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  • August 2000 (Revised February 2001)
  • Background Note

Revenue Recognition

By: Paul M. Healy
This case discusses revenue recognition in straightforward situations and then considers revenue transactions that may be more complex to record. Revenue recognition criteria can be implemented for the following situations: 1) Customers pay prior to delivery; 2)... View Details
Keywords: Business Earnings; Revenue Recognition; Decision Making; Financial Statements
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Healy, Paul M. "Revenue Recognition." Harvard Business School Background Note 101-017, August 2000. (Revised February 2001.)
  • February 2003 (Revised February 2006)
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Revenue Recognition Exercises

The difference between the Financial Accounting Standards Board's Concept Statements #5 and #6 is explored as it pertains to revenue recognition and expense recognition. View Details
Keywords: Revenue Recognition
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"Revenue Recognition Exercises." Harvard Business School Exercise 103-065, February 2003. (Revised February 2006.)
  • November 2000 (Revised March 2001)
  • Background Note

Revenue Recognition and Reporting

By: David F. Hawkins
Discusses revenue recognition and reporting rules, guidelines, and issues. A rewritten version of an earlier note. View Details
Keywords: Revenue; Financial Statements; Financial Reporting
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Hawkins, David F. "Revenue Recognition and Reporting." Harvard Business School Background Note 101-050, November 2000. (Revised March 2001.)
  • 2017
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Financial Accounting Reading: Revenue Recognition

By: David F. Hawkins
The overarching goal of the revenue recognition chapter is to help students better understand the substance and implementation challenges of the joint FASB/IASB revenue recognition standard. This Reading includes four Interactive Illustrations: "Time Value of Money for... View Details
Keywords: Accounting; Revenue Recognition
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Hawkins, David F. "Financial Accounting Reading: Revenue Recognition." Core Curriculum Readings Series. Harvard Business Publishing 5066, 2017.
  • August 2018 (Revised July 2020)
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Revenue Recognition at HBP

By: Paul Healy and Siko Sikochi
In early 2014, Paul Bills, CFO of Harvard Business Publishing (HBP), sat down with David Wan, the company’s CEO, to discuss budget preparations for the coming year. Bills noted that the performance of Corporate Learning, one of HBP’s three business units, would be... View Details
Keywords: Accrual Accounting; Budgets and Budgeting; Revenue Recognition; Financial Reporting; Publishing Industry; Education Industry; United States
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Healy, Paul, and Siko Sikochi. "Revenue Recognition at HBP." Harvard Business School Case 119-029, August 2018. (Revised July 2020.)
  • December 2018 (Revised August 2022)
  • Teaching Note

Revenue Recognition at HBP

By: Siko Sikochi and Paul Healy
In early 2014, Corporate Learning, one of three business units at Harvard Business Publishing (HBP), was in the process of revamping its flagship product, Harvard Manage-Mentor (HMM) from version 11.0 (HMM11) to version 12.0 (HMM12). The revamped software would be... View Details
Keywords: Accrual Accounting; Budgets and Budgeting; Revenue Recognition; Financial Reporting; Publishing Industry; Education Industry; United States
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Sikochi, Siko, and Paul Healy. "Revenue Recognition at HBP." Harvard Business School Teaching Note 119-015, December 2018. (Revised August 2022.)
  • February 2003 (Revised March 2003)
  • Background Note

Revenue Recognition Guidelines

This case presents a summary of the Financial Accounting Standards Board's Concept Statements #5 and #6. View Details
Keywords: Revenue Recognition; Standards
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Miller, Gregory S., and Jacob Cohen. "Revenue Recognition Guidelines." Harvard Business School Background Note 103-066, February 2003. (Revised March 2003.)
  • September 2014
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Virtual Revenue Recognition

By: David F. Hawkins and Aldo Sesia
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Hawkins, David F., and Aldo Sesia. "Virtual Revenue Recognition." Harvard Business School Case 115-011, September 2014.
  • August 2006 (Revised August 2007)
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Revenue Recognition Problems in the Communications Equipment Industry

By: Paul M. Healy and Arjuna J Costa
Designed to explore recognition issues in the context of a potential market downturn. In late 2000, Lucent Technologies reports multiple revisions to its recent financial results due to revenue recognition problems, leading to a dramatic decline in its stock price.... View Details
Keywords: Corporate Disclosure; Revenue Recognition; Policy; Supply and Industry; Performance; Communications Industry
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Healy, Paul M., and Arjuna J Costa. "Revenue Recognition Problems in the Communications Equipment Industry." Harvard Business School Case 107-025, August 2006. (Revised August 2007.)
  • July 2023 (Revised October 2024)
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Revenue Recognition at Stride Funding: Making Sense of Revenues for a Fintech Startup

By: Paul M. Healy and Jung Koo Kang
The case explores the challenges of revenue recognition and financial reporting for Stride Funding (Stride), a fintech startup that has disrupted the student loan market. Stride leveraged proprietary machine learning and financial models to underwrite alternative... View Details
Keywords: Revenue Recognition; Financial Reporting; Entrepreneurial Finance; Business Startups; Growth and Development Strategy; Governance Compliance; Accrual Accounting; Financial Services Industry; United States
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Healy, Paul M., and Jung Koo Kang. "Revenue Recognition at Stride Funding: Making Sense of Revenues for a Fintech Startup." Harvard Business School Case 124-015, July 2023. (Revised October 2024.)
  • December 2023
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Revenue Recognition at Stride Funding: Making Sense of Revenues for a Fintech Startup

By: Jung Koo Kang
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Kang, Jung Koo. "Revenue Recognition at Stride Funding: Making Sense of Revenues for a Fintech Startup." Harvard Business School Spreadsheet Supplement 124-709, December 2023.
  • February 2024
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Revenue Recognition at Stride Funding: Making Sense of Revenues for a Fintech Startup

By: Jung Koo Kang and Paul M. Healy
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Kang, Jung Koo, and Paul M. Healy. "Revenue Recognition at Stride Funding: Making Sense of Revenues for a Fintech Startup." Harvard Business School Multimedia/Video Supplement 124-710, February 2024.
  • December 2023
  • Teaching Note

Revenue Recognition at Stride Funding: Making Sense of Revenues for a Fintech Startup

By: Jung Koo Kang
Teaching Note for HBS Case No. 124-015. View Details
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Kang, Jung Koo. "Revenue Recognition at Stride Funding: Making Sense of Revenues for a Fintech Startup." Harvard Business School Teaching Note 124-058, December 2023.
  • September 2007 (Revised June 2008)
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Revenue Recognition Problems in the Communications Equipment Industry (TN)

By: Paul M. Healy
Keywords: Problems and Challenges; Revenue; Communications Industry
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Healy, Paul M. "Revenue Recognition Problems in the Communications Equipment Industry (TN)." Harvard Business School Teaching Note 108-028, September 2007. (Revised June 2008.)
  • December 23, 1999
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SEC Expected To Step-Up Search For Restructuring Charge, Revenue Recognition and Materiality Abuses

By: David F. Hawkins
Keywords: Governance; Money
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Hawkins, David F. "SEC Expected To Step-Up Search For Restructuring Charge, Revenue Recognition and Materiality Abuses." Accounting Bulletin, no. 83 (December 23, 1999).
  • November 1999
  • Background Note

Recognizing Revenues and Expenses: Realized and Earned

By: Robert S. Kaplan
Describes a key concept in financial accounting: choosing an appropriate revenue recognition point. The accrual process requires revenue recognition and expense matching for reporting on the value creation process of companies. Describes the two key criteria for... View Details
Keywords: Accounting Audits; Accrual Accounting; Cost Accounting; Budgets and Budgeting; Revenue; Profit; Cost Management; Value Creation; Competitive Strategy; Financial Statements; Accounting Industry
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Kaplan, Robert S. "Recognizing Revenues and Expenses: Realized and Earned." Harvard Business School Background Note 100-050, November 1999.
  • September 1992 (Revised April 1993)
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Recognizing Revenues and Expenses: When Is Income Earned?

By: William J. Bruns Jr.
An introduction to the accrual concept used in accounting and its importance to revenue recognition and the matching concept. To be used in conjunction with inventory valuation cases where delivery may not constitute a sale and revenue. View Details
Keywords: Accrual Accounting; Logistics; Value; Revenue Recognition
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Bruns, William J., Jr. "Recognizing Revenues and Expenses: When Is Income Earned?" Harvard Business School Background Note 193-047, September 1992. (Revised April 1993.)
  • October 2012 (Revised September 2013)
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Creating the First Public Law Firm: The IPO of Slater & Gordon Limited

By: Benjamin C. Esty and E. Scott Mayfield
Slater & Gordon (S&G), a midsized Australian law firm with a high-growth consolidation strategy, had an initial public offering (IPO) scheduled for May 2007. Due to a series of regulatory changes in Australia in recent years, the IPO provided an opportunity for S&G to... View Details
Keywords: IPO; Mergers & Acquisitions; Law Firm; Value Drivers; Growth Strategy; Revenue Recognition; Roll-up; Consolidator; Initial Public Offering; Valuation; Consolidation; Mergers and Acquisitions; Financial Strategy; Growth Management; Corporate Governance; Business Strategy; Legal Services Industry; Financial Services Industry; Australia
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Esty, Benjamin C., and E. Scott Mayfield. "Creating the First Public Law Firm: The IPO of Slater & Gordon Limited." Harvard Business School Case 213-019, October 2012. (Revised September 2013.)
  • February 2013
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Diamond Foods, Inc.

By: Suraj Srinivasan and Tim Gray
The Diamonds Foods, Inc. case describes the major accounting blow up at the company in late 2011 that was triggered by a report by Off Wall Street, a prominent short selling research firm. Diamond Foods, a high flying growth company in 2011, grew from a walnut farmers'... View Details
Keywords: Accounting Restatements; Accounting Scandal; Accounting; Financial Analysis; Financial Statement Analysis; Short Selling; Revenue Recognition; Board Of Directors; Audit Committees; Auditing; Financial Reporting; Financial Statements; Agribusiness; Accrual Accounting; Earnings Management; Corporate Accountability; Corporate Disclosure; Corporate Governance; Valuation; Revenue; Agriculture and Agribusiness Industry; California; Cambridge
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Srinivasan, Suraj, and Tim Gray. "Diamond Foods, Inc." Harvard Business School Case 113-055, February 2013.
  • July 2009 (Revised May 2012)
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Wareham SC Systems, Inc.

By: David F. Hawkins
CFO tests company's revenue recognition practices against the recently issued SAB 101 requirements and proposes plan for adoption of SAB 101. View Details
Keywords: Revenue Recognition; Standards
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Hawkins, David F. "Wareham SC Systems, Inc." Harvard Business School Case 110-015, July 2009. (Revised May 2012.)
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