Darden University of Virginia (USA)
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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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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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POSCO, FINEX, and Technology Sharing
Mead, Jenny; Sisodia, Rajendra; Freeman, R. Edward; Krehmeyer, DeanCase DARDEN-E-0395-EBusiness Ethics and Corporate Social ResponsibilityPOSCO was a South Korean company that manufactured and sold products such as hot-rolled and cold-rolled steel, stainless steel plates, wire rods, and silicon steel sheets. Determined to find a greener and more cost-efficient alternative technology for steelmaking, POSCO decided to develop a new technology. Called FINEX, this technology significantly lowered operating costs, cut emissions, and, by eliminating the need for sinter and coking plants,...Starting at €8.20
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POSCO and Quick Six Sigma
Mead, Jenny; Sisodia, Rajendra; Freeman, R. Edward; Krehmeyer, DeanCase DARDEN-E-0396-EBusiness Ethics and Corporate Social ResponsibilityPOSCO was a South Korean company that manufactured and sold products such as hot-rolled and cold-rolled steel, stainless steel plates, wire rods, and silicon steel sheets. Along with other steelmaking companies, it faced the dilemma of the excessive waste inherent in its industry. In 2005, POSCO had initiated QSS (Quick Six Sigma or Quick and Smart Solution), which was extremely successful and had continuously contributed to waste reduction. Havi...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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POSCO and "Thanks Sharing"
Mead, Jenny; Krehmeyer, Dean; Sisodia, Rajendra; Freeman, R. EdwardCase DARDEN-E-0397-EBusiness Ethics and Corporate Social ResponsibilityPOSCO was a South Korean company that manufactured and sold products such as hot-rolled and cold-rolled steel, stainless steel plates, wire rods, and silicon steel sheets. POSCO management had worked hard since 2011 to infuse the company with the tenets of conscious capitalism and to make the company a "Firm of Endearment." Consequently, it came as an unhappy surprise when the New Economics Foundation (NEF) ranked South Korea 68th out of 143 coun...Starting at €8.20