Darden University of Virginia (USA)
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The Dime that Started a Movement: The History and Development of Credit Unions
Fairchild, Gregory B.; Smith, Robert N.Technical Note DARDEN-ENT-0103-EEntrepreneurshipThis note provides students a rich background on the history, evolution, and current challenges in the credit union industry, with a particular focus on community-development credit unions. The case mentions key exemplar community-development credit unions and makes limited predictions about the industry's future direction. The case can be used a companion to "Credit Where Credit is Due: The Latino Community Credit Union" (UVA-ENT-0104).Starting at €8.20
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Credit Where Credit is Due: The Latino Community Credit Union
Fairchild, Gregory B.; Smith, Robert N.; Zienta, EllenCase DARDEN-ENT-0104-EEntrepreneurshipFive years after its launch, the Latino Community Credit Union had made remarkable progress, garnering 40,000 members and $22 million in assets. More extraordinary was the LCCU’s customer base: Hispanic immigrants, many of them undocumented. The credit union’s next bold step was to consider introducing credit cards for their customers. The question was how to make it work.Starting at €8.20
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The Panic of 1837 and the Market Revolution in America (A) and (B) (Abridged)
Bruner; Robert F.Case DARDEN-F-1806-EFinanceIn 1837; President Martin Van Buren confronted a dilemma over the appropriate federal response to the recent panic of 1837 that seemed to undercut the policies and power of Andrew Jackson’s “Democracy.” Now; Van Buren must decide how best to harness the civic reaction in stabilizing the financial system and returning the American economy to growth. Van Buren’s dilemma occurs in the midst of a dramatic regime shift in American politics. The rise...Starting at €5.74
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Fighting Financial Crises: Problems and Remedies
Bruner; Robert F.Technical Note DARDEN-F-1847-EFinanceThis note reviews seven recurrent factors in financial crises (runnable debt; rising leverage; financial innovation; complexity; contagion; cognitive bias; incompetence; and ethical violations) and some 17 responses aimed at preventing or mitigating crises.Starting at €8.20
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The Depression of 1920–1921 and the Return to “Orthodoxy” (A) and (B) - Teaching Note
Bruner; Robert F.Teaching Note DARDEN-F-1890TN-EFinanceTeaching note for product F-1890Starting at €0.00
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Filling a Hole: The Reinvestment Fund and Progress Plaza
Fairchild, Gregory B.; Smith, Robert N.Case DARDEN-ENT-0110-EEntrepreneurshipIn underserved urban areas, commercial real estate development finance must often factor in government and local policy, community politics, environmental revitalization, ethnic markets, and mixed-use commercial development. In this case, the Reinvestment Fund and the Pennsylvania Fresh Food Financing Initiative join forces to provide access to quality groceries, something often lacking in urban areas. But redeveloping the Progress Plaza location...Starting at €8.20
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Letting the Sun In: Redeveloping a Derelict Office Building in Chicago
Fairchild, Gregory B.; Smith, Robert N.; Race, NatalieCase DARDEN-ENT-0156-EEntrepreneurshipObtaining community development bank support for renovating a derelict city-owned building in Chicago's South Side was just part of the challenge. Despite being seasoned residential real estate investors, a couple must nonetheless overcome many hurdles: Obtaining bank financing, participating in extensive city project review and approval, meeting elaborate labor requirements, and attaining Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) cert...Starting at €8.20
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The Volkswagen Emissions Scandal
Lynch, Luann J.; Cutro, Cameron; Bird, ElizabethCase DARDEN-S-0267-EStrategyIn September 2015, VW had admitted to United States regulators that it had deliberately installed “defeat devices” in many of its diesel cars, which enabled the cars to cheat on federal and state emissions tests, making them able to pass the tests and hit ambitious mileage and performance targets while actually emitting up to 40 times more hazardous gases into the atmosphere than legally allowed. The discovery had prompted the U.S. Environmental ...Starting at €8.20
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The Panic of 2008 and Brexit: Regional Integration versus Nationalism - Teaching Note
Bruner; Robert F.Teaching Note DARDEN-F-1791TN-EFinanceTeaching note for product F-1791Starting at €0.00