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Darden University of Virginia (USA)
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The Power of One
Chen, Ming-Jer; Tucker, CharlesTechnical Note DARDEN-S-0204-EStrategyEach of us possesses an inner force that enables us to be optimally effective in all aspects of life. The power of one is much more than an abstraction that animates our actions. It has practical applications for day-to-day life, from school to work, and throughout our personal lives. The power of one provides a way to converse with ourselves, to crystallize what is important, thereby enabling us to make coherent decisions. And because it emanate...Starting at €8.20
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"Why Should I Care?"
Chen, Ming-Jer; Tucker, CharlesCase DARDEN-S-0301-EStrategyA scholar in the area of organizational behavior has just learned that her paper on gender diversity has been accepted by a top management journal. She is looking forward to today’s class because her new paper, which she had assigned as reading for class, could serve as a test run to discovering what kind of response her research would elicit from practical-minded business students. But instead she must make a case for the relevance of research i...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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New River Apparel: Trot or Gallop?
Fairchild, Gregory B.; Tucker, CharlesCase DARDEN-ENT-0194-EEntrepreneurshipMarjorie Burnett, who runs a clothing outlet with lagging revenues in Tennessee, is considering taking a gamble on starting a new business. She has to decide whether expansion—offering even more products—is the answer to increasing her revenue, and whether would that decision be more profitable than her present business, given that the storefront she's considering is in a relatively unpopulated rural area. Would a new business be worth the invest...Starting at €8.20
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Quail Cove Farms (B): Catching the Organics Wave
Fairchild, Gregory B.; Tucker, CharlesCase DARDEN-ENT-0169-EEntrepreneurshipThis case continues the story of Bill and Elaine Jardine from "Quail Cove Farms (A): One Night and a Big Decision." The Jardines, having moved into distribution, now face two decisions. First, they must evaluate whether they should continue to pursue each of their three channels of business (farming, retail sales, and distribution); second, they need to decide if they should shift their sales and marketing efforts to the internet with the help of...Starting at €5.74
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BandyWorks (A): Founding a New Business (Guided by the Past)
Fairchild, Gregory B.; Tucker, CharlesCase DARDEN-ENT-0173-EEntrepreneurshipNow in his mid-40s, Tom Bandy was not a novice entrepreneur. He was a veteran of the IT revolution two decades earlier. He had started a company after college that successfully exploited a market niche in database management. But by his late 30s, he had lost the business. Now he was ready to launch a new one. And guided by experience, he had some thoughts about how to finance it.Starting at €8.20