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Cómo alinear los intereses del gobierno a largo plazo
Berrone, PascualArticle ART-1893Corporate GovernanceHasta el 93% de los CEO afirman que la sostenibilidad es esencial para el futuro de sus empresas, pero también admiten ¿lagunas en su implementación¿. Un factor de suma importancia para salvar esa brecha es el modelo de gobierno corporativo. Partiendo de varias investigaciones sobre empresas estadounidenses contaminantes, el autor muestra cómo las organizaciones pueden adaptar su modelo de gobierno corporativo en los tres niveles que lo conforman...Starting at €8.20
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Aligning Governance Interests for the Long Haul
Berrone, PascualArticle ART-1893-ECorporate GovernanceAs many as 93 percent of CEOs surveyed say sustainability is essential to their company¿s future success. At the same time, they recognize ¿an implementation gap in meeting their ambition to embed sustainability deep and wide within their organizations.¿ To bridge this gap, there is one factor of overriding importance: a firm¿s corporate governance model. In this article, the author draws on several pieces of research on U.S. firms in polluting i...Starting at €8.20
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Hope for Special Hope (A)
Matherne, G. Paul; Goldberg, RebeccaCase DARDEN-OM-1679-EService and Operations ManagementThis case set follows Eric and Holly Nelson, founders of Special Hope Network, a nonprofit organization providing holistic therapy services for children with intellectual disabilities and their families in Lusaka, Zambia. Eric, a pastor, and Holly, a special needs teacher, had previously adopted three children with Down syndrome and moved to Zambia to form this enterprise. They worked hard to overcome systemic obstacles to their mission, includin...Starting at €8.20
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Hope for Special Hope (C)
Matherne, G. Paul; Goldberg, RebeccaCase DARDEN-OM-1681-EService and Operations ManagementThis case set follows Eric and Holly Nelson, founders of Special Hope Network, a nonprofit organization providing holistic therapy services for children with intellectual disabilities and their families in Lusaka, Zambia. Eric, a pastor, and Holly, a special needs teacher, had previously adopted three children with Down syndrome and moved to Zambia to form this enterprise. They worked hard to overcome systemic obstacles to their mission, includin...Starting at €5.74
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Translating Personal Tragedy into Action: Starting the Dr. Lorna Breen Heroes' Foundation
Matherne, G. Paul; Orr, Emily Jane; Behrman, KatelynCase DARDEN-E-0462-EBusiness Ethics and Corporate Social ResponsibilityIn 2020, Jennifer and Corey Feist started the Dr. Lorna Breen Heroes’ Fund in memory of Jennifer’s sister. As the head of the emergency department at a Manhattan hospital, Lorna Breen had treated patients at hospitals overwhelmed by the COVID-19 pandemic,Starting at €8.20
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Sarah Gets a Diamond
Pfeifer, Phillip E.; Mills, GregCase DARDEN-QA-0702-EDecision AnalysisGreg Mills describes his search for the perfect engagement ring which includes an analysis of the prices of 6,000 diamonds. An engineer, Greg hopes to impress Sarah Staggers by using regression to find an underpriced diamond. Students are asked to either select one of the 6,000 diamonds or provide point forecasts for prices of 3,142 diamonds in a hold-out sample. The instructor can use the actual prices of the held-out diamonds to evaluate stude...Starting at €8.20
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Screening for Chronic Kidney Disease
Pfeifer, Phillip E.; Bang, HeejungCase DARDEN-QA-0704-EDecision AnalysisThe case asks students to develop a method for identifying individuals at risk of having chronic kidney disease. A 6,000-subject training set containing 34 potential predictor variables is provided along with a 2,819 subject validation set the instructor uses to evaluate student predictions. The case is based on an actual study which resulted in a simple nine-question survey that health professionals use to help patients decide whether to be test...Starting at €8.20
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Darden's Luckiest Student 2008
Pfeifer, Phillip E.; Bodily, Samuel E.Case DARDEN-QA-0717-EDecision AnalysisThe case describes a three-factor, full-factorial experiment run in conjunction with the Darden's Luckiest Student event of 2008. Prior to identifying Darden's Luckiest, all 300 first-year students made binding decisions between varying amounts of cash and the opportunity to select one of two identical briefcases. One briefcase contained $18,750; the other contained $0. Students are asked to analyze the results of the experiment and draw conclusi...Starting at €8.20
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Salmones Puyuhuapi (A)
Pfeifer, Phillip E.; Echeverria, RafaelCase DARDEN-QA-0749-EDecision AnalysisThis case series is appropriate for undergraduate, MBA, executive education, and MBAExec audiences but is specifically designed for decision analysis, a first-year MBA core course. In the A case, Osvaldo Correa, CEO of Salmones Puyuhuapi (SP), must decide how to respond to news that the ISA virus has infected a competitor’s salmon farming site. The alternatives include harvesting SP’s 900,000 salmon two months early, waiting for the fish to grow ...Starting at €8.20
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Salmones Puyuhuapi Part I
Bodily, Samuel E.; Echeverria, Rafael; Pfeifer, Phillip E.Case DARDEN-QA-0776-EDecision AnalysisThis case series is appropriate for undergraduate, MBA, executive education, and MBA Exec audiences but is specifically designed for decision analysis, a first-year MBA core course. In the Part I case, Osvaldo Correa, CEO of Salmones Puyuhuapi (SP), must decide how to respond to news that the ISA virus has infected a competitor’s salmon farming site. The alternatives include harvesting SP’s 900,000 salmon two months early, waiting for the fish to...Starting at €8.20