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Charlottesville-Albemarle Legal Aid Society (B): 1995-96 Update
Liedtka, Jeanne M.Case DARDEN-BP-0516-ECorporate GovernanceThis case series deals with the situation facing the director of the Charlottesville-Albemarle Legal Aid Society, a federally supported nonprofit organization chartered to provide legal services to low-income people involved in noncriminal cases. Legal Aid has entered a challenging time in its history: Funding is decreasing while demand for services is growing. The director is struggling with how to forge a new strategy for the organization in an...Starting at €5.74
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Competition and Collaboration in the PC Industry: The Evolution of a Value Chain (B)
Liedtka, Jeanne M.; Charan, Guru; Davis, Ryan M.; Moore, Elizabeth K.Case DARDEN-BP-0519-ECorporate GovernanceThe B case examines the shifting dynamics as Intel and Microsoft assert their dominance over the box makers. By 2001, Compaq was toppled as the world’s largest PC maker. Intel remained the world’s largest processor maker and Microsoft remained a software giant. But a company founded in 1984 by a University of Texas student had taken its place as a powerhouse in the “Wintel” value chain. That company was Dell. See the A case (UVA-BP-0518) and C ca...Starting at €5.74
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Business Model Innovation: A Process Model
Liedtka, Jeanne M.; Meyer, AngelaTechnical Note DARDEN-BP-0538-ECorporate GovernanceWhat is business model innovation? A business model is much more than a description of a particular product or service. In addition to describing the offering itself, it lays out the value proposition behind it (i.e., how it creates value for a defined set of customers). It also describes the capabilities and resources needed to execute that value proposition and how the organization will generate profits from doing so. The key stages of business...Starting at €8.20
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Laura Mitchell at Cincinnati Public Schools
Liedtka, Jeanne M.; Frey, Sherwood C. Jr.Case DARDEN-BP-0554-ECorporate GovernanceLaura Mitchell began her career as a teacher in an affluent school outside of Atlanta and then returned a year later to her hometown of Cincinnati, to an urban school with a high poverty rate. The case details Mitchell's journey throughout her teaching and administrative career, and challenges the reader to change the way one thinks about Instructional Leadership.Starting at €8.20
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Strategic Conversations at Suncorp Commercial Insurance (A)
Liedtka, Jeanne M.Case DARDEN-S-0159-EStrategyThe “Strategic Conversations at Suncorp Commercial Insurance” case series examines the actions taken by the senior executives of the Australian-based Suncorp Commercial Insurance, working with strategy consultant 2nd Road, to build an aligned and committed workforce following a difficult merger with a rival insurer, Promina Group. The A case outlines both the process used, which features the widely participative “strategic conversation” developed...Starting at €8.20
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Leading Innovation at Kelvingrove (A)
Liedtka, Jeanne M.; Salzman, RandyCase DARDEN-S-0162-EStrategyThis case series explores the leadership story of director Mark O’Neill as he oversees a major innovation initiative at Kelvingrove, Scotland’s most visited museum. The A case describes his background, philosophy, and the actions he takes over a period of more than a decade to win the support of both staff and funders for the innovation. The B case examines the reaction of the public and art critics. O’Neill arrives at Kelvingrove to find an inst...Starting at €8.20
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Leading Innovation at Kelvingrove (B)
Liedtka, Jeanne M.; Salzman, RandyCase DARDEN-S-0163-EStrategyThis case series explores the leadership story of director Mark O’Neill as he oversees a major innovation initiative at Kelvingrove, Scotland’s most visited museum. The A case describes his background, philosophy, and the actions he takes over a period of more than a decade to win the support of both staff and funders for the innovation. The B case examines the reaction of the public and art critics. O’Neill arrives at Kelvingrove to find an inst...Starting at €5.74
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Redhook Ale Brewery
Harris, Jared D.; Lenox, Michael; Liedtka, Jeanne M.; Goldberg, RebeccaCase DARDEN-S-0230-EStrategyIn 1995, Paul Shipman, CEO of Redhook Ale Brewery, and his management team prepared to enter uncharted territory by taking their craft-brewing operation public in the United States. Although there already were massive large-batch breweries that were profitable, publicly traded firms, Redhook was different: it embodied the ethos and grassroots beginnings of the microbrew movement. Still, Shipman wondered about the potential of the craft-brewing in...Starting at €8.20
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Design Thinking at Trenton State College: Designing a Faculty Retirement Experience
Liedtka, Jeanne M.Case DARDEN-S-0241-EStrategyThis field-based case is one of three available case-based simulations that can be used as the basis for a multisession course on design thinking (alongside “Design Thinking at Arena Industries: Designing an Employee Wellness Approach” [UVA-S-0240] and "Land O'Lakes: The Search for Growth" [UVA-S-0248]). A teaching note for all three cases, “Design Thinking Course Module (TN)” (UVA-BP-0550TN), offers additional essential pedagogical tools to the ...Starting at €8.20
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Leading Organic Growth - Teaching Note
Liedtka, Jeanne M.Teaching Note DARDEN-BP-0541TN-ECorporate GovernanceTeaching note for product BP-0541Starting at €0.00