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Darden University of Virginia (USA)
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Finance Caselets: An Ethical Perspective
Parmar, Bidhan L.; Dalmia, Pranav; Mead, JennyCase DARDEN-E-0472-EBusiness Ethics and Corporate Social ResponsibilityThese fictional caselets, some of which are based on lived experience, present dilemmas and ethical issues in the financial field. The situations include an investment-banking firm executive deciding how to handle an investment tip; an executive struggling with whether to push her tech start-up client to a lucrative IPO or to follow her company’s directive to push a merger instead; an employee asked to contravene accepted accounting practice; an ...Starting at €8.20
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US–China Tensions in Class (A): International Politics Meets Interpersonal Relationships
Chen, Ming-Jer; Whittle, Mary Summers; Fairfax, Lydia; Feng, JianYe (Jacky)Case DARDEN-S-0332-EStrategyThis four-part case series examines the numerous, often subtle ways in which international and interpersonal relations intersect. When an American MBA student types a controversial comment about China into the virtual chat box of an online class on emergiStarting at €8.20
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US–China Tensions in Class (D): Bruised Feelings
Chen, Ming-Jer; Whittle, Mary Summers; Fairfax, Lydia; Feng, JianYe (Jacky)Case DARDEN-S-0335-EStrategyThis four-part case series examines the numerous, often subtle ways in which international and interpersonal relations intersect. When an American MBA student types a controversial comment about China into the virtual chat box of an online class on emergiStarting at €5.74
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US–China Tensions in Class (B): Balancing the Professional, Political, and Personal
Chen, Ming-Jer; Whittle, Mary Summers; Fairfax, Lydia; Feng, JianYe (Jacky)Case DARDEN-S-0333-EStrategyThis four-part case series examines the numerous, often subtle ways in which international and interpersonal relations intersect. When an American MBA student types a controversial comment about China into the virtual chat box of an online class on emergiStarting at €5.74
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Strictly Business: Janice Greer’s Leadership Challenge in Japan
Chen, Ming-Jer; Dalmia, PranavCase DARDEN-S-0385-EStrategyJanice Greer works for NVX Pharmaceuticals, a US firm with increasing global operations. Not long after Greer’s promotion to country head for Japan, their boss suggests that widespread layoffs will be needed to help bring performance of the international units in line with domestic operations. Cultural differences between US and Japanese work practices and traditions complicate the decisions Greer faces in dealing with members of their team. How ...Starting at €8.20
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Paul Waddle's Crash Course in Nigerian Business
Chen, Ming-Jer; Dalmia, PranavCase DARDEN-S-0387-EStrategyPaul Waddle works for Tripod Capital (Tripod), a venture fund focused on investing globally in fintech start-ups. Ambitious and a self-starter, Waddle is in pursuit of fast-growing the Nigerian payments platform DigitApt. As he enters the final stages of closing a deal, he is confronted with cultural differences between US and Nigerian work practices and traditions. Understanding and appropriately integrating these differences could be the key to...Starting at €8.20
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Us versus Them: Bridging the Fault Line between Salaried and Hourly Employees
Chen, Ming-Jer; Dalmia, PranavCase DARDEN-S-0382StrategyBlake Cody is a consultant who has been brought in to optimize and increase efficiency at a manufacturing plant mired in a market slump. He identifies divisions between two groups of employees—salaried (permanent) and hourly (temporary)—as a central challStarting at €8.20
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Culture Clash: Abdullah Al-Multaq's Return to the Middle East
Chen, Ming-Jer; Dalmia, PranavCase DARDEN-S-0384StrategyAbdullah “Abe” Al-Multaq works in the acquisitions team of a large and ambitious US tech company. As his team undertakes due diligence at a target company he had identified in Saudi Arabia, cultural differences between representatives of the two firms flaStarting at €8.20
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Expanding the MBA Experience: The Student Case Writer Perspective
Chen, Ming-Jer; Fairfax, Lydia; Whittle, Mary SummersTechnical Note DARDEN-S-0358-EStrategyAt many leading business schools, cases are written only by professors or professional case writers. At the Darden School of Business, however, MBA students may also write cases. Case writing helps students to gain tangible business writing and communication skills, to sharpen their business acumen, to understand better the key concepts learned in the classroom, and to prepare for the practical rigors of the workplace. This technical note explo...Starting at €8.20
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BandyWorks (B): Tom Bandy—Growing, Letting Go - Teaching note
Fairchild, Gregory B.; Dalmia, PranavTeaching Note DARDEN-ENT-0182TNEntrepreneurshipTeaching note for product ENT-0182Starting at €0.00