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Johansen's: The New Scorecard System
Lynch, Luann J.; Forman, Jennifer; Gillam, GrahamCase DARDEN-C-2371-EAccounting and ControlJohansen's has just completed its first year under a new scorecard system for evaluation of manager performance. The manager of Store 51 has traditionally been one of the company's top-performing managers from a financial standpoint, but his overall performance rating has declined due to performance along nonfinancial dimensions. The managers at the performance summit must discuss his performance in the context of a new performance evaluation sys...Starting at €8.20
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Working Capital: A Summary of Ratios by Industry - Teaching Note
Lynch, Luann J.; Gillam, Graham; Forman, JenniferTeaching Note DARDEN-C-2348TN-EAccounting and ControlTeaching note for product C-2348Starting at €0.00
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High Places Studio (B)
Clyman, Dana R.; Sullivan, Jenelle HammesCase DARDEN-QA-0547-EDecision AnalysisIn the B case, a question arises concerning what type of contract to offer the film's star. Should the studio offer a standard fixed-fee contract, or should it offer a smaller fixed fee plus a percentage of the gross? Moreover, which alternative would the star prefer? See also the A case, UVA-QA-0546.Starting at €5.74
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Johansen's: The New Scorecard System - Teaching Note
Lynch, Luann J.; Forman, Jennifer; Gillam, GrahamTeaching Note DARDEN-C-2371TN-EAccounting and ControlTeaching note for product C-2371Starting at €0.00
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Working Capital: A Summary of Ratios by Industry
Lynch, Luann J.; Gillam, Graham; Forman, JenniferCase DARDEN-C-2348-EAccounting and ControlThe case graphically presents various working capital ratios (days inventory outstanding, days sales outstanding, days payables outstanding, cash conversion cycle, and operating cycle) over the 2009-through-2012 period by industry and for specific well-known companies. Students are given the opportunity to craft an intuitive story around the ratios they are given in the case. The case works well as a supplement for classes on working capital mana...Starting at €8.20
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Johansen's New Scorecard System: The Summit
Lynch, Luann J.; Forman, Jennifer; Gillam, GrahamCase DARDEN-C-2349-EAccounting and ControlJohansen's, a large high-end department store, has just completed its first year under a new scorecard system for evaluation of manager performance. The manager of Store 51 has traditionally been one of the company's top-performing managers from a financial standpoint, but his overall performance rating has declined due to performance along nonfinancial dimensions. Using a role-playing exercise, the managers at the performance summit must discus...Starting at €8.20
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Johansen's New Scorecard System: The Summit - Teaching Note
Lynch, Luann J.; Forman, Jennifer; Gillam, GrahamTeaching Note DARDEN-C-2349TN-EAccounting and ControlTeaching note for product C-2349Starting at €0.00
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Port of Singapore Authority: Ideology vs. Pragmatism—Trade and Geopolitics in the Malacca Strait
Chen, Ming-Jer; Leong, JinCase DARDEN-S-0351StrategyThis case describes the growth of the Asian ports industry between 2015 and 2020 and the impact of escalating US-China trade tensions and rising Chinese direct investments on regional port competition. Throughout the 2000s, the volume of Asian shipping steadily increased on the back of an expanding Chinese economy. The case focuses on how the Chinese Belt and Road Initiative and new Chinese-funded mega-ports like the Malacca Gateway Port would af...Starting at €8.20
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Working Capital: A Summary of Ratios by Industry, 2016 - Teaching Note
Lynch, Luann J.; Gillam, Graham; Forman, JenniferTeaching Note DARDEN-C-2388TN-EAccounting and ControlTeaching note for product C-2388Starting at €0.00
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FedEx in the Chinese Express Delivery Market: Face-Off in the Forbidden City
Chen, Ming-Jer; Leong, JinCase DARDEN-S-0156-EStrategyThis case is appropriate for strategy courses and courses that focus on competitive dynamics. It follows FedEx from when it was the only international express freight delivery company with direct flights into such key Chinese cities as Shanghai, Beijing, and Shenzhen and had a virtual monopoly over South China’s international express delivery market up to the competitive events that had taken some of the shine off FedEx operations in China. Leade...Starting at €8.20