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Tucker, Charles
Optimizing Academic Articles: A Practical Guide for Managers
Chen, Ming-Jer Hovick, Michael Tucker, Charles
S-0328 | Published April 27, 2020 | 5 pages Technical Note
Collection: Darden School of Business
Articles published in academic journals are rich in research that can be invaluable for business management, operations, and strategy. But managers often consider the publications to be too theoretica... Read More
Culture-Strategy-Execution "Oneness": A How-To Guide
Chen, Ming-Jer Chan, Yi Ping Tucker, Charles
S-0305 | Published October 30, 2018 | 7 pages Technical Note
Collection: Darden School of Business
The culture-strategy-execution framework, known as the Trio Model, offers organizations a powerful, adaptive approach to navigating today's complicated global issues. By considering culture as an inte... Read More
"Why Should I Care?"
Chen, Ming-Jer Tucker, Charles
S-0301 | Published May 23, 2018 | 3 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
A scholar in the area of organizational behavior has just learned that her paper on gender diversity has been accepted by a top management journal. She is looking forward to today's class because her ... Read More
Becoming Ambicultural: A Guide for Managers and Organizations
Chen, Ming-Jer Tucker, Charles
S-0253 | Published October 15, 2015 | 8 pages Technical Note
Collection: Darden School of Business
Ambicultural organizations and executives go a step beyond simply embracing different thoughts and behaviors—they transcend divisions to integrate such "opposites" as competition and cooperation, East... Read More
The Power of One: The Strategy Diamond Framework
Chen, Ming-Jer Tucker, Charles
S-0237 | Published February 07, 2014 | 11 pages Technical Note
Collection: Darden School of Business
The diamond framework can be used to develop strategies in multibusiness enterprises at all organizational levels and across markets or products. This note demonstrates how the framework yields insigh... Read More
New River Apparel: Trot or Gallop?
Fairchild, Gregory B. Tucker, Charles
ENT-0194 | Published April 05, 2012 | 6 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
Marjorie Burnett, who runs a clothing outlet with lagging revenues in Tennessee, is considering taking a gamble on starting a new business. She has to decide whether expansion—offering even more produ... Read More
The Power of One
Chen, Ming-Jer Tucker, Charles
S-0204 | Published March 23, 2012 | 2 pages Technical Note
Collection: Darden School of Business
Each of us possesses an inner force that enables us to be optimally effective in all aspects of life. The power of one is much more than an abstraction that animates our actions. It has practical appl... Read More
Quail Cove Farms (A): One Night and a Big Decision
Fairchild, Gregory B. Tucker, Charles
ENT-0168 | Published February 17, 2012 | 4 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
Nearly every dollar Bill and Elaine Jardine had earned over the previous decade had been invested in their farm and warehouse. They had spent more than $150,000 in land and equipment. And they had sun... Read More
Quail Cove Farms (B): Catching the Organics Wave
Fairchild, Gregory B. Tucker, Charles
ENT-0169 | Published February 17, 2012 | 6 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
This case continues the story of Bill and Elaine Jardine from "Quail Cove Farms (A): One Night and a Big Decision." The Jardines, having moved into distribution, now face two decisions. First, they ... Read More
BandyWorks (A): Founding a New Business (Guided by the Past)
Fairchild, Gregory B. Tucker, Charles
ENT-0173 | Published February 01, 2012 | 6 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
Now in his mid-40s, Tom Bandy was not a novice entrepreneur. He was a veteran of the IT revolution two decades earlier. He had started a company after college that successfully exploited a market nich... Read More