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Darden University of Virginia (USA)
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Quincy Lake Clinic
Weiss, Elliott N.; English, AustinCase DARDEN-OM-1699-EService and Operations ManagementOlga Zimmerman was the clinical operations director of the Quincy Lake Clinic (QLC), a provider-based primary and specialty care clinic. For the past four months, Zimmerman had been learning her new role and trying to change the organization using Lean concepts. She had many process-improvement opportunities and had been recording her observations during her frequent gemba walks. She had created a pile of sticky notes of various issues she though...Starting at €8.20
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Translating Personal Tragedy into Action: Starting the Dr. Lorna Breen Heroes' Foundation
Matherne, G. Paul; Orr, Emily Jane; Behrman, KatelynCase DARDEN-E-0462-EBusiness Ethics and Corporate Social ResponsibilityIn 2020, Jennifer and Corey Feist started the Dr. Lorna Breen Heroes’ Fund in memory of Jennifer’s sister. As the head of the emergency department at a Manhattan hospital, Lorna Breen had treated patients at hospitals overwhelmed by the COVID-19 pandemic,Starting at €8.20
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Nelson Nurseries
Schill, Michael J.Case DARDEN-F-1944-EFinanceThis case captures the problems concerning cash flow and working-capital management typical of small, growing businesses. At the end of 2020, Roger and Christine Barton have completed their third year of operating Nelson Nurseries, a $1-million-revenue woody-shrub nursery in central Virginia. While experiencing booming demand and improving margins, the Bartons are puzzled by their plummeting cash balance. The case highlights the difference betwee...Starting at €8.20
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Becoming an Executive Education Faculty Leader of Choice
Haskins, Mark E.Case DARDEN-PHA-0081-ELeadership and People ManagementThis case provides an opportunity for students to consider and discuss the multifaceted responsibilities of an executive education (EE) custom program faculty leader. The case suggests that such a faculty leader has responsibilities and tasks paralleling many of the protagonists involved in building a custom home (i.e., builder/general contractor, designer/architect, site supervisor, county inspector, and key operations client liaison). As a star...Starting at €8.20
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Programming a "Fairer" System: Assessing Bias in Enterprise AI Products (A)
Gentile, Mary; Krasniansky, AdrianaCase DARDEN-OB-1340-ELeadership and People ManagementThis case is part of the Giving Voice to Values (GVV) curriculum. To see other material in the GVV curriculum, please visit http://store.darden.virginia.edu/giving-voice-to-values. In this case, Timothy Brennan is the founder and CEO of technology company Northpointe, Inc. (Northpointe), and the creator of its flagship software program, COMPAS, an artificially intelligent software tool for US court systems that predicts a defendant’s likelihood t...Starting at €8.20
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Programming a "Fairer" System: Assessing Bias in Enterprise AI Products (B)
Gentile, Mary; Krasniansky, AdrianaCase DARDEN-OB-1341-ELeadership and People ManagementThis case is part of the Giving Voice to Values (GVV) curriculum. To see other material in the GVV curriculum, please visit http://store.darden.virginia.edu/giving-voice-to-values. In this case, Timothy Brennan is the founder and CEO of technology company Northpointe, Inc. (Northpointe), and the creator of its flagship software program, COMPAS, an artificially intelligent software tool for US court systems that predicts a defendant’s likelihood t...Starting at €5.74
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Artisan Flooring Products, Inc.
Simko, Paul J.Case DARDEN-C-2445-EAccounting and ControlThe owner of a small retail flooring company is projecting her company’s financial performance and financial position for the current 2020 calendar year. The company began business in 2019, and by all measures, that first year had been a financial successStarting at €8.20
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Come As You Are: The Role of Internal Financial Reporting after a Change of Leadership
Dikolli, Shane; Ingram-Johnson, JailaCase DARDEN-C-2447-EAccounting and ControlAs You Are Seventh-Day Adventist Church (AYA) is located in Williamsburg, Virginia, in a low-income community, where it offers a wide range of primarily religious services. AYA is part of the River Seventh-Day Adventist Conference—East (RCE), which finds and pays for the pastors at each of its churches. In return, the RCE receives the weekly tithes as conference dues, and AYA keeps the offerings given by its members. This partnership has allowed ...Starting at €8.20
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Tentacles
Fairchild, Gregory B.Case DARDEN-F-1922-EFinanceThis case follows Kaycee, who had just returned two weeks ago from a 27-month stay in prison, as she discovers that she is the victim of identity theft. To find out what steps to take, Kaycee reaches out for advice to Marisa Berryman, a mentor at the residential facility that housed Kaycee for three months following her incarceration before she returned home. The goal of this case is to educate students about the risks of identity theft, teach th...Starting at €8.20
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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