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Performance Pay at Safelite Auto Glass (A) (Spanish version)
Hall, Brian J.; Madigan, Carleen; Lazear, EdwardCase HBS-808S09Accounting and ControlDescribes a company's changing of its compensation and incentive plan. In particular, it shows how a change from hourly pay to piece rate pay (for windshield installers) affected productivity, pay, and turnover.Starting at €8.20
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Performance Pay at Safelite Auto Glass (B) (Spanish version)
Hall, Brian J.; Madigan, Carleen; Lazear, EdwardCase HBS-808S10Accounting and ControlSupplements the (A) case.Starting at €5.74
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Diamond Foods, Inc.
Srinivasan, Suraj; Gray, TimCase HBS-113055-EAccounting and ControlThe Diamonds Foods, Inc. case describes the major accounting blow up at the company in late 2011 that was triggered by a report by Off Wall Street, a prominent short selling research firm. Diamond Foods, a high flying growth company in 2011, grew from a wStarting at €8.20
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Showdown at Cracker Barrel
Srinivasan, Suraj; Gray, TimCase HBS-114026-EAccounting and ControlIn the fall of 2011, activist investor, Sardar Biglari, has acquired nearly 10% ownership in the Cracker Barrel restaurant chain. He believes that the board and senior management have failed and the company has underperformed relative to its peers. When hStarting at €8.20
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Airtex Aviation (Spanish version)
Hall, Brian J.; Madigan, CarleenCase HBS-804S03Accounting and ControlTwo young and inexperienced MBAs buy a virtually bankrupt company. They design a decentralized control system organized around profit centers. As a case in control systems, there is ample detail for a discussion of design issues, control of independent profit centers, and details about decentralized control. A rewritten version of an earlier case.Starting at €8.20
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Succession Planning at Samsung: The Merger Formula of Cheil Industries and Samsung C&T
Yu, Gwen; Gray, TimCase HBS-117036-EAccounting and ControlA merger deal of two Samsung group companies becomes a center of a corruption scandal. The merger of Cheil Industries and Samsung C&T was seen as a crucial step to transfer power to Lee Jae Yong, the heir of Samsung group. The deal was criticized to purposefully undervalue Samsung C&T's stocks to transfer wealth to Lee at the expense of the shareholders. Elliott Management, a New York-based hedge fund, launches a campaign urging shareholders to v...Starting at €8.20