Case Name :      First Mates Wholesale Boating Supply Company: Do or Don’t?

Authors :           Mark E. Haskins

Source :             Darden School of Business

Case ID :           UV5223

Discipline :        Accounting

Case Length :    07 pages

Solution Sample availability : YES

Plagiarism : NO (100% Original work)

This case presents a series of decision points along with a simple process for ascertaining underlying source(s) of disagreement, which represents an important managerial tool. The president of First Mates’ Wholesale Boating Supply Company, is faced with the reality of missing year-end earnings projections and breaking a 30-year streak of successive earnings increases. He has asked all his direct reports to meet with their teams and brainstorm about ways to finish the year in strongly and successfully. The case presents a number of those ideas for students to debate and discuss as they decide which ones the company should pursue.