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Strategic Conversations at Suncorp Commercial Insurance (C)
Liedtka, Jeanne M.Case DARDEN-S-0161-EStrategyThe “Strategic Conversations at Suncorp Commercial Insurance” case series examines the actions taken by the senior executives of the Australian-based Suncorp Commercial Insurance, working with strategy consultant 2nd Road, to build an aligned and committed workforce following a difficult merger with a rival insurer, Promina Group. The A case outlines both the process used, which features the widely participative “strategic conversation” developed...Starting at €5.74
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Charlottesville-Albemarle Legal Aid Society (C): 10 Years Later
Liedtka, Jeanne M.Case DARDEN-BP-0517-ECorporate GovernanceThis case series deals with the situation facing the director of the Charlottesville-Albemarle Legal Aid Society, a federally supported nonprofit organization chartered to provide legal services to low-income people involved in noncriminal cases. Legal Aid has entered a challenging time in its history: Funding is decreasing while demand for services is growing. The director is struggling with how to forge a new strategy for the organization in an...Starting at €5.74
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Design Thinking in Action: South Western Railway (A), (B), and (C) - Teaching note
Liedtka, Jeanne M.;Teaching Note DARDEN-S-0377TN-EStrategyTeaching note for products S-0377, S-0378, S-0379Starting at €0.00
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Design Thinking in Action (C): Experimentation in Action at South Western Railway
Liedtka, Jeanne M.Case DARDEN-S-0379-EStrategyThis third case in the series that begins with “Design Thinking in Action (A): South Western Railway” (UVA-S-0377) describes two waves of experimentation undertaken by UK railway operator South Western Railway (SWR) and its design-consultancy partner, David Kester & Associates (DK&A), during the deliver stage of their joint project to improve customer experience at SWR. They had followed a classic design thinking methodology, discovering customer...Starting at €5.74
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Design Thinking in Action (C): Experimentation in Action at South Western Railway (ABRIDGED)
Liedtka, Jeanne M.Case DARDEN-S-0389-EStrategyThis abridged case, the third in a series that begins with “Design Thinking in Action (A): South Western Railway” (UVA-S-0377), describes two waves of experimentation undertaken by UK railway operator South Western Railway (SWR) and its design-consultancy partner, David Kester & Associates (DK&A), during the deliver stage of their joint project to improve customer experience at SWR. They had followed a classic design thinking methodology, discove...Starting at €5.74
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Competition and Collaboration in the PC Industry: The Evolution of a Value Chain (C)
Liedtka, Jeanne M.; Charan, Guru; Davis, Ryan M.; Moore, Elizabeth K.Case DARDEN-BP-0520-ECorporate GovernanceDell clung to the top spot among PC makers in 2006, when it shipped just over 38 million computers - only about 20,000 more than rival Hewlett-Packard (HP), which acquired Compaq in 2001. HP also reported gains in the fast-growing laptop segment, mostly at the expense of Dell. After HP and Dell, the next three largest PC makers in 2006 were all based outside the United States: Lenovo of China (which purchased IBM’s PC division in 2001), Acer of T...Starting at €5.74
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The Hertz Corporation (B)
Luehrman, Timothy A.; Scott, Douglas C.Case HBS-208031-EFinanceStarting at €5.74
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Hertz Corporation (A)
Luehrman, Timothy A.; Scott, Douglas C.Case HBS-208030-EFinanceExamines the leveraged buyout of Hertz in 2005, a complex, high-profile deal and a good example of cutting-edge practice in private equity. The first of a two-part series on the Hertz LBO, adopts the perspective of Clayton, Dubilier & Rice, the leader ofStarting at €8.20
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Nextel Partners: Put Option
Luehrman, Timothy A.; Scott, Douglas C.Case HBS-207128-EFinanceNextel Partners' shareholders have voted to exercise a put option that will require the company's largest shareholder, Sprint Nextel Corp., to purchase all the shares it does not already own. However, the put option does not stipulate a price to be paid, but rather a process involving third-party appraisers, who will set the sale price. This is so even though Nextel Partners is a publicly traded company. Raises issues regarding the definition and...Starting at €8.20
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Laura Mitchell at Cincinnati Public Schools
Liedtka, Jeanne M.; Frey, Sherwood C. Jr.Case DARDEN-BP-0554-ECorporate GovernanceLaura Mitchell began her career as a teacher in an affluent school outside of Atlanta and then returned a year later to her hometown of Cincinnati, to an urban school with a high poverty rate. The case details Mitchell's journey throughout her teaching and administrative career, and challenges the reader to change the way one thinks about Instructional Leadership.Starting at €8.20