Research Cases Using the Codification R. Mark Alford, Teresa M. DiMattia, Nancy T. Hill, and Kevin T. Stevens ABSTRACT: This series of four short cases is designed to help students develop the skills to research the Financial Accounting Standards Board’s (FASB) Accounting Standards Codification and other authoritative literature. It also is designed to help improve students’ ability to analyze and critique the complex issues that often surround the accounting for revenue recognition. The case scenarios
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Documentum | | | Setting for the Case In November 1993 Jeff Miller, Documentum's CEO, is faced with the challenge of pursuing either a vertical or horizontal marketing strategy to route Documentum towards profitability. Situation and Business Issues Documentum enjoys a leading role in an emerging and potentially lucrative space. But profiting from this opportunity will require overcoming several immediate hurdles including a limited customer base, formidable competitors and unforeseen
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MILLERSBURG — She failed to take advantage of an eight-month opportunity to pay restitution, and for that, a Coshocton woman is going to jail for keeping another woman's federal and state tax returns. Corinna M. Ozuna, 44, of 44980 County Road 19, previously pleaded guilty in Holmes County Common Pleas Court to a single count of theft. A previously scheduled sentencing date was continued to allow Ozuna to repay the $1,431 she owes es the victim, but has only paid $100 toward the obligation. Other
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Paper towel rolls are an everyday household item and it sold in almost every grocery store. There are not many manufactures of paper towels, Bounty, Brawny, Scott, Viva, Sparkle, Kleenex and each store typically has their own generic brand as well. Each of the companies who sell paper towels also can chose the quantities they sells them at, the most common are 1, 3, 6, 12, and 24. There is a very inelastic demand for paper towels since there are not many substitutes for them except individual paper
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Business case analysis BCA can be defined as a decision support and planning tool that projects the likely financial results and other business consequences of an action. The analysis essentially asks “What happens if we take this or that action?" The analysis answers in business terms—business costs, business benefits, and business risks. The word case in the term signals that BCA results are often used with proposals, or arguments, to “make the case” for taking action or for choosing one decision
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Cisco IT Case Study Organizational Change and Advanced Services for Operational Success How Cisco IT Implemented Organizational Change and Advanced Services for Operational Success New organizational framework greatly improves operations. Given today’s pressing need to optimize IT services and resources while reducing costs and improving organizationwide productivity, the Cisco lifecycle methodology offers the framework needed to make operations more efficient and responsive. Cisco IT Network
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Each student must complete a Final Project. The Final Project is a definitive case analysis and is to be in the form of a written paper in APA format. The purpose of the Final Project is to assess the student’s learning accomplishments by demonstrating how well the student has assimilated the information learned in this and all other Business Management courses. The Final Project includes two definitive business case analyses. The successful student will be able to discern between relevant and
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Ernst & Young “Business Leaders of Tomorrow” Case Contest Bigg Glowbell (BG) Case Study Table of Contents Table of Contents ................................................................................................................................................ 1 Assignment Background .................................................................................................................................. 2 Bigg-Glowbell Overview ..................................................
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1. Facebook's business is to build useful and engaging products that enable people to connect and share through mobile devices and personal computers and make the world more open and connected. Facebook generates the substantial majority of their revenue from selling advertising placements to marketers and help them achieve their business objectives, such as online sales, in-store sales, or awareness of their brand. 2. Public companies are required to file various reports with the SEC. The first
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Cisco IT Case Study Organizational Change and Advanced Services for Operational Success How Cisco IT Implemented Organizational Change and Advanced Services for Operational Success New organizational framework greatly improves operations. Given today’s pressing need to optimize IT services and resources while reducing costs and improving organizationwide productivity, the Cisco lifecycle methodology offers the framework needed to make operations more efficient and responsive. Cisco IT Network
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