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Carbfix: Creating a Market for Permanent Carbon Storage
Lenox, Michael; Eichengreen, JacobCase DARDEN-S-0407-EStrategyCarbfix, a start-up based in Reykjavik, Iceland, that has developed a novel carbon-sequestration technology, has recently won a $120 million grant from the EU Innovation Fund to build the world’s first large-scale carbon-importation and sequestration hub. CEO Kristinn Ingi Lárusson recognized that Carbfix was entering into an important new phase in its development. The grant was undoubtedly a huge win for the company, but Carbfix was still a long...Starting at €8.20
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Bob's Baloney - Teaching note
Schill, Michael J.Teaching Note DARDEN-F-1942TN-EFinanceTeaching note for product F-1942Starting at €0.00
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Apple Inc.: The Second Green Bond - Teaching note
Lipson, Marc L.Teaching Note DARDEN-F-2022TN-EFinanceLisa Jackson, vice president of Environment, Policy and Social Initiatives at Apple Inc. (Apple) and, previously, the first African American administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency, was preparing for questions that might arise in relation to Apple's upcoming 10-year $1 billion green bond issue, Apple's second such offering. The case explores the economics of bond pricing in general, and green bonds in particular, by describing the re...Starting at €0.00
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Defined Benefit Pension Plans
Hopkins, Justin J.; Craddock, JennyTechnical Note DARDEN-C-2472-EAccounting and ControlThis technical note provides background on defined benefit pension plans in the United States and a basic understanding of accounting for defined benefit plans. Topics discussed include differences between defined benefit and defined contribution plans, the effects of defined benefit plans on the balance sheet and income statements, and interpreting related footnote disclosures. This note is intended to be a broad overview of pension plan account...Starting at €8.20
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WillowTree: Project Driven with a Product Mindset (A) and (B) - Teaching note
Nelson, Ryan; Wright, RyanTeaching Note DARDEN-S-0338TN-EStrategyWillowTree began as a small digital products company in 2007. By 2020, it had more than 500 full-time team members operating out of offices in four locations, and it had launched hundreds of digital products, including mobile apps, websites, voice assistants, and TV experiences. But also in 2020, WillowTree was facing the most significant challenge in its 12 years of corporate existence-a global pandemic. By analyzing how WillowTree blends proje...Starting at €0.00
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Carly's Car Clinic - Teaching note
schillm@darden.virginia.eduTeaching Note DARDEN-F-2007TN-EFinanceThis short fictional case considers an investment decision in a new business concept, Carly's Car Clinic. The investment choice entails two similar stores with correlated outcomes and an option to sequence the opening of one after the other. Student analysis highlights the value of the optionality to delay the opening of one of the stores and then not make the subsequent investment if the outcome on the first one is poor. An instructor should a...Starting at €0.00
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Morgan Wallen: Tough Decisions at the William Morris Endeavor Agency (A)
Parmar, Bidhan L.; Clark-Hamel, Skyler; Mead, JennyCase DARDEN-E-0494-EBusiness Ethics and Corporate Social ResponsibilityJay Williams, cohead of the Nashville office of the William Morris Endeavor (WME), must decide how to respond to an incident involving Morgan Wallen, one of the talent agency’s fastest-rising country music stars. Wallen, a white singer, was caught on home security footage using an ethnic slur with a group of white friends after a night of drinking. The following day, the footage was released to the public, and Wallen was swiftly disavowed by his ...Starting at €8.20
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Workaround: Which Integration Ideas to Explore?
Parmar, Bidhan L.; Mead, Jenny; Leiner, Benjamin; Vambre, DavidCase DARDEN-E-0476-EBusiness Ethics and Corporate Social ResponsibilityAnna Bender, VP of product at Workaround, a large human resources (HR) software firm, had just been presented with a number of different recommendations from her employees on how to integrate the functionality and data from a recently acquired software company that had a leading chat app into Workaround’s offerings. Although she was impressed by many of the suggestions, Bender was also ethically conflicted about some of them. The business opportu...Starting at €8.20
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Recruiting: Additional Vignettes - Teaching note
Parmar, Bidhan L.; Mead, JennyTeaching Note DARDEN-E-0417TN-EBusiness Ethics and Corporate Social ResponsibilityStarting at €0.00
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The Ethics of Consulting - Teaching note
Parmar, Bidhan L.; Mead, JennyTeaching Note DARDEN-E-0431TN-EBusiness Ethics and Corporate Social ResponsibilityStarting at €0.00