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An Overview of Patent Quality: Assessment Valuation and Financial Reporting Implications
Bruner, Robert F.; Frank, Mary Margaret; Simko, Paul J.; Martin, DavidTechnical Note DARDEN-F-1539-EFinanceA significant fraction of corporate market values derive from intellectual property. It is vital for the practicing manager to appreciate the risks and uncertainties surrounding intellectual property. This note focuses specifically on patent positions, arguing that these deserve special scrutiny because of an emerging crisis within and among governments, corporations, and inventors. The objective of this note is to introduce the reader to patent ...Starting at €8.20
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Hamilton’s Electronics Services, Inc.: The Second Year - Teaching Note
Lynch, Luann J.; Frank, Mary MargaretTeaching Note DARDEN-C-2396TN-EAccounting and ControlTeaching note for product C-2396Starting at €0.00
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The Treatment of Goodwill and Other Purchased Intangibles for Tax Purposes
Frank, Mary MargaretTechnical Note DARDEN-C-2258-EAccounting and ControlThis note outlines the effect of Section 197 of the IRS Code on goodwill and other intangibles purchased in an acquisition by comparing the treatment of goodwill and other purchased intangibles for tax and financial accounting purposes. The allocation of the purchase price in different taxable asset deal structures, the residual method, contingent payments and recapture taxes are also briefly discussed. These tax laws affect current and future ca...Starting at €8.20
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How to Put More Strategy in Your "Taxes and Business Strategy" Course: A Case-Method Approach
Frank, Mary MargaretTechnical Note DARDEN-C-2265-EAccounting and ControlThis technical note provides the design for a case-method course called "Taxation and Management Decisions" taught in Darden's MBA program. The course is a general management course, and is designed specifically to exclude mergers and acquisitions, which are taught in another elective. While the entire course is taught through the case method, students discuss and analyze a mixture of cases and press articles and exercises. The case method is an ...Starting at €8.20
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H&S Company
Frank, Mary Margaret; Habenicht, Paul; Garza, MelissaCase DARDEN-C-2310-EAccounting and ControlA important decision in starting a business is the choice of legal entity. This case provides a realistic, yet stylized, setting to facilitate a discussion of factors to consider in the entity choice decision, emphasizing legal and tax issues. Two MBA graduates have raised $5.2 million in equity from a small group of investors to buy a company. Upon determining to buy assets from another company to start their business venture, they must determin...Starting at €8.20
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Hamilton’s Electronics Services, Inc.: The Second Year
Lynch, Luann J.; Frank, Mary MargaretCase DARDEN-C-2396-EAccounting and ControlThe owner of Hamilton´s has provided his CPA with all the company’s invoices, bank statements, and a lot of other miscellaneous business-related information for the company´s second year. He has asked the CPA to reconstruct, in summary form, all the company’s second-year transactions and to create an income statement for its second year of operations and a balance sheet at the end of that year.Starting at €8.20
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Lofty Missions, Down-to-Earth Plans (Spanish version)
Rangan, V. KasturiArticle HBS-R0403JBusiness Ethics and Corporate Social ResponsibilityMost nonprofits make program decisions based on a mission rather than a strategy. They rally under the banner of a particular cause. And because their causes are so worthwhile, they support any programs that are related to their core missions. It's hard to fault people for trying to improve the state of the world, but that approach to making decisions is misguided. Acting without a clear, long-term strategy can stretch an agency's core capabiliti...Starting at €8.20
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Market Research for a New Product Introduction (Brief Case) (Spanish version)
Rangan, V. Kasturi; Yong, SunruCase HBS-412S05Marketingconsumer marketing, market research, new product introduction, and quantitative analysis. TruEarth Healthy Foods, a maker of gourmet pastas, sauces, and meals, wants to build on its successful introduction of fresh whole grain pasta by introducing a similar product concept for pizza. In an increasingly competitive market, TruEarth is focused on beating its competition and wants to act quickly and decisively. The company conducts extensive market...Starting at €8.20
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Launching the Credit Card in Romania (Brief Case) (Spanish version)
Rangan, V. Kasturi; Yong, SunruCase HBS-414S12StrategyWinner of the 2014 Case Centre Award in the category of "Economics, Politics and Business Environment." When students have the English-language PDF of this Brief Case in a coursepack, they will also have the option to purchase an audio version. In 2006, the country manager for Alpen Bank in Romania, Gregory Carle, considers whether to recommend the launch of a credit card business. The firm rejected the idea several years earlier because of poor ...Starting at €8.20
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Dell Online (Spanish Version)
Rangan, V. Kasturi; Bell, MarieCase HBS-502S31MarketingDell comenzó el comercio en línea para sus ordenadores en 1996, y para 1997 había alcanzado una tasa de ventas de $ 3 millones al día. El caso describe el proceso interno que dio lugar a estos resultados dramáticos y plantea la cuestión de cómo la empresa debe aprovechar esta actividad a fin de lograr el 50% de la compañía que está previsto $ 20 mil millones en ventas para el año 2000 a través de los canales de Internet de conocer a Michael Dell....Starting at €8.20