Darden University of Virginia (USA)
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Lincoln Industries
Horniman, Alexander B.; Venkataraman, S.Case DARDEN-OB-0914-ELeadership and People ManagementWhat are the differences between being a good tactical leader and being a good strategic leader? As he nears retirement, Robert Lincoln muses about his successor at Lincoln Industries. The case describes the backgrounds of four potential successors, all of whom are tactically astute and very competent general managers. Lincoln realizes that the company is at a crossroads and wonders what it would take for his potential successors to graduate from...Starting at €8.20
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Hedged Cost of Funds and Interest Rate Arbitrage
Lipson, Marc L.Technical Note DARDEN-F-1565-EFinanceThis technical note provides an overview of interest rate parity and the hedged cost of international borrowings. The note describes the essential steps to hedge international borrowings with forward contracts and describes in detail the link between forward rates and interest rates and what drives that relationship.Starting at €8.20
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Enterprise Systems at ICL
Allen, Brandt R.Case DARDEN-C-2251-EAccounting and ControlSenior management of a large company learns that its largest and most important information systems project will be eight months late. The developers used the latest technology (web-based, distributed, client-server, networked) and architecture (SOA). Some new parts were up and running but many old, legacy pieces were carrying a heavy part of the daily demands and risks of outages were increasing. There were staffing problems and challenges with ...Starting at €8.20
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Nordgold: All-In Sustaining Costs
Lipson, Marc L.Case DARDEN-C-2412-EAccounting and ControlUnderstanding the economics of gold mining had always been a challenge. Gold mines were long-lived assets that required substantial capital investments both to identify and gain access to mineral ore for future processing and to sustain output over the life of a mine. A typical investor might have looked at annual operating margins alone, ignoring these capital outlays, and set unrealistic return expectations. When firms fell short of these expec...Starting at €8.20
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Berkshire Hathaway Inc.-Intercorporate Investments (A) and (B) - Teaching Note
Allen, Brandt R.; Lynch, Luann J.Teaching Note DARDEN-C-2240TN-EAccounting and ControlTeaching note for product C-2240Starting at €0.00
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Credit and Collections Corporation - Teaching Note
Allen, Brandt R.; Sack, Robert J.Teaching Note DARDEN-C-2253TN-EAccounting and ControlTeaching note for product C-2253Starting at €0.00
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The Real Green IT Machine (A) - Teaching Note
Allen, Brandt R.Teaching Note DARDEN-C-2295TN-EAccounting and ControlTeaching note for product C-2295Starting at €0.00
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The Real Green IT Machine (B): Sensitivity Analysis of a Proposed Capital Investment - Teaching Note
Lynch, Luann J.; Allen, Brandt R.Teaching Note DARDEN-C-2351TN-EAccounting and ControlTeaching note for product C-2351Starting at €0.00
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The World is Flat...The World is Lumpy?
Yemen, Gerry; Venkataraman, S.Technical Note DARDEN-S-0191-EStrategySuitable for MBA, EMBA, GEMBA, and executive education programs, this note sets the stage to unfold an analysis of popular notions about how the world works. On one hand, some believe that global competition has created a flattened world and that globalization has leveled the playing field. Yet a zest to view the world as flat, others have said, results in an underestimation of the differences between countries-standardization, exact replication,...Starting at €8.20
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"Ought" to "Can": Questions for an Entrepreneurial Future
Sarasvathy, Saras D.; Venkataraman, S.Technical Note DARDEN-ENT-0132-EEntrepreneurshipThis technical note explores the broadening role of entrepreneurship as both an economic and societal force. Students learn that as a distinct problem-solving method, entrepreneurship is teachable and applicable to a wide variety of issues central to human well-being and social improvement. It is akin to the scientific method in its capability to generate both the means to achieve yesterday’s ends and the reasons to reject them in favor of new en...Starting at €8.20