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Manchester Products: A Brand Transition Challenge, Teaching Note
Quelch, John A.; Beckham, HeatherTeaching Note HBS-4044-EMarketingLarge, Brand Transition Teaching Note for 4043Starting at €0.00
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Treadway Tire Company: Job Dissatisfaction and High Turnover at the Lima Plant
Skinner, C. Wickham; Beckham, HeatherCase HBS-2189-ELeadership and People ManagementWhen students have the English-language PDF of this Brief Case in a coursepack, they will also have the option to purchase an audio version. Treadway Tire's plant in Lima, Ohio must confront strong job dissatisfaction and high turnover among its line foreStarting at €8.20
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Revitalizing Renfield Farms (Spanish version)
Mayo, Anthony J.; Beckham, HeatherCase HBS-916S06Leadership and People ManagementMarie Jackson becomes chief executive officer of Renfield Farms during a period of sluggish growth and an organizational crisis. Jackson develops a new vision statement and begins to experience some success but is met with some skepticism from internal employees because the company's structures and systems do not seem to support the new vision. This case focuses on how Jackson engages and leads a senior team in formulating a vision during a perio...Starting at €8.20
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Sarah Gets a Diamond
Pfeifer, Phillip E.; Mills, GregCase DARDEN-QA-0702-EDecision AnalysisGreg Mills describes his search for the perfect engagement ring which includes an analysis of the prices of 6,000 diamonds. An engineer, Greg hopes to impress Sarah Staggers by using regression to find an underpriced diamond. Students are asked to either select one of the 6,000 diamonds or provide point forecasts for prices of 3,142 diamonds in a hold-out sample. The instructor can use the actual prices of the held-out diamonds to evaluate stude...Starting at €8.20
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Valuation of Netflix, Inc.
Pfeifer, Phillip E.; Conroy, Robert M.Case DARDEN-F-1610-EFinanceIntended for MBAs, this case concerns the valuation of Netflix, Inc., which was the largest U.S. online movie rental subscription service in early 2009. After reviewing Netflix's historical financial and customer relationship performance, this case presents three approaches for valuing the firm in early 2009. The first is a company-level discounted cash flow analysis based on pro forma projections of revenues, earnings, and cash flow. The second ...Starting at €8.20
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Hightower Department Stores: Imported Stuffed Animals (Spanish version)
Pfeifer, Phillip E.Case DARDEN-QA-0954Decision AnalysisThis is a Spanish translation of the April 15, 2013, version of UVA-QA-0268. Julia Brown, toy buyer for the Hightower Department Stores, has to decide which of three imported stuffed animals will be offered for sale by the 16 Hightower stores during the approaching Christmas shopping season. The case is appropriately used as an introduction to the concepts of least squares and regression analysis. A linear relationship between realized and test-m...Starting at €8.20
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Job Dissatisfaction and High Turnover at the Lima Plant (Spanish version)
Skinner, C. Wickham; Beckham, HeatherCase HBS-211S05Leadership and People ManagementWhen students have the English-language PDF of this Brief Case in a coursepack, they will also have the option to purchase an audio version. Treadway Tire's plant in Lima, Ohio must confront strong job dissatisfaction and high turnover among its line foremen. The foremen are caught in the middle of an adversarial relationship between the union and management, and they must cope with the needs and interests of both. They also perceive limited oppo...Starting at €8.20
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Salmones Puyuhuapi (A)
Pfeifer, Phillip E.; Echeverria, RafaelCase DARDEN-QA-0749-EDecision AnalysisThis case series is appropriate for undergraduate, MBA, executive education, and MBAExec audiences but is specifically designed for decision analysis, a first-year MBA core course. In the A case, Osvaldo Correa, CEO of Salmones Puyuhuapi (SP), must decide how to respond to news that the ISA virus has infected a competitor’s salmon farming site. The alternatives include harvesting SP’s 900,000 salmon two months early, waiting for the fish to grow ...Starting at €8.20
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Cracking the Product Management Code (Spanish version)
Cespedes, Frank V.; Beckham, HeatherCase HBS-917S20MarketingPemberton Products is a U.S. market leader in the cookie and bakery snacks segment of the sweet snack market. Looking to expand into the salty snack market, the company acquires Krispy Inc., a maker of salty snack crackers located in the southeastern U.S. To compete with premium cracker brands, Pemberton plans to reformulate and re-launch the Krispy brand as "Krispy Natural," which offers natural ingredients, improved taste, and revised packaging...Starting at €8.20