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The Fall of Enron

By: Paul Healy and Krishna Palepu
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  • | Language:English
  • | Pages:21
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Abstract

The case traces the rise of Enron, covering the company's business innovations, personnel management, and risk management processes. It then examines the company's dramatic fall including the extension of its trading model into questionable new businesses, the financial reporting problems, and governance breakdowns inside and outside the firm. The case offers students an opportunity to explore why Enron failed and to understand the systemic problems in governance that affected its board of directors, the audit committee, the external auditors, and financial analysts.

Keywords

Risk Management; Management Practices and Processes; Crime and Corruption; Financial Reporting; Corporate Governance; Governing and Advisory Boards

Citation

Healy, Paul, and Krishna Palepu. "The Fall of Enron." Harvard Business School Case 109-039, November 2008. (Revised July 2019.)
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About The Authors

Paul M. Healy

Accounting and Management
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Krishna G. Palepu

Accounting and Management
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