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Darden University of Virginia (USA)
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Da "Final" Click?
Modica, Marc W.Case DARDEN-QA-0653-EDecision AnalysisA famous rap group is suffering from success-finally quite profitable, they experience infighting over egos, leadership, and marketing. Having put all their effort into making the big time, how would they now survive the turmoil of celebrity? Who would take the lead? How would they rebuild the band? What would their next step be?Starting at €8.20
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Introduction to Optimization Models
Carraway, Robert L.Technical Note DARDEN-QA-0682-EDecision AnalysisWe refer to a model that uses mathematical programming to find an optimal quantity as an optimization model. Thus, an optimization model differs from an evaluation model in that it goes beyond simply evaluating the consequences of proposed alternatives: It actually identifies the “optimal” alternative. How does an optimization model accomplish this impressive task? In this age of readily available computing power and ever more user-friendly softw...Starting at €8.20
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Microsoft: Xbox Division
Frey, Sherwood C. Jr.; Jones, Robert Q.Case DARDEN-QA-0701-EDecision AnalysisRob Jones, a Business Development manager intern, has been asked to make a recommendation regarding the purchase of a key piece of intellectual property for use in the Xbox. The project requires collaboration with several functional groups within Xbox and, ultimately, their buy-in. Jones has collected assessments and perspectives (sometimes conflicting) and needs to assimilate them into a recommendation. Jones is surprised to learn that his manag...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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Fifth Street Jewelers: Miller Moran
Frey, Sherwood C. Jr.Case DARDEN-QA-0706-EDecision AnalysisMiller Moran, an attorney serving pro bono as executor for the estate of a friend's mother, was attempting to sell a 3.5-carat diamond ring whose lineage could be traced back to the Eastern European branch of the family and the Romanovs. An estate liquidator had offered $18,000 for the ring, but Moran believed this was a low-ball offer because Internet searches had suggested numbers in the range of $30,000 to $35,000. The ring had been couriered ...Starting at €8.20
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Lac Leman Festival de la Musique (A)
Bodily; Samuel E.; Jenkins; RobertCase DARDEN-QA-0707-EDecision AnalysisThe organizers of a music festival may use video from the Friday concert to create a DVD to sell to those who come to the Saturday concert. Attendance on Saturday is uncertain; as is the percentage of those who attend on Saturday who will buy the DVD. Is this a good project? If so; what number of DVDs should be burned early Saturday morning and offered for sale at that evening's performance? By that time; Friday attendance is known; as well as wh...Starting at €8.20
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Lac Leman Festival de la Musique (B)
Bodily; Samuel E.; Jenkins; RobertCase DARDEN-QA-0708-EDecision AnalysisThe organizers of a music festival may use video from the Friday concert to create a DVD to sell to those who come to the Saturday concert. Attendance on Saturday is uncertain; as is the percentage of those who attend on Saturday who will buy the DVD. Is this a good project? If so; what number of DVDs should be burned early Saturday morning and offered for sale at that evening's performance? By that time; Friday attendance is known; as well as wh...Starting at €5.74
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Timeshare Exchange Fair (A)
Ovchinnikov, Anton S.; Sampson, Scott E.; Krass, DmitryCase DARDEN-QA-0709-EDecision AnalysisThis award-winning case series examines how optimization-based decision-making leads to a new business design for a timeshare exchange: an exchange fair. Students model a complex managerial problem as a linear program, identify the types of data needed, and use models to provide decision support. The series covers linear and integer programming, multiple-criteria decision-making, network flow problems, local search heuristics, and Pareto-optimali...Starting at €8.20
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Saving Troubled Stutts Corporation: Information Known Only to Evenson
Bodily, Samuel E.Case DARDEN-QA-0714-EDecision AnalysisThis case, part of a series (see also UVA-QA-0712, UVA-QA-0713, and UVA-QA-0715), contains information known only to Evenson. Two individuals own all the capital in Stutts Corporation. Decker owns all the debt and Evenson owns all the equity. Unless Decker and Evenson supply workout loans, Stutts will become bankrupt immediately. If they do provide the loans, Stutts will go into three possible states: recover, restructure, liquidate. The payouts ...Starting at €8.20