Darden University of Virginia (USA)
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Finance Caselets: An Ethical Perspective
Parmar, Bidhan L.; Dalmia, Pranav; Mead, JennyCase DARDEN-E-0472-EBusiness Ethics and Corporate Social ResponsibilityThese fictional caselets, some of which are based on lived experience, present dilemmas and ethical issues in the financial field. The situations include an investment-banking firm executive deciding how to handle an investment tip; an executive strugglinStarting at €8.20
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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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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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Strictly Business: Janice Greer’s Leadership Challenge in Japan
Chen, Ming-Jer; Dalmia, PranavCase DARDEN-S-0385-EStrategyJanice Greer works for NVX Pharmaceuticals, a US firm with increasing global operations. Not long after Greer’s promotion to country head for Japan, their boss suggests that widespread layoffs will be needed to help bring performance of the international units in line with domestic operations. Cultural differences between US and Japanese work practices and traditions complicate the decisions Greer faces in dealing with members of their team. How ...Starting at €8.20
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Paul Waddle's Crash Course in Nigerian Business
Chen, Ming-Jer; Dalmia, PranavCase DARDEN-S-0387-EStrategyPaul Waddle works for Tripod Capital (Tripod), a venture fund focused on investing globally in fintech start-ups. Ambitious and a self-starter, Waddle is in pursuit of fast-growing the Nigerian payments platform DigitApt. As he enters the final stages of closing a deal, he is confronted with cultural differences between US and Nigerian work practices and traditions. Understanding and appropriately integrating these differences could be the key to...Starting at €8.20
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Us versus Them: Bridging the Fault Line between Salaried and Hourly Employees
Chen, Ming-Jer; Dalmia, PranavCase DARDEN-S-0382StrategyBlake Cody is a consultant who has been brought in to optimize and increase efficiency at a manufacturing plant mired in a market slump. He identifies divisions between two groups of employees—salaried (permanent) and hourly (temporary)—as a central challStarting at €8.20
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Culture Clash: Abdullah Al-Multaq's Return to the Middle East
Chen, Ming-Jer; Dalmia, PranavCase DARDEN-S-0384StrategyAbdullah “Abe” Al-Multaq works in the acquisitions team of a large and ambitious US tech company. As his team undertakes due diligence at a target company he had identified in Saudi Arabia, cultural differences between representatives of the two firms flaStarting at €8.20
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The F/A-18 F404 Engine: Getting Lean (B)
Brownlee, E. Richard II; Cross, Tom; Osterhoudt, Robert; Jaynes, C. J.; Pottinger, JeffCase DARDEN-C-2269-EAccounting and ControlAfter the successful implementation of Lean manufacturing concepts at U.S. Navy Aircraft Intermediate Maintenance Depot (AIMD) Lemoore, particularly with regard to the maintenance processes for the F404 engine on the F/A-18 Hornet, these concepts have become the standard by which production across all AIMDs are measured. Now assigned to NAVAIR, the person responsible for these changes is eager to apply the lessons of AIMD Lemoore across the entir...Starting at €5.74
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BandyWorks (B): Tom Bandy—Growing, Letting Go - Teaching note
Fairchild, Gregory B.; Dalmia, PranavTeaching Note DARDEN-ENT-0182TNEntrepreneurshipTeaching note for product ENT-0182Starting at €0.00
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Us versus Them: Bridging the Fault Line between Salaried and Hourly Employees
Chen, Ming-Jer; Dalmia, PranavCase DARDEN-S-0382-EStrategyBlake Cody is a consultant who has been brought in to optimize and increase efficiency at a manufacturing plant mired in a market slump. He identifies divisions between two groups of employees—salaried (permanent) and hourly (temporary)—as a central challenge. Are misaligned values, incentives, and work practices at the root of the problem? Resolving the tensions could lead to significant improvements for the plant and the firm, but the divisions...Starting at €8.20