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Financials | Annual Report 2024
CFO Statement of Activity & Cash Flows Consolidated Balance Sheet Supplemental Financial Information Financial Highlights From the Chief View Details
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Financial Accounting Online Course | HBS Online
FAQs Enroll Now Key Concepts Discover how balance sheets, income statements, and cash flow statements are developed and how each interact Evaluate the financial health of a business using View Details
- 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.)
- 2011
- Teaching Note
Juner New Materials: On the Road to IPO (TN)
By: F. Warren McFarlan, Donglin Xia, Ning Jia and Ziqian Zhao
Juner New Materials (Juner) is a private China-based company that develops, produces, and distributes modified plastic compounds. Founded in 1995 by female serial entrepreneur Xiaomin Chen, Juner has exhibited strong performance and growth potential in the past fifteen... View Details
Keywords: Emerging Markets; Entrepreneurship; Financial Statements; IPO; Valuation; Women Executives; China; Plastics; China
McFarlan, F. Warren, Donglin Xia, Ning Jia, and Ziqian Zhao. "Juner New Materials: On the Road to IPO (TN)." Tsinghua University Teaching Note, 2011.
- 01 Dec 2003
- News
HBS Releases 2003 Financial Report
achieving our strategic objectives for the year,” said Richard P. Melnick (MBA 1992), the School’s chief financial officer. The Harvard Business School 2003 Financial Report, scheduled for release this... View Details
- August 1992 (Revised September 2004)
- Background Note
Accounting Framework, Financial Statements, and Some Accounting Concepts, The
By: William J. Bruns Jr.
Introduces the accounting framework, basic financial statements, and eleven accounting concepts. View Details
Bruns, William J., Jr. "Accounting Framework, Financial Statements, and Some Accounting Concepts, The." Harvard Business School Background Note 193-028, August 1992. (Revised September 2004.)
- November 2017
- Teaching Note
Generating Higher Value at IBM (A) and (B)
By: Benjamin C. Esty and E. Scott Mayfield
Teaching Note for HBS Nos. 215-058 and 215-059. View Details
- May 2015 (Revised December 2016)
- Supplement
Generating Higher Value at IBM (B)
By: Benjamin C. Esty and E. Scott Mayfield
Keywords: Dividends; Share Repurchases; Earnings Guidance; Financial Statement Analysis; Financial Ratios; Payout Policy; Earnings Per Share (EPS); Value Creation; Financial Statements; Corporate Finance; Computer Industry
Esty, Benjamin C., and E. Scott Mayfield. "Generating Higher Value at IBM (B)." Harvard Business School Supplement 215-059, May 2015. (Revised December 2016.)
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Resources for Investment Management and Financial Analysis
Resources and instructional videos for company and industry financial analysis, stock pitching, Business Analysis & Valuation Using Financial Statements... View Details
- Forthcoming
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Legislators' Demand for Firms' Financial Statements: Evidence from U.S. Congressional Redistricting Events
By: Matthew Ma, Jing Pan, Ethan Rouen and Laura Wellman
We investigate whether U.S. House representatives and their staff seek financial information from constituent firms to inform their legislative decisions. We exploit shifts in U.S. congressional districts (i.e., the reconfiguration of federal district lines or... View Details
Keywords: Redistricting; Lobbying; Legislators; Voting Behavior; Corporate Disclosure; Government Legislation; Voting; Behavior
Ma, Matthew, Jing Pan, Ethan Rouen, and Laura Wellman. "Legislators' Demand for Firms' Financial Statements: Evidence from U.S. Congressional Redistricting Events." Review of Accounting Studies (forthcoming). (Pre-published online July 7, 2025.)
- October 1990 (Revised June 1993)
- Case
Taxing Situations: Two Cases on Income Taxes and Financial Reporting
By: William J. Bruns Jr.
Two whimsical situations are described to provide illustrations of situations where income taxes paid differ from the income tax expense that might be included in financial reports. In addition to illustrating that financial reported income may differ from taxable... View Details
Keywords: Taxation; Accounting Audits; Financial Statements; Financial Reporting; Decisions; Financial Services Industry; Financial Services Industry
Bruns, William J., Jr. "Taxing Situations: Two Cases on Income Taxes and Financial Reporting." Harvard Business School Case 191-071, October 1990. (Revised June 1993.)
- January 4, 2019
- Article
How Companies Can Balance Social Impact and Financial Goals
By: Marya L. Besharov, Wendy K. Smith and Michael Tushman
It’s notoriously difficult for a business to manage two separate-but-equal goals—making money and creating social value at the same time, for example, or managing an existing business at the same time that you invent a new one. Most attempts at managing these... View Details
Keywords: Goals and Objectives; Management; Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact; Profit; Decision Making
Besharov, Marya L., Wendy K. Smith, and Michael Tushman. "How Companies Can Balance Social Impact and Financial Goals." Harvard Business Review (website) (January 4, 2019).
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Aggregate financial ratios: including private company data
How do I find aggregate industry ratios that include private companies? Industry ratios provide a way to compare and analyze the correlation of diverse financial data for an entire industry. They can be used to compare the performance of... View Details
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HBS - Financials | Consolidated Balance Sheet
2022 Annual Report From The Dean Key Metrics Financials PDF Downloads Financials From the CFO Financial Highlights Statement of Activity & Cash... View Details
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HBS - Financials | Consolidated Balance Sheet
2023 Annual Report From The Dean Key Metrics Financials PDF Downloads Financials From the CFO Financial Highlights Statement of Activity & Cash... View Details
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HBS - Financials | Consolidated Balance Sheet
2021 Annual Report From The Dean Financials PDF Downloads Archive Financials 5 Year Summary From the CFO Financial Highlights Statement of... View Details
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Financial Statements: Signposts as Well as Milestones
By: Henry B. Reiling and John C. Burton
Keywords: Financial Statements
Reiling, Henry B., and John C. Burton. "Financial Statements: Signposts as Well as Milestones." Harvard Business Review 50, no. 6 (November–December 1972). (Reprinted: The C.F.A. Digest (1973) (Abridged).)
- June 2017
- Teaching Note
Project Sun Devil and Project Paris
By: Nori Gerardo Lietz and Alexander W. Schultz
Tony Lee is preparing to present a project to the investment committee of Howard Street Capital. He will be recommending an investment in Project Sun Devil, a high-quality 225-unit student housing rental property near Tempe, Arizona. Tony Lee will compete for capital... View Details
Keywords: General Management; Financial Analysis; Return On Assets; Accounting; Performance Measurement; Financial Ratios; Return On Equity; Financial Statements; Profitability Analysis; Portfolio Investment; Portfolio Management; Real Estate; Property; Investment Portfolio; Investment Return; Analysis; Real Estate Industry; United States
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Strategic Financial Analysis Online Course | HBS Online
you challenged and engaged. Lisa Arpey Executive Board Member at Ford's Theatre Leverage financial statements and frameworks to assess strategy execution and compare organizations’ performance. In an ever... View Details
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HBS - Financials | 5 Year Summary
2021 Annual Report From The Dean Financials PDF Downloads Archive Financials 5 Year Summary From the CFO Financial Highlights Statement of... View Details