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- May 2020
- Supplement
Stock-Based Compensation at Twitter
By: Jonas Heese
This video serves as a supplement to "Stock-Based Compensation at Twitter." View Details
Heese, Jonas. "Stock-Based Compensation at Twitter." Harvard Business School Multimedia/Video Supplement 120-712, May 2020.
- October 2018 (Revised September 2022)
- Case
Stock-Based Compensation at Twitter
By: Jonas Heese, Zeya Yang and Mike Young
Olivia Nash, an analyst at leading hedge fund BlueShark Capital Management, had just finished listening to the hour-long earnings call for Twitter’s Q4 2017 results. Was Twitter doing well? That depended on which numbers she chose to believe. According to Generally... View Details
Keywords: Twitter; Non-GAAP Disclosure; Stock-based Compensation; Earnings Management; Corporate Disclosure; Compensation and Benefits; Stocks; Measurement and Metrics
Heese, Jonas, Zeya Yang, and Mike Young. "Stock-Based Compensation at Twitter." Harvard Business School Case 119-032, October 2018. (Revised September 2022.)
- November 2000 (Revised January 2003)
- Case
Yahoo!'s Stock-Based Compensation
By: Paul M. Healy and Jacob Cohen
Amy Maislos, an investor in Internet and technology companies, was excited to read that Yahoo! had reported a positive net income for 1998 operations. During the late 1990s, stock prices of Internet companies had risen rapidly even though most companies were reporting... View Details
Keywords: Stock Options; Internet and the Web; Financial Statements; Corporate Disclosure; Business Earnings; Earnings Management; Information Technology Industry
Healy, Paul M., and Jacob Cohen. "Yahoo!'s Stock-Based Compensation." Harvard Business School Case 101-059, November 2000. (Revised January 2003.)
- January 2003 (Revised May 2003)
- Case
Yahoo!'s Stock-Based Compensation (B)
By: Paul M. Healy and Jacob Cohen
Supplements the (A) case. View Details
Healy, Paul M., and Jacob Cohen. "Yahoo!'s Stock-Based Compensation (B)." Harvard Business School Case 103-043, January 2003. (Revised May 2003.)
- January 2003 (Revised May 2003)
- Case
Yahoo!'s Stock-Based Compensation (D)
By: Paul M. Healy and Jacob Cohen
Supplements the (A) case. View Details
Healy, Paul M., and Jacob Cohen. "Yahoo!'s Stock-Based Compensation (D)." Harvard Business School Case 103-045, January 2003. (Revised May 2003.)
- November 2018 (Revised September 2022)
- Teaching Note
Stock-Based Compensation at Twitter
By: Jonas Heese, Zeya Yang and Mike Young
- January 2003 (Revised May 2003)
- Case
Yahoo!'s Stock-Based Compensation (C)
By: Paul M. Healy and Jacob Cohen
Supplements the (A) case. View Details
Healy, Paul M., and Jacob Cohen. "Yahoo!'s Stock-Based Compensation (C)." Harvard Business School Case 103-044, January 2003. (Revised May 2003.)
- October 1994 (Revised June 1995)
- Case
Thermo Electron: Accounting for Stock-based Compensation
Barth, Mary E., and Dale Coxe. "Thermo Electron: Accounting for Stock-based Compensation." Harvard Business School Case 195-043, October 1994. (Revised June 1995.)
- April 2005 (Revised May 2005)
- Case
Executive Compensation at General Electric (A)
By: V.G. Narayanan and Michele Jurgens
Faced with falling share prices and the critical eye of the media focused on Jack Welch's retirement plan, newly appointed CEO Jeff Immelt had the challenge of reassessing GE as a leader of corporate integrity and good governance. Presents the changes Immelt initiated... View Details
Keywords: Executive Compensation; Employee Stock Ownership Plan; Governing and Advisory Boards; Media; Governance; Corporate Accountability
Narayanan, V.G., and Michele Jurgens. "Executive Compensation at General Electric (A)." Harvard Business School Case 105-072, April 2005. (Revised May 2005.)
- Research Summary
Current Research: Issues in Corporate Governance
Effectiveness of shareholder voting
Reform of shareholder voting is a key component of legislation arising from the financial crisis of 2008. Professor Gow examines the effect of shareholder voting on corporate actions, particularly on... View Details
- March 1996
- Case
FASB and Employee Stock Options, The
Summarizes the accounting principles governing employee stock options, including the recently issued accounting standard SFAS 123, Accounting for Stock-Based Compensation. Presents the theoretical issues involved with valuation and measurement of employee stock-based... View Details
Rapier, Donella. "FASB and Employee Stock Options, The." Harvard Business School Case 196-137, March 1996.
- Article
Why Do Pro Forma and Street Earnings Not Reflect Changes in GAAP? Evidence from SFAS 123R
By: Ian D. Gow, Mary E. Barth and Daniel Taylor
This study examines how key market participants—managers and analysts—responded to SFAS 123R's controversial requirement that firms recognize stock-based compensation expense. Despite mandated recognition of the expense, some firms' managers exclude it from pro forma... View Details
Gow, Ian D., Mary E. Barth, and Daniel Taylor. "Why Do Pro Forma and Street Earnings Not Reflect Changes in GAAP? Evidence from SFAS 123R." Review of Accounting Studies 17, no. 3 (September 2012): 526–562.
- 17 Aug 2018
- News
Worker Representation on Boards Won’t Work Without Trust
- 07 Jul 2008
- Research & Ideas
Innovation Corrupted: How Managers Can Avoid Another Enron
including the effective use of stock-based compensation and comparative performance measures, and the need to balance turbocharged incentives with turbocharged controls. “Enron's leaders perpetuated a kind... View Details
- 15 Jun 2021
- News
Keeping Hourly Workers Focused on the Stock, Not the Clock
recalls his father asking. That question stayed with Pete Stavros. There had to be a better way. Early in his career as an investor, Stavros was part of a deal with a company that had an employee stock ownership plan (ESOP), an employer-funded, View Details
Sanford I. Weill
on strong execution and delivery of services, stock-based incentive compensation plans, and skillful blending of complimentary strengths and weaknesses, has helped to achieve his mission of building a brand... View Details
Keywords: Finance
- 01 Sep 2011
- News
Capitalism’s False Mantra
University of Toronto. The paper argued that the structure of executive compensation and perks motivated CEOs and other top officers to feather their own nests at the expense of the business itself — the “principal-agent problem.” How... View Details
- 15 Jan 2019
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, January 15, 2019
case:https://hbsp.harvard.edu/product/818061-PDF-ENG Harvard Business School Case 218-079 Margin Accounts No abstract available. Purchase this case:https://hbsp.harvard.edu/product/218079-PDF-ENG Harvard Business School Case 119-032 View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman