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River Region Animal League, a not-for-profit organization, has experienced tremendous growth during the period covered in the case.

This case involves a dilemma faced by a professor, Dr. Bethany Locasta, in assigning grades to a student, Brock, who departed a study abroad program early because of a family emergency. Dr.

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.

Alicia Jones and Kevin Killian worked for Midwest Products. More than once, Alicia experienced Kevin putting his arm around her when talking to her.

To celebrate the legendary basketball player Michael Jordan’s induction into the Basketball Hall of Fame, the grocery store chain Jewel-Osco was considering an advertisement in a commemorative ed

This critical incident describes the merger and controversial tax inversion of U.S.-based Burger King and Canada-based Tim Hortons.

Adam Norris made his way in the “arms race” of pharmaceutical sales. He was the sales representative for a new drug that could help patients manage a serious health problem.

This critical incident can be used in a basic finance or personal finance class.

Memorial Hospital was part of a successful, for-profit, integrated healthcare organization. The hospital relied upon leases to finance equipment and real property.

This case explores the vital relationship between the measurement of inventory and income for the restaurant Northstar Café.

This decision-oriented critical incident describes Stacey Garrison’s personal dilemma of whether to candidly express her concerns about the human resource management practices of Lexi and Mark (o

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).

The Fédération Internationale de Football Association (FIFA) focused on improvement of football (known as soccer in the U.S.) and organized international soccer competitions, including the World

This critical incident considers an English-only language controversy at City Market, Onion River Co-op, a grocery store and food co-op located in Burlington, Vermont.

This descriptive critical incident describes events which took place within the Philadelphia Police Department which resulted in a federal lawsuit for a hostile work environment.

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

This critical incident about a senior-ranking female in law enforcement focuses on a decision about whether to create a formal, 90-day plan during a career transition, or take things day-by-day a

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

A female African American attorney was mentally reviewing her performance over the last 30 months to determine if she was likely to be retained at her current law firm—or even if she wanted to st