting Future Bad Actors

  • April 2012
  • Case

Chapman International Inc.

By: David F. Hawkins
Management must make some accounting policy decisions to reach first-quarter earnings consensus. View Details
Keywords: Financial Statements; Decisions; Business Earnings; United States
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Hawkins, David F. "Chapman International Inc." Harvard Business School Case 112-098, April 2012.
  • December 2023
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Intermediary Balance Sheets and the Treasury Yield Curve

By: Wenxin Du, Benjamin Hebert and Wenhao Li
We document a regime change in the Treasury market post-Global Financial Crisis (GFC): dealers switched from net short to net long Treasury bonds. We construct “net-long” and “net-short” curves that account for balance sheet and financing costs, and show that actual... View Details
Keywords: Bonds; Financial Markets; Financial Crisis; Asset Pricing
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Du, Wenxin, Benjamin Hebert, and Wenhao Li. "Intermediary Balance Sheets and the Treasury Yield Curve." Art. 103722. Journal of Financial Economics 150, no. 3 (December 2023).
  • January 2000
  • Supplement

Basic Statistics from the World Bank's World Development Report 1998/1999

By: Julio J. Rotemberg
Supplements National Income Accounting and The Origins of National Income Accounting. View Details
Keywords: Business Organization; History; Earnings Management; Financial Institutions; International Finance; International Accounting; Business Earnings; Mathematical Methods; Reports; Economic Growth; Commercial Banking; Financial Services Industry
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Rotemberg, Julio J. "Basic Statistics from the World Bank's World Development Report 1998/1999." Harvard Business School Supplement 700-088, January 2000.
  • November 2005 (Revised July 2009)
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Cutter & Buck (A)

By: William A. Sahlman and Victoria Winston
Only three short months into her new position as CEO of publicly traded golf apparel manufacturer Cutter & Buck, Fran Conley discovers accounting irregularities that call into question the reliability of this company's financial statements. Working closely with her... View Details
Keywords: Financial Statements; Crime and Corruption; Corporate Disclosure; Governing and Advisory Boards; Lawsuits and Litigation; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Going Public
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Sahlman, William A., and Victoria Winston. "Cutter & Buck (A)." Harvard Business School Case 806-028, November 2005. (Revised July 2009.)
  • August 2010 (Revised September 2011)
  • Background Note

Retiree Pension and Health Benefits

By: David F. Hawkins
Note on accounting for retiree pension and health benefits under IFRS and U.S. GAAP. View Details
Keywords: Financial Reporting; International Accounting; Health Care and Treatment; Compensation and Benefits; Standards; Retirement; United States
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Hawkins, David F. "Retiree Pension and Health Benefits." Harvard Business School Background Note 111-033, August 2010. (Revised September 2011.)
  • 2008
  • Simulation

Strategic Innovation Simulation: Back Bay Battery

By: Willy C. Shih and Clayton Christensen
This online simulation allows students to play the role of a business unit manager at Back Bay Battery Company who faces the dilemma of balancing a portfolio of investment strategies across products in the rechargeable battery space. Players have to manage R&D... View Details
Keywords: Competitive Strategy; Disruptive Innovation; Growth and Development Strategy; Innovation and Management; Investment; Product Development; Research and Development; Battery Industry
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Shih, Willy C., and Clayton Christensen. "Strategic Innovation Simulation: Back Bay Battery." Simulation and Teaching Note. Watertown, MA: Harvard Business School Publishing, 2008. Electronic. (2656-HTM-ENG.)
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