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Defining Moments: Pay Scales
Detert, James R.; Black, ChristinaCase DARDEN-OB-1215-ELeadership and People ManagementThe only female senior partner at a boutique management consulting firm has found out that she is paid less than half of what male partners were making who were younger, less experienced, and contributing less overall to the business. When she presented her case to the senior partners and explicitly asked if the pay discrepancy is become she was a woman, they would only respond to her through lawyers. The case is designed to bring students’ inst...Starting at €8.20
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Defining Moments: Fair to Whom?
Detert, James R.; Black, Christina; Taubenfeld, BrittonCase DARDEN-OB-1261-ELeadership and People ManagementThe head of an R&D unit in a high-tech firm in India faces a tough decision about whether to recommend firing and replacing or investing even larger amounts of time and resources into training employees who have come up through India’s “reservation system.” Similar to “affirmative action” policies in the United States and Brazil (where the focus is on race), the reservation system in India is meant to counteract inequalities resulting from the hi...Starting at €8.20
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Defining Moments: MBA Hackers
Detert, James R.Case DARDEN-OB-1275-ELeadership and People ManagementThe dean of a prominent business school has learned that the system that his—and many other—business schools use to help select and notify MBA students has been hacked. The hacker posted instructions for applicants to gain access to schools’ decisions ahead of time. During the 10 hours MyMBA’s system was compromised, several hundred applicants viewed their admission status at multiple top-tier schools. MyMBA now has offered the names of the appli...Starting at €8.20
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Defining Moments: Personnel Problems - Teaching Note
Detert, James R.; Black, ChristinaTeaching Note DARDEN-OB-1209TN-ELeadership and People ManagementTeaching Note for product OB-1209Starting at €0.00
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Defining Moments: Fair to Whom? - Teaching Note
Detert, James R.; Black, ChristinaTeaching Note DARDEN-OB-1261TN-ELeadership and People ManagementTeaching Note for product OB-1261Starting at €0.00
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Supply, Demand, and Equilibrium: The Algebra
Debaere, PeterTechnical Note DARDEN-G-0592-EKnowledge and CommunicationThis technical note refreshes the algebraic representation of linear demand and supply, how to account for shifting curves, and how to include taxes. This is part of the refresher course in Economics at Darden.Starting at €8.20
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Supply, Demand, and Equilibrium: A Class Experiment
Debaere, PeterTechnical Note DARDEN-G-0593-EKnowledge and CommunicationThis note explains the intuition and analytics behind the class experiment that is commonly called "Trading in a Pit." Following the experiment, we derive supply and demand and discuss market efficiency. This note is part of the refresher course in economics at Darden.Starting at €8.20
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The Effects of Tariffs and Quotas
Debaere, PeterTechnical Note DARDEN-G-0595-EKnowledge and CommunicationThis note discusses the welfare implications of tariffs for consumers, producers, and the government. A brief survey of the state of protectionism in recent years is included.Starting at €8.20
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Zimbabwe: Grappling with Hyperinflation
Debaere, PeterCase DARDEN-G-0599-EKnowledge and CommunicationThis case will lead students to a discussion of the causes and effects of hyperinflation. The link with fiscal deficits is explored, and so is the link with societal changes. The particular focus is on the hyperinflation in Zimbabwe under President Robert Mugabe whose government implemented a controversial land redistribution program. The case can be taught with a class experiment-see teaching note.Starting at €8.20
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Fishy Issues: The U.S. Shrimp Antidumping Case
Debaere, PeterCase DARDEN-G-0600-EKnowledge and CommunicationThis case features a prominent antidumping case in the United States against six of its major foreign shrimp suppliers. The case fits well in a discussion and analysis of the (welfare) consequences of protectionism, the basic case for free trade, and the political economy of protectionism.Starting at €8.20