Students explore the variability in earnings due solely to the need to make estimates for several common financial statement asset-related expense items. They consider depreciable asset lives and residual values; estimated uncollectible accounts receivable; and temporary versus permanent losses...

Do not edit content of this case. It must match the Cambridge book version (2009) exactly. Formatting may be updated as necessary. This short but provocative case is a useful vehicle for differentiating the financial statement effects of just a few of the accounting method choices available...

This competitive bidding game consists of four teams, which can be two to four students. (Several games can be played simultaneously.) Each team runs a printing company that has a capacity of forty press hours a week plus overtime. The case gives budgeted costs, saying which are likely to be...

"Media General and the Balanced Scorecard (A)" (UVA-C-2283) describes the impetus for and the process of implementing a balanced scorecard (BSC) in a large, publicly held, multimedia news organization. The B case (UVA-C-2284) presents a situation where a business-unit manager turns to his...

This case can be used as a supplement to Berkshire Hathaway Inc. -- Intercorporate Investments (A) (UVA-C-2240). Students are presented with hypothetical data related to one of Berkshire Hathaway's investments and asked to compare the financial statement impacts of the investment if it is...

The purpose of this case is to illustrate the numerous financial accounting and reporting issues associated with the purchase of corporate bonds that may or may not be held to maturity. It requires students to calculate the effective semiannual interest rate and to prepare a bond premium...

The purpose of this case is to illustrate the numerous financial accounting and reporting issues associated with the issuance of corporate bonds at less than face value. The case requires students to calculate the effective semiannual interest rate and to prepare a bond amortization schedule. It...

After the successful implementation of Lean manufacturing concepts at U.S. Navy Aircraft Intermediate Maintenance Depot (AIMD) Lemoore, particularly with regard to the maintenance processes for the F404 engine on the F/A-18 Hornet, these concepts have became the standard by which production...