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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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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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Transformational Gaming: Zynga's Social Strategy (B)
Werhane, Patricia H.; Mead, Jenny; Hartman, Laura P.; Christmas, DanielleCase DARDEN-E-0361-EBusiness Ethics and Corporate Social ResponsibilityThe B case of this three-case series outlines how Mark Pincus, with help from his sister Laura Hartman, began to implement his new brand of social strategy. Initial steps included two partnerships: (1) Zynga’s YoVille and the San Francisco SPCA; and (2) Mafia Wars and the Huntington’s Disease Society of America. A new program within Zynga was created: Zynga.org, which would focus on global problems and ways to address them. Its first project, in ...Starting at €5.74
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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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Black Cards and Banking - Teaching Note
Fairchild; Gregory B.; Tierney; Black; Christina; Jones; Liz IvaniwTeaching Note DARDEN-F-1870TN-EFinanceTeaching note for product F-1870Starting at €0.00
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Transformational Gaming: Zynga's Social Strategy (A)
Werhane, Patricia H.; Mead, Jenny; Hartman, Laura P.; Christmas, DanielleCase DARDEN-E-0360-EBusiness Ethics and Corporate Social ResponsibilityIn January 2009, Mark Pincus, founder and CEO of the immensely popular and successful Zynga Game Network met with his sister Laura Hartman, DePaul University business ethics professor, to discuss building a new brand of corporate social strategy. Pincus wanted to find a way that Zynga could have a greater social impact on the world. He and Hartman talked about creating a new social strategy that would naturally flow out of Zynga’s success in deve...Starting at €8.20
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Transformational Gaming: Zynga's Social Strategy (C)
Werhane, Patricia H.; Mead, Jenny; Hartman, Laura P.; Christmas, DanielleCase DARDEN-E-0362-EBusiness Ethics and Corporate Social ResponsibilityFollowing the May 2010 Sweet Seeds campaign, Zynga announced that it would expand its FATEM partnership to build a school for children in Haiti who had been affected by the devastating earthquake in January of that year. In one week, more than 45,000 FarmVille users raised $110,000 through the purchase of virtual social goods. Sweet Seeds would be the first of several campaigns Zynga launched to raise funds for the school. In the meantime, Zynga....Starting at €5.74