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Sack, Robert J.
Balance Sheets: What Is and What If?
Sack, Robert J.; Haskins, Mark E.
C-2458 | Published August 30, 2022 | 5 pages. Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
Leslie Castle, a Certified Public Accountant (CPA) and accounting firm partner, finds herself in a reflective mode, recollecting several previous conversations with several nonaccountants that had que... Read More
Understanding Basic Financial Statements
Sack, Robert J.; Allen, Brandt R.
C-2335 | Published October 02, 2012 | 11 pages. Technical Note
Collection: Darden School of Business
This note describes balance sheets, income statements, and statements of owners' equity and serves as an introduction to basic financial statements. Read More
Naval Air Station Kodiak
Sack, Robert J.; Pottinger, Jeff; McCarthy, J. D.
C-2321 | Published May 04, 2011 | 9 pages. Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
CAPT Scott "Rattler" Smithson, weeks away from being relieved of duty at an air station that had achieved a performance record of virtual perfection, has received a surprise message from his Regional ... Read More
Naval Station Anchorage
Sack, Robert J.; Pottinger, Jeff; McCarthy, J. D.
C-2320 | Published May 02, 2011 | 9 pages. Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
CAPT Jake Branson is beginning his first week at work after assuming command of NAVSTA Anchorage. He has received a message from his Regional Commander indicating that Commander Naval Installations Co... Read More
WorldCom: Keeping Planes in the Air (A)
Sack, Robert J.; Mead, Jenny; Wicks, Andrew C.; Werhane, Patricia H.
E-0335 | Published September 24, 2008 | 16 pages. Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
This case focuses on the dilemma faced by Betty Vinson, a senior manager in the corporate accounting division of telecommunications giant WorldCom, when asked repeatedly to falsify financial informati... Read More
Nuclear-Powered Aircraft Carrier Life-Cycle Cost Analysis
Sack, Robert J.; Cross, Tom; Pottinger, Jeff
C-2282 | Published March 25, 2008 | 11 pages. Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
In 1996, to find ways to reduce operating costs as well as the costs of future acquisitions, the Navy began to assess various design concepts for a new class of aircraft carriers and to analyze life-c... Read More
Key Cost Management Principles Every Executive Must Know
Sack, Robert J.; McCarthy, Daniel
C-2278 | Published January 28, 2008 | 5 pages. Technical Note
Collection: Darden School of Business
In discussing the key cost management principles every executive must know, this technical note organizes the information under six principles. For example, the many meanings of the word "cost" are de... Read More
Diversified Electronics Corporation
C-2279 | Published January 28, 2008 | 10 pages. Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
In a 1998 spin-off from Global Electric Corp, the Diversified Electronics Corporation had been given two families of products: The Air Control Group included a variety of devices to manage the composi... Read More
Run, Inc.
Sack, Robert J.; Mead, Jenny; Wicks, Andrew C.
E-0283 | Published January 23, 2006 | 14 pages. Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
Martin Field, the new controller for the automobile replacement-parts company Run, Inc., is not comfortable with a large write-off that the family-owned company plans to make in 2004. Fairly new to th... Read More
World Portal
Sack, Robert J.; Allen, Brandt R.; Cross, Tom
C-2225 | Published July 15, 2005 Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
World Portal was a successful Internet portal. They had just received a letter from a Wall Street analyst expressing skepticism about their financial statement transparency. How would they respond to ... Read More
Consumer Service Company (A)
Sack, Robert J.; Haskins, Mark E.
C-2192 | Published June 23, 2004 Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
This in-class role-play provides an effective means for uncovering, highlighting, and discussing principles for developing a sales budget and the ethical issues embedded in the relationship between in... Read More
Marge Norman and Miniscribe Corporation
Sack, Robert J.; Mead, Jenny; Wicks, Andrew C.; Williams, Leslie; Werhane, Patricia H.; Severance, Kristi
C-2168 | Published May 20, 2003 | 12 pages. Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
This case details the rise of a hard-disk storage manufacturer in the mid-1980s and the company's demise after executives manipulated the financial information. Read More
Ben & Jerry's Homemade, Inc. (B): Scooped Up! What Lies Ahead?
Sack, Robert J.; Mead, Jenny; Werhane, Patricia H.
E-0226 | Published December 28, 2001 | 5 pages. Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
Case B describes the aftermath of Ben & Jerry's being acquired by Unilever. While there was public sadness and dismay over the socially responsible company appearing to "sell out," Ben Cohen and Jerry... Read More
Dunlap Corporation
C-2159 | Published December 14, 2001 | 2 pages. Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
Dunlap Corporation has just adopted FAS No. 87, "Employers' Accounting for Pensions." Students are asked to perform a variety of calculations in order to determine the amounts of the pension-related i... Read More
Ben & Jerry's Homemade, Inc. (A): Acquisition Suitors at the Door
Sack, Robert J.; Mead, Jenny; Werhane, Patricia H.
E-0225 | Published March 13, 2001 | 21 pages. Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
Ben Cohen and Jerry Greenfield were best friends and socially conscious entrepreneurs when they founded Ben & Jerry's Homemade in the 1970s in Burlington, Vermont. The company was well-known for being... Read More
MiniScribe Corporation
Sack, Robert J.; Severance, Kristi; Johnson, K. Roger
C-2139 | Published February 24, 1998 | 29 pages. Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
MiniScribe manufactured disk drives for personal computers. It stumbled during an industry shake, but was rescued by a turnaround specialist. The turnaround appeared to be spectacular, but it was only... Read More
Credit and Collections Corporation
C-2253 | Published April 04, 1997 | 6 pages. Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
An accounting issue arose when a firm that managed accounts receivable for clients began planning for a public issue of its shares. Two public accounting firms it approached gave different opinions on... Read More
Computer Peripherals, Inc. (B)
Sack, Robert J.; Haskins, Mark E.; Gatto, Sheryl; Luther, Howard
C-2091 | Published August 11, 1993 | 4 pages. Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
This case extends the A case discussion to include the perspectives of a writer for an industry trade publication who is an expert in the products and product markets. Students consider an industry's ... Read More
Computer Peripherals, Inc. (A)
Sack, Robert J.; Haskins, Mark E.; Gatto, Sheryl
C-2090 | Published August 02, 1993 | 10 pages. Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
Pat Coleman, new audit partner on the Computer Peripherals account, was feeling the pressure. The company's CEO insisted that the audit be completed by the following week, but Pat wondered whether is... Read More