Darden University of Virginia (USA)
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Whole Foods: Digesting Amazon’s Offer
Loutskina; Elena; Bickwit; GrantCase DARDEN-F-1923-EFinanceAs the cofounder and CEO of Whole Foods, John Mackey had spent the better portion of his life rapidly growing the company from a niche natural grocery store in Austin, Texas, into the premier natural-foods grocer in the United States. Highly regarded as industry leader, Whole Foods contributed to the explosion in health-conscious eating sweeping the country. But not all good things lasted forever. Whole Foods had been treading increasingly chopp...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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Accounts Payable at Rockwell Collins: Process Simulation Model Note
Landel, Robert D.; Mexis, Georgios; Porter, ChristopherTechnical Note DARDEN-OM-1554-EService and Operations ManagementThe note provides documentation of a process simulation model that was prepared to simulate the invoicing work of 16 accounts payable analysts described in the case "Accounts Payable at Rockwell Collins" written by Professor Philip C. Jones, Tippie College of Business, University of Iowa.Starting at €8.20
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Atlas Air: Shipping at Preferred Cost
Loutskina; Elena; Shah; JigarCase DARDEN-F-2057-EFinanceThe case is centered on a July 2022 bid from a private equity consortium led by Apollo Global Management (Apollo) to acquire Atlas Air, a major air transportation company whose services spanned commercial cargo, passenger charters, and aircraft leasing. The protagonist is facing the difficult task of crafting a recommendation to Atlas Air’s board regarding Apollo’s bid. Apollo’s courting of Atlas Air had started more than a year before. On June ...Starting at €8.20
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SunRay's Photovoltaic Power Plant
Grushka-Cockayne, Yael; Mexis, GeorgiosCase DARDEN-QA-0837-EDecision AnalysisSunRay, a solar company, is about to embark on its biggest project yet-the construction of a photovoltaic plant at Giordano Mall, a big shopping complex outside Rome. The project manager’s first task it to figure out how long the project will take. The case offers us an in-depth look at and understanding of the project plan and a clear description of some of the major uncertainties and risks involved. The case describes the challenges that the pr...Starting at €8.20
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Whole Foods: Digesting Amazon’s Offer- Teaching note
Loutskina; ElenaTeaching Note DARDEN-F-1923TN-EFinanceTeaching note for product F-1923Starting at €0.00