Darden University of Virginia (USA)
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Dunia Finance LLC (A), (B), and (C) - Teaching Note
Venkatesan, Rajkumar; Bodily, Samuel E.; Yemen, Gerry; Gibbs, SheaTeaching Note DARDEN-M-0842TN-EMarketingTeaching note for product M-0842Starting at €0.00
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The F/A-18 F404 Engine: Getting Lean (A)
Brownlee, E. Richard II; Cross, Tom; Osterhoudt, Robert; Jaynes, C. J.; Pottinger, JeffCase DARDEN-C-2268-EAccounting and ControlThe U.S. Navy Aircraft Intermediate Maintenance Depot (AIMD) Lemoore Power Plants Division (F404 engine maintenance) was a real mess. Not-Ready-For-Issue parts were everywhere. Division thru-put was poor, there were 30 F/A-18 aircraft with bare firewalls (no engines), the maintenance crews were working 12-hour days, manning was at 61% of authorized levels, reenlistment rates were an abysmal 50%, and crew morale was lousy. The Officer-in-Charge of...Starting at €8.20
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Nuclear-Powered Aircraft Carrier Life-Cycle Cost Analysis
Cross, Tom; Sack, Robert J.; Pottinger, JeffCase DARDEN-C-2282-EAccounting and ControlIn 1996, to find ways to reduce operating costs as well as the costs of future acquisitions, the Navy began to assess various design concepts for a new class of aircraft carriers and to analyze life-cycle costs, not just the acquisition costs, as life-cycle cost implications were complex and would significantly impact current and future budgets. The acquisition decisions for the next-generation aircraft carrier, CVX, would largely be determined o...Starting at €8.20
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The F/A-18 F404 Engine: Getting Lean (A) and (B) - Teaching Note
Brownlee, E. Richard II; Cross, Tom; Osterhoudt, Robert; Jaynes, C. J.; Pottinger, JeffTeaching Note DARDEN-C-2268TN-EAccounting and ControlTeaching note for product C-2268Starting at €0.00
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Naval Supply Systems Command Change Management Support Solicitation: Bid or No-Bid (A)
Cross, Tom; Pottinger, JeffCase DARDEN-S-0222-EStrategyCowan and Associates (C&A) provided strategic planning, business planning, change management, performance measurement, and knowledge management support to various Navy commands. Its managing director, Jeff Pottinger, was contemplating a Request for Proposal to provide change management support services to the Naval Supply Systems Command (NAVSUP) in Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania. Pottinger was intimately aware of the significant change management c...Starting at €8.20
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Naval Supply Systems Command Change Management Support Solicitation: Bid or No-Bid (B)
Cross, Tom; Pottinger, JeffCase DARDEN-S-0223-EStrategyJeff Pottinger, managing director at Cowan & Associates and the president and CFO of the company had discussed whether to bid on a solicitation to support the Naval Supply Systems Command requirement for change management support and were close to making a decision. Then Pottinger noticed an email notification from the Contracting Officer regarding answers to questions submitted by interested bidders. After reviewing the questions and responses, ...Starting at €5.74
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Saving Troubled Stutts Corporation: Information Known Only to Evenson
Bodily, Samuel E.Case DARDEN-QA-0714-EDecision AnalysisThis case, part of a series (see also UVA-QA-0712, UVA-QA-0713, and UVA-QA-0715), contains information known only to Evenson. Two individuals own all the capital in Stutts Corporation. Decker owns all the debt and Evenson owns all the equity. Unless Decker and Evenson supply workout loans, Stutts will become bankrupt immediately. If they do provide the loans, Stutts will go into three possible states: recover, restructure, liquidate. The payouts ...Starting at €8.20
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Darden's Luckiest Student 2008
Pfeifer, Phillip E.; Bodily, Samuel E.Case DARDEN-QA-0717-EDecision AnalysisThe case describes a three-factor, full-factorial experiment run in conjunction with the Darden's Luckiest Student event of 2008. Prior to identifying Darden's Luckiest, all 300 first-year students made binding decisions between varying amounts of cash and the opportunity to select one of two identical briefcases. One briefcase contained $18,750; the other contained $0. Students are asked to analyze the results of the experiment and draw conclusi...Starting at €8.20
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Airbus and Boeing: Superjumbo Decisions
Bodily, Samuel E.; Lichtendahl, Kenneth C. Jr.Case DARDEN-QA-0720-EDecision AnalysisSet in 1999, this case allows students to put themselves in the positions of both Airbus and Boeing as Boeing considered how to respond to Airbus's decision to announce its plans to proceed or not with the $10 billion development of the world's first commercial superjumbo jet, the Airbus A3XX. Boeing was considering a development effort to "stretch" its 747 jumbo jet into a larger superjumbo version, the 747-X. At the time, the two companies' wid...Starting at €8.20
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Intrinergy: Carbon Offsets (A)
Bodily, Samuel E.; Ogilvie, Brandon; Brohl, BrettCase DARDEN-QA-0737-EDecision AnalysisThe A case describes the decision the BurMills textile company will make regarding whether to change from producing their own steam to outsourcing their steam production to Intrinergy. BurMills can calculate the present value of cost flows for three alternatives: producing their own steam from burning natural gas, outsourcing to Intrinergy with either a fixed price contract, or with a price contract that floats with the natural gas price at Henry...Starting at €8.20