Stanford Graduate School of Business (USA)
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FedEx and Pension Accounting
Blankespoor, E; ForoughiJCase SGSB-A222-EAccounting and ControlSusan Barney, chief financial officer of Parcel Expeditors (Parcel), a thriving same-day package delivery company headquartered in the United States, had to make some decisions. The management of Parcel was planning to take the company public in the coming year but they had yet to determine the accounting for certain pension plan costs. The most important goal for management was to provide investors with useful information for their decision ma...Starting at €8.20
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SK Planet in 2013: A Korean Giant's Big Bet on the U.S. Market
Burgelman, R; Chung, S, C; Nathanson, J; Lee, Won-yohCase SGSB-SM222-EStrategyThe case details the strategic decisions that SK Planet, a leader in web and mobile services in its home country of Korea, needed to make regarding the best way to carry out an aggressive global expansion—most importantly into the United States. The $1 billion company had a war chest of $600 million in cash, which allowed company leadership to consider three strategic options for evaluation: 1) Port or rebrand SK Planet’s top-ranked Korean servic...Starting at €8.20