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Flying Light: British Airways Flight 268 (A)
Freeman, R. Edward; Mead, JennyCaso DARDEN-E-0294-EÉtica empresarial y Responsabilidad Social CorporativaOn February 19, 2005, British Airways flight 268, a 747, took off from Los Angeles International Airport (LAX) headed for London’s Heathrow Airport. It would be an 11-hour, 5,000-plus-mile flight. Shortly after takeoff, only 296 feet in the air, one of the jet’s four engines exploded. The pilots had to determine what course of action to take: return immediately to LAX or continue the flight. This case outlines the various options and the potentia...Desde 8,20 €
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Breaking Down Barriers, Rebuilding Walls: The Role of Community Development Loan Funds
Fairchild, Gregory B.; Thomas-Kennedy, JackieNota técnica DARDEN-ENT-0108-EIniciativa emprendedoraCommunity Development Loan Funds (CDLFs) make up the largest sector of the community development finance industry, with more than 800 certified CDLFs. Ninety-eight percent of CDLFs are nonprofit, servicing mainly the small business sector, with the help of the CDFI Fund, the Small Business Administration, and, increasingly, mainstream banks. CDLFs venture into risky areas where others sometimes fear to go, yet they have high repayment figures and...Desde 8,20 €
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Understanding FICO Scores
Fairchild, Gregory B.; Black, Christina; Jones, Liz Ivaniw; Fairchild, TierneyCaso DARDEN-F-1866-EFinanzasDavid Simmons is a waiter at a struggling Italian restaurant located down the block from where he lives. Money is tight for him right now, as his limited income means he lives paycheck to paycheck. However, David knows things will look up for him soon because he was recently offered a job as a bank teller across town—his first desk job. This case helps students learn about building credit. The case addresses what a FICO score is, who computes it,...Desde 8,20 €
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Chiquita in Colombia
Wicks, Andrew C.; Mead, JennyCaso DARDEN-E-0346-EÉtica empresarial y Responsabilidad Social CorporativaShould an international company operating in a violent nation pay a paramilitary group to keep its employees from harm? Executives at Chiquita Brands' Banadex subsidiary in Colombia faced a dilemma in 1997. Carlos Castano, the leader of the Autodefensas Unidas de Colombia, a paramilitary group, was demanding payment in return for not harming Banadex's employees or operations. The executives must weigh the various options including, among others, ...Desde 8,20 €
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Finance Caselets: An Ethical Perspective
Parmar, Bidhan L.; Dalmia, Pranav; Mead, JennyCaso DARDEN-E-0472Ética empresarial y Responsabilidad Social CorporativaThese fictional caselets, some of which are based on lived experience, present dilemmas and ethical issues in the financial field. The situations include an investment-banking firm executive deciding how to handle an investment tip; an executive struggling with whether to push her tech start-up client to a lucrative IPO or to follow her company’s directive to push a merger instead; an employee asked to contravene accepted accounting practice; an ...Desde 8,20 €
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Finance Caselets: An Ethical Perspective
Parmar, Bidhan L.; Dalmia, Pranav; Mead, JennyCaso DARDEN-E-0472-EÉtica empresarial y Responsabilidad Social CorporativaThese fictional caselets, some of which are based on lived experience, present dilemmas and ethical issues in the financial field. The situations include an investment-banking firm executive deciding how to handle an investment tip; an executive struggling with whether to push her tech start-up client to a lucrative IPO or to follow her company’s directive to push a merger instead; an employee asked to contravene accepted accounting practice; an ...Desde 8,20 €
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Food Versus Fuel
Freeman, R. Edward; Mead, JennyNota técnica DARDEN-E-0302-EÉtica empresarial y Responsabilidad Social CorporativaAlthough biofuels had been used for many years (from 1980 to mid-2007, an estimated 2 trillion miles were driven on ethanol-blended fuels in the United States), it was not until the late 20th and early 21st centuries, with dwindling oil supplies, the threat of global warming, and unrest in the oil-rich Middle East that people began thinking of them seriously as alternatives to petroleum-based fuel. Biofuels were also considered better for the en...Desde 8,20 €
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Devils Backbone Brewing, LLC: An Idea Brews
Fairchild, Gregory B.; Floyd, CaseyCaso DARDEN-S-0300-EDirección estratégicaThis case is used in Darden's required first-year course, "Strategic Thinking and Action." In 2015, Steve and Heidi Crandall, the founders of Devils Backbone Brewing, LLC (DBB), were looking back on eight years of unanticipated success and significant growth. DBB had created a destination, a brand, and beer that drew people from all over, and it was the largest craft brewery in its region. The entire community, not just loyal beer drinkers, had s...Desde 8,20 €
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Software Sense: Making the Case for the Long-Term View
Parmar, Bidhan L.; Mead, Jenny; Tomlinson, BrianCaso DARDEN-E-0436-EÉtica empresarial y Responsabilidad Social CorporativaBeth Collins, CFO of Software Sense, an American multinational computer hardware and software developer, contemplated various ways that her publicly traded company could embrace a more long-term orientation in its quarterly reports and throughout its reporting ecosystem. Like other publicly traded companies, Software Sense faced constant pressure from investors and analysts to increase short-term financial-performance metrics, particularly in its...Desde 8,20 €
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Devils Backbone Brewing, LLC: An Idea Brews
Fairchild, Gregory B.; Floyd, CaseyCaso DARDEN-S-0300Dirección estratégicaThis case is used in Darden´s required first-year course, "Strategic Thinking and Action." In 2015, Steve and Heidi Crandall, the founders of Devils Backbone Brewing, LLC (DBB), were looking back on eight years of unanticipated success and significant growth. DBB had created a destination, a brand, and beer that drew people from all over, and it was the largest craft brewery in its region. The entire community, not just loyal beer drinkers, had ...Desde 8,20 €