Darden University of Virginia (USA)
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Change Management at the University of Virginia Health System’s Body Imaging Division
Weiss; Elliott N.; Goldberg; Rebecca; English; AustinCase DARDEN-OM-1609-EService and Operations ManagementThis field-based case explores the University of Virginia's Body Imaging Division (BID) along with the group's new director; Arun Krishnaraj; who is trying to assess and ameliorate the frustrations; confusions; delays; and other issues BID and its patients are dealing with. The case challenges students to address issues related to change management; in this case in a health care setting. If the instructor would rather focus on problem solving; Le...Starting at €8.20
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Reynaldo Roche (B)
Chua, Jeriel; Weiss, Elliott N.Case DARDEN-OM-1259-EService and Operations ManagementThis four-case series follows a team through a weeklong kaizen event. The A case (UVA-OM-1258) sets up the situation, and the B, C (UVA-OM-1260), and D (UVA-OM-1261) cases depict what happens on the successive days. The series teaches such concepts as takt time, line balancing, and managing change. The A case is intended to be handed out as an assignment, and the B, C, and D cases provide real-time exercises for the students.Starting at €5.74
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Reynaldo Roche (C)
Chua, Jeriel; Weiss, Elliott N.Case DARDEN-OM-1260-EService and Operations ManagementThis four-case series follows a team through a weeklong kaizen event. The A case (UVA-OM-1258) sets up the situation, and the B (UVA-OM-1259), C, and D (UVA-OM-1261) cases depict what happens on the successive days. The series teaches such concepts as takt time, line balancing, and managing change. The A case is intended to be handed out as an assignment, and the B, C, and D cases provide real-time exercises for the students.Starting at €5.74
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Reynaldo Roche (D)
Chua, Jeriel; Weiss, Elliott N.Case DARDEN-OM-1261-EService and Operations ManagementThis four-case series follows a team through a weeklong kaizen event. The A case (UVA-OM-1258) sets up the situation, and the B (UVA-OM-1259), C (UVA-OM-1260), and D cases depict what happens on the successive days. The series teaches such concepts as takt time, line balancing, and managing change. The A case is intended to be handed out as an assignment, and the B, C, and D cases provide real-time exercises for the students.Starting at €5.74
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Bidding for Hertz: Leveraged Buyout - Teaching Note
Chaplinsky, Susan; Marston, Felicia C.Teaching Note DARDEN-F-1560TN-EFinanceTeaching note for product F-1560Starting at €0.00
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DuPont Corporation: Sale of Performance Coatings
Chaplinsky, Susan; Marston, Felicia C.; Merker, BrettCase DARDEN-F-1709-EFinanceIn January 2012, Ellen Kullman, CEO and chairman of DuPont, must decide whether to retain or sell the company’s Performance Coatings (DPC) division. This is an introductory case on valuing a leveraged buyout. The case focuses on a publicly listed corporation’s decision to divest a large division and asks students to compare the division’s value if it remains under DuPont’s control or is sold to an outside party. The transaction size of approximat...Starting at €8.20
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Cengage Learning: Can Apax Partners Salvage This Buyout?
Chaplinsky, Susan; Marston, Felicia C.; Smith, David C.Case DARDEN-F-1727-EFinanceThis case investigates the issues involved in a private equity (PE) firm’s decision to invest in the debt of a distressed leveraged buyout. The analysis has been purposefully simplified to involve only two classes of outstanding debt, senior debt and junior debt, so that students do not need to have detailed knowledge of the bankruptcy process to complete the analysis. The main analytical task requires students to compute the expected internal ra...Starting at €8.20
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Investing in Sponsor-Backed IPOs: The Case of Hertz - Teaching Note
Chaplinsky, Susan; Marston, Felicia C.Teaching Note DARDEN-F-1561TN-EFinanceTeaching note for product F-1561Starting at €0.00
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The Carlyle Group: IPO of a Publicly Traded Private Equity Firm - Teaching Note
Chaplinsky, Susan; Marston, Felicia C.Teaching Note DARDEN-F-1689TN-EFinanceTeaching note for product F-1689Starting at €0.00
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Cardinal Foods: Sweet Sourcing
Weiss; Elliott N.; Parmar; Bidhan L.; Mead; JennyCase DARDEN-OM-1591-EService and Operations ManagementAs part of a biennial supplier review; Jennifer Schramm; a purchasing manager in the cocoa and chocolate division at Cardinal Foods; had been considering several different cocoa cooperatives. She wanted to (1) source high-quality cocoa in the proper particle sizes; (2) source cocoa from environmentally and socially conscious producers; (3) keep the cost of cocoa sourcing as low as possible; and (4) not increase any reputational risks to the compa...Starting at €8.20