Darden University of Virginia (USA)
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Mellace Family Brands, Inc.: Building a Socially Responsible Enterprise
Hess, Edward D.; Glinska, GosiaCase DARDEN-ENT-0118-EEntrepreneurshipThis case illustrates how two entrepreneurs bootstrapped their start-up, overcame the challenges that accompany growth, and built a successful business while remaining socially responsible.Starting at €8.20
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Leaders Bank: Creating a Great Place to Work
Hess, Edward D.; Glinska, GosiaCase DARDEN-ENT-0128-EEntrepreneurshipThis case is suitable for courses in entrepreneurship and growing enterprises and management communication. It follows the step by step process of growing a business built on a strong culture that fosters high employee engagement and loyalty. The result for Leaders was low employee turnover, long-term relationships based on communication and trust, and being a finalist on the Wall Street Journal’s 2008 Top Small Workplaces list.Starting at €8.20
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SecureWorks
Hess, Edward D.; Glinska, GosiaCase DARDEN-ENT-0140-EEntrepreneurshipThis case is appropriate for entrepreneurship, strategy, and leadership courses. When an experienced CFO & COO joins a growing start-up company, replacing the founders who previously occupied these roles, he attacks the common challenges facing growth companies, including building a sales organization, aligning strategic value drivers with measurement and reward systems, building a management team, teaching a management team to take ownership of ...Starting at €8.20
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Better World Books
Hess, Edward D.; Glinska, GosiaCase DARDEN-ENT-0146-EEntrepreneurshipAppropriate for courses in entrepreneurship and managing a small business. The case follows the evolution of a small business and its founders as they face the challenges of growth. An experienced CEO from outside is brought in to scale the business and deal with the issues regarding the business model, production, and distribution while striving to retain the company's core values as a for-profit company with a social mission.Starting at €8.20
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Citizen Potawatomi Community Development Corporation: Financial Inclusion in Indian Country
Fairchild, Gregory B.; Glinska, GosiaCase DARDEN-ENT-0202-EEntrepreneurshipThe case features the Citizen Potawatomi Community Development Corporation (CPCDC), based in Shawnee, Oklahoma. The CPCDC provides microloans, business loans, short-term consumer loans, and other financial services to underserved Native American communities. On one hand, the CPCDC is driven by a mission to deliver responsible, affordable lending and help disadvantaged Native populations join the economic mainstream. On the other hand, the organiz...Starting at €8.20
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Mark Logan @ Visx, Inc.
Sommer, Philippe L.; Glinska, GosiaCase DARDEN-G-0620-EKnowledge and CommunicationSince 1986, Visx had been guiding several procedures to treat corneal pathologies and refractive eye disorders through the multistage FDA approval process. The costs associated with submitting clinical trial information to the FDA were taking a toll. Problems increased dramatically in September 1994, when Visx’s stock price fell 26% with the news that FDA approval was delayed because of compliance irregularities found at some clinical testing sit...Starting at €8.20