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Sammy Snacks (C)
Hess, Edward D.Case DARDEN-OM-1398-EService and Operations ManagementAppropriate for use in courses on entrepreneurship, operations management, and managing a small business. Due to the cost, the CEO of Sammy Snacks is not happy with the board’s proposal that a sales manager be hired to focus full-time on wholesale sales to individual retail stores. But the board wants tells him if he does not want to hire a full-time salesperson, then he should come back with a strategic plan on how to grow the business quickly. ...Starting at €5.74
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LG Investments, LLC: A Family Business in Generational Transition (C)
Hess, Edward D.Case DARDEN-ENT-0133-EEntrepreneurshipThis is the third case in a series that is appropriate for courses in entrepreneurship and small-business management. It presents common issues that often arise in situations such as the choice of a successor to run the family business, the founder's reluctance to "let go," sibling rivalry, gender discrimination, and the eldest son's feeling of entitlement. In this case, the particular issue is whether the family should take care in picking the C...Starting at €5.74
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C.R. Barger & Sons, Inc. (B)
Hess, Edward D.; Modica, Shizuka; Barger, EdCase DARDEN-ENT-0107-EEntrepreneurshipThe president of the PCO division at C.R. Barger & Sons has grown the division, so he now must consider whether to build a new PCO plant to accommodate future growth. The new plant would increase Barger’s production capacity allowing it to expand its concrete-production capacity from 40 to 200 cubic yards per day. The case examines the multifaceted strategy the president used to revitalize the division, and students can decide whether this large ...Starting at €5.74
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C.R. Barger & Sons (A) and (B) - Teaching Note
Hess, Edward D.Teaching Note DARDEN-ENT-0106TN-EEntrepreneurshipTeaching note for product ENT-0106Starting at €0.00
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C.R. Barger & Sons, Inc. (A)
Hess, Edward D.; Modica, Shizuka; Barger, EdCase DARDEN-ENT-0106-EEntrepreneurshipC.R. Barger & Sons, Inc., (Barger) operated two businesses: It installed gas, water, and sewer lines, and it manufactured and sold precast-concrete septic tanks. In 2002, after 35 years as a local supplier of septic tanks, this end of the business had reached a plateau. Barger did not have a distinctive brand or product, and its sales were limited primarily to East Tennessee. Barger was on the verge of closing down its septic-tank business when, ...Starting at €8.20