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Travelling Thai Ltd.
Elizabeth M.A. Grasby; Jessica KellyExercise IVEY-9B12B017-EAccounting and ControlA company that has a fleet of food trucks serving Thai food has issued bonds twice since its incorporation. Because the company has reached a level of maturity and is in the sixth year of operations, it is able to recall a portion of one of the bonds. The other bonds mature. Students are asked to record the transactions related to these bonds.Starting at €8.20
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Fresh Air Communications
Elizabeth M.A. Grasby; Jessica KellyExercise IVEY-9B12B019-EAccounting and ControlA large, well-established telecommunications company headquartered in Vancouver, British Columbia, has decided to begin an overhaul of its infrastructure, beginning with a small pilot project. The case centres around the bonds used to finance this project, the short-term investments made with portions of the bond proceeds, and the company's outstanding common shares.Starting at €8.20
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Mama J's Marmalade
Elizabeth M.A. Grasby; Amy ShuhExercise IVEY-9B14B002-EAccounting and ControlIn 2013, the chief executive officer of a marmalade manufacturing company needs to update his accounting records for the fiscal year. In order to complete this task, he gathers the previous year's financial statements and a list of cash receipts and disbursements for the current year in order to perform a financial analysis.Starting at €8.20
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Mystery Corporations Challenge
Vaughan S. Radcliffe; Eeshan Paranjape; Evan HuangExercise IVEY-9B14B005-EAccounting and ControlThe case presents students with common size balance sheets, financial ratios and related financial information. Students are required to correctly identify a series of corporations in distinctive industries based solely on their analysis of this financial data.Starting at €8.20
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Revenue Maximization: Apartment Rental Units
Karen Shastri; Steven OnaitisExercise IVEY-9B17B003-EAccounting and Control, EntrepreneurshipIn the summer of 2016, a real estate investment company was planning management and budgeting for apartment rental units in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, a U.S. city with a large student population. The company needed to determine the various unit agreement terms—by year, by semester (fall, spring, and summer), and by month—using software to find optimal rents. Using Excel’s Solver tool, the optimal rents needed to be determined and incorporated into...Starting at €8.20
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The Game of Financial Ratios
Pooja Gupta; Madhvi Sethi; Darroch A. RobertsonExercise IVEY-9B17B001-EAccounting and Control, StrategyThis exercise revolves around the rivalry between two financial analysts. Upset by their constant game of one-upmanship, an advisor to the governor of the Reserve Bank of India came up with a challenge for them to prove who was better. He provided them with financial data for the financial year ending March 2014 from 10 anonymous companies and asked them to match the financial data with specific industries given in a list. The challenge was timed...Starting at €8.20
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Excellent Sales Academy Vs. Premium Software: Excellent Sales Academy: Role of Chief Finance Officer (Portuguese Version, Brazil)
Mehta, KandarpExercise NEGE-17-PBAccounting and Control, Business Ethics and Corporate Social Responsibility, Decision Analysis, Leadership and People ManagementExcellent Sales Academy (ESA) Vs Premium Software (PS) is a multiparty, internal-external negotiation exercise. It looks at issues like incentive system, corporate strategy and alignment of personal and organizational goals in the context of a negotiation. The exercise contains four roles. Chief Sales Officer and the Chief Finance Officer of ESA and Chief Finance Officer and Chief Learning Officer of PS. The negotiation exercise includes two nego...Starting at €8.20
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General Hardware, Inc.
Simko, Paul J.Exercise DARDEN-C-2446-EAccounting and ControlThe owners of a chain of hardware stores are preparing the most recent quarter financial statements. A number of business details are provided, including information to assess accrual accounting net income: sales, cost of sales, operating expenses, interest, depreciation, and taxes. The most recent balance sheet is provided, enabling an assessment of basic accruals (e.g., tax payable). This case may be used as a stand-alone exercise to illustra...Starting at €8.20
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Vitaliy’s Purchase Decision
Baucells, Manel; Dydyshka, VitaliyExercise DARDEN-QA-0861-EDecision AnalysisThis short case presents the trade-offs that Vitaliy faces before purchasing a car. The case contains a consequence table showing five different cars and how they fare on six attributes, including price, user ratings, torque, fuel consumption, and engine power. The case is ideal to introduce the multiattribute methodology.Starting at €8.20
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NESA
Palencia, Luis; Grandes, Mª JesúsExercise CE-26Accounting and ControlEn julio de 2013, Pedro Torca y Marisa Mercader viajaron a Taxonia, un pequeño principado europeo, para celebrar su reciente graduación del programa Executive MBA. Pedro, que trabajaba en una ingeniería, y Marisa, que era responsable de Project Finance en un banco, hacía tiempo que se planteaban fundar su propia empresa, y estaban continuamente explorando oportunidades de negocio. Taxonia, situada entre Suecia y Portugal, era conocida por sus rec...Starting at €8.20