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Vignettes: Board Dynamics and Culture (A)
Cheng, Yo-Jud; Maiden, Stephen E.Caso DARDEN-S-0349-EDirección estratégicaThe realities of boardroom dynamics can often reveal a different story than how things appear on paper. Boards need the right dynamics and culture to effectively carry out their responsibilities. At their best, boards can catch budding issues before they negatively impact the firm and can partner with management to lead through change, like they did with Indra Nooyi’s transformation of PepsiCo. Given the dual mandate of boards to both monitor and...Desde 8,20 €
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Managing in Corporate Aviation: Averting a Hard Landing
Isabella, Lynn A.; Maiden, Stephen E.Caso DARDEN-OB-1373-EEconomíaThis field-based case follows the fictionalized Elisa Stallings, the manager of CandyCo's Aviation Dispatch group (Dispatch) which manages the aviation assets for the international company. Students learn about the positive leadership style of Stallings, who believed in empowering employees and having frank, respectful conversations with her staff. Stallings's leadership approach and focus on improving efficiency seem to initially work well as sh...Desde 8,20 €
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Rani Russell Shea: Turning Pipe Dreams into Pipelines at Siemens Advanta?
Irving, Toni; Maiden, Stephen E.Caso DARDEN-S-0401Dirección estratégicaThis field-based case follows Rani Russell Shea, the new CEO of Siemens Advanta North America (supplier of tech, consulting, and digital-transformation services), as she attempts to lead a turnaround at the company. The case details the career rise of SheDesde 8,20 €
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Aventiv Technologies: Answering the Call for Change?
Irving, Toni; Maiden, Stephen E.Caso DARDEN-S-0359Dirección estratégicaThis 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 iDesde 8,20 €
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Food Supply and COVID-19: Breaking the Chain (B)
Mani, Vidya; Thomas, Doug; Maiden, Stephen E.Caso DARDEN-OM-1768-EServicios y operacionesThis case, a follow-up to "Food Supply and COVID-19: Breaking the Chain (B)" (UVA-OM-1691), looks at how the global food supply chain was faring almost 18 months after John Tyson wrote that America's "food supply chain is breaking." It explores the rising prices, global shipping issues, food-industry hiring problems, and political turmoil that the coronavirus pandemic continued to leave in its wake in late 2021 and beyond.Desde 5,74 €
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Backcountry.com and Leveraging Data Analytics
Thomas, Doug; Maiden, Stephen E.; Andrews, WilliamCaso DARDEN-OM-1771-EServicios y operacionesThis field-based case follows Chris Purkey, the senior vice president of sales and customer service at Backcountry.com, in his journey to use data analytics to improve customer engagement in the outdoor products retailer. Sales staff at Backcountry.com are affectionately known as Gearheads, a nod to their knowledge about the outdoor gear the company sold. For Purkey, the customer relationship is everything. Connecting with its passionate outdoor ...Desde 8,20 €
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Food Supply and COVID-19: Breaking the Chain (A)
Mani, Vidya; Thomas, Doug; Maiden, Stephen E.Caso DARDEN-OM-1691-EServicios y operacionesThis case uses the impact of the global pandemic on the concentrated meatpacking industry to explore management of supply chain disruptions. COVID-19 had created massive problems at Tyson Foods, with high infection rates among workers, plants closing, and farmers unable to deliver livestock to processing plants. This translated into shortages at grocery stores. Then the president of the United States issued an executive order that meat-processing...Desde 8,20 €
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Blue Apron: Has the Supply Chain Disrupter Been Disrupted?
Mani, Vidya; Thomas, Doug; Maiden, Stephen E.Caso DARDEN-OM-1769-EServicios y operacionesThis public-sourced case set in early 2022 explores the meal-kit-delivery service Blue Apron, a pioneer in the rapidly growing market of alternatives to shopping for food, meal planning, and cooking. Founded in 2012 by three entrepreneurs, Blue Apron sought to give people an easier way to get meals on the table without resorting to takeout or delivery: a box filled with exactly the right amount of ingredients for making creative and interesting r...Desde 8,20 €
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WeWork: But Does the Corporate Governance Work? - Teaching note
Cheng, Yo-Jud; Maiden, Stephen E.Nota del Instructor DARDEN-S-0350TNDirección estratégicaTeaching note for product S-0350TDesde 0,00 €
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Tirumala Tirupati: Wait a Moment
Weiss, Elliott N.; Yemen, Gerry; Maiden, Stephen E.Caso DARDEN-OM-1533-EServicios y operacionesThis case examines the queueing issues caused by the growth in popularity of one of the most visited Hindu temples in the world. On January 2, 2015, Ramesh and Vasantha Gupta visit Tirumala Venkateswara Temple, just a day after some 210,000 people crowded the 2,000-year-old site. The case describes the many enhancements that the temple administrator, Tirumala Tirupati Devasthanams (TTD), has implemented since its management of the temple complex ...Desde 8,20 €