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Office Depot E-Business (Abridged)
Venkataraman, S.; Bodily, Samuel E.; Cross, Tom; Chatterjee, SayanCase DARDEN-BP-0524-ECorporate GovernanceThis case is an excellent illustration of offline/online integration. Office Depot used its supply chain, systems integration, and existing offline channel strengths to overcome competitive online threats from pure Internet players and other office-products-category players. Students get to consider the critical strategic options for overall strategy, pricing, product line, promotion, and business integration.Starting at €8.20
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When a Pandemic Hits: Treading H2O and the Possible Pox (E)
James, Erika Hayes; Clifton, Jason; Yemen, GerryCase DARDEN-OB-0944-ELeadership and People ManagementThis five-part case series, sold as a package, presents an opportunity for students to understand that leadership mindset is not going from crisis to crisis, but anticipating and shaping your organization. Through five case scenarios, students learn the need to recognize when there is a crisis situation, explore problems that often occur when issues are ignored, and take appropriate actions to remedy the situation. The (E) case is nine months aft...Starting at €5.74
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Embraer E-Jets E2: Flying High
Yemen, Gerry; Isabella, Lynn A.Case DARDEN-OB-1308-ELeadership and People ManagementThis field-based case chronicles how Embraer, a recognized market leader in Brazil’s regional aircraft industry, designed and developed an almost entirely new aircraft, the E2-190. Given the success of the E1-190, a project to redesign that successful product was a bold move. Yet the E2 project excelled. It surpassed industry expectations, including being under time and under budget, and it logged many firsts, such as setting a world record for f...Starting at €8.20
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Marketing a Pure Play E-Tailer: Historical Emporium Inc.
Farris, Paul W.; Yemen, GerryCase DARDEN-M-0901-EMarketingThe material in this case provides customer data that were available to the case protagonists to make data-driven decisions. From their garage to a 16,000-square-foot warehouse and office in San Jose, California, Chris and Alicia Allen built a business, Historical Emporium Inc. (HEI) that generated nearly $8 million in sales in 2015. They both had previously worked in the technology field. In true techie fashion, the pair continually thought abou...Starting at €8.20
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Marketing a Pure Play E-Tailer: Historical Emporium Inc. - Teaching Note
Farris, Paul W.; Metz, Joshua; Yemen, GerryTeaching Note DARDEN-M-0901TN-EMarketingTeaching note for product M-0901Starting at €0.00
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Darden's Luckiest Student 2008
Pfeifer, Phillip E.; Bodily, Samuel E.Case DARDEN-QA-0717-EDecision AnalysisThe case describes a three-factor, full-factorial experiment run in conjunction with the Darden's Luckiest Student event of 2008. Prior to identifying Darden's Luckiest, all 300 first-year students made binding decisions between varying amounts of cash and the opportunity to select one of two identical briefcases. One briefcase contained $18,750; the other contained $0. Students are asked to analyze the results of the experiment and draw conclusi...Starting at €8.20
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The Pelayo Family Plays Roulette - Teaching note
Bodily, Samuel E.; Pfeifer, Phillip E.; Baucells, ManelTeaching Note DARDEN-QA-0850TN-EDecision AnalysisTeaching note for product QA-0850Starting at €0.00
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The Pelayo Family Plays Roulette: The Prequel
Pfeifer, Phillip E.; Bodily, Samuel E.; Baucells, ManelCase DARDEN-QA-0847-EDecision AnalysisThe case presents data from 70,340 spins of four roulette wheels: three of which are real ("imperfect") and one of which is simulated ("perfect"). The challenge posed is to identify which of the four is the simulated wheel. After weeks spent recording spin results at their local casino, the members of the Pelayo family think they have identified three imperfect wheels. Before they start betting, they want to be certain that the three wheels they ...Starting at €8.20
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Petrosupra Exploration
Bodily, Samuel E.Case DARDEN-QA-0839-EDecision AnalysisWilford Marshall is preparing recommendations to Petrosupra Exploration (Petrosupra), an independent oil and gas company, regarding a drilling project in Lafourche Parish, Louisiana, on the Gulf Coast. This was an opportunity to take over Coyote Oil's drilling rights and drill within a year. If oil was found, two years following that, Petrosupra would have the additional opportunity to initiate enhanced recovery, which could provide an additional...Starting at €8.20
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Grappling with Uncertainty: Fintop Technology Advisors
Andrasko, Joe; Zorc, Sasa; Bodily, Samuel E.Case DARDEN-QA-0948-EDecision AnalysisAdewale Ogunleye is the founder and CEO of Fintop Technology Advisors, a technology development firm that specializes in providing outsourced software development services to financial technology (fintech) start-ups. Ogunleye has recently met with Leya Ahmed, the founder of Periscope Labs, a new fintech whose promising digital payment technology seeks to revolutionize the e-commerce checkout experience. Ogunleye proposed to Ahmed that Fintop woul...Starting at €8.20