http://www.merlot.org:80/merlot/ A search of MERLOT materials Copyright 1997-2013 MERLOT. All rights reserved. Wed, 19 Jun 2013 12:51:14 PDT Wed, 19 Jun 2013 12:51:14 PDT http://www.merlot.org:80/merlot/images/merlot.gif http://www.merlot.org:80/merlot/ 44 34 http://www.merlot.org/merlot/viewMaterial.htm?id=232160 CasePlace.org is a free, practical on-line resource for up-to-date case studies, syllabi and innovating teaching materials for business educators.  Materials are searchable by discipline, industry, topic, region, product type, author and publication year.  http://www.merlot.org/merlot/viewMaterial.htm?id=233299 Full of excellent educational resources in video format. http://www.merlot.org/merlot/viewMaterial.htm?id=216507 This handbook prepared by the AICPA and National Business Education Association and the National Teachers of Mathematicscontains 15 lesson plans designed to teach various aspects of accounting to high school students.  Each lesson includes objectives, instruction procedures, a learning overview, activities and solutions.  Topics include: financial statement analysis, budgeting and forecasting, break-even analysis, cost/benefit analysis, time value of money, financial planning, writing a business plan among others. http://www.merlot.org/merlot/viewMaterial.htm?id=232102 The website contains a collection of 90 business ethics cases developed from 1987-1994 with funding provided by Arthur Andersen.  The collection has been liscensed to Carnegie Mellon’s Tepper School of Business for instructional purposes.  The collection includes 25 accounting mini-cases, 9 finance mini-cases,  19 management mini-cases, 32 marketing mini-cases, and five major cases (8 to 70 pages each).   A pdf file is also available that provides a complete list ing of the cases and summaries that is searchable within Adobe Acrobat Reader. John Hooker maintains the site.  Faculty guides to the major cases can be requested by contacting him. http://www.merlot.org/merlot/viewMaterial.htm?id=428145 TeachMeFinance.com is a free educational website. It contains a wealth of information including videos explaining a variety of time value of money concepts (annuities, perpetuities, kinds of interest rates, uneven cash flows and probability distributions). Links to econmic data, exchange rates, financial calculators, and more. http://www.merlot.org/merlot/viewMaterial.htm?id=361641 This site contains links to PowerPoint slides and text files (speeches) that coincide with each presentation. Current titles categorized for individuals are: 1) Tax Saving Tips for 2008, 2) College Planning: Easing the Financial Burden, 3) How to Afford a Long Happy Retirement, 4) Setting Your Financial Records Straight, and 5)360 Degrees of Financial Success. For Businesses titles include 1) Securing Your Business Financing, 2) Ten Ways to Protect Your Business, and 3) Selecting the Right Structure for Your Business. http://www.merlot.org/merlot/viewMaterial.htm?id=75932 This site contains a number of different assignments for a Global Financial Management class. Some of them are downloadable in a Word Document and the solutions are available as an Excel spreadsheet. http://www.merlot.org/merlot/viewMaterial.htm?id=82558 Learn about financial statements, ratios, and other finance topics with our formula solvers, tutorials, and other reference materials. College-Cram.com is a 24/7 tutorial library for college students and professionals who need some finance help. http://www.merlot.org/merlot/viewMaterial.htm?id=82067 It provides a series of JavaScript for simple to more complex cases of compound interest analysis. http://www.merlot.org/merlot/viewMaterial.htm?id=76899 This website contains links to calculators, tools and learning guides for a number of different personal finance topics. The topics include: Investments, Insurance, Retirement Planning, Estate Planning, Loans, Real Estate, Education Funding and Life Events.