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Background Note on the Philippines and Financial Inclusion
Warnock, Veronica Cacdac; Warnock, Francis E.;Technical Note DARDEN-GEM-0149-EEconomicsThis note provides context regarding financial inclusion in the Philippines. It discusses the nature of poverty in the country; provides details on the financial system, especially the financial organizations that serve the poor; and presents some initiatives to broaden access to finance.Starting at €8.20
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All You Need is Love: Southwest Airlines and the Wright Amendment (B) - Teaching Note
Beckenstein, Alan R.Teaching Note DARDEN-GEM-0117TN-EEconomicsTeaching note for product GEM-0117Starting at €0.00
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Actions Speak Louder Than Words: What to Do to Address Racial Disparities?
Riefberg, VivianCase DARDEN-OB-1323Leadership and People ManagementIn mid-June 2021, prominent attorney Jane Goldman, who lived and practiced in Danbury, Connecticut, was asked if she might be interested in getting more involved with the local hospital, possibly even serving on its board. She had been raised in Danbury; she was active with the local hospice, Catholic Charities; and she considered herself a progressive, thoughtful person. Although she had no background in health care, she was considering it. Da...Starting at €8.20
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Housing Investment
Beckenstein, Alan R.Technical Note DARDEN-G-0627-EKnowledge and CommunicationHousing investment, a highly cyclical subcomponent of GDP, is a significant source of its fluctuations. Recent events in the housing market have been central to the meltdown of financial markets and the deep recession that began in late 2007. This note provides some background on the so-called housing bubble and, in doing so, highlights some of the primary sources of volatility in housing investment and real estate markets.Starting at €8.20
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All You Need is Love: Southwest Airlines and the Wright Amendment (A)
Beckenstein, Alan R.; Prowitt, Peter D.; Gunn, Christopher; Polen, DouglasCase DARDEN-GEM-0116-EEconomicsThe first of a three-case series, this is a classic business-government relations (BGR) challenge for Southwest Airlines. The A case takes the student from the problems SWA had with competitors and the Civil Aviation Board in the early years of attempting to fly through the passage of the Wright Amendment in the late 1970s. House Majority Leader Jim Wright championed the cause for the Dallas/Fort Worth Airport Authority and the big DFW airlines, ...Starting at €8.20
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All You Need is Love: Southwest Airlines and the Wright Amendment (B)
Beckenstein, Alan R.; Prowitt, Peter D.; Gunn, Christopher; Polen, DouglasCase DARDEN-GEM-0117-EEconomicsThe second of a three-case series, this is a classic business-government relations (BGR) challenge for Southwest Airlines. The A case took the student from the problems SWA had with competitors and the Civil Aviation Board in the early years of attempting to fly through the passage of the Wright Amendment in the late 1970s. It then updated the situation 25 years into the future when SWA was a big airline, and the events of September 11, 2001, hur...Starting at €5.74
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BPI Globe BanKO and Inclusive Banking in the Philippines
Warnock, Veronica Cacdac; Warnock, Francis E.Case DARDEN-GEM-0137-EEconomicsIn early 2014, John Rubio became CEO of BPI Globe BanKO, the three-year-old mobile-based savings bank that was far from accomplishing its mission to bring banking to the majority of Filipinos who did not have access to basic financial services, and to do so profitably. Rubio formulated a three-pillar strategy to increase customer acquisition and financial product offerings. His goals were to reach 1 million customers by year-end 2014 and supplant...Starting at €8.20
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Save the Children (B): Epilogue
Riefberg, Vivian; Yemen, GerryCase DARDEN-OB-1384Leadership and People ManagementThis case set uses a humanitarian aid organization, Save the Children, to set the stage for analyzing a crisis and the CEO’s strategy of leading through uncertainty. The case provides only the minimal information the decision-maker had at the time and gives a sense of the complexity around that fact. It introduces issues around basic communication, strategy, and crisis uncertainties that can be explored in subsequent classes. The material include...Starting at €5.74
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Save the Children (A) and (B) - Teaching note
Riefberg, Vivian; Yemen, Gerry; Kemp, BiancaTeaching Note DARDEN-OB-1383TNLeadership and People ManagementStarting at €0.00
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The Big Three Performance Variables: Macroperformance of the United States and the Eurozone
Beckenstein, Alan R.Technical Note DARDEN-G-0625-EKnowledge and CommunicationThe "big three" performance variables-growth in real GDP, inflation rate, and unemployment rate-are important starting points for delving into the macroeconomics of any country. This note offers some brief background on the policy environment surrounding performance reporting in the United States and the Eurozone; exhibits show historical performance on each of the big three variables for both. Students are asked to relate important events in the...Starting at €8.20