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Christine Lagarde (B): Being a Public Servant
Battilana, Julie; Knoop, Carin-IsabelCase HBS-419018-ELeadership and People ManagementThis case covers the career of Christine Lagarde from 2005 to 2011 after she joins the French Government. After serving several grueling years as Finance Minister during the financial crisis that started in 2007/2008, she is being considered as the next Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund (IMF). As the first female head of the IMF, she would lead a very complex, 187-member organization typically run by economists. The ability to ...Starting at €5.74
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Michael Harris: Crafting an MBA Faculty Values Statement - Teaching Note
Haskins, Mark E.Teaching Note DARDEN-E-0388TN-EBusiness Ethics and Corporate Social ResponsibilityTeaching note for product E-0388Starting at €0.00
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Jack Drake's Question: What Makes a Great Executive Education Instructor?
Haskins, Mark E.Case DARDEN-PHA-0071-ELeadership and People ManagementThe faculty leader for the custom executive education (EE) program at a business school has received an e-mail from a program client asking him to remove a member of the program’s teaching team. It causes him to reflect on the distinctive differences between EE teaching and MBA teaching and the need to codify those differences in developing highly effective and successful EE instructors.Starting at €8.20
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Physicians for You, LLC: Estimating Asset-Related Expenses
Haskins, Mark E.Case DARDEN-C-2304-EAccounting and ControlStudents explore the variability in earnings due solely to the need to make estimates for several common financial statement asset-related expense items. They consider depreciable asset lives and residual values; estimated uncollectible accounts receivable; and temporary versus permanent losses on marketable equity security investments. The case can be used as an asset module capstone case either an undergraduate- or graduate-level introductory f...Starting at €8.20
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Ratios Tell a Story-2011
Haskins, Mark E.Case DARDEN-C-2332-EAccounting and ControlFinancial results and conditions vary among companies for a number of reasons. The differences in industry characteristics, company policies, management performance, and responsiveness to the macroeconomic environment are reflected in the financial statements published by publicly held companies and can be highlighted through the use of financial ratios.Starting at €8.20
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Juno Manufacturing, Inc.: Verify Those Asset Figures
Haskins, Mark E.Case DARDEN-C-2325-EAccounting and ControlThe vice president of business development for the Better Living Spaces Company is excited about the prospects of his first acquisition, Juno Manufacturing, Inc., (JMI). He decides it would be prudent to verify that the reported assets on JMI's balance sheets are legitimate. Students will learn the paths he decides to pursue to gain firsthand knowledge of JMI's assets.Starting at €8.20
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Developing Financial Insights: Using a Future Value (FV) and a Present Value (PV) Approach
Haskins, Mark E.Case DARDEN-C-2318-EAccounting and ControlThis case provides a tutorial on the basic concepts associated with straightforward time-value-of-money scenarios. The topics of future value (FV) and present value (PV) are discussed and exemplified for both lump sum and recurring cash flow situations. In this vein, the derivation and use of four useful time-value-of-money reference tables is presented to highlight the underlying logic, connections, and mechanics of determining FVs and PVs. The ...Starting at €8.20
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"Nobody Ever Disagrees" (B)
Haskins, Mark E.Case DARDEN-G-0642-EKnowledge and CommunicationThe president of the Belgian consumer goods subsidiary had made a conscious effort to engage his direct reports in ways that he felt aligned with their personalities. He had noticed some modest changes in the weekly management team meetings-all team members had begun taking advantage of opportunities to contribute to the deliberations, posing questions, and raising some minor concerns. Now a replacement must be picked to replace the senior market...Starting at €5.74
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Mid-Atlantic Professional Development Center: Lengthening the Half-Life of Learning
Haskins, Mark E.Case DARDEN-PHA-0061-ELeadership and People ManagementHow can executive education providers and purchasers best facilitate the transfer of program learning back to a participant’s workplace setting? All too often, busy schedules, dealing with one crisis after another, and superseding priorities hinder such a transfer. This case is best used in a course where issues of education program design and/or adult learning are topics of interest. Similarly, it can also be a valuable addition to a course focu...Starting at €8.20
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High Point Aviation: Operating Breakevens
Haskins, Mark E.Case DARDEN-C-2329-EAccounting and ControlA couple wants to start a small flight charter company to serve the mining, oil, scientific, and wilderness adventure clients of northern Canada but worry that their thin financial base necessitates a sizable scale of flight operations during their first year. If a substantial revenue stream was slow to develop, or expenses were too high, their first year might be their last year-they had no financial slack. The fundamental question is, given the...Starting at €8.20