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- Title
Can Management Accounting Help Aid Associations Make Tough Choices in Haiti?
- Authors
Krumwiede, Kip R.; Paik, Gyung H. (Daniel); Walden, W. Darrell
- Abstract
Based on an actual situation, this case explores the use of management accounting analysis in a difficult make-or-buy decision in the real world of humanitarian aid. An aid organization produces a specially designed, highly nutritious peanut butter medicine to save the lives of Haiti's malnourished children. The challenge is deciding whether to source the peanuts from Haitian farmers and pay more or from foreign suppliers and pay less. Students perform both quantitative and qualitative cost-benefit, break-even, operating leverage, and product costing analysis. Performance measurement, incentive issues, short-term versus long-term thinking, micro- and macroeconomics, and ethical issues are also considered. The case is best suited for cost accounting and managerial (particularly M.B.A. managerial) accounting courses.
- Subjects
HAITI; MANAGERIAL accounting; HAITIAN economy; HUMANITARIAN assistance; INTERNATIONAL relief; AGRICULTURE
- Publication
Issues in Accounting Education, 2018, Vol 33, Issue 1, p17
- ISSN
0739-3172
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.2308/iace-51854