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Balance-Statement Reporting at Premium Capital Funds (B)
Lopez-Jimenez, Liliana; Orozco, Luis Antonio; Gentile, MaryCase DARDEN-OB-1307-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. This B case contains a video and a transcript of an interview the case authors conducted with Ricardo Martinez on July 15, 2019, concerning his reflections on the ethical conflict described in the case and what he actually did about it.Starting at €5.74
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Balance-Statement Reporting at Premium Capital Funds (A)
Lopez-Jimenez, Liliana; Orozco, Luis Antonio; Martinez-Gomez, Ricardo Emilio; Gentile, MaryCase DARDEN-OB-1306-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. In 2009, Ricardo Martinez, management assistant at Premium Capital Investment Advisors (PCIA), was asked to fabricate some of the information to be included in the monthly account balance statements addressed to five shareholders in Premium Capital Funds (Premium), a p...Starting at €8.20
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(Water) Public–Private Partnerships: The Economics
Debaere, Peter; Kapral, AndrewTechnical Note DARDEN-GEM-0183-EEconomicsWith frequent water main breaks, leaking pipes, and lead contamination, the water infrastructure of many countries is in bad shape, and improvements are urgent in light of climate change and increasing water stress. Discussion in recent years has focused on the role of private companies in a sector that has traditionally been in public hands. Since the privatization of the United Kingdom’s water infrastructure in the late 1980s, a whole range of ...Starting at €8.20
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Interbolsa’s Repo Trading: How to Stop an Insolvency Ticking Time Bomb (A)
Gentile, Mary; Lopez-Jimenez, Liliana; Arabia-Wartenberg, Jorge; Orozco, Luis AntonioCase DARDEN-OB-1356-ELeadership and People ManagementIn August 2004, Interbolsa’s risk management committee had to decide upon a request to double the authorized quota for repurchase agreements (repos) on Interbolsa’s own stock. Two months earlier, Jorge Arabia had joined Interbolsa, the largest stock brokerage firm in Colombia, as CFO. In this role, he had a seat in the risk management committee. Arabia had noticed that these repos carried large and diverse risks, not only for the firm but also f...Starting at €8.20
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Interbolsa’s Repo Trading: How to Stop an Insolvency Ticking Time Bomb (B)
Gentile, Mary; Lopez-Jimenez, Liliana; Orozco, Luis AntonioCase DARDEN-OB-1357-ELeadership and People ManagementIn August 2004, Interbolsa’s risk management committee had to decide upon a request to double the authorized quota for repurchase agreements (repos) on Interbolsa’s own stock. Two months earlier, Jorge Arabia had joined Interbolsa, the largest stock brokerage firm in Colombia, as CFO. In this role, he had a seat in the risk management committee. Arabia had noticed that these repos carried large and diverse risks, not only for the firm but also f...Starting at €5.74
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Wheaties: Reinvigorating an Iconic Brand (A)
Moore, Marian Chapman; Weinberg, AdamCase DARDEN-M-0828-EMarketingThis case series is taught in Darden's course elective, Managing Consumer Brands. In the spring of 2008, the marketing editor for Wheaties was getting ready for a meeting to discuss ideas about how to reinvigorate one of the most iconic and well-known cereal brands in America, which over the preceding few years had experienced a steady decline in market share. The only limitation the manager would impose was that any new product could not replace...Starting at €8.20
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Wheaties: Reinvigorating an Iconic Brand (B)
Moore, Marian Chapman; Weinberg, AdamCase DARDEN-M-0829-EMarketingThe marketing manager and the Wheaties brand team launched a line extension they believed would bolster the legendary brand. Wheaties FUEL, a ready-to-eat cereal targeted specifically toward men and designed to help users "Prepare to Win" was introduced to consumers in September 2009, with a 360-degree campaign utilizing television, print, online, and in-store promotions to build awareness. By gaining buy-in early on from Peyton Manning, Kevin Ga...Starting at €5.74
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Wheaties: Reinvigorating an Iconic Brand (A), (B), and (C) - Teaching Note
Moore, Marian Chapman; Weinberg, AdamTeaching Note DARDEN-M-0828TN-EMarketingTeaching note for product M-0828Starting at €0.00
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Supply, Demand, and Equilibrium: The Algebra
Debaere, PeterTechnical Note DARDEN-G-0592-EKnowledge and CommunicationThis technical note refreshes the algebraic representation of linear demand and supply, how to account for shifting curves, and how to include taxes. This is part of the refresher course in Economics at Darden.Starting at €8.20
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Supply, Demand, and Equilibrium: A Class Experiment
Debaere, PeterTechnical Note DARDEN-G-0593-EKnowledge and CommunicationThis note explains the intuition and analytics behind the class experiment that is commonly called "Trading in a Pit." Following the experiment, we derive supply and demand and discuss market efficiency. This note is part of the refresher course in economics at Darden.Starting at €8.20