The office managing partner of a major international accounting/professional services firm must decide what price to bid for an audit of Provincial Furniture. In order to do this, he must analyze the short and long term benefits of taking on this account and weigh them against the firm's desire to capture new business and its profit goals.

Teaching note for product 9A99N022.

Teaching note for product 9A99N020.

The owner of a metal furniture manufacturing company is seeking funds to help finance his firm's expansion. He has arranged a mortgage with a life insurance firm to finance the addition to his plant. He is now trying to arrange a working capital loan with his bank manager. There were heavy pressures on manufacturers of metal furniture in recent years and the cost/price squeeze has forced out many weaker manufacturers. Talich Fabricating Inc. survived .....more

A machine tools distributor is planning to build an extension onto its warehouse. The owner is concerned how to source the $100,000 required to finance the expansion. Options include borrowing from a bank, borrowing from a private lender, or issuing shares. This case is intended to introduce students to financial analysis. The concepts of ratio analysis, projected statements and debt repayment are central to the case. The case requires students to .....more

Teaching note for product 9A90A015.

Teaching note for product 9A90A016.

The president of Streber has received a research study of dealer outlets (druggists) indicating that Streber's salesforce ranks high when compared with 19 competitors, but the company is rated very poorly on every service dimension from delivery through to billing. The president needs to decide how and when to share the data with people in the company. He also needs to develop a more analytical approach to managing the business. A supplementary .....more

This supplement to the (A) case of the same name (9A91A014) presents comments and viewpoints from individuals in the Streber company that relate to the service levels experienced by dealer outlets (druggists).

The vice-president sales of a Canadian wholesale distributor of hardware products must present his proposal to change the sales force compensation program from straight salary to straight commission and to change the travel expense reimbursement from costs incurred to a flat annual budgeted amount per territory. There would be a three-year phase-in period but not all sales people would benefit nor be able to cope. The teaching objectives are to consider .....more