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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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Creatividad e innovación. Cómo fomentarlas
Wilkinson, Helen; Cardona Soriano, PabloTechnical Note DPON-54Leadership and People ManagementEsta nota técnica tiene como objetivo ayudar al desarrollo personal de la competencia directiva de creatividad. Una empresa no es creativa e innovadora de por sí, como ente abstracto. Si lo es, es porque las personas que la integran son creativas. Ahora bien, el talento creativo ¿es sólo propiedad de unos pocos privilegiados o cualquier ser humano puede desarrollarlo? El talento se compone de actitud y aptitud, es decir, de predisposición y capac...Starting at €8.20
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El propósito de Makonsa (E)
Almandoz, John; Cardona Soriano, Pablo; Chinchilla, Nuria; Rey, CarlosCase DPO-772Leadership and People ManagementEste ejercicio sirve para aprender a utilizar la dirección por objetivos y misiones como metodología de implantación de la misión en la empresa. Los participantes se dividen en cuatro equipos, que representan cuatro departamentos básicos de la empresa. Cada equipo tiene que desarrollar las misiones participadas, los indicadores y los objetivos para contribuir a la misión de la empresa. Este caso está basado en "La misión de Makonsa (B)" , DPO-429...Starting at €5.74
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L.L.Bean Latin America - Teaching Note
Cardona Soriano, Pablo; Garrido J. P.Teaching Note FHT-39-ELeadership and People ManagementL.L.Bean is the world's leading cataloger in the outdoor specialty field. In the 87 years since its founding it has grown from a one-room operation producing and selling a single product, to selling 16,000 different items, with customers in 147 countries around the world. Meeting the needs of customers outside the U.S. entails many difficulties. Key to L.L.Bean's success is its strong culture. The case is intended to provide students with the bas...Starting 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
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A GLUM Primer: The Risk-Adjusted Expected Value
Pfeifer, Phillip E.; Bodily, Samuel E.; Baucells, ManelTechnical Note DARDEN-QA-0849-EDecision AnalysisThe purpose of this note is to improve on the expected value criterion by incorporating the willingness and capability to take risk of a rational decision maker. First, this note will review the concept of expected net present value (ENPV) and demonstrate its limitations. Next, we introduce the notion of play capital, or the most one is willing to put at risk in view of one’s life circumstances, goals, and resources. Then, we introduce the genera...Starting at €8.20