Hawkeye, a small bank holding company in Iowa, faces difficulties in the mid-1980s as the local farms of Iowa's economy is in recession. This case gives students an opportunity to get acquainted with the bank financial statements, and introduces some of the problems in the market value accounting and its usefulness to investors and government regulators. "Hide
by Krishna G. Palepu, G. Peter Wilson, Jane Palley Katz Source: Harvard Business School 18 pages. Publication Date: October 16, 1991. Prod. #: 192064-PDF-ENG
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