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Counterfeits and E-Commerce: Why Even Build It?
Mani, Vidya; Thomas, Doug; Maiden, Stephen E.Case DARDEN-OM-1753-EService and Operations ManagementThis public-sourced case set in early 2021 examines the role counterfeiting has come to play in e-commerce, specifically at Amazon, which represents over one-third of the US online market. The case's protagonist is Amy Vega, who, along with Jason Larson, has cofounded a humidity-detection-device company with a product called the Hygro. Vega and Larson hope to sell the Hygro on leading e-commerce sites such as Amazon. But should they? Vega's res...Starting at €8.20
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Tesla, Inc.: Supercharging Auto Sales - Teaching Note
Baucells, Manel; Maiden, Stephen E.Teaching Note DARDEN-QA-0915TN-EDecision AnalysisTeaching Note of Product QA-0915Starting at €0.00
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Evaluating Decisions: Correlation or Causation? -Teaching note
Chiplunkar, Gaurav; Maiden, Stephen E.Teaching Note DARDEN-GEM-0189TN-EEconomicsTeaching note for the product GEM-0189Starting at €0.00
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Tesla, Inc.: Supercharging Auto Sales
Baucells, Manel; Maiden, Stephen E.Case DARDEN-QA-0915-EDecision AnalysisThis case describes the situation of Tesla, Inc. (Tesla), in mid-2019. Tesla had just successfully launched the more affordable Model 3, but sales of the most expensive and profitable Models X and S were stagnant. In order to incentivize the sales of these luxury models, Tesla recently brought back free Supercharging for life for customers purchasing Models X or S. The case provides information about the history of Tesla, one customer’s hesitatio...Starting at €8.20
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Accessory Dwelling Units in California: The Roles of the Private and Public Sectors
Murphy, Daniel; Maiden, Stephen E.Case DARDEN-GEM-0198-EEconomicsThis case examines California’s housing crisis and the growing market for Accessory Dwelling Units (ADUs)—secondary housing units built on single-family primary residential lots—within the state. California housing was in high demand but limited supply, and prices were such that many lower- and middle-income people struggled to find affordable housing. As of 2021, the median price for a home in California topped $600,000, more than twice the nati...Starting at €8.20
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Yearbook Inc. (C): The Growth of Canva
Venkataraman, S.; Maiden, Stephen E.Case DARDEN-S-0371-EStrategyThis case, which builds on “Yearbook Inc. (A): The Start-up Years” (UVA-OM-0369) and “Yearbook Inc. (B): The Emergence of Canva” (UVA-OM-S-0370), finds Melanie Perkins having grown from a dreamer putting yearbooks together in her mother’s living room to CEO of her own design company, Canva, which was also growing. The company had always been a big vision, but with more investor money, more employees, and more competitors, the stakes were bigger t...Starting at €5.74
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Aventiv Technologies: Answering the Call for Change
Irving, Toni; Maiden, Stephen E.Case DARDEN-S-0359-EStrategyThis field-based case examines the business strategy of prison communications company Aventiv Technologies (Aventiv), which was at the center of a broad national debate about social justice, criminal justice, race, and mass incarceration in 2021. The US iStarting at €8.20
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Yearbook Inc. (D): Canva on Top of the World
Venkataraman, S.; Maiden, Stephen E.Case DARDEN-S-0372-EStrategyThis case, the conclusion of the series that also includes “Yearbook Inc. (A): The Start-up Years” (UVA-OM-0369), “Yearbook Inc. (B): The Emergence of Canva” (UVA-OM-S-0370), and “Yearbook Inc. (C): The Growth of Canva,” looks at Melanie Perkins’s company, Canva, in 2020 and beyond. How did the design start-up that had thrived since its launch weather the COVID-19 pandemic?Starting at €5.74
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Evaluating Decisions: Correlation or Causation?
Chiplunkar, Gaurav; Maiden, Stephen E.Case DARDEN-GEM-0189-EEconomicsManagers, policymakers, and leaders are often presented with data and evaluation techniques, then tasked with deciding whether to go ahead with the strategy or policy. This fictional case aims to build a basic framework to understand how one can determine whether a particular business strategy or economic policy “works.” It offers an overview of commonly used evaluation strategies and their associated pitfalls, through the lens of Ramesh Sharma, ...Starting at €8.20
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Yearbook Inc. (A): The Start-up Years
Venkataraman, S.; Maiden, Stephen E.Case DARDEN-S-0369-EStrategyThis field-based case follows the start-up dreams of Melanie Perkins, a young Australian woman who came up with a big idea: What if she could create a simple, collaborative, online tool that anyone could use to design like a pro, even without experience? Existing design products were either too expensive and complicated to learn or produced basic things that looked bad. But how could Perkins and her boyfriend and business partner, Cliff Obrecht, ...Starting at €8.20