Colin Drury‚ Management and Cost Accounting – Blessed Farm Partnership Blessed Farm Partnership Rona O’Brien (Sheffield Hallam University) with Jayne Ducken‚ Antony Head and Susan Richardson This case study is taken from Ducker‚ J.‚ Head‚ A.‚ McDonnell‚ B.‚ O’Brien‚ R. and Richardson‚ S. (1998)‚ A Creative Approach to Management Accounting: Case Studies in Management Accounting and Control‚ Sheffield Hallam University Press‚ ISBN 086339 791 3. Introduction This case study is set in the
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Case Name: Boston Creamery‚ Inc. Short Cycle Process: Who: Frank Roberts‚ VP Sales & Marketing‚ Boston Creamery‚ Inc. When: December 31‚ 1973 Where: Case facts not given Issues: 1. The current variance analysis used for the 1973 fiscal years shows an overall favorable net variance of $71‚700. This is an aggregate net figure based upon the favorable variance due to sales and the unfavorable variance due to operations. This net variance figure fails to highlight areas of deficiency to help identify
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Golden Gate Park Conservatory of Flowers The Conservatory of Flowers is the oldest surviving structure in San Francisco‚ California’s Golden Gate Park‚ and the oldest municipal wood and glass Victorian greenhouse in the U.S. William Hammond Hall‚ planner of Golden Gate Park‚ included the idea of a conservatory in his original concept for the design of the park. The elaborate building is 73 meters (240 feet) long and has a central dome that rises nearly 18 meters (60 feet) high. It was partially destroyed
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BIODIESEL INCORPORATED Summary Josh‚ Long and Hammond came up with a business idea of manufacturing and distributing biodiesel. The major generation sources‚ petroleum‚ coal‚ natural gas aand nuclear are non renewable resources and have detrimental effects on the environment. The petrochemical fuel industry manifest itself in the form of oil fields and reserves‚ pipelines‚ transport ships‚ and fuelling stations. The whole idea behind the biodiesel was that it can be produced again and it did not
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The Gates Christo and Jeanne-Claude are artists who work together and create large-scale environment works. These works are temporary and they are removed from the site where they are installed‚ typically after about two weeks. Christo and Jeanne-Claude choose part of an environment in which to make their art and people then see the whole environment with fresh eyes‚ even after the artwork has been removed‚ for it remains in the memories of people who have viewed the transformed environment.
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Corning Incorporated – Reinventing new business model Corning Incorporated is an American manufacturer of glass‚ ceramic‚ and materials for the industrial and scientific applications. It was known as Corning Glass Works in 1875. Its strong commitment to innovation was known as the company’s roots. The company committed between four to six percent of its sales to Research‚ Development‚ and Engineering (RD&E). As of today‚ Corning has been primarily operating from Asia Pacific and North America
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How has innovation been used for driving growth at Corning? What is the role of Houghton family? What are the financial results? Right from the days when Corning developed the bulbs for the electric lights designed by Thomas Edison‚ the firms had maintained a strong dedication to technology and innovation. About 4-6 percent of the annual revenue was set aside for research‚ development and engineering. In the 1990s‚ this figure became 10 percent. There was constant emphasis on R&D efforts. Even during
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Sunflower Incorporated Synopsis This case refers about a large distribution company which resells products related to snacks. Thiscompany undergoes a change in its financial reporting system which was suppose to increase itsprofits and decrease its cost as well as to compete with its rivals. Issues The major issue that this case highlights is manipulation in products in some regions to increase the sale and the profit of the company. This manipulation in products is selling low quality
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Sunflower Incorporated Sunflower Incorporated is a large distribution company with over 5‚000 employees and gross sales over $700 million in 1991. The company purchases and distributes salty snack foods and liquor to independent retail stores throughout the United States and Canada. Salty snack foods include corn chips‚ potato chips‚ cheese curls‚ tortilla chips‚ and peanuts. The United States and Canada are divided into 22 regions‚ each with its own central warehouse‚ salespeople‚ finance department
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Case Study of ZYX Incorporated Executive Summary ZYX Inc is determined to find out what is causing the increase in absenteeism and sick leaves. ZYX’s employees’ job satisfaction will be measured by using different types of tests in which one will be able to find out the variables that impact their satisfaction. In this study one will be able to understand why there are attendance problems‚ as well as the factors that interfere with such problems and what needs to be done to improve job satisfaction
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