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Crisis at Away (B)
Cheng, Yo-Jud; Harris, Jared D.; Surprise, NoelleCase DARDEN-S-0362-EStrategyThis case is a follow-up to "Crisis at Away (A)" (UVA-S-0361), which explores the lifestyle-brand start-up Away as it grapples with a public-relations crisis. Its CEO has made serious missteps in a public forum and the board of directors must come to a decision about whether (and how) to implement a CEO transition amid an unexpected crisis. This case presents what the board chose to do next, and provides an opportunity to discuss the longer-term ...Starting at €5.74
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Streaming the Future: Netflix's Global Expansion
Harris, Jared D.; Kim, Dennie; Vasquez, RenzoCase DARDEN-S-0345-EStrategyIn a rapidly changing and technologically emerging industry like on-demand streaming video, there are a number of strategic choices to be made. For instance, strategies can involve choices about hosting infrastructure, consumer pricing, and other issues related to a streaming service’s business model. In order to achieve global competitiveness, however, some of those choices also involve internationalization. In which foreign markets should a fir...Starting at €8.20
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Nintendo and the Future of Video Gaming
Harris, Jared D.; Lenox, Michael; Harrison, Katharine; Reiss, Mathew; Goldberg, RebeccaCase DARDEN-S-0341-EStrategyThe evolution of the video game console industry illustrates how industry dynamics can shift and change over time, as different phases of the competitive lifecycle place different demands upon firms. Historically, different generations of video game console competition illustrate how different strategies have become dominant at different times. All these insights have implications for future strategy. How will video game console makers effectivel...Starting at €8.20
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Out for Blood: Tyler Shultz and Theranos (E)
Harris, Jared D.; Agle, Bradley R.; Mead, Jenny; Scoville, JimmyCase DARDEN-E-0440H4-EBusiness Ethics and Corporate Social ResponsibilityIn early 2014, recent Stanford University graduate Tyler Shultz was in a quandary. He had been working at Theranos, a blood-diagnostic company founded by Elizabeth Holmes, a Stanford-dropout wunderkind, for almost a year. Shultz had learned enough about tStarting at €5.74
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Out for Blood: Tyler Shultz and Theranos (HANDOUT)
Harris, Jared D.; Agle, Bradley R.; Mead, Jenny; Scoville, JimmyCase DARDEN-E-0440H5-EBusiness Ethics and Corporate Social ResponsibilityIn early 2014, recent Stanford University graduate Tyler Shultz was in a quandary. He had been working at Theranos, a blood-diagnostic company founded by Elizabeth Holmes, a Stanford-dropout wunderkind, for almost a year. Shultz had learned enough about tStarting at €8.20
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Out for Blood: Tyler Shultz and Theranos (B)
Harris, Jared D.; Agle, Bradley R.; Mead, Jenny; Scoville, JimmyCase DARDEN-E-0440H1-EBusiness Ethics and Corporate Social ResponsibilityIn early 2014, recent Stanford University graduate Tyler Shultz was in a quandary. He had been working at Theranos, a blood-diagnostic company founded by Elizabeth Holmes, a Stanford-dropout wunderkind, for almost a year. Shultz had learned enough about tStarting at €5.74
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Peloton's Pandemic Momentum
Harris, Jared D.Case DARDEN-S-0346-EStrategyPeloton, a manufacturer of exercise equipment and a platform for interactive fitness, combined elegant hardware, top-notch fitness classes led by world-class athletes, the largest network of subscribers in the industry, and user-to-user social connectivity that provided a more engaging experience than the usual at-home workout. But it operated in an increasingly competitive industry: boutique fitness operations, connected fitness platforms and tr...Starting at €8.20
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Medfield Pharmaceuticals
Lipson, Marc L.; Mead, Jenny; Harris, Jared D.Case DARDEN-F-1636-EFinanceSusan Johnson, founder and CEO of Medfield Pharmaceuticals, is faced with conflicting recommendations for extending the patent life of the company’s flagship product, Fleximat, scheduled to go off patent in two years. With only three other products in Medfield’s lineup of medications, one of which has only just received U.S. Food and Drug Administration approval, strategic management of the company’s product pipeline is of paramount importance. B...Starting at €8.20
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Which Kaptein to Choose? The Havoysund Fleet Question
Fairchild, Gregory B.; Parmar, Bidhan L.; Harris, Jared D.; Mead, JennyCase DARDEN-E-0419-EBusiness Ethics and Corporate Social ResponsibilityOlaf Tryggvason, owner of a fleet of fishing ships in a small northern Norwegian town, has been offered and has accepted a reality television deal about the fleet to create a show along the lines of "The Deadliest Catch" and "Big Shrimpin'." He now has to recommend which ships and kapteiner (skippers or captains) in his fleet should be the stars of the show. He also has to consider the various dangers and complexities inherent in making a show li...Starting at €8.20
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Medfield Pharmaceuticals - Teaching Note
Lipson, Marc L.; Harris, Jared D.Teaching Note DARDEN-F-1636TN-EFinanceTeaching note for product F-1636Starting at €0.00