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Daya Counselling Centre: Response to Funding Cuts - Teaching Note
Melissa JeanTeaching Note IVEY-8B20B003-EAccounting and ControlTeaching note for product 9B20B003.Starting at €0.00
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Summer Swim Academy: Expansion Options - Teaching Note
Melissa JeanTeaching Note IVEY-8B17B022-EAccounting and ControlTeaching note for product 9B17B022.Starting at €0.00
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Summer Swim Academy: Expansion Options
Melissa JeanCase IVEY-9B17B022-EAccounting and Control, EntrepreneurshipIn October 2016, the founder of Summer Swim Academy—a provider of swimming lessons and lifeguarding services to families in Burlington, Ontario—was reflecting on the organization’s second full season of operations. The founder had been providing services in Burlington for the past six years and had been operating the business formally under the Summer Swim Academy brand for the past two years. She wanted to evaluate the possibility of expanding h...Starting at €8.20
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The Miswak Company
Melissa Jean; Jonathan DrewnowskyCase IVEY-9B16B006-EAccounting and Control, EntrepreneurshipTwo undergraduate business students wanted to assess the feasibility of starting a business that would sell an all-natural and completely biodegradable alternative toothbrush — the Miswak. A total of $50,000 had already been secured for the initial investment; however, the young partners wondered whether this investment would be sufficient to sustain the cash flows of the business for its first three years of operations and, if not, how much addi...Starting at €8.20
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Daya Counselling Centre: Response to Funding Cuts
Melissa JeanCase IVEY-9B20B003-EAccounting and ControlIn early October 2018, the executive director of Daya Counselling Centre had just learned that the Ontario Works program, one of the centre’s major funded-referral programs, was planning a significant change. The executive director was concerned about theStarting at €8.20
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Fortune Minerals — Adoption of IFRS
Chris Sturby; Melissa JeanCase IVEY-9B11B013-EAccounting and Control, Finance, StrategyThe controller of a publicly traded mining company must make a series of recommendations to the chief executive officer and chief financial officer of the company as it prepares to adopt international financial reporting standards (IFRS). Major decisions revolve around accounting for the company’s fixed assets and mining properties — specifically, whether to capitalize or expense certain items, whether to record certain assets at their values of ...Starting at €8.20
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Fortune Minerals - The Nico Project
Chris Sturby; Melissa JeanCase IVEY-9B11B012-EAccounting and Control, FinanceA publicly traded mining company has an opportunity to develop a mine containing gold, cobalt, and bismuth in Canada’s Northwest Territories and must determine the financial viability of doing so. In order to gauge the attractiveness of the project, the company needs to evaluate the net present value of the opportunity, given volatile and uncertain variables, such as commodity prices and foreign exchange rates. The company must also consider a nu...Starting at €8.20
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Andrew Peller Limited: An Investment Opportunity
Melissa JeanCase IVEY-9B17B010-EAccounting and ControlIn early 2017, Andrew Peller Limited (APL), a producer and marketer of quality wines and Canada’s only publicly traded winemaker, presented an interesting opportunity for investors. If investors were looking to diversify their current holdings and were considering an investment in the food and beverage sector, would APL make a good investment? To help make this decision, potential investors needed to assess the organization’s past financial perfo...Starting at €8.20
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Asante Teaching Hospital: Activity-Based Costing
Melissa Jean; Courtney YoungCase IVEY-9B16B012-EAccounting and Control, StrategyIn August 2015, an intern at Asante Teaching Hospital, a prestigious not-for-profit hospital in Johannesburg, South Africa, wanted to organize the cost data she had gathered from staff interviews into clear recommendations for the hospital's chief executive officer. Asante Teaching Hospital's maternity ward competitors had begun offering bundled pricing for natural births, and the intern wondered if Asante Teaching Hospital should do the same. In...Starting at €8.20