Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 16, 2016

For example, at the end of its 2015 fiscal year, Apple’s balance sheet stated tangible assets of $290 billion as a contribution to its annual revenues, with approximately $141 billion worth of intangible assets — a combination of intellectual capital, brand equity, and (investor and consumer) goodwill.

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Harvard Business Review

MARCH 11, 2011

This week we had the opportunity to speak with Ashley Lenihan, Jiehae Choi, and Nathan Gamester of the Legatum Institute , in town for an event at MIT. With a prosperity index, the same accountability can be brought to bear on national leaders and policy makers. They began their talk with a memorable quotation from Robert F.

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Balance Sheet Benchmarking Advertising Assets 16

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 10, 2011

The reason is that AP accounts for a large chunk of the total portfolio of the major MFIs in India — the Economic Times of India estimates that AP accounts for 40% of all microfinance loans in the country. A large exposure to AP with its abysmal repayment rates is an existential crisis for MFIs in India.

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Balance Sheet Banking Marketing Accounts 15

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 17, 2015

” When you force your employees to use slow or inconvenient technology, the costs don’t show up on your balance sheet immediately. ” Accountability: How do you keep track of what your colleagues are doing when you can’t see them? One person held accountable to complete a project. A deadline.

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Balance Sheet Travel Accounts Project Management 14

Harvard Business Review

JULY 11, 2013

But after hearing Fastow speak twice to my Financial Statement Accounting class and reviewing independent evidence, I think I have good idea. Enron was rated BBB+ (or the equivalent) by all three rating agencies, which typically include all off balance sheet debt when determining a rating. He didn''t say which decisions.

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Balance Sheet Assets Cash Flow Energy 8

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 24, 2015

Second, major capital events such as renovations or retrofits, which companies typically undertake every few decades, provide the opportunity for even deeper savings given recent advancements in green construction. These are often overlooked on balance sheets but can generate significant extra value for companies.

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Manager Energy Balance Sheet Accounts 12

Harvard Business Review

JULY 12, 2017

Insurance policies and lottery tickets have the same payoff properties, with the one claimed on bad news or undesirable events and the other claimed by very happy lottery winners. They both rely on odds — and accrue massive amounts of hopes, aspirations, risks, and, naturally, money. Flood insurance is another example.

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Insurance Balance Sheet Assets Revenue 15

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 31, 2015

Home Depot ’s hack, compromised 65 million customer credit and debit card accounts. The company unveiled that data that was compromised included contact information such as names, addresses, telephone numbers, and email addresses, but account numbers, passwords, dates of birth, and social security numbers were protected.

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Balance Sheet Cash Flow Banking Assets 13

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 1, 2018

Most major producers with large balance sheets will likely hedge their bets and attempt both. Electric vehicles will only account for 7% of the cars on the road over the next 12 years, Morgan Stanley estimated when oil prices were relatively low in May in a report titled “One Billion BEVS by 2050.”

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Cash Flow Transportation Balance Sheet Energy 14

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 16, 2017

To restore its balance sheet, it had to sell half the business. This appears to explain events at the industrial company. At a managerial level, corporate cultures, impression management, and bosses dodging accountability can all lead to a climate in which supervisees learn to report only the good news.

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Government Balance Sheet Performance Review Manager 13

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 6, 2012

The first whistleblower — using facts — is former Olympus CEO Michael Woodford , who uncovered a huge accounting fraud at the company. Then accounting changes forced them to cover up the losses in a different way. These funds were used to fill the balance sheet hole caused by the prior derivative losses.

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Balance Sheet Government Accounts Assets 8

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 26, 2017

As firms might differ in number of employees they downsized, we controlled for the percentage of employees reduced in each downsizing event. We also accounted for the number of acquisitions in the previous five years (since downsizing often occurs after acquisitions) and industry differences.

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Balance Sheet Sales Sales Metrics 8

Chief Executive

MARCH 14, 2023

The Biden administration made sure SVB’s failure didn’t become a global financial contagion, partly by guaranteeing all deposits in the bank beyond the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation coverage of $250,000 per account. Big banks may have fortress balance sheets, but you don’t really know what’s on them,” Holland noted.

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Banking Balance Sheet Government Accounts 98

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 16, 2011

Investors grapple daily in an effort to figure out how to value companies whose accounting assets — things like land, capital, products, and licenses — don't adequately express their true market value. There is no line on the balance sheet for "ability to innovate" or "skill at managing brand."

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Assets Balance Sheet Reorganization Organizational Change 16

Peter Winick

DECEMBER 2, 2024

Recognizing its potential during a Mastermind session, she and her team developed a groundbreaking AI tool to simplify and analyze messy small business balance sheets. Accountants, CPAs, and referral partners are already helping bring her vision to life. The format for PNL balance sheet has not changed.

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Media Small Business Balance Sheet Scaling 296

Chris LoCutro

NOVEMBER 12, 2024

I share why reconciling accounts, preparing for taxes, and analyzing financial performance are crucial steps. We also dive into how we prepay significant expenses like our Next-Level Leadership LIVE Event to free up cash flow for the new year while reducing tax liabilities. For me, I live in our accounting so that I can make decisions.

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