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Florida Ice and Farm: sustainability champion from an emerging economy (B)
Ickis, John Cather; Prado Barboza, Andrea; García-Rada, XimenaCase INCAE-30794B_E-EService and Operations ManagementCase B describes the implementation of the strategy to use in FIFCO triple between 2009-2011, showing positive results as well as savings in several areas. Additionally, the case focuses on three of the twelve triple objectives of utility: responsible consumption, the volunteer program and neutral water. At the close of the case, Ramón Mendiola facing the following challenge: should consolidate triple useful strategy in the organization or expand...Starting at €5.74
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Fundación Castillo Córdova: Proyecto de Desarrollo Comunitario Integral, TZUNUNA
Figueroa Morón, Luis; Central American Healthcare Initiative (CAHI); Prado Barboza, AndreaCase INCAE-31230_SEl caso ilustra los retos de las acciones de RSE de empresas latinoamericanas ante entornos sociales con enormes deficiencias básicas. El mismo presenta los antecedentes, acciones y resultados de un proyecto de desarrollo comunitario integral implementado en una zona rural pobre de Guatemala. El caso permite que el estudiante internalice problemas sociales como la desnutrición crónica como una amenaza para la competitividad. Asi como también la i...Starting at €8.20
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Dollar General Bids for Family Dollar
Heese, Jonas; Price, Paula A.; Srinivasan, Suraj; Lane, DavidCase HBS-116007-EAccounting and ControlIn spring 2015, Dollar General's CEO Rick Dreiling was looking ahead to retiring at year's end but worried about ensuring continued growth for the company he had built since 2008 into a market leader in the U.S. discount retail world. Dollar General operaStarting at €8.20
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Accounting for the iPhone Upgrade Program (A) and (B), Teaching Note
Heese, Jonas; Palepu, Krishna G.; Sherman, H. DavidTeaching Note HBS-117041-EAccounting and ControlTeaching note for cases 117020 and 117039.Starting at €0.00
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Accounting for Nuclear Power Provisions at RWE
Healy, Paul M.; Heese, JonasCase HBS-118013-EAccounting and ControlIn early 2016, RWE, a utility that operates nuclear power plants in Germany, came under scrutiny from regulators and the media over the adequacy of its provisions for costs of decommissioning and dismantling (D&D) its nuclear power plants. Accounting standards required utilities to record the present value of projected D&D costs as a liability. However, there were many uncertainties associated with these estimates given the actual cash outlays wo...Starting at €8.20
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Accounting Turbulence at Boeing
Heese, Jonas; Srinivasan, Suraj; Lane, David; Barnett, JamesCase HBS-118020-EAccounting and ControlUnlike its rival Airbus, Boeing used a practice called program accounting to record its commercial aircraft expenses since the 1980s. Program accounting allowed Boeing to expense estimated average costs instead of the actual production costs of an aircrafStarting at €8.20
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Accounting for Nuclear Power Provisions at RWE, Teaching Note
Heese, JonasTeaching Note HBS-118043-EAccounting and ControlTeaching note for case 118013.Starting at €0.00
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Fair Value Accounting at Berkshire Hathaway Inc. (B)
Heese, Jonas; Srinivasan, Suraj; Brochet, FrancoisCase HBS-119090-EAccounting and ControlThis case serves as a complement to the case "Fair Value Accounting at Berkshire Hathaway, Inc. (A)".Starting at €5.74
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Starling Trust Sciences: Measuring Trust in Organizations
Dey, Aiyesha; Heese, Jonas; Weber, JamesCase HBS-120006-EEntrepreneurshipStephen Scott needed to decide whether to keep his behavioral analytics startup in the people analytics sector or shift his company into the RegTech sector. Starling had develop technology that enabled its customers to anticipate and shape the behavior of their employees by examining company data on employees, including email traffic. Starling had struggled to grow in the people analytics sector while RegTech was an emerging sector that might pro...Starting at €8.20
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Accounting Fraud at Tesco Stores (A)
Heese, Jonas; Srinivasan, Suraj; Kelley, JuliaCase HBS-120032-EAccounting and ControlThis case describes the accounting fraud at Tesco Stores Limited (TSL), which was discovered by a senior accountant in TSL's finance department. The accountant was concerned about TSL's handling of commercial income, which, according to the accountant, overstated Tesco's profit by an estimated 246 million. Beyond the accounting issue, the case describes Tesco's organizational and cultural shortcoming causing this problem, how Tesco's new CEO Da...Starting at €8.20