IDEAS home Printed from https://ideas.repec.org/a/wly/accper/v16y2017i4p435-443.html
   My bibliography  Save this article

Bach Music Inc.: Impact of Price Pressure, Capacity Constraints, and a Special Order on Management Decision Making

Author

Listed:
  • Ling Chu
  • Theresa Libby
  • Robert Mathieu
  • Ping Zhang

Abstract

This case has been developed for an introductory management accounting course at the undergraduate and MBA levels. Although the setting is relatively simple, it illustrates several management accounting issues that are relevant to firms of every size that produce a product or service under competitive pressures and capacity constraints. The case also integrates several topics that are often viewed as abstract by the students. Specifically, it deals with the concepts around cost‐volume profit analysis in a realistic environment, the tension between short‐term and long‐term decisions, discounted cash flow analysis, the impact of managerial incentives and compensation on decision making and the impact of operating leverage on profitability. The case was used successfully several times in an introductory course at the MBA level. Surveys of the students reveal that the case has contributed significantly to their learning and has clarified the concepts introduced in the case. Bach Music Inc. : Incidence des pressions exercées sur les prix, des contraintes de capacité et d'une commande spéciale sur la prise de décisions par les dirigeants Résumé Le cas proposé est destiné à un cours d'introduction à la comptabilité de gestion de premier ou de deuxième cycle (MBA). Bien que la situation soit relativement simple, elle illustre divers aspects de la comptabilité de gestion touchant les entreprises, quelle que soit leur taille, qui fabriquent un produit ou offrent un service dans un contexte de pressions concurrentielles et de contraintes de capacité. Le cas réunit en outre plusieurs sujets souvent jugés abstraits par les étudiants. Il porte plus précisément sur les notions entourant l'analyse coût‐volume‐profit dans un environnement réaliste, la tension entre décisions à court et à long terme, l'analyse des flux de trésorerie actualisés, l'incidence de la rémunération des dirigeants et des encouragements qui leur sont proposés sur la prise de décisions, et l'incidence du levier d'exploitation sur la rentabilité. Le cas a été utilisé avec succès à plusieurs reprises dans un cours d'introduction de deuxième cycle. Des sondages menés auprès des étudiants révèlent que le cas a contribué de manière significative à leur apprentissage et a clarifié les notions évoquées dans le cas.

Suggested Citation

  • Ling Chu & Theresa Libby & Robert Mathieu & Ping Zhang, 2017. "Bach Music Inc.: Impact of Price Pressure, Capacity Constraints, and a Special Order on Management Decision Making," Accounting Perspectives, John Wiley & Sons, vol. 16(4), pages 435-443, December.
  • Handle: RePEc:wly:accper:v:16:y:2017:i:4:p:435-443
    DOI: 10.1111/1911-3838.12152
    as

    Download full text from publisher

    File URL: https://doi.org/10.1111/1911-3838.12152
    Download Restriction: no

    File URL: https://libkey.io/10.1111/1911-3838.12152?utm_source=ideas
    LibKey link: if access is restricted and if your library uses this service, LibKey will redirect you to where you can use your library subscription to access this item
    ---><---

    More about this item

    Statistics

    Access and download statistics

    Corrections

    All material on this site has been provided by the respective publishers and authors. You can help correct errors and omissions. When requesting a correction, please mention this item's handle: RePEc:wly:accper:v:16:y:2017:i:4:p:435-443. See general information about how to correct material in RePEc.

    If you have authored this item and are not yet registered with RePEc, we encourage you to do it here. This allows to link your profile to this item. It also allows you to accept potential citations to this item that we are uncertain about.

    We have no bibliographic references for this item. You can help adding them by using this form .

    If you know of missing items citing this one, you can help us creating those links by adding the relevant references in the same way as above, for each refering item. If you are a registered author of this item, you may also want to check the "citations" tab in your RePEc Author Service profile, as there may be some citations waiting for confirmation.

    For technical questions regarding this item, or to correct its authors, title, abstract, bibliographic or download information, contact: Wiley Content Delivery (email available below). General contact details of provider: https://doi.org/10.1111/(ISSN)1911-3838 .

    Please note that corrections may take a couple of weeks to filter through the various RePEc services.

    IDEAS is a RePEc service. RePEc uses bibliographic data supplied by the respective publishers.