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The Virginia Museum of Fine Arts: A Growth Orientation (B)
Goldberg; Rebecca; Matherne; G. PaulCaso DARDEN-OM-1612-EServicios y operacionesThis mini-case set describes the challenges facing the new leadership of Richmond’s Virginia Museum of Fine Arts (VMFA) to revitalize and save the Museum. Alex Nyerges and Michael Taylor arrived in 2006 at a key point in the institution’s history. Membership was flagging at around 5;000; and a major construction project was $20 million over budget. Residents of Richmond felt increasingly disconnected from the museum. Some even viewed its collect...Desde 5,74 €
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Boots Unlimited: Getting a Foot in the Door (A)
Farris, Paul W.; Goldberg, RebeccaCaso DARDEN-M-0970-EMarketingBootsUnlimited.com (BU) is a website offering custom-made footwear. Customers can choose from a wide variety of styles and can also create new styles based on their exact specifications. The company instructs customers on how to provide 20 different foot and calf measurements, and from those measurements, the footwear is made in a Thai production facility. BU products cater to the custom boot market and to very different segments, and the brother...Desde 8,20 €
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Started as Crew (A): Jan Fields and McDonald's
Werhane, Patricia H.; Hartman, Laura P.; Sheehan, Justin; Mead, JennyCaso DARDEN-E-0308-EÉtica empresarial y Responsabilidad Social CorporativaMcDonald’s Corporation, the behemoth of the fast food industry, has taken its share of criticism - even ridicule - over the years. The image of the company suffered as the public began to perceive its jobs as dead-end, unskilled, and unstimulating. The term “McJob,” coined by an author in 1991, was slang for a low-paying job that required little skill and provided little opportunity for advancement. But in many ways, McDonald’s Corporation defied...Desde 8,20 €
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Levy Restaurants
Hess, Edward D.; Modica, ShizukaCaso DARDEN-S-0155-EDirección estratégicaGrowing from a passive investment in a Chicago delicatessen in 1978, into a national foodservice company by 2007, Levy Restaurants (Levy) served approximately 63 million customers a year at more than 85 different restaurants and sporting and entertainment venues. Then Levy expanded its fine-dining restaurant business into sports and entertainment venues and such unexpected places as Disney World. Levy grew at greater than 20% compounded growth ra...Desde 8,20 €
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Spreading HOPE: Building Healthy Outcomes through Patient Engagement
Matherne, G. Paul; Vergales, JeffreyCaso DARDEN-OM-1672-EServicios y operacionesHypoplastic Left Heart Syndrome (HLHS) is a serious health condition affecting infants. Since 1981, when procedures were first developed to address HLHS, the mortality rate has been declining, and by 2015, the procedures were very successful. But once patients were sent home, there was still a devastating 20% mortality rate, and parents were tasked with medical responsibilities and decisions that they weren’t prepared or trained for. In 2016, Jef...Desde 8,20 €
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When a Pandemic Hits: Treading H2O and the Possible Pox (D)
James, Erika Hayes; Clifton, Jason; Yemen, GerryCaso DARDEN-OB-0943-ELiderazgo y Dirección de personasThis five-case series, sold as a package, presents an opportunity for students to understand that leadership mindset is not going from crisis to crisis, but anticipating and shaping your organization. Through four case scenarios, students learn the need to recognize when there is a crisis situation, explore problems that often occur when issues are ignored, and take appropriate actions to remedy the situation. The setting for the (D) case is five...Desde 5,74 €
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Abbott and the AIDS Crisis (A)
Werhane, Patricia H.; Mead, JennyCaso DARDEN-E-0311-EÉtica empresarial y Responsabilidad Social CorporativaIn 1999, the 20-year-old AIDS crisis had ravaged many developing countries and, in particular, on the continent of Africa. Of the estimated 33.4 million people living with HIV/AIDS worldwide in 1998, almost two-thirds (22 million) were in sub-Saharan Africa, considered the “global epicenter” of the disease. Already 12 million had died, and life expectancy in the region plummeted from 62 years to 47. Chicago-based Abbott Laboratories had responded...Desde 8,20 €
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Started as Crew (B): Darlene Calhoun and McDonald's
Werhane, Patricia H.; Hartman, Laura P.; Sheehan, Justin; Mead, JennyCaso DARDEN-E-0309-EÉtica empresarial y Responsabilidad Social CorporativaMcDonald’s Corporation, the behemoth of the fast food industry, has taken its share of criticism - even ridicule - over the years. The image of the company suffered as the public began to perceive its jobs as dead-end, unskilled, and unstimulating. The term “McJob,” coined by an author in 1991, was slang for a low-paying job that required little skill and provided little opportunity for advancement. But in many ways, McDonald’s Corporation defied...Desde 5,74 €
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The Global Software Team: Jugaad Needed
Behfar, Kristin J.; Yemen, GerryCaso DARDEN-OB-1054-ELiderazgo y Dirección de personasThe Global Networks Company (GNC), headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts, made its global footprint in India in 1994 by establishing a presence in Bangalore. Although mainly a sales support office, GNC grew name recognition from its contracts with India’s government to help build nationwide networks. Not quite 20 years later, GNC decided to further invest in India and tapped a manager from the Boston office, Jim Notrika, to establish and then ma...Desde 8,20 €
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Airbus and Boeing: Superjumbo Decisions
Bodily, Samuel E.; Lichtendahl, Kenneth C. Jr.Caso DARDEN-QA-0720-EAnálisis de decisionesSet in 1999, this case allows students to put themselves in the positions of both Airbus and Boeing as Boeing considered how to respond to Airbus's decision to announce its plans to proceed or not with the $10 billion development of the world's first commercial superjumbo jet, the Airbus A3XX. Boeing was considering a development effort to "stretch" its 747 jumbo jet into a larger superjumbo version, the 747-X. At the time, the two companies' wid...Desde 8,20 €