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A Note on Budgeting and Strategic Profitability Analysis
Lynch, Luann J.Technical Note DARDEN-C-2405-EAccounting and ControlA budget is a tool that allows an organization to put its strategy into financial terms. It can be described as the financial plan for the organization. The organization as a whole will prepare a profit plan, and it will also be concerned with investment in assets needed to achieve that plan and with cash flow being sufficient to support that plan. So it will typically have a profit plan, a capital budget, and a cash budget, which together will e...Starting at €8.20
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Innovation through M&A: Promega's Taxable Acquisition of Ophidian
Frank, Mary Margaret; Harrison, LisaCase DARDEN-C-2432-EAccounting and ControlThe tax director for Promega Corporation (Promega), was finalizing a deal to buy Ophidian Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (Ophidian), and needed to settle on a deal structure. Given that the consideration paid for Ophidian was going to be primarily cash, the deal would be taxable. The question for her to address was: Should Promega buy the assets or stock of Ophidian? She had to consider the after-tax consequences to Promega and Ophidian from the different...Starting at €8.20
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Peyton Enterprises
Demers, Elizabeth A.; Simko, Paul J.Case DARDEN-C-2365-EAccounting and ControlThis case provides a context wherein a variety of financial accounting issues can be discussed, particularly those related to the multi-period dependence of accounting accruals. A less direct but nonetheless important issue relates to earnings management and ends up being a central theme of the case. The case focuses on three basic accounting topics-LIFO inventory reserves, the allowance for doubtful accounts, and depreciation policies and assump...Starting at €8.20
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Physicians for You, LLC: Estimating Asset-Related Expenses
Haskins, Mark E.Case DARDEN-C-2304-EAccounting and ControlStudents explore the variability in earnings due solely to the need to make estimates for several common financial statement asset-related expense items. They consider depreciable asset lives and residual values; estimated uncollectible accounts receivable; and temporary versus permanent losses on marketable equity security investments. The case can be used as an asset module capstone case either an undergraduate- or graduate-level introductory f...Starting at €8.20
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Credit and Collections Corporation
Sack, Robert J.Case DARDEN-C-2253-EAccounting and ControlAn accounting issue arose when a firm that managed accounts receivable for clients began planning for a public issue of its shares. Two public accounting firms it approached gave different opinions on when revenue could be recorded. The arguments included: earned and realized; the Financial Accounting Standard Board’s statements of Financial Accounting Concepts: Con 5 and Con 6; discussions about whether the service being sold was the process or ...Starting at €8.20
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Blackheath Manufacturing Company—Revisited
Spreng, FrancisCase DARDEN-C-2198-EAccounting and ControlIt's panic time at Blackheath Manufacturing. Profits have been declining, so the owner's son comes to the rescue to run the company. He asks a consultant to determine what's wrong. And the consultant has specific answers: The company's pricing guidelines are all wrong, there needs to be a budgeting system to reverse the downward slide in profits, and a former employee should be rehired. This case provides students with the data for constructing a...Starting at €8.20
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Helvetia Insurance’s Dim Sum Bond Investment
Demers, Elizabeth A.; Yemen, GerryCase DARDEN-C-2387-EAccounting and ControlThis case explores the accounting for investments in corporate bonds. The global setting involving a Swiss insurer investing in the Chinese yuan-denominated debt (i.e., “dim sum bonds”) of France-based Renault provides significant opportunity for secondary learning. The case can be used with “Dim Sum Bonds at Renault S.A.”(UVA-C-2373), which involves the accounting for bonds payable from the perspective of the issuer. The accounting for Helvetia’...Starting at €8.20
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U.S. Concrete, Inc.
Simko, Paul J.Case DARDEN-C-2431-EAccounting and ControlTheresa Alvarez is about to become president of the company her father started, Cordoba Materials, which had initially focused on production and sales within the concrete and aggregates industry, and had grown into a major regional player, with 22 plants and $105 million in annual revenue. One aspect critical to Alvarez's transition is an agreement between her and her father on what her long-term vision for growing Cordoba Materials would be. Wou...Starting at €8.20
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PerkinElmer Acquires EUROIMMUN
Lynch, Luann J.; Sless, LaurenCase DARDEN-C-2441-EAccounting and ControlOn June 16, 2017, PerkinElmer, Inc., announced that it would acquire EUROIMMUN Medizinische Labordiagnostika AG (EUROIMMUN), thus making EUROIMMUN an official subsidiary of PerkinElmer. Students are expected to consider strategic motivations behind the acquisition, from the perspectives of both parties, as well as the risks associated with such an acquisition. In addition, they should be able to prepare a pro forma post-acquisition consolidated b...Starting at €8.20
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How to Put More Strategy in Your "Taxes and Business Strategy" Course: A Case-Method Approach
Frank, Mary MargaretTechnical Note DARDEN-C-2265-EAccounting and ControlThis technical note provides the design for a case-method course called "Taxation and Management Decisions" taught in Darden's MBA program. The course is a general management course, and is designed specifically to exclude mergers and acquisitions, which are taught in another elective. While the entire course is taught through the case method, students discuss and analyze a mixture of cases and press articles and exercises. The case method is an ...Starting at €8.20