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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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Why We Should Thank Enron’s Former CFO
Gerard SeijtsArticle IVEY-9B16TC02-EAccounting and ControlToo many people fall into the trap of accepting that it is appropriate to use technicalities and loopholes to break the principles behind rules when they think they can get away with it. According to Andrew Fastow, this is a problem approaching endemic proportions as seen in business deals, political fundraising, and tax avoidance. And as the former chief financial officer of Enron, he knows what he’s talking about. In 1999, Fastow’s unique finan...Starting at €8.20
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Team Collapse at Richard, Wood and Hulme LLP
Gerard Seijts; Leah NobleCase IVEY-9B12C002-EAccounting and Control, Leadership and People ManagementIn 2008, a senior associate at Richard, Wood and Hulme LLP (RWH) was amazed at the speed with which the audit team for an important client of the firm was rapidly falling apart. Two members had just been fired presumably because they did not pass their chartered accounting qualification examinations; team morale had grown non-existent; there were difficulties in completing the engagement due to lack of preparation from both RWH and the client; th...Starting 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