Scholarly Articles

Carolyn Jones was a recent accounting graduate who wanted to take the Uniform Certified Public Accountant (CPA) Exam.

Cyprus Airways was the national carrier of the Republic of Cyprus.

Diversity and inclusion are important topics for students to consider as part of their educational experience.

This critical incident was about a major dilemma facing a Certified Management Accountant (CMA) and member of the Institute of Management Accountants (IMA) with majority ownership of a recreation

Leslie Arbury, a young graduate student and lover of clothes and shopping, was intrigued by the idea of opening her own boutique.

Sarah had a variety of options for college.

In 2012, a couple from Cyprus, Andreas and Elena Ioannou, faced the challenge of recovering their investment in the capital securities of Laiki Bank, the second largest bank in Cyprus.

This decision-based case is concerned with the proposed acquisition agreement of The Valspar Corporation by The Sherwin-Williams Company.

Wal-Mart was becoming a key provider of financial services to millions of US low-income consumers at the fringes of the traditional banking industry.

Building upon our past “From the Editor” articles that focused on cases in the classroom (Peters, Cellucci, and Ford, 2015; Cellucci, Peters, and Woodruff, 2015), the purpose of this article is t

This is the full preview of the Journal of Critical Incidents - Volume 9 (Fall 2016). Individual cases with the associated teaching notes can be found by searching the case title.

This descriptive case provided an exercise for students to argue, under the applicable legal framework, whether the taxpayer’s purported business travel expenses using a recreational vehicle shou

Team SōPOD, a student-lead business startup, was required to follow Lean Startup Methodologies and utilize the Business Model Canvas to validate their business idea.

Thus, for this issue, our “From the Editors” article focuses on points made during the workshops.

This case concerns a local entrepreneur’s decision to either expand his product line by reselling another company’s product, Nature Safe, or create a new product, Healthy Garden from a mix of Nat

A former mutual fund chief investment officer, Mike Atherton, was concerned about the future volatility of bonds in a likely environment of rising interest rates.

Groupon, Inc.’s growth had been spectacular, and in less than three years after its founding, it was ready to make its initial public offering (IPO).

Gary and Darla Beggs, after long, professional tenures in large corporations, decided to become business owners.

John, a long-time board member at Midwestern Community Credit Union (MCCU), noted in one of his financial reviews that MCCU’s operating expense ratio was substantially higher than those of peer c

“We cannot get new banks to join the LIBOR panel. This is unfortunate from my perspective.