Darden University of Virginia (USA)
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The Coronet-Cameron Baker
Frey, Sherwood C. Jr.; Colebank, Mike; Bacon, PaulCase DARDEN-QA-0763-EDecision AnalysisThis case and its companion, "The Coronet-Leslie Forsyte" (UVA-QA-0764), are intended for undergraduate, executive education, and MBA audiences. They were written for a "Bargaining and Negotiating" elective. This case is from the perspective of Cameron Baker, who owns a 1970 Dodge Coronet and needs to sell the car. Baker has a prospective buyer who has come to look at the car.Starting at €8.20
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Cornwell Performance Products
Frey, Sherwood C. Jr.; Bacon, PaulCase DARDEN-QA-0795-EDecision AnalysisIt was May 2007. Earlier in the week, Cornwell Performance Products (CPP), a division of the multinational chemical manufacturer Cornwell, Inc., had notified its largest customer that the price of hydrofluoric acid (HF) would increase at the end of the year. This action was in accordance with an environmental clause in CPP’s contract with Epsilon Refinery Group. The contract provided a 60-day period following notification during which time the pa...Starting at €8.20
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Epsilon Refinery Group
Frey, Sherwood C. Jr.; Bacon, PaulCase DARDEN-QA-0796-EDecision AnalysisIt was May 2007. Earlier in the week, Epsilon Refinery Group had received notification from one of its major suppliers that the price of a key raw material, hydrofluoric acid (HF), would increase at the end of the year-in just seven months. This action was in accordance with an environmental clause in the contract with Cornwell Performance Products (CPP), a division of the multinational chemical manufacturer, Cornwell, Inc. Also in accordance wit...Starting at €8.20
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Google Cloud Platform: Cloud Storage
Lichtendahl, Kenneth C. Jr.; Andrasko, Joe; Boatright, BenjaminTechnical Note DARDEN-QA-0941-EDecision AnalysisGoogle Cloud Platform (GCP) offers Cloud Storage, a popular cloud computing resource for data storage. This note provides information about uploading data to Cloud Storage, creating BigQuery tables from data found in Cloud Storage, previewing files in Cloud Storage, and sharing Cloud Storage buckets.Starting at €8.20
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FanShop
Lichtendahl, Kenneth C. Jr.; Andrasko, Joe; Boatright, BenjaminExercise DARDEN-QA-0887-EDecision AnalysisThis exercise explores customer transaction data generated from a business owner's website and illustrates the added benefit of basic data analytics practices used to uncover business insights. Students discover the business's purchase trends when they answer the provided questions by writing SQL queries. The questions guide students to determine which product offerings the business should promote and which customer segments to target. Additional...Starting at €8.20
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DeSouza Family Holdings
Andrasko, Joe; Zorc, SasaCase DARDEN-QA-0949-EDecision AnalysisAs CIO of DeSouza Family Holdings, Caroline Erickson managed the family’s investment portfolio—a collection of real estate properties, hotels, several small grocery stores, stocks/bonds, and alternative assets. Erickson facilitated quarterly meetings to brief family members on the portfolio. She also reserved time during these meetings for family members to present new investment opportunities. During the July 2020 family meeting, two siblings sh...Starting at €8.20
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The Coronet-Leslie Forsyte
Frey, Sherwood C. Jr.; Colebank, Mike; Bacon, PaulCase DARDEN-QA-0764-EDecision AnalysisThis case and its companion, "The Coronet-Cameron Baker" (UVA-QA-0763), are intended for undergraduate, executive education, and MBA audiences. They were written for a "Bargaining and Negotiating" elective. This case is from the perspective of Leslie Forsyte, the founder of a vintage car restoration company. Forsyte's current project-the restoration of a 1970 Dodge Super Bee-only requires doors in order to be completed. After months of searching,...Starting at €8.20
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Marietta Industries
Frey, Sherwood C. Jr.; Bacon, PaulCase DARDEN-QA-0773-EDecision AnalysisThis case and its companion, "LoMar Adhesives" (UVA-QA-0774), are intended for MBA, executive education, and MBA executive audiences. They were written for a "Bargaining and Negotiating" elective. This case is from the perspective of Clare Clemons, vice president of Business Development and Acquisitions for Marietta Industries (a large multinational corporation), who is working on the potential acquisition of LoMar Adhesives, a small, closely hel...Starting at €8.20
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LoMar Adhesives
Frey, Sherwood C. Jr.; Bacon, PaulCase DARDEN-QA-0774-EDecision AnalysisThis case and its companion, "Marietta Industries" (UVA-QA-0773), are intended for MBA, executive education, and MBA executive audiences. They were written for a "Bargaining and Negotiating" elective. This case is from the perspective of Stephen Rucker, president and CEO of LoMar Adhesives, who is considering selling his small, closely held company and will be meeting with the vice president of Business Development and Acquisitions for Marietta I...Starting at €8.20
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Grappling with Uncertainty: Fintop Technology Advisors
Andrasko, Joe; Zorc, Sasa; Bodily, Samuel E.Case DARDEN-QA-0948Decision AnalysisAdewale Ogunleye is the founder and CEO of Fintop Technology Advisors, a technology development firm that specializes in providing outsourced software development services to financial technology (fintech) start-ups. Ogunleye has recently met with Leya AhStarting at €8.20