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P6 Gear (New)
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While serving in the Army, one as a Black Hawk helicopter pilot encountered deficiencies in standard-issue gear. Drawing on his engineering background and interest in 3D printing, he experimented with small-scale solutions.

Ford Model E (New)
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Notwithstanding numerous prior false starts and stops with EVs, Ford committed to investing in this area from 2016 through 2020,. with the goal of increasing EVs’ share of its global production to 50% by 2030.

Active Surfaces
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Active Surfaces, an MIT start-up that developed low-cost, ultra-lightweight, flexible solar panels designed to be applied to practically any surface, serves as the setting for a simple bookkeeping exercise that has students utilize the balance sheet equation to record a series of business transactio...

Cost Patterns at MedPro Institute (New)
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Students are placed in the position of Pedro Russell, a partner at GSM Partners, during the due diligence phase of the acquisition process for MedPro Institute, a vocational training school in the medical field. While reviewing the school’s financial data, Russell discovered that the school relied a...

RiseEngineer and the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act
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This case examines how Marsha Jackson, the Head of Internal Audit at RiseEngineer, deals with a whistleblower allegation of bribery in the company’s foreign subsidiary. Marsha’s compliance team conducts an investigation focused on the subsidiary’s bid on a major construction project. Students are as...

Sam Bankman-Fried's FTX
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In a span of 11 months, FTX. a crypto exchange co-founded by Sam Bankman-Fried (SBF), went from being valued at $32 billion in January 2022 to filing for bankruptcy, wiping out billions in investor money by November. Those called in to clean up the mess soon discovered that up to $9 billion in custo...

Another Liquidity Crunch at Tesla?
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Throughout 2017 and into 2018, Tesla was burning through cash as the company sought to ramp up production of its Model 3 all-electric vehicle (EV). Investors were questioning whether Tesla would need to raise additional capital. While the company had been successful in the past at issuing both equit...

Bloomin' Brands
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The 2007-09 Great Recession took a huge bite out of the U.S. restaurant industry as consumers ate out less often. Even during the subsequent economic recovery, ongoing financial concerns continued to depress the appetite for eating out. The casual dining sector, situated in the middle ground between...

The National Hockey League's 2020 Collective Bargaining Agreement
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In July of 2020, the National Hockey League (NHL) and the NHL Players’ Association (NHLPA) were negotiating an agreement on a return-to-play plan for the 2019-20 season interrupted by the COVID-19 pandemic. At the same time, the two parties were negotiating an agreement to extend the league’s collec...

Auswide Bank
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Auswide, an Australian bank with a strong community focus, serves as the setting for a simple bookkeeping exercise that has students utilize the balance sheet equation to record a series of business transactions. Students are also asked to prepare an updated balance sheet as well as calculate net in...