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Cryptocurrency and the Washington Nationals: Once Bitten, Twice Shy?
Grushka-Cockayne, Yael; Hachem, Kinda; Lenox, Michael; Maiden, Stephen E.;Case DARDEN-S-0393-EStrategyIn May 2022, Jennifer Chen, vice president of strategic partnerships for the Washington Nationals, faced a dilemma. Just months before, the Nationals had embarked on a high-profile sponsorship partnership with Terraform Labs, a decentralized autonomous organization that had created two cryptocurrencies, TerraUSD (UST) and Luna. The Nationals had agreed to accept the stablecoin UST as payment and had emblazoned its ballpark with Terraform Labs' lo...Starting at €8.20
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Bystander Intervention: USA Gymnastics and Beyond (B)
Freeman, R. Edward; Mead, Jenny; Liedtka, Jeanne M.; Grushka-Cockayne, Yael; Santos, GraceCase DARDEN-E-0483-EBusiness Ethics and Corporate Social ResponsibilityThis partially disguised, public-sourced case, a follow-up to “Bystander Intervention: USA Gymnastics and Beyond (A)” (UVA-E-0482), details what happened after top gymnastics coach Megan Peterson reported team doctor Larry Nassar to USA Gymnastics leadership for his abuse of young athletes. It turned out that many others had tried to report Nassar for various instances of inappropriate behavior and abuse over the years, but coaches, trainers, adm...Starting at €5.74
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Billie Jean King: Serving Up Leadership
Freeman, R. Edward; Grushka-Cockayne, Yael; Liedtka, Jeanne M.; Mead, JennyCase DARDEN-E-0488-EBusiness Ethics and Corporate Social ResponsibilityThroughout a lifetime of athletic success, hard work, high visibility, and professional and personal challenges both on and off the tennis court, Billie Jean King, an icon of both professional tennis, business, and activism, remained deeply committed to gender equality, social parity, and justice. In tennis and beyond, King had fought many battles, overcome many challenges, and knocked down barriers in the sports world and beyond. She had promote...Starting at €8.20
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Tweetledee Tweetledumb
Thomas WatsonArticle IVEY-9B17TA02-EStrategyWhen it comes to the threat posed by Donald Trump’s Twitter feed, the real problem is how businesses are being told to react.Starting at €8.20
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Mobilizing Character
Thomas WatsonArticle IVEY-W28146-ELeadership and People ManagementUkrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky is a skilled actor, but that’s not what makes him an invaluable leadership role model for his people and the rest of our troubled world.Starting at €8.20
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Fighting Shareholder Populism
Thomas WatsonArticle IVEY-9B19TE01-ELeadership and People ManagementThanks to the spread of populism, corporate directors and managers need to get ready to rumble like never before as weak oversight enables activist investors to manipulate emotions during digital-age proxy fights.Starting at €8.20
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Trumpeting Fair Debate
Thomas WatsonArticle IVEY-9B17TA03-EStrategyIt takes more than keeping promises to be a good role model as a national leader.Starting at €8.20
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Judgment Play
Thomas WatsonArticle IVEY-9B16TC04-ELeadership and People ManagementIt is easy to blame corporate fraud and financial-sector misconduct on a lack of morals. But framing the issue of businesses behaving badly strictly as a morality problem is problematic because it leads to solutions — ranging from expanded compliance programs and codes of conduct to compensation claw-back clauses — that aim to install and strengthen moral sensibilities for the purpose of positive behaviour modification. And these have proved larg...Starting at €8.20
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2U: Higher Education Rewired, Teaching Note
Grushka-Cockayne, YaelTeaching Note HBS-620095-EService and Operations ManagementTeaching note for case 620044.Starting at €0.00
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Manufacturing Investment
Thomas WatsonArticle IVEY-9B16TD05-EStrategyWhen it comes to attracting investments, Canada is a laggard despite being a trading nation with all the talent and tools required. The main reason is that few in Canada have tried to answer the why-invest-in-Canada question. With or without Canadians leading large corporations, investment decisions made in Detroit are not influenced by any special love for Canada; they’re based on business. In 2016, the argument for playing the incentive game is...Starting at €8.20