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Following several years of declining revenues and profits, in 2011 Sears began to hive off its business divisions.

This is the full preview of the Journal of Critical Incidents - Volume 11 (Fall 2018). Individual cases with the associated teaching notes can be found by searching the case title.

Occupy SLU: The Case of the Clock Tower Accords is a narrative of the events related to the October 2014 occupation of the Saint Louis University (SLU) campus by protestors associated with the Bl

This case requires students to exhibit their ability to effectively communicate and request accounting information as part of an operational audit.

The Global Jesuit Case Series (GJCS) was formally launched in 2015 with the singular goal of establishing a series of real-world business cases, written by executives, educators and entrepreneurs

Larry, a resident of Jefferson County, Alabama, was bemoaning the minimum charges on his latest water bill in a phone conversation with his sister, Margaret.

PinnacleJobs.com has been an active website providing a focal point for northern California job position postings.

In Vol 35 (2) we wrote about what we had learned as editors regarding case research, writing, and publishing in this journal.

Three-year old daily deals company Groupon filed for an IPO on June 2, 2011 seeking a valuation of $20 billion.

Jefferies & Company, the most rapidly growing medium-sized investment bank, quickly became the focus of many ratings agencies upon the collapse of MF Global.

General Motors Corporation, once the largest car manufacturer in the world, is now a cautionary tale for corporate complacency.

On January 7, 2009, Ramalinga Raju resigned as chairman of Satyam Computer Services. This resignation came as a result of the largest corporate fraud in India’s history.

On February 20, 2007, The Children’s Investment Fund sent a letter to the board of Dutch bank ABN AMRO stating strong requests with regard to the future of the company.

In 1991, Apple mad a tax deal with the Irish government to pay very low tax rates, on the condition that the California-based company carry out its European operations in Ireland.

Sue Smith was a board member of Midwestern Community Credit Union (MCCU) in 2013, when short-term interest rates were near zero due to an easy Federal Reserve monetary policy following the 2007-2

Whether a company expects to remain in existence for a reasonable time into the future is a fundamental consideration for investors and creditors when evaluating investment alternatives.

This work examines the August 2016 guidance in ASC 2016-14, Not-for-Profit Entities (Topic 958) issued by the Financial Accounting Standards Board.

The Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) issued its long-awaited new standard on the accounting for leases in Accounting Standards Update (ASU) 2016-02, on February 25, 2016.

In a broad sense, a conceptual framework can be seen as a structured theory of accounting.

The purpose of this decision case is to discuss business valuation in the context of a privatelyowned service company.