Students are presented with the balance sheet and the lease footnote from AMR Corporation's 2004 Annual Report and are asked to respond to several questions regarding information in the materials. Questions center around what can be inferred regarding operating leases and capital leases from the...

Monroe Clock Company, a producer of electrical timers, is trying to decide how to price a new device by considering the method of overhead allocation and its impact on the cost of the household timer. The B case can be taught independently or in conjunction with the A case (UVA-C-2228), which...

In 2000, Breeden Electronics USA sold fewer RC1 units and more RC2 units than they had expected. Sales of RC2 units were to 18 mail-order companies that required special attention (more than required by the RC1 customers). This attention incurred unexpected costs. Marlene Baer, the controller,...

This case builds on the A case (UVA-C-2199). Marlene Baer, the controller of Breeden Electronics, recognizes that grouping all manufacturing overhead costs together and allocating them to Breeden's two products is not very accurate. She groups overhead costs by activity and then allocates them...

Breeden Electronics USA is a start-up division of a German company. It plans to produce two products, both electronic signaling devices. Herman Klein, the division president, has asked his controller, Marlene Baer, to compute several breakeven sales figures as they assess the sales level that is...

John Johnson, the owner of the FinePrint Company, is presented with several opportunities to consider: (1) whether to accept a one-time special printing order (the A case, UVA-C-2193), (2) whether to outsource some of his printing to another printing company (the B case), and (3) whether to both...

John Johnson, the owner of the FinePrint Company, is presented with several opportunities to consider: (1) whether to accept a one-time special printing order (the A case, UVA-C-2193), (2) whether to outsource some of his printing to another printing company (the B case, UVA-C-2194), and (3)...

This case exposes students to (1) basic assumptions in the creation of an operating plan; (2) analyzing the difference between actual and planned financial results, including the development of flexible expense budgets, quantifying the profit impact of various business risks that impact profit,...

We examine whether the relation between earnings and bonuses changes after Sarbanes-Oxley. Theory predicts that, as the financial reporting system reduces the discretion allowed managers, firms will put more weight on earnings in compensation contracts to encourage effort. However, the increased...

John Johnson, the owner of the FinePrint Company, is presented with several opportunities to consider: (1) whether to accept a one-time special printing order (the A case), (2) whether to outsource some of his printing to another printing company (the B case, UVA-C-2194), and (3) whether to both...