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AT&T Wireless: Text Messaging
Vaughan S. Radcliffe; Mitchell Stein; Michael LickverCase IVEY-9B11B005-EAccounting and Control, Marketing, StrategyThis case examines AT&T’s wireless business with a focus on its text messaging services. The industry features a high proportion of fixed costs in relation to acquiring spectrum and building a network. Variable costs are relatively low, especially in the case of SMS text messages. Pricing and margins in text messaging have attracted regulatory scrutiny in the Unites States, Canada, and elsewhere. The case requires the use of key concepts in cost ...Starting at €8.20
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BNL Stores
Vaughan S. Radcliffe; Paul CruzCase IVEY-9B12B027-EAccounting and ControlThe case requires students to conduct a financial analysis of BNL Stores, a retail business. Case materials include a multi-year balance sheet, an income statement and statement of cash flows data. Students will prepare and interpret selected ratios, and prepare a basic statement of cash flows.The case entails use of financial statement analysis, balance sheets and income statements to provide a complete picture of an organization's financial hea...Starting at €8.20
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Groupon and the SEC
Vaughan S. Radcliffe; Mitchell Stein; Alexis GottschalkCase IVEY-9B12B002-EAccounting and Control, Finance, StrategyThis case provides an opportunity to review Groupon Inc’s S1 filing made prior to an initial public offering. Groupon’s financial statements attracted a great deal of controversy due to revenue recognition policies that produced substantially higher revenues for the corporation, as well as non-GAAP earnings measures, especially ACSOI — an invention of the firm that served to exclude certain marketing expenses from the calculation of profit. Since...Starting at €8.20
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Groupon: cambiar los hábitos de compra
Sieber, Sandra; Káganer, Evgeny; Al Turaigi, Tariq; Tatarinov, KatherineCase SI-187Innovation and Change, Knowledge and CommunicationEl meteórico ascenso de Groupon sin duda había sido excepcional, hasta el punto de que la revista Forbes lo había calificado como "el mayor crecimiento que una empresa ha experimentado jamás". Al lograr decenas de millones de usuarios desde 2008, muchos pensaron que Groupon iba a cambiar el modo en que consumíamos y disfrutábamos de nuestro tiempo libre. Sin embargo, el 2 de junio de 2011 la empresa lanzó una OPV y no todos quedaron tan impresion...Starting at €8.20
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Groupon: Changing Shopping as We Know It
Sieber, Sandra; Káganer, Evgeny; Al Turaigi, Tariq; Tatarinov, KatherineCase SI-187-EInnovation and Change, Knowledge and CommunicationGroupon's meteoric rise was nothing short of exceptional, and it was one that had Forbes Magazine calling it "the fastest growing company ever." Acquiring tens of millions of users since 2008 led many to believe that Groupon was about to change the way people consumed and enjoyed their free time. However, on June 2, 2011, the company filed for an IPO and not everyone was impressed. Many voices berated the business model and the high marketing cos...Starting at €8.20
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Mystery Books Co.: Measuring Performance through Accounting Policy Choices
Vaughan S. Radcliffe; Mitchell Stein; Elaine WangExercise IVEY-W27858-EAccounting and Control, FinanceIn January 2021, the co-founder of Mystery Books Co. (Mystery Books) was evaluating the company’s 2020 performance under the leadership of his daughter as the new chief executive officer. His daughter had ambitions of securing Walmart Inc. as a key client, so the co-founder had promised her an additional performance bonus of 5 per cent of his 30 per cent ownership of common stock if she grew the company’s net income by 20 per cent over the previo...Starting at €8.20
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Screen Microtech Inc.
Vaughan S. Radcliffe; Deep DhillonCase IVEY-9B16B005-EAccounting and ControlScreen Microtech Inc., a capacitive touch screen manufacturer, had seen significant growth over the past year: it had moved its manufacturing plant, expanded operations, built a larger client base and seen an unprecedented increase in sales. Its chief executive officer was preparing an initial public offering that could lead to a significant bonus and stock shares for himself and for the company’s chief financial officer. This could be enough to ...Starting at €8.20
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crowdSPRING: "Design the Future" Competition
Káganer, Evgeny; Zamora, Javier; Oré, CarlosCase SI-180-EInformation TechnologiesThe co-founders and managing partners of crowdSPRING, a global marketplace for crowdsourced creative services located in Chicago, IL, were discussing the pipeline of ongoing projects. The development team was working at full capacity, on track for an on-time release of a set of new features and upgrades for the site. This was business as usual. There was, however, a non-trivial decision that Kimbarovsky and Samson needed to make. LG Electronics, ...Starting at €8.20
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Transforming Government Through Holacracy
Wong Ellinger, Eleunthia; Gregory, Robert Wayne; Káganer, EvgenyCase SI-205-EInformation TechnologiesCompanies are experimenting with novel forms of organization that distribute power to all workers and decrease or remove the role entirely of the traditional manager. These radical transformations in organization are attempted in order to recruit and retain skilled workers as well as innovate in products and services, Holacracy is one such system and is used by more than 1,000 companies across the world, including mid-size to large companies in t...Starting at €8.20
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Under Armour Settles with the SEC
Mitchell Stein; Vaughan S. Radcliffe; David BoothCase IVEY-W27293-EAccounting and Control, FinanceIn May 2021, a recent graduate from the master of business administration program at Ivey Business School noticed a news article about one of his investments, the leading athletic apparel company Under Armour, Inc. The article stated that Under Armour, Inc. was fined US$9 Million by the US Security and Exchange Commission. The charges were a result of concerns over the company’s revenue reporting practices, but the company's share price dropped o...Starting at €8.20