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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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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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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.
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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Marimekko
Alison Konrad; Jordan MitchellCase IVEY-9B06C014-ELeadership and People Management, StrategyKirsti Paakkanen has achieved a celebrity status in Finland for her enigmatic leadership of the Finnish design company Marimekko. Purchasing the company in a state of near bankruptcy in 1991, Paakkanen took several actions to restore profitability and realize growth. As of 2006, the company has sales of $64 million (of which 80 per cent are from Finland) and net profits of $8.4 million. Over the last few years, Paakkanen and her team have focused...Starting at €8.20
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Private Media Group (B)
Jean-Philippe Vergne; Mary M. Crossan; Ken Mark; Jordan MitchellCase IVEY-9B15M026-EEntrepreneurship, StrategySupplement to 9B15M025.Starting at €5.74
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Canadian Solar
Paul W. Beamish; Jordan MitchellCase IVEY-9B10M019-EEntrepreneurship, StrategyIn late September 2009, the CEO of the Nasdaq-traded solar cell and module manufacturer, Canadian Solar, was at an inflection point in the formation of its international strategy. The company had experienced dynamic growth during the past five years buoyed largely by aggressive incentive schemes to install solar photovoltaic (PV) technology in Germany and Spain. The credit crunch, coupled with changes in government incentive programs, caused a ma...Starting at €8.20
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Elite Rent-a-Car
Gregory S. Zaric; Jordan MitchellCase IVEY-9B07E011-ECorporate Governance, Entrepreneurship, StrategyThe president and founder of a premier luxury car rental agency located throughout Europe must decide on the composition of the fleet of cars for the upcoming summer season. She has to balance a desire for high utilization versus the possibility of having to turn away clients if they request a car that is not in stock. The case can be used to introduce or reinforce a number of concepts including break-even analysis, basic descriptive statistics a...Starting at €8.20
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Alara Agri: Fresh Cherry Production
Chris J. Piper; Jordan MitchellCase IVEY-9B09D004-EEntrepreneurship, Service and Operations Management, StrategyAlara Agri, based in Bursa, Turkey, is one of the world's foremost cherry and fig producers. The president and chief executive officer (CEO) was concerned about a recurring capacity problem at the end of the process where cherries were packed. On some of the plant's conveyor belts, piles of cherries of one size waited to be packed while other belts had too few cherries to keep workers busy, and thus delayed order fulfillment. Diverting excess che...Starting at €8.20
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Private Media Group (A)
Mary M. Crossan; Jean-Philippe Vergne; Ken Mark; Jordan MitchellCase IVEY-9B15M025-EEntrepreneurship, StrategyAn executive has just joined adult entertainment producer Private Media Group Inc. (PMG) as a strategy consultant. Despite being a highly controversial industry, adult entertainment has been credited with furthering the widespread adoption of major technologies such as the VCR, Internet and digital transmissions over hand-held devices.In preparing for his first meeting with PMG’s president, the executive wonders if he should recommend pursuing la...Starting at €8.20