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DAZZ Manufacturing Company
Weiss, Elliott N.; Goldberg, Rebecca; Schill, Michael J.Case DARDEN-OM-1503-EService and Operations ManagementWhile maintaining Lean manufacturing standards, the plant manager for the Clarksburg, Virginia, location of a manufacturer of coated abrasives must evaluate a capital investment of $8 million. The investment would reduce labor needs and provide reduced setups. A discounted cash flow analysis must be performed to analyze the investment. Relevant costs and valuation of production flexibility are key issues. This case is taught jointly in two of Da...Starting at €8.20
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M&M Pizza
Schill, Michael J.Case DARDEN-F-1691-EFinanceThis case is used in Darden's core first year finance course. The exercise introduces in a fun way the fundamentals of financial policy that are the foundation of corporate finance. It takes the textbook treatment of the Modigliani and Miller (M&M) principles and casts it in a case format. The case is accompanied by a teaching note for instructors and spreadsheets for both instructors and students. Moe Miller, the new managing director of M&M Piz...Starting at €8.20
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Royal Mail plc: Cost of Capital - Teaching Note
Schill, Michael J.Teaching Note DARDEN-F-1774TN-EFinanceTeaching note for product F-1774Starting at €0.00
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The Battle for Value, 2016: FedEx Corp. versus United Parcel Service, Inc. - Teaching Note
Schill, Michael J.Teaching Note DARDEN-F-1773TN-EFinanceTeaching note for product F-1773Starting at €0.00
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Chestnut Foods (B) - Teaching Note
Schill, Michael J.Teaching Note DARDEN-F-1974TN-EFinanceTeaching note of product F-1974Starting at €0.00
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The Procter & Gamble Company: Investment in Crest Whitestrips Advanced Seal - Teaching Note
Schill, Michael J.Teaching Note DARDEN-F-1670TN-EFinanceTeaching note for product F-1670Starting at €0.00
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Trade Credit
Schill, Michael J.Technical Note DARDEN-F-1941-EFinanceWhen businesses deliver a product or service, they often forgo receiving immediate cash payment and allow their customers to pay later. Such payment terms are called trade credit. While trade credit fosters sales to existing and new customers, such credit is not free. The cost of trade credit to sellers is twofold: it creates repayment uncertainty and it increases the seller’s financing cost. By extending trade credit, sellers effectively take on...Starting at €8.20
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Understanding Risk: Systemic versus Idiosyncratic
Schill, Michael J.Technical Note DARDEN-F-1973-EFinanceUsing the fictional situation of two brothers facing the challenge of managing a commodity business in central Africa, this note explores different metrics for risk and related considerations for investors. The note considers measures of volatility, including the difference between systematic risk and idiosyncratic risk, and how diversification reduces idiosyncratic risk. The note uses these concepts to motivate the foundations of portfolio risk ...Starting at €8.20
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EMI Group PLC (Spanish version)
Schill, Michael J.; Shumadine, ElizabethCase DARDEN-F-1818FinanceTraducción al español de la versión del 13 de marzo de 2009 de UVA-F-1552. Este caso examina la decisión de abril de 2007 de la compañía británica de música EMI de suspender su dividendo anual mientras la compañía luchaba por responder al efecto de la distribución de audio digital en su negocio principal. El caso de EMI está pensado para servir como una introducción a la política financiera corporativa y los temas de gestión del lado derecho del ...Starting at €8.20
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Shamrock Capital: Pricing the Masters of Taylor Swift
Schill, Michael J.Case DARDEN-F-2050-EFinanceThis case examines the 2020 pricing decision for the master recordings of Taylor Swift’s first six albums in consideration of a sale of the recordings by music executive Scooter Braun to Shamrock Capital (Shamrock), an investment company owned by the Roy E. Disney family. Swift, the most listened-to musician in the world, had expressed displeasure with Braun’s ownership of her masters and a desire to own the recordings herself—even threatening to...Starting at €8.20