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  • February 2024
  • Course Overview Note

The Anatomy of Fraud

By: Jonas Heese
  • Format:Print
  • | Language:English
  • | Pages:66
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Abstract

Corporate fraud remains a serious problem. Learning how to detect and prevent it, and make better investment decisions, has broad applicability for private and public market investors, as well as for people joining or running companies. This course note describes a framework and supporting set of cases to teach students the necessary skills and tools for fraud detection and prevention.

Keywords

Crime and Corruption; Investment; Accounting; Business or Company Management

Citation

Heese, Jonas. "The Anatomy of Fraud." Harvard Business School Course Overview Note 124-076, February 2024.

About The Author

Jonas Heese

Accounting and Management
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