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Crystal Catering - Teaching Note
Fairchild, Gregory B.; Goldberg, Rebecca; Jones, Liz IvaniwTeaching Note DARDEN-ENT-0209TN-EEntrepreneurshipTeaching note for product ENT-0209Starting at €0.00
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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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Understanding FICO Scores - Teaching Note
Fairchild, Gregory B.; Black, Christina; Jones, Liz Ivaniw; Fairchild, TierneyTeaching Note DARDEN-F-1866TN-EFinanceTeaching note for product F-1866TNStarting at €0.00
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Planning for the Future: Savings and Retirement - Teaching Note
Fairchild, Gregory B.; Fairchild, Tierney; Black, Christina; Jones, Liz IvaniwTeaching Note DARDEN-F-1869TN-EFinanceTeaching note for product F-1869TNStarting at €0.00
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Spreadsheets or Michelangelo: Going Back to School - Teaching Note
Fairchild, Gregory B.; Fairchild, Tierney; Black, Christina; Jones, Liz IvaniwTeaching Note DARDEN-F-1874TN-EFinanceTeaching note for product F-1874Starting at €0.00
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Peerless Potato Chips
Fairchild, Gregory B.; Jones, Liz IvaniwCase DARDEN-OB-1370-ELeadership and People ManagementThe Peerless Potato Chip Company (Peerless) is a private-label, family-owned-and-operated, national potato chip manufacturer specializing in organic chips. The CEO, Kate Kelly, had been with the company from the beginning—since her uncle had first started making chips more than 25 years earlier on his farm in the Shenandoah Valley region of Virginia. In fact, she’d been the primary architect of its growth and expansion. For the first time since ...Starting at €8.20
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Crystal Catering
Fairchild, Gregory B.; Goldberg, Rebecca; Jones, Liz IvaniwCase DARDEN-ENT-0209-EEntrepreneurshipWhen Ben Smith’s call-center job is outsourced, he and his wife, Jane, decide to open a catering company to build on Jane’s cottage business selling baked goods. They have an opportunity to cater a holiday party hosted by Ben’s former employer; however, the Smiths are new to the business and are unsure of the price they should put on their labor. An out-of-state friend in the catering business recommends using his rule-of-thumb, which is doubling...Starting at €8.20
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MPOWERing Global Students
Fairchild, Gregory B.; Jones, Liz IvaniwCase DARDEN-ENT-0220-EEntrepreneurshipEmanuel Smadja and Mike Davis had cofounded the start-up MPOWER Financing, which offered loans to high-promise international students in US colleges through an application process that opened up credit approval to more than just credit history. Their new lending approach relied on partnerships with universities, pooled private investments, and advanced risk analytics to estimate borrowers’ postgraduation earnings and payback ability. Unlike tradi...Starting at €8.20