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Darden University of Virginia (USA)
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Carvana: IsBadBuy
Case DARDEN-QA-0886-EDecision AnalysisThis case, which has been taught successfully in a Darden online class, allows for an introductory application of the Tableau analytics platform. In 2012, Carvana Co., an e-commerce platform for buying used cars, hosted a competition called “Don’t Get Kicked!” wherein 570 teams competed to predict if a car purchased at auction was a “kick” (i.e., a bad buy)—a vehicle with a major defect. To compete, teams downloaded Carvana’s data from Kaggle’s ...Starting at €8.20
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Tweets, Retweets, and Entrepreneurship
Lichtendahl, Kenneth C. Jr.; Grushka-Cockayne, Yael; Friedman, Sasha; Greenfield, JohnCase DARDEN-QA-0838-EDecision AnalysisThis case looks into how to effectively engage audiences through social media marketing. Specifically, the case addresses how entrepreneurs can use Twitter to generate community awareness through tweets and retweets. It also provides information about Twitter’s history, format, and publicly available data analytics.Starting at €8.20
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Resolving Trade-Offs: From Simple Heuristics to Multicriteria Analysis
Baucells, ManelTechnical Note DARDEN-QA-0914-EDecision AnalysisThis note discusses a variety of methods to assist intuition in complex situations with multiple objectives and a potentially large set of alternatives. It begins with heuristic rules, which are relatively simple ways to sort out alternatives without thinking too much about trade-offs. After discussing the reliability of such rules, it moves to multicriteria analysis, which is a more rational method of balancing conflicting objectives.Starting at €8.20
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CSR Bonus at CapTech
Baucells, Manel; Ellis, ShawnCase DARDEN-QA-0918-EDecision AnalysisThis case follows Anisha Anderson, who has had three of her customer service representatives (CSRs) quit. Her job is to think about how she can adjust the CSR training and bonus program to promote retention in the department, which has been a cause of concern for a while.Starting at €8.20
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Introduction to Optimization Models
Carraway, Robert L.Technical Note DARDEN-QA-0682-EDecision AnalysisWe refer to a model that uses mathematical programming to find an optimal quantity as an optimization model. Thus, an optimization model differs from an evaluation model in that it goes beyond simply evaluating the consequences of proposed alternatives: It actually identifies the “optimal” alternative. How does an optimization model accomplish this impressive task? In this age of readily available computing power and ever more user-friendly softw...Starting at €8.20
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Saving Troubled Stutts Corporation: Information Known Only to Evenson
Bodily, Samuel E.Case DARDEN-QA-0714-EDecision AnalysisThis case, part of a series (see also UVA-QA-0712, UVA-QA-0713, and UVA-QA-0715), contains information known only to Evenson. Two individuals own all the capital in Stutts Corporation. Decker owns all the debt and Evenson owns all the equity. Unless Decker and Evenson supply workout loans, Stutts will become bankrupt immediately. If they do provide the loans, Stutts will go into three possible states: recover, restructure, liquidate. The payouts ...Starting at €8.20
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Darden's Luckiest Student 2008
Pfeifer, Phillip E.; Bodily, Samuel E.Case DARDEN-QA-0717-EDecision AnalysisThe case describes a three-factor, full-factorial experiment run in conjunction with the Darden's Luckiest Student event of 2008. Prior to identifying Darden's Luckiest, all 300 first-year students made binding decisions between varying amounts of cash and the opportunity to select one of two identical briefcases. One briefcase contained $18,750; the other contained $0. Students are asked to analyze the results of the experiment and draw conclusi...Starting at €8.20
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Airbus and Boeing: Superjumbo Decisions
Bodily, Samuel E.; Lichtendahl, Kenneth C. Jr.Case DARDEN-QA-0720-EDecision AnalysisSet in 1999, this case allows students to put themselves in the positions of both Airbus and Boeing as Boeing considered how to respond to Airbus's decision to announce its plans to proceed or not with the $10 billion development of the world's first commercial superjumbo jet, the Airbus A3XX. Boeing was considering a development effort to "stretch" its 747 jumbo jet into a larger superjumbo version, the 747-X. At the time, the two companies' wid...Starting at €8.20
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C-Energy's Red Hill Plant: Meeting the SO2 Challenge
Ovchinnikov, Anton S.Case DARDEN-QA-0726-EDecision AnalysisThis case is suitable for graduate-level quantitative analysis, business and government, environment and sustainability, and global economics courses. Students must consider the tradeoffs between continuing to run an old coal-burning plant and purchasing emissions allowances (EAs) versus upgrading to emissions-reducing wet or dry scrubbers. Reducing emissions creates the possibility of selling the plant’s surplus EAs (which are likely to increase...Starting at €8.20
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Crawford Development Co. and Southeast Bank of Texas
Ovchinnikov, Anton S.; Loutskina, ElenaCase DARDEN-QA-0727-EDecision AnalysisIn the early months of the 2007–08 financial crises, a loan manager faces a real estate financing decision. Should he approve a bullet structure three-year loan to a longstanding client, a legendary Texan developer? The developer, who near retirement downsized his business, is seeking financing for his only project: residential or commercial development on an attractive piece of land in suburban Houston. The loan manager considers the decision in...Starting at €8.20