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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...

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...

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...

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...