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The Pelayo Family Plays Roulette: The Prequel
Pfeifer, Phillip E.; Bodily, Samuel E.; Baucells, ManelCase DARDEN-QA-0847-EDecision AnalysisThe case presents data from 70,340 spins of four roulette wheels: three of which are real ("imperfect") and one of which is simulated ("perfect"). The challenge posed is to identify which of the four is the simulated wheel. After weeks spent recording spin results at their local casino, the members of the Pelayo family think they have identified three imperfect wheels. Before they start betting, they want to be certain that the three wheels they ...Starting at €8.20
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A GLUM Primer: The Risk-Adjusted Expected Value
Pfeifer, Phillip E.; Bodily, Samuel E.; Baucells, ManelTechnical Note DARDEN-QA-0849-EDecision AnalysisThe purpose of this note is to improve on the expected value criterion by incorporating the willingness and capability to take risk of a rational decision maker. First, this note will review the concept of expected net present value (ENPV) and demonstrate its limitations. Next, we introduce the notion of play capital, or the most one is willing to put at risk in view of one’s life circumstances, goals, and resources. Then, we introduce the genera...Starting at €8.20
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Vitaliy’s Purchase Decision
Baucells, Manel; Dydyshka, VitaliyExercise DARDEN-QA-0861-EDecision AnalysisThis short case presents the trade-offs that Vitaliy faces before purchasing a car. The case contains a consequence table showing five different cars and how they fare on six attributes, including price, user ratings, torque, fuel consumption, and engine power. The case is ideal to introduce the multiattribute methodology.Starting at €8.20
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To LED or Not to LED?
Baucells, Manel; Yemen, GerryCase DARDEN-QA-0862-EDecision AnalysisA director of marketing at a major big-box retailer in the United States finds herself overhearing a customer and a lighting specialist discuss the replacement of incandescent and halogen lightbulbs with LEDs in his house. The case provides sufficient data to perform the economic analysis of which lightbulb is more cost effective in terms of net present value. The results are at odds with the student’s intuitions. This case uses a durable consume...Starting at €8.20
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The Elevator Saga
Baucells, Manel; Yemen, GerryCase DARDEN-QA-0866-EDecision AnalysisThis case describes a common situation in old buildings, namely the decision as to whether intall an elevator. In this armchair case, we have an apartment building in Budapest with 3 towers, each containing 24 homeowners, with a possible interest in adding an elevator to each tower of the walk-up building. The case begins by discussing serveral ways to fairly distribute the cost if the elevators are approved. One way is an equal split. The second...Starting at €8.20
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Brasil Foods (Spanish version)
Bell, David E.; Kindred, NatalieCase HBS-514S04StrategyA mediados de 2011, la gestión de Brasil Foods, un brasileño que lleva la marca de alimentos productor y exportador de proteínas, está evaluando estrategias para el crecimiento internacional y nacional. El equipo acaba de recibir la aprobación de las autoridades antimonopolio de Brasil para completar la fusión de Perdigao y Sadia, los dos productores de alimentos masivas que se habían combinado para formar Brasil Foods en 2009. Ahora, el equipo e...Starting at €8.20
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Lehman Brothers
Nicholas, Tom; Chen, DavidCase HBS-810106-EEntrepreneurshipIn 2008, the U.S. financial system was in a state of crisis and Lehman Brothers went from a major Wall Street investment bank to an insolvent institution. It was a swift end for a firm that had its beginnings over 150 years prior. What would be the firm's legacy? And how, if at all, had its activities changed the course of American history?Starting at €8.20
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Merck: La administración de Vioxx (D)
Simons, Robert L.; Rosenberg, Kathryn; Kindred, NatalieCase HBS-111S05Knowledge and CommunicationStarting at €5.74
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Merck: La administración de Vioxx (G)
Simons, Robert L.; Kindred, NatalieCase HBS-111S08Knowledge and CommunicationStarting at €8.20
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La-Z-Boy (A) (Spanish Version)
Fuller, Joseph B.; Kindred, NatalieCase HBS-317S09StrategyKurt Darrow, CEO de muebles La-Z-Boy, debe decidir si desea continuar una revisión de la estrategia de la compañía en la cara de un colapso de la demanda durante la gran recesión. Tener cartera de marcas y red de fabricación posterior pelado de La-Z-Boy, tiene la intención de cambiar la posición de la compañía como una marca minorista de muebles y modas. dirección sólo está a punto de poner en práctica una nueva estrategia que implica una fuerte ...Starting at €8.20