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- Decision Forks · Crisis & Reinvention
Decisions on record
2 verified Decision Records on General Electric, and the casebook each one belongs to.
| Fork date | Decision type | The story | Casebook |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | Crisis Response | Read the story → | Crisis Response Casebook → |
| 2021 | The Fork | Read the story → | The Fork Casebook → |
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The analyses
Crisis Response · Crisis & Reinvention
GE Took a $6.2 Billion Insurance Hit in 2018 — but Its Books Were Never Wrong
A $6.2 billion insurance charge and a $200 million SEC penalty made GE the poster child for accounting fraud. Yet the charge was a current-quarter reserve, not a restatement, and the settlement's own terms required no correction to a single financial statement. The scandal was about what GE didn't say.
7 min
The Fork · Decision Forks
GE spent three years and $100 billion in debt paydowns before the 2021 breakup was even announced
GE is remembered for splitting into three companies in 2021. But the announcement was the ribbon, not the work: Larry Culp had already paid down more than $100 billion in debt since 2018, and the final spin-off didn't close until April 2024.
7 min