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Ovchinnikov, Anton S.
Autonomous Vehicles Alliance Game
Ovchinnikov, Anton S. Shipilov, Andrew
QA-0923 | Published March 16, 2021 | 1 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
This three-stage simulation game exposes participants to dilemmas of collective value creation and individual value capture in alliances. In pairs, the participants decide whether to collaborate with ... Read More
Autonomous Vehicles Alliance Game (RUSSIAN)
Ovchinnikov, Anton S. Shipilov, Andrew
QA-0924 | Published March 16, 2021 | 1 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
This is a Russian translation of the March 16, 2021 version of UVA-QA-0923. UVA-QA-0923H2 is only available in English. This three-stage simulation game exposes participants to dilemmas of collectiv... Read More
Ethics and AI: The 2020 International Baccalaureate Grading Scandal
QA-0919 | Published November 16, 2020 | 12 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
The world’s first truly global AI crisis came at a time when no one expected. In the summer of 2020, after college exams were cancelled due to COVID-19 restrictions, tens of thousands of students rece... Read More
Private Banking Advisers at BCB Edmonton (B): Visualizing the Business
QA-0906 | Published December 10, 2018 | 4 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
A bank manager is thinking about how to manage the new private banking advisers (PBA) practice in her region. For that she needs to determine how many PBAs she needs, where they should be located, and... Read More
Private Banking Advisers at BCB Edmonton (C): Calculating Travel Times
QA-0907 | Published December 10, 2018 | 5 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
A bank manager is thinking about how to manage the new private banking advisers (PBA) practice in her region. For that she needs to determine how many PBAs she needs, where they should be located, and... Read More
Private Banking Advisers at BCB Edmonton (A)
QA-0905 | Published December 10, 2018 | 5 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
A bank manager is thinking about how to manage the new private banking advisers (PBA) practice in her region. For that she needs to determine how many PBAs she needs, where they should be located, and... Read More
Retention Modeling at Scholastic Travel Company (A)
QA-0864 | Published November 17, 2017 | 7 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
This case, along with its B case (UVA-QA-0865), is an effective vehicle for introducing students to the use of machine-learning techniques for classification. The specific context is predicting custom... Read More
Retention Modeling at Scholastic Travel Company (B)
QA-0865 | Published November 17, 2017 | 2 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
This case, along with its A case (UVA-QA-0864), is an effective vehicle for introducing students to the use of machine learning techniques for classification. The specific context is predicting custom... Read More
Outsourcing, Near-sourcing, and Supply Chain Flexibility in the Apparel Industry (A)
Ovchinnikov, Anton S. Pyshkov, Alexander
QA-0854 | Published October 14, 2016 | 5 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
Timm Veizenburg is an entrepreneur who is reviving his family’s tradition of dress-shirt making. He realizes that an issue that initially looked like a markdown management problem may, in fact, be roo... Read More
Outsourcing, Near-sourcing, and Supply Chain Flexibility in the Apparel Industry (B)
Ovchinnikov, Anton S. Pyshkov, Alexander
QA-0855 | Published October 14, 2016 | 2 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
Timm Veizenburg is an entrepreneur who is reviving his family’s tradition of dress-shirt making. He realizes that an issue that initially looked like a markdown management problem may, in fact, be roo... Read More
Chevy Volt: Pricing and Capacity Decisions in Response to Government Incentives for the Electric Vehicle Industry
Raz, Gal Ovchinnikov, Anton S. Elias, Allison
OM-1519 | Published August 15, 2014 | 16 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
At the end of 2013, executives from General Motors (GM) must make decisions about what production capacity and price to allocate to the Chevrolet Volt electric vehicle considering the costs of supply ... Read More
Predicting Customer Churn at QWE Inc.
QA-0806 | Published June 26, 2013 | 4 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
This case exposes students to predictive analytics as applied to discrete events with logistic regression. The VP of customer services for a successful start-up wants to proactively identify customers... Read More
2013 Global Warming “Plateau” Revisited (A)
QA-0808 | Published June 26, 2013 | 2 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
A curious phenomenon was observed in 2013: despite global warming predictions, the average temperatures had not risen for about a decade. This A exercise presents two sets of the most reputable source... Read More
2013 Global Warming “Plateau” Revisited (B)
QA-0809 | Published June 26, 2013 | 4 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
A curious phenomenon was observed in 2013: despite global warming predictions, the average temperatures had not risen for about a decade. In this set of two exercises, the A exercise presents two sets... Read More
Wells Fargo: Solar Energy for Los Angeles Branches (A)
Ovchinnikov, Anton S. Hvaleva, Anastasiya
QA-0800 | Published October 22, 2012 | 6 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
In the first case of a two-part series, a strategic finance manager at Wells Fargo with experience installing solar panel systems on bank branches crunches the numbers for a similar project in the Los... Read More
Wells Fargo: Solar Energy for Los Angeles Branches (B)
Ovchinnikov, Anton S. Hvaleva, Anastasiya
QA-0801 | Published October 22, 2012 | 3 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
In this second part of a two-part case, the finance manager learns that the incentive program for the financing of solar energy installation has been adjusted to incorporate a tiered structure. Read More
Nils Baker
Ovchinnikov, Anton S. Pfeifer, Phillip E. Call, Nathan
QA-0793 | Published August 07, 2012 | 3 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
This very short and seemingly straightforward case is an efficient vehicle for exploring the nuances of hypothesis testing via regression modeling and t-tests in the context of an MBA or advanced unde... Read More
Using Binary Variables to Represent Logical Conditions in Optimization Models
QA-0786 | Published April 11, 2012 | 5 pages Technical Note
Collection: Darden School of Business
Logical conditions that link different elements of a business decision are very common in managerial practice. For example, a firm can ship only to and from warehouses that are open; patients needing ... Read More
Modeling Discrete Choice: Categorical Dependent Variables, Logistic Regression, and Maximum Likelihood Estimation
QA-0779 | Published November 07, 2011 | 9 pages Technical Note
Collection: Darden School of Business
This technical note introduces business students to the concepts of modeling discrete choice (e.g., a consumer purchasing brand A versus brand B) using logistic regression and maximum-likelihood estim... Read More
Spreadsheet Modeling Exercises
Pfeifer, Phillip E. Ovchinnikov, Anton S.
QA-0775 | Published September 15, 2011 | 14 pages Exercise
Collection: Darden School of Business
These exercises, designed for use in a spreadsheet modeling pre-matriculation course, provide a baseline education in spreadsheet modeling and Microsoft Excel to incoming MBA students who have not had... Read More
The IQ Experiment
Pfeifer, Phillip E. Ovchinnikov, Anton S.
QA-0770 | Published August 31, 2011 | 2 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
This case describes an IQ experiment in which 66 students, under the direction of their professor, used Excel to generate simulated IQs. The instructions were such that the generated IQs should have c... Read More
R&D Project Selection at NorthBancTec Inc.
QA-0762 | Published February 24, 2011 | 2 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
Suitable as an assignment or as an exam case, this short case is effective in illustrating the use of linear and integer programming in an assignment problem, wrapped around R&D project selection in a... Read More
Bloomex.ca Logistics Optimization
QA-0760 | Published January 19, 2011 | 2 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
A Canadian online floral delivery company considers whether to source more flowers from its existing growing locations and which of those would be optimal given its current market. What would be the a... Read More
FLORA (B): National
Bodily, Samuel E. Ovchinnikov, Anton S.
QA-0755 | Published October 04, 2010 | 5 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
In this, the second of a two-case decision analysis series, an entrepreneur must decide whether there are additional benefits from operating in more than one U.S. city. He explores the business model ... Read More
FLORA (A)
Bodily, Samuel E. Ovchinnikov, Anton S.
QA-0754 | Published October 01, 2010 | 5 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
This case was awarded first place in the INFORMS 2011 case competition. A seasoned Internet retailing entrepreneur considers starting a national floral delivery service to compete with the major U.S. ... Read More
C-Energy's Red Hill Plant: Meeting the SO2 Challenge
QA-0726 | Published December 31, 2008 | 8 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
This case is suitable for graduate-level quantitative analysis, business and government, environment and sustainability, and global economics courses. Students must consider the tradeoffs between cont... Read More
Crawford Development Co. and Southeast Bank of Texas
Ovchinnikov, Anton S. Loutskina, Elena
QA-0727 | Published December 14, 2007 | 10 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
In the early months of the 2007–08 financial crises, a loan manager faces a real estate financing decision. Should he approve a bullet structure three-year loan to a longstanding client, a legendary T... Read More
Timeshare Exchange Fair (A)
Ovchinnikov, Anton S. Sampson, Scott E. Krass, Dmitry
QA-0709 | Published September 25, 2007 | 11 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
This award-winning case series examines how optimization-based decision-making leads to a new business design for a timeshare exchange: an exchange fair. Students model a complex managerial problem as... Read More
Timeshare Exchange Fair (B)
Ovchinnikov, Anton S. Sampson, Scott E. Krass, Dmitry
QA-0710 | Published September 25, 2007 | 1 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
This case provides an extension of the A case (UVA-QA-0709) by including two types of owners' requests that were omitted in the A case for simplicity. Solving it requires knowledge of integer programm... Read More