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Corporate Governance: The Jack Wright Series (11) How Directors Get Into Trouble—Interlocking Directors (Spanish version)
Colley, John L.; Stettinius, Wallace; Logan, George W.Case DARDEN-OM-1627Service and Operations ManagementEsta es la traducción al español de la versión del 16 de mayo de 2011 del caso UVA-OM-1093. Jack Wright y la junta de Mega Corporation tienen que lidiar con una situación conflictiva que involucra a un director y una "situación difícil" que ha surgido de otra junta de la que forma parte el director. La discusión debe abordar tanto el dilema del director en la otra junta como las responsabilidades de Jack como presidente de la junta Mega.Starting at €8.20
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Corporate Governance: The Jack Wright Series (9) Dealing with External Pressures (Spanish version)
Colley, John L.; Stettinius, Wallace; Logan, George W.Case DARDEN-OM-1626Service and Operations ManagementEsta es la traducción al español de la versión del 16 de mayo de 2011 del caso UVA-OM-1091. En este caso, para el cual el caso número 10 de la serie proporciona un colofón, Jack Wright y la junta directiva de la Mega Corporation deben lidiar con las presiones externas con respecto al pobre desempeño financiero que ha tenido la compañía recientemente y la amenaza de que una gran cantidad de liquidez pueda conducir a una adquisición hostil....Starting at €8.20
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Accounts Payable at Rockwell Collins: Process Simulation Model Note
Landel, Robert D.; Mexis, Georgios; Porter, ChristopherTechnical Note DARDEN-OM-1554-EService and Operations ManagementThe note provides documentation of a process simulation model that was prepared to simulate the invoicing work of 16 accounts payable analysts described in the case "Accounts Payable at Rockwell Collins" written by Professor Philip C. Jones, Tippie College of Business, University of Iowa.Starting at €8.20
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Martha Hires-The Good and The Bad of Working with Clients
Haskins, Mark E.Case DARDEN-G-0635-EKnowledge and CommunicationRetiring after 16 years at Evergreen Executive Education, LLC, Martha Hires is reminiscing with a colleague about some of the great and not-so-great client experiences they had shared over the years. Her colleague suggests she make a list of the best and worst client practices to help the firm identify early client-based signals portending a good or bad client engagement to increase the odds for a positive client engagement while also decreasing ...Starting at €8.20
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SEC versus Goldman Sachs (B): The Settlement-Everybody Wins, Except Fabrice Tourre
Li, Wei; Green, RickCase DARDEN-GEM-0102-EEconomicsOn July 15, 2010, the U.S. Senate obtained the 60 votes needed to pass the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act. On the same day, the SEC reached a $550 million settlement with Goldman Sachs relating to its April 16 lawsuit by dropping its fraud charges. Supporters of both sides claimed the settlement was a victory. This short case is the epilogue to "The SEC vs. Goldman Sachs" (UVA-GEM-0101).Starting at €5.74
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Jim Kutsch: Leader with a Cause
James, Erika Hayes; Goldberg, RebeccaCase DARDEN-OB-0984-ELeadership and People ManagementThis case explores the development of an authentic leader and the wisdom and drive of an extraordinary man. Undaunted by accidental blindness at age 16, Jim Kutsch has thrived in a career in teaching, technology, and management, in the process honing a collaborative leadership style based on pragmatism, hard work, and mutual respect. Interview excerpts and personal photos track the formative challenges and associations that have led to his curren...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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Altamar Brands, LLC: A Growth Journey
Hess, Edward D.Case DARDEN-ENT-0197-EEntrepreneurshipThis case will work well in Entrepreneurship electives or in Executive Education courses dealing with challenges faced by start-up enterprises. When W. L. Lyons Brown started Altamar Brands in 2005, he wanted to develop new brands or partner with ones that had achieved commercial acceptance and then make use of his skills and capital to scale them to build a portfolio of “boutique” category leaders. Revenue for 2008 was negatively affected by the...Starting at €8.20
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Goldman Sachs Goes to Rikers Island
Loutskina, Elena; Frank, Mary Margaret; Yemen, Gerry; Maiden, Stephen E.Case DARDEN-F-1807-EFinanceYi Hua, the leader of an impact-investing initiative at Goldman Sachs, was examining a new financial arrangement in a proposed public-private partnership called the Rikers Island Social Impact Bond (SIB). The proposed SIB was the result of a partnership between Goldman Sachs, the New York City (NYC) Department of Correction, Bloomberg Philanthropies, and three nongovernmental organizations (NGOs)-MDRC, Osborne Association (Osborne), and the Vera ...Starting at €8.20
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Cypress Semiconductor: 1.25% Convertible Notes
Conroy, Robert M.Case DARDEN-F-1532-EFinanceThe treasury department staff at Cypress Semiconductor Corporation (Cypress) had just received the final draft of the proposal for the pending $600 million convertible bond issue. This would be the latest in a series of convertible bond issuances by Cypress. But this time the situation was quite different. The last offerings were in 2000 when Cypress’s stock price was trading in the $40 to $50 range for the year and had, in fact, hit a high of $5...Starting at €8.20