Publications

April 1988 (Revised March 1991)
Case

Tektronix: Portable Instruments Division (A)

Tektronix's Portable Instruments Division has recently converted to a JIT production process. The existing cost system was designed for conventional manufacturing and is obsolete. The case describes the new material-burdening system the firm implemented. This system... View Details

Keywords: Cost Accounting; Production; Management Systems; Manufacturing Industry

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February 1997
Teaching Note

First Investments, Inc. TN

By: David F. Hawkins

Teaching Note for (9-197-010). View Details

Keywords: Accounting Industry; Accounting Industry

March 1993
Teaching Note

Crystal Meadows of Tahoe, Inc. TN

By: William J. Bruns Jr.

Teaching Note for (9-192-150). View Details

Keywords: Accounting Industry; Accounting Industry

25 Aug 2017
Blog Post

HBS Interns: Summer Takeovers

below is a snapshot of stories from students who took over our Instagram account to give us a first-hand look into their exciting summer experiences. Anita Mehrotra, Caldwell Partners Anita Mehrotra's internship experience was unique in... View Details

Keywords: All Industries

03 Jan 2007
First Look

First Look: January 3, 2007

http://www.hbsp.harvard.edu/b01/en/common/item_detail.jhtml?id=207077 Framedia Harvard Business School Case 207-057 Examines an acquisition in the highly competitive new media advertising industry in China in late 2005. The transaction... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

April 1986 (Revised July 1996)
Case

Comdisco, Inc.: Financial Statement Analysis (A)

By: Krishna G. Palepu

Keywords: Financial Statements; Information Technology Industry

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August 2024
Case

The Walt Disney Company: Management Guidance

By: Joseph Pacelli and James Weber

In November 2023, financial analyst Aurora Fee was forecasting The Walt Disney Company’s earnings and stock price, with the goal of providing an investment recommendation to her clients. Disney, one of the world’s largest media and entertainment companies, had just... View Details

Keywords: Valuation; Accounting; Investment; Communication; Forecasting and Prediction; Business Earnings; Growth and Development Strategy; Financial Services Industry; Financial Services Industry; United States

October 1984
Teaching Note

NIKE (B1): Business Class Travel, Teaching Note

Teaching Note for (9-385-028). View Details

Keywords: Accounting; Policy; Apparel and Accessories Industry

Web

Shaping the Corporate Image | Baker Library | Bloomberg Center | Harvard Business School

consumers, students, local communities, and representatives of government. Historian Gonzalo Montiel Roig notes that photographic archives “linked to large steelmaking industries have a dual purpose . . . of documenting the View Details

Profile

Carol Lauson

Junior Achievement project, and in high school, membership in the Business Professionals of America, which took her all the way to the nationals in a business exam competition. "I like numbers," Carol says, "so I was naturally attracted to View Details

September 2010 (Revised July 2012)
Case

Citigroup 2007: Financial Reporting and Regulatory Capital

By: Suraj Srinivasan, Edward J. Riedl and Sharon Katz

This case introduces 1) financial statements for banks, 2) basic regulatory capital calculations, and 3) actions Citigroup must consider under a scenario of continued losses/fair value declines in 2008 (leading to potential violation of regulatory capital). View Details

Keywords: Fair Value Accounting; Financial Reporting; Financial Statements; Financial Crisis; Capital; Financial Strategy; Governing Rules, Regulations, and Reforms; Banking Industry; United States

03 Oct 2019
News

Skydeck Live: Galactic Returns

Photo courtesy of Laetitia Garriott de Cayeux Subscribe on iTunes Subscribe on SoundCloud More Skydeck episodes Dan Morrell: When Laetitia Garriott de Cayeux (MBA 2004) started at HBS in 2002, the private space industry was really just... View Details

Keywords: Space Research and Technology; Government

January 2011 (Revised January 2012)
Case

The Case of the Unidentified Healthcare Companies2010

By: Richard Bohmer, Ethan Bernstein, Margarita Krivitski and Srinidhi Reddy

This case presents financial statements and selected ratios for 14 unidentified healthcare organizations and asks that each set of financial information be matched with one of the following healthcare companies: a biotechnology firm, a community nursing company, a... View Details

Keywords: Financial Reporting; Financial Statements; Health Care and Treatment; Health Industry

October 1988 (Revised June 1993)
Case

Siemens Electric Motor Works (A): Process-Oriented Costing

Explores how a cost system can help support a firm's decision to change strategies. In the process, the students are introduced to a simple activity-based cost system. Siemens Electric Motor Works found itself facing an increasingly competitive environment and so made... View Details

Keywords: Production; Activity Based Costing and Management; Manufacturing Industry