Private Debt and a University's Endowment Portfolio Decision-NP Test
NA-1234 | Published June 17, 2025 | 2 Pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
This fictional case is written from the perspective of Benjamin Owens, an investment director at Blue Ridge Mountain University (BRMU).... Read More
Nestlé and Infant Formula: Revisiting a Dilemma
E-0524 | Published June 17, 2025 | 14 Pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
In this case, the protagonist, one of the top marketing managers at Nestlé S.A. (Nestlé) responsible for marketing the company’s infant formula globally, must work with the marketing team to address c... Read More
Private Debt and a University's Endowment Portfolio Decision
F-2108 | Published May 27, 2025 | 12 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
This fictional case is written from the perspective of Benjamin Owens, an investment director at Blue Ridge Mountain University (BRMU). Owens is a member of the investment team that manages the school... Read More
Fiscal Policy’s (In)direct Effects: Lobbying Priorities at Northrop Grumman
GEM-0232 | Published May 27, 2025 | 23 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
In the lead-up to the 2024 US elections, Northrop Grumman CEO Keri Waller convenes her executive team to reassess the company’s lobbying priorities amid a shifting fiscal and political environment. Wi... Read More
Digital Dining Dilemma: EU Expansion
QA-0984 | Published May 20, 2025 | 6 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
The case invites students to step into the role of Phoebe Gabris, a newly hired MBA graduate and senior analyst at Platr Inc., a US-based cloud point-of-sale (POS) provider for the restaurant industry... Read More
Paying to Pray: The Ethics of Money in Religion
E-0526 | Published May 20, 2025 | 4 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
This is a collection of disguised vignettes, based on real events, about the use of money in religious settings and the ethical questions that arise in these situations. Each vignette presents a diffe... Read More
The University of Virginia Health System (A): Creating a High-Reliability Organization
OM-1833 | Published May 19, 2025 | 22 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
Tracey Hoke, MD, chief of quality and performance improvement for the University of Virginia Health System (UVAHS), is deciding how to better achieve organizational goals in safety and quality. UVAHS ... Read More
The University of Virginia Health System (B): Are Service Lines the Answer?
OM-1834 | Published May 19, 2025 | 2 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
Tracey Hoke, MD, chief of quality and performance improvement for the University of Virginia Health System (UVAHS), is deciding how to better achieve organizational goals in safety and quality. UVAHS ... Read More
Hurricane Sandy and the Guardian Life Insurance Company (A)
OB-1379 | Published May 02, 2025 | 4 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
In 2012, Hurricane Sandy damaged key infrastructure throughout New York, New Jersey, and Connecticut, and caused over 7.5 million people to lose electricity. This A case follows Deanna Mulligan, CEO o... Read More
Hurricane Sandy and the Guardian Life Insurance Company (B)
OB-1380 | Published May 02, 2025 | 2 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
In 2012, Hurricane Sandy damaged key infrastructure throughout New York, New Jersey, and Connecticut, and caused over 7.5 million people to lose electricity. The A case followed Deanna Mulligan, CEO o... Read More
Starlink: Revolutionizing Internet Connectivity
S-0468 | Published April 29, 2025 | 23 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
In 2022, despite urban access to high-speed internet connectivity, rural and remote areas lacked the infrastructure for even internet access, let alone high-speed connectivity. Establishing this infra... Read More
Founder Mode Versus Manager Mode: The Airbnb Growth Challenge
ENT-0241 | Published April 25, 2025 | 8 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
In September 2024, Airbnb, Inc. (Airbnb), CEO Brian Chesky unintentionally ignited a fierce debate in management circles when he explained how he had shifted his leadership approach to what he called ... Read More
ZIPS: Growth Through Industry Decline
OM-1821 | Published April 24, 2025 | 17 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
In 2013, JPB Partners purchased ZIPS Cleaners, a low-cost dry-cleaning brand. Ten years later, facing the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic as well as rising labor rates and increased regulation, JPB m... Read More
Almost Heaven? West Virginia State Pension Funds and Investing in Equity
F-2092 | Published April 17, 2025 | 10 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
This case explores asset allocation of a portfolio and the associated diversification using the West Virginia’s state pension funds’ possible move into equity investments after previously holding only... Read More
The North Fork Innovation District and the Route 29 Innovation Corridor
OM-1829 | Published April 11, 2025 | 9 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
Innovation districts are a real estate development phenomenon changing research parks across America and in other parts of the world. Whereas in many research parks, workers arrive at their jobs in th... Read More
Chidi Okonjo at Global Solutions Ltd. (B)
OB-1476 | Published April 11, 2025 | 2 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
This case is a follow-up to "Chidi Okonjo at Global Solutions Ltd. (A)" (UVA-OB-1475).... Read More
Chidi Okonjo at Global Solutions Ltd. (A)
OB-1475 | Published April 11, 2025 | 7 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
This case centers on senior director Chidi Okonjo at Global Solutions Ltd. (Global Solutions), who must conduct a critical performance review for Sarah Thompson, a high-performing yet challenging team... Read More
Apple Inc.: The Second Green Bond (SPANISH)
F-2113 | Published April 10, 2025 | 16 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
This is a Spanish translation of the Jan. 10, 2024 version of UVA-F-2022. Lisa Jackson, vice president of Environment, Policy and Social Initiatives at Apple Inc. (Apple) and, previously, the first Af... Read More
Transforming Conflict: UCLA’s Chancellor Gene Block and the Palestine Solidarity Encampment
BC-0317 | Published April 09, 2025 | 16 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
On April 30, 2024, Gene D. Block, chancellor of the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), posted a message to the UCLA Bruin community. It began: “This past Thursday, a group of demonstrators—... Read More
Real Estate Lease for Oilfield Services’ Division in Surgut: Oilfield Services Procurement Manager
E-0511 | Published April 08, 2025 | 6 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
In this disguised negotiation case, students take on the role of the procurement manager from Oilfield Services Inc., a global leader in the oilfield services industry. The company is a tenant in an o... Read More
Real Estate Lease for Oilfield Services’ Division in Surgut: CEO of AVIV Group
E-0512 | Published April 08, 2025 | 6 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
In this disguised negotiation case, students take on the role of the CEO of AVIV Group, which rents office spaces to Oilfield Services, Inc., among other tenants. The CEO is about to meet with the pro... Read More
Darden Survivor: Who Will Outwit, Outlast, and Outplay? (B)
OB-1487 | Published April 03, 2025 | 1 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
This case should be used after students have read "Darden Survivor: Who Will Outwit, Outlast, and Outplay? (A)" (UVA-OB-1486). It reveals the outcome of the penultimate and ultimate tribal councils, a... Read More
Darden Survivor: Who Will Outwit, Outlast, and Outplay? (A)
OB-1486 | Published April 03, 2025 | 14 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
In this field-based case, two Darden School of Business students and superfans of the show Survivor create their own extracurricular version of the game, retaining key elements such as alliances, blin... Read More
Autonomous Mobile Robots and Amazon Operations
OM-1831 | Published April 01, 2025 | 10 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
This case explores the strategic and operational implications of expanding the use of autonomous mobile robots (AMRs) at Amazon.com, Inc. (Amazon), beyond warehouse automation, moving into last-mile d... Read More
Pajama Challenges in a Medical Practice: Is AI the Answer? (Abridged)
OM-1836 | Published March 27, 2025 | 5 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
Denise Roebell, director of the Garfield Community Physicians Group (GCPG), had just finished the notes from her Friday morning clinic and, at 8 p.m., turned to what felt like a never-ending stream of... Read More
BBB National Programs' National Advertising Division: T-Mobile Versus Comcast in the Battle over 10G
S-0469 | Published March 26, 2025 | 15 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
In October 2023, Laura Brett, vice president of the Council of Better Business Bureau National Programs’ National Advertising Division (NAD), was considering Case No. 7212—T-Mobile US, Inc. (T-Mobile)... Read More
From Lab to Market: Navigating Uncertainty
GEM-0235 | Published March 26, 2025 | 6 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
This case explores how different players in the biotech-pharmaceutical ecosystem manage uncertainty through distinct approaches determined by their resources, capabilities, and strategic positioning. ... Read More
Building Trust at Scale: Airbnb’s Fight Against Adverse Selection
GEM-0237 | Published March 25, 2025 | 5 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
This case begins in the middle of a crisis for Airbnb, Inc. (Airbnb): A host has returned home to find her apartment ransacked by Airbnb guests, putting the company’s reputation—and its core business ... Read More
Zoom's Moment of Truth: Scaling Under Radical Uncertainty
GEM-0236 | Published March 25, 2025 | 6 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
It is March 2020, and Zoom Video Communications, Inc. (Zoom), is experiencing a staggering increase in users of its software due to the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic. This case begins as Eric Yuan, f... Read More
Pitching a Relaunch of “Little House on the Prairie”: Accounting for Audience Nostalgia
C-2504 | Published March 25, 2025 | 10 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
A television producer, Greta Gordon, is considering relaunching the "Little House on the Prairie" television series. She has several critical issues to address, including the role of nostalgia, what a... Read More
Tastech by Sigma: Strategic Growth Through Innovation and M&A
ENT-0240 | Published March 20, 2025 | 12 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
This case uses Sigma Alimentos, S.A. de C.V. (Sigma), the Mexican food multinational corporation, as a compelling example of large food companies’ development of in-house venture capital (VC) investme... Read More
Uniting Worlds: Microsoft's Acquisition of Activision
S-0411 | Published March 18, 2025 | 13 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
Set in 2023, this case explores the merger between Microsoft Corporation (Microsoft) and Activision Blizzard, Inc. (Activision), two of the largest companies in the video game industry. The merger cou... Read More
The Fed in 2025: Well Positioned for Upcoming Shocks?
GEM-0239 | Published March 11, 2025 | 29 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
After the first Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) meeting of 2025, Jay Powell paused to consider the past and prospective paths for the US Federal Reserve (the Fed). Early in 2025, Powell was pleas... Read More
Tractor Supply: Steering ESG Strategy as Consumer Beliefs Shift
M-1063 | Published March 11, 2025 | 17 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
In 2021, Tractor Supply Company introduced new initiatives to expand its environmental, social, and governance (ESG) and diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) efforts, including reducing carbon emiss... Read More
Bright Books, Inc.
C-2498 | Published March 05, 2025 | 2 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
In this fictionalized case, Steve Becker has just finished his first year running Bright Books, Inc. (Bright Books), a bookseller specializing in the education sector. He started Bright Books after se... Read More
Bright Books, Inc.: Chapter 2
C-2499 | Published March 05, 2025 | 4 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
Bright Books, Inc.—a wholesale bookseller specializing in the education sector—has just completed its second year of operations, and the company's finance director, Joan Spark, must construct a summar... Read More
American Home Products: Signal Detection (B)
OB-1378 | Published February 26, 2025 | 4 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
This case set examines the challenges that leaders at American Home Products Corporation (AHP) face after evidence surfaces regarding potentially fatal side effects of two of its drugs: Pondimin (fenf... Read More
American Home Products: Signal Detection (A)
OB-1377 | Published February 26, 2025 | 5 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
This case set examines the challenges that leaders at American Home Products Corporation (AHP) face after evidence surfaces regarding potentially fatal side effects of two of its drugs: Pondimin (fenf... Read More
The Room Where It Happened: The Unlikely Origin of the Modern Impact Investing Movement
F-2094 | Published February 21, 2025 | 25 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
In October 2007, Antony Bugg-Levine, managing director at the Rockefeller Foundation, brought together an international group of investors to discuss an ambitious proposal: using global capital market... Read More
Washington Enterprises, Inc.: Pro Forma Financial Statements
C-2495 | Published February 21, 2025 | 7 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
A newly hired analyst at a boutique investment bank, Jenny Smith, is tasked with preparing pro forma financial statements for Washington Enterprises, Inc. (WEI). Smith must construct these pro forma s... Read More
Global Innovation at L Marks
OM-1826 | Published February 19, 2025 | 15 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
L Marks (an innovation consultancy firm) has been hired by client Karitus (a global conglomerate) to help Karitus structure and launch Project Elite, an internal innovation program. One objective of P... Read More
Southwest Airlines: The Next Frontier
OM-1816 | Published February 13, 2025 | 9 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
In June 2024, Elliott Investment Management L.P. (EIM) purchased a $1.9 billion stake in Southwest Airlines Co. (LUV), representing approximately 11.3% of LUV’s market capitalization, making EIM and V... Read More
Can Zara Fast-Forward Fashion?
OM-1817 | Published February 13, 2025 | 11 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
Zara, one of the brands under global retail apparel company Industria de Diseño Textil, S.A. (Inditex), made its name in the 1990s as the leader in fast fashion by pioneering a new product-development... Read More
Marcy’s Foods, Inc.
C-2496 | Published February 10, 2025 | 2 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
In this fictionalized case, Claire Marcy has just finished her first year running Marcy's Foods, Inc., a wholesale supplier of ingredients for the New York City restaurant industry. During the past ye... Read More
Marcy’s Foods, Inc.: A Second Serving
C-2497 | Published February 10, 2025 | 3 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
Marcy's Foods, Inc.—a wholesale supplier of ingredients for the New York City restaurant industry—has just completed its second year of operations, and founder Claire Marcy has hired local CPA Tom Hug... Read More
In Search of an Ally: Mark Gallagher, Rebecca Wagner, and the #MeToo Movement
OB-1480 | Published January 31, 2025 | 3 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
Against the backdrop of the #MeToo movement, Mark Gallagher, a US Army veteran turned financial analyst at a premier film studio in Hollywood, has just learned that his boss has been sexually harassin... Read More
Consulting for Cathy Engelbert and the WNBA
OB-1479 | Published January 31, 2025 | 13 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
This 9-page case (13 pages with exhibits) captures the excitement generated by the Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA) during its 2024 season. It frames the history, challenges, highs and l... Read More
In Search of an Ally: Moustafa Abbas, Zachary Goldstein, and the Tree of Life Synagogue Shooting
OB-1482 | Published January 31, 2025 | 2 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
Moustafa Abbas, a practicing Muslim and senior analyst of tax and compliance at a Fortune 500 conglomerate in Pittsburgh, has just seen Zachary Goldstein at the company’s monthly employee resource gro... Read More
In Search of an Ally: Alicia Baxter, James Johnson III, and the Death of George Floyd
OB-1481 | Published January 31, 2025 | 3 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
Alicia Baxter, a Black, Jamaican-born associate at a top consulting firm in New York City, has just witnessed her mentor, James Johnson III, a Black American male, during a moment of vulnerability. Se... Read More
Theranos: “Fake It till You Make It”?
F-2099 | Published January 29, 2025 | 13 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
This case is about the rise and fall of Theranos Inc. (Theranos), a private company founded by Elizabeth Holmes to revolutionize the blood-testing industry. Holmes dreamed of a world where blood tests... Read More
Everglow Ventures: Reinventing the VC Model
F-2098 | Published January 23, 2025 | 17 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
This disguised case centers on Ellen Grant, who has recently launched a new venture capital (VC) firm, Everglow Ventures (Everglow). Everglow is not a VC firm “as usual”; the founders are seeking to ... Read More
Betting on GPs: A Two-Horse Race
F-2096 | Published January 23, 2025 | 21 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
In August 2024, two founding partners at White Mountain Capital were presiding over an investment committee meeting discussing potential investments in two distinct private equity (PE) general partner... Read More
VIZIO: Decision Brief (A)
S-0466 | Published January 21, 2025 | 5 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
By the fourth quarter of 2010, VIZIO HOLDING CORP. (VIZIO) would become the largest flat-panel liquid-crystal display (LCD) TV manufacturer in the United States. But in 2002, when William Wang founded... Read More
VIZIO: Decision Brief (B)
S-0467 | Published January 21, 2025 | 6 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
This B case follows an A case set in 2002, in which students considered how to design a value chain for VIZIO HOLDING CORP. (VIZIO) to capitalize on the opportunities afforded by new flat-screen techn... Read More
Helios Solar
F-2097 | Published January 15, 2025 | 19 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
The case presents a procurement manager at a solar panel distributor and installer company, Helios Solar, with a dilemma on what supplier to use. Two different supply channels are characterized by dif... Read More
Roger Weeks's Big Test (A)
OB-1477 | Published January 15, 2025 | 3 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
This disguised case puts students in the shoes of Roger Weeks, the leader of Family Food Restaurant’s (FFR’s) South Division, which is headquartered in San Antonio, Texas. RestaurantCo (RC), the corpo... Read More
Roger Weeks's Big Test (B)
OB-1478 | Published January 15, 2025 | 2 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
This disguised case, the follow-up to “Roger Weeks’s Big Test (A)” (UVA-OB-1477), reveals the reason for the managers’ unusual reaction at Roger Weeks’s product kickoff meeting. It asks students to co... Read More
Connection by Design: User Experience Research at Meshify (C)
ENT-0239 | Published January 08, 2025 | 8 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
This case concludes the story of Priya, a user experience (UX) researcher at mesh network start-up Meshify, set up in “Connection by Design: User Experience Research at Meshify (A)” (UVA-ENT-0237) and... Read More
David Smith: Garden Birch Children’s Hospital Center (B)
OB-1473 | Published January 08, 2025 | 1 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
In this conclusion to the A case, we learn that Isla Garamond, chief medical officer at Garden Birch Children’s Hospital Center (Garden Birch), and her colleagues on the hospital’s hiring committee su... Read More
Connection by Design: User Experience Research at Meshify (A)
ENT-0237 | Published January 08, 2025 | 4 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
This fictional case tells the story of Priya, a user experience (UX) researcher at Meshify. Meshify is a young start-up that provides high-quality mesh network services, with a mission to deliver bett... Read More
Connection by Design: User Experience Research at Meshify (B)
ENT-0238 | Published January 08, 2025 | 16 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
This case, the follow-up to “Connection by Design: User Experience Research at Meshify (A)” (UVA-ENT-0237), continues the story of Priya, a user experience (UX) researcher at mesh network start-up Mes... Read More
Health Insurance Challenges
S-0464 | Published January 07, 2025 | 2 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
This set of caselets includes three health insurance scenarios designed for an in-class exercise within a session focusing on the health insurance industry and health care. These scenarios provide per... Read More
Twitter, Inc.: Deal on Hold
QA-0965 | Published January 03, 2025 | 10 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
This case puts students in the shoes of Chas Cocke, founder and portfolio manager of investment fund LB Partners (LB) as he evaluates the risks around investing in Twitter, Inc. (Twitter), stock in mi... Read More
Community Building: Advocacy and the Making of a Trauma Center at the University of Chicago
S-0465 | Published December 18, 2024 | 13 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
This case provides an overview of how community activists persuaded the University of Chicago Medical Center (UCMC) to open a Level 1 trauma center on its Hyde Park campus. Previously, the South Side ... Read More
Social Security and the Threat to US Safety Nets
GEM-0234 | Published December 18, 2024 | 11 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
During a discussion in October 2024, Javin Dana and Elias Patrick began contemplating the potential collapse of the US social safety net. They knew that the projections for Social Security, Medicare, ... Read More
Growth and Investments in Emerging Markets
GEM-0231 | Published December 16, 2024 | 33 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
Investing in emerging markets (EMs) has been a cornerstone of globalization since the term was coined in the early 1980s. Capital flows to these fast-growing economies—through foreign direct investmen... Read More
Julie Ann Crommett at Disney Film Studios
OB-1446 | Published December 10, 2024 | 18 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
In February 2017, Julie Ann Crommett left her job at Google to take a new role within the Studio Entertainment business segment of The Walt Disney Company (Disney). Crommett was charged with ensuring ... Read More
Heartache: Talent Management at Cardio AI
OB-1455 | Published December 10, 2024 | 7 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
In February 2024, Rory Pound, cofounder and CEO at Cardio AI, a medical device firm, had to let go a sizeable portion of the start-up’s workforce, largely because the company had failed in its attempt... Read More
Managing Change at Siemens Advanta
S-0462 | Published December 04, 2024 | 8 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
This case asks students to step into the shoes of Rani Russell Shea, the newly appointed CEO of Siemens Advanta North America (SANA), as she seeks to lead change within the organization. SANA had cons... Read More
China’s 40 Years of Economic Reforms and Growth
GEM-0227 | Published November 14, 2024 | 37 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
China’s growth from 1978 to 2018 shifted China’s population from extreme poverty to the engine driving the world’s second-largest economy and largest exporter. Could economic theories help explain Chi... Read More
The World’s Next Reserve Currency
GEM-0211 | Published November 11, 2024 | 28 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
In February 2025, Rashonda Williams, responsible for global asset allocation at a large pension fund, was pondering the US dollar's long-term prospects. Since at least 1956, the dollar had been the ki... Read More
"Firing" Aunt Viv: Janet Hubert and the Long-Awaited Apology
OB-1472 | Published November 11, 2024 | 11 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
Using the nearly 30-year-long feud between actors Will Smith and Janet Hubert as a backdrop, this publicly sourced case invites students to consider the purpose and impact of apologies on professional... Read More
Name, Image, and Likeness: A New Era in Collegiate Sports
M-1036 | Published October 30, 2024 | 6 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
This case is structured to guide MBA students through the complexities of name, image, and likeness (NIL) policies in collegiate sports. There is a paucity of research surrounding NIL and how it might... Read More
Japanese Whisky: Over a Barrel?
S-0415 | Published October 30, 2024 | 9 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
In January 2016, Suntory Holding Ltd. (Suntory) CEO, Takeshi Niinami acknowledged that it would take 10 years for the company to replenish the stock of its Suntory brand Japanese age-statement whiskie... Read More
BioBag Australia: Evaluating Green Growth Capital Opportunities
E-0510 | Published October 24, 2024 | 11 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
In June 2018, Scott Morton, managing director of BioBag World Australia Pty Ltd (BioBag Australia), had a decision to make. The Chinese government had recently implemented harsher restrictions on the ... Read More
Common Wealth Crush: Financing a Vision
F-2090 | Published October 21, 2024 | 11 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
This case examines the financing decisions and valuation of a start-up venture, Common Wealth Crush Co. (CWC), that seeks to support wine production in central Virginia by centralizing processing faci... Read More
Michael Mercieca and Lori Aulds: Pinches Turned Punches?
OB-1471 | Published October 21, 2024 | 6 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
This fictionalized, publicly sourced case prompts students to consider the challenges of being honest and direct in professional and personal relationships. In the case, protagonist Michael Mercieca, ... Read More
Innovating amid Regulatory Uncertainty
E-0505 | Published October 16, 2024 | 11 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
This disguised case outlines the dilemma facing Avery Owens, the head of product for SoMeCo, a social media company, as she seeks to create a framework to innovate responsibly – balancing the emerging... Read More
Verve Motion: Powering the Human Workforce
OM-1801 | Published October 14, 2024 | 11 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
Beth Schaefer and Ilya Mirman, vice presidents at Verve Motion, are preparing their presentation to PepsiCo Beverages North America (PBNA). Verve Motion is the developer of the SafeLift suit, the firs... Read More
A Dream Job? Alyssa Smith’s Challenges in Motherhood and MBB (A)
OB-1469 | Published October 14, 2024 | 6 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
In spring of 2022, nearly three years after being one of the only Black women in the history of the University of Virginia Darden School of Business to have secured a coveted job offer from one of the... Read More
A Servant, a Secretary, and a Consultant: Women’s Changing Labor Market Status and the Writings of Claudia Goldin
GEM-0230 | Published October 14, 2024 | 16 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
This case contextualizes the evolving role of women in the workforce, and pushes students to examine the extent to which they have agency to shape their own career path amid historical, economic, and ... Read More
A Dream Job? Alyssa Smith’s Challenges in Motherhood and MBB (B)
OB-1470 | Published October 14, 2024 | 1 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
This case, a follow-up to "A Dream Job? Alyssa Smith’s Challenges in Motherhood and MBB (A)" (OB-1469), details Alyssa Smith's decision about how to proceed with her career: stick with the 27-7 demand... Read More
Shiftsmart: Opportunity for Fractional Labor
OM-1814 | Published October 09, 2024 | 12 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
Marcus Trenholm had just joined the customer success team at Shiftsmart, a company that fractionalized labor and connected gig workers with jobs and shifts. To determine whether a job was fractionaliz... Read More
Artificial Intelligence at the US Department of Health and Human Services: The AI Impact Sprint
OM-1803 | Published October 03, 2024 | 11 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
Claudette Servant, chief information officer (CIO) at the US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), has assembled a task force made up of stakeholders from across the agency, including people ... Read More
The EU’s Banking Union: Is it Doomed?
GEM-0226 | Published September 24, 2024 | 27 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
Since 2014, the European Union (EU) had been trying to establish a single banking union based on three pillars—supervision, resolution, and depositor insurance. While EU member states had quickly agre... Read More
Tyson Recalls 30,000 Pounds of Frozen Chicken Nuggets (B)
BC-0309 | Published September 23, 2024 | 3 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
This case, a follow-up to “Tyson Recalls 30,000 Pounds of Frozen Chicken Nuggets (A)” (UVA-BC-0308), follows up on Tyson Foods, Inc., after its frozen chicken nugget recall. The authors recommend dist... Read More
Tyson Recalls 30,000 Pounds of Frozen Chicken Nuggets (A)
BC-0308 | Published September 23, 2024 | 5 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
This case opens on November 4, 2023, with Yasmin Bello, head of media relations for Tyson Foods, Inc. (Tyson). Earlier that day, Tyson had issued a voluntary recall for its Fun Nuggets, breaded and fu... Read More
Navigating a Sea of Golf Sponsorships
BC-0310 | Published September 20, 2024 | 11 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
In this professional golf case study, the protagonist is considering sponsorship opportunities from companies interested in supporting her Ladies' Professional Golf Association (LPGA) career. It inclu... Read More
Saving Lives with Data Visualizations (B): Charts in the Time of COVID-19
BC-0314 | Published September 20, 2024 | 2 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
This is a companion case to “Saving Lives with Data Visualizations (A): Charts in the Time of Cholera,” which has students analyze the work of early data scientists as they confronted cholera outbreak... Read More
Supreme Mart: Understanding Product Mix
M-1051 | Published September 11, 2024 | 6 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
This case examines Supreme Mart, a leading specialized retailer in Peru. The company, which has shifted its target market from upper-class to lower-middle-class consumers, faces challenges in optimizi... Read More
Re:Build Manufacturing: 2023
OM-1800 | Published September 10, 2024 | 10 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
In early 2023, Miles Arnone, cofounder and CEO of Re:Build Manufacturing (Re:Build), a reimagined conglomerate model, was facing pressing organizational challenges. Re:Build, a collection of companies... Read More
[NAV]igating PE Performance
F-2089 | Published August 29, 2024 | 15 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
This case explores E&R Advisors, a multifamily investment management company, as its chief investment officer considers the increasing use by general partners (GPs) of net asset value (NAV) credit fac... Read More
YouTube Advertising with Roger Federer: Switzerland’s Tourism 2024 Campaign
M-1057 | Published August 29, 2024 | 23 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
Set in December 2023, this case explores Switzerland Tourism’s (ST’s) multi-year advertising campaign with tennis star Roger Federer. ST and Federer initially collaborated in 2021 with a YouTube video... Read More
An Arbitrage Opportunity in the Futures Market: The ECB’s Quantitative Easing Program
F-2080 | Published August 28, 2024 | 14 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
In early 2016, Tommaso de Marchi identified a potential arbitrage opportunity in the futures market due to the European Central Bank’s (ECB’s) quantitative easing (QE) program. The ECB’s bond purchase... Read More
Flipkart: Platforms and Profitability
S-0451 | Published August 26, 2024 | 17 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
Dinkar Ayilavarapu, vice president for corporate strategy at Flipkart Internet Private Limited (Flipkart), was facing his most challenging opportunity to date. An Indian e-commerce company that had la... Read More
Roqueta Origen: Streamlining Wine Storage and Mixing (B)
QA-0979 | Published August 26, 2024 | 7 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
This B case follows the A case “Roqueta Origen: Streamlining Wine Storage and Mixing (A)” (UVA-QA-0978). It resumes where the A case concluded and explores several different approaches for optimizing ... Read More
Roqueta Origen: Streamlining Wine Storage and Mixing (C)
QA-0980 | Published August 26, 2024 | 2 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
This C case concludes the scenario introduced in the A case “Roqueta Origen: Streamlining Wine Storage and Mixing (A)” (UVA-QA-0978). The C case presents two final approaches to Roqueta Origen’s wine ... Read More
Analytics at Spetses Shipping: Navigating the Waves of Uncertainty
QA-0977 | Published August 22, 2024 | 6 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
In this case, a shipping broker must decide where to relocate his tanker to find new cargo. The ship is currently based in the United Kingdom, and he can either send it to the Baltic or the Mediterran... Read More
Vail Resorts: Planning for the Future of Sustainability Reporting
C-2465 | Published August 15, 2024 | 14 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
Kirsten Lynch, newly appointed CEO of Vail Resorts (Vail), needs to decide on a framework for environmental, social, and governance (ESG) reporting. This case is designed to encourage the discussion o... Read More
Case Study Coffee: Optimizing Yelp Reviews
QA-0976 | Published August 15, 2024 | 7 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
The case describes a coffee shop considering how it can take advantage of a fictional Yelp promotion that allows businesses to select the top three customer reviews they wish to highlight on their Yel... Read More
Kibet Capital: Representation in Advertising
QA-0932 | Published August 14, 2024 | 4 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
This case describes a Richmond, Virginia, asset-management firm assessing an advertising platform’s content (Scout Guide city guides) to inform its marketing strategy. The firm, Kibet Capital, could m... Read More
Airbus: Worldwide Anti-Bribery Enforcement
C-2485 | Published August 14, 2024 | 7 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
In late January 2020, Airbus SE (Airbus), the largest aeronautics and space company in Europe, agreed to pay nearly $4 billion and take a number of remedial measures to resolve alleged corruption viol... Read More
FundingPartner: Navigating the Nordic Crowdlending Market
F-2087 | Published August 14, 2024 | 22 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
In December 2023, Geir Atle Bore, the CEO of the Norwegian crowdlending platform FundingPartner, is evaluating the company’s growth strategies. Founded in 2018, FundingPartner provides loans to small ... Read More
Airbnb: Almost Out of Air?
F-2085 | Published August 14, 2024 | 16 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
In late March 2020, Marc Grayson, VP of finance at Airbnb, Inc. (Airbnb), recognized that the COVID-19 pandemic would pose a significant threat to Airbnb’s business. The travel industry had been sever... Read More
Fixed- or Floating-Rate Debt? Let Me Google That for You.
F-2073 | Published August 13, 2024 | 19 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
In the summer of 2023, Google (a subsidiary of Alphabet Inc.) was planning to issue a $50 billion bond to fund R&D. Bruno Santos, a recent MBA graduate and new senior analyst in Google’s treasury divi... Read More
Thin Markets, Strategic Moves: Pricing Dynamics in Google’s Sponsored Search
QA-0974 | Published August 13, 2024 | 7 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
Based on public sources and written to include the fictionalized thoughts of Tomás Claro, a mid-level product manager at Alphabet Inc. (Google), this case offers a launching point into the discussion ... Read More
Integrated Circuits
F-2068 | Published August 12, 2024 | 13 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
On January 26, 2022, Dan Yu, treasurer for Integrated Circuits (IC), needed to decide between three financing options for a $200 million acquisition of Safe Technologies. The acquisition would signifi... Read More
Phynix in the Ashes of SVB
F-2086 | Published August 09, 2024 | 17 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
In March 2023, Silicon Valley Bank (SVB), a lender to tech industry companies in Silicon Valley for more than 40 years, suddenly imploded and ceased to exist. Within roughly four hours on March 10, $4... Read More
Town Center at King of Prussia
F-2011 | Published August 08, 2024 | 15 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
Basha Augustyn, a financial analyst at Retail Development Co. (RDC), has been tasked with evaluating a potential partnership with Lifetime Insurance for developing the King of Prussia Town Center. RDC... Read More
Tesla's Convertible
F-2069 | Published August 08, 2024 | 17 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
On May 2, 2019, Dan Cohen, a financial analyst at Tesla, Inc., was tasked by the CFO team with proposing a thesis for issuing a convertible bond. Tesla needed to raise $2 billion for capital expenditu... Read More
Using AI to Assess Creative Concepts
M-1055 | Published August 07, 2024 | 11 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
In this case, students use generative AI in a hands-on scenario to analyze its role in making creative decisions. Students assume the part of Julie Daum, the chief marketing and communications officer... Read More
Navigating a Down Round in Venture Capital: GoStage Ventures
F-2082 | Published August 05, 2024 | 19 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
GoStage Ventures Fund LP (GoStage Ventures), a global venture capital firm, has a portfolio company, Motocredible Technologies Pvt. Ltd. (MotoSpin), that is pursuing a much-needed Series B financing r... Read More
AMC: A Short Story
F-2067 | Published July 31, 2024 | 23 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
On March 15, 2021, a senior hedge fund analyst was tasked with formulating an investment thesis for AMC Entertainment (AMC). The stock had been highly volatile as the US economy emerged from the COVID... Read More
Financial and ESG Performance at Tesla: Accelerating the World’s Transition to Sustainable Energy
C-2486 | Published July 30, 2024 | 11 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
In this case, Grace Dagda, an employee at Ceres, a boutique investment adviser, has been asked to provide a client a detailed analysis of Tesla, Inc. The client had expressed strong concerns about the... Read More
Decarbonization at Ryanair: Quantifying Emissions for Sustainable Aviation
C-2487 | Published July 30, 2024 | 7 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
Thomas Fowler, Ryanair Holdings plc's (Ryanair's) director of sustainability and finance, had never had a more ambitious agenda. Michael O'Leary, the company’s outspoken CEO, was pushing for Ryanair t... Read More
Zara: Greenwashing Accusations in the Fast Fashion Industry
C-2483 | Published July 30, 2024 | 7 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
Zara, an iconic fast fashion brand owned by Industria de Diseño Textil (Inditex), had experienced strong sales and increased profits during the first half of 2023. But it was facing increasing hostili... Read More
Matteo Hill at Drawn, Inc. (C)
OB-1466 | Published July 24, 2024 | 1 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
This case, which concludes the scenario set up in "Matteo Hill at Drawn, Inc. (A)" (UVA-OB-1293) and "Matteo Hill at Drawn, Inc. (B)" (UVA-OB-1459), reveals the outcome of the heated discussion about ... Read More
Oli: Can Artificial Intelligence Support Personal Well-Being?
OB-1465 | Published July 23, 2024 | 19 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
Set in March 2024, this case asks students to take the perspective of Oli cofounder and CEO Sathish Gangichetty as he approaches an impact investor for seed funding. Oli is an app that draws on artifi... Read More
Quarterly Earnings Report at T-Rex (A)
BC-0304 | Published July 22, 2024 | 5 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
This quarterly earnings case set is based on a fictional company, T-Rex Inc., an engineering equipment manufacturer that named its first construction machine the T-Rex because its shape was comparable... Read More
Quarterly Earnings Report at T-Rex (B)
BC-0305 | Published July 22, 2024 | 2 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
This case, a follow-up to "Quarterly Earnings Report at T-Rex (A)" (UVA-BC-0304), continues the story of fictional company T-Rex Inc., an engineering equipment manufacturer, and its CEO, Maya Hoffman,... Read More
The Human Factor: Social Engineering and Cybersecurity at the University of Virginia
S-0452 | Published July 16, 2024 | 11 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
This case explores the challenges faced by the University of Virginia (UVA) in defending against sophisticated social engineering cyberattacks. Despite proactive measures, UVA Chief Information Securi... Read More
Tesla versus BYD: China's Electric Vehicle Contest
S-0414 | Published July 10, 2024 | 12 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
By 2023, the global electric vehicle (EV) market wasn’t the future, it was the present—and competition among automakers was accelerating. In China, the battle for primacy was shaping up between the lo... Read More
AB InBev: Market Power in the New Antitrust Era
GEM-0222 | Published July 10, 2024 | 13 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
Sally Maven had advised many clients about pricing strategies over the years, but in the fall of 2023, she felt anxious about how to direct her newest customer, multinational brewer Anheuser-Busch (AB... Read More
How Adobe Innovated Its Business Model and Blazed the Trail for the Digital Experience Platform
S-0453 | Published July 02, 2024 | 18 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
In 2012, Adobe Systems Incorporated (Adobe) announced that moving forward, its product releases would be available only through the cloud and a subscription model. In 2024, many software companies are... Read More
Madam Director: Fern Investment Solutions Pursues Board Gender Diversity
E-0507 | Published June 18, 2024 | 16 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
On November 19, 2021, Beatrice O'Sullivan, co-head of environmental, social, and governance (ESG) and equities analyst at Fern Investment Solutions (Fern) in Canberra, Australia, dialed into the Hanco... Read More
"A Wise Latina": Sonia Sotomayor’s Journey to the Supreme Court (C)
OB-1431 | Published June 06, 2024 | 3 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
This case set uses the example of Supreme Court of the United States (SCOTUS) Justice Sonia Sotomayor to discuss issues of communicating identity at work and to explore possible options for impression... Read More
"A Wise Latina": Sonia Sotomayor’s Journey to the Supreme Court (B)
OB-1430 | Published June 06, 2024 | 13 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
This case set uses the example of Supreme Court of the United States (SCOTUS) Justice Sonia Sotomayor to discuss issues of communicating identity at work and to explore possible options for impression... Read More
DuckDuckGo: Who's Flocking to This Search Engine?
M-1052 | Published May 30, 2024 | 16 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
A marketing strategy lead at the search engine DuckDuckGo (DDG) is confronted with two separate instances of potentially damaging publicity: first, a news article alleging that compared to Google, DDG... Read More
Dinh’s Donuts (B): Crafting Advertising Strategy
BC-0303 | Published May 23, 2024 | 12 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
In this case, a follow-up to "Dinh's Donuts (A): Optimizing Advertising Reach" (UVA-BC-0302), Serena Lopez, an advertising executive at Dinh’s Donuts, must determine how to allocate the donut chain’s ... Read More
Dinh’s Donuts (A): Optimizing Advertising Reach
BC-0302 | Published May 23, 2024 | 10 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
In 2023, Serena Lopez, an advertising executive at Dinh’s Donuts, has to craft an advertising strategy for the donut chain’s new product, the Minty Cacao Dream donut. Lopez and her team must consider ... Read More
Fair Play at Home Plate: Negotiating the Creation of an International Draft—Rob Manfred
S-0447 | Published May 23, 2024 | 9 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
Rob Manfred, commissioner of Major League Baseball (MLB), is engaged in high-stakes negotiation with the Major League Baseball Players Association (MLBPA) over the possible creation of a first-ever in... Read More
University Presidents in Crisis
E-0506 | Published May 20, 2024 | 19 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
The case protagonist is preparing for her final interview to be spokesperson for the Institute Office of Communications at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). The case is set during a tim... Read More
NFL International: Tackling the Globe
OB-1450 | Published May 20, 2024 | 8 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
Roger Goodell, commissioner of the National Football League (NFL), needs to determine how the league should proceed in pursuing an international growth strategy. Traditionally, American football has t... Read More
The Good Feet Store: Sponsoring College Athletes in the Name, Image, and Likeness (NIL) Era
M-1050 | Published May 20, 2024 | 18 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
This case introduces the challenges and decision criteria for businesses seeking to sponsor student athletes in the advent of the National Collegiate Athletic Association's (NCAA's) landmark decision ... Read More
Courtney Meeks and the Culture of Change at Milliken
OB-1456 | Published May 14, 2024 | 9 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
This field-based case puts students in the role of Courtney Meeks, a young Black senior HR manager at Milliken & Company (Milliken) in Spartanburg, South Carolina. A self-described “yes-to-everything ... Read More
Fanatics, Inc.
OM-1808 | Published May 10, 2024 | 10 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
It was the summer of 2020. Jim Welles, the director of a fulfillment center in Las Vegas for Fanatics, Inc. (Fanatics), and his team needed to make inventory and staffing decisions to support shipment... Read More
Matteo Hill at Drawn, Inc. (B)
OB-1459 | Published May 08, 2024 | 2 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
This case, a follow-up to "Matteo Hill at Drawn, Inc. (A)" (UVA-OB-1293), continues the debate about sharing the raw responses from employee pulse surveys. The decision becomes more complicated after ... Read More
Stocks versus Bonds: What Are the Odds?
F-1963 | Published May 06, 2024 | 5 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
This fictional case, set in the summer of 2020, focuses on an article in the Wall Street Journal that compares stock and bond returns and notes, to the surprise of many, that about a third of the time... Read More
Ratios Tell a Story—2023
C-2480 | Published May 01, 2024 | 5 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
This short, engaging case challenges students to review a series of corporate financial metrics and match them to one of 13 listed industries. As such, students are to use their intuition and common s... Read More
Pajama Challenges in a Medical Practice: Is AI the Answer?
OM-1809 | Published May 01, 2024 | 9 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
Denise Roebell, doctor of nursing practice, manages the Garfield Community Physicians Group (GCPG). Across GCPG, the administrative burden of pre-visit planning and documenting care is contributing to... Read More
Shibumi Shade: Riding the Wave of a Hit Product
OB-1447 | Published April 26, 2024 | 11 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
This case takes the perspective of Dane Barnes, cofounder of Shibumi Shade, Inc., a North Carolina start-up that created and sells an innovative beach shade. In particular, the case highlights Barnes’... Read More
Elroy Air: A Start-Up Gets Off the Ground
OB-1448 | Published April 25, 2024 | 11 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
This case takes the perspective of David Merrill, an entrepreneur and cofounder of Elroy Air (Elroy), a San Francisco start-up in the advanced air mobility (i.e., autonomous flight) industry. Elroy’s ... Read More
Ubiquitous Surveillance (B) (PORTUGUESE)
OB-1463 | Published April 24, 2024 | 2 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
This is a Portuguese translation of the July 8, 2022 version of UVA-OB-1404. This case set is part of the Giving Voice to Values (GVV) curriculum. To see other material in the GVV curriculum, please v... Read More
Research Affiliates and Dynamic Multifactor Strategies: Time to Time? (PORTUGUESE)
F-2083 | Published April 24, 2024 | 23 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
This is a Portuguese translation of the August 11, 2021 version of UVA-F-1988. This case explores the dynamic allocation approach to investing, an approach that would time the market based on factors’... Read More
Arredondar Movement: Expanding Microdonations in Brazil (PORTUGUESE)
M-1054 | Published April 24, 2024 | 14 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
This is a Portuguese translation of the December 9, 2020 version of UVA-M-0987. Arredondar was a nongovernmental organization (NGO) whose objective was encouraging the culture of donation in Brazil th... Read More
Ubiquitous Surveillance (A) (PORTUGUESE)
OB-1462 | Published April 24, 2024 | 4 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
This is a Portuguese translation of the July 8, 2022 version of UVA-OB-1403. This case set is part of the Giving Voice to Values (GVV) curriculum. To see other material in the GVV curriculum, please v... Read More
BeM: A Start-Up's Journey through Online Product Reviews
M-1048 | Published April 15, 2024 | 14 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
The product recommendation website BeM was launched in 2020 in Brazil to explore the significant and untapped potential of the country’s online reviews market. Inspired by US models, BeM’s webpages fe... Read More
Flipkart: An Entrepreneurial Culture Built to Last?
S-0425 | Published March 18, 2024 | 11 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
Kalyan Krishnamurthy, CEO of Flipkart Internet Private Limited (Flipkart), the fast-growing Indian e-commerce company, looked at the numbers on his computer screen and shook his head. It was November ... Read More
Transgender Athletes: What Are the Rules of the Road? (B)
E-0504 | Published March 15, 2024 | 2 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
This case is a follow-up to "Transgender Athletes: What Are the Rules of the Road? (A)" (UVA-E-0503). In the summer of 2023, Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI), cycling's international governing body... Read More
Transgender Athletes: What Are the Rules of the Road? (A)
E-0503 | Published March 15, 2024 | 10 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
In the summer of 2023, Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI), cycling's international governing body, and USA Cycling (USAC), cycling's US governing body, faced a dilemma. Austin Killips, the first open... Read More
Boys & Girls Clubs of Central Virginia Budgeting: Achieving Bright Futures
C-2462 | Published March 14, 2024 | 10 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
This case covers strategic financial planning at the Boys & Girls Clubs of Central Virginia (BGCCVA), a nonprofit youth-serving organization with an annual expense budget of $6.7 million. In preparati... Read More
Flipkart: Reimagining the Digital Customer Experience
M-1047 | Published March 13, 2024 | 23 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
This field-based case recounts the story of two executives facing a critical decision at Walmart-backed, India-based Flipkart Online Services Private Limited (Flipkart), an expanding e-commerce compan... Read More
Robinhood: Welcome to the New Wall Street?
F-2062 | Published March 07, 2024 | 20 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
Serena Khan, a fictional analyst at an investment management firm, was tasked with evaluating a potential investment in Robinhood Markets, Inc. in March 2023. Known for its sleek interface and zero-co... Read More
Southwest Airlines: Cutting through the Storm (B)
OB-1453 | Published March 06, 2024 | 4 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
Winter Storm Elliott was a major storm system that grounded air travel across the United States in the days before and after Christmas of 2022. While other major airlines recovered quickly and got pas... Read More
Southwest Airlines: Cutting through the Storm (A)
OB-1452 | Published March 06, 2024 | 10 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
Winter Storm Elliott was a major storm system that grounded air travel across the United States in the days before and after Christmas of 2022. While other major airlines recovered quickly and got pas... Read More
From Draghi’s "Whatever It Takes" to Managing Fragmentation Risk
GEM-0212 | Published March 05, 2024 | 28 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
Updated in February 2025, this case examines the eurozone from the perspective of core and periphery long-term rates. By 2010, the "Great Convergence" in eurozone long-term rates during the late 1990s... Read More
Toxic Taps: Arsenic Exposure in Hungary
GEM-0201 | Published March 04, 2024 | 14 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
This case focuses on the challenges of the public provision of high-quality water in Hungary, a high-income, former Eastern Bloc country that has been a member of the European Union since 2004. It str... Read More
Investing in Water: A Conversation with Brian Richter
GEM-0217 | Published February 29, 2024 | 15 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
In the 21st century, “investing in water” has garnered more and more attention, as water scarcity grows more widespread. To get a better understanding of how the environmental community thinks about t... Read More
Swatch Group and Francogeddon (Abridged)
GEM-0206 | Published February 27, 2024 | 8 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
This case illustrates how exchange rate shocks affect international businesses. The focus is on one recent stark example: the effect on Swatch Group of the Swiss National Bank's January 2015 decision ... Read More
Nikki Brown: Caught between Career and Conscience
OB-1432 | Published February 23, 2024 | 13 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
This field-based case puts students in the role of Nikki Brown, a Black female police officer at the St. Louis County Police Department (SLCPD). After repeatedly witnessing and experiencing acts of di... Read More
nPlan: Breaking Biases in Project Planning
QA-0969 | Published February 23, 2024 | 16 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
Richard Palczynski, leader of the Transpennine Route Upgrade (TRU) project, had devoted the better half of the past five years to co-championing this project with senior leadership at Network Rail, th... Read More
Intertrust Technologies: Digitizing and Decarbonizing the Electrical Grid
S-0449 | Published February 02, 2024 | 16 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
In spring 2023, Talal Shamoon, CEO of Intertrust Technologies Corporation (Intertrust), was planning the next phase of growth. Intertrust focused on enabling trust over open networks. In the 1990s an... Read More
Investing in Water at Fish Springs Ranch: Water Flows to Money, and the Money Is in Reno
GEM-0220 | Published February 01, 2024 | 26 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
Steven Erickson, cofounder of the hedge fund Anbec Partners, is trying to determine whether the all-cash offer D.R. Horton has just made for Vidler Water Resources, Inc. (Vidler) is a fair value for V... Read More
Crocs, Inc., 2022: Déjà Vu All Over Again
F-2066 | Published January 30, 2024 | 18 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
This case introduces Andrew Rees, CEO of Crocs, Inc., who is facing a challenge following the COVID-19 pandemic. Crocs had performed exceptionally well during the pandemic lockdowns: core product reve... Read More
Carbfix: Creating a Market for Permanent Carbon Storage
S-0407 | Published January 30, 2024 | 16 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
Carbfix, a start-up based in Reykjavik, Iceland, that has developed a novel carbon-sequestration technology, has recently won a $120 million grant from the EU Innovation Fund to build the world’s firs... Read More
Airinit: Clearing the Accounting Air
C-2442 | Published January 26, 2024 | 9 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
The fictional company Airinit, now a division of the conglomerate ArgentAxis Holdings (AAH) after a recent merger, manufactures air fresheners, and at the start of the year it planned to generate a he... Read More
Christie's: The Art of Lending
F-2065 | Published January 22, 2024 | 21 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
This case study focuses on the emergence of art finance, a way to provide liquidity to art collectors by structuring loans using works of art as collateral. Sayuri Ganepola, global managing director o... Read More
WillowTree: Product Driven with a Project Mindset (B)
S-0446 | Published January 18, 2024 | 9 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
This case, a follow-up to "WillowTree: Project Driven with a Product Mindset (A)" (UVA-S-0338), examines WillowTree, a digital products company that is navigating the implications of employees returni... Read More
Understanding TV and Video Streaming Industries: Measuring the Viewing Zeitgeist
M-1042 | Published January 18, 2024 | 10 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
This partially fictionalized case centers around the evolution of audience measurement analytics as the streaming era disrupts the media industry. The case places students in the shoes of a Netflix ex... Read More
196 Acres and a Mission: What’s Responsible Housing for the Hoos?
S-0395 | Published January 11, 2024 | 23 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
What does a university owe to the community where it is based? The idea of an anchor institution reflects the relational dynamics between a large entity and the often-lower-income community where it i... Read More
TV Advertising Pricing at Regional Broadcast Network (B)
QA-0967 | Published January 04, 2024 | 3 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
Eric Hughes, advertising sales manager at Regional Broadcast Network (RBN), needs to avoid a takeover by increasing revenue from ad sales. Currently, ad plans are created for advertisers by combining ... Read More
TV Advertising Pricing at Regional Broadcast Network (A)
QA-0966 | Published January 04, 2024 | 9 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
Eric Hughes, advertising sales manager at Regional Broadcast Network (RBN), needs to avoid a takeover by increasing revenue from ad sales. Currently, ad plans are created for advertisers by combining ... Read More
Taking Action at the Kilbourne Group: Research Assistant Complications (B)
G-0663 | Published January 02, 2024 | 1 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
This case, the epilogue to "Taking Action at the Kilbourne Group: Research Assistant Complications (A)" (UVA-G-0662), details the actions the research manager (RM) at the Kilbourne Group took with a h... Read More
Taking Action at the Kilbourne Group: Research Assistant Complications (A)
G-0662 | Published January 02, 2024 | 2 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
This brief case, written in the second person, places student in the role of a fairly new research manager (RM) at the Kilbourne Group, a research and consulting firm serving public and private school... Read More
Suez and Veolia in Hot Water
GEM-0221 | Published December 20, 2023 | 18 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
The case, “Suez and Veolia in Hot Water,” takes the merger between Suez and Veolia, the two largest global water and waste multinationals, as a starting point and puts it in the context of the ongoing... Read More
The End of Credit Suisse
F-2064 | Published December 20, 2023 | 36 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
The case describes the demise of Credit Suisse Group AG (Credit Suisse), along with Credit Suisse's history and its significance for global markets and Switzerland. The case examines key episodes duri... Read More
HealthMet and Workplace Surveillance
E-0493 | Published December 19, 2023 | 10 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
This case study presents the dilemma of a vice president of human resources at a health data processing company who must decide how to implement the results of digital productivity monitoring software... Read More
Save the Children (B): Epilogue
OB-1384 | Published December 18, 2023 | 2 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
This case set uses a humanitarian aid organization, Save the Children, to set the stage for analyzing a crisis and the CEO’s strategy of leading through uncertainty. The case provides only the minimal... Read More
What’s in a Name? Classifying Securities at Silicon Valley Bank
C-2470 | Published December 18, 2023 | 10 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
On March 17, 2023, Silicon Valley Bank Financial Group (SVBFG) declared bankruptcy. It had reported net income in 2022 of $1.6 billion, and KPMG had just signed the audit report for SVBFG on February ... Read More
Save the Children (A)
OB-1383 | Published December 18, 2023 | 3 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
This case set uses a humanitarian aid organization, Save the Children, to set the stage for analyzing a crisis and the CEO’s strategy of leading through uncertainty. The case provides only the minimal... Read More
Light Rail in Denver?: The Private Sector and Infrastructure Development (B)
GEM-0199 | Published December 08, 2023 | 9 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
This case, a follow-up to "Light Rail in Denver?: The Private Sector and Infrastructure Development (A)" (UVA-GEM-0188) revisits Nwanneoma "Neena" Ngondai as she reflects on the work of the Denver Reg... Read More
Trader Joe's: Navigating the Changing Seas of an Evolving Industry
S-0412 | Published December 07, 2023 | 16 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
Trader Joe’s, a specialized grocery retailer, occupies a successful niche market segment of selling highly valued, unique, and often quirky private-label-branded goods. Store locations, size, and in-s... Read More
Peloton's Post-Pandemic Predicament
S-0413 | Published November 28, 2023 | 11 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
Peloton, 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 subscribe... Read More
PANCHKULA INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY PARK
ISB410 | Published November 27, 2023 | 12 pages Case
Collection: Indian School of Business
The Haryana Urban Development Authority (HUDA) had invited proposals for developing an Information Technology (IT) Park near the township of Panchkula in northern India.... Read More
Fostering Universal Access to Education in India through the Common Services Centres (CSC) Academy
ISB406 | Published November 22, 2023 | 27 pages Case
Collection: Indian School of Business
The case study discusses the development of the CSC Academy—a unique effort by the Indian government to expand education outreach across the country.... Read More
ORGANO: SCALING SUSTAINABLE ECO-HABITATS
ISB408 | Published November 22, 2023 | 26 pages Case
Collection: Indian School of Business
Hyderabad-based real estate developer Organo, led by Nagesh Battula and Vijay Durga, aimed to disrupt the market with their third project, Organo Damaragidda, focusing on eco-friendly living in Telang... Read More
Education Disruptions: Chegg and Artificial Intelligence
BC-0299 | Published November 13, 2023 | 12 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
In 2023, Dan Rosensweig had been president and CEO of Chegg, Inc. (NYSE: CHGG), for over a decade, and had successfully led the company from near bankruptcy to a multi-billion-dollar valuation. But Ch... Read More
Rolling the Dice with Management Service Agreements
F-2058 | Published November 06, 2023 | 25 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
In April 2023, Will Anderson, managing partner of SummitStone Capital, LP (SummitStone), received a copy of the management service agreement (MSA) between Artemis Capital (Artemis), a private equity f... Read More
The Sudden Implosion of Silicon Valley Bank
F-2061 | Published October 31, 2023 | 32 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
On March 10, 2023, Silicon Valley Bank (SVB) went into receivership. At the time, it was the second-largest US bank failure in history. What happened? The case briefly describes the story of SVB, from... Read More
The Little Hedge Fund that Could? Activist Investing at ExxonMobil
S-0422 | Published October 18, 2023 | 20 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
This case revolves around the proxy battle launched by a little-known activist hedge fund, Engine No. 1, against oil and gas behemoth ExxonMobil in late 2020. The case describes the history and corpor... Read More
Atlas Air: Shipping at Preferred Cost
F-2057 | Published October 17, 2023 | 22 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
The case is centered on a July 2022 bid from a private equity consortium led by Apollo Global Management (Apollo) to acquire Atlas Air, a major air transportation company whose services spanned commer... Read More
Netflix and Dave Chappelle (A)
E-0499 | Published October 12, 2023 | 14 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
In late 2021, Netflix leadership had to deal with some fierce employee and public blowback after airing The Closer, a comedy special by comedian Dave Chappelle. In the special—the last of six that Cha... Read More
Netflix and Dave Chappelle (B)
E-0501 | Published October 12, 2023 | 3 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
In late 2021, Netflix leadership had to deal with some fierce employee and public blowback after airing The Closer, a special by comedian Dave Chappelle. In the special—the last of six that Chappelle ... Read More
Upstart’s Upshot: Is Fintech Lending Fair?
F-2060 | Published October 04, 2023 | 16 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
Alliant Credit Union (Alliant) had to decide whether to partner with Upstart Holdings, Inc. (Upstart), a financial technology (fintech) company that offered a platform to connect borrowers and lenders... Read More
Mexico: From Crisis to Reforms and from Reforms to Crisis
GEM-0205 | Published September 25, 2023 | 21 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
As he prepares for a 2025 meeting of General Electric Corp. (GE), Vladimiro de la Mora, president of GE Mexico, weighs the potential benefits and risks of nearshoring production to the Mexican border.... Read More
The Business of Death Births Human Composting
BC-0300 | Published September 20, 2023 | 14 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
The case revolves around an entrepreneur, Maggie Fleur, who manages several businesses on her family's farm and who is considering a complementary new business in the burgeoning industry of human comp... Read More
The 10th at Riviera
QA-0953 | Published September 19, 2023 | 9 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
This case presents a dilemma that professional golfers face when having to choose a target point for landing the ball. Key to this case is to acknowledge uncertainty as reflected in less-than-perfect ... Read More
Netflix Moves into Ad-Supported Streaming: Cause for Concern or a Normal Transition?
S-0408 | Published August 31, 2023 | 13 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
As of 2023, Netflix is the largest streaming-video provider. However, it faces increased competition, as well as slower growth in subscriptions, which have caused it to reconsider its past practices. ... Read More
Steve Maiden (B): A Hedge Fund Manager Hits Rock Bottom
OB-1438 | Published August 30, 2023 | 5 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
In mid-2008, hedge fund manager Steve Maiden was riding high. The self-assured Maiden had launched his own fund in late 2006 and it was substantially outperforming the market. Investors wanted in, and... Read More
Steve Maiden (C): A Hedge Fund Manager Writes a New Life
OB-1439 | Published August 30, 2023 | 5 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
In mid-2008, hedge fund manager Steve Maiden was riding high. The self-assured Maiden had launched his own fund in late 2006 and it was substantially outperforming the market. Investors wanted in, and... Read More
Steve Maiden (A): A Hedge Fund Manager's Fall from Grace
OB-1437 | Published August 30, 2023 | 13 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
In mid-2008 hedge fund manager Steve Maiden was riding high. The self-assured Maiden had launched his own fund in late 2006 and it was substantially outperforming the market. Investors wanted in and M... Read More
Sabka Saath, Sabka Vikas: Building an Inclusive Labor Force?
GEM-0219 | Published August 29, 2023 | 16 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
This case aims to provide a deep understanding of two important dimensions of Indian society, which are instrumental in determining most socioeconomic outcomes: caste and gender. The case discussion i... Read More
Katchia Gethers: In the Business of Getting Better
OB-1443 | Published August 28, 2023 | 13 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
This field-based case uses the challenges an elementary school principal encountered during her first year as a seasoned professional in an underperforming school to set the stage for unfolding a fram... Read More
Evaluating Decisions: Correlation or Causation?
GEM-0189 | Published August 24, 2023 | 8 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
Managers, policymakers, and leaders are often presented with data and evaluation techniques, then tasked with deciding whether to go ahead with the strategy or policy. This fictional case aims to buil... Read More
Strategic Planning at the New York Botanical Garden
BP-0566 | Published August 22, 2023 | 16 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
This richly detailed case traces the formulation and implementation of strategic plans for the New York Botanical Garden (NYBG), and profiles the highly inclusive and original planning process NYBGs l... Read More
Bizzy Coffee
F-2047 | Published August 15, 2023 | 14 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
This case explores the common cash-flow challenges that start-up businesses face as they straddle the conflicting objectives of business growth and cash preservation. In August 2022, Alex French, the ... Read More
Washington Avenue: Road Diet or Road Buffet? (A)
OB-1435 | Published August 10, 2023 | 10 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
In this field-based case, the City of Philadelphia’s Office of Transportation, Infrastructure, and Sustainability is deciding how best to improve safety and move more people and goods in a way that wo... Read More
Bitcoin 2023: Keep "Hodling"?
F-2048 | Published August 09, 2023 | 16 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
This case examines a fictional hedge fund manager's decision about whether to maintain his fund’s position in bitcoin. It provides an opportunity for students to develop an investment thesis for or ag... Read More
Stress in the Workplace: Mental Health Conversations—The Boss
OB-1440 | Published August 07, 2023 | 1 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
Most managers will one day be in a situation where they must help another employee with a mental health issue. How should they prepare for these conversations? What resources are available? This role... Read More
Stress in the Workplace: Mental Health Conversations—The Employee
OB-1441 | Published August 07, 2023 | 2 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
Most managers will one day be in a situation where they must help another employee with a mental health issue. How should they prepare for these conversations? What resources are available? This role... Read More
Williams-Sonoma, Inc., LBO: Let's Get Cooking
F-2051 | Published August 03, 2023 | 20 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
In May 2023, partners from a private equity (PE) fund, Jefferson Capital, and a private (mezzanine) debt fund, Cavalier Capital, need to join forces to design their bid for Williams-Sonoma, Inc., to t... Read More
Dr. Bronner's: Do Psychedelics Fit with Its Cosmic Principles?
S-0405 | Published August 01, 2023 | 22 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
This field-based case describes the situation facing David Bronner, cosmic engagement officer (CEO) of Dr. Bronner’s Magic Soaps (Dr. Bronner’s), the top-selling brand of natural soaps in North Americ... Read More
SAVING AN ENDANGERED ART: INDIA’S HANDLOOM HERITAGE
ISB404 | Published July 31, 2023 | 17 pages Case
Collection: Indian School of Business
The case is set in November 2021 and traces the journey of a unique women-led collective—Weavers Resource Bridge (led by Talish Ray and her fellow handloom enthusiasts)—that provided much-needed finan... Read More
Shamrock Capital: Pricing the Masters of Taylor Swift
F-2050 | Published July 28, 2023 | 21 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
This case examines a 2020 pricing decision for the master recordings of Taylor Swift’s first six albums in consideration of a sale of the recordings by music executive Scooter Braun to Shamrock Capita... Read More
THE WEDDING CLINIC: HOW WIDE OR DEEP TO INTEGRATE INTERRELATED BUSINESSES?
ISB386 | Published July 28, 2023 | 32 pages Case
Collection: Indian School of Business
It was the autumn of 2022, and Payal Tekchandani, cofounder and partner of The Wedding Clinic (TWC), sat down with her operations team in Pune, Maharashtra, to discuss the plan of action for the upcom... Read More
PINK LEMONADE: TIME TO REFRESH THE FIRM’S POSITIONING (A)
ISB388 | Published July 28, 2023 | 9 pages Case
Collection: Indian School of Business
Tina Garg, founder and CEO of a creative agency, Pink Lemonade, reflects upon her entrepreneurial journey of establishing a brand, growing the busines from a small to a midsized firm, and partnering a... Read More
PINK LEMONADE: ESTABLISHING A GROWTH MINDSET (B)
ISB389 | Published July 28, 2023 | 8 pages Case
Collection: Indian School of Business
Tina Garg, founder and CEO of a creative agency, Pink Lemonade, reflects upon her entrepreneurial journey of establishing a brand, growing the business from a small to a midsized firm, and partnering ... Read More
Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP): From Mainframe to Cloud
OM-1794 | Published July 20, 2023 | 14 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
In 1999, the Economist questioned whether the enterprise resource planning (ERP) business model could adapt to internet computing. ERPs were software systems that businesses could use to manage the co... Read More
Citrix Systems, Inc.: A Fight Worth Fighting?
F-2049 | Published July 18, 2023 | 24 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
In December 2021, Valiant Capital Partners (VCP) is in the middle of bidding for Citrix Systems, Inc. (Citrix), to take the company private via a leveraged buyout (LBO). The auction of the renowned de... Read More
Brian Gursky: Using Social Media to Build an Athlete Brand in the Name, Image, Likeness (NIL) Era
M-1039 | Published July 17, 2023 | 10 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
This field-based case introduces students to the challenges of building a professional brand through the lens of a college athlete. Since the National Collegiate Athletic Association’s (NCAA’s) landma... Read More
Be.artsy: A SOCIAL ENTREPRENEUR’S DILEMMA IN SCALING WOMEN EMPOWERMENT
ISB402 | Published July 17, 2023 | 16 pages Case
Collection: Indian School of Business
Women’s empowerment means empowering women on multiple dimensions: economically, psychologically, socially, and politically. Historically, women have suffered from disproportionately reduced access to... Read More
Mahanagar Gas Limited (MGL): In Search of New Growth Avenues to Gas It Up
IIMA-STR0475 | Published July 12, 2023 | 27 pages Case
Collection: Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad
This case describes the growth strategy of Mahanagar Gas Limited (MGL) from its inception as a joint venture (JV) firm between GAIL (a state-owned ent... Read More
INDIAN RAILWAYS: DATA-DRIVEN DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEM TO SCHEDULE SPECIAL TRAINS
ISB396 | Published July 10, 2023 | 10 pages Case
Collection: Indian School of Business
Special trains are unscheduled trains run to meet the unexpected surge in demand during holidays and festive seasons, which is generally difficult to predict.... Read More
ATOMBERG TECHNOLOGIES—LEVERAGING DIGITAL MARKETING TO ACCELERATE ITS OMNICHANNEL STRATEGY
ISB400 | Published July 10, 2023 | 15 pages Case
Collection: Indian School of Business
Incubated by two engineering students from the Indian Institute of Technology, Mumbai. After several pivots, the company focused on home appliances, specifically ceiling fans.... Read More
Wat-a-Burger: AIMING FOR GROWTH IN A VOLATILE, UNCERTAIN, COMPLEX, AND AMBIGUOUS (VUCA) ENVIRONMENT
ISB391 | Published July 10, 2023 | 12 pages Case
Collection: Indian School of Business
Wat-a-Burger, a quick service restaurant chain, was incorporated by Rajat Jaiswal and Farman Beig on February 14, 2016. Their burgers, customized to s... Read More
MRIDA: NURTURING THE LOVE FOR LEARNING AMONG TRIBAL CHILDREN IN INDIA
ISB394 | Published July 10, 2023 | 12 pages Case
Collection: Indian School of Business
The case documents the challenges of Priya Nadkarni and Digvijay Singh, the cofounders of Mrida Education and Welfare Society (MEWS).... Read More
Morgan Wallen: Tough Decisions at the William Morris Endeavor Agency (C)
E-0496 | Published June 26, 2023 | 1 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
Jay Williams, cohead of the Nashville office of the William Morris Endeavor (WME), must decide how to respond to an incident involving Morgan Wallen, one of the talent agency’s fastest-rising country ... Read More
Morgan Wallen: Tough Decisions at the William Morris Endeavor Agency (B)
E-0495 | Published June 26, 2023 | 2 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
Jay Williams, cohead of the Nashville office of the William Morris Endeavor (WME), must decide how to respond to an incident involving Morgan Wallen, one of the talent agency’s fastest-rising country ... Read More
Morgan Wallen: Tough Decisions at the William Morris Endeavor Agency (A)
E-0494 | Published June 26, 2023 | 4 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
Jay Williams, cohead of the Nashville office of the William Morris Endeavor (WME), must decide how to respond to an incident involving Morgan Wallen, one of the talent agency’s fastest-rising country ... Read More
No One Left Behind: Leveraging Rural Entrepreneurship to Drive Financial Inclusion in India
ISB380 | Published June 23, 2023 | 22 pages Case
Collection: Indian School of Business
The case covers a specific instance of state-led innovation in the provision of financial services to Indian citizens: through the the "Common Service Centres" (CSC) scheme.... Read More
BOOSTING RURAL ENTREPRENEURSHIP THROUGH INDIA’S COMMON SERVICES CENTRES: AN AGILE GRASSROOTS-BASED APPROACH
ISB344 | Published June 21, 2023 | 22 pages Case
Collection: Indian School of Business
The case discusses the development and implementation of a unique — and indeed, one of the world's largest — telecenter scheme, the "Common Services Centres" (CSC).... Read More
DRIVING DIGITAL TRANSFORMATION AT TATA STEEL’S MARKETING & SALES DEPARTMENT: A CHANGE INITIATIVE
ISB382 | Published June 21, 2023 | 16 pages Case
Collection: Indian School of Business
Set in 2019, this case explores Tata Steel's journey in utilizing digital technologies to enhance customer engagement. Tata Steel, founded in 1907, had emerged as the ninth-largest steel conglomerate ... Read More
AADHAAR: THE DIGITAL MULTIPLIER OF THE INDIAN ECONOMY
ISB384 | Published June 20, 2023 | 20 pages Case
Collection: Indian School of Business
This case study underscores the complex problem-solving using digital transformation and associated change management. The case was set at the beginning of 2022 when the Chief Executive Officer of the... Read More
3i Infotech Limited : Digital First
IIMA-STR0474 | Published June 13, 2023 | 19 pages Case
Collection: Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad
This case explores the transition of 3i Infotech Limited becoming a digital ecosystem orchestrator in the international market from a software service... Read More
Tata Nano in Singur: An (In)Fertile Landscape for Industrialization? (A)
IIMA-PSG0146(A) | Published June 13, 2023 | 17 pages Case
Collection: Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad
In 2008, amidst widespread farmers’ agitation over land acquisition issues, Ratan Tata, despite investing ₹300 crores, was compelled to abandon the Ta... Read More
Tata Nano in Singur: An (In)Fertile Landscape for Industrialization? (B)
IIMA-PSG0146(B) | Published June 13, 2023 | 4 pages Case
Collection: Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad
In 2008, amidst widespread farmers’ agitation over land acquisition issues, Ratan Tata, despite investing ₹300 crores, was compelled to abandon the Ta... Read More
Mental Health at Rhino Software
OB-1433 | Published June 02, 2023 | 1 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
Sam Doran is one of the youngest project managers at Rhino Software, a medium-size technology firm, and the first woman to be tasked with leading a team of her own. Since her promotion to project mana... Read More
Upli: Financial Health Appiness (B)
M-1027 | Published May 25, 2023 | 13 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
This field-based case set uses qualitative and quantitative research during the early stages of app development to unfold circumstances that allow for an analysis of the problems people have around fi... Read More
Upli: Financial Health Appiness (A)
M-1026 | Published May 25, 2023 | 12 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
This field-based case set uses qualitative and quantitative research during the early stages of app development to unfold circumstances that allow for an analysis of the problems people have around fi... Read More
Upli: Financial Health Appiness (C)
M-1028 | Published May 25, 2023 | 5 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
This field-based case set uses qualitative and quantitative research during the early stages of app development to unfold circumstances that allow for an analysis of the problems people have around fi... Read More
Zomaland by Zomato: Delivering the Experience Punch
IIMA-MAR0531 | Published May 17, 2023 | 22 pages Case
Collection: Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad
Deepinder Goyal and Pankaj Chaddah co-founded Zomato as a food discovery platform that listed menus from restaurants in the Delhi National Capital Reg... Read More
AirAsia Japan: The Re-entry Decision
IIMA-STR0457 | Published May 15, 2023 | 24 pages Case
Collection: Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad
This case presents the situation in which Tony Fernandes, the chief executive officer (CEO) of AirAsia Group of Companie... Read More
Plug Power: A Case of Negative Revenue
C-2460 | Published May 05, 2023 | 9 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
This case examines the accounting implications of a customer incentive deal between Plug Power (Plug; an industry-leading manufacturer of hydrogen fuel cells) and Amazon.com, Inc. (Amazon; Plug’s majo... Read More
Sterlite Copper’s Nemesis: Misreading the Politics of Policy (B)
IIMA-PSG0145(B) | Published April 21, 2023 | 5 pages Case
Collection: Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad
Since its establishment in 1994 in Thoothukudi, Tamil Nadu, Sterlite Copper was mired in several controversies, including flagrant violation of compli... Read More
Sterlite Copper’s Nemesis: Misreading the Politics of Policy (A)
IIMA-PSG0145(A) | Published April 21, 2023 | 19 pages Case
Collection: Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad
Since its establishment in 1994 in Thoothukudi, Tamil Nadu, Sterlite Copper was mired in several controversies, including flagrant violation of compli... Read More
Aminia: Online Delivery Platforms, Menu Structuring and Sustainability
IIMA-STR0469 | Published April 20, 2023 | 30 pages Case
Collection: Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad
The demand for home deliveries in India soared with the rise of online food delivery (OFD) platforms such as Swiggy and Zomato. On one hand, the OFDs provided the restaurants, much needed visibility,... Read More
Khedut Feeds & Foods Private Limited: Implications of Country of Origin
IIMA-MAR0532 | Published April 13, 2023 | 16 pages Case
Collection: Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad
Kamal Patel and Tushar Thumar, co-founders of Khedut Feeds & Foods Private Limited (KFFPL), were contemplating whether to accept the proposal from Roy... Read More
Fugumobile: Breaking New Grounds in China
IIMA-MAR0535 | Published April 13, 2023 | 20 pages Case
Collection: Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad
In 2007, Ranjit Singh and Ravi Shankar Bose founded Fugumobile, a digital marketing firm, in Shanghai, China’s financial hub. Fugumobile served a wide... Read More
Adelaida Technology Capital
F-2026 | Published April 11, 2023 | 26 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
In July 2022, Ashley Sudjianto, a partner at Adelaida Technology Capital (ATC), had to make a recommendation to ATC's investment committee on how much money ATC should lend to CarboCaptor Inc., an eme... Read More
Account Opening in Blue Bank – Part B: Root Cause Analysis
ISB371 | Published March 31, 2023 | 5 pages Case
Collection: Indian School of Business
The fictional case is set in 2023 when Blue Bank, a rural retail bank, was set up to respond to the economic distress surfacing in the U.S. state of Mississippi.... Read More
Account Opening in Blue Bank – Part A: Process Visualization
ISB370 | Published March 31, 2023 | 4 pages Case
Collection: Indian School of Business
The fictional case is set in 2023 when Blue Bank, a rural retail bank, was set up to respond to the economic distress surfacing in the U.S. state of Mississippi.... Read More
Mariwala’s Family Entrepreneurship Challenges (B)
ISB376 | Published March 31, 2023 | 16 pages Case
Collection: Indian School of Business
This case discusses the dilemma faced by Harsh Mariwala, the business leader who relinquished the CEO position of Marico Limited, his family-owned fast-moving consumer goods company.... Read More
Tata Steel Limited: Fighting Commoditization by Creating Innovative Services And Solutions
ISB378 | Published March 31, 2023 | 24 pages Case
Collection: Indian School of Business
The case explores the journey of Tata Steel Limited (TSL), India’s largest and one of the world’s top steel manufacturers, to find ways of getting closer to consumers to combat commoditization.... Read More
Mariwala’s Family Entrepreneurship Challenges (A)
ISB374 | Published March 31, 2023 | 19 pages Case
Collection: Indian School of Business
This case discusses the leadership succession dilemma faced by Harsh Mariwala, CEO of Marico Limited, a fast-moving consumer goods company. Harsh wishes to relinquish the post of CEO and is in search ... Read More
MyGate: Balancing a Multisided Platform for Gated Communities
IIMA-PROD0333 | Published March 30, 2023 | 22 pages Case
Collection: Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad
MyGate started its journey in 2016 as a gate management system for gated societies but soon evolved into a multi-sided platform offering solutions to ... Read More
An Artificial Intelligence (AI)-Based Disruptive Innovation in Cataract Screening: The Case of E-Paarvai
ISB368 | Published March 28, 2023 | 18 pages Case
Collection: Indian School of Business
This case examines the vital social problem of the rising incidence of cataracts in India, especially in the elderly population. It describes the design and deployment of e-Paarvai, an AI-based digita... Read More
Artificial Intelligence for Improving the Procurement Experience of Non-Stock Items at Indian Railways
ISB365 | Published March 27, 2023 | 6 pages Case
Collection: Indian School of Business
During the summer of 2021, Sumana G., Chief Technology Officer of South Central Railway, was reviewing the annual productivity reports of field employees.... Read More
Malaka Spice: Revolutionizing Restaurant Ecosystems for a Sustainable Planet
ISB363 | Published March 27, 2023 | 28 pages Case
Collection: Indian School of Business
The case is set in 2021 and explores the journey of Chiranjeev Restaurant and Foods Pvt. Ltd., located at Koregaon Park, Pune. It has evolved sustainable business practices, delivering innovative orga... Read More
Global Asset Allocation: Investing in a Time of Debt and Uncertainty
GEM-0215 | Published March 23, 2023 | 22 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
In early 2025, pension fund manager Lynda Chen was troubled. She knew how important portfolio returns were for the pension’s finances. The fund’s assets ensure the pension’s health, as portfolio retur... Read More
EPL: Shaping the Future of Cricket in Nepal
IIMA-HRM0258 | Published March 22, 2023 | 25 pages Case
Collection: Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad
The Everest Premiere League (EPL) is a leading franchise-based Twenty20 (T20) cricket league in Nepal. Despite challenges from the Cricket Association of Nepal (CAN), local competitors and sponsors, ... Read More
Design Thinking in Action (B): From Insights to Ideas at South Western Railway (ABRIDGED)
S-0388 | Published March 14, 2023 | 10 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
This case, a follow-up to “Design Thinking in Action (A): South Western Railway” (UVA-S-0377) and an abridged version of "Design Thinking in Action (B): From Insights to Ideas at South Western Railway... Read More
Philips: Developing a Marketing Strategy for LED Bulbs
M-1033 | Published March 14, 2023 | 8 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
Philips, the Dutch multinational conglomerate, is assessing whether to enter the business-to-consumer (B2C) LED lightbulb market in the United States. Philips has already been serving the business-to-... Read More
Design Thinking in Action (C): Experimentation in Action at South Western Railway (ABRIDGED)
S-0389 | Published March 14, 2023 | 8 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
This abridged case, the third in a series that begins with “Design Thinking in Action (A): South Western Railway” (UVA-S-0377), describes two waves of experimentation undertaken by UK railway operator... Read More
Cryptocurrency and the Washington Nationals: Once Bitten, Twice Shy?
S-0393 | Published March 13, 2023 | 15 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
In May 2022, Jennifer Chen, vice president of strategic partnerships for the Washington Nationals, faced a dilemma. Just months before, the Nationals had embarked on a high-profile sponsorship partner... Read More
Boris's Brexit Dilemma (B)
QA-0957 | Published March 13, 2023 | 1 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
In 2019, several years after a referendum in which British voters chose “Brexit,” meaning the United Kingdom’s exit from the European Union (EU), the transitional agreement between the United Kingdom ... Read More
Boris's Brexit Dilemma (A)
QA-0956 | Published March 13, 2023 | 3 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
In 2019, several years after a referendum in which British voters chose “Brexit,” meaning the United Kingdom’s exit from the European Union (EU), the transitional agreement between the United Kingdom ... Read More
Boris's Brexit Dilemma (C)
QA-0958 | Published March 13, 2023 | 2 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
In 2019, several years after a referendum in which British voters chose “Brexit,” meaning the United Kingdom’s exit from the European Union (EU), the transitional agreement between the United Kingdom ... Read More
Supplier Diversity in the City of Portland
OM-1793 | Published March 09, 2023 | 8 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
Priya Shah, a new consultant, had just begun a project with Biko Taylor, chief procurement officer for the City of Portland, Oregon. A few weeks before, on April 20, 2022, the Portland City Council ha... Read More
Arjun Sachdev and the Collingwood’s Deal
OB-1428 | Published March 09, 2023 | 4 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
Arjun Sachdev is in a quandary. He is eager to land a $4 million account with Collingwood's Supermarkets, a large Australian supermarket chain, but Neil Fletcher, Collingwood's buyer, has casually mad... Read More
Looking for the Fast Break: The WNBA Nears a Quarter Century
E-0491 | Published March 01, 2023 | 10 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
In 2019, as it approached its 25th year, the Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA) faced many challenges. The players were disenchanted with subpar salaries, facilities, and amenities, as wel... Read More
Fed Listens Meets an Inflation Surge
GEM-0210 | Published March 01, 2023 | 29 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
After the final Federal Open Market Committee meeting of 2022, Jay Powell paused to consider the past and prospective paths for the US Federal Reserve (the Fed). Entering 2023, Powell had three not-un... Read More
Norwegian Women's Beach Handball: Bucking the Bikini Bottoms
E-0492 | Published March 01, 2023 | 7 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
In the summer of 2021, as they prepared for the European Beach Handball Championship, the Norwegian women's beach handball team rebelled against wearing bikini bottoms as part of their uniforms. The b... Read More
BANGLANATAK DOT COM: CAN ART AND CULTURE DRIVE SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT AT SCALE?
ISB339 | Published March 01, 2023 | 23 pages Case
Collection: Indian School of Business
Banglanatak dot com (BNC) is a unique example of an initiative that grew from a folk-theater-based social effort in rural Bengal to a pan-India effort, evolving different needs-based programs with the... Read More
EPR Properties: An Analysis of Cash Flow and Solvency
C-2459 | Published February 24, 2023 | 9 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
This case follows a real estate investment company as it deals with the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic. The most immediate task facing analysts and potential investors in the firm is the needed asse... Read More
Reality Equity Partners: An Aircraft Acquisition
G-0660 | Published February 23, 2023 | 18 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
This case follows Linda Wright, Director of Aviation for a medium-sized real estate company, as she researches purchasing a second aircraft for the firm. Her task is to recalibrate the flight departme... Read More
US Migration in Four Acts
GEM-0214 | Published February 22, 2023 | 16 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
Immigration is a powerful force shaping a country’s population, and a nation’s immigration policy often reveals who is welcome and who is not. “US Migration in Four Acts” offers an overview of migrati... Read More
Crypto Winter Buries Celsius Network and Batters DeFi
F-2027 | Published February 14, 2023 | 20 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
In July 2022, Celsius Network (Celsius), a cryptocurrency (crypto) network, filed for bankruptcy. Celsius was a “crypto bank”: it took deposits in cryptos such as Bitcoin and Ether, promising a sizabl... Read More
Hotel Rhythm Lonavala: Financial Feasibility of Commercial Real Estate
IIMA-FA0568 | Published February 07, 2023 | 15 pages Case
Collection: Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad
A commercial real estate expert contemplated the best use of his family-owned land parcel through hotel development. The venture- and capital-structur... Read More
The Amara Raja Group (B): Transforming The HR Function for Vision 2025 and Beyond
IIMA-HRM0241(B) | Published February 02, 2023 | 20 pages Case
Collection: Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad
This case, Amara Raja Group (B): Vision 2025 is set in 2019 where the HR department has gone through multiple interventions commencing in 2017, including building a business specific recruitment stra... Read More
Keeping Tiny Babies Safe: Using the Lean Method (A)
OM-1787 | Published January 31, 2023 | 4 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
An error occurs in the neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) where a breathing tube, also referred to as an endotracheal tube, becomes dislodged, causing a baby to decompensate (get sicker). The A case ... Read More
Keeping Tiny Babies Safe: Using the Lean Method (B)
OM-1788 | Published January 31, 2023 | 3 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
An error occurs in the neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) where a breathing tube, also referred to as an endotracheal tube, becomes dislodged, causing a baby to decompensate (get sicker). The A case ... Read More
General Motors Commits to 100% Electric Vehicles by 2035
BC-0284 | Published January 27, 2023 | 18 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
This case is set in 2022, a year after Mary Barra, chair and CEO of General Motors (GM), set a goal to phase out production of gas-powered (internal combustion engine [ICE]) vehicles and only sell ele... Read More
Nike: Retaining Talent and Managing a Brand
E-0485 | Published January 27, 2023 | 10 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
In 2021, Nike had lost some of the top female athletes it had sponsored, including WNBA two-time champion Breanna Stewart and gymnast Simone Biles. The reasons for the departures, which had taken plac... Read More
C-Power: Harnessing the Power of the Ocean
M-1034 | Published January 25, 2023 | 8 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
Despite the predictability and power of wave energy, by 2022, there was not a single industry-standard technology for converting wave energy to electricity. A new company, C-Power, had developed a pro... Read More
Bystander Intervention: USA Gymnastics and Beyond (B)
E-0483 | Published January 19, 2023 | 4 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
This partially disguised, public-sourced case, a follow-up to “Bystander Intervention: USA Gymnastics and Beyond (A)” (UVA-E-0482), details what happened after top gymnastics coach Megan Peterson repo... Read More
Bystander Intervention: USA Gymnastics and Beyond (A)
E-0482 | Published January 19, 2023 | 5 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
This partially disguised, public-sourced case details the situation surrounding longtime USA Gymnastics team doctor Larry Nassar's abuse of athletes from the standpoint of someone who must decide whet... Read More
Dice Toy Labs: How to get a six in every roll?
IIMA-MAR0529 | Published January 18, 2023 | 12 pages Case
Collection: Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad
The case describes the dilemma faced by Phalgun in Dice Toy Labs, where he has to make a decision about his future marketing strategy, i.e., whether to stick to his original marketing strategy of ret... Read More
TELANGANA GRADUATES’ MLC ELECTIONS 2021: HANDLING KNOWN AND UNKNOWN UNCERTAINTIES
ISB359 | Published January 17, 2023 | 17 pages Case
Collection: Indian School of Business
The case is centered around the 2021 Telangana Member of the Legislative Council (MLC) elections, held against the backdrop of a known unknown: the COVID-19 pandemic.... Read More
FLUID AI—BREAKING NEW GROUND WITH ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE
ISB355 | Published January 16, 2023 | 16 pages Case
Collection: Indian School of Business
The case is set in 2017 and covers the journey of Fluid AI. Fluid AI is a five-year-old artificial intelligence (AI) startup that emerged as a pioneer in offering various AI-based products to solve v... Read More
Organic Mandya: Challenges in Scaling a Social Enterprise
ISB353 | Published January 16, 2023 | 19 pages Case
Collection: Indian School of Business
The Organic Mandya (OM) case explores the journey of Madhu Chandan, a successful entrepreneur who gave up his comfortable life in the United States to return to his home state, Karnataka, in India and... Read More
PRIVATE LABEL STRATEGY AT AMAZON: CONFLICT BETWEEN ETHICS, SELLER RELATIONSHIPS, AND PROFITABILITY
ISB348 | Published January 16, 2023 | 10 pages Case
Collection: Indian School of Business
The case opens with the current crisis for Amazon because of its alleged use of sensitive and confidential business information from third-party sellers on its platform to develop competing products u... Read More
Farm Laws 2020: Battle of Wits or More?
ISB350 | Published January 16, 2023 | 17 pages Case
Collection: Indian School of Business
This case can be utilized to highlight the importance of the various aspects and stages of the change management process.... Read More
Genzyme/Geltex Pharmaceuticals Joint Venture (SPANISH)
F-2078 | Published January 12, 2023 | 13 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
This is a Spanish translation of the June 29, 2016 version of UVA-F-1254. In March 1997, an executive vice president of Genzyme Corporation must develop the terms by which the $518 billion (revenue) f... Read More
Apple Inc.: The Second Green Bond
F-2022 | Published January 06, 2023 | 15 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
Lisa Jackson, vice president of Environment, Policy and Social Initiatives at Apple Inc. (Apple) and, previously, the first African American administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency, was p... Read More
Contractual Termination Conundrum: The Sudden Insolvency of Phones 4U Limited
IIMA-STR0472 | Published January 03, 2023 | 8 pages Case
Collection: Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad
Phones 4U Limited (P4U) was a highly successful intermediary company, retailing mobile phones and selling mobile phone services for the major mobile phone operators in the UK. In 2014, two of the mob... Read More
Schematic Software Company: Accelerating Growth
IIMA-MAR0530 | Published December 30, 2022 | 14 pages Case
Collection: Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad
Sunit Raj was the Vice President, Marketing of Schematic Software Company (SSC), a Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) company. He was pondering how to preserve the company's growth momentum it had achieved... Read More
David Smith: Garden Birch Children’s Hospital Center (A)
OB-1414 | Published December 21, 2022 | 15 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
This case uses the context of a teaching hospital, Garden Birch Children’s Hospital Center, to surface the tension that results when a leader exhibits excellent task performance and problematic people... Read More
Governance at Trail Guide Financial (B)
S-0400 | Published December 21, 2022 | 5 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
In this disguised field-based case, Trail Guide Financial (TGF) CFO Tasha Maxwell was examining the earnings for year ended March 31, 2020. In light of the COVID-19 pandemic and the ensuing market dro... Read More
Penicillin: The Miracle Drug
ENT-0234 | Published December 21, 2022 | 20 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
This case is a study of the initial discovery of penicillin and how it came to be a mass-market product. The discovery of penicillin is fascinating first and foremost because of its direct, life-savin... Read More
Governance at Trail Guide Financial (A)
S-0399 | Published December 21, 2022 | 5 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
In this disguised field-based case, Trail Guide Financial (TGF) CFO Tasha Maxwell was examining the earnings for year ended March 31, 2020. In light of the COVID-19 pandemic and the ensuing market dro... Read More
Ecommerce Brands: Digital Scale
OM-1776 | Published December 21, 2022 | 16 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
This case uses Ecommerce Brands (ECB), an aggregator of online retailers focusing on the auto parts space, to prompt an analysis of the firm’s capabilities, scalability, and operations strategy. ECB w... Read More
Jarsh Safety’s Air-Conditioned Helmets: Opportunities for Productivity Enhancement
IIMA-PROD0332 | Published December 20, 2022 | 8 pages Case
Collection: Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad
Jarsh Safety received an order of 500 units of its Model S helmet. However, the order must be delivered within 15 days. Jarsh Safety was founded by t... Read More
Le Frigorifique: Charles Tellier and the Creation of the Cold Chain (B)
ENT-0233 | Published December 20, 2022 | 4 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
This case set describes the gale of creative destruction that came with the rise of refrigeration and the creation of a globalized food supply chain, examined through the life of Charles Tellier, a Fr... Read More
Le Frigorifique: Charles Tellier and the Creation of the Cold Chain (A)
ENT-0232 | Published December 20, 2022 | 22 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
This case set describes the gale of creative destruction that came with the rise of refrigeration and the creation of a globalized food supply chain, examined through the life of Charles Tellier, a Fr... Read More
Where's the (Sustainable) Beef? McDonald's Quest
E-0489 | Published December 19, 2022 | 2 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
In 2006, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) published "Livestock's Long Shadow: Environmental Issues and Options," which, among other things, detailed the connection bet... Read More
Market Street Wine: Extending the Aisle
BC-0286 | Published December 19, 2022 | 6 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
This case and data set can be used with data visualization software to tell a story with data through charts, maps, and dashboards. Using an independent wine shop, Market Street Wine, the case describ... Read More
Pitcher Perfect: Visualizing Interactive Beer Profiles
BC-0293 | Published December 19, 2022 | 4 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
This fictional case introduces students to interactive presentations through the situation of a US craft beer company that is developing a new beer product. The case discusses an organizational push t... Read More
Patricia Skeen: Leading Peers
G-0661 | Published December 19, 2022 | 2 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
Patricia Skeen, a well-respected full professor at a prestigious business school at a major university, has accepted the role of chairing the school’s important Academic Design and Delivery Committee ... Read More
The Voice Improvement Team at InnovaCo
OB-1415 | Published December 19, 2022 | 6 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
Tim Lincoln, Director of Organizational Leadership and Learning at InnovaCo, a mature, high-tech multinational company, had been excited to be appointed the lead of a task force called the Voice Impro... Read More
High Places Studio (A) (SPANISH)
QA-0963 | Published December 15, 2022 | 3 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
This is the Spanish translation of the August 28, 2001 version of UVA-QA-0546. Laura Anderson, a vice president in High Places Studio’s production-finance department, needs to make a recommendation to... Read More
Should udu a Convertible Note?
F-2025 | Published December 14, 2022 | 26 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
In this field-based case, the founders of udu, Inc. (udu—pronounced "you-do"), a company whose proprietary technology helped private equity clients source deals by identifying target companies and ove... Read More
Corteva Agriscience: Seeding a New Company (A)
BC-0295 | Published December 13, 2022 | 17 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
This case introduces Corteva Agriscience (Corteva) and its CEO, Jim Collins. Corteva was the corporate offspring of a 2015 merger between Dow and DuPont, two of the world’s largest chemical companies.... Read More
Corteva Agriscience: Seeding a New Company (B)
BC-0296 | Published December 13, 2022 | 4 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
This case, a follow-up to “Corteva Agriscience: Seeding a New Company (A)” (UVA-BC-0295), provides an epilogue to the story of Jim Collins, CEO of Corteva Agriscience (Corteva), and a look at the ongo... Read More
Road to Success
G-0659 | Published December 13, 2022 | 5 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
This case introduces Aaron Johnson, a formerly at-risk youth who spent three years in prison, and who now faces many daunting tasks related to building his career: securing his first job, gaining admi... Read More
Dovrex Procurement Diagnostic
OM-1747 | Published December 13, 2022 | 5 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
The task before Siddhidhar Parulekar seemed challenging. Only eight months before, in March 2021, he had joined Dovrex Company (Dovrex) as senior director of global strategic supply chain. In an indus... Read More
#BaghjanBurns: Crisis at Oil India Ltd
IIMA-COMM0029 | Published December 09, 2022 | 23 pages Case
Collection: Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad
On May 27, 2020, a blowout occurred in Well No. 5 at Baghjan (Assam); the well, owned by Oil India Ltd., caught fire on June 9, 2020. For almost five... Read More
Digital Transformation Journey of Luminous India Ltd.
IIMA-STR0467 | Published November 23, 2022 | 22 pages Case
Collection: Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad
The case is about the steps taken by Luminous India Ltd., a company primarily engaged in the businesses of the Power Storage Batteries (PSB) and Home Electric Business (HEB) and inverters. It was als... Read More
It’s a Residence; It’s a Hotel: It is ResiTel!
IIMA-FA0569 | Published November 16, 2022 | 12 pages Case
Collection: Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad
Midway through construction, a hotel developer realised that costs had risen too much to be feasible for equity capital. They repositioned the asset a... Read More
USING SCIENCE FOR CLIMATE COMMITMENTS: MAHINDRA SANYO SPECIAL STEEL
ISB342 | Published November 15, 2022 | 21 pages Case
Collection: Indian School of Business
The vision of Anand Mahindra, Chairman of the Mahindra Group, in spearheading climate leadership in India, focusing on the proactive steps taken insteel manufacturing by Mahindra Sanyo Special Steel L... Read More
Karma Primary Healthcare: The Way Forward
ISB346 | Published November 15, 2022 | 17 pages Case
Collection: Indian School of Business
The case, which is set in the period 2014–21, provides an overview of Karma Primary Healthcare’s origin and growth story. It also explores the unfolding growth opportunities, some of which emerged as... Read More
ETG: Connecting Africa to the World
IIMA-STR0468 | Published November 11, 2022 | 24 pages Case
Collection: Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad
What started as a FMCG distributor in 1967 in Kenya as Export Finance Company, is now a dynamic global conglomerate across 48 countries and 5 continents - Export Trading Group. ETG was taken over by ... Read More
H&M, China, and Cotton: Sourcing a Solution?
OM-1781 | Published November 10, 2022 | 13 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
In December 2021, Hennes & Mauritz AB (H&M), the Swedish fast-fashion clothing retailer, found itself in a difficult position regarding its business in China, one of the retailer’s important markets. ... Read More
Chateau de Montana: Applying Data Analytics to Simulate Room Price of a Repositioned Hotel
IIMA-FA0567 | Published November 02, 2022 | 11 pages Case
Collection: Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad
Nicolas Dupont, the owner of Chateau de Montana, a struggling (and old) boutique hotel in Crans-Montana Ski Resort, Switzerland, wished to renovate an... Read More
Social Investment in Supply Chains: Mining the Possibilities
OM-1780 | Published October 25, 2022 | 11 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
Tintio SA (Tintio), a Peru-based mining company, planned to open a gold mine in Ica, the southern region of Peru. But like other mining companies, Tintio often had rocky relationships with the communi... Read More
Crisis at Away (B)
S-0362 | Published October 24, 2022 | 2 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
This 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 pu... Read More
Crisis at Away (A)
S-0361 | Published October 24, 2022 | 16 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
When should a board of directors push for a CEO change? This case explores the experiences of the board of directors of a popular and successful lifestyle-brand start-up as it grapples with a public-r... Read More
Comparison of Markets and Governments in Denmark and the United States
GEM-0200 | Published October 24, 2022 | 37 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
This case follows Pedro Espinosa, an economist working at the US Department of Health and Human Services, who was on the advisory board that oversaw collecting, summarizing, and reporting data on the ... Read More
Snack Time with Generation Z
M-1032 | Published October 18, 2022 | 2 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
This case set draws on a summer internship in brand management to outline potential steps in bringing a new food product to life. While there are general guidelines to the new product (brand, grocery ... Read More
Climate Risk and Banking: Citi’s Net-Zero Future
F-2024 | Published October 18, 2022 | 32 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
On her first day as the new CEO of Citigroup Inc. (Citi), Jane Fraser announced Citi’s commitment to net-zero greenhouse gas emissions (GHG) by 2050. The case examines the implications of such a decis... Read More
ReNew Power: Building Scale in the Indian RE Sector
IIMA-STR0471 | Published October 13, 2022 | 23 pages Case
Collection: Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad
This case describes the growth of ReNew Power during its first decade of operation. Sumant Sinha, a first-generation entrepreneur and former banker, founded the company, which grew from a modest gene... Read More
JWSM Construction: Building More Than a Rail Line
OM-1752 | Published October 11, 2022 | 5 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
Marvin has just been tapped to assume control of a team of over 50 individuals tasked with completing a $40 million construction project over the next two years. His work package is part of a larger p... Read More
A Career Start for Jasmine
F-2021 | Published October 11, 2022 | 9 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
This fictional case introduces Jasmine Lawson, who has just been offered a position as an executive assistant after a grueling, months-long job search. Lawson, a formerly incarcerated woman with a you... Read More
Is Governance the Key to the Metaverse?
OM-1777 | Published October 06, 2022 | 5 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
Bridget Lively, an information technology consultant, was intrigued by new ideas involving potential applications of “markets” to societal problems. An avid Wikipedia editor and previously very active... Read More
Marriott International: Hospitality’s Uncertain Future
S-0396 | Published October 05, 2022 | 22 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
When industry conditions are disrupted, planning for the future can be difficult. For instance, the COVID-19 pandemic had a profound impact on the hospitality industry, not only depressing demand duri... Read More
Backcountry.com and Leveraging Data Analytics
OM-1771 | Published October 05, 2022 | 15 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
This field-based case follows Chris Purkey, the senior vice president of sales and customer service at Backcountry.com, in his journey to use data analytics to improve customer engagement in the outdo... Read More
Uber: The Turbulent Rise of “Everyone’s Private Driver”
S-0354 | Published October 04, 2022 | 27 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
The meteoric rise of ride-sharing firm Uber illustrates how gig-economy firms can grow to prominence and disrupt older, mature industries. Yet Uber's trajectory has also been rife with nontrivial tens... Read More
Children’s HeartLink: Reducing Health Care Disparities
OM-1770 | Published October 03, 2022 | 13 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
As the country director for Children’s HeartLink (CHL), an international medical nongovernmental organization, Adriana Dobrzycka was reviewing the draft of the 2021 annual report—and dreaming big. CHL... Read More
CEMEX in Egypt: Global Best Practices, or Country-Specific Acumen?
S-0397 | Published October 03, 2022 | 19 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
Rising executive Samantha Park is enrolled in an executive development program meant to prepare her for a new overseas leadership role. In a class on "global best practices," Park listens attentively ... Read More
Saving Lives with Data Visualizations (A): Charts in the Time of Cholera
BC-0288 | Published October 03, 2022 | 21 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
With COVID-19 the most recent reminder, pandemics have plagued humankind for much of recorded history. Cholera killed millions around the world in the 19th century, and there were three major cholera ... Read More
Shiftsmart: Redefining Job Access and Labor Management
OM-1762 | Published October 03, 2022 | 9 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
In January 2022, Shiftsmart cofounder and CEO Aakash Kumar wanted to capitalize on the company’s momentum. Shiftsmart connected workers on a shift-by-shift basis to some of the world’s largest corpora... Read More
SUPRAJIT ENGINEERING: ENSURING FAMILY AND BUSINESS CONTINUITY
ISB337 | Published September 26, 2022 | 17 pages Case
Collection: Indian School of Business
Ajith Rai hailed from a humble background. As a first-generation entrepreneur, over the last three decades he had built a successful automotive business under the umbrella of Suprajit Engineering Limi... Read More
Nintendo and the Future of Video Gaming
S-0341 | Published September 23, 2022 | 28 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
This case presents the evolution of Nintendo’s gaming technology and discusses the history of the video gaming sector over eight generations of releases. It illustrates how industry dynamics shift ove... Read More
Billie Jean King: Serving Up Leadership
E-0488 | Published September 19, 2022 | 11 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
Throughout a lifetime of athletic success, hard work, high visibility, and professional and personal challenges both on and off the tennis court, Billie Jean King, an icon of professional tennis, busi... Read More
What's in a name? That we call fair by any other name will it sell as well?
IIMA-MAR0528 | Published September 14, 2022 | 11 pages Case
Collection: Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad
Emami is facing the heat from activist-consumers as well as its competitors. Competitors have renamed their cosmetic products by dropping the controversial word 'fair.' This was in response to the Bl... Read More
ZS Associates: Refilling the Pipeline
OM-1775 | Published September 01, 2022 | 16 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
ZS Associates, a global consultancy, has been hired by the head of marketing at the global pharmaceutical firm Rensselaer to identify a promising strategy to protect and grow Rensselaer’s oncology bus... Read More
Balance Sheets: What Is and What If?
C-2458 | Published August 30, 2022 | 5 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
Leslie Castle, a Certified Public Accountant (CPA) and accounting firm partner, finds herself in a reflective mode, recollecting several previous conversations with several nonaccountants that had que... Read More
Ways of Thinking About Our Values in the Workplace (SPANISH)
OB-1420 | Published August 28, 2022 | 4 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
This is an abridged Spanish translation of the September 15, 2016 version of UVA-OB-1126. This case is part of the Giving Voice to Values (GVV) curriculum. To see other material in the GVV curriculum,... Read More
Lisa Baxter: Developing a Voice (SPANISH)
OB-1419 | Published August 28, 2022 | 4 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
This is a Spanish translation of the September 2, 2016 version of UVA-OB-1114. This case is part of the Giving Voice to Values (GVV) curriculum. To see other material in the GVV curriculum, please vis... Read More
Corporate Social Responsibility Internship in India (A) (SPANISH)
OB-1423 | Published August 28, 2022 | 2 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
This is a Spanish translation of the October 21, 2016 version of UVA-OB-1144. This case is part of the Giving Voice to Values (GVV) curriculum. To see other material in the GVV curriculum, please visi... Read More
All's Well that Ends Well (A) (SPANISH)
OB-1422 | Published August 28, 2022 | 4 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
This is a Spanish translation of the September 22, 2016 version of UVA-OB-1134. This case is part of the Giving Voice to Values (GVV) curriculum. To see other material in the GVV curriculum, please vi... Read More
Online Identities (A) (SPANISH)
OB-1424 | Published August 28, 2022 | 2 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
This is a Spanish translation of the November 29, 2016 version of UVA-OB-1161. This case is part of the Giving Voice to Values (GVV) curriculum. To see other material in the GVV curriculum, please vis... Read More
Rhonda Delgado and the Compromised CEO (A) (SPANISH)
OB-1426 | Published August 28, 2022 | 2 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
This is a Spanish translation of the December 27, 2016 version of UVA-OB-1168. This case is part of the Giving Voice to Values (GVV) curriculum. To see other material in the GVV curriculum, please vis... Read More
Conflicting Loyalties: Friends Helping Friends? (A) (SPANISH)
OB-1427 | Published August 28, 2022 | 2 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
This is a Spanish translation of the February 9, 2022 version of UVA-OB-1375. As a senior project manager for the Colombian office of a consulting services firm, Lucia is responsible for hiring decisi... Read More
Is This My Place? Speaking Up (A) (SPANISH)
OB-1418 | Published August 28, 2022 | 2 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
This is a Spanish translation of the August 30, 2016 version of UVA-OB-1111. An employee of a thinly staffed organization recognizes that there is no formal system for monitoring the value of donated ... Read More
"This Whole System Seems Wrong": Felipe Montez and Concerns about the Global Supply Chain (SPANISH)
OB-1421 | Published August 28, 2022 | 3 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
This is the Spanish translation of the September 20, 2016 version of UVA-OB-1128. This case is part of the Giving Voice to Values (GVV) curriculum. To see other material in the GVV curriculum, please ... Read More
The Part-Time Job with a Full-Time Challenge (SPANISH)
OB-1425 | Published August 28, 2022 | 2 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
This is a Spanish translation of the January 30, 2017 version of UVA-OB-1162. This case is part of the Giving Voice to Values (GVV) curriculum. To see other material in the GVV curriculum, please visi... Read More
Fairphone (B): Is It Really Worth It?
OM-1713 | Published August 26, 2022 | 8 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
This case is a follow-up to "Fairphone (A): Can a Start-Up Change an Industry?" (UVA-OM-1712). Fairphone's goals to keep producing an ethically sourced smartphone were noble, but "doing well by doing... Read More
Walking the IPO Catwalk: Rent the Runway’s Public Offering
BC-0283 | Published August 25, 2022 | 11 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
This case examines Rent the Runway (RTR), a company that provided its customers the luxury of getting to wear the hottest designer fashions without having to pay the often exorbitant price to own the ... Read More
Flying Around Real Estate Development: Persuading with Data Visualizations
BC-0285 | Published August 23, 2022 | 3 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
This case and dataset can be used in a course on storytelling with data to explore how various types of maps in combination with other types of charts drive decision-making. It is designed for working... Read More
Going to a Gym to Bring Healthy Returns
F-2020 | Published August 22, 2022 | 27 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
Kevin Robbins, a partner in District Capital Partners (DCP), is exploring an opportunity to invest in Blue Steel, Inc. (Blue Steel), one of the largest operators of Planet Fitness gyms in the country.... Read More
DeSouza Family Holdings
QA-0949 | Published August 16, 2022 | 3 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
As 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 alternati... Read More
The European Union and the Coronavirus: What Did It Learn from the Great Recession?
GEM-0181 | Published August 15, 2022 | 19 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
After one of the longest meetings of the European Union (EU) since 2000, the prime ministers, presidents, and chancellors of the 27 member states finally concluded their milestone agreement on July 21... Read More
Move Fast, but without Bias: Ethical AI Development in a Start-up Culture (B)
OB-1412 | Published August 11, 2022 | 2 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
This case set is part of the Giving Voice to Values (GVV) curriculum. To see other material in the GVV curriculum, please visit http://store.darden.virginia.edu/giving-voice-to-values. Taylor is a sen... Read More
Move Fast, but without Bias: Ethical AI Development in a Start-up Culture (A)
OB-1411 | Published August 11, 2022 | 5 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
This case set is part of the Giving Voice to Values (GVV) curriculum. To see other material in the GVV curriculum, please visit http://store.darden.virginia.edu/giving-voice-to-values. Taylor is a sen... Read More
Repositioning Axon Enterprise (B): Financing the Future of Police Reform
F-2004 | Published August 10, 2022 | 12 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
This case on Axon Enterprise, Inc. (Axon), highlights what the company’s CFO and head of investor relations told attendees at Axon’s Investor Day in November 2017. It also describes a follow-on offeri... Read More
Controversy at K-State
OB-1343 | Published August 10, 2022 | 3 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
In this case, students take on the role of the president of Kansas State University (K-State), a public university located in Manhattan, Kansas. In response to an offensive tweet from a university stu... Read More
Repositioning Axon Enterprise (A)
F-2003 | Published August 10, 2022 | 21 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
In November 2017, Axon Enterprise, Inc. (Axon), was amid transforming from a simple manufacturing company focused almost exclusively on its market leading TASER-brand conducted energy weapons (CEWs) f... Read More
Ethical Programming of Algorithms: How to Deal with Ethical Risks of AI Tools for Hiring Decisions? (A)
OB-1401 | Published August 08, 2022 | 3 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
This case set is part of the Giving Voice to Values (GVV) curriculum. To see other material in the GVV curriculum, please visit http://store.darden.virginia.edu/giving-voice-to-values. Simon is a data... Read More
Ethical Programming of Algorithms: How to Deal with Ethical Risks of AI Tools for Hiring Decisions? (B)
OB-1402 | Published August 08, 2022 | 2 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
This case set is part of the Giving Voice to Values (GVV) curriculum. To see other material in the GVV curriculum, please visit http://store.darden.virginia.edu/giving-voice-to-values. Simon is a data... Read More
Looking for a Sustainable Model at Brazilian Edtech Start-up Resilia
M-1030 | Published August 04, 2022 | 12 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
The fast-growing educational technology start-up Resilia had successfully initiated its operations in Brazil. It trained full stack developers and connected them with entry-level jobs at unicorn start... Read More
Rupeek Fintech: Monitizing Gold, the Smart Way
IIMA-MAR0522 | Published August 02, 2022 | 30 pages Case
Collection: Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad
The case highlights the journey of a digital gold loan start-up which offers low interest rates, doorstep service, speedy documentation, locker and quick gold withdrawal features to customers looking... Read More
HYPER ISLAND: A CREATIVE BUSINESS SCHOOL’S DISRUPTIVE MANEUVERS TO HOLD ITS GROUND IN THE EDUCATION LANDSCAPE (PART A)
ISB330 | Published August 02, 2022 | 6 pages Case
Collection: Indian School of Business
Set in two parts the case documents the manoeuvres of a creative digital business school, Hyper Island (HI). Part A is set in December 2019 and narrat... Read More
Recommendation Algorithms and Politics on Social Media (B)
OB-1400 | Published July 28, 2022 | 2 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
This case set is part of the Giving Voice to Values (GVV) curriculum. To see other material in the GVV curriculum, please visit http://store.darden.virginia.edu/giving-voice-to-values. Dax Enzo is the... Read More
A Banker's Story (A)
F-2018 | Published July 28, 2022 | 4 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
This case set describes the decision of a banker (Kaylan Bartholomew) to continue with banking—her dream job—or move to other less remunerative but perhaps more gratifying options such as building a b... Read More
A Banker's Story (B)
F-2019 | Published July 28, 2022 | 3 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
This case set describes the decision of a banker (Kaylan Bartholomew) to continue with banking—her dream job—or move to other less remunerative but perhaps more gratifying options such as building a b... Read More
Fostering Employee Engagement at Google Post-Pandemic: To AI or Not to AI?
OB-1413 | Published July 27, 2022 | 10 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
This case follows Patrice Ju, the new head of business operations for Google's People Development team, as she considers the best way to both attract the best new talent to Google and retain the talen... Read More
CHETAK: REVITALIZING A LEGACY BRAND FROM THE PAST TO THE FUTURE
ISB328 | Published July 27, 2022 | 18 pages Case
Collection: Indian School of Business
The case elaborates the relaunch of Chetak, the iconic scooter brand by Bajaj Auto Limited (BAL), from the perspective of brand identity, legacy brand... Read More
iFixit: If You Bought It, You Don’t Really Own It
OM-1772 | Published July 26, 2022 | 14 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
This field-based case introduces iFixit, a small business with a mission to change consumer behavior around prosperity so that they would no longer toss away broken products. iFixit offered repair gui... Read More
Different Strokes: New York City’s Not-So-Warm Welcome
S-0386 | Published July 25, 2022 | 4 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
Mei-Ling Liu has come a long way from her humble beginnings in a small town on the coast of Taiwan. She is in New York City to interview for an assistant professor position at Columbia University’s bu... Read More
Grappling with Uncertainty: Fintop Technology Advisors
QA-0948 | Published July 21, 2022 | 2 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
Adewale 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 (fin... Read More
Us versus Them: Bridging the Fault Line between Salaried and Hourly Employees
S-0382 | Published July 20, 2022 | 4 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
Blake Cody is a consultant who has been brought in to optimize and increase efficiency at a manufacturing plant mired in a market slump. He identifies divisions between two groups of employees—salarie... Read More
Changing of the Guard: Colleen Burton’s Swiss Conundrum
S-0383 | Published July 20, 2022 | 3 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
Colleen Burton has taken over the account of a Swiss client for her New York–based financial-services company. Landing the account, after a long courtship, had been a coup for her midmarket firm. The ... Read More
Culture Clash: Abdullah Al-Multaq's Return to the Middle East
S-0384 | Published July 20, 2022 | 4 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
Abdullah “Abe” Al-Multaq works in the acquisitions team of a large and ambitious US tech company. As his team undertakes due diligence at a target company he had identified in Saudi Arabia, cultural d... Read More
Essar Steel India Limited: Managing and Turning Around a Distressed Firm in Insolvency
IIMA-FA0571 | Published July 15, 2022 | 33 pages Case
Collection: Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad
Essar Steel India Limited was one of the first 12 firms admitted for insolvency resolution under a newly created law in India—the lnsolvency and Bankr... Read More
You Can't Tell Anyone (B)
OB-1406 | Published July 15, 2022 | 2 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
This case set is part of the Giving Voice to Values (GVV) curriculum. To see other material in the GVV curriculum, please visit http://store.darden.virginia.edu/giving-voice-to-values. Tom Patton is... Read More
Aravind Eye Hospitals in Chennai: Delivering Compassionate Care in Pandemic Times
IIMA-HRM0252 | Published July 14, 2022 | 18 pages Case
Collection: Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad
Aravind Eye Care System (AECS) exploited economies of scale to offer affordable eye care for masses, with a mission to eliminate needless blindness. Over the years, AECS had built a strong organisati... Read More
Hightower Department Stores: Imported Stuffed Animals (SPANISH)
QA-0954 | Published July 13, 2022 | 13 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
This is a Spanish translation of the April 15, 2013, version of UVA-QA-0268. Julia Brown, toy buyer for the Hightower Department Stores, has to decide which of three imported stuffed animals will be o... Read More
Ubiquitous Surveillance (A)
OB-1403 | Published July 08, 2022 | 4 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
This case set is part of the Giving Voice to Values (GVV) curriculum. To see other material in the GVV curriculum, please visit http://store.darden.virginia.edu/giving-voice-to-values. In this A case,... Read More
Ubiquitous Surveillance (B)
OB-1404 | Published July 08, 2022 | 2 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
This case set is part of the Giving Voice to Values (GVV) curriculum. To see other material in the GVV curriculum, please visit http://store.darden.virginia.edu/giving-voice-to-values. In the A case, ... Read More
Design Thinking in Action (A): South Western Railway
S-0377 | Published July 05, 2022 | 4 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
The South Western Railway (SWR) case series examines a design thinking project from its inception to the final stages of experimentation, with a particular emphasis on the design of research strategie... Read More
Design Thinking in Action (C): Experimentation in Action at South Western Railway
S-0379 | Published July 05, 2022 | 15 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
This third case in the series that begins with “Design Thinking in Action (A): South Western Railway” (UVA-S-0377) describes two waves of experimentation undertaken by UK railway operator South Wester... Read More
Design Thinking in Action (B): From Insights to Ideas at South Western Railway
S-0378 | Published July 05, 2022 | 16 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
This case, a follow-up to “Design Thinking in Action (A): South Western Railway” (UVA-S-0377), finds South Western Railway (SWR) and its design-consultancy partner, DK&A, beginning work on a project t... Read More
DATA-ANALYTICS-BASED DECISION-MAKING AT TEACH FOR INDIA
ISB325 | Published July 04, 2022 | 9 pages Case
Collection: Indian School of Business
The case is designed to be used in courses on Nonprofit Operations Management, Data Analytics, Six Sigma, and Business Process Excellence/Improvement in MBA or Executive MBA programs.... Read More
SUGAR Cosmetics: Employee Influencers and Channel Conflict (A)
IIMA-MAR0526(A) | Published June 29, 2022 | 22 pages Case
Collection: Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad
Affected by the COVID-19 pandemic and the associated lockdowns, the management team at digital-first, Indian cosmetics brand SUGAR is deliberating over ways to respond to the new development in its i... Read More
SUGAR Cosmetics: Employee Influencers and Channel Conflict (B)
IIMA-MAR0526(B) | Published June 29, 2022 | 2 pages Case
Collection: Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad
Affected by the COVID-19 pandemic and the associated lockdowns, the management team at digital-first, Indian cosmetics brand SUGAR is deliberating over ways to respond to the new development in its i... Read More
Gwen Berry and the Politics of Protest (A)
E-0479 | Published June 28, 2022 | 3 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
In the summer of 2019, notable track and field athlete Gwen Berry was representing Team USA at the Pan American Games in Peru when, having won the hammer throw—her specialty—she stood anxiously on the... Read More
Work Pants Finance: The Miners Go to B-School
C-2453 | Published June 28, 2022 | 6 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
This case is based on the real-life experiences of Matt Miner, who completed his MBA at Duke University’s Fuqua School of Business in 2009. After completing his degree, Miner realized that he and his ... Read More
Expectations Meet Reality: Reflections on the MBA Experience
S-0375 | Published June 28, 2022 | 3 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
This case follows Caroline Lee, a first-year student at a prestigious East Coast MBA program. After going through a grueling round of interviews for a summer internship at an investment bank, she find... Read More
Gwen Berry and the Politics of Protest (B)
E-0480 | Published June 28, 2022 | 5 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
This case is a follow-up to "Gwen Berry and the Politics of Protest (A)" (UVA-E-0479). Gwen Berry did protest at the Pan American Games in the summer of 2019 by raising her fist in the air when the... Read More
A Dolphin Bullied: Jonathan Martin's NFL Experience in Miami (B)
E-0481 | Published June 24, 2022 | 8 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
This case should be used after students have read "A Dolphin Bullied: Jonathan Martin's NFL Experience in Miami (A) (UVA-E-0477). It provides a brief update on actions taken by different stakeholders ... Read More
A Dolphin Bullied: Jonathan Martin's NFL Experience in Miami (A)
E-0477 | Published June 24, 2022 | 15 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
In 2013, Jonathan Martin, a starting lineman for the Miami Dolphins, left the team. He cited the negative effects of the team's culture—specifically, bullying and mistreatment by several of his teamma... Read More
Mickey Mouse Takes a Stand: Does Sociopolitical Activism Change the Disney Story?
M-1031 | Published June 23, 2022 | 18 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
This case presents the Walt Disney Company’s (Disney’s) involvement in Florida House Bill 1557, the Parental Rights in Education Act, known by opponents as the “Don’t Say Gay” bill. It can be used to ... Read More
Accessory Dwelling Units in California: The Roles of the Private and Public Sectors
GEM-0198 | Published June 21, 2022 | 11 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
This case examines California’s housing crisis and the growing market for Accessory Dwelling Units (ADUs)—secondary housing units built on single-family primary residential lots—within the state. Cali... Read More
Ratios Tell a Story—2021
C-2456 | Published June 16, 2022 | 5 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
This short, engaging case challenges students to review a series of corporate financial metrics and match them to one of 13 listed industries. As such, students are to use their intuition and common s... Read More
Vignettes: Board Dynamics and Culture (B)
S-0380 | Published June 16, 2022 | 5 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
The realities of boardroom dynamics can often reveal a different story than how things appear on paper. Boards need the right dynamics and culture to effectively carry out their responsibilities. At t... Read More
Miche Mix: Designing a CMO Role
M-1029 | Published June 10, 2022 | 9 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
This case introduces the concept of job design and provides students with an opportunity to learn about, deconstruct, and reconstruct a CMO role. Students will assume the part of Adrian Viesca, CEO of... Read More
KRISHNAPATNAM PORT: CAPITALIZING ON THE OPPORTUNITY TO CREATE A GREENFIELD PORT IN SOUTH INDIA
ISB309 | Published June 10, 2022 | 14 pages Case
Collection: Indian School of Business
Set in 2005 in Hyderabad, India, the case revolves around the dilemma facing Chinta Sasidhar, a young entrepreneur and Director of Navayuga Engineering Company Limited (NECL), who was presented with a... Read More
The Rockefeller Foundation: Innovative Finance and the Green Imperative
F-2014 | Published June 10, 2022 | 26 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
Founded in 1913 by Standard Oil cofounder John D. Rockefeller Sr. and his son, John D. Rockefeller Jr., the Rockefeller Foundation (RF) had a long history of identifying major problems, convening unli... Read More
The Case-Centric Classroom: Good Career Preparation?
S-0381 | Published June 10, 2022 | 3 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
This case follows Andy, a second-year MBA student who has just received a job offer and is looking for guidance on how to leverage his remaining schooling to become a successful manager upon graduatio... Read More
Wagh Bakri Tea Lounge: Brewing a new Experience
IIMA-MAR0527 | Published June 08, 2022 | 17 pages Case
Collection: Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad
Wagh Bakri, a packaged-tea company, started operating tea lounges as a forward integration for the company. The goal was to increase both visibility and physical presence across different locations. ... Read More
NTPC, Tanda
IIMA-HRM0247 | Published June 08, 2022 | 19 pages Case
Collection: Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad
The Tanda unit of UPSEB was a distressed asset-dues to the power generator supplying UP-NTPC- were mounting. Finally, a resolution of debt was negotiated with the unit to be handed over to NTPC in pl... Read More
Arth Designbuild: Management during COVID-19 Crisis
IIMA-OB0248 | Published June 06, 2022 | 15 pages Case
Collection: Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad
Arth Designbuild is a new-age company in the construction service sector. It went through a transformation during its formative years and pivoted from... Read More
ACE MICROMATIC GROUP: A HIDDEN CHAMPION IN THE INDIAN MACHINE TOOLS INDUSTRY
ISB299 | Published May 31, 2022 | 11 pages Case
Collection: Indian School of Business
The case study titled “Ace Micromatic Group: A Hidden Champion in the Indian Machine Tools Industry” details the journey of Ace Micromatic Group (AMG): how a mid-sized Indian company founded in 1979 a... Read More
PROJECT ASHRAY: PLANNING A TIME-CONSTRAINED PROJECT
ISB316 | Published May 30, 2022 | 12 pages Case
Collection: Indian School of Business
In response to the uncontrollable second wave of COVID-19 in the south Indian state of Telangana in April 2021, a few like-minded social activists in the capital city of Hyderabad came together to est... Read More
THE GREAT UNION JOURNEY: AMALGAMATION OF UNION BANK OF INDIA, ANDHRA BANK, AND CORPORATION BANK
ISB319 | Published May 30, 2022 | 34 pages Case
Collection: Indian School of Business
Set in April 2021, the case study traces the process of amalgamation of the Union Bank of India (UBI) with the erstwhile Andhra Bank (e-AB) and Corporation Bank (e-CB) following the announcement by th... Read More
CREATING A FULFILLING WORKPLACE: A HOLISTIC APPROACH TO EMPLOYEE WELL-BEING AT LVPEI
ISB307 | Published May 30, 2022 | 30 pages Case
Collection: Indian School of Business
Set in August 2019, this case describes the efforts of L. V. Prasad Eye Institute (LVPEI) to implement an initiative to improve the well-being of its employees by addressing their needs holistically.... Read More
Razorpay Software Pvt Ltd: Expanding into new territories with Razor-sharp tech focus
IIMA-MAR0525 | Published May 27, 2022 | 25 pages Case
Collection: Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad
Razorpay, a payments solution providing company in India, achieved Unicorn status in the Fiscal Year 2021(FY 21). It had entered the payments industry with the goal of democratising the payments. How... Read More
HOPES CRITICAL CARE: SCALE-UP OF A TELE-INTENSIVE CARE SOLUTION
ISB321 | Published May 27, 2022 | 14 pages Case
Collection: Indian School of Business
The case is set in 2021 and follows the journey of Dr. Shailesh Jhawar, an intensivist trained in the United Kingdom, who returned to India to join his father, Dr. Shiv Bhagwan Jhawar, at Apex Hospita... Read More
ALCOHOL PROHIBITION IN BIHAR: A POLICY DILEMMA
ISB314 | Published May 26, 2022 | 12 pages Case
Collection: Indian School of Business
It is January 2020. The chief advisor to the chief minister (CM) of Bihar is particularly unhappy after a long meeting with the cabinet members.... Read More
Held Hostage in the 21st Century: Cybersecurity, Ransomware, and Crisis Management (A)
OB-1392 | Published May 24, 2022 | 4 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
This case is part of the Giving Voice to Values (GVV) curriculum. To see other material in the GVV curriculum, please visit http://store.darden.virginia.edu/giving-voice-to-values. Anni Anderson is th... Read More
Zillow Offers' "Volatile Error Rate"
QA-0944 | Published May 24, 2022 | 4 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
In November 2021, Zillow announced that it was planning to shut down Zillow Offers, its iBuying program that leveraged its home value algorithm to quickly purchase homes for later resale. Zillow made ... Read More
Held Hostage in the 21st Century: Cybersecurity, Ransomware, and Crisis Management (B)
OB-1393 | Published May 24, 2022 | 2 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
This case is part of the Giving Voice to Values (GVV) curriculum. To see other material in the GVV curriculum, please visit http://store.darden.virginia.edu/giving-voice-to-values. Anni Anderson is th... Read More
The Signals of Big Oil: ExxonMobil Stumbles
BC-0281 | Published May 19, 2022 | 12 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
In the summer of 2021, an Exxon Mobil Corporation (ExxonMobil) executive was secretly recorded dismissing climate science that his company had publicly supported. ExxonMobil is a vertically integrated... Read More
Disney's Entry into the Streaming Battle
S-0376 | Published May 19, 2022 | 12 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
As of 2019, Netflix is the market leader in the streaming space, spending $17 billion per year on original content. Its award-winning content coupled with its technology of delivery and its highly su... Read More
Euroland Foods 2024
F-2016 | Published May 18, 2022 | 12 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
Facing strong pressure from investors to improve financial performance and preserve capital, senior management at Euroland Foods must select which projects to fund across a slate of major investment p... Read More
Jet Airways: Flying into the ground
IIMA-STR0466 | Published May 11, 2022 | 17 pages Case
Collection: Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad
In 2018-19, Jet Airways stood nearly grounded. An airline that, just 5 years ago, had spread its wings across the world witnessed a stunning turnaround in its fate. The company appeared to face a per... Read More
Transparency in Performance Management
OB-1390 | Published May 05, 2022 | 1 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
This fictional caselet puts you in the role of a manager who has just completed performance reviews for your employees. Some employees have given feedback that the review process needs greater transpa... Read More
Developing the Workforce of the Future
OB-1391 | Published May 05, 2022 | 1 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
This fictional caselet puts you in the role of a senior company leader who has just seen data estimating that more than one in three workers worldwide may need to change their skill mix by 2030. With ... Read More
Development of Project Risk Management System for Progressive Metro Rail Corporation in the National Capital of Emerging Asian Economy (A)
IIMA-PSG0144(A) | Published April 27, 2022 | 19 pages Case
Collection: Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad
The case discusses the situation of Mr. Madhavan, Managing Director of the Progressive Metro Rail Corporation, following the mayhem at the constructio... Read More
Development of Project Risk Management System for Progressive Metro Rail Corporation in the National Capital of Emerging Asian Economy (B)
IIMA-PSG0144(B) | Published April 27, 2022 | 18 pages Case
Collection: Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad
The case discusses the detailed microplanning of the risk sources for the PMRC underground corridor metro project. The client, Progressive Metro Rail ... Read More
Defining Moments: Leading When You're Being Followed
OB-1385 | Published April 25, 2022 | 2 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
This case set follows Alex Stewart, who has built and runs a green energy development firm in the United States. After finding success finding and using underutilized rooftops to erect solar panels an... Read More
LVMH: The Tiffany Acquisition
F-2013 | Published April 22, 2022 | 27 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
This case set considers the acquisition of American jewelry icon Tiffany & Co. (Tiffany) by French luxury goods manufacturer LVMH Moët Hennessy Louis Vuitton (LVMH). While this case can effectively be... Read More
Tiffany & Co.: The LVMH Proposal and LVMH: The Tiffany Acquisition -- Merger Negotiation Application (SIMULATION)
F-2015 | Published April 22, 2022 | 1 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
The cases “Tiffany & Co.: The LVMH Proposal” (UVA-F-2012) and “LVMH: The Tiffany Acquisition” (UVA-F-2013) serve as two sides of a merger negotiation exercise set in October 2019. Students are asked... Read More
Tiffany & Co.: The LVMH Proposal
F-2012 | Published April 22, 2022 | 26 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
This case set considers the acquisition of American jewelry icon Tiffany & Co. (Tiffany) by French luxury goods manufacturer LVMH Moët Hennessy Louis Vuitton (LVMH). While this case can effectively be... Read More
Nvidia and the Great East–West Semiconductor Game
S-0374 | Published April 13, 2022 | 19 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
This case describes the competitive rivalry in the global semiconductor graphics processor unit (GPU) market in early 2020 and impact of both the COVID-19 crisis and the escalating US-China trade tens... Read More
Mobilizing Surge Response Teams
QA-0935 | Published April 01, 2022 | 13 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
In July 2021, the Biden administration formed surge response teams to assist states with the surge in COVID-19 cases. The aim was to track the virus’s development using data provided from the states t... Read More
Singhania Vs Singhania
IIMA-STR0465 | Published March 31, 2022 | 27 pages Case
Collection: Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad
The case describes the journey of Raymond Group, an Indian family business group. The case focuses on the dispute between Vijaypat Singhania and his son, Gautam Singhania, over a "housing agreement".... Read More
ReMaterials: Scaling up frugal innovation solutions
IIMA-CIIE0020 | Published March 31, 2022 | 16 pages Case
Collection: Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad
ReMaterials was started in 2012 by Hasit Ganatra, when he realised the potential of an alternate product that could cater to the current needs of peop... Read More
ANTHEM—AN INSOURCING STRATEGY THROUGH THE ESTABLISHMENT OF A SUBSIDIARY (LEGATO)
ISB288 | Published March 31, 2022 | 15 pages Case
Collection: Indian School of Business
Anthem Inc. (www.anthem.com) was a leading health care insurance provider and the largest insurer in the Blue Cross Blue Shield (BCBS) network.... Read More
Ace Micromatic Group: Competing in the Dragon’s Den
ISB301 | Published March 31, 2022 | 11 pages Case
Collection: Indian School of Business
Ace Micromatic Group (AMG) was established in 1979 and is a well-known machine tools (MT) manufacturer in India. Under the leadership of Shrinivas Shirgurkar, Managing Director, the firm has been ambi... Read More
Union Pacific Corporation
F-1987 | Published March 30, 2022 | 17 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
The leadership of Union Pacific Corporation (UPC), the largest public railroad transportation company in the United States, needed to decide whether the company should reestablish its share-buyback pr... Read More
Home, Sweet Home: Guptas' Real Estate Decision (B)
IIMA-FA0565(B) | Published March 28, 2022 | 8 pages Case
Collection: Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad
The case provides a systematic method to a classical real estate decision of households: Should they buy a home or not? The case is a quasi Buy-versus... Read More
Home, Sweet Home: Guptas' Real Estate Decision (A)
IIMA-FA0565(A) | Published March 28, 2022 | 7 pages Case
Collection: Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad
The case provides a systematic approach to a classical real estate decision of households: How much will it cost to build their dream home and buy a l... Read More
SAHRUDAYA HEALTH CARE PVT. LTD. (2017): TOWARDS A TERM SHEET
ISB311 | Published March 24, 2022 | 25 pages Case
Collection: Indian School of Business
In 2017, Sahrudaya Healthcare Pvt. Ltd. (SHPL), a successful chain of corporate hospitals based out of Hyderabad, India, approached private equity (PE) firm Samara Capital for a capital infusion.... Read More
Yearbook Inc. (B): The Emergence of Canva
S-0370 | Published March 22, 2022 | 12 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
This case, which builds on “Yearbook Inc. (A): The Start-up Years” (UVA-OM-0369), follows Melanie Perkins as she visits Silicon Valley, works to find solid tech talent to build her product, and tirele... Read More
Yearbook Inc. (C): The Growth of Canva
S-0371 | Published March 22, 2022 | 8 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
This case, which builds on “Yearbook Inc. (A): The Start-up Years” (UVA-OM-0369) and “Yearbook Inc. (B): The Emergence of Canva” (UVA-OM-S-0370), finds Melanie Perkins having grown from a dreamer putt... Read More
Yearbook Inc. (D): Canva on Top of the World
S-0372 | Published March 22, 2022 | 5 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
This case, the conclusion of the series that also includes “Yearbook Inc. (A): The Start-up Years” (UVA-OM-0369), “Yearbook Inc. (B): The Emergence of Canva” (UVA-OM-S-0370), and “Yearbook Inc. (C): T... Read More
Yearbook Inc. (A): The Start-up Years
S-0369 | Published March 22, 2022 | 10 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
This field-based case follows the start-up dreams of Melanie Perkins, a young Australian woman who came up with a big idea: What if she could create a simple, collaborative, online tool that anyone co... Read More
Creative Chocolates in Nigeria: To Test Market or Not?
ISB303 | Published March 21, 2022 | 4 pages Case
Collection: Indian School of Business
The case is set in 2022 when Creative Chocolates, a popular United States based chocolate manufacturer, plans to enter the African market.... Read More
My T Brewer - Part A
IIMA-CIIE0026(A) | Published March 16, 2022 | 17 pages Case
Collection: Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad
Amit Kasliwal was a participant of the Post Graduate Program for Executives at the Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad in 2013 when he came up w... Read More
My T Brewer - Part B
IIMA-CIIE0026(B) | Published March 16, 2022 | 9 pages Case
Collection: Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad
Kasliwal and his team had been working on prototypes for a tea-brewing machine since 2013. After running out of funds, they decide to introduce the la... Read More
Blue Apron: Has the Supply Chain Disrupter Been Disrupted?
OM-1769 | Published March 14, 2022 | 15 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
This public-sourced case set in early 2022 explores the meal-kit-delivery service Blue Apron, a pioneer in the rapidly growing market of alternatives to shopping for food, meal planning, and cooking. ... Read More
Comerica Inc.: The Pandemic and Its Value Implications
F-1997 | Published March 09, 2022 | 24 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
This case follows a fictional hedge fund manager as she works to finalize an investment thesis on Comerica Incorporated to present to her manager, who is undecided as to whether the fund should buy (g... Read More
Cyberattack on Abank
F-1979 | Published March 08, 2022 | 14 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
Cyberattacks on corporations are an increasingly common phenomenon that imposes significant costs on shareholders, customers, and management. It is instrumental for corporations to both invest in appr... Read More
Food Supply and COVID-19: Breaking the Chain (B)
OM-1768 | Published March 02, 2022 | 4 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
This case, a follow-up to "Food Supply and COVID-19: Breaking the Chain (B)" (UVA-OM-1691), looks at how the global food supply chain was faring almost 18 months after John Tyson wrote that America's ... Read More
Counterfeits and E-Commerce: Why Even Build It?
OM-1753 | Published February 28, 2022 | 8 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
This public-sourced case set in early 2021 examines the role counterfeiting has come to play in e-commerce, specifically at Amazon, which represents over one-third of the US online market. The case's ... Read More
The Conundrum of Contingent Free Shipping
QA-0939 | Published February 28, 2022 | 2 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
This case uses the intent to make an online purchase of a clothing item to explore the role intuition may play in shopping decisions. Two criteria, price and quality, are identified as being important... Read More
Jet Airways: Tale of Their Takeoff and Crash Landing
ISB297 | Published February 24, 2022 | 23 pages Case
Collection: Indian School of Business
The case, set in April 2019, follows the managing director of an investment firm that is deliberating whether to invest in Jet Airways.... Read More
Uncertainty in Hospital Supplies—A Cardinal Error (A): Decision-Making as a Crisis Unfolds
OM-1764 | Published February 18, 2022 | 4 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
This case set is about the unfolding uncertainty associated with a supply chain issue involving Cardinal Health (Cardinal), the primary supplier of surgical packs to Garfield Health System (GHS). John... Read More
Uncertainty in Hospital Supplies—A Cardinal Error (D): Uncertainty in Everything as COVID-19 Arrives
OM-1767 | Published February 18, 2022 | 3 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
This case set is about the unfolding uncertainty associated with a supply chain issue involving Cardinal Health (Cardinal), the primary supplier of surgical packs to Garfield Health System (GHS). John... Read More
Uncertainty in Hospital Supplies—A Cardinal Error (C): Decision-Making as a Crisis Unfolds
OM-1766 | Published February 18, 2022 | 4 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
This case set is about the unfolding uncertainty associated with a supply chain issue involving Cardinal Health (Cardinal), the primary supplier of surgical packs to Garfield Health System (GHS). John... Read More
Uncertainty in Hospital Supplies—A Cardinal Error (B): Decision-Making as a Crisis Unfolds
OM-1765 | Published February 18, 2022 | 2 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
This case set is about the unfolding uncertainty associated with a supply chain issue involving Cardinal Health (Cardinal), the primary supplier of surgical packs to Garfield Health System (GHS). John... Read More
Susser Petroleum Partners, LP: IPO of a Master Limited Partnership
F-2006 | Published February 17, 2022 | 22 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
This case explores Susser Holdings Corporation (SHC), a Texas-based company with two businesses: operating large-footprint convenience stores that sold fuel, food, and other merchandise; and fuel dist... Read More
Workaround: Which Integration Ideas to Explore?
E-0476 | Published February 14, 2022 | 4 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
Anna Bender, VP of product at Workaround, a large human resources (HR) software firm, had just been presented with a number of different recommendations from her employees on how to integrate the func... Read More
Leading Rejuvenation: Central Electronics Limited (B)
IIMA-HRM0248(B) | Published February 10, 2022 | 27 pages Case
Collection: Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad
Dr. Nalin Shinghal was selected for the post of Chairman and Managing Director (CMD) of Central Electronics Limited (CEL) in the year 2013. He was contended of having led the turnaround of CEL. CEL w... Read More
Central Electronics Ltd (A)
IIMA-HRM0248(A) | Published February 10, 2022 | 18 pages Case
Collection: Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad
In the year 2013, Dr. Nalin Shinghal was selected for the post of Chairman and Managing Director (CMD) of Central Electronics Limited (CEL). Before accepting the offer he felt the need for detailed d... Read More
Governance at ICICI Bank: Chairman's Dilemma
IIMA-FA0566 | Published February 09, 2022 | 9 pages Case
Collection: Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad
The non-executive Chairman, Chaturvedi, must lead the Board of Directors of ICICI Bank as it deals with the adverse findings by a former Supreme Court... Read More
Conflicting Loyalties: Friends Helping Friends? (B)
OB-1376 | Published February 09, 2022 | 1 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
As a senior project manager for the Colombian office of a consulting services firm, Lucia is responsible for hiring decisions regarding junior consultants. During a recent recruitment process, Lucia f... Read More
Trying to Do Good: Whom Do I Please?
OM-1669 | Published February 03, 2022 | 3 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
In this short case, an accounting executive considers opportunities for community involvement. The case includes a board service readiness quiz, which is used to help people figure out whether they ar... Read More
Carly's Car Clinic
F-2007 | Published February 03, 2022 | 3 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
This short fictional case considers an investment decision in a new business concept, Carly’s Car Clinic. The investment choice entails two similar stores with correlated outcomes and an option to seq... Read More
Ways of Thinking About Our Values in the Workplace (ARABIC)
OB-1386 | Published January 31, 2022 | 24 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
This is an Arabic translation of the September 15, 2016 version of UVA-OB-1126. This case is part of the Giving Voice to Values (GVV) curriculum. To see other material in the GVV curriculum, please v... Read More
Chris Johnson and JAX Industries
E-0474 | Published January 26, 2022 | 1 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
Chris Johnson, the recently appointed CEO of a large company consisting of several divisions, including Retail, Business Applications, and Systems Development, must work with senior leadership to set ... Read More
Contract worker unrest at Wistron Infocomm Manufacturing (India) Pvt Ltd
IIMA-HRM0251 | Published January 26, 2022 | 23 pages Case
Collection: Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad
The premises of Wistron Infocomm Manufacturing (India) Private Limited (WIMPL) a 100% subsidiary of Wistron Corporation (WC), Taiwan, was vandalized by a group of agitated contract workers on Decembe... Read More
Selling Hotel Kinara: Valuing Commercial Property During an Economic Crisis
IIMA-FA0563 | Published January 25, 2022 | 15 pages Case
Collection: Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad
It is late 2019. Hotel Kinara is a newly built, well-functioning 4-star hotel in Ahmedabad. The hotel has 155 rooms and food and beverage facilities. ... Read More
Vignettes on Fiduciary Duty
E-0473 | Published January 24, 2022 | 1 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
In this set of five vignettes, students must consider the role of fiduciary duty in a range of situations.... Read More
Can Zwift Disrupt Peloton's Ascent?
C-2454 | Published January 18, 2022 | 11 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
This public-sourced case uses the fitness company Zwift and one of its competitors, Peloton, to explore cost allocation and bundling services. The material includes a task to provide a back-of-the-env... Read More
Genetic Testing: Where Is the Real Risk?
OM-1744 | Published January 12, 2022 | 7 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
Sandra Martinez, a junior partner in a new biotech venture capital fund, is working on a due diligence report on a new genetic testing firm that plans to launch a direct-to-consumer (DTC) platform for... Read More
In the Cloud
OM-1734 | Published January 10, 2022 | 25 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
Charu Thomas, cofounder and CEO of Ox, a software platform provider that helped retailers improve online order fulfillment, was proud of how her business had grown and earned positive feedback from in... Read More
Dineout: Managing Business Disruptions
IIMA-PROD0330 | Published January 05, 2022 | 21 pages Case
Collection: Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad
The case tracks Dineout’s evolution into a full-scale tech solution provider for restaurants. In 2020, the COVID-19 pandemic struck the world. Several... Read More
Vardhman Special Steels Limited (VSSL): Growth and Pricing for a Tier 2 Supplier
IIMA-MAR0524 | Published December 30, 2021 | 18 pages Case
Collection: Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad
Vardhman Special Steels Limited (VSSL), a Ludhiana based Special Steels manufacturer supplied 98% of its steel to automotive sector. It has recently collaborated with Aichi steel, Japan with the aim ... Read More
Zandu Pharmaceutical Works: The Takeover Bid (A)
ISB045 | Published December 29, 2021 | 21 pages Case
Collection: Indian School of Business
This case is about the takeover bid of Zandu Pharmaceutical Works, a small Indian traditional medicine manufacturer based at Jamnagar, (Gujarat, India).... Read More
Parle Agro (India): Vision Realisation
IIMA-COMM0028 | Published December 28, 2021 | 18 pages Case
Collection: Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad
Nadia Chauhan, Chief Marketing Officer at Parle Agro set her vision in 2017 to become the dominant player in the beverages segment and to double the t... Read More
Nayan Parikh & Consultants: Loan against Shares
IIMA-FA0564 | Published December 24, 2021 | 13 pages Case
Collection: Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad
In March 2021, Nayan Parikh & Consultants (NPC) has to decide how to recover the loan that it had extended to Shrenikbhai Vimawala, Chairman and M... Read More
Understanding the Statement of Cash Flows: Three Illustrative Examples
C-2451 | Published December 22, 2021 | 4 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
This case provides students with the statement of cash flows from three diverse companies: Etsy, Inc., Akorn, Inc., and Brookfield Asset Management Inc. (named in case as Alpha Inc., Beta Corporation,... Read More
Getting Ready to Rumble: Governance of World Wrestling Entertainment, Inc.
C-2444 | Published December 22, 2021 | 7 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
This case introduces students to an interesting and fun example of a proxy statement issued by World Wrestling Entertainment, Inc. (WWE). WWE is effectively run by the McMahon family, which provides o... Read More
Creating a Tentative Talent Development Plan
G-0658 | Published December 21, 2021 | 6 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
This case provides a three-pronged opportunity to explore a process for establishing an initial talent development plan for a growing and successful company desirous of investing in its existing manag... Read More
Cath Lab Catastrophe: Person or Process Issue?
OM-1673 | Published December 21, 2021 | 3 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
This case follows fictional Baby Girl Jones, born with a life-threatening condition: cyanotic heart disease (not enough oxygen in the blood). Her initial evaluation revealed transposition of the great... Read More
Technology, Virtual Health, and the Electronic Medical Record: Whom Does It Serve?
OM-1758 | Published December 15, 2021 | 2 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
This short fictional case describes two very different patients, each waiting to see a new doctor. It includes questions about patient needs in terms of health care, technology, virtual checkups, and ... Read More
Peloton's Pandemic Momentum
S-0346 | Published December 15, 2021 | 4 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
Peloton, 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 subscribe... Read More
De-SPACing: Tattooed Chef Inc.
F-1996 | Published December 15, 2021 | 20 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
In late October 2020, hedge fund analyst Maya Botti was evaluating the decision to vote for the proposed merger of Forum Merger IIa special purpose acquisition company (SPAC), with Ittella Internation... Read More
The Multichannel Challenge at Natura in Beauty and Personal Care (B): Building a Successful Digital and Omnichannel Transformation
M-1022 | Published December 15, 2021 | 16 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
Between 2013 and 2019, Natura undertook a set of initiatives to begin its digital transformation and accelerate the global expansion that resulted in it becoming the world's fourth-largest beauty grou... Read More
The Yield Curve and Growth Forecasts (SPANISH)
GEM-0229 | Published December 15, 2021 | 9 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
This is a Spanish translation of the August 23, 2018 version of UVA-GEM-0106. In this case the protagonist was sifting through the evidence on the predictive content of the yield curve. Did the curren... Read More
DIY Zillow
QA-0931 | Published December 14, 2021 | 9 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
This case examines a realtor’s attempt to improve an online residential real estate website’s mapping and home estimation features. With the help of a data scientist, the two professionals work to cre... Read More
NASCAR and the Confederate Flag (A)
E-0441 | Published December 13, 2021 | 14 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
In May 2020, in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic and the protests that followed the death of George Floyd while in Minneapolis police custody, leadership at the National Association for Stock Car Au... Read More
NASCAR and the Confederate Flag (B)
E-0442 | Published December 13, 2021 | 2 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
This case is a follow-up to "NASCAR and the Confederate Flag (A)" (UVA-E-0441). It outlines how National Association for Stock Car Automobile Racing (NASCAR) leadership announced on June 10, 2020,... Read More
SAP LABS INDIA: BUILDING AN INCLUSIVE ORGANIZATION
ISB286 | Published December 09, 2021 | 19 pages Case
Collection: Indian School of Business
This case describes how SAP Labs India, a research and development center of SAP SE introduced and pursued a wide range of diversity and inclusion (D&I)programs across the organization.... Read More
Re:Build Manufacturing—Reimagining the Conglomerate
OM-1757 | Published December 08, 2021 | 16 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
In October 2021, Miles Arnone, CEO of Re:Build Manufacturing (Re:Build), was thinking about Re:Build’s next acquisition. Arnone contemplated the pros and cons of each of three candidate companies as h... Read More
Circles (A): The Birth of an Entrepreneurial Initiative
IIMA-CIIE0025(A) | Published December 03, 2021 | 14 pages Case
Collection: Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad
This case describes the entrepreneurial journey of two college friends — Anchal Taatya and Abhiram Nukalapati. While studying at IIM Ahmedabad, they s... Read More
Circles (B): Launch and Pivot
IIMA-CIIE0025(B) | Published December 03, 2021 | 8 pages Case
Collection: Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad
This case describes the entrepreneurial journey of two college friends — Anchal Taatya and Abhiram Nukalapati. While studying at IIM Ahmedabad, they s... Read More
Where in the World Should You Get Cancer? (A)
OM-1742 | Published November 30, 2021 | 6 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
What does “universal health care coverage” mean? Is it the same all over the world? Universal health care systems have the benefit of ensuring access to some services with a degree of financial protec... Read More
Where in the World Should You Get Cancer? (B): Lu Yong Epilogue
Forio Simulation | Published November 30, 2021 | 2 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
What does “universal health care coverage” mean? Is it the same all over the world? Universal health care systems have the benefit of ensuring access to some services with a degree of financial protec... Read More
Trump v. Twitter, et al.
S-0360 | Published November 23, 2021 | 16 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
During a 30-day window between late May and late June of 2020, President Donald Trump earned international attention not only for the content he posted to social media sites such as Twitter, but also ... Read More
Digital Transformation at The Washington Post: Innovating for the Next Generation
S-0368 | Published November 18, 2021 | 22 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
The Washington Post (The Post) is one of the world’s most respected news-media organizations. After joining The Post as CEO and publisher in 2014, Fred Ryan worked with owner Jeff Bezos and The Post's... Read More
Dinesh Patel at the Sardar Patel Farm
IIMA-OB0244 | Published November 18, 2021 | 14 pages Case
Collection: Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad
Sardar Patel farm is a 150-acre organic farm located in Kathwada, Gujarat, India with 125 farmers living and working on the farm. Dr Dinesh Patel, a c... Read More
Procam: New Paradigms in Long Distance Running
IIMA-STR0463 | Published November 17, 2021 | 18 pages Case
Collection: Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad
Procam International, set up by brothers Anil and Vivek Singh, has been working in the field of sports management in India for over two decades. Procam was the first organiser of large-scale long-dis... Read More
Challenges in East West Underwater Metro Project in Kolkata
IIMA-PSG0140 | Published November 16, 2021 | 34 pages Case
Collection: Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad
The case discusses the uncertainties and complexities faced by Kolkata Metro Rail Corporation during the construction of India’s first under river met... Read More
A Partner for Mary Washington: Glide with Cerner or Chart a New Path with Epic (A)
OM-1731 | Published November 09, 2021 | 7 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
This case set focuses on a health system undergoing transformation and change. In 2015, Mary Washington Healthcare is the latest health care organization to plan to upgrade its electronic health recor... Read More
A Partner for Mary Washington: Glide with Cerner or Chart a New Path with Epic (B)
OM-1732 | Published November 09, 2021 | 1 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
This case set focuses on a health system undergoing transformation and change. In 2015, Mary Washington Healthcare (Mary Washington) is the latest health care organization to plan to upgrade its elect... Read More
Single Block Method of Blast Furnace Revamping Project at JSW Steel Plant at Dolvi, Maharashtra, India (A)
IIMA-PROD0329(A) | Published November 01, 2021 | 20 pages Case
Collection: Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad
The case deals with several kinds of uncertainties that were involved when Jindal South West (JSW), the largest steep producer of India, carried out a... Read More
Single Block Method of Blast Furnace Revamping Project at JSW Steel Plant at Dolvi, Maharashtra, India (B)
IIMA-PROD0329(B) | Published November 01, 2021 | 24 pages Case
Collection: Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad
The case deals with several kinds of uncertainties that were involved when Jindal South West (JSW), the largest steep producer of India, carried out a... Read More
Three Notch’d: Economies of Scale in Brewing
OM-1750 | Published October 29, 2021 | 13 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
In August 2021, George Kastendike, CEO of Three Notch’d Brewery (Three Notch’d) in Charlottesville, Virginia, laid down the phone as he finished a conference call with two of his early investors. In t... Read More
Moodcafe: From Idea Conception to Raising Funds
IIMA-CIIE0023 | Published October 25, 2021 | 18 pages Case
Collection: Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad
The case on Moodcafe captures the journey of the start-up and its entrepreneurs from the beginning till the fund-raising stage. The case brings forth ... Read More
Aventiv Technologies: Answering the Call for Change?
S-0359 | Published October 25, 2021 | 20 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
This field-based case examines the business strategy of prison communications company Aventiv Technologies (Aventiv), which was at the center of a broad national debate about social justice, criminal ... Read More
GROUNDING OF THE BOEING 737 MAX 8 (B): THE ROAD AHEAD—MAKING THE BOEING 737 MAX FLIGHTWORTHY AGAIN
ISB284 | Published October 25, 2021 | 23 pages Case
Collection: Indian School of Business
In the short time between October 2018 and March 2019, two new Boeing 737 MAX 8 airplanes in different parts of the world were involved in deadly crashes.... Read More
GROUNDING OF THE BOEING 737 MAX 8 (A): WHAT WENT WRONG?
ISB283 | Published October 25, 2021 | 25 pages Case
Collection: Indian School of Business
In the short time between October 2018 and March 2019, two new Boeing 737 MAX 8 airplanes in different parts of the world were involved in deadly crashes.... Read More
Andrew Yang: A New Way Marketing Campaign
M-1018 | Published October 19, 2021 | 25 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
This field-based case follows Andrew Yang, who went from an unknown to a major competitor in the 2020 Democratic Party presidential race. Yang’s initial rise to fame was largely owed to a group of you... Read More
Fidelity Investments: Betting on Digital Strategy
OM-1746 | Published October 18, 2021 | 5 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
Julie Busby, operational excellence lead for Fidelity Investments (Fidelity), needed to help a customer call center manage its diverse set of clients. Despite efforts to categorize tasks based on call... Read More
Should We Go For It?
OB-1364 | Published October 15, 2021 | 2 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
This case follows Sarah Johnson, who has just accepted the position as an intern in the offensive analytics division for the Dallas Cowboys. After gathering all the data she could find for the NFL bet... Read More
Are We Sacrificing by Sacrificing?
OB-1363 | Published October 14, 2021 | 2 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
The game of baseball offers a team’s manager relatively few tactical decisions to affect their team’s chances of winning on any given day. The manager chooses the batting lineup and where the fielders... Read More
Aggois: Last-Mile Financing for Small-Holder Farmers
IIMA-CIIE0027 | Published October 12, 2021 | 17 pages Case
Collection: Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad
The business model adopted by Aggois model aimed at resolving the problem of farmer financing — particularly, the lack of receivables financing, which... Read More
Rivian Charging Ahead
OM-1749 | Published October 05, 2021 | 16 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
In fall 2021, start-up Rivian was poised to begin delivery of its first electrical vehicles (EVs) to external customers after several delays. The company had over 70,000 preorders for its R1T (pickup ... Read More
Free Agency (B): Negotiating as a Player's Agent
OB-1360 | Published September 29, 2021 | 2 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
This case set challenges students to consider the upcoming free agency decision-making of an NBA team by conducting some basic statistical analyses of three possible targets, all of whom are upcoming ... Read More
Free Agency (C): Negotiating as the Nuggets' Representative
OB-1361 | Published September 29, 2021 | 2 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
This case set challenges students to consider the upcoming free agency decision-making of an NBA team by conducting some basic statistical analyses of three possible targets, all of whom are upcoming ... Read More
Free Agency (A)
OB-1359 | Published September 29, 2021 | 2 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
This case set challenges students to consider the upcoming free agency decision-making of an NBA team by conducting some basic statistical analyses of three possible targets, all of whom are upcoming ... Read More
INDIAN RAILWAYS AND THE MOVE TO FULL ELECTRIFICATION: EXCEEDING THE GLOBAL BENCHMARK
ISB278 | Published September 24, 2021 | 8 pages Case
Collection: Indian School of Business
The Indian Railways (IR), the country’s largest transporter, is considering a plan to fully electrify its network. The move will cut its fuel expendi... Read More
TRANSFORMING MATERNAL AND NEWBORN HEALTHCARE IN INDIA THROUGH MIDWIFERY: THE FERNANDEZ FOUNDATION INITIATIVE
ISB276 | Published September 24, 2021 | 19 pages Case
Collection: Indian School of Business
The case explores the promises and challenges of Public-Private Partnerships (PPPs) in the Indian Healthcare system. India has a high maternal mortality rate, poor doctor-to-patient ratio, rising C-se... Read More
AISECT (PART A): LEADING INDIA'S SKILL DEVELOPMENT MISSION
ISB281 | Published September 24, 2021 | 13 pages Case
Collection: Indian School of Business
The case is a narration of the 20-year journey of the All India Society for Electronics and Computer Technology (AISECT), a social enterprise offering information and computer technology (ICT) service... Read More
COVID-19 (B): "It's Like a War"
E-0447 | Published September 21, 2021 | 1 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
In March 2020, John Jenkins, the new chief medical officer of Garfield Health System (GHS) University Hospital, was at the cusp of a crisis. While he had been informed of COVID-19 previously by the ho... Read More
Four Factors
OB-1358 | Published September 21, 2021 | 2 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
This case follows Shane Harris, who has just been hired as an assistant coach for the NBA's new franchise, the Honolulu Hammerheads. In order to aid team management in using basketball analytics, Harr... Read More
Spreading HOPE: Building Healthy Outcomes through Patient Engagement
OM-1672 | Published September 21, 2021 | 4 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
Hypoplastic Left Heart Syndrome (HLHS) is a serious health condition affecting infants. Since 1981, when procedures were first developed to address HLHS, the mortality rate has been declining, and by ... Read More
COVID-19 (A): How Did We Get Here and What Do We Do Now?
E-0446 | Published September 21, 2021 | 6 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
In March 2020, John Jenkins, the new chief medical officer of Garfield Health System (GHS) University Hospital, was at the cusp of a crisis. While he had been informed of COVID-19 previously by the ho... Read More
Tests and Triumphs in Telemedicine (A)
E-0468 | Published September 20, 2021 | 6 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
In this A case, it’s December 2019, and Dr. Carol Evans is preparing for a meeting with the leaders of Garfield Health Sciences (GHS) Center. She aims to persuade them to launch a full-fledged direct-... Read More
Tests and Triumphs in Telemedicine (B): Technology before Its Time or a Savior in a Crisis?
E-0469 | Published September 20, 2021 | 4 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
In the A case, Dr. Carol Evans is preparing for a December 2019 meeting with the leaders of Garfield Health Sciences (GHS) Center, about launching a full-fledged direct-to-consumer (DTC) telemedicine ... Read More
Financial Markets and Society
GEM-0192 | Published September 09, 2021 | 12 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
This case follows Maxine Waters, chairwoman for the US House of Representatives Committee on Financial Services, as she faces the stock market phenomenon in early 2021 surrounding GameStop. The mornin... Read More
Building Products Company
OM-1741 | Published August 31, 2021 | 2 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
After a successful first consulting project, Sarah is about start another case. She is tasked with developing a customer segmentation and growth workstream for a building products company that is unde... Read More
California's Affordable Housing Crisis
GEM-0194 | Published August 30, 2021 | 27 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
This public-sourced case uses the California housing crisis to analyze economic policy in an environment featuring a rising cost of living and shrinking affordable housing options. The case discusses ... Read More
The "It" Factor? Two Sigma, Venn, and Factor Analysis
F-1989 | Published August 30, 2021 | 17 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
This case follows the protagonist, chief investment officer of a multifamily office, as she debates whether or not Venn, a factor-based portfolio attribution tool developed by quant manager Two Sigma,... Read More
Dumbarton Bearing Supply, LLC: Recognizing Real Options
F-1990 | Published August 25, 2021 | 7 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
Angus MacIntyre, CEO of Dumbarton Bearing Supply, LLC (Dumbarton), is deciding whether to introduce a new ceramic ball-bearing product line and whether to produce those bearings by refitting an existi... Read More
Digital Dollars
GEM-0197 | Published August 23, 2021 | 7 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
This case explores private and public proposals for digital forms of money that bypass the commercial banking system. A private proposal comes from Facebook’s Libra. A public proposal comes from centr... Read More
The $250,000 Crypto Question
GEM-0195 | Published August 23, 2021 | 17 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
This case explores the role of deposit insurance in financial stability, including the importance of risk-adjusted insurance premiums and the complementarity between capital requirements and deposit i... Read More
Northern Textiles Limited (B)
IIMA-FA0559(B) | Published August 23, 2021 | 22 pages Case
Collection: Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad
NTL suffered huge losses in its foreign exchange hedging activities as its highly complex leveraged structured products backfired badly in the wake of... Read More
Roark Capital: Buyout of Buffalo Wild Wings
F-1984 | Published August 18, 2021 | 23 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
In late November 2017, Roark Capital Group (Roark) must decide on a last, best offer to purchase Buffalo Wild Wings (BWW) in a leveraged buyout (LBO) for $157 per share. That bid had followed a series... Read More
MovieLens: Filtering on Others' Reactions
QA-0927 | Published August 17, 2021 | 6 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
This case introduces students to relational databases and the basics of collaborative filtering, a popular recommendation system technique. The case points to a dataset shared by GroupLens, a research... Read More
Research Affiliates and Dynamic Multifactor Strategies: Time to Time?
F-1988 | Published August 11, 2021 | 23 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
This case explores the dynamic allocation approach to investing, an approach that would time the market based on factors’ relative valuations. Research Affiliates created a RAFI Dynamic Multifactor US... Read More
The Testable Design
OM-1737 | Published August 10, 2021 | 11 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
This case offers applied practice for students in drafting testable user stories (agile), including the use of jobs-to-be-done, storyboards, and metrics to drive toward a specific, testable digital de... Read More
HCL TECHNOLOGIES: Leveraging Technology for Talent Acquisition Transformation
IIMA-HRM0250 | Published August 09, 2021 | 17 pages Case
Collection: Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad
HCL Technologies was successfully leveraging Application Tracking System till 2017 to fast track its recruitment process, which contributed effectively till then. However, by 2017, as the strategic b... Read More
USA Track & Field: Getting Its Governance on Track
S-0352 | Published August 06, 2021 | 17 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
This public-sourced case set in May 2020 examines various corporate governance issues that have arisen for the nonprofit USA Track & Field (USATF). The case’s protagonist is board member Tricia Myers ... Read More
The "What If" Effects of an Income Tax Rate Change: A Deferred Tax Focus
C-2448 | Published August 06, 2021 | 10 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
A change in the corporate US federal income tax rate necessitates an adjustment to a company’s balance sheet deferred tax account. Stephanie Allen has been tasked with determining the projected effect... Read More
MERGER OF EQUALS: THE AMALGAMATION STORY OF INDIAN BANK AND ALLAHABAD BANK
ISB274 | Published August 04, 2021 | 33 pages Case
Collection: Indian School of Business
On August 30, 2019, the Ministry of Finance of the Government of India (GoI) announced the consolidation of ten nationalized banks into four.... Read More
China's Stock Market: Understanding Its Boom-and-Bust Cycles
F-1985 | Published July 29, 2021 | 40 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
Using the context of a private-bank chief economist preparing for a client call just as the Shanghai Stock Exchange Composite Index (SCI) reached a 29-month high on July 7, 2020, this case places stud... Read More
Rebalancing the Russell Indices: Beta and Volatility
F-1938 | Published July 27, 2021 | 8 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
This case examines the role of beta and volatility in assessing the risk of a portfolio. Students assume the role of a fund manager who is adjusting their portfolio in response to the 2014 reconstitut... Read More
Rough Seas for ChenMed (A)
QA-0920 | Published July 26, 2021 | 11 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
In March 2020, the COVID-19 pandemic is looming. Gordon Chen, MD, the chief medical officer of ChenMed, a family-owned company committed to delivering primary care to the oldest and most vulnerable pa... Read More
Rough Seas for ChenMed (B)
QA-0921 | Published July 26, 2021 | 4 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
In March 2020, the COVID-19 pandemic is looming. Gordon Chen, MD, the chief medical officer of ChenMed, a family-owned company committed to delivering primary care to the oldest and most vulnerable pa... Read More
DIGITAL TRANSFORMATION AT L&T (B)
ISB272 | Published July 23, 2021 | 6 pages Case
Collection: Indian School of Business
It provides an overview of the digitalization of other BUs of the L&T group. The digital teams in the various BUs were organized in a decentralized manner; they reported to the CEOs of their respectiv... Read More
EXECUTING THE BOGIBEEL BRIDGE FOR SOCIAL IMPACT: RISK PLANNING AND MANAGING EARNED VALUE
ISB265 | Published July 23, 2021 | 17 pages Case
Collection: Indian School of Business
The case goes on to describe the enormous challenges involved in building the 4.94 km long Bogibeel Bridge in the North Eastern Region (NER) of India.... Read More
DIGITAL TRANSFORMATION AT L&T (A)
ISB271 | Published July 23, 2021 | 15 pages Case
Collection: Indian School of Business
The case describes the digitalization of L&T Construction, the largest business of L&T, from conception to implementation. The CEO and MD of L&T believed that the organization-wide implementation of d... Read More
What Are the Odds?
G-0655 | Published July 22, 2021 | 9 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
Oscar Ramirez, an employee at the Whole Nine Yards Construction & Landscaping Company, has been assigned to manage the remodel of Mayor Lawrence’s family estate, which locals call "Lawrence Lair." One... Read More
The Living Roof
G-0654 | Published July 22, 2021 | 9 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
Oscar Ramirez, an employee at the Whole Nine Yards Construction & Landscaping Company, has been assigned to manage the remodel of Mayor Lawrence’s family estate, which locals call "Lawrence Lair." One... Read More
How to Become a Minus
G-0656 | Published July 22, 2021 | 8 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
Oscar Ramirez, an employee at the Whole Nine Yards Construction & Landscaping Company, has been assigned to manage the remodel of Mayor Lawrence’s family estate, which locals call "Lawrence Lair." One... Read More
It's All in the Signs
G-0653 | Published July 21, 2021 | 8 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
Oscar Ramirez, an employee at the Whole Nine Yards Construction & Landscaping Company, has been assigned to manage the remodel of Mayor Lawrence’s family estate, which locals call "Lawrence Lair." One... Read More
A Universal Language
G-0652 | Published July 21, 2021 | 10 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
Oscar Ramirez, an employee at the Whole Nine Yards Construction & Landscaping Company, has just been awarded his first major contract. Ramirez has been assigned to manage the remodel of Mayor Lawrence... Read More
A Rock and a Hard Place: The Conundrum of Online Grocery after COVID
OM-1733 | Published July 16, 2021 | 19 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
In the aftermath of the coronavirus pandemic, US retailers were scrambling to develop a sustainable business model for e-commerce grocery (e-Grocery). By 2021, many grocers were experimenting with dif... Read More
Governments and Markets in the 21st Century
GEM-0187 | Published July 15, 2021 | 20 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
As Joseph Biden began his presidency in early 2021, he was faced with the enormous task of balancing his more centrist tendencies with the increasingly activist part of his coalition. More generally, ... Read More
Reliance Communications: On the Brink of Bankruptcy
IIMA-FA0560 | Published July 13, 2021 | 15 pages Case
Collection: Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad
The case describes the change in fortune of Reliance Communications (RCom) from being a pioneer in offering low-cost mobile telephony to the brink of ... Read More
Port of Singapore Authority: Ideology vs. Pragmatism—Trade and Geopolitics in the Malacca Strait
S-0351 | Published July 13, 2021 | 18 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
This case describes the growth of the Asian ports industry between 2015 and 2020 and the impact of escalating US-China trade tensions and rising Chinese direct investments on regional port competition... Read More
Actions Speak Louder Than Words: What to Do to Address Racial Disparities?
OB-1323 | Published July 09, 2021 | 5 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
In mid-June 2021, prominent attorney Jane Goldman, who lived and practiced in Danbury, Connecticut, was asked if she might be interested in getting more involved with the local hospital, possibly even... Read More
A Bankable Solution for Municipal Solid Waste Management in India
IIMA-PSG0138EX | Published July 05, 2021 | 12 pages Case
Collection: Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad
Raj Singh, founder and CEO of HoldCo Pvt. Ltd was keen on entering the waste management market in India owing to its huge potential and growth in rece... Read More
AirAsia vs Malaysia Airlines
IIMA-STR0453 | Published July 05, 2021 | 13 pages Case
Collection: Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad
The case provides an opportunity to formulate the response of a late entrant to competitive dynamics created by its own ... Read More
A Client-Engagement/Service Process for Custom Executive Education: Detailing the Details
G-0657 | Published June 29, 2021 | 3 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
Rose Cochran, CEO and co-founder of a custom executive education (EE) program design and delivery firm wants to identify and codify the component parts of what she and her husband believe constitute e... Read More
MAKING IT TO THE TOP: LESSONS OF ORGANIZATIONAL TRANSFORMATION FROM FUTURE GENERALI INDIA LIFE
ISB267 | Published June 29, 2021 | 15 pages Case
Collection: Indian School of Business
Set in Mumbai, India, during 2020, the case explores how Munish Sharda, the Managing Director (MD) and Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Future Generali India Life Insurance Company Limited (FGILI), tu... Read More
Alpha Architect: Is Momentum Losing Steam?
F-1977 | Published June 28, 2021 | 16 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
The case explores the momentum investment strategy of AlphaArchitect, a boutique asset management firm. The protagonist, Wes Grey the CEO of AlphaArchitect, is preparing a potential client presentati... Read More
Great Southern Bunk Beds, Inc.
OM-1604 | Published June 28, 2021 | 5 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
In this case, Matt Shomer, a 30-year-old owner-manager, wants to turn around the operations of Alpharetta, Georgia’s, Great Southern Bunk Beds, Inc. (GSBB). This manufacturer of high-quality custom-ma... Read More
SUPRAJIT ENGINEERING: DE-RISKING FOR FUTURE GROWTH
ISB269 | Published June 28, 2021 | 20 pages Case
Collection: Indian School of Business
In 2019, Ajith Rai, Executive Chairman of Suprajit Engineering Limited (SEL), a pioneer in the design and manufacture of mechanical control cables in India, is contemplating his company’s future growt... Read More
Squeezed: Citron Capital Shorts GameStop
F-1983 | Published June 25, 2021 | 15 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
The case examines the short selling of GameStop by hedge fund Citron Capital. The valuation case for short selling GameStop is explored, along with the actual market mechanics of short selling a stoc... Read More
The Premamrutha Dhaara Project: A Sustainable Drinking Water Solution with Social Impact
ISB263 | Published June 23, 2021 | 19 pages Case
Collection: Indian School of Business
Access to clean water is so critical for development and survival that the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goal number 6 (SDG-6) was to ensure availability and sustained management of water an... Read More
Britannia Chemicals PLC (B): The Merseyside and Antwerp Projects
F-1976 | Published June 21, 2021 | 11 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
Britannia Chemicals was under pressure from investors to improve its financial performance because of the accumulation of the firm’s common shares by a well-known corporate raider. Earnings had fallen... Read More
Scheduling a Conference
QA-0925 | Published June 16, 2021 | 4 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
This case uses a mathematician’s experience as a first-time organizer for a prestigious conference in Barcelona, Spain, to set the stage for applying optimization methods to scheduling problems. In pa... Read More
Shemaroo:On/Off Where to Draw the Line?
IIMA-MAR0523 | Published June 16, 2021 | 11 pages Case
Collection: Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad
The case delineates the situation faced by Shemaroo Entertainment Limited (Shemaroo) related to the company's rebranding exercise, product portfolio and future course of action. Shemaroo was founded ... Read More
Developing a Personal Strategy: The Alumni Reunion
S-0355 | Published June 10, 2021 | 5 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
This case describes the thoughts and reflections of five MBA alumni on their way back to their alma mater for a 20-year reunion event. As invited speakers, they will advise the upcoming graduating cla... Read More
TO DARE OR NOT TO DARE: THE STORY OF AN ENTREPRENEUR’S PASSION THE CASE OF DELHI INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT
ISB261 | Published June 10, 2021 | 19 pages Case
Collection: Indian School of Business
This case studies the unique traits of a serial entrepreneur through the story of Indian entrepreneur G. M. Rao, Chairman of the GMR Group.... Read More
Wagholi Apartment Project: Restructuring a Private Equity Investment in Real Estate
ISB259 | Published June 10, 2021 | 14 pages Case
Collection: Indian School of Business
This case is written from the perspective of a decision-maker at a private equity investment fund. The case is set in India, where a large corpus of c... Read More
Peerless Potato Chips
OB-1370 | Published June 02, 2021 | 13 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
The 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 compa... Read More
Olena Tischler: Health Care Operations Management Intern
OM-1730 | Published June 01, 2021 | 8 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
Olena Tischler is embarking on her midpoint MBA internship, a position she developed with Northeast Regional Healthcare. The internship is divided among the operations of three different clinics and i... Read More
Sparking Ideas for Crafting a "Culture of Care"
G-0651 | Published May 20, 2021 | 2 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
Many, if not most, organizational leaders want to be viewed as concerned for and thoughtful toward their people. Not all, however, manifest that desire in observable or meaningful ways. This case pres... Read More
South Africa: The Search for Balanced and Sustainable Economic Growth
GEM-0179 | Published May 13, 2021 | 27 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
This case follows Lesetja Kganyago, governor of the South African Reserve Bank (SARB), and his efforts to keep inflation between 3% and 6% and, if possible, close to the midpoint of that range (i.e., ... Read More
Eurozone at 21: A Monetary Union Without Growth?
GEM-0178 | Published May 13, 2021 | 24 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
This case addresses the troubles facing the eurozone in early 2021. Was the area doomed to low (or no) growth? Had the eurozone’s high-profile financial crises in Greece, Ireland, and Cyprus given way... Read More
Light Rail in Denver?: The Private Sector and Infrastructure Development (A)
GEM-0188 | Published May 12, 2021 | 19 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
This case follows Nwanneoma "Neena" Ngondai and her work on the proposed FasTracks program, a large-scale commuter rail initiative in Denver. Ngondai’s job was to determine whether the FasTracks progr... Read More
Creating an Asian Benchmark for Crude Oil
F-1981 | Published May 10, 2021 | 11 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
This case examines the 2018 decision by the Shanghai International Energy Exchange (INE) to introduce a futures contract on a type of crude oil widely used in Asia, in the hope that it would not only ... Read More
New Planet Music (A)
OB-1089 | Published May 04, 2021 | 2 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
This case contains two briefs, one for each person in a two-party negotiation. They are relatively short in length and can be read in class just prior to a mock negotiation. This learning activity is ... Read More
New Planet Music (B)
OB-1090 | Published May 04, 2021 | 2 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
This case contains two briefs, one for each person in a two-party negotiation. They are relatively short in length and can be read in class just prior to a mock negotiation. This learning activity is ... Read More
Nestle and Maggi in India: Recovering from a Brand Disaster
IIMA-MAR0521 | Published May 04, 2021 | 25 pages Case
Collection: Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad
In 2015, NESTLE India underwent a major crisis as the product which contributed to nearly 30% of its sales had to be taken off the shelves. Maggi-the go-to convenience food for all generations (espec... Read More
David Reyes
OB-1371 | Published May 03, 2021 | 2 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
This fictional case introduces David Reyes, the new vice president of marketing for the International Supreme Snacks Corporation (ISSC), giving background on his previous role and reasons for joining ... Read More
Keisha Y. Taylor
OB-1372 | Published May 03, 2021 | 2 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
This fictional case introduces Keisha Y. Taylor, an associate at Century Consulting Corporation (CCC) focused on proving her credibility and advancing through the firm. The case describes her work eth... Read More
Sai Coating: Detonation Spray Gun
IIMA-MAR0505 | Published May 02, 2021 | 6 pages Case
Collection: Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad
Sai Coating, a small entrepreneurial firm, was one of the three firms that had received the license from ARCI for marketing the Detonation Spray Coating (DSC). Sai Coating made and sold the detonatio... Read More
Corteva Agriscience: Communicating R & D Strategy to a Global Organization
BC-0275 | Published April 30, 2021 | 29 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
This case explores Corteva Agriscience’s (Corteva’s) research and development (R & D) organization, and the work of Wendy Srnic, global leader of Integrated Field Sciences (IFS); Kate Irvin, Corteva’s... Read More
WeWork: But Does the Corporate Governance Work?
S-0350 | Published April 30, 2021 | 14 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
This public-sourced case describes the lapses in board oversight that led to the dramatic rise and fall of collaborative office space company WeWork and its charismatic leader, Adam Neumann. The case ... Read More
Julia Madeline-Coho and Uptown Hound
ENT-0228 | Published April 29, 2021 | 8 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
Julia Madeline-Coho has decided to start a business—Uptown Hound—that will entertain pets while their owners are away from their homes in the medium-sized mid-Atlantic city of Greenwood. Madeline-Coho... Read More
Medplus - An Employee's Perspective
IIMA-OB0247 | Published April 28, 2021 | 7 pages Case
Collection: Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad
The case revolves around a critical incident that took place at an Indian pharmaceutical company, in which various stakeholders had very different per... Read More
Staffing at the Global Guidance Group
OM-1729 | Published April 27, 2021 | 1 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
Makayla Nnadi, vice president of operations at the Global Guidance Group, must determine a staffing plan for the upcoming year. She must balance the costs of overstaffing with those of understaffin... Read More
Dealing with the Corona Virus: The Case of the Pharma Industry
IIMA-PSG0139 | Published April 12, 2021 | 46 pages Case
Collection: Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad
The pandemic induced lockdown lead to supply and manufacturing disruptions that were swiftly dealt with by the Indian Pharma Industry through successf... Read More