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Target Corporation Rewards Program, June 2010
Conroy, Robert M.Case DARDEN-F-1632-EFinanceIt was May 2010, and the results were in. For Doug Scovanner, CFO of Target Corporation, there was good news, and there was bad news. The recent trials of a new REDcard Rewards Program in Kansas City, Missouri, and San Antonio, Texas, had yielded mixed results. In San Antonio, the new rewards program offered customers a 3% discount on Target purchases when using a REDcard, but it had not produced a meaningful increase in sales in that market. On ...Starting at €8.20
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Johnson Family Farm - Hedging Decision
Conroy, Robert M.Case DARDEN-F-1641-EFinanceFrank Johnson was contemplating his alternatives for the upcoming year. On the following day, January 12, the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) World Agricultural Supply and Demand Estimates report was scheduled to be released. From Johnson’s point of view, the biggest issue was the projected corn carryover from 2010. In November, the USDA predicted that for the first time in recent years, the projected carryover would be about 827 million bu...Starting at €8.20
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Selling Facebook
Conroy, Robert M.; Freeman, R. Edward; Kelly, Dorothy C.Case DARDEN-F-1737-EFinanceThis public-sourced case was co-developed with CFA Institute for its university partners, candidates, and members as an exercise in ethical decision making. The case works well for CFA partner universities and others seeking an ethics case set in the financial-services industry. The case is set in May 2012 as investment bankers and Facebook executives prepare for FB’s highly anticipated IPO. After meeting with more than 500 prospective investors ...Starting at €8.20