Subject category:
Finance, Accounting and Control
Published by:
Harvard Business Publishing
Version: 31 August 2017
Revision date: 3-Jul-2024
Length: 11 pages
Data source: Generalised experience
Abstract
The owner of an ice cream company must evaluate the performance of three regional businesses. To do the analysis, students must flex the budget by seasonal temperature; calculate revenue, volume, price, and efficiency variances; analyze the effects of transfer prices; and calculate return-on-investment. In addition, the owner considers how to set strategic boundaries and how to compensate his managers.
Industries:
Size:
USD34 million revenues
Other setting(s):
2009
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Abstract
The owner of an ice cream company must evaluate the performance of three regional businesses. To do the analysis, students must flex the budget by seasonal temperature; calculate revenue, volume, price, and efficiency variances; analyze the effects of transfer prices; and calculate return-on-investment. In addition, the owner considers how to set strategic boundaries and how to compensate his managers.
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Industries:
Size:
USD34 million revenues
Other setting(s):
2009