Darden University of Virginia (USA)
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McDonald's Corporation
Hess, Edward D.; Modica, ShizukaCase DARDEN-S-0147-EStrategyIn December 2007, McDonald’s had a market capitalization of $69.5 billion, and its stock price was hovering around its all-time high of $58-$60 since the last split, in February 1999. While McDonald’s was enjoying its five-year consecutive sales increases and high stock price, the management team was determined to improve customer experience, foster customer loyalty, and pave an enduring growth path into the future. Its big challenge remained how...Starting at €8.20
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Students Helping Honduras
Hess, Edward D.; Modica, ShizukaCase DARDEN-ENT-0105-EEntrepreneurshipA student-founded, student-led nonprofit organization dedicated to helping Hondurans escape from the cycle of poverty accomplished this by engaging college students in its projects from beginning to end. It operated with a yearly budget, augmented by student fundraisers and a grant from a private foundation. By the summer of 2008, it had three full-time employees living in Honduras and an ambitious business plan to expand its college chapters, in...Starting at €8.20
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C.R. Barger & Sons, Inc. (B)
Hess, Edward D.; Modica, Shizuka; Barger, EdCase DARDEN-ENT-0107-EEntrepreneurshipThe president of the PCO division at C.R. Barger & Sons has grown the division, so he now must consider whether to build a new PCO plant to accommodate future growth. The new plant would increase Barger’s production capacity allowing it to expand its concrete-production capacity from 40 to 200 cubic yards per day. The case examines the multifaceted strategy the president used to revitalize the division, and students can decide whether this large ...Starting at €5.74
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Longview Services
Fairchild, Gregory B.; Rourke, BradCase DARDEN-ENT-0170-EEntrepreneurshipThis case traces the history of an engineering consulting firm and highlights differences between its two principals. The partnership worked very well overall, and Longview Services made money from the start. But it soon became clear that the duo had some differences in style that would need to be worked through.Starting at €8.20
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BandyWorks (B): Tom Bandy – Growing, Letting Go
Fairchild, Gregory B.; Rourke, BradCase DARDEN-ENT-0182-EEntrepreneurshipTom Bandy was no stranger to entrepreneurship and the problems brought about by success. Having honed his programming skills in the 1980s, he had already founded a database company that had seen great success—and then had been squeezed out by investors. In 2005, he founded BandyWorks, a computing services consulting firm, self-funding and achieving great success only four years later. In 2011, however, a development crisis popped up within BandyW...Starting at €5.74
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A Bowl of Good: Defining the Partnership
Fairchild, Gregory B.; Rourke, BradCase DARDEN-ENT-0183-EEntrepreneurshipKatrina Didot is founder and owner of A Bowl of Good, an organic soup business in Harrisonburg, Virginia. A Bowl of Good has been part of a café selling original soups and other foods, and has also sold soups at farmers markets, through distributors, and through other restaurants. Didot believes her business has plateaued and is seeking a partner in order to grow. However, she has had bad experiences with a number of partnerships and agreements, ...Starting at €8.20
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New River Apparel: Trot or Gallop? - Teaching Note
Fairchild, Gregory B.; Rourke, BradTeaching Note DARDEN-ENT-0194TN-EEntrepreneurshipTeaching note for product ENT-0194Starting at €0.00
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Haynsworth’s Inc.: Should I Stay or Should I Go? - Teaching Note
Fairchild, Gregory B.; Rourke, BradTeaching Note DARDEN-ENT-0171TN-EEntrepreneurshipTeaching note for product ENT-0171Starting at €0.00
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Coalfields Coffee: Where to Go? - Teaching Note
Fairchild, Gregory B.; Rourke, BradTeaching Note DARDEN-ENT-0184TN-EEntrepreneurshipTeaching note for product ENT-0184Starting at €0.00
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A Bowl of Good: Defining the Partnership - Teaching Note
Fairchild, Gregory B.; Rourke, BradTeaching Note DARDEN-ENT-0183TN-EEntrepreneurshipTeaching note of product ENT-0183Starting at €0.00