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Pacific National Industries, Inc.
West, June A.; Haskins, Mark E.Case DARDEN-G-0646-EKnowledge and CommunicationEric Walsh, newly promoted director of aviation for Pacific National Industries, Inc. (PNI), is one week away from having to make his very first presentation to the company’s COO and CFO. PNI is one of the country’s largest chemical companies, and maintained four aircraft and a team of flight and maintenance crewmembers to facilitate executive travel to and from the company’s many plants and operating complexes. Walsh enters his new position and ...Starting at €8.20
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ConocoPhillips Confronts a Crisis: What's the Message? (B)
West, June A.; Maiden, Stephen E.; Connery, Bruce; Soltis, SteveCase DARDEN-S-0348-EStrategyThis case, a follow-up to "ConocoPhillips Confronts a Crisis: What's the Message? (A)" (UVA-S-0347), explores ConocoPhillips' ongoing struggle with the fallout from the COVID-19 pandemic. The company decided to act and talk to the market via a call where the executives would speak to the company's position, but as the situation continues to worsen and COVID-19 shows no signs of going away, ConocoPhillips and its senior vice president of corporate...Starting at €5.74
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ConocoPhillips Confronts a Crisis: What's the Message? (A)
West, June A.; Maiden, Stephen E.; Connery, Bruce; Soltis, SteveCase DARDEN-S-0347-EStrategyThis field-based case explores what happened when the COVID-19 pandemic hit the world's oil market. ConocoPhillips, a global leader in energy exploration and production, had withstood many oil price cycles in its time, but COVID-19 caused a crash that sent prices plummeting and investors scattering. Ellen DeSanctis, the senior vice president of corporate relations for ConocoPhillips, needed to collaborate with her executive colleagues to develop...Starting at €8.20
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Corteva Agriscience: Seeding a New Company (B)
West, June A.; Simko, Paul J.; Maiden, Stephen E.; Soltis, SteveCase DARDEN-BC-0296This case, a follow-up to “Corteva Agriscience: Seeding a New Company (A)” (UVA-BC-0295), provides an epilogue to the story of Jim Collins, CEO of Corteva Agriscience (Corteva), and a look at the ongoing strengths of the company he had helped to build.Starting at €5.74
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Corteva Agriscience: Seeding a New Company (A)
West, June A.; Simko, Paul J.; Maiden, Stephen E.; Soltis, SteveCase DARDEN-BC-0295This case introduces Corteva Agriscience (Corteva) and its CEO, Jim Collins. Corteva was the corporate offspring of a 2015 merger between Dow and DuPont, two of the world’s largest chemical companies. It was created to be the agriculture business that tieStarting at €8.20
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Fingerhut's Price Strategy (B): Epilogue
West, June A.Case DARDEN-E-0289-EBusiness Ethics and Corporate Social ResponsibilityThis epilogue tells the story of Fingerhut when it was acquired by Federated Department Stores for $1.7 billion, at the height of the internet bubble. Federated was interested in Fingerhut’s order fulfillment systems as a possible prototype for its own on-line store. That on-line venture never materialized, and Federated began to sell Fingerhut in pieces. It was purchased by the original owner and a Minnesota entrepreneur who are in the process o...Starting at €5.74
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Peak Investment Capital
Ruback, Richard S.; Yudkoff, RoyceCase HBS-219061-EEntrepreneurshipKobbina Awuah (MBA 2014) became intrigued with the possibility of adapting Entrepreneurship through Acquisition in Ghana, where he grew up and where his family still lived. While he knew he could work for a multi-national enterprise located in Ghana, he was confident that buying a small business to run provided an opportunity to have more of an impact. He formed Peak Investment Capital (PIC) at the beginning of 2014 with the goal of finding a bus...Starting at €8.20
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Buying Your Way into Entrepreneurship
Ruback, Richard S.; Yudkoff, RoyceArticle HBS-R1701M-EEntrepreneurshipAn increasingly popular route to success as a small business owner is "acquisition entrepreneurship"--buying and running an existing operation. If you're considering such a path, the authors offer practical advice for each stage of the process. (1) Think it through. Do you have the right qualities for the job (managerial skills, confidence, persuasiveness, persistence, a thirst for learning, and tolerance for stress)? Are you willing to trade the...Starting at €8.20
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Managing Virtual Teams (A) - Teaching Note
West, June A.Teaching Note DARDEN-BC-0210TN-EKnowledge and CommunicationTeaching note for product BC-0210Starting at €0.00
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Network Analysis: What Is It?
West, June A.; Kelley, Erin; Malouf, SanaTechnical Note DARDEN-BC-0247-EKnowledge and CommunicationThis technical note is used in Darden's first year "Business Communications" course. This technical note examines the organizational structure of the network and provides a brief introduction to network analysis: What is it? Why do it? What are the implications? How can companies best implement it to highlight the strengths and power of networks and minimize the flaws and fragilities?Starting at €8.20