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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US–China Tensions in Class (A): International Politics Meets Interpersonal Relationships
Chen, Ming-Jer; Whittle, Mary Summers; Fairfax, Lydia; Feng, JianYe (Jacky)Case DARDEN-S-0332-EStrategyThis four-part case series examines the numerous, often subtle ways in which international and interpersonal relations intersect. When an American MBA student types a controversial comment about China into the virtual chat box of an online class on emergiStarting at €8.20
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US–China Tensions in Class (D): Bruised Feelings
Chen, Ming-Jer; Whittle, Mary Summers; Fairfax, Lydia; Feng, JianYe (Jacky)Case DARDEN-S-0335-EStrategyThis four-part case series examines the numerous, often subtle ways in which international and interpersonal relations intersect. When an American MBA student types a controversial comment about China into the virtual chat box of an online class on emergiStarting at €5.74
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US–China Tensions in Class (B): Balancing the Professional, Political, and Personal
Chen, Ming-Jer; Whittle, Mary Summers; Fairfax, Lydia; Feng, JianYe (Jacky)Case DARDEN-S-0333-EStrategyThis four-part case series examines the numerous, often subtle ways in which international and interpersonal relations intersect. When an American MBA student types a controversial comment about China into the virtual chat box of an online class on emergiStarting at €5.74
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SGX Bids for ASX - Teaching Note
Webb, RobertTeaching Note DARDEN-F-1756TN-EFinanceTeaching note for product F-1756Starting at €0.00
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Levy Restaurants
Hess, Edward D.; Modica, ShizukaCase DARDEN-S-0155-EStrategyGrowing from a passive investment in a Chicago delicatessen in 1978, into a national foodservice company by 2007, Levy Restaurants (Levy) served approximately 63 million customers a year at more than 85 different restaurants and sporting and entertainment venues. Then Levy expanded its fine-dining restaurant business into sports and entertainment venues and such unexpected places as Disney World. Levy grew at greater than 20% compounded growth ra...Starting at €8.20
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Creating an Asian Benchmark for Crude Oil - Teaching note
Webb, RobertTeaching Note DARDEN-F-1981TN-EFinanceTeaching note for product F-1981Starting at €0.00
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SGX Bids for ASX
Webb, RobertCase DARDEN-F-1756-EFinanceIn October 2010, the recently appointed CEO of the Singapore Exchange (SGX) wanted the SGX to grow faster than organic growth alone would allow. The most logical acquisition target was the Australian Securities Exchange (ASX). Executives from the SGX and the ASX announced an agreement to merge. The two exchanges would remain separate legal entities for regulatory purposes but both would be owned by ASX‐SGX Limited, a new holding company that the ...Starting at €8.20