Darden University of Virginia (USA)
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New River Apparel: Trot or Gallop? - Teaching Note
Fairchild, Gregory B.; Rourke, BradTeaching Note DARDEN-ENT-0194TN-EEntrepreneurshipTeaching note for product ENT-0194Starting at €0.00
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Haynsworth’s Inc.: Should I Stay or Should I Go? - Teaching Note
Fairchild, Gregory B.; Rourke, BradTeaching Note DARDEN-ENT-0171TN-EEntrepreneurshipTeaching note for product ENT-0171Starting at €0.00
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Coalfields Coffee: Where to Go? - Teaching Note
Fairchild, Gregory B.; Rourke, BradTeaching Note DARDEN-ENT-0184TN-EEntrepreneurshipTeaching note for product ENT-0184Starting at €0.00
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A Bowl of Good: Defining the Partnership - Teaching Note
Fairchild, Gregory B.; Rourke, BradTeaching Note DARDEN-ENT-0183TN-EEntrepreneurshipTeaching note of product ENT-0183Starting at €0.00
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Uncharted Waters at Ventoso Ship Supply: A Sensory Marketing Dilemma (A)
Cian, Luca; Craddock, Jenny; Krishna, Aradhna; Cervai, SaraCase DARDEN-M-0959-EMarketingThis is a three-part, disguised case series. In June 2009, Diana Zanzi was hired by Ventoso Ship Supply, an Italian sailboat manufacturer, to help them understand their boats’ puzzling selling patterns. Zanzi was informed that sales rates for two higher-end boat models were especially odd. Despite one’s superior technical specifications, speed, amenities, and overall value-for-money, their higher end models were hard to sell. However, a lower-qua...Starting at €8.20
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Longview Services
Fairchild, Gregory B.; Rourke, BradCase DARDEN-ENT-0170-EEntrepreneurshipThis case traces the history of an engineering consulting firm and highlights differences between its two principals. The partnership worked very well overall, and Longview Services made money from the start. But it soon became clear that the duo had some differences in style that would need to be worked through.Starting at €8.20
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BandyWorks (B): Tom Bandy – Growing, Letting Go
Fairchild, Gregory B.; Rourke, BradCase DARDEN-ENT-0182-EEntrepreneurshipTom Bandy was no stranger to entrepreneurship and the problems brought about by success. Having honed his programming skills in the 1980s, he had already founded a database company that had seen great success—and then had been squeezed out by investors. In 2005, he founded BandyWorks, a computing services consulting firm, self-funding and achieving great success only four years later. In 2011, however, a development crisis popped up within BandyW...Starting at €5.74
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A Bowl of Good: Defining the Partnership
Fairchild, Gregory B.; Rourke, BradCase DARDEN-ENT-0183-EEntrepreneurshipKatrina Didot is founder and owner of A Bowl of Good, an organic soup business in Harrisonburg, Virginia. A Bowl of Good has been part of a café selling original soups and other foods, and has also sold soups at farmers markets, through distributors, and through other restaurants. Didot believes her business has plateaued and is seeking a partner in order to grow. However, she has had bad experiences with a number of partnerships and agreements, ...Starting at €8.20
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Uncharted Waters at Ventoso Ship Supply: A Sensory Marketing Dilemma (A)
Cian, Luca; Craddock, Jenny; Krishna, Aradhna; Cervai, SaraCase DARDEN-M-0959MarketingThis is a three-part, disguised case series. In June 2009, Diana Zanzi was hired by Ventoso Ship Supply, an Italian sailboat manufacturer, to help them understand their boats’ puzzling selling patterns. Zanzi was informed that sales rates for two hiStarting at €8.20
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Note on Material-Requirements Planning
Davis, Edward W.; Zarwell, Gail A.Technical Note DARDEN-OM-0816-EService and Operations ManagementThis technical note covers the fundamental procedures of material-requirements planning (MRP). The note discusses concepts and provides sample calculations. It also discusses MRP II and such recent developments as enterprise-resource planning (ERP). This note is intended to be taught with "Brite Lite Switches, Inc." (UVA-OM-0815).Starting at €8.20