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The Business Case for the F-22 Raptor
Cross, TomCase DARDEN-S-0188-EStrategyThe F-22 was the world’s first fifth generation and most capable fighter aircraft. It combined very low observable stealth, supercruise speed, extreme agility, high tactical maneuver ceiling, and information fusion for unmatched "first look, first shot, first kill" capability. Technology challenges caused its development to exceed cost and schedule estimates. Procurement quantities were reduced from 750 to 187 aircraft due to the OSD "buy to budg...Starting at €8.20
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Role Plays-MiniCase Simulations-Interpersonal Relations
Cross, TomCase DARDEN-OB-0917-ELeadership and People ManagementIn this case, there are six short scenarios depicting a leader who needs to function in the role of mentor or coach to a junior employee. Students are assigned scenarios and engage in role play with a class mate. Each two-member team is assigned one mini-simulation with one member of the team simulating the employee and the other simulating the manager.Starting at €8.20
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The Evolution of Selling
Cross, TomTechnical Note DARDEN-M-0811-EMarketingAppropriate for marketing classes. This note follows the evolution of selling starting with the skills set forth by Dale Carnigie in the 1950s through the 1970s followed by consultive selling in the 1980s and 1990s and the value-added selling of the 21st century.Starting at €8.20
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A Rush to Failure (HBR Case Study)
Cross, TomArticle HBS-R1104X-EService and Operations ManagementWhen a set of giant robotic arms developed for the International Space Station breaks down during a crisis, project manager Samantha Van Sant finds herself in the hot seat. Did her team compromise quality by pushing the contractors too hard on speed? How can she prevent future mishaps-should the arrangement with the contractors be renegotiated to include different incentives or more safeguards? Gary L. Moe, a director of McKinsey's Business Techn...Starting at €8.20
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Financial Impact of Nuclear Power Plants: FirstEnergy and Davis-Besse
Allen, Brandt R.; Simko, Paul J.; Cross, TomCase DARDEN-C-2232-EAccounting and ControlIn March 2002, during a scheduled refueling outage, workers at FirstEnergy's Davis-Besse nuclear power plant found a football-sized hole in the reactor head caused by boric acid corrosion. Redundant shielding prevented any radiation leakage, but FirstEnergy projected the outage would last two to three months and cost from $15 million to $30 million. Instead, the outage lasted 26 months and cost $588.9 million. Students will learn the financial i...Starting at €8.20
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Navy Marine Corps Intranet (NMCI): 2007 Update
Cross, TomCase DARDEN-C-2270-EAccounting and ControlIn 2007 it was six years since NMCI had been launched as the largest intranet system ever with more than 650,000 users. This update provides a summary of the problems and issues raised by GAO in its December 2006 report, "DoD Needs to Ensure That Navy Marine Corps Intranet Program Is Meeting Goals and Satisfying Customers." For background, see Babson case BEE SP0805.Starting at €8.20
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VIRGINIA-Class Submarine: Two for Four in 2012 (A)
Cross, Tom; Pottinger, JeffCase DARDEN-OM-1384-EService and Operations ManagementThe VIRGINIA-class submarine was one of the largest naval-acquisition projects in history, involving the construction of 30 submarines at an acquisition cost of $93 billion. By FY05, the VIRGINIA-class program was in its 10th year. Construction had begun on seven submarines. Unit costs were running 41% over the base-line budget, and production goals were not being met. Ship construction budget limits necessitated a 20% unit-cost reduction, an unp...Starting at €8.20
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VIRGINIA-Class Submarine: Two for Four in 2012 (B)
Cross, Tom; Pottinger, JeffCase DARDEN-OM-1385-EService and Operations ManagementThe VIRGINIA-class submarine was one of the largest naval-acquisition projects in history, involving the construction of 30 submarines at an acquisition cost of $93 billion. By FY05, the VIRGINIA-class program was in its 10th year. Construction had begun on seven submarines. Unit costs were running 41% over the base-line budget, and production goals were not being met. Ship construction budget limits necessitated a 20% unit-cost reduction, an unp...Starting at €5.74
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Naval Supply Systems Command: Leading Change (A)
Cross, Tom; Pottinger, Jeff; Harris, Jared D.; McCarthy, J. D.Case DARDEN-S-0148-EStrategyThe effects of a declining resource environment were evident in the challenges facing the Commander of Naval Supply Systems Command in maintaining the readiness of Pacific Fleet forces. His superiors were calling for a significant transformation in the Navy’s business practices to overcome what was then projected as a $10 billion annual shortfall in the amount needed to recapitalize the fleet. But returning readiness levels to acceptable levels, ...Starting at €8.20
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This Office Is Jinxed (A)
Cross, TomCase DARDEN-OB-0925-ELeadership and People ManagementTom Jordan, vice president of Strategy and new to a large office-products firm has been handed three objectives by the company president: revise the pricing strategy, adding a minimum $50 million to 2008 net profit, rationalize the store’s new-build process to add some discipline and reduce new-store financial disasters, and develop a process to analyze and improve revenue return on advertising spending. After deciding to set up a pricing task fo...Starting at €8.20