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Hild, Matthias
Structuring a Competitive Analysis: Decision Trees, Decision Forests, and Payoff Matrices
QA-0674 | Published January 16, 2006 Technical Note
Collection: Darden School of Business
Decision trees can be helpful in analyzing the key drivers of profitability and in designing risk-mitigation strategies. When analyzing competitive situations, each player's viewpoint can be represent... Read More
Game Theory: A Very Short Introduction
QA-0675 | Published January 16, 2006 | 15 pages Technical Note
Collection: Darden School of Business
This note introduces some key game-theoretic concepts and techniques, with an emphasis on their underlying motivations. It covers the following topics: -Domination -Iterated elimination of dominat... Read More
The Simultaneous Ascending Auction: Rules and Procedures
QA-0676 | Published January 16, 2006 | 2 pages Technical Note
Collection: Darden School of Business
This note summarizes the most important rules of the simultaneous ascending auction. This auction type was pioneered in 1994 by the U.S. Federal Communications Commission for the sale of multiple airw... Read More
Pushing the Envelope: Engine Development and Procurement for the F-15 Fighter Jet (A)
Hild, Matthias Crocker, Keith J.
QA-0644 | Published December 07, 2005 | 15 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
In November 1977, U.S. Air Force officials expressed mounting concern about the restrictions on their tactical capabilities that resulted from a string of problems with the new F100 engine in F-15 and... Read More
Pushing the Envelope: Engine Development and Procurement for the F-15 Fighter Jet (B)
Hild, Matthias Crocker, Keith J.
QA-0645 | Published December 07, 2005 | 3 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
The B case recounts the events that culminated in the development of an alternative to Pratt and Whitney's F100 jet engine. Following an initial development program, the Air Force announced a split or... Read More
Pushing the Envelope: Engine Development and Procurement for the F-15 Fighter Jet (C)
Hild, Matthias Crocker, Keith J.
QA-0646 | Published December 07, 2005 | 3 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
The C case provides data on the reliability of both the F100 jet engine by Pratt and Whitney and the rival F110 by General Electric from 1975 to 1990. In addition, the case charts a proxy for the numb... Read More
The Security Exchange: Explanation of Trading Rules
QA-0671 | Published September 22, 2005 | 3 pages Technical Note
Collection: Darden School of Business
The Security Exchange is a online trading platform for educational purposes. This note describes the trading rules used and the types of securities that can be traded. Read More
Lesser Antilles Lines: The Island of San Huberto (C)
QA-0670 | Published September 20, 2005 | 4 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
The case is a continuation of Lesser Antilles Lines (UVA-QA-0355 and UVA-QA-0641), which describes the price competition between two duopolistic shipping companies facing inelastic demand for cargo vo... Read More
Qwest Communications Bond-Swap Offer: Explanatory Note
Hild, Matthias Mitchell, Jordan
QA-0668 | Published September 09, 2005 | 2 pages Technical Note
Collection: Darden School of Business
This note explains relevant aspects of bankruptcy proceedings and the "rule of absolute priority" in the context of the case (UVA-QA-0647). It is intended to assist students without sufficient knowled... Read More
Strategy Vignettes
QA-0669 | Published September 09, 2005 | 10 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
This case presents vignettes that provide a springboard for varied discussions of two-tiered tender offers, randomizing strategies (mixed strategies), Divide & Choose, and agenda-setting in voting pro... Read More
British Sky Broadcasting Group, PLC
QA-0667 | Published September 08, 2005 | 17 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
British Sky Broadcasting Group plc (BSkyB) packaged television content into channels and distributed it via satellite to subscribers and to other distribution platforms. Sports programming and, in par... Read More
Qwest Communications: Bond-Swap Offer (A)
Hild, Matthias Mitchell, Jordan
QA-0647 | Published January 27, 2005 | 11 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
By the end of 2002, Qwest Communications Inc., a major U.S. communications company, was reaching a precarious level of illiquidity in the face of huge debts. To reduce that debt, Qwest offered its ins... Read More
Qwest Communications: Bond-Swap Offer (B)
Hild, Matthias Mitchell, Jordan
QA-0648 | Published January 27, 2005 | 3 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
This case is the epilogue to UVA-QA-0647. Students can learn about the outcome of Quest's swap offer for unsecured bonds. Read More
Strategizing
QA-0673 | Published January 16, 2005 | 5 pages Technical Note
Collection: Darden School of Business
Strategizing is the process of perceiving, analyzing, and shaping competitive situations. This note aims provide some basic orientation and sketches some frameworks that can guide the strategizing pro... Read More
Free Email: Google, MSN Hotmail, and Yahoo! (A)
Hild, Matthias Mitchell, Jordan
QA-0642 | Published November 11, 2004 | 14 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
In April 2004, Google?the world's leading search engine?sent shock waves through the popular press when it announced Gmail, a free email service boasting one gigabyte in free storage. At the time, the... Read More
Free Email: Google, MSN Hotmail, and Yahoo! (B)
Hild, Matthias Mitchell, Jordan
QA-0643 | Published November 11, 2004 | 2 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
This B case describes the response by Hotmail and Yahoo! to Google's introduction of Gmail as of winter 2004. See also the A case (UVA-QA-0642). Read More
Jaguar Cars
QA-0640 | Published November 09, 2004 | 10 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
On September 17, 2004, Ford Motor Company announced the details of a "revitalization plan" for its ailing Jaguar Cars subsidiary. The plan was aimed at cost savings and reducing excess capacity and ov... Read More
Lesser Antilles Lines: The Island of San Huberto (B)
QA-0641 | Published November 09, 2004 | 2 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
The case is a continuation of Lesser Antilles Lines (UVA-QA-0355) which describes the price competition between two duopolistic shipping companies facing inelastic demand for cargo volume. Customers h... Read More
El Farol
QA-0638 | Published September 28, 2004 Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
This case introduces students to the design of artificial agents and evolutionary tournaments through W. Brian Arthur's minority game. Following Arthur, the game is motivated by the story of El Farol,... Read More
Foster Wheeler, Ltd.
QA-0634 | Published September 13, 2004 | 6 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
In December 2003, Foster Wheeler Ltd., a publicly traded global engineering and construction company with large capital requirements, was on the brink of bankruptcy. In the midst of restructuring effo... Read More
A Managerial Primer on the U.S. Bankruptcy Code
Hild, Matthias McBrady, Matthew
QA-0633 | Published September 09, 2004 | 6 pages Technical Note
Collection: Darden School of Business
This note offers an introduction to reorganization procedures within the U.S. bankruptcy law from a business perspective. It can be used to explore the strategic dimensions of bankruptcy procedures an... Read More
The Biggest Auction Ever: 3G Licensing in Western Europe (A)
Hild, Matthias Dwivedy, Avin Raj, Akash
QA-0627 | Published May 19, 2004 | 9 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
In the spring of 2000, nine Western European governments were preparing for the sale of licenses that would allow private operators of 3G networks to use certain blocks in the spectrum of radio freque... Read More
The Biggest Auction Ever: 3G Licensing in Western Europe (B)
Hild, Matthias Dwivedy, Avin Raj, Akash
QA-0628 | Published May 19, 2004 | 2 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
This case serves as a follow-up to the A case (UVA-QA-0627), revealing the outcomes of 3G licensing in nine Western European countries. Read More
The Google IPO
QA-0626 | Published May 18, 2004 Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
In the spring of 2004, Google was one of the most-talked-about IPO ideas since Netscape had gone public in 1995. Bullish investors believed Google could set off a string of successful IPOs following a... Read More
Progressive Insurance War Game
Farris, Paul W. Pfeifer, Phillip E. Hild, Matthias
QA-0680 | Published February 09, 2004 | 7 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
This case invites teams to prepare for a business war game to explore aspects of the competitive dynamics in the auto insurance market. In particular, the case offers opportunities to discuss segmenta... Read More
Deutsche Lufthansa AG: A Competitive History
QA-0619 | Published January 05, 2004 | 3 pages Technical Note
Collection: Darden School of Business
This note describes the competitive practices of Deutsche Lufthansa AG, the largest player in the German airline market, in response to challenges to its quasi monopoly on domestic routes. Starting in... Read More
Germania Fluggesellschaft mbH (A)
QA-0620 | Published January 05, 2004 | 14 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
Students conduct game-theoretic analyses as they examine the situation of Germania Fluggesellschaft MBH at the launch of its first scheduled flight service on the Frankfurt-Berlin route in the fall of... Read More
Germania Fluggesellschaft mbH (B)
QA-0621 | Published January 05, 2004 | 2 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
This case accompanies the A case (UVA-QA-0620), and contains a ready-made estimation of the competitors' payoff matrices. Read More