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Global Fabricators, Inc.
Allen, Brandt R.; Brownlee, E. Richard IICase DARDEN-C-2296-EAccounting and ControlIdeal for MBA students, this case presents an exercise that tests students' knowledge of financial accounting and reporting and how the tax system affects financial reporting. Students are asked to complete an exercise that focuses on the income tax footnote. This footnote provides information that can be used to assess a seller’s tax liability or an acquirer’s tax costs associated with an M&A transaction. As part of the exercise, students are as...Starting at €8.20
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Pensions and Financial Reporting
Allen, Brandt R.; Brownlee, E. Richard IITechnical Note DARDEN-C-2340-EAccounting and ControlThis note serves a wide audience. At Darden, it is used in two elective courses: Financial Reporting and Analysis and Financial Statement Analysis and Corporate Valuation, as well as in the open executive education program, Financial Management for Non-Financial Managers. It will also be used in the EMBA and Global EMBA programs. Depending on the type of pension plan offered, accounting for pensions can present one of the more difficult and chal...Starting at €8.20
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Better Buy, Inc. - Teaching Note
Allen, Brandt R.; Brownlee, E. Richard IITeaching Note DARDEN-C-2330TN-EAccounting and ControlTeaching note for product C-2330Starting at €0.00
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Better Buy, Inc.
Allen, Brandt R.; Brownlee, E. Richard IICase DARDEN-C-2330-EAccounting and ControlThis case pertains to one of the most important topics in financial accounting and reporting: revenue recognition. It is intended for use in a required MBA financial accounting course or in an MBA elective course in Financial Reporting and Analysis. The company, Better Buy, Inc., is an electronics retailer selling TVs and other electronic products. The company is a bit unique, however, in that it not only sells major brand TVs, but it also sells ...Starting at €8.20
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Breeden Security, Inc. (A)
Allen, Brandt R.; Rotch, William; Lynch, Luann J.Case DARDEN-C-2307-EAccounting and ControlBreeden Electronics USA is a start-up division of a German company. It plans to produce two products, both electronic signaling devices. Herman Klein, the division president, has asked his controller, Marlene Baer, to compute several break-even sales figures as they assess the sales level that is necessary to meet the profit target established by the parent company. Baer must conduct several break-even analyses and consider the impact on profit i...Starting at €8.20
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Enterprise Systems at ICL
Allen, Brandt R.Case DARDEN-C-2251-EAccounting and ControlSenior management of a large company learns that its largest and most important information systems project will be eight months late. The developers used the latest technology (web-based, distributed, client-server, networked) and architecture (SOA). Some new parts were up and running but many old, legacy pieces were carrying a heavy part of the daily demands and risks of outages were increasing. There were staffing problems and challenges with ...Starting at €8.20
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Derivatives and Hedging
Allen, Brandt R.Technical Note DARDEN-C-2341-EAccounting and ControlThis note is a valuable read in any finance or accounting course that is covering the risks of derivative securities. In October 2011, MF Global Holdings LTD, a New York City brokerage company, filed for bankruptcy. Almost a billion dollars was missing from customer accounts that were supposed to be segregated from MF Global’s trading accounts. Thousands of U.S. farmers collectively lost millions in their trading accounts at MF Global. This note ...Starting at €8.20
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BW Manufacturing Company
Allen, Brandt R.Case DARDEN-C-2294-EAccounting and ControlA small manufacturer of gas grills is making final changes to its 2009 operating budget and considering several changes in pricing, advertising, and product availability. This short case addresses the topic of contribution analysis as an easy way to analyze profit planning issues such as adding or dropping a product or service; changing a price; adding or decreasing expected volumes; or preparing a profit budget. In this situation there are three...Starting at €8.20
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The Real Green IT Machine (B): Sensitivity Analysis of a Proposed Capital Investment
Lynch, Luann J.; Allen, Brandt R.Case DARDEN-C-2351-EAccounting and ControlThis case is a follow-up to UVA-C-2295. The analysis of the proposed new data center suggested that the project’s net present value was negative-not by much, but by enough to be of concern. Scheduled to meet with her boss at 3:00 p.m. to review the results of her analysis, the senior project leader is contemplating what to do next. When she and her boss had discussed the economics of green practices in the context of the bank’s next data center, ...Starting at €5.74
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An Overview of Financial Statement Analysis: The Mechanics
Allen, Brandt R.; Simko, Paul J.Technical Note DARDEN-C-2255-EAccounting and ControlOn September 20, 2000, Jonathan Weill, a Wall Street Journal reporter in Dallas, Texas, published a piece questioning the profitability and accounting of Enron Corporation. He based his article on a study of Enron’s financial statements and conversations with staff at the Financial Accounting Standards’ Board (FASB), accounting professors, financial analysts, and others. “It took me a while to figure out everything I needed to… It probably took a...Starting at €8.20