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Counterfeits and E-Commerce: Why Even Build It?
Mani, Vidya; Thomas, Doug; Maiden, Stephen E.Caso DARDEN-OM-1753-EServicios y operacionesThis public-sourced case set in early 2021 examines the role counterfeiting has come to play in e-commerce, specifically at Amazon, which represents over one-third of the US online market. The case's protagonist is Amy Vega, who, along with Jason Larson, has cofounded a humidity-detection-device company with a product called the Hygro. Vega and Larson hope to sell the Hygro on leading e-commerce sites such as Amazon. But should they? Vega's res...Desde 8,20 €
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Office Depot E-Business (Abridged)
Venkataraman, S.; Bodily, Samuel E.; Cross, Tom; Chatterjee, SayanCaso DARDEN-BP-0524-EGobierno corporativoThis case is an excellent illustration of offline/online integration. Office Depot used its supply chain, systems integration, and existing offline channel strengths to overcome competitive online threats from pure Internet players and other office-products-category players. Students get to consider the critical strategic options for overall strategy, pricing, product line, promotion, and business integration.Desde 8,20 €
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The e-Choupal Initiative
Horniman, Alexander B.; Venkataraman, S.; Thiemele, Anne-Laure; Mead, JennyCaso DARDEN-E-0343-EÉtica empresarial y Responsabilidad Social CorporativaAn international corporation’s agricultural business division reviews its seven-year-old IT initiative among rural Indian farmers. Suitable for learners at all levels, the case is ideal for modules on strategic change, transformational change in a value chain, and development at the bottom of the pyramid. It also provides excellent insight into how corporations can improve both profits and lifestyles in developing nations while bolstering their w...Desde 8,20 €
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Advanced Laser Clinics (E)
Clawson, James G.; Ryan, ElizabethCaso DARDEN-OB-0890-ELiderazgo y Dirección de personasHow do you tell one of your direct reports that she stinks? This case explores the dynamics behind having difficult conversations, and giving and receiving feedback. It is designed to illustrate the negative effects that can result after a difficult conversation and ways to reduce the risk of adverse consequences. The case also touches on relationships in the workplace and the correlation they have to the bottom line. In the A case students have ...Desde 5,74 €
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E-Cigarettes: The Wild, Wild West
Farris, Paul W.; Wicks, Andrew C.; Mead, Jenny; Abbott, KatherineCaso DARDEN-M-0876-EMarketingIn 2014, tobacco giant Reynolds American Inc. (RAI) had to confront the rapidly evolving global tobacco industry landscape. E-cigarettes, once considered a fad, were becoming increasingly popular. Facing uncharted territory, tobacco companies were uncertain about how to most successfully enter this market and how to do so rapidly.Desde 8,20 €
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A Bayesian Examines the Lady Tasting Tea (Abridged)
Pfeifer, Phillip E.Nota técnica DARDEN-QA-0768-EAnálisis de decisionesThis technical note accompanies the case/class on “The Lady Tasting Tea” (LTT). It describes how a Bayesian would update his or her prior probability for the probability the LTT can correctly distinguish cups of tea based on whether the milk was added first or last. The long-form note (UVA-QA-0769) describes both a discrete model (LTT has p of 0.5 or 0.8) and a more complicated continuous model (p is beta distributed). This abridged note describe...Desde 8,20 €
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A Bayesian Examines the Lady Tasting Tea
Pfeifer, Phillip E.Nota técnica DARDEN-QA-0769-EAnálisis de decisionesThis technical note accompanies the case/class on “The Lady Tasting Tea” (LTT). It describes how a Bayesian would update his or her prior probability for the probability the LTT can correctly distinguish cups of tea based on whether the milk was added first or last. This long-form note describes both a discrete model (LTT has p of 0.5 or 0.8) and a more complicated continuous model (p is beta distributed). The abridged note (UVA-QA-0768) describe...Desde 8,20 €
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Procter & Gamble: Children's Safe Drinking Water (A)
Werhane, Patricia H.; Hartman, Laura P.; Sheehan, Justin; Mead, JennyCaso DARDEN-E-0314-EÉtica empresarial y Responsabilidad Social CorporativaIn 1995, Procter & Gamble (P&G) scientists began researching methods of water treatment for use in communities facing water crises. P&G, one of the world’s largest consumer products companies, was interested in bringing industrial-quality water treatment to remote areas worldwide, because the lack of clean water, primarily in developing countries, was alarming. In the latter half of the 1990s, approximately 1.1 billion (out of a worldwide populat...Desde 8,20 €
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Warren E. Buffett, 2015
Bruner, Robert F.; DuBois, JakeCaso DARDEN-F-1769-EFinanzasThis case was designed as an introduction to a finance course or a module on capital markets. Alternatively, it could be used as a basic introduction to methods of valuing a firm. A detailed teaching note provides instructors with a teaching plan for either scenario. Set in August 2015, students are asked to evaluate Warren Buffett’s decision to acquire the aerospace-parts supplier Precision Castparts Corporation (PCP), which would be the largest...Desde 8,20 €
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Looking for (e)Harmony
Wicks, Andrew C.; Mead, Jenny; Shariff, IkramCaso DARDEN-BRI-1003-EÉtica empresarial y Responsabilidad Social CorporativaA growing company has an opportunity to sign a major client: an online dating service. But that service is notorious for having forbidden ads indicating a search for same-sex partnerships. That policy goes against the corporation's own ethics and the personal views of many of its employees. Yet the company needs a large contract such as this one to sustain itself. What should the company decide to do?Desde 8,20 €