Managerial accounting

The Association for Financial Professionals surveyed its members about the assumptions built into the financial models they use to evaluate investment...

The right approach can help you spot where resources are being wasted — and how the system can be improved.

It's becoming increasingly difficult to determine whether a firm made a loss or a profit.

You've been ordered to reduce overhead by 10%, 20%, or even (wince) 30%. How do you do it? First, don't expect to reach your target with a single big...

Lessons from one organization’s digital transformation.

Much has been written about why Japanese their U.S. competitors in cost, quality, and on-time delivery. Most experts point to practices like just-in-time production, total quality control, and the aggressive use of flexible manufacturing technologies. One area that has received less attention, but that I believe contributes mightily to Japanese competitiveness, is how many companies’ […]

If we could better track the value of human capital, employees would be better off.

Illegal? Maybe not, but many of today’s accounting moves are clearly aggressive. Shareholders—and their representatives on corporate boards—need to be aware of six danger zones.

The present era of intense global competition is leading U.S. companies toward a renewed commitment to excellence in manufacturing. Attention to the quality of products and processes, the level of inventories, and the improvement of work-force policies has made manufacturing once again a key element in the strategies of companies intending to be world-class competitors. […]

Azam Ahmad, Chief Executive of Sapphire Textiles, was quite agitated during the meeting with his Chief Financial Officer (CFO), Muhammad Imran in mid-2018....

ENGINO Toys is a decision-oriented case which is set in Cyprus (EU) at the beginning of the Covid-19 pandemic. The main protagonist is Costas Sisamos,...

Kombucha Canada Inc. sold kombucha beverages to restaurants and grocery stores in British Columbia, Canada. Restaurant and store closures, as a result...

ShakeeBee Honey Inc. was a relatively small producer of pure honey and beeswax and provider of pollination services located in central Newfoundland, Canada....

In 2020, Cathy Siskind-Kelly and Rob Kelly, co-founders and co-owners of Black Fly Beverage Company were deciding whether they should undertake a major...

The Association for Financial Professionals surveyed its members about the assumptions built into the financial models they use to evaluate investment...

The right approach can help you spot where resources are being wasted — and how the system can be improved.

Azam Ahmad, Chief Executive of Sapphire Textiles, was quite agitated during the meeting with his Chief Financial Officer (CFO), Muhammad Imran in mid-2018....

It's becoming increasingly difficult to determine whether a firm made a loss or a profit.

You've been ordered to reduce overhead by 10%, 20%, or even (wince) 30%. How do you do it? First, don't expect to reach your target with a single big...

Lessons from one organization’s digital transformation.

Much has been written about why Japanese their U.S. competitors in cost, quality, and on-time delivery. Most experts point to practices like just-in-time production, total quality control, and the aggressive use of flexible manufacturing technologies. One area that has received less attention, but that I believe contributes mightily to Japanese competitiveness, is how many companies’ […]

ENGINO Toys is a decision-oriented case which is set in Cyprus (EU) at the beginning of the Covid-19 pandemic. The main protagonist is Costas Sisamos,...

If we could better track the value of human capital, employees would be better off.

Illegal? Maybe not, but many of today’s accounting moves are clearly aggressive. Shareholders—and their representatives on corporate boards—need to be aware of six danger zones.