Value of Case Studies for Business Management Classroom:

These case studies provide students with real-world scenarios to explore complex financial management, investment appraisal, and ethical practices. By engaging with these case studies, students enhance their analytical skills, strategic thinking, and understanding of how financial decisions impact business sustainability and growth.

List of Case Studies and Summations:

1. Coca-Cola: Constructing and Managing Budgets
   Students create and analyze a budget for Coca-Cola’s new product line, focusing on managing variances to support financial planning.
2. Disney: Investment Appraisal for New Projects
   Students use financial appraisal techniques to evaluate whether Disney should invest in a new theme park project.
3. Meta Platforms (Facebook): Financial Reporting and Stakeholder Communication
   Students analyze the importance of transparent financial reporting for Meta’s stakeholders and propose strategies to improve communication.
4. General Electric: Managing Financial Resources in a Changing Business Structure
   Students explore how GE can manage its financial resources during restructuring, focusing on divestments and investment strategies.
5. Netflix: Cost and Revenue Management
   Students evaluate Netflix’s cost structure and revenue streams, proposing strategies to optimize profitability while maintaining content quality.
6. Tesla: Internal and External Sources of Finance
   Students assess Tesla’s financing options for a major expansion project, comparing internal sources like retained profits with external sources like debt.
7. Toys “R” Us: Insolvency and Bankruptcy Management
   Students analyze the financial collapse of Toys “R” Us and propose strategies that could have helped manage financial distress and avoid bankruptcy.
8. Volkswagen: Ethical Financial and Accounting Practices
   Students conduct a SWOT analysis of Volkswagen’s efforts to rebuild trust through ethical financial practices following the emissions scandal.
9. Zara (Inditex): Cash Flow Management and Forecasting
   Students develop strategies for Zara to manage cash flow issues while balancing global expansion and production costs.
10. Apple: Profitability and Liquidity Ratio Analysis
    Students calculate key financial ratios to assess Apple’s financial health and recommend strategies to improve profitability and liquidity.