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...