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Contents
Chapters Pages
I Introduction
1. Introduction 6
2. Model Syllabi 9
4. The Case Method of Instruction: Suggestions for Students 75
II Teaching Notes for Cases
1. Leos Four-Plex Theater 81
2. Wongs Pharmacy 83
4. Atlanta Home Loan 86
5. Armco, Inc.: Midwestern Steel Division 91
6. Loctite Company De Mexico, S.A. de C. V. 97
8. Houston Fearless 76, Inc. 106
Includes (1) Teaching Note Addendum: Student Exam Assignment
and Report; (2) the Houston Fearless 76, Inc. (A): Aftermath case; and
(3) the Houston Fearless 76, Inc. (B) case.
10. Axeon N.V. 130
12. Controls at the Bellagio Casino Resort 143
13. The Lincoln Electric Company 149
14. PCL: A Breakdown in the Enforcement of Management Control 154
16. Sunshine Fashion: Fraud, Theft and Misbehavior Among Employees 161
17. Fit Food, Inc. 162
18. Diagnostic Products Corporation 168
20. Family Care Specialists Medical Group, Inc. 182
21. AirTex Aviation 188
22. Kranworth Chair Corporation 195
24. Zumwald, AG (with Erratum on page 208) 209
25. Global Investors, Inc. 213
26. Citibank Indonesia 219
28. Patagonia, Inc. 232
29. VisuSon, Inc.: Business Stress Testing 238
Two VisuSon, Inc. databases are available online on the publishers
website one for instructors, and one for students.
31. Superconductor Technologies, Inc. 248
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32. Tsinghua Tongfang Co. Ltd. 256
34. Behavioral Implications of Airline Depreciation Accounting
Policy Choices 273
36. Industrial Electronics, Inc. 282
37. Haengbok Bancorp 286
38. Berkshire Industries PLC 290
40. First Commonwealth Financial Corporation 307
41. Statoil 315
42. Olympic Car Wash 324
43. Southern California Edison 327
44. Beifang Chuang Ye Vehicle Group 335
46. Formosa Plastics Group 342
47. Bank of the Desert 348
The teaching notes for Bank of the Desert (A) and (B) are combined.
Includes Bank of the Desert: Appendix. The Bank of the Desert database
and a set of teaching slides are available online on the publishers website.
49. Golden Parachutes? 367
50. Pacific Sunwear of California, Inc. 371
52. Financial Reporting Problems at Molex, Inc. 382
53. Don Russell: Experiences of a Controller/CFO
Includes the Don Russell (A) case. 390
54. Desktop Solutions, Inc. (A): Audit of the St. Louis Branch
(B): Audit of Operations Group Systems 400
56. Two Budget Targets 408
57. Conservative Accounting in the General Products Division 411
58. Education Food Services at Central Maine State University 416
59. The Sales Acceleration Program 420
60. Expiring Software License 424
62. ConAgra Grocery Products Company 434
63. Lincoln Electric: Venturing Abroad 439
64. TECO Electric & Machinery Co. Ltd. 451
65. Kooistra Autogroep 455
66. City of Yorba Linda, California 464
68. Boston Lyric Opera 473
69. University of Southern California: Responsibility
Center Management System 492
