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PAS International: Marketing of a New Electronic Billing System
Reiser, Miguel; Santomá, JavierCase F-718-EFinance, Information TechnologiesThe case offers students the chance to complete the valuation analysis by using various methods for analysing investment projects in an international context. Growth expectations in the electronic bill presentation and payment (EBPP) sector remain high, but in the short term there are a number of restraining factors. On the one hand, there is the coexistence of different business models and a lack of standards. Suppliers of this type of service a...Starting at €8.20
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Understanding the downfall of Enron
Peñalva, FernandoCase C-720-EAccounting and ControlThis case describes the collapse of Enron, the U.S. energy giant. It explains in a simple and accessible way the causes that led to one of the largest bankruptcies in corporate history. It deals with all the accounting abuses performed by Enron's management, the conflicts of interest of some of its employees, and the role of the Board of Directors and of the external auditor, Arthur Andersen LLP.Starting at €8.20
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Cash vs. Accruals: The Case of Revenue Recognition at Cantaloupe Systems
Beyer, Anne; Siegel, RobertCase SGSB-E756-EEntrepreneurshipCantaloupe Systems expected to celebrate its first quarterly profit, and the company’s proprietary machine-to-machine communication technology was a hit with owners of vending machines—and investors. Cantaloupe’s systems provided real-time sales data, allowing vending machine operators to efficiently pre-pack the exact items needed for each machine before leaving the warehouse that day. But Cantaloupe’s auditors threw the company a curve ball dur...Starting at €8.20
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Why Good Accountants Do Bad Audits (Spanish version)
Bazerman, Max H.; Loewenstein, George; Moore, Don A.Article HBS-R0211GAccounting and ControlOn July 30, President Bush signed into law the Sarbanes-Oxley Act addressing corporate accountability. A response to recent financial scandals, the law tightened federal controls over the accounting industry and imposed tough new criminal penalties for fraud. The president proclaimed, "The era of low standards and false profits is over." If only it were that easy. The authors don't think corruption is the main cause of bad audits. Rather, they cl...Starting at €8.20
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Important Accounting Concepts: The Rules that Shape Financial Statements
HBS Press; Harvard Business School PressBook Chapter HBS-5801BC-EFinanceAlthough many managers are proficient in reading financial statements, most are not yet masters of the accounting concepts and processes from which this data is derived. This chapter examines seven key accounting issues that affect your performance as a manager: GAAP, accrual vs. cash accounting, accounting for inventories, accounting for depreciation, the account treatment of leases, the principle of historic cost, and cost accounting. This cha...Starting at €8.20
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Accounting Fraud at WorldCom (Spanish version)
Kaplan, Robert S.; Kiron, DavidCase HBS-109S04Business Ethics and Corporate Social ResponsibilityThe principal players in WorldCom's accounting fraud included CFO Scott Sullivan, the General Accounting and Internal Audit departments, external auditor Arthur Andersen, and the board of directors. The case provides sufficient detail to allow for a full discussion of the pressures that lead executives and managers to "cook the books," the boundary between earnings smoothing or management and fraudulent reporting, the role for internal control sy...Starting at €8.20
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Valuation of NIKE and Reebok in 2004, The (A). Understanding the Accounting
Palencia, LuisCase C-733-EAccounting and ControlThis is the first in a series of three cases that illustrate accounting-based valuation methods. The first case restates NIKE and Reebok's financial statements in a way suitable to analyze current profitability and growth. The second analyzes and interprets NIKE and Reebok's current profitability and growth. The third uses the results of the previous two cases, together with analysts' earnings forecasts, to value NIKE and Reebok.Starting at €8.20
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Investment Strategies and Berkshire Hathaway
Palencia, LuisCase C-734-EAccounting and ControlAn average investor, Josu Short, reviews Berkshire Hathaway's 13-plus-one points of the "contract with shareholders" present in each of the company's annual reports. Apparent inconsistencies and financial paradoxes are presented.Starting at €8.20
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Carmen Braun (A)
Peñalva, FernandoCase C-736-EAccounting and ControlThis is a basic case used to introduce students to financial accounting. It presents the set up and first year of operations of a commercial company. It defines the following basic concepts: assets, liabilities, own resources, income and expenses. It shows the preparation and utility of the following accountancy tools: balance shhet, profit and loss account and cashbook summary.Starting at €8.20
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Milking Money out of Parmalat - Teaching Note
Tàpies, JosepTeaching Note DGT-40-EFinanceThis note was prepared as an aid to instructors in the classroom use of case DG-1478.Starting at €0.00