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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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Finansbank 2006, Teaching Note
Foley, C. Fritz; Meyer, LinneaTeaching Note HBS-208149-EFinanceTeaching Note for [208-108].Starting at €0.00
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WL Ross and Plascar, Teaching Note
Foley, C. Fritz; Meyer, LinneaTeaching Note HBS-209092-EFinanceTeaching Note for [209091].Starting at €0.00
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Finansbank 2006
Foley, C. Fritz; Meyer, LinneaCase HBS-208108-EFinanceHow do financial policy requirements and benefits of ownership concentration affect the need for and process of corporate restructuring? This case provides students with an opportunity to analyze the restructuring of a Turkish multinational business group by way of a merger. Finansbank A is a bank headquartered in Turkey with additional operations in Holland, Switzerland, Russia, Romania, and Ukraine. It was founded by H sn zye in in 1987...Starting at €8.20
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WL Ross and Plascar
Foley, C. Fritz; Meyer, LinneaCase HBS-209091-EFinanceHow can distressed investors take advantage of the procedures governing an international bankruptcy? Wilbur L. Ross, chairman and CEO of the private equity firm WL Ross & Co., LLC, has the opportunity to bid for debt and equity claims on Plascar Industria e Comercio Ltda., the Brazilian subsidiary of the bankrupt global auto components company Collins & Aikman Corp. In evaluating this opportunity, students must analyze Ross's strategy to reshape ...Starting at €8.20