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Canyon Mining Corporation: Heavy Mobile Equipment Procurement
Laseter, Timothy M.; Katz, Arnon; Choi, SihyunCase DARDEN-OM-1392-EService and Operations ManagementCanyon Mining intends to negotiate a long-term contract for haul trucks to use for surface mining, and a team from Censeo Consulting Group is tasked with developing a methodology to track cost changes over the past contract as input into the negotiation. The current project’s primary objective is to estimate the year-over-year trend in factory manufacturing margins for two different capacity trucks from two different equipment suppliers. These es...Starting at €8.20
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Change Management at the University of Virginia Health System’s Body Imaging Division
Weiss; Elliott N.; Goldberg; Rebecca; English; AustinCase DARDEN-OM-1609-EService and Operations ManagementThis field-based case explores the University of Virginia's Body Imaging Division (BID) along with the group's new director; Arun Krishnaraj; who is trying to assess and ameliorate the frustrations; confusions; delays; and other issues BID and its patients are dealing with. The case challenges students to address issues related to change management; in this case in a health care setting. If the instructor would rather focus on problem solving; Le...Starting at €8.20
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New Balance Athletic Shoe, Inc. (Abridged)
Bowen, H. Kent; Huckman, Robert S.; Knoop, Carin-Isabel; Preble, MatthewCase HBS-613006-EService and Operations ManagementConsiders whether New Balance, one of the world's five largest manufacturers of athletic footwear, should respond to Adidas' planned acquisition of Reebok-a transaction that would join the second- and third-largest companies in the industry. Highlights the unique aspects of New Balance's strategy-focusing on fit and performance by offering long-lived shoes in a wide variety of widths and eschewing celebrity endorsement of its products-and discuss...Starting at €8.20
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Arcadia Medical Center: Emergency Department Crowding (A) and (B) - Teaching Note
Chao; Raul O.; Goldberg; RebeccaTeaching Note DARDEN-OM-1468TN-EService and Operations ManagementTeaching note for product OM-1468Starting at €0.00
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MorphoSys AG: The Evolution of a Biotechnology Business Model
Pisano, Gary P.; Johnson, Ryan; Knoop, Carin-IsabelCase HBS-611046-EService and Operations ManagementIn the biotech world, the 18-year-old Munich-based company MorphoSys was a rarity: it was profitable. The company achieved this profitability not by developing and selling its own drugs, but by licensing access to its proprietary library of human antibodies. Recently, the company decided to deviate from this model, and attempt to develop its own proprietary products. The case allows analysis of "license vs. vertically integrate" business model de...Starting at €8.20
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Husk Power Systems: Scaling Up a Start-Up - Teaching Note
Chao; Raul O.; Goldberg; RebeccaTeaching Note DARDEN-OM-1415TN-EService and Operations ManagementTeaching note for product OM-1415Starting at €0.00
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The Virginia Museum of Fine Arts: A Growth Orientation (A) and (B) - Teaching Note
Matherne; G. Paul; Goldberg; RebeccaTeaching Note DARDEN-OM-1611TN-EService and Operations ManagementTeaching note for product OM-1611Starting at €0.00
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Husk Power Systems: Scaling Up a Start-Up
Chao; Raul O.; Sinha; Manoj; Goldberg; RebeccaCase DARDEN-OM-1415-EService and Operations ManagementHusk Power Systems (HPS) provides technologies that generate and distribute electrical power to rural villages in India. Since 2007; HPS has installed 60 mini power plants that power 25;000 households in more than 250 villages; impacting the lives of approximately 150;000 people in rural India. This case details the operational and strategic challenges associated with scaling up HPS; and provides details related to technology development; supplie...Starting at €8.20
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The Virginia Museum of Fine Arts: A Growth Orientation (A)
Goldberg; Rebecca; Matherne; G. PaulCase DARDEN-OM-1611-EService and Operations ManagementThis mini-case set describes the challenges facing the new leadership of Richmond’s Virginia Museum of Fine Arts (VMFA) to revitalize and save the Museum. Alex Nyerges and Michael Taylor arrived in 2006 at a key point in the institution’s history. Membership was flagging at around 5;000; and a major construction project was $20 million over budget. Residents of Richmond felt increasingly disconnected from the museum. Some even viewed its collect...Starting at €8.20
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The Virginia Museum of Fine Arts: A Growth Orientation (B)
Goldberg; Rebecca; Matherne; G. PaulCase DARDEN-OM-1612-EService and Operations ManagementThis mini-case set describes the challenges facing the new leadership of Richmond’s Virginia Museum of Fine Arts (VMFA) to revitalize and save the Museum. Alex Nyerges and Michael Taylor arrived in 2006 at a key point in the institution’s history. Membership was flagging at around 5;000; and a major construction project was $20 million over budget. Residents of Richmond felt increasingly disconnected from the museum. Some even viewed its collect...Starting at €5.74