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Financial Impact of Nuclear Power Plants: PSEG and Hope Creek
Allen, Brandt R.; Simko, Paul J.; Cross, TomCase DARDEN-C-2233-EAccounting and ControlThis case is about the financial impact of negative publicity and a company's reaction. A Public Service Enterprise Group had ownership interest in five nuclear power plants, three of which were located in Lower Alloways Creek, New Jersey. These three plants had been cited for concerns about a safety conscious work environment by a fired employee and the Nuclear Regulatory Commission. One U.S. senator and two congressmen had written a letter to N...Starting at €8.20
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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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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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Metropolitan College
P. Fraser Johnson; Robert KlassenCase IVEY-9B09D012-EService and Operations ManagementA manager of Student Services at a small college was very concerned about the delays and costs of processing student registrations during the annual orientation week. She glanced at recently collected data on processing times for the six major steps that the registration process required. She wondered how the process might be improved while balancing budgetary pressures to reduce costs.Starting at €8.20
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CRP Products
David Wood; Robert KlassenCase IVEY-9B11D015-EAccounting and Control, Entrepreneurship, Finance, Service and Operations ManagementBruce Ballantyne had recently joined C.R.P. Products (CRP), a furniture manufacturer in Stratford, Ontario, to help review the company’s operations and assess what changes were necessary to keep up with demand. Although it was early 2011 and the peak season was still four months away, Ballantyne knew that he would have to determine what equipment was needed over the next three weeks to ensure it was delivered and installed before the peak season....Starting at €8.20
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Britannia Industries Ltd.
Robert Klassen; Ramasastry ChandrasekharCase IVEY-9B13M010-EStrategyThe CEO of Britannia Industries Ltd, a manufacturer of bakery products, was at a crossroads. Two years earlier, the firm had started providing specially fortified biscuits to small groups of school-going children in selected locations in India. The product offered a step toward addressing the widespread national problem of malnutrition and, unlike corporate philanthropy, this initiative was an extension of what the company was fundamentally good ...Starting at €8.20
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Building Sustainable Distribution at Walmart Canada
Robert Klassen; P. Fraser Johnson; Asad ShafiqCase IVEY-9B13D010-EService and Operations Management, StrategyThe director of logistics at Walmart Canada, was developing plans for a new distribution centre in Alberta. Senior management had presented her with a challenge: why not build the most sustainable distribution centre in the world? Yet, much remained unclear about how to translate this challenge into specific actions, while keeping in mind corporate goals for sustainability. Her team now was exploring three options that promised to be significantl...Starting at €8.20