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Fighting the Financial Crisis of 2008 - Teaching Note
Bruner, Robert F.Teaching Note DARDEN-F-1833TN-EFinanceTeaching Note for product F-1833Starting at €0.00
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The Panic of 1907 and the High Tide of Progressivism (A) and (B) - Teaching Note
Bruner, Robert F.Teaching Note DARDEN-F-1781TN-EFinanceTeaching Note of product F-1781Starting at €0.00
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The Panic of 1861 and the Advent of Greenbacks and National Banking (A) and (B) - Teaching Note
Bruner, Robert F.Teaching Note DARDEN-F-1822TN-EFinanceTeaching Note for product F-1822Starting at €0.00
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Designing the Hybrid Office
Fayard, Anne-Laure; Weeks, John; Khan, MahweshArticle HBS-R2102J-ELeadership and People ManagementIt's where people build trust through personal interaction, learn the nuances of their job, and build and maintain organizational culture. And it's through random in-person encounters between people from different functions and cultures that many of the most innovative business ideas are born. The authors conclude by showing how design, technology, and management practices can be used to make tomorrow's offices more effective as social, learning...Starting at €8.20
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Guna Fibres, Ltd.
Schill, Michael J.; Bruner, Robert F.; Pham, Thien T.Case DARDEN-F-1687-EFinanceThe chief executive of a small yarn-production company in India must resolve an unexpected cash shortage. The task for the student is to evaluate the causes of this shortage (using a completed “base-case” forecast given in the case) and assess the usefulness of various possible remedies suggested by managers. The company is unable to liquidate a seasonal working-capital loan for the requisite 30 days each year, a difficulty arising from two class...Starting at €8.20
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The South Sea Bubble and the Rise of the Bank of England (B)
Bruner, Robert F.; Miller, ScottCase DARDEN-F-1821-EFinanceIn October 1720, John Hanger, governor of the Bank of England (BoE), and his fellow directors confronted the imminent collapse of the South Sea Company (SSC). The SSC directors urgently appealed to the BoE for funds to prevent collapse. Should the bank rescue the SSC? The answer to this question hinges upon an assessment of the origins of the market bubble, Britain’s strategy of creating trading monopolies, the development and role of the new BoE...Starting at €5.74
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Britannia Chemicals PLC (B): The Merseyside and Antwerp Projects
Schill, Michael J.; Bruner, Robert F.; McTigue, Frank H.Case DARDEN-F-1976FinanceBritannia Chemicals was under pressure from investors to improve its financial performance because of the accumulation of the firm’s common shares by a well-known corporate raider. Earnings had fallen to 180 pence per share at the end of 2017 from around 250 pence per share at the end of 2016. This B case reviews the same project as the A case (F-1906) but from one level higher: the executive vice president faces an either/or investment decisio...Starting at €5.74
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Euroland Foods 2021
Schill, Michael J.; Bruner, Robert F.; Opitz, Casey S.Case DARDEN-F-2016-EFinanceFacing strong pressure from investors to improve financial performance and preserve capital, senior management at Euroland Foods must select which projects to fund across a slate of major investment proposals for 2021. While the board of directors has imposed a limit of EUR120 million for the company budget, various managers have proposed projects totaling EUR316 million. The task for students is to evaluate each proposal’s financial attributes a...Starting at €8.20
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Quién movió mi cubo
Fayard, Anne-Laure; Weeks, JohnArticle HBS-R1107HService and Operations ManagementLos gestores vez desalienta la interacción informal entre los empleados, viéndolo como una distracción de "trabajo real". Hoy sabemos que los encuentros casuales en el trabajo promueven la cooperación y la innovación, y las empresas elaboran sus planos de planta y culturas con esto en mente. Entonces, ¿por qué sus cuidadosas, los esfuerzos bien intencionados a menudo van mal? El sentido común, resulta que es una guía pobre cuando se trata de dise...Starting at €8.20