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LeMar Outdoor Play Products, Ltd.: An Outsourcing Decision to India
Haskins, Mark E.; Simko, Paul J.Case DARDEN-C-2440-EAccounting and ControlThis case, based on general business experience, casts students in the role of analyzing the financial effects of a possible outsourcing decision. Lee and Marcia Mills, owners of LeMar Outdoor Play Products, Ltd. (LOPP), a Canadian company that designs, manufactures, and installs outdoor play equipment, are faced with a decision pertaining to whether LOPP should outsource the company’s back-office information technology enabled services (IT-ES) f...Starting at €8.20
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The "What If" Effects of an Income Tax Rate Change: A Deferred Tax Focus
Haskins, Mark E.; Simko, Paul J.Case DARDEN-C-2448-EAccounting and ControlA change in the corporate US federal income tax rate necessitates an adjustment to a company’s balance sheet deferred tax account. Stephanie Allen has been tasked with determining the projected effects of several “what if” changes in the corporate income tax rate on her employer’s (Software for Seniors, Corp.) and a peer’s DuPont ratios and earnings per share performance measures. This general experience-based case uses data created by the autho...Starting at €8.20
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Sonvilier Pen Company: An Outsourcing Decision
Simko, Paul J.; Haskins, Mark E.Case DARDEN-C-2406-EAccounting and ControlThe COO for Sonvilier Pen, an elite manufacturer of high-quality ballpoint and fountain pens, had gotten a proposal to outsource two pen components to Li Manufacturing, a specialist in the molding and production of intricate metals, located in southeastern China. The proposal was intriguing, but there were a number of factors for the COO to consider before making a decision.Starting at €8.20
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Sonvilier Pen Company: An Outsourcing Decision - Teaching Note
Simko, Paul J.; Haskins, Mark E.Teaching Note DARDEN-C-2406TN-EAccounting and ControlTeaching Note of product C-2406Starting at €0.00
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Corteva Agriscience: Seeding a New Company (B)
West, June A.; Simko, Paul J.; Maiden, Stephen E.; Soltis, SteveCase DARDEN-BC-0296This case, a follow-up to “Corteva Agriscience: Seeding a New Company (A)” (UVA-BC-0295), provides an epilogue to the story of Jim Collins, CEO of Corteva Agriscience (Corteva), and a look at the ongoing strengths of the company he had helped to build.Starting at €5.74
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Corteva Agriscience: Seeding a New Company (A)
West, June A.; Simko, Paul J.; Maiden, Stephen E.; Soltis, SteveCase DARDEN-BC-0295This case introduces Corteva Agriscience (Corteva) and its CEO, Jim Collins. Corteva was the corporate offspring of a 2015 merger between Dow and DuPont, two of the world’s largest chemical companies. It was created to be the agriculture business that tieStarting at €8.20
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Voestalpine AG (B)
Murray J. Bryant; Werner Auer-Rizzi; Sabine Reisinger; Harald Stummer; Robert Bauer; Michael Eyett; Brett MatthewsCase IVEY-9B07M033-EStrategyThis supplement to Voestalpine AG (A), product 9b07M032, examines the decision to expand vertically instead of horizontally, but looking at a stamping plant and plastics firm (to get closer to its automotive customers) and a design firm. More importantly, the case examines the tools and methodologies employed by the company to assess fit in terms of costs and competencies and customers and competition.Starting at €5.74
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Voestalpine AG (A)
Murray J. Bryant; Werner Auer-Rizzi; Iris Fischlmayr; Caecilia Innreiter; Brett Matthews; Michael EyettCase IVEY-9B07M032-EStrategyVoestalpine AG, a public company located in Linz, Austria, was examining opportunities for growth. The company considers that to meet the needs of its customers, notably automobile, rail and construction, it has to grow. Further, the steel industry in Europe is in a process of consolidation. The company has a very strong balance sheet but due to its ownership structure (35 per cent is owned by the Austrian government), its market value is conside...Starting at €8.20
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MacDonald, Dettwiler & Associates Ltd. (A)
Murray J. Bryant; Ryan KaltCase IVEY-9B08M043-EStrategyThe director and chair of the governance committee at MacDonald, Dettwiler & Associates Ltd. (MDA) considered how to advise the company's chief executive officer (CEO). As a company in the space industry, MDA relied on its exports to the United States. Joint ventures were helpful in securing contracts from the U.S. government but they were not always advantageous in other ways because these ventures required partnerships with competitors. At this...Starting at €8.20
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Schuhren Consumer Packaging: Managing Risk
Murray J. Bryant; Ken MarkCase IVEY-9B14M056-EEntrepreneurship, StrategyThe founder and chief executive officer (CEO) of Schuhren Consumer Packaging (Schuhren), a manufacturer of plastic food packaging based in Windsor, Ontario, is getting ready to meet a group of buyers from one of the top six fruit packaging firms in the world. An hour before their arrival, the CEO uncovers a whole series of issues concerning quality assurance, waste production and machine operations that could have an impact on the company’s opera...Starting at €8.20