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Ken Traub at American Bank Note Holographics
Srinivasan, Suraj; Norris, MichaelCase HBS-113073-EAccounting and ControlKen Traub is hired as CFO for American Bank Note Holographics, the market-leading security holograph company in January 1999, but discovers on his first day that the company has misstated its financials and resigns. After consulting with the company for the next several weeks as it announces its misstatements to the public, he is asked to become president of the company. Should he take the job or is the company a sinking ship?Starting at €8.20
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City Developments Limited’s Internationalization: Chinese Property Troubles Hit the Third Generation
Marleen DielemanCase IVEY-W27232-EAccounting and ControlThe case describes the family tensions and corporate crisis at City Developments Limited (CDL), a large and well-reputed Singaporean property firm that was the flagship company of a larger family-controlled business group. The gradual transition to the third-generation leader was marked by an aggressive growth strategy in China, which unravelled when the Chinese property sector experienced headwinds and CDL’s Chinese joint venture partner experie...Starting at €8.20
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City Developments Limited’s Internationalization: Chinese Property Troubles Hit the Third Generation - Teaching Note
Marleen DielemanTeaching Note IVEY-W27233-EAccounting and ControlTeaching note for product W27232.Starting at €0.00
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Netflix: Valuing a New Business Model
Brochet, Francois; Srinivasan, Suraj; Norris, MichaelCase HBS-113018-EAccounting and ControlIn autumn 2011, Netflix was working to right the ship after publicly stumbling through a price hike and strategic shift and then retreat. The company was changing its business model to focus on streaming video service rather than the DVDs by mail that hadStarting at €8.20
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Trouble Brewing for Green Mountain Coffee Roasters
Srinivasan, Suraj; Norris, MichaelCase HBS-113035-EAccounting and ControlIn October 2011, noted hedge fund manager David Einhorn of Greenlight Capital delivered a presentation at an investors' conference analyzing the business and accounting quality weaknesses of Green Mountain Coffee Roasters. Until then Green Mountain had exStarting at €8.20