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Accounting for Nuclear Power Provisions at RWE
Healy, Paul M.; Heese, JonasCase HBS-118013-EAccounting and ControlIn early 2016, RWE, a utility that operates nuclear power plants in Germany, came under scrutiny from regulators and the media over the adequacy of its provisions for costs of decommissioning and dismantling (D&D) its nuclear power plants. Accounting standards required utilities to record the present value of projected D&D costs as a liability. However, there were many uncertainties associated with these estimates given the actual cash outlays wo...Starting at €8.20
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The HBR Agenda 2011
Ariely, Dan; Brown, Tim; Cappelli, Peter; Davenport, Thomas H.; Duflo, Esther; Fernández-Aráoz, Claudio; Govindarajan, Vijay; Gratton, Lynda; Hackman, J. Richard; Ibarra, Herminia; Kedrosky, Paul; Lafley, A.G.; Li, Charlene; Ma, Jack; Manzoni, Jean-Francois; Pink, Daniel H.; Porter, Michael E.; Schein, Edgar H.; Schmidt, Eric; Schwab, Klaus; Shirky, Clay; Stiglitz, Joseph E.; Sutton, Robert I.; Tyson, LaArticle HBS-R1101B-EKnowledge and CommunicationJoseph E. Stiglitz will be crafting a new postcrisis paradigm for macroeconomics whereby rational individuals interact with imperfect and asymmetric information. Herminia Ibarra will be looking for hard evidence of how "soft" leadership creates value. Eric Schmidt will be planning to scale mobile technology by developing fast networks and providing low-cost smartphones in the poorest parts of the world. Michael Porter will be using modern cost a...Starting at €8.20
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The HBR Agenda 2011 (Spanish version)
Ariely, Dan; Brown, Tim; Cappelli, Peter; Davenport, Thomas H.; Duflo, Esther; Fernández-Aráoz, Claudio; Govindarajan, Vijay; Gratton, Lynda; Hackman, J. Richard; Ibarra, Herminia; Kedrosky, Paul; Lafley, A.G.; Li, Charlene; Ma, Jack; Manzoni, Jean-Francois; Pink, Daniel H.; Porter, Michael E.; Schein, Edgar H.; Schmidt, Eric; Schwab, Klaus; Shirky, Clay; Stiglitz, Joseph E.; Sutton, Robert I.; Tyson, LaArticle HBS-R1101BKnowledge and CommunicationJoseph E. Stiglitz will be crafting a new postcrisis paradigm for macroeconomics whereby rational individuals interact with imperfect and asymmetric information. Herminia Ibarra will be looking for hard evidence of how "soft" leadership creates value. Eric Schmidt will be planning to scale mobile technology by developing fast networks and providing low-cost smartphones in the poorest parts of the world. Michael Porter will be using modern cost a...Starting at €8.20
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Una ingenier a inversa a la máquéina de innovación de Google
Iyer, Bala; Davenport, Thomas H.Article HBS-R0804CKnowledge and CommunicationIncluso entre las compañías de Internet, Google se destaca como una empresa diseñada con el objetivo explícito de tener éxito en la rápida innovación, profusa. Gran parte de lo que la compañía no tiene sus raíces en su legendaria infraestructura de TI, pero la tecnología y estrategia de Google son inseparables y mutuamente permeables - por lo que es difícil decir si la tecnología es el ADN de su estrategia o el otro alrededor de camino. Sea lo qu...Starting at €8.20
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Accounting Fraud at Tesco Stores (C)
Heese, Jonas; Srinivasan, Suraj; Kelley, JuliaCase HBS-120034-EAccounting and ControlThis case serves as a complement to the case "Accounting Fraud at Tesco Stores (A)".Starting at €5.74
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Analytics 3.0
Davenport, Thomas H.Article HBS-R1312C-EStrategyThose who study "data smart" companies believe that we've already lived through two eras in the use of analytics--we might think of them as "before big data" and "after big data"--and are entering a third. It represents a far-reaching resolve to apply powerful data gathering and analysis not just to a company's operations but also to its customer services and products. This strategic change in focus means a new role for analytics. Companies will ...Starting at €8.20
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Accounting Outages at Plug Power? (C)
Heese, Jonas; Pacelli, Joseph; Barnett, JamesCase HBS-124019-EAccounting and ControlSet in June 2023, the C case explores Plug Power's recovery from its financial restatements, how it benefited from government subsidies, and new strategic alliances.Starting at €5.74
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Accounting Outages at Plug Power? (B)
Heese, Jonas; Pacelli, Joseph; Barnett, JamesCase HBS-124018-EAccounting and ControlThe case is set in spring 2021, immediately after Plug Power made financial restatements dating back to 2018. The case describes the restatements, which revealed that Plug was reclassifying expense items to boost gross profits.Starting at €5.74
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"GEnron?" Markopolos versus General Electric (A)
Heese, Jonas; Lane, DavidCase HBS-121005-EAccounting and ControlIn August 2019, Harry Markopolos-the forensic accountant known for uncovering Bernie Madoff's Ponzi scheme-alleged that General Electric had committed accounting fraud totaling $38 billion, coining the term "GEnron" for perceived similarities with the 200Starting at €8.20
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Competing on Talent Analytics
Davenport, Thomas H.; Harris, Jeanne; Shapiro, JeremyArticle HBS-R1010B-EStrategyDo investments in your employees actually affect workforce performance? Who are your top performers? How can you empower and motivate other employees to excel? Leading edge companies such as Google, Best Buy, P&G, and Sysco use sophisticated data-collection technology and analysis to answer these questions, leveraging a range of analytics to improve the way they attract and retain talent, connect their employee data to business performance, diffe...Starting at €8.20