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Darden University of Virginia (USA)
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Black Cards and Banking
Fairchild; Gregory B.; Tierney; Black; Christina; Jones; Liz IvaniwCase DARDEN-F-1870-EFinanceCecilia and Luke were recently married and were beginning to build a life together. Although they were complete opposites; they had been able to work through their differences and have a good relationship. Luke was a musician who did not have a day job. Although his music was able to provide him with an income; it was not steady or reliable. Cecilia; on the other hand; had a steady job working as a marketing manager for a baby formula company. Wh...Starting at €8.20
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News Corporation and Dow Jones & Company, Inc.
Bourgeois, L. J. III; Hammaker, Paul M.; Kapur, Divyaksh; Mussio, MichaelCase DARDEN-BP-0534-ECorporate GovernanceBillionaire Rupert Murdoch, CEO of News Corporation, has purchased the Dow Jones & Company, which includes the Wall Street Journal, from the Bancroft family after many family discussions about the sale. At issue is whether Murchoch, known for his involved and hands-on management style, will impose his will on the editorial personnel and policies of the WSJ and risk destroying the very intellectual capital he has just acquired.Starting at €8.20
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Integration of Wachovia and Golden West (B)
Bourgeois, L. J. III; Hammaker, Paul M.; Jackson, Matt; Maher, Dave; Schwarzschild, AdamCase DARDEN-BP-0535-ECorporate GovernanceThe integration team had planned and implemented the changes. The two goals to maintain momentum and keep the core value of Golden West operations in place were accomplished. From the time the deal was announced, Wachovia and Golden West had been cross-selling each other’s products. Much time was invested early on in getting all parties up to speed. But everything fell apart only months after the integration when in July of 2007 Wachovia took a h...Starting at €5.74
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Building the New Bosco-Zeta Pharma (B)
Bourgeois, L. J. III; Hammaker, Paul M.; Powers, John; Mathur, Sudeep; Bose, NandiniCase DARDEN-BP-0536-ECorporate GovernanceThe Bosco chairman realizes that Bosco and Zeta have different work cultures and to make the integration a success, it was imperative to create a new unique identity for the new company Bosco-Zeta Pharma. He decides that the goal is to retain the best elements of the existing social capital from the two separate organizations while improving the new company’s responsiveness to customers, competitors, and the market environment. He requests that a...Starting at €5.74
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The CS Robinson–Ford Merger - Teaching Note
Bourgeois, L. J. III; Hammaker, Paul M.Teaching Note DARDEN-BP-0481TN-ECorporate GovernanceTeaching note for product BP-0481Starting at €0.00
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Integration of Wachovia and Golden West (A) and (B) - Teaching Note
Bourgeois, L. J. III; Hammaker, Paul M.; Jackson, Matt; Maher, Dave; Schwarzschild, AdamTeaching Note DARDEN-BP-0532TN-ECorporate GovernanceTeaching note for product BP-0532Starting at €0.00
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A Quicksand of Loans: Loan Types
Fairchild; Gregory B.; Tierney; Black; Christina; Jones; Liz IvaniwCase DARDEN-F-1867-EFinanceRachel Moore was an optimistic; cheerful; friendly woman who had recently graduated with a bachelor’s degree in business management. She had used scholarships and grants while working 30 hours a week to make up the difference in tuition; and had graduated debt free—becoming the first in her family to earn a college education. After moving to start a full-time job a marketing manager at a marketing company; Rachel had recently been told that the h...Starting at €8.20
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A Quicksand of Loans: Loan Types - Teaching Note
Fairchild; Gregory B.; Tierney; Black; Christina; Jones; Liz IvaniwTeaching Note DARDEN-F-1867TN-EFinanceTeaching note for product F-1867Starting at €0.00
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Anxious Alastair - Teaching Note
Detert; James R.; Black; ChristinaTeaching Note DARDEN-OB-1259TN-ELeadership and People ManagementTeaching note for product OB-1259Starting at €0.00
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Integration of Wachovia and Golden West (A)
Bourgeois, L. J. III; Hammaker, Paul M.; Jackson, Matt; Maher, Dave; Schwarzschild, AdamCase DARDEN-BP-0532-ECorporate GovernanceIn July 2007, Wachovia Corporation’s CEO is pleased with a report that shows the firm’s record-setting second quarter results. In the past three months, Wachovia has doubled its earnings and posted record revenues, mostly attributable to the large consumer real-estate loans related to the Golden West Financial acquisition that has contributed to the bank’s growth. The transition of Golden West into Wachovia’s platform had been quick and smooth, d...Starting at €8.20