Unidentified Industries: Japan 2024
This exercise helps students understand how a company's business characteristics are reflected in its financial statements. Students are given balance sheet data in percentage form (common-size balance sheets) and financial ratios (e.g., gross margins, days of inventory, etc.) for a set of 12 unidentified companies from 12 different industries. All 12 companies were listed on the Tokyo Stock Exchange (TSE) as of March 31, 2025, and had market values greater than 150 billion yen. Students must use the balance sheet data and the financial ratios along with their basic knowledge of the operating characteristics of these different businesses to match each company to the correct industry.
Collection: HBSP (USA)
Ref: HBS-226001-E
Format: PDF
Number of pages: 4
Publication Date: Oct 17, 2025
Language: English
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This exercise helps students understand how a company's business characteristics are reflected in its financial statements. Students are given balance sheet data in percentage form (common-size balance sheets) and financial ratios (e.g., gross margins, days of inventory, etc.) for a set of 12 unidentified companies from 12 different industries. All 12 companies were listed on the Tokyo Stock Exchange (TSE) as of March 31, 2025, and had market values greater than 150 billion yen. Students must use the balance sheet data and the financial ratios along with their basic knowledge of the operating characteristics of these different businesses to match each company to the correct industry.
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Geographic Setting: Japan
Industry Setting: Accounting services industry
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