April 2012

		Coming Summer 2012 ... Coursepack Builder
		New Cases in Accounting & Finance
		Award Winning Authors
		Upcoming Conferences
		ISB-Ivey Global Case Writing Competition Invitation

This content management tool is designed to give our customers the flexibility to assemble custom course packs that can be downloaded instantly from the Ivey Publishing website. More information to follow soon!

The newest cases from the Ivey case collection are available for review. View New Cases for more details on cases registered in your discipline.

Sirius XM Radio Canada

On April 11, 2011 the merger between Canadian Satellite Radio Holdings Inc. (the parent company of XM Canada) and SIRIUS Canada Inc. (SIRIUS Canada) had received the approval of CRTC (Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission). The merger of XM Canada and SIRIUS Canada was not going to be easy. Both organizations had been fierce competitors, but it was clear that their survival was dependant on a successful merger. This case looks at the challenges of integrating the merger of two competitors. Students are asked to consider all of the issues in a merger integration including: organizational structure, selection of a new management team, operations and IT system synergies, financing, and capital structure. Students will have to look at the alternatives for each issue as well as how each issue relates to one another. There are also risks associated with these decisions that could have devastating consequences. The complexity of this merger integration also gives students some insight into why so many mergers and acquisitions fail to live up to expectations.

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Groupon and the SEC

Groupon provides an opportunity to review Groupon Inc's S1 filing made prior to an IPO. The case can be used at a relatively early stage to illustrate the potentially profound effect of revenue recognition policies and the potentially incomplete picture provided by non-GAAP earnings measures. The case features real published financial statement data as well as SEC letters related to the agency's investigation of Groupon's accounting practices. Groupon is a well known and highly publicised firm, and many students will have used 'Groupons' and participated in the corporation's promotions. The case provides an opportunity for students to address complex and practice oriented financial accounting matters in the context of a company with which they are familiar and which they find to be appealing. The case presents these issues with rich institutional detail and actual public documents as a means of grounding case discussion.

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Ford Motor Company: Accounting for Deferred Taxes

Ford Motor Company (Ford) is considering whether to reverse the valuation allowance it has recorded over its deferred tax assets.The case focuses on the judgment required when evaluating the recoverability of deferred tax assets. Assessing whether the "more likely than not" criterion is achieved requires an assessment of future as well as past profitability. Further, the perceptions of users must be considered. This case is well suited to a graduate or undergraduate course in financial reporting. Ford will serve to help students understand the nature of deferred taxes and the impact of deferred taxes on the income statement and balance sheet. Further, the decision of how to present a valuation allowance reversal allows students to consider presentation and disclosure issues associated with financial reporting.

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Authors of Learning with Cases, Teaching with Cases and Writing Cases won the Outstanding Contribution to the Case Method award presented by the European Case Clearing House during the 2012 annual case award ceremony.

Carol Stephenson, Dean of the Richard Ivey School said, “The award of Outstanding Contribution to the Case Method gives worthy recognition to three remarkable individuals who have dedicated so much of their lives to teaching people worldwide how to get the most out of cases. Jim, Mike and Louise have conducted more than 400 case writing and case teaching workshops for thousands of participants in more than 50 countries over the past 40 years. Their work is at the heart of the great case tradition we have developed at Ivey and the school is delighted at this recognition.” Congratulations on their achievement!

In addition, the case entitled Louis Vuitton in Japan, authored by Justin Paul, won an award in the Entrepreneurship case category.

We always enjoy meeting our customers. Please stop by the Ivey Publishing booth at any of the following conferences to say hello and learn more about our products and services.

Administrative Sciences Assoc of Canada (ASAC) – St. Johns, NL – June 9-12

Academy of International Business (AIB) – Washington, DC - June 30-July 4

Academy of Management (AOM) – Boston, MA - August 3-7

American Marketing Association (AMA) – Chicago, IL – August 17-19.

In partnership with the Centre for Teaching, Learning, and Case Development at the Indian School of Business (ISB), Ivey would like to invite you to participate in the ISB-Ivey Global Case Competition 2012.

The objective of this competition is to help build a repository of high-quality, internationally benchmarked cases about Indian businesses. The cases should be original business case studies suitable for use in MBA classrooms across the world and should aim to showcase the unique challenges and issues faced by organizations and business leaders in India. Submissions must also include teaching notes in English.

Winning cases will be published in the Ivey-ISB co-branded case collection available through Ivey Publishing. First place winners will also receive a cash prize of US $4000. Second prize winners take home US $3000 and there are special category prizes of US $2000 per category. A panel of internationally acclaimed subject experts judge each case in a double-blind review process and will provide written feedback on each case.

Download the intent to participate form and email it to Ivey India. Deadline for submissions has been extended to April 30 for international participants.