Corporate Governance and External and Internal Controls: The Case of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad, Circa 1831

Issues in Accounting Education, Volume 21, Issue 1

2005

Government

Case

  • Major

  • Advanced
  • Intermediate

  • Audit
  • Ethics

  • Action
  • Evaluation
  • Experience

This case focuses on the early problems of corporate governance, external controls, internal controls in a high‐tech, developmental stage, start‐up company.