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J. C. Penney Company
Eades, Kenneth M.; Glazer, David; Eyal, ShacharCase DARDEN-F-1720-EFinanceThe case examines the liquidity issues that J. C. Penney (JCP) experienced in 2012 and 2013 following a decline in sales and profits over several years. Although JCP had been a highly profitable and growing company, the increasing pressures of competition led to changes in strategy and in management that were insufficient to recapture the consistent financial results it had previously enjoyed. While sales and profits waned, the cash balance also ...Starting at €8.20
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Aparkalo (C): Normal Crisis or Sudden Death
Peeters, Claire; Zott, ChristophCase E-210-EEntrepreneurshipAparkalo was born as the brainchild of Luis París and Iván Rodríguez, who developed the initial business plan for the venture as part of an IESE EMBA course on entrepreneurship. Their simple yet appealing idea was to introduce the concepts of reservations and dynamic pricing as a business model innovation to parking lots, so that clients could reserve spots in advance, and parking lot managers could charge more during peak times (e.g., concerts o...Starting at €5.74
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Aparkalo (A), (B) & (C) - Teaching Note
Peeters, Claire; Zott, ChristophTeaching Note ET-54-EEntrepreneurshipAparkalo was born as the brainchild of Luis París and Ivan Rodriguez, who developed the initial business plan for the venture as part of an IESE EMBA course on entrepreneurship. Their simple yet appealing idea was to introduce the concepts of reservations and dynamic pricing as a business model innovation to parking lots, so that clients could reserve spots in advance, and parking lot managers could charge more during peak times (e.g., concerts o...Starting at €0.00
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Tamara's New House (C)
Eades, Kenneth M.; Fairchild, Gregory B.; Sinclair, SafiyaCase DARDEN-F-1888-EFinanceThis case series simulates the quintessential “American dream:” buying and financing your first house. For most people, buying a house is the largest purchase they will experience in their lifetime. The process has both legal and economic components, and often requires that the buyer rely heavily upon a realtor to navigate all the technicalities. Along the way, the buyer may experience an emotional roller coaster with both the excitement of becom...Starting at €5.74
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J. C. Penney Company - Teaching Note
Eades, Kenneth M.Teaching Note DARDEN-F-1720TN-EFinanceTeaching note for product F-1720Starting at €0.00
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Larry Puglia and the T. Rowe Price Blue Chip Growth Fund
Eades, Kenneth M.; Kelly, Dorothy C.Case DARDEN-F-1772-EFinanceSet in late 2016, this case recounts the remarkable performance record of Blue Chip Growth Fund (BCGF), a mutual fund managed by Larry Puglia at T. Rowe Price, Inc. The case describes the investment style of Puglia, whose record with BCGF had on average outperformed the S&P 500 since the inception of the fund in 1993. The tasks for the student are to assess the performance of the fund, consider the sources of its success, and decide on the sustai...Starting at €8.20
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WNG Capital LLC
Eades, Kenneth M.; Kelly, Dorothy C.; Gangemi, MichaelCase DARDEN-F-1777-EFinanceIn late 2013, an analyst at WNG Capital LLC, Wenbo Su, must recommend whether the terms of a sale-and-leaseback deal are value adding for WNG. WNG was an operating lessor of used commercial aircraft manufactured by Airbus Group and Boeing Corporation. The lessee in the deal was a small private airline based in the United Kingdom. The essence of the transaction was to transform the airline from being the owner of certain aircraft in its fleet to b...Starting at €8.20
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Aparkalo (A): Dynamizing a Sleepy Industry
Peeters, Claire; Zott, ChristophCase E-208-EEntrepreneurshipAparkalo was born as the brainchild of Luis París and Iván Rodríguez, who developed the initial business plan for the venture as part of an IESE EMBA course on entrepreneurship. Their simple yet appealing idea was to introduce the concepts of reservations and dynamic pricing as a business model innovation to parking lots, so that clients could reserve spots in advance, and parking lot managers could charge more during peak times (e.g., concerts o...Starting at €8.20
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Aparkalo (B): Revised Business Plan
Peeters, Claire; Zott, ChristophCase E-209-EEntrepreneurshipAparkalo was born as the brainchild of Luis París and Iván Rodríguez, who developed the initial business plan for the venture as part of an IESE EMBA course on entrepreneurship. Their simple yet appealing idea was to introduce the concepts of reservations and dynamic pricing as a business model innovation to parking lots, so that clients could reserve spots in advance, and parking lot managers could charge more during peak times (e.g., concerts o...Starting at €5.74