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H&S Company (C)
Frank, Mary Margaret; Habenicht, Paul; Garza, MelissaCase DARDEN-C-2450-EAccounting and ControlAn important decision in starting a business is the choice of legal entity. This case provides a realistic, yet stylized, setting to facilitate a discussion of factors to consider in the entity choice decision, emphasizing legal and tax issues. Two MBA graduates have raised $5.2 million in equity from a small group of investors to buy a company. Upon deciding to buy assets from another company to start their business venture, they must determine ...Starting at €5.74
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Artemis Controls (C)
Frey, Sherwood C. Jr.Case DARDEN-QA-0758-EDecision AnalysisAvion Chemicals has approached Artemis Controls regarding the purchase of an Artemis smart valve to manage the highly volatile phenol in its production process. Although an existing valve could be used, discussions lead to the possibility of designing a new and potentially much improved valve. Time, engineering, and software constraints make the valve-redesign project a risky endeavor. The A and B cases (UVA-QA-0756 and UVA-QA-0757) permit a basi...Starting at €5.74
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JW Sports Supplies (A); (B); and (C) - Teaching Note
Lynch; Luann J.Teaching Note DARDEN-C-2402TN-EAccounting and ControlTeaching note for product C-2402Starting at €0.00
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JW Sports Supplies (C)
Lynch, Luann J.Case DARDEN-C-2404-EAccounting and ControlIn this case, the owners of JW Sports Supplies consider the possibility of dropping the custom gym bag product line. Students must consider which costs are avoidable and which are not avoidable if the product line is dropped, and quantify the profit impact of dropping the product line.Starting at €5.74
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C-Power: Harnessing the Power of the Ocean
Wilcox, Ronald T.Case DARDEN-M-1034-EMarketingDespite the predictability and power of wave energy, by 2022, there was not a single industry-standard technology for converting wave energy to electricity. A new company, C-Power, had developed a product designed to generate levels of power from wave energy that could compete with solar, wind, and fossil-fuel power sources. In 2016, it began a contract with the US government to develop a reliable wave-based power source for deep-sea fiber-optic ...Starting at €8.20
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Reynaldo Roche (C)
Chua, Jeriel; Weiss, Elliott N.Case DARDEN-OM-1260-EService and Operations ManagementThis four-case series follows a team through a weeklong kaizen event. The A case (UVA-OM-1258) sets up the situation, and the B (UVA-OM-1259), C, and D (UVA-OM-1261) cases depict what happens on the successive days. The series teaches such concepts as takt time, line balancing, and managing change. The A case is intended to be handed out as an assignment, and the B, C, and D cases provide real-time exercises for the students.Starting at €5.74
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The F/A-18 F404 Engine: Getting Lean (A) and (B) - Teaching Note
Brownlee, E. Richard II; Cross, Tom; Osterhoudt, Robert; Jaynes, C. J.; Pottinger, JeffTeaching Note DARDEN-C-2268TN-EAccounting and ControlTeaching note for product C-2268Starting at €0.00
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Target Media (C)
Horniman, Alexander B.; Kiang, Kyle; Chen, StellaCase DARDEN-OB-0912-ELeadership and People ManagementThe C case concerns the challenges of postmerger integration. The cultural differences of the two companies and the style differences of the two leaders become issues for the new company, which now has a monopoly in the in-building advertising market, and questions about cultural integration take center stage. See also the A (UVA-OB-0910) and B (UVA-OB-0911) cases.Starting at €5.74
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Adam Root, MD (C)
Horniman, Alexander B.; Josephs, Scott T.Case DARDEN-OB-0994-ELeadership and People ManagementAfter leaving his practice, Adam Root spent time looking at options. He decided to join a national medical company as a medical director, this time on the managed care side of medicine. He had initially been inspired to take the position by the senior medical director, who left that position nine months later. Root became the new senior medical director and enjoyed the new position. This is the C case in a series of three cases (A case: UVA-OB-09...Starting at €5.74
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Salmones Puyuhuapi (C)
Pfeifer, Phillip E.; Echeverria, RafaelCase DARDEN-QA-0751-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 had 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 €5.74