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Should Dariu Foundation's Microfinance Program be Self-Sustainable : Thomas Trueb and the Tan Phu Project in Vietnam
Mitchell, Jordan; Liechtenstein, HeinrichCase F-809-EBusiness Ethics and Corporate Social Responsibility, FinanceIn mid-2005, Thomas Trueb, head of Pacific Media for Ringier AG (a Swiss media conglomerate based in Zürich) and co-founder of Dariu Foundation, a non-government organization (NGO), needs to decide whether his foundation's microfinance programme in Vietnam should be self-sustainable. He is faced with a choice of either adjusting the programs current plans which specify loan sizes, interest rates and the number of loan officers per member to make ...Starting at €8.20
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ESG and Reykjavik Energy's First Green Bond
Mitchell, Jordan; Sigurjonsson, Throstur Olaf; Rahnema Alavi, AhmadCase F-973-EBusiness Ethics and Corporate Social Responsibility, Corporate Governance, FinanceAs of February 2019, Reykjavik Energy is considering issuing their first Green Bond, which would be the third Green Bond coming from an Icelandic organization. With a potential value between ISK 2.5 and ISK 3 billion ($20 million to $25 million) and a 35-year term, the company is thinking not only about the financial implications of its proposed financing but also how it fits into its Environment, Societal and Governance (ESG) framework and its ...Starting at €8.20
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Digital Twin: Representing the Real
Laseter, Timothy M.; Frazer, Anne; Boatright, BenjaminTechnical Note DARDEN-OM-1785-EService and Operations ManagementA digital twin can be described as a digital model of a real object. But what makes it different from a prototype? How are digital twins being used in business settings outside manufacturing? How do they relate to machine learning and augmented reality? When digital twins meet their fullest potential, they enable businesses to optimize operations by managing their assets more efficiently, generating higher productivity, and reducing costs. This t...Starting at €8.20
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Data Quality and Data Engineering
Laseter, Timothy M.; Frazer, Anne; Boatright, BenjaminTechnical Note DARDEN-OM-1790-EService and Operations ManagementAs companies increasingly rely on data and analytics to make decisions and improve their operations, it becomes clear that data quality can be a major issue. The insights gleaned from data analytics are useful only if the data is of high quality. This note summarizes some common issues that can result in low-quality data and explores the crucial task of data engineering. This note is taught at Darden in the second-year elective, “Digital Operat...Starting at €8.20
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The Internet of Things
Laseter, Timothy M.; Frazer, Anne; Boatright, BenjaminTechnical Note DARDEN-OM-1792-EService and Operations ManagementThe Internet of Things (IoT) can be generally explained as a network of objects that collect data regarding their surroundings and transfer it across the internet to various systems. While the addition of more information can improve a business’s data-driven decision-making, should all businesses invest in IoT? This technical note explores IoT technologies, discusses how it is being used in industry, brings up some advantages and disadvantages, o...Starting at €8.20
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Carbfix: Storing CO2 Forever
Mitchell, Jordan; Sigurjonsson, Throstur Olaf; Rahnema Alavi, AhmadCase F-974-EBusiness Ethics and Corporate Social Responsibility, Finance, StrategyIn March 2021, the team at Carbfix - a start-up born out of the culmination of more than 15 years of work by universities and parent company Reykjavik Energy- believed it had a game-changing technology to fight against climate change: eliminating CO2 permanently and safely from the atmosphere by storing it in basalt rock. In an aim to scale, they were considering three options to commercialize the concept: licensing the technology to other count...Starting at €8.20
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Is Governance the Key to the Metaverse?
Laseter, Timothy M.Case DARDEN-OM-1777-EService and Operations ManagementBridget Lively, an information technology consultant, was intrigued by new ideas involving potential applications of “markets” to societal problems. An avid Wikipedia editor and previously very active in developing Linux open-source software, Lively imagined applying market principles to a metaverse in such a way that it would be decentralized, open, inclusive, and democratic. As her head spun with the possibilities and challenges of creating a t...Starting at €8.20
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Regency Capital Partners: The Heat Is On
Grabenwarter, Uli; Mitchell, Jordan; Mayer F.; Liechtenstein, HeinrichCase F-827-EFinanceA senior manager at Durable Capital Partners (DCP) must decide between two investments for the company's seventh private equity fund by evaluating each investment memoranda. The first investment calls for DCP to be a junior partner in a syndicated deal. By investing in the first company, DCP's fund would be fully invested and the company could begin to fundraise for its eighth fund. The second investment, is in DCP's ideal range in terms of size ...Starting at €8.20
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Competitive-Cost Analysis: Learning Curves
Laseter, Timothy M.; Schwartz, GregTechnical Note DARDEN-OM-1745-EService and Operations ManagementThis fourth note in the five-part series on competitive-cost analysis introduces the concept of the learning curve, which can be analyzed with a log-log relationship between unit cost and cumulative volume.Starting at €8.20
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Competitive-Cost Analysis: Experience Curves
Laseter, Timothy M.; Schwartz, GregTechnical Note DARDEN-OM-1799-EService and Operations ManagementThis final note in the five-part series on competitive-cost analysis introduces the concept of the experience curve, which can be analyzed with a log-log relationship between unit cost and cumulative volume.Starting at €8.20