Darden University of Virginia (USA)
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Eastman Tritan Product Development and Launch
Raz, Gal; Kraft, Tim; Elias, Allison; Hutchison-Krupat, JeremyCase DARDEN-OM-1540-EService and Operations ManagementIn 2007, Eastman Chemical (Eastman), a global specialty chemicals company based in Kingsport, Tennessee, was set to launch Tritan, Eastman’s latest specialty plastic. The development team was excited about Tritan because it demonstrated heat resistance and durability properties that might allow Eastman to compete in the lucrative polycarbonate plastics market. But the decision had not been made regarding which applications Eastman should target f...Starting at €8.20
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Programming a "Fairer" System: Assessing Bias in Enterprise AI Products (A)
Gentile, Mary; Krasniansky, AdrianaCase DARDEN-OB-1340-ELeadership and People ManagementThis case is part of the Giving Voice to Values (GVV) curriculum. To see other material in the GVV curriculum, please visit http://store.darden.virginia.edu/giving-voice-to-values. In this case, Timothy Brennan is the founder and CEO of technology company Northpointe, Inc. (Northpointe), and the creator of its flagship software program, COMPAS, an artificially intelligent software tool for US court systems that predicts a defendant’s likelihood t...Starting at €8.20
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Programming a "Fairer" System: Assessing Bias in Enterprise AI Products (B)
Gentile, Mary; Krasniansky, AdrianaCase DARDEN-OB-1341-ELeadership and People ManagementThis case is part of the Giving Voice to Values (GVV) curriculum. To see other material in the GVV curriculum, please visit http://store.darden.virginia.edu/giving-voice-to-values. In this case, Timothy Brennan is the founder and CEO of technology company Northpointe, Inc. (Northpointe), and the creator of its flagship software program, COMPAS, an artificially intelligent software tool for US court systems that predicts a defendant’s likelihood t...Starting at €5.74
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Move Fast, but without Bias: Ethical AI Development in a Start-up Culture (A)
Gentile, Mary; Krasniansky, AdrianaCase DARDEN-OB-1411-ELeadership and People ManagementThis case set is part of the Giving Voice to Values (GVV) curriculum. To see other material in the GVV curriculum, please visit http://store.darden.virginia.edu/giving-voice-to-values. Taylor is a senior product manager at Catalise, a start-up that develops artificial intelligence (AI) diagnostic technology for mental health disorders. When Taylor is promoted to this position, her first project is to manage the launch of Catalisten, an AI-based s...Starting at €8.20
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Move Fast, but without Bias: Ethical AI Development in a Start-up Culture (B)
Gentile, Mary; Krasniansky, AdrianaCase DARDEN-OB-1412-ELeadership and People ManagementThis case set is part of the Giving Voice to Values (GVV) curriculum. To see other material in the GVV curriculum, please visit http://store.darden.virginia.edu/giving-voice-to-values. Taylor is a senior product manager at Catalise, a start-up that develops artificial intelligence (AI) diagnostic technology for mental health disorders. When Taylor is promoted to this position, her first project is to manage the launch of Catalisten, an AI-based s...Starting at €5.74
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Move Fast, but without Bias: Ethical AI Development in a Start-up Culture (A) and (B) - Teaching note
Gentile, Mary; Krasniansky, AdrianaTeaching Note DARDEN-OB-1411TN-ELeadership and People ManagementTeaching note for products OB-1411 and OB-1412Starting at €0.00
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Connecting the Dots at Microsoft: Global Planning for a Local World (A) and (B) (TN)
Hutchison-Krupat, Jeremy; Craddock, JennyTeaching Note DARDEN-OM-1560TN-EService and Operations ManagementTeaching note for product OM-1560Starting at €0.00
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Transportation and Consolidation at Elevalt Ltd.
Hutchison-Krupat, Jeremy; Goldberg, Rebecca; Keswani, TarunCase DARDEN-OM-1490-EService and Operations ManagementChris Summers knew he had an important set of recommendations to make regarding his company’s strategic operations. Summers had been with Elevalt Ltd. (EVT)—a leading oil field services (OFS) company based in Austin, Texas—for nearly five years. As VP of supply chain management, he often made decisions that had a material impact on the way the company conducted operations. But this was the first time EVT had ever considered consolidating its dist...Starting at €8.20
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Belle, Inc.
Hutchison-Krupat, Jeremy; Kraft, Tim; Weiss, Elliott N.Case DARDEN-OM-1518-EService and Operations ManagementCharlie Reese, an operations manager for a fragrance manufacturer, is given a directive to reduce costs in order to free up working capital for other initiatives. Reese discovers that his initial plan to approach the problem from an inventory perspective would be unsustainable. In evaluating his options, he must determine which other areas of the production process to focus on.Starting at €8.20
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Connecting the Dots at Microsoft: Global Planning for a Local World (A)
Hutchison-Krupat, Jeremy; Craddock, JennyCase DARDEN-OM-1560-EService and Operations ManagementThis case is set on the verge of Microsoft initiating a TV white-space pilot in the Philippines in the summer of 2013; the uncertainty surrounding the new technology’s performance in the region provides a view of the risks organizations face early on in the innovation process, particularly when decisions are decentralized and overseen at a local level. MS and its public partners in the Philippines were excited about the possibility of setting up ...Starting at €8.20