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The Wm. Wrigley Jr. Company: Capital Structure, Valuation, and Cost of Capital (Spanish version)
Bruner, Robert F.; Carr, SeanCase DARDEN-F-1840FinanceEsta es una traducción al español de la versión del 15 de noviembre de 2005 del caso UVA-F-1482. En junio de 2002, el director de un fondo de cobertura "el inversionista activo" está considerando las posibles ganancias de aumentar la capitalización de la deuda de The Wm. Wrigley Jr. Company. Wrigley ha sido financiado de manera conservadora y, a la fecha del caso, no tiene deudas. Las tareas para el estudiante son: • Estimar el cambio potencial e...Starting at €8.20
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Ma Jun and the Institute of Public and Environmental Affairs (C)
Qian, Xiaojun; Jiang, Peng; Gentile, MaryCase DARDEN-OB-1305-ELeadership and People ManagementThis case is part of the Giving Voice to Values (GVV) curriculum. To see other material in the GVV curriculum, please visit http://store.darden.virginia.edu/giving-voice-to-values. After joining an international environmental consultancy firm, Ma Jun, a journalist in the People’s Republic of China, was increasingly interested in environmental issues. Wanting to do more than report on these issues, he started to consider founding a nongovernmental...Starting at €5.74
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Ma Jun and the Institute of Public and Environmental Affairs (B)
Qian, Xiaojun; Jiang, Peng; Gentile, MaryCase DARDEN-OB-1304-ELeadership and People ManagementThis case is part of the Giving Voice to Values (GVV) curriculum. To see other material in the GVV curriculum, please visit http://store.darden.virginia.edu/giving-voice-to-values. After joining an international environmental consultancy firm, Ma Jun, a journalist in the People’s Republic of China, was increasingly interested in environmental issues. Wanting to do more than report on these issues, he started to consider founding a nongovernmental...Starting at €5.74
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Ma Jun and the Institute of Public and Environmental Affairs (A)
Qian, Xiaojun; Jiang, Peng; Gentile, MaryCase DARDEN-OB-1303-ELeadership and People ManagementThis case is part of the Giving Voice to Values (GVV) curriculum. To see other material in the GVV curriculum, please visit http://store.darden.virginia.edu/giving-voice-to-values. After joining an international environmental consultancy firm, Ma Jun, a journalist in the People’s Republic of China, was increasingly interested in environmental issues. Wanting to do more than report on these issues, he started to consider founding a nongovernmental...Starting at €8.20
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Ma Jun and the Institute of Public and Environmental Affairs (A), (B), and (C) - Teaching Note
Qian, Xiaojun; Jiang, Peng; Gentile, MaryTeaching Note DARDEN-OB-1303TN-ELeadership and People ManagementTeaching note for product OB-1303Starting at €0.00
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FedEx Corp. versus United Parcel Service of America, Inc.: Who Will Deliver Returns from China?
Bruner, Robert F.; Lipson, Marc L.; Carr, SeanCase DARDEN-F-1601-EFinanceIn early 2006, the anticipated expansion of package delivery services in China provided a great opportunity for the two package delivery giants FedEx and UPS. It was unclear which of these firms would make the most of this opportunity. An analysis of financial performance suggests that UPS is the better performer. On the other hand, the FedEx stock price performance has been far stronger. This apparent conflict highlights the fact that stock pric...Starting at €8.20
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Husk Power Systems: Financing Expansion
Loutskina, Elena; Sinha, Manoj; Ransler, ChipCase DARDEN-F-1629-EFinanceHusk Power Systems, a young but widely celebrated firm based in India, needs $1.5 million to $2.5 million of expansion capital to grow quickly beyond the small footprint it had established in northeast India. It was a successful green-energy enterprise that aimed to provide electricity to millions of rural Indians in a financially viable way. With 10 "mini power plants" that used rice husks as a fuel source and a presence in 25 isolated Indian vi...Starting at €8.20
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Leading Organic Growth: Module Caselets
Liedtka, Jeanne M.; King, Andrew; Carr, SeanCase DARDEN-BP-0541-ECorporate GovernanceThis is a series of 12 short caselets profiling individual growth leaders that - used in conjunction with “Business Model Innovation: A Process Model” (UVA-BP-0538) - will help students evaluate business situations for innovation opportunities. The course module focuses on enhancing the ability of students to identify and implement organic growth initiatives in mature organizations. An instructor teaching note accompanies the caselets series that...Starting at €8.20
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The Panic of 1907
Bruner, Robert F.; Debaere, Peter; Carr, SeanCase DARDEN-G-0619-EKnowledge and CommunicationThe case discusses and analyzes the runup to the financial panic of 1907 and its aftermath. Market conditions and institutional responses are highlighted. We sketch the broader economic context and the monetary situation in particular. The case draws on the Bruner and Carr (2007) book, "The Panic of 1907: Lessons Learned from the Market’s Perfect Storm" and on the Friedman and Schwartz (1963) book, "A Monetary History of the United States, 1867-1...Starting at €8.20
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Le Frigorifique: Charles Tellier and the Creation of the Cold Chain (A)
Bruner, Robert F.; Costa, Sarah; Carr, SeanCase DARDEN-ENT-0232EntrepreneurshipThis case set describes the gale of creative destruction that came with the rise of refrigeration and the creation of a globalized food supply chain, examined through the life of Charles Tellier, a French entrepreneur and inventor of the refrigerated shipStarting at €8.20