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Prion Disease Contamination: Should We Disclose (B)
Powell; Elizabeth A.; Goldberg; Rebecca; Nair; NathanCase DARDEN-BC-0270-EKnowledge and CommunicationIn the A case; Rose Matthews; vice president for patient advocacy at University Hospital; must decide how to handle a startling discovery about patient risk. Weeks after a patient dies; lab results revealed the cause was prion disease; a deadly condition similar to mad cow disease. Since the diagnosis of this very rare condition was not known at the time of the patient’s brain biopsy; surgical instruments used for the procedure were conventionall...Starting at €5.74
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All You Need is Love: Southwest Airlines and the Wright Amendment (B) - Teaching Note
Beckenstein, Alan R.Teaching Note DARDEN-GEM-0117TN-EEconomicsTeaching note for product GEM-0117Starting at €0.00
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Worlds Collide: Work; Life; and Social Media
Powell; Elizabeth A.; Goldberg; Rebecca; Kumar; SeanCase DARDEN-BC-0267-EKnowledge and CommunicationWhile some cases may focus on using social media to advance the interests of a business or brand; this case is best positioned as a springboard for exploring social media as it may coexist with or be embedded in organizational life. The case depicts a challenge for a young direct report; a relatively inexperienced manager; and the manager’s supervisor when the direct report reveals a passionate political opinion on Facebook and unwittingly links ...Starting at €8.20
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Housing Investment
Beckenstein, Alan R.Technical Note DARDEN-G-0627-EKnowledge and CommunicationHousing investment, a highly cyclical subcomponent of GDP, is a significant source of its fluctuations. Recent events in the housing market have been central to the meltdown of financial markets and the deep recession that began in late 2007. This note provides some background on the so-called housing bubble and, in doing so, highlights some of the primary sources of volatility in housing investment and real estate markets.Starting at €8.20
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All You Need is Love: Southwest Airlines and the Wright Amendment (A)
Beckenstein, Alan R.; Prowitt, Peter D.; Gunn, Christopher; Polen, DouglasCase DARDEN-GEM-0116-EEconomicsThe first of a three-case series, this is a classic business-government relations (BGR) challenge for Southwest Airlines. The A case takes the student from the problems SWA had with competitors and the Civil Aviation Board in the early years of attempting to fly through the passage of the Wright Amendment in the late 1970s. House Majority Leader Jim Wright championed the cause for the Dallas/Fort Worth Airport Authority and the big DFW airlines, ...Starting at €8.20
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All You Need is Love: Southwest Airlines and the Wright Amendment (B)
Beckenstein, Alan R.; Prowitt, Peter D.; Gunn, Christopher; Polen, DouglasCase DARDEN-GEM-0117-EEconomicsThe second of a three-case series, this is a classic business-government relations (BGR) challenge for Southwest Airlines. The A case took the student from the problems SWA had with competitors and the Civil Aviation Board in the early years of attempting to fly through the passage of the Wright Amendment in the late 1970s. It then updated the situation 25 years into the future when SWA was a big airline, and the events of September 11, 2001, hur...Starting at €5.74
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Prion Disease Contamination: Should We Disclose (A)
Powell; Elizabeth A.; Goldberg; Rebecca; Nair; NathanCase DARDEN-BC-0269-EKnowledge and CommunicationIn the A case; Rose Matthews; vice president for patient advocacy at University Hospital; must decide how to handle a startling discovery about patient risk. Weeks after a patient dies; lab results revealed the cause was prion disease; a deadly condition similar to mad cow disease. Since the diagnosis of this very rare condition was not known at the time of the patient’s brain biopsy; surgical instruments used for the procedure were conventionall...Starting at €8.20
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Worlds Collide: Work; Life; and Social Media - Teaching Note
Powell; Elizabeth A.; Goldberg; RebeccaTeaching Note DARDEN-BC-0267TN-EKnowledge and CommunicationTeaching note for product BC-0267Starting at €0.00
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The Big Three Performance Variables: Macroperformance of the United States and the Eurozone
Beckenstein, Alan R.Technical Note DARDEN-G-0625-EKnowledge and CommunicationThe "big three" performance variables-growth in real GDP, inflation rate, and unemployment rate-are important starting points for delving into the macroeconomics of any country. This note offers some brief background on the policy environment surrounding performance reporting in the United States and the Eurozone; exhibits show historical performance on each of the big three variables for both. Students are asked to relate important events in the...Starting at €8.20
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The New Economy
Beckenstein, Alan R.Technical Note DARDEN-G-0626-EKnowledge and CommunicationThe new economy refers to a unique period-mid-1990s through early 2000-that affected economic performance in the United States and led to the tech bubble and subsequent tech bust that contributed greatly to the recession of 2001-2002. This note describes the evolution of the tech bubble, the role of the Y2K problem, and the reasons for the bubble bursting in early 2000. Data are offered to show the impact this had on the broader economy as well a...Starting at €8.20