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Regina Broadband's Earnings Conference Call (B)
Powell, Elizabeth A.; Demers, Elizabeth A.Case DARDEN-C-2368-EAccounting and ControlWithin 30 minutes of releasing its Q4 and year-end earnings, Regina Broadband’s stock was down by over 25%. The company’s CEO and CFO realized they needed to quickly reframe and sharpen the message they would be giving to Regina’s shareholders and investors during that afternoon’s conference call, scheduled to take place in 15 minutes.Starting at €5.74
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Helvetia Insurance’s Dim Sum Bond Investment
Demers, Elizabeth A.; Yemen, GerryCase DARDEN-C-2387-EAccounting and ControlThis case explores the accounting for investments in corporate bonds. The global setting involving a Swiss insurer investing in the Chinese yuan-denominated debt (i.e., “dim sum bonds”) of France-based Renault provides significant opportunity for secondary learning. The case can be used with “Dim Sum Bonds at Renault S.A.”(UVA-C-2373), which involves the accounting for bonds payable from the perspective of the issuer. The accounting for Helvetia’...Starting at €8.20
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Strong Tie Ltd.
Dan ThompsonCase IVEY-9B11N021-EAccounting and Control, FinanceThe CEO of Strong Tie received the draft 2008 financial statements for the company, which was a manufacturer of structural connectors used in the building industry. He began to question the company’s performance when he compared the statements to those of previous years. How were profits holding up given the intense price competition in the industry? Were attempts to lower costs through more automation paying off? Were the current problems in the...Starting at €8.20
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Peyton Enterprises - Teaching Note
Demers, Elizabeth A.; Simko, Paul J.Teaching Note DARDEN-C-2365TN-EAccounting and ControlTeaching note for product C-2365Starting at €0.00
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Regina Broadband's Earnings Conference Call (A) and (B) - Teaching Note
Demers, Elizabeth A.; Powell, Elizabeth A.; Stevenson, DonaldTeaching Note DARDEN-C-2367TN-EAccounting and ControlTeaching note for product C-2367Starting at €0.00
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Introduction to Consolidation Accounting: Google’s Acquisition of Waze
Demers, Elizabeth A.; Yemen, GerryCase DARDEN-C-2354-EAccounting and ControlWhen Google purchased Israel-based Waze on June 11, 2013, many wondered how the quirky start-up had even gotten noticed. The answer was its product, an app launched from Ra’anana, Israel, that connected users with information about traffic-jams, accidents, shortcuts, cheap gas-and all sorts of driver-friendly data that was crowdsourced from drivers themselves. This acquisition provides an interesting international context for students to understa...Starting at €8.20
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Dim Sum Bonds at Renault S.A.
Demers, Elizabeth A.; Yemen, GerryCase DARDEN-C-2373-EAccounting and ControlThis case explores the accounting for long-term debt from the perspective of the issuer of bonds payable. The global setting involving France-based Renault issuing Chinese yuan-denominated debt in the offshore markets (i.e., “dim sum bonds”) provides significant opportunity for secondary learning. The accounting could be undertaken from the perspective of U.S. GAAP or IFRS (i.e., the standards are identical for the principal transaction and event...Starting at €8.20
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Gemini Electronics
Dan ThompsonCase IVEY-9B11N022-EAccounting and Control, Entrepreneurship, Finance, StrategyAccountant Sarah McIvor, a junior partner with PricewaterhouseCoopers, has been selected to conduct a financial review of Gemini Electronics Ltd. Gemini is an up-start American electronics company that recently went public and now wants to expand its business to rival the major Korean and Japanese producers. Before the company finalizes any expansion plans, Dr. Wang, the founder, feels it is prudent to conduct an independent evaluation of Gemini’...Starting at €8.20
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Darlarna Furniture Ltd.
Dan ThompsonCase IVEY-9B10B002-EAccounting and Control, Entrepreneurship, FinanceDarlarna is a manufacturer of high-end Swedish-style furniture. It has grown rapidly since its formation in 2005 and is currently attempting to expand into the U.S. market. In early 2009, after releasing the financial statements from the accountants, the owner became very concerned about a dramatic decrease in profits and all the bad news relating to the financial crisis in the United States. A chartered accountant was hired to conduct an analysi...Starting at €8.20
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High Performance Tire (Spanish version)
Dan ThompsonCase IVEY-9B06BS024Accounting and Control, EntrepreneurshipJenny Chen, CA, CFA, CMC has been hired by Jane Wallace of High Performance Tire. Jane, who inherited the firm from her parents, had successfully run the company for many years. When she transferred the responsibility to her son William in 2001, he began to make several changes in order to expand the number of outlets, diversify the product offering, and cut costs in the company. In 2004, the company was having difficulties and Jane decided to be...Starting at €8.20