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LIDL: A German Grocer in the United States
Lubna Nafees; Neel Das; Mokhalles MehdiCase IVEY-9B19A007-EMarketing, StrategyIn 2017, the German grocery chain Lidl Stiftung & Co. KG (Lidl) opened its first 20 U.S. stores in the southern states of Virginia, North Carolina, and South Carolina. Key target segments of Lidl were budget-conscious customers, middle-class families with children, and elderly customers on a fixed income. Lidl offered lower prices than its competitors and quickly gained a strong advantage in the marketplace. Despite high early consumer demand, ho...Starting at €8.20
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Accounting for Nuclear Power Provisions at RWE
Healy, Paul M.; Heese, JonasCase HBS-118013-EAccounting and ControlIn early 2016, RWE, a utility that operates nuclear power plants in Germany, came under scrutiny from regulators and the media over the adequacy of its provisions for costs of decommissioning and dismantling (D&D) its nuclear power plants. Accounting standards required utilities to record the present value of projected D&D costs as a liability. However, there were many uncertainties associated with these estimates given the actual cash outlays wo...Starting at €8.20
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Fake News at DER SPIEGEL (B): The Commission's Recommendations
Dey, Aiyesha; Heese, Jonas; Labruyere, ToniaCase HBS-120002-EAccounting and ControlThis (B) case serves as a complement to the case "Fake News at DER SPIEGEL (A)".Starting at €5.74
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Fake News at DER SPIEGEL (C): Organizational Changes
Dey, Aiyesha; Heese, Jonas; Labruyere, ToniaCase HBS-120005-EAccounting and ControlThis (C) case complements the case "Fake News at DER SPIEGEL (A)".Starting at €5.74
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Dan McCrum - Unmasking Wirecard
Heese, Jonas; Wang, Charles C.Y.; Labruyere, Tonia; Moniz, CarlotaCase HBS-123098-EAccounting and ControlDan McCrum, an investigative journalist for the Financial Times, had spent the past six years fighting to expose German payment processing firm Wirecard. The company had enjoyed years of exponential growth and was viewed by several investors as the poster child of Germany's tech sector. But to McCrum something smelled fishy and he couldn't help but wonder if Wirecard's true dealings weren't just hidden behind its complex business model. He starte...Starting at €8.20