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Target Corporation
F-1563 | Published November 17, 2008 | 19 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
Students are in the role of Target Corporation's CFO considering the pros and cons of a variety of capital-investment proposals. The CFO is preparing his thoughts prior to a meeting of the Capital Exp... Read More
California Pizza Kitchen
F-1553 | Published September 02, 2008 | 16 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
This case examines the question of financial leverage at California Pizza Kitchen (CPK) in July 2007. With a highly profitable business and an aversion to debt, CPK management is considering a debt-fi... Read More
Alliance Concrete: Just One More Thing
F-1535 | Published July 09, 2007 | 5 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
After having negotiated major financial and operating decisions with its parent company, the CFO of this small ready-mix concrete subsidiary is asked to provide a valuation of the subsidiary. A one-ye... Read More
Grand Metropolitan PLC
F-1019 | Published December 14, 1992 | 23 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
In April 1992, this multinational consumer foods and beverages company is the focus of takeover rumors, which have prompted an assessment of the firm's returns. The student must choose among the princ... Read More
Adam Burke and PBM Plastics: Message in a Bottle
OM-1491 | Published February 14, 2013 | 13 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
This case is used in Darden's EMBA and Global EMBA programs. It works well in courses dealing with turnaround specialists or change management. With a cross-disciplinary perspective, this field-based... Read More
Ferrari: The 2015 Initial Public Offering
F-1775 | Published January 11, 2017 | 20 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
This case examines the October 2015 initial public offering pricing decision for legendary Italian sports car company Ferrari by Fiat Chrysler management. Students are invited to model the value of F... Read More
Defining Moments: Taken Advantage Of
OB-1299 | Published October 30, 2019 | 2 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
Karen Miner is a partner at a management consulting firm, and she is becoming increasingly resentful of another partner who consistently prioritizes their family life, while letting others pick up the... Read More
Brown-Forman Distillers Corporation
F-0541 | Published March 28, 1983 | 16 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
Brown-Forman Distillers Corporation (BFD) president faces important acquisition decision as Southern Comfort Corporation approaches him to buy their company. BFD's president must evaluate the feasibil... Read More
Clarence Hall University and the Donation
E-0382 | Published September 24, 2012 | 9 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
Annalisa McGann, chair of London's prestigious Clarence Hall University, together with the university's board, must make a decision about whether to return a large monetary donation from the Natour Ch... Read More
Defining Moments: Pay Scales
OB-1215 | Published June 22, 2018 | 1 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
The only female senior partner at a boutique management consulting firm has found out that she is paid less than half of what male partners were making who were younger, less experienced, and contribu... 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
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
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
Defining Moments: MBA Hackers
OB-1275 | Published December 18, 2018 | 2 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
The dean of a prominent business school has learned that the system that his—and many other—business schools use to help select and notify MBA students has been hacked. The hacker posted instructions ... Read More
High Point Aviation: Operating Breakevens
C-2329 | Published October 10, 2011 Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
A couple wants to start a small flight charter company to serve the mining, oil, scientific, and wilderness adventure clients of northern Canada but worry that their thin financial base necessitates a... Read More
Policy Responses to Modern Economic Crises
GEM-0182 | Published September 23, 2020 | 17 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
In March 2020, Jay Powell, Federal Reserve (Fed) chairperson, faced a daunting prospect that only a few months prior seemed like a remote possibility: massive expansion of the Fed’s balance sheet. Ove... Read More
Horniman Horticulture
F-1512 | Published August 18, 2006 | 4 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
This case captures the cash-flow and working-capital management problems typical of small, growing businesses. At the end of 2015, Bob and Maggie Brown have completed their third year of operating Hor... Read More
DuPont Corporation: Sale of Performance Coatings
F-1709 | Published February 07, 2014 | 20 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
In January 2012, Ellen Kullman, CEO and chairman of DuPont, must decide whether to retain or sell the company’s Performance Coatings (DPC) division. This is an introductory case on valuing a leveraged... Read More
Nike, Inc.: Cost of Capital
F-1353 | Published October 10, 2001 | 8 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
On July 5, 2001, Kimi Ford, a portfolio manager at NorthPoint Group, a mutual-fund management firm, pored over analyst write-ups of Nike, Inc., the athletic-shoe manufacturer. Nike's share price had d... Read More
Warren E. Buffett, 2015
F-1769 | Published February 01, 2017 | 20 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
This case was designed as an introduction to a finance course or a module on capital markets. Alternatively, it could be used as a basic introduction to methods of valuing a firm. A detailed teaching ... 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
Bayern Brauerei
F-1027 | Published February 19, 1993 | 13 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
A new director of this small brewery must prepare to vote on three issues coming before the board of directors the next day: (1) approval of the financial plan for 1993, (2) quarterly dividend declara... Read More
Donaldson, Lufkin & Jenrette, 1995 (B)
F-1146 | Published July 09, 1996 | 18 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
The B case (see also the A case, F-1145) describes the plan of the Equitable Companies to sell a 20 percent interest in Donaldson, Lufkin & Jenrette (DLJ) via an equity carve-out in an initial public ... Read More
Zauner Ornaments
C-2181 | Published August 12, 2003 | 9 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
The primary purpose of this case is to provide students with an opportunity to practice the implementation of a simple activity-based costing (ABC) system. In doing so, students are asked to review se... Read More
Alliance Concrete
F-1527 | Published May 02, 2007 | 7 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
While preparing a financial forecast, the newly promoted CFO of a small and profitable but financially constrained ready-mix concrete company must choose between renegotiating debt obligations, postpo... Read More
Diamond Chemicals PLC (A): The Merseyside Project
F-1351 | Published October 10, 2001 | 7 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
These two cases consider the capital investment decisions to be made by executives of this large chemicals firm in January 2001. This A case presents a go/no-go project evaluation regarding improvemen... Read More
Chipotle: Capital Structure Decision
F-1964 | Published September 17, 2020 | 23 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
In early 2019, the executive leadership of Chipotle Mexican Grill, Inc. (Chipotle), gathered to discuss the company’s 2018 performance and align the company's capital structure policy and its growth a... Read More
The Financial Detective, 2016
F-1763 | Published October 12, 2016 | 4 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
This is an updated version of "The Financial Detective, 2005" (UVA-F-1486). The case presents the student with financial ratios for eight pairs of unidentified companies and asks them to mate the desc... Read More
Japan's Economics: Abenomics from the Front and Rearview Mirrors
GEM-0150 | Published October 17, 2017 | 15 Pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
When Kazuo Ueda took the reins as governor of the Bank of Japan (BOJ) in April 2023, he signaled that he would continue the ultra-loose monetary policy that had characterized Japan’s central bank for ... 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
Larry Puglia and the T. Rowe Price Blue Chip Growth Fund
F-1772 | Published June 12, 2017 | 20 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
Set in late 2016, this case recounts the remarkable performance record of Blue Chip Growth Fund (BCGF), a mutual fund managed by Larry Puglia at T. Rowe Price, Inc. The case describes the investment s... 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
Flinder Valves and Controls Inc.
F-1573 | Published November 17, 2008 | 14 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
Set in May 2008, this case reflects the separate perspectives of chief executive officers Tom Eliot and Bill Flinder as they approach the negotiations of RSE International Corporation to acquire Flind... 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
The Craddock Cup
C-2182 | Published August 12, 2003 | 6 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
This case has three main purposes: (1) to illustrate the importance of understanding cost behaviors in calculating the contribution of the Craddock Cup youth soccer tournament to decide whether to con... 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
Cutting through the Fog: Finding a Future with Fintech
F-1767 | Published December 12, 2016 | 25 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
The case examines the scope, history, and scale of the fintech industry, while also defining what fintech may be?and what it is not. The protagonist, management consultant Carolina Costa, is tasked t... 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
Rosetta Stone: Pricing the 2009 IPO
F-1613 | Published December 21, 2009 | 21 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
This case examines the April 2009 decision of Rosetta Stone management to price the initial public offering of Rosetta Stone stock during one of the most difficult periods in capital-raising history. ... Read More
Ben & Jerry's Homemade, Inc. (A): Acquisition Suitors at the Door
E-0225 | Published March 13, 2001 | 21 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
Ben Cohen and Jerry Greenfield were best friends and socially conscious entrepreneurs when they founded Ben & Jerry's Homemade in the 1970s in Burlington, Vermont. The company was well-known for being... Read More
Ways of Thinking About Our Values in the Workplace
OB-1126 | Published March 01, 2010 | 24 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. This case is about... Read More
Finance Caselets: An Ethical Perspective
E-0472 | Published February 16, 2021 | 11 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
These fictional caselets, some of which are based on lived experience, present dilemmas and ethical issues in the financial field. The situations include an investment-banking firm executive deciding ... Read More
United Technologies Corporation: Supplier Development Initiative
M-0646 | Published July 19, 2000 | 14 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
In mid-2000, United Technologies Corporation (UTC) was two years into a supplier development integration program. The major focus of this initiative was to strengthen relationships with "key" supplier... Read More
Fonderia del Piemonte S.p.A.
F-1764 | Published October 21, 2016 | 3 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
The managing director of this specialty foundry must decide whether to approve a major investment to automate part of her plant's production process. The case presents information sufficient to build ... Read More
Exercise: A Tale of Two Stories
OB-1109 | Published March 30, 2010 | 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. This case is a fou... Read More
Worldwide Paper Company
F-1372 | Published January 31, 2002 | 3 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
This case is based on an actual investment decision made by a major paper-products company, and is primarily designed to be a straightforward exercise in assessing cash flows, cost of capital, and net... Read More
Innovation at Bat: The Savannah Bananas
ENT-0242 | Published September 25, 2025 | 13 Pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
In early 2024, the Savannah Bananas were more popular than ever. The team provided an innovative mix of baseball and entertainment—with everything from dancing base coaches to a batter on stilts—that ... Read More
Strictly Business: Janice Greer’s Leadership Challenge in Japan
S-0385 | Published July 25, 2022 | 4 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
Janice Greer works for NVX Pharmaceuticals, a US firm with increasing global operations. Not long after Greer’s promotion to country head for Japan, their boss suggests that widespread layoffs will be... Read More
The Independent Director’s Challenge (A)
OB-1125 | Published February 28, 2010 | 3 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. Giving Voice to V... Read More
Taking a Mexican Company Global—The CEMEX Way
S-0194 | Published December 05, 2011 | 27 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
Suitable for MBA, Executive MBA, GEMBA, and executive education programs, this case uses CEMEX, a global cement producer based in Mexico, to set the stage for unfolding an analysis of a growth through... Read More
Marlow Construction (A): Dan Marlow, Founder and President
OB-1282 | Published June 06, 2019 | 1 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
This case represents an amalgam of commonly reported experiences people have when interacting with others from different social class backgrounds and positions of power. The A case takes the perspecti... Read More
A Personal Struggle with the Definition of Success
OB-1103 | Published February 28, 2010 | 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. The author discus... Read More
Apple Inc.: An Application of Financial Analysis, 2003–2018
C-2420 | Published December 21, 2018 | 11 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
Since its launch out of a garage in 1976, Apple Inc. had transformed from a computer-manufacturing company to the undisputed leader in diversified consumer electronics and media. Unparalleled financia... Read More
Wal-Mart China: Tian Tian Pingjia
OM-1472 | Published April 25, 2012 | 18 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
Having taken stock of where the division was, Scott Price, Wal-Mart China's interim CEO, wanted to lay the groundwork to be able to hand over the reins to the new CEO with an idea of where it was head... Read More
Ben & Jerry's Homemade
F-1364 | Published September 13, 2001 | 14 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
This case examines issues of asset control for Ben & Jerry's Homemade, Inc., in light of the outstanding takeover offers by Chartwell Investments, Dreyer's Grand, Unilever, and Meadowbrook Lane Capita... Read More
Cold Opportunity (A): The Nils Bergqvist Story
ENT-0119 | Published July 30, 2009 | 3 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
Suitable for MBA and executive learners, this case series presents a narrative that prompts students to discuss entrepreneurial thinking. An entrepreneur who loves his native Swedish Lapland uses his ... Read More
No "I" in TEAM (A)
OB-1159 | Published February 28, 2010 | 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. On the eve of a g... Read More
Bellaire Clinical Labs, Inc. (A)
C-2178 | Published July 23, 2004 | 6 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
This case exposes students to the process of creating an operating plan. In addition, it introduces the concept of flexible expense budgeting. It may be used as a stand-alone case on budgeting, or it ... 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
Marlow Construction (B): Robby Gomez
OB-1283 | Published June 06, 2019 | 1 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
This case represents an amalgam of commonly reported experiences people have when interacting with others from different social class backgrounds and positions of power. The A case takes the perspecti... 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
An Action Framework for Giving Voice to Values: The To-Do List
OB-1110 | Published February 28, 2010 | 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. Giving Voice to Va... Read More
Guna Fibres, Ltd.
F-1687 | Published February 04, 2013 | 11 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
The chief executive of a small yarn-production company in India must resolve an unexpected cash shortage. The task for the student is to evaluate the causes of this shortage (using a completed “base-c... Read More
Mars, Incorporated
F-1612 | Published March 24, 2010 | 22 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
Recommended for MBAs, this case is one of a pair of cases used in a merger negotiation exercise. It is designed to be used with "Wm. Wrigley Jr. Company" (UVA-F-1607), but it can also be used on its o... Read More
The Financial Cockpit: Three Levers and One Flight Plan
C-2313 | Published July 29, 2010 | 5 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
This case focuses on the use and interpretation of the DuPont model financial ratios, in particular the following four: return on sales, asset turnover, financial leverage, and return on equity. Stude... Read More
North Mountain Nursery, Inc.: Statement of Cash Flow
C-2259 | Published June 12, 2007 | 3 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
After interviewing for the position of chief financial officer at a small business, North Mountain Nursery, John Powers decides to look at its financial statements for 2006. Discovering that there is ... Read More
Cougars Cub Club: Burger Bell
QA-0662 | Published July 22, 2005 | 7 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
Burger Bell is in the midst of discussions regarding the sponsorship by Burger Bell of the Cougars Cub Club. Negotiations are nearly complete, but eight issues remain before the contract can be signed... Read More
The Real Cost of Paying Bribes (A)
OB-1190 | Published February 28, 2010 | 6 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. An education serv... Read More
Wm. Wrigley Jr. Company
F-1607 | Published March 24, 2010 | 23 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
Recommended for MBAs, this case is one of a pair of cases used in a merger negotiation exercise. It is designed to be used with "Mars, Incorporated" (UVA-F-1612), but it can also be used on its own. H... Read More
Lisa Walker in Saudi Arabia
E-0435 | Published April 13, 2020 | 2 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
Lisa Walker, a Wharton MBA graduate, was assigned to work in Saudi Arabia as part of her position at JPMorgan Chase. Walker has some trepidation, given Saudi Arabia's posture toward women. Initially, ... Read More
Lisa Baxter: Developing a Voice
OB-1114 | Published February 28, 2010 | 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. This multi-part c... Read More
Cougars Cub Club: Charlotte Cougars
QA-0661 | Published July 22, 2005 | 7 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
The Charlotte Cougars are in the midst of discussions regarding the sponsorship by Burger Bell of the Cougars Cub Club. Negotiations are nearly complete, but eight issues remain before the contract ca... Read More
The Walt Disney Company: Mickey Mouse Visits Shanghai
OM-1545 | Published February 10, 2016 | 11 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
The strategic and tactical problems of managing the operations function in a service environment can be examined through the context of the Walt Disney Company (DIS) opening Shanghai Disneyland. The c... Read More
Sullair: Redefining Its Channel of Distribution
M-0772 | Published April 21, 2009 | 16 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
This case examines the interplay between Sullair, an air compressor manufacturer, and its channel of distribution. Unlike the two market leaders, Sullair has chosen not to compete with its distributor... Read More
Bidding For Hertz: Leveraged Buyout
F-1560 | Published February 17, 2008 | 19 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
This case and its companion, UVA-F-1561, were awarded the 2012 Wachovia Award for Excellence in Teaching Materials - Innovative Case. In August 2005, The Carlyle Group and its partners (Clayton, Dubil... Read More
The Global Software Team: Jugaad Needed
OB-1054 | Published June 23, 2014 | 3 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
The Global Networks Company (GNC), headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts, made its global footprint in India in 1994 by establishing a presence in Bangalore. Although mainly a sales support office, G... Read More
The New Associate
OB-1158 | Published February 28, 2010 | 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. A senior-level ac... Read More
Starbucks Corporation (A)
S-0175 | Published October 13, 2010 | 19 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
The issue in this case is whether it is realistic for Starbucks to continue to be a high-growth company. Questions raised are whether all growth is good; whether bigger is always better; whether busin... Read More
H. J. Heinz: Estimating the Cost of Capital in Uncertain Times (RUSSIAN)
F-1943 | Published November 08, 2017 | 8 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
This is a Russian translation of the January 6, 2016, version of UVA-F-1634. Given recent changes in market conditions and ongoing market uncertainty, an internal financial analyst at Heinz must estim... Read More
Deluxe Corporation
F-1492 | Published December 08, 2005 | 20 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
In July 2002, an investment banker advising Deluxe Corporation must prepare recommendations to the company's board of directors regarding the firm's financial policy. Special considerations are the mi... Read More
Odyssey: The Life and Career of a Senior Consultant
OB-0788 | Published September 22, 2003 | 10 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
Whoosh, is that all there is? On the eve of becoming a partner at a well-known consulting firm ("the stuff MBA dreams are made of"), a senior executive starts to question what he is doing with his lif... Read More
John Wolford (A)
OB-0167 | Published April 03, 1981 | 8 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
When a former middle manager of a technology manufacturing company becomes a general manager, he finds his new role more stressful. There are complaints from sales reps about delayed shipments to cust... Read More
American Greetings
F-1693 | Published March 28, 2013 | 14 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
This case is used in Darden's FY Finance course, but it would be appropriate in any course introducing firm valuation. The case examines the 2012 decision by American Greetings (AG) to repurchase shar... Read More
Goodio Supply Chain: A Chocolatey Future?
OM-1613 | Published January 17, 2019 | 12 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
This case uses the experiences of a Finnish craft chocolate company to analyze the impact of supply chain transparency on suppliers and consumers. The case discusses the rationale behind entrepreneur ... Read More
The Garden Place
C-2150 | Published April 12, 2000 | 3 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
Revised version of UVA-C-0736. This case uses projected transactions for the first day and first year of a start-up business as a basis for preparing journal entries, T-accounts, and projected financ... Read More
The Timken Company
F-1472 | Published July 28, 2005 | 16 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
The acquisition of Torrington, Inc., from Ingersoll-Rand, Inc., required a strategy that met both the investment and financing objectives of the Timken Company. The case provides an excellent example ... Read More
Just a Sandwich? Chick-Fil-A and the Intersection of Mission, Religion, and Business Practice
E-0423 | Published November 27, 2018 | 2 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
Chick-fil-A company heir and then-COO Dan Cathy caused a media uproar when, in a 2012 interview, he emphasized the company's outspoken support of "traditional" family values. Detractors decried what ... Read More
International Speedway Corporation
C-2222 | Published January 03, 2004 | 17 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
International Speedway Corporation was diversified across the racing industry. The company owned and operated (1) Motor Racing Network, Inc. (MRN Radio) the nation's largest independent sports radio n... Read More
Impact Makers (A): The Newman's Own of Management Consulting
F-1797 | Published June 30, 2017 | 25 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
This case requires students to evaluate alternative dual-share-class corporate structures that allow companies and entrepreneurs to pursue profit with purpose. The case explores Impact Makers, an IT c... Read More
Ben & Jerry's and Unilever: The Bohemian and the Behemoth
BP-0471 | Published January 30, 2004 | 11 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
Ben & Jerry/Unilever raises the issues of (1) how to bring a nonbusiness culture (B&J) into a corporate culture (Unilever) while preserving the value acquired; (2) how to manage a recently acquired su... Read More
Sold—to the Highest Bidder in Japan: Operational Challenges and Culture
OB-1064 | Published March 19, 2015 | 5 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
Most talented executives can recognize when an acquisition has strategic or financial benefits, and in this case, the decision to be acquired was an appropriate exit strategy for a successful start-up... Read More
Correcting Sight and Accounting at LCA-Vision Inc.
C-2413 | Published July 16, 2018 | 11 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
This case provides students with an opportunity to decide how to respond to an SEC inquiry and how to communicate adverse news. It does so in the context of accounting for separately priced extended w... Read More
James Bowman and Coopertree Capital in China
E-0370 | Published January 17, 2012 | 4 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
James Bowman, a founding partner of a New York private equity fund manager has traveled to China to meet with a China Power Investment Corporation manager in the hope of cultivating a business relatio... Read More
CalPERS Absolute Return Strategies: Hedge Fund Risk and Return
F-1735 | Published June 29, 2015 | 19 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
This case is suitable for students in both undergraduate and MBA-level investments courses. With an estimated $3 trillion in assets under management, hedge funds have become an important component of ... Read More
The Business Valuation (A)
OB-1407 | Published September 01, 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. Isabel is a you... 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
Iskall Arno, Inc. (Abridged)
F-0814 | Published March 28, 1991 | 37 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
This case condenses "Iskall Arno (A) and (B)" (F-0780 and F-0781) for teaching in one class period. The senior managers of this company are reviewing 12 capital-expenditure proposals and because of a ... Read More
Jackie Woods (A)
BP-0330 | Published August 19, 1993 | 14 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
In this two-part case series, Jackie Woods and her family are planning a trip to Europe when she is appointed to a key task force at Ameritech. Her colleagues are canceling their vacations to particip... Read More
Rhonda Delgado and the Compromised CEO (A)
OB-1168 | Published February 28, 2010 | 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. In this case, the ... Read More
SmartOps Corporation: Forging Smart Alliances?
M-0797 | Published March 18, 2011 | 11 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
After creating a market for his "new to the world" product and a significant partnership with the German-based SAP, Sridhar Tayur had an opportunity to take the partnership with SAP to another level b... Read More
Wahoo Fitness: Segmentation and Data Insights
M-1025 | Published February 02, 2022 | 16 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
This field-based case describes Wahoo Fitness’s (Wahoo’s) data-collection process, focusing especially on the customer survey it used to gain insights into its current and potential customers. One mon... Read More
Defining Moments: Whom Should We Promote?
OB-1301 | Published December 12, 2019 | 2 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
A senior manager of marketing and sales at a large medical devices firm has convened his team to help him choose a new manager that will be capable of attracting new business and promoting overall rev... Read More
Facebook’s Acquisition of WhatsApp: The Rise of Intangibles (A)
C-2382 | Published November 09, 2016 | 15 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
One of Susan Shaw's interests is investing in the stock market. She has copied some pages of Facebook Inc.'s 2015, 2014, and 2013 financial statements, and the company sure seemed like an investment w... Read More
Advanced Laser Clinics (B)
OB-0887 | Published January 24, 2007 | 2 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
How do you tell one of your direct reports that she stinks? This case explores the dynamics behind having difficult conversations, and giving and receiving feedback. It is designed to illustrate the n... Read More
Roche Holding AG: Funding the Genentech Acquisition
F-1645 | Published March 22, 2011 | 16 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
This case examines the decision by the Swiss pharmaceutical Roche Holding AG (Roche) to offer a record $42 billion bond in February 2009. In light of a pending acquisition of US biotechnology leader G... Read More
JetBlue Airways IPO Valuation
F-1415 | Published August 20, 2003 | 19 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
This case examines the April 2002 decision of JetBlue management to price the initial public offering of JetBlue stock during one of the worst periods in airline history. The case outlines JetBlue's i... Read More
Giving Voice to Values: Brief Introduction
OB-1203 | Published February 28, 2010 | 5 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
This material 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. This material ... Read More
Danaher—The Making of a Conglomerate
BP-0549 | Published March 31, 2010 | 26 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
Prudential Equity Group had downgraded Danaher to underweight status, citing concerns over its inadequate organic growth. By March 2009, its CEO wondered how to keep growing a company that faced chang... Read More
The Oxcel Endowment and Socially Responsible Investing
F-1659 | Published September 06, 2011 | 6 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
College trustees are considering investing a portion of the endowment in a socially responsible investment fund. Recent market events and the poor performance of the endowment have caused the trustees... Read More
Baker Adhesives
F-1516 | Published January 25, 2007 | 5 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
A small adhesives company faces exchange rate risks as it makes its first foray into international sales. The receipt of payment from an unhedged foreign-currency-denominated past sale illustrates pot... 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
Jeff Salett: From the Top, Sort Of (A)
OB-1113 | Published February 28, 2010 | 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. Jeff Salett, poise... 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
Wachovia Bank & Trust Company, N.A. (B): Supplement
QA-0342 | Published April 05, 1989 | 4 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
This material is an explanation of a LOTUS worksheet built to implement exponential smoothing for the data in "Wachovia Bank and Trust Company N.A. (B)" (OM-0664).... Read More
Segmentation at Sticks Kebob Shop
M-0866 | Published March 07, 2014 | 10 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
This case is used in the Marketing Analytics elective at Darden. A Sticks executive team is interested in opening a second quick-service restaurant in Richmond, Virginia. But before doing so, the team... 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
Research Affiliates
F-1662 | Published January 20, 2012 | 22 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
Towers Watson (TW) has always conducted its own research into alternative approaches to market cap investing. A senior investment consultant with TW, impressed by a recent presentation by the CIO of R... Read More
Teva Pharmaceuticals: Pricing the 2016 Bond Offering (SPANISH)
F-2141 | Published February 09, 2026 | 19 Pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
This is a Spanish translation of the October 31, 2024 version of UVA-F-2028. This case examines the July 2016 decision by Israeli pharmaceutical Teva Pharmaceuticals Industries Limited (Teva) to raise... Read More
Dominion Resources: Cove Point
F-1740 | Published September 16, 2015 | 15 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
The treasurer for Dominion Resources Inc. (Dominion), a major U.S. diversified producer and distributor of energy, was heading to meet with the company’s investment bankers to discuss the impact of a ... 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
Activist Investors and Corporate Strategy
S-0458 | Published July 21, 2025 | 10 Pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
In the 2020s, the number of activist investor challenges rose significantly. Activist investors demanded a range of strategic changes at the companies they targeted, and they often attacked large, wel... Read More
Getting Rich on Crypto
QA-0897 | Published June 07, 2018 | 9 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
Dan Nickerson, a private wealth manager at a big firm, had just begun taking on his first set of clients when one of them asked his advice on whether he should add bitcoin to his investment portfolio.... Read More
The Battle for Value, 2016: FedEx Corp. versus United Parcel Service, Inc.
F-1773 | Published February 13, 2017 | 17 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
This case invites students to assess the financial performance of FedEx Corp. and United Parcel Service, Inc., two firms that have long competed for dominance in the overnight delivery industry. The c... Read More
Giving Voice to Values: Annotated Table of Contents
OB-1127 | Published February 28, 2010 | 38 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. GVV is an innovati... 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
Portland Trail Blazers
M-0773 | Published April 03, 2009 | 10 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
Designed to teach conjoint analysis, this case challenges students to make tactical decisions based on marketing research. It should be paired with the technical note "A Practical Guide to Conjoint An... Read More
Cutting-Edge Marketing Analytics: Cases and Technical Notes Bundle
M-0981 | Published October 08, 2019 | 220 Pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
Cutting-Edge Marketing Analytics: Cases and Technical Notes Bundle is a collection of the original cases and technical notes that inspired the successful first-edition book. Covering an array of pract... Read More
Gold as a Portfolio Diversifier: The World Gold Council and Investing in Gold
F-1675 | Published August 29, 2012 | 14 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
This case is taught in Darden's Investments elective but could be used in introductory Finance classes to explore the concept of diversification of investments or in a portfolio management course as a... 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
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
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
Chevy Volt: Pricing and Capacity Decisions in Response to Government Incentives for the Electric Vehicle Industry
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
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
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
Nuclear-Powered Aircraft Carrier Life-Cycle Cost Analysis
C-2282 | Published March 25, 2008 | 11 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
In 1996, to find ways to reduce operating costs as well as the costs of future acquisitions, the Navy began to assess various design concepts for a new class of aircraft carriers and to analyze life-c... Read More
AB InBev’s Dividend Decision
F-1907 | Published August 26, 2019 | 24 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
In 2018, AB InBev faced a difficult decision: whether to keep its $8 billion dividend program or cut dividends either partially or in full. This case facilitates a theoretical discussion and practical... Read More
Johnson Beverage, Inc.
C-2292 | Published February 03, 2009 Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
Jack Johnson, owner of Johnson Beverage, has just received notice that one of his largest and most loyal customers may want to negotiate a lower price for its product purchases. Information compiled b... Read More
Deutsche Bank Restart: Goodbye Goldman Sachs of Europe?
F-1934 | Published February 26, 2020 | 28 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
This public-sourced case describes the latest restructuring efforts by Deutsche Bank (DB) and gives a short history of prior restructuring efforts from the decade before. In July 2019, Christian Sewin... Read More
East Georgia Construction Company
QA-0664 | Published August 10, 1991 | 5 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
A construction company that serves a 20-county area of eastern Georgia (United States) has as its main source of revenue the manufacture and placement of asphaltic concrete used in road construction. ... Read More
Village Capital 3.0: Democratizing Entrepreneurship
F-1741 | Published January 26, 2017 | 17 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
Venture capital (VC) financing of social entrepreneurs in emerging markets is challenging, mainly because of excessive due diligence costs per unit of investment capital deployed and long harvesting p... Read More
Panera Bread Company
F-1575 | Published December 31, 2008 | 7 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
As 2007 drew to a close, Panera Bread Company faced a new challenge. To date, it had relied on retained earnings and minor equity infusions to finance operations. But a decline in margins would limit ... Read More
Krispy Kreme Doughnuts, Inc.
F-1479 | Published November 14, 2005 | 16 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
This case considers the sudden and very large drop in the market value of equity for Krispy Kreme Doughnuts, Inc., associated with a series of announcements in 2004. These announcements caused investo... Read More
Carded Graphics, LLC: Sheeter Replacement Decision
F-1606 | Published November 05, 2009 | 14 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
A growing folding carton company is contemplating the replacement of an old machine with a new one. The case challenge is to develop a cash flow forecast and determine the proper discount rate for the... Read More
Nelson Nurseries
F-1944 | Published March 27, 2020 | 4 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
This case captures the problems concerning cash flow and working-capital management typical of small, growing businesses. At the end of 2020, Roger and Christine Barton have completed their third year... 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
Lac Leman Festival de la Musique (A)
QA-0707 | Published September 11, 2007 | 4 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
The organizers of a music festival may use video from the Friday concert to create a DVD to sell to those who come to the Saturday concert. Attendance on Saturday is uncertain, as is the percentage of... Read More
Reasons and Rationalizations: An Exercise
OB-1119 | Published February 28, 2010 | 3 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. Giving Voice to V... Read More
Risk Exposure and Hedging
QA-0595 | Published September 10, 2002 | 11 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
The concept of exposure, or uncertainty that matters, is developed as the target of hedging. Then, how to hedge that exposure--in particular, how to use regression analysis to obtain a hedging ratio--... Read More
Starting Assumptions for Giving Voice to Values
OB-1108 | Published February 28, 2010 | 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. In this case, the... Read More
The Battle for Logan Airport: JetBlue Airways versus American Airlines
S-0229 | Published October 21, 2013 | 22 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
JetBlue Airways is only five days away from entering the Boston market by establishing a presence at Logan International Airport. The VP of strategy for JetBlue considers the range of potential compet... Read More
James R. Steiner
M-0419 | Published October 13, 1993 Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
A medical supplies sales representative discusses how to identify potential managers and what he considers to be an organization's responsibility for developing its people. This interview offers stude... Read More
Horizon Lines, Inc.
F-1668 | Published June 20, 2012 | 13 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
It is recommended that this case be taught either just before or just after another Chapter 11 case. Students must to decide whether Horizon Lines should seek Chapter 11 protection or attempt a volunt... Read More
Pricing the EpiPen: This is Going to Sting
M-0915 | Published September 02, 2016 | 8 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
This case examines the public controversy that erupted over the increasingly high price of EpiPens. Mylan Inc. (Mylan), a generic drug maker, bought the EpiPen product line from Merck in 2007. Since t... Read More
Have Text, Will Travel: Can Airbnb Use Review Text Data to Optimize Profits?
M-0897 | Published November 13, 2015 | 6 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
Hundreds of thousands of would-be hoteliers have been popping up all around the world, hoping to rent their own homes and apartments to complete strangers through a service called Airbnb. The goal of ... 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
Coke Puts Its Brand between a Rock and a Hard Place: Aligning Activism with Brand Purpose
M-1019 | Published September 03, 2021 | 17 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
This case presents The Coca-Cola Company’s (Coke’s) involvement in the controversial Georgia voting bills. It can be used to explore brand purpose and activation of purpose through activism. Presentin... Read More
Roku, Inc.: Initial Public Offering
F-1855 | Published August 07, 2019 | 19 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
In September 2017, a senior portfolio manager at Portland Capital Management had all her attention focused on the upcoming initial public offering (IPO) of Roku, Inc. The company had just updated its ... 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
World Wildlife Fund and The Coca-Cola Company: A Global Partnership for Freshwater Conservation
ENT-0204 | Published October 09, 2014 | 20 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
This case is used in Darden's "Economics of Water" course elective. Suzanne Apple, senior vice president of private sector engagement at World Wildlife Fund-United States (WWF), was preparing for an i... Read More
Lac Leman Festival de la Musique (B)
QA-0708 | Published September 11, 2007 | 2 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
The organizers of a music festival may use video from the Friday concert to create a DVD to sell to those who come to the Saturday concert. Attendance on Saturday is uncertain, as is the percentage of... Read More
Framing a Life Story: An Exercise
OB-1105 | Published February 15, 2010 | 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. Sometimes the hard... Read More
OutReach Networks: First Venture Round
F-1683 | Published October 31, 2012 | 6 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
OutReach Networks is taught in Darden's Entrepreneurial Finance and Private Equity elective. A teaching note for this case is available for instructors as well as an Excel files for student and instru... Read More
Building AI Capabilities: CFA Institute
M-1070 | Published June 11, 2025 | 3 Pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
This is the third of three short cases that profile how companies built their AI capabilities ("Building AI Capabilities: Yum! Brands," UVA-M-1068; "Building AI Capabilities: Flipkart," UVA-M-1069; an... Read More
The Wm. Wrigley Jr. Company: Capital Structure, Valuation, and Cost of Capital
F-1482 | Published November 15, 2005 | 11 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
In June 2002, a managing director of an "active investor" hedge fund is considering the possible gains from increasing the debt capitalization of The Wm. Wrigley Jr. Company. Wrigley has been conserva... 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
Scripts and Skills: Readings
OB-1120 | Published March 01, 2010 | 13 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. The approach to va... Read More
Giberson's Glass Studio
C-2205 | Published November 01, 2004 | 6 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
Edward Englehardt Giberson, the proprietor, is a skilled glassblower whose business is on the verge of bankruptcy. He works in his studio almost every day, and his products sell reasonably well. On av... 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
PepsiCo, Inc.: Cost of Capital
F-0981 | Published September 04, 1991 | 12 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
A Wall Street Journal article states, "At PepsiCo, Inc., cola was king, but it is quietly being dethroned." PepsiCo is composed of three lines of business: soft drinks, restaurants, and snack foods. U... Read More
ServerVault: "Reliable, Secure, and Wicked Fast"
F-1304 | Published October 27, 2000 | 11 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
In July 2000, two founders of this new web-hosting company are contemplating raising $5 million to $15 million in a second-round financing from venture capitalists. The task for the student is to fore... Read More
Sun Microsystems
F-1630 | Published December 06, 2010 | 22 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
This case is designed for use in Corporate Finance courses at the MBA level or in an advanced undergraduate Valuation class. The primary objective of this exercise is to introduce or reinforce valuati... Read More
Personal-Professional Profile
OB-1118 | Published February 28, 2010 | 7 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. This student surv... 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
Genzyme/Geltex Pharmaceuticals Joint Venture
F-1254 | Published April 20, 1999 | 12 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
In March 1997, an executive vice president of Genzyme Corporation must develop the terms by which the $518 billion (revenue) firm will form a joint venture with a small biotechnology firm to make and ... Read More
“Doing Bad to Do Good” (A)
OB-1146 | Published February 28, 2010 | 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. A consultant was a... Read More
Wendy's Chili: A Costing Conundrum
C-2206 | Published July 27, 2005 | 11 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
This case poses the seemingly simple and straightforward question, "How much does it cost Wendy's to make a bowl of chili?" Because most of the meat used in making chili comes from overcooked hamburge... Read More
Giving Voice to Values: A New Approach to Values-Driven Leadership
OB-1122 | Published March 01, 2010 | 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. This brief survey ... Read More
H. J. Heinz: Estimating the Cost of Capital in Uncertain Times
F-1634 | Published November 08, 2010 | 8 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
Given recent changes in market conditions and ongoing market uncertainty, an internal financial analyst at Heinz must estimate the company's weighted average cost of capital (WACC). Data for both Hein... Read More
Agency Theory and Corporate Governance
OB-1133 | Published February 28, 2010 | 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. Giving Voice to... Read More
Invesco Ltd.: Asset Management in Transition
F-1856 | Published November 07, 2018 | 38 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
This case is used in Darden's second-year "Financial Institutions and Capital Markets," elective. Using Invesco Ltd. (Invesco) as an example, the case examines the strategic challenges facing the asse... Read More
Helsing: In Defense of Integration
GEM-0260 | Published April 30, 2026 | 35 Pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
Gundbert Scherf, cofounder and co-CEO of Helsing GmbH (Helsing), a German defense AI start-up, must advise senior German government officials on the future of European defense integration while simult... Read More
Milagrol Ltda.
F-1578 | Published April 03, 2009 | 9 Pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
A privately held U.S. plumbing parts manufacturer is negotiating the purchase of a Brazilian plumbing manufacturer specializing in water conservation. The case provides sufficient information to value... Read More
Building a Giving Voice to Values Toolkit: Enablers for Voicing Values—an Ongoing Exercise
OB-1186 | Published February 28, 2010 | 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. This exercise p... Read More
Chestnut Foods (A)
F-1736 | Published August 06, 2015 | 10 Pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
After a period of poor stock-market performance, conglomerate Chestnut Foods (Chestnut) faces the acquisition of its stock by an activist investor. The new investor demands the sale of Chestnut’s high... Read More
Behind the Box Office: Decoding Movie Magic
S-0410 | Published March 18, 2025 | 14 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
This case places students in the shoes of a movie industry executive at Universal City Studios LLC navigating uncertainties around future movie creation. It explores issues such as changing audience p... Read More
The Merger of Union Bank of Switzerland and Swiss Bank Corporation (A): The Proposed Merger
F-1421 | Published November 11, 2003 | 39 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
In December 1997, the CEOs of Union Bank of Switzerland and Swiss Bank Corporation are evaluating the proposed terms of the merger of their two firms. This transaction promised to change the competiti... Read More
Whole Foods Market: The Deutsche Bank Report
F-1776 | Published January 27, 2017 | 13 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
This case follows the financial-statement forecasting decisions of a Deutsche Bank research analyst for the natural and organic retailer Whole Foods Market in May 2014. Students evaluate the associate... Read More
Coke versus Pepsi, 2001
F-1340 | Published September 21, 2001 | 16 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
Set in December 2000, immediately following the merger announcement between PepsiCo Inc. and the Quaker Oats Company, this case asks students to examine the implications of the merger for the rivalry ... Read More
Birkenstock: Pricing the 2023 Initial Public Offering
F-2118 | Published September 30, 2025 | 23 Pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
This case examines the October 2023 initial public offering (IPO) of Birkenstock, the iconic German footwear maker. Students are invited to recommend the price at which Birkenstock should sell the sha... 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
Crocs, Inc.
F-1589 | Published August 20, 2009 | 14 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
This case forces students to examine the drivers of value, particularly growth and margins. It is also effective at drawing attention to the relationship between terminal value assumptions and value c... Read More
You Can't Tell Anyone (A)
OB-1405 | Published July 15, 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. Tom Patton is... Read More
Mastercard: Getting in League with Legends
M-1008 | Published September 23, 2022 | 15 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
This field-based case uses one of Mastercard’s brand transformation strategies, curating passion-led experiences, to set the stage for analysis of sponsorships and promotion marketing. The company had... Read More
Shamrock Capital: Pricing the Masters of Taylor Swift (SPANISH)
F-2112 | Published April 10, 2025 | 22 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
This is a Spanish translation of the June 17, 2024 version of UVA-F-2050. This case examines a 2020 pricing decision for the master recordings of Taylor Swift’s first six albums in consideration of a ... Read More
Recommendation Algorithms and Politics on Social Media (A)
OB-1399 | Published July 28, 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. Dax Enzo is the... Read More
Cynthia Cooper and WorldCom (A)
E-0279 | Published February 14, 2005 | 10 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
This case details the in-house discovery of WorldCom's fraudulent accounting practices and the ethical considerations employees faced during the investigation. In May 2002, Cynthia Cooper, vice presid... 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
The "Roaring ’20s" and the Crash of 1929
F-1908 | Published October 08, 2019 | 38 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
In April 1930, US Treasury Secretary Andrew Mellon reviewed recent stock market events as he prepared to enter a meeting of the Federal Reserve Board, which he chaired. In September and October 1929, ... Read More
RadNet, Inc.: Financing an Acquisition
F-1652 | Published August 05, 2011 | 22 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
This case examines issues surrounding the choice of financing arrangements for the acquisition of Radiologix in July 2006. The case follows Mark Stolper, the CFO of RadNet, as he considers how to rais... Read More
Bellaire Clinical Labs, Inc. (B)
C-2179 | Published March 08, 2004 | 4 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
This case goes well with "Bellaire Clinical Labs, Inc. (A)" (UVA-C-2178) in a module on budgeting and strategic profitability analysis or flexible expense budgeting. ... 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
The Missing Money (A)
OB-1115 | Published February 28, 2010 | 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. Giving Voice to Va... 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
Naivete or Boldness? (A)
OB-1116 | Published March 01, 2010 | 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. Denise Foley, sen... Read More
Grameen America: Advancing Financial Inclusion Through Innovation
S-0475 | Published August 22, 2025 | 12 Pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
In 2008, Grameen America (GA) launched in Queens, New York, with the mission of extending Muhammad Yunus’s Nobel Prize–winning microfinance model to low-income women entrepreneurs in the United States... Read More
CSR Passion and Beliefs (A)
OB-1145 | Published February 28, 2015 | 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. Giving Voice to V... Read More
Emergency Vehicle Positioning, Inc.
QA-0512 | Published January 27, 1997 | 5 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
Emergency Vehicle Positioning, Inc. (EVPI), has developed a satellite-based tracking system that continuously updates and displays the location of every vehicle in its network. A recently signed contr... Read More
How Business Schools and Faculty Can Use the Giving Voice to Values Curriculum
OB-1189 | Published February 28, 2010 | 5 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
This note 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. This note explain... Read More
Euro Takeover! 2005 (F) EurolandBank A.G.
F-1502 | Published December 13, 2005 | 49 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
This exercise simulates a hostile takeover attempt. The target is an underperforming conglomerate with two principal business segments: consumer foods and specialty chemicals. The raider company has a... Read More
Guidelines for Peer Coaching
OB-1188 | Published February 28, 2010 | 3 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. This set of quest... Read More
Pittinos Financial Advisers, LLC
F-1599 | Published August 24, 2009 | 10 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
The owner of a small financial services firm is evaluating the performance of four funds to determine whether to offer them to his clients. The funds span a variety of objectives and include a recentl... Read More
Investment Decisions: Geopolitical Risks Face Off
F-2110 | Published June 24, 2025 | 27 Pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
As the world order is shifting and democracies are eroding in the third decade of the new millennium, geopolitical risks are increasing and impacting investment decisions. Michelle DiGruttolo, princip... Read More
VinConnect, Inc.: Digital Marketing Strategy
M-0864 | Published February 24, 2014 | 16 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
This case is used in the course elective "Big Data in Marketing." The VinConnect company helped European wineries sell their products directly by using it to facilitate the direct-to-consumer (DTC) sa... Read More
The Merger of Union Bank of Switzerland and Swiss Bank Corporation (B): Post-Merger Experience
F-1422 | Published November 11, 2003 | 20 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
With their announcement on December 8, 1997, of their proposed merger, the CEOs of Union Bank of Switzerland and Swiss Bank Corporation must prepare a plan of integration of the two firms. This case p... Read More
Netflix, Inc.: The Mouse Strikes Back
M-0975 | Published August 23, 2019 | 7 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
In 2017, Disney announced that in 2019 it would launch Disney Plus, a subscription-based streaming video service that promised to rival Netflix, the dominant player in the market. This was the latest ... 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
Streaming the Future: Netflix's Global Expansion
S-0345 | Published October 04, 2022 | 18 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
This case is set in the rapidly changing and technologically emerging industry of on-demand streaming video, which offers Netflix a number of strategic choices. For instance, strategies can involve ch... Read More
Flex Technology
QA-0811 | Published February 18, 2014 | 10 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
After years of development, William Krause knew that 2014 was the year to “go big or go home.” His Flexible Herbert Screw, a medical device intended to support the healing of fractured collarbones (cl... 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
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
Planning for the Future: Savings and Retirement
F-1869 | Published August 09, 2019 | 13 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
Marcy and Dan were high school sweethearts who married young and built a life together. Between Marcy's work as a waitress and Dan's as an electrician, they have raised their now-teenage children with... Read More
WorldCom: Keeping Planes in the Air (A)
E-0335 | Published September 24, 2008 | 16 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
This case focuses on the dilemma faced by Betty Vinson, a senior manager in the corporate accounting division of telecommunications giant WorldCom, when asked repeatedly to falsify financial informati... Read More
To Say or Not To Say (A)
OB-1181 | Published February 28, 2010 | 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. This case deals w... Read More
Bellaire Clinical Labs, Inc.
C-2145 | Published February 10, 2000 | 5 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
This case is designed for an introductory MBA management accounting course or an MBA course in management planning and control systems. It provides exposure to (1) the basic assumptions in the creatio... 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
CarMax: Driving What's Possible
S-0317 | Published August 26, 2019 | 14 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
CarMax, based in Richmond, Virginia, is the largest retailer of used cars in the United States. Over the past several years leading up to 2019, CarMax has undergone a major digital transformation, int... Read More
Wm. Wrigley Jr. Company and Mars, Incorporated: Merger Negotiation Application (SIMULATION)
F-1708 | Published December 05, 2013 | 0 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
The cases "Wm. Wrigley Jr. Company" (UVA-F-1607) and "Mars, Incorporated" (UVA-F-1612) serve as two sides of a merger negotiation exercise set in April 2008. Students are asked to represent either M... 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
Husk Power Systems: Financing Expansion
F-1629 | Published October 28, 2010 | 20 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
Husk Power Systems, a young but widely celebrated firm based in India, needs $1.5 million to $2.5 million of expansion capital to grow quickly beyond the small footprint it had established in northeas... 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
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
Cost of the Cold Chain: Perishable Shipping Solutions
OM-1700 | Published October 09, 2020 | 20 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
As he closed the books on September 2020, Mark Nelson breathed a sigh of relief. He and his business partners had just successfully raised $8.7 million of capital for their business venture, Perishabl... Read More
Warren E. Buffett, 1995
F-1160 | Published October 11, 1996 | 17 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
Set in August 1995, this case enables students to assess Berkshire Hathaway's bid for the 49.6% of GEICO Corporation that it does not already own. Students perform a simple valuation of GEICO shares, ... 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
Tidal Community Bank: Reacting to Investor Pressures (A)
OB-1179 | Published February 28, 2010 | 3 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. Giving Voice to V... Read More
Every Client Must Be Treated Equally? (A)
OB-1148 | Published February 28, 2010 | 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. A young financial ... Read More
Primary Integration, LLC: Lower-Middle-Market Investment
F-1705 | Published November 07, 2013 | 17 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
This case is used in Darden's course elective "Entrepreneurial Finance and Private Equity." Students are asked to analyze the internal rate of return and cash-on-cash returns that a private equity fir... Read More
The Financial Detective, 2026
F-2140 | Published March 10, 2026 | 5 Pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
This is an updated version of “The Financial Detective, 2016” (UVA-F-1763). This case presents the student with financial ratios for eight pairs of unidentified companies and asks them to match the de... Read More
Felipe Vergara and Lumni: Launching an Innovation in a Developing Economy
ENT-0083 | Published September 07, 2006 | 14 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
The case chronicles the development of Lumni, Inc., an international start-up offering innovative mechanisms for financing higher education. It focuses on: the details of decision making required to t... Read More
Tractor Supply Company: Living Life Out Here
F-2120 | Published September 05, 2025 | 10 Pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
Tractor Supply Company (TSC) had benefited in surprising ways from the COVID-19 pandemic, most notably from household migration to rural areas and a shift in consumption habits toward the self-reliant... Read More
Crocs, Inc., 2022: Déjà Vu All Over Again
F-2066 | Published January 30, 2024 | 19 Pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
Crocs, Inc. (Crocs) performed exceptionally well during the COVID-19 pandemic: Core product revenue almost doubled, and share price more than quadrupled. A recent acquisition was supposed to be anothe... 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
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
The Backdating Scandal: Who Am I Trying to Persuade? (A)
OB-1123 | Published March 01, 2010 | 3 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. The chairman of t... Read More
Euro Takeover! 2005 (D) The White Knight: Alimentos Globales S.A.
F-1500 | Published December 13, 2005 | 47 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
This exercise simulates a hostile takeover attempt. The target is an underperforming conglomerate with two principal business segments: consumer foods and specialty chemicals. The raider company has a... Read More
Discussions about Ethics in the Accounting Classroom: Student Assumptions and Faculty Paradigms
OB-1187 | Published February 28, 2010 | 20 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. This reading explo... 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
Paying Bribes: Do Small Suppliers Have a Choice?
OB-1164 | Published February 28, 2010 | 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. Giving Voice to V... Read More
Alvarez at Canalven: A Visual Case (C)
OB-0866 | Published January 24, 2006 | 1 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
Discover the power of the graphic approach this case takes to present material on managing conflict in an organization. This version of the three-part print case "Alvarez" (OB-0660, OB-0661, and OB-06... Read More
The Diversity Consultant (A)
OB-1124 | Published February 28, 2010 | 1 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. Giving Voice to V... Read More
Boston Market
OM-0907 | Published April 26, 2000 Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
Boston Market had risen through a spectacular period of growth from 32 stores to 1,200 restaurants by 1997. The growth strategies (financial, organizational, marketing, and operational) are described.... 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
Ben & Jerry's Homemade: The Unilever Scoop
F-1656 | Published August 18, 2011 | 6 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
A follow up for Ben & Jerry's Homemade (UVA-F-1364), this case is suitable for MBA, EMBA, and GEMBA programs, and could work as a stand-alone undergraduate introduction to corporate finance and M&A or... Read More
Capital One’s Acquisition of Discover Financial Services
F-2101 | Published June 27, 2025 | 26 Pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
This case study examines Capital One Financial Corporation's acquisition of Discover Financial Services, analyzing the strategic, financial, and industry-level implications of one of the largest merge... Read More
Advanced Laser Clinics (D)
OB-0889 | Published January 24, 2007 | 1 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
How do you tell one of your direct reports that she stinks? This case explores the dynamics behind having difficult conversations, and giving and receiving feedback. It is designed to illustrate the n... Read More
Euro Takeover! 2005 (E) OmniBank/OmniGroup PLC
F-1501 | Published December 13, 2005 | 48 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
This exercise simulates a hostile takeover attempt. The target is an underperforming conglomerate with two principal business segments: consumer foods and specialty chemicals. The raider company has a... Read More
ExxonMobil and the Chad–Cameroon Pipeline (A)
E-0262 | Published November 24, 2003 | 15 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
This case presents the dilemma of a multinational oil and gas company, ExxonMobil, as it factors in the ethical issues related to the environment and cultural differences in deciding whether to procee... Read More
Advanced Laser Clinics (E)
OB-0890 | Published January 24, 2007 | 2 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
How do you tell one of your direct reports that she stinks? This case explores the dynamics behind having difficult conversations, and giving and receiving feedback. It is designed to illustrate the n... 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
Advanced Laser Clinics (C)
OB-0888 | Published January 24, 2007 | 1 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
How do you tell one of your direct reports that she stinks? This case explores the dynamics behind having difficult conversations, and giving and receiving feedback. It is designed to illustrate the n... 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
Tariff Trouble: Navigating a Trade War in the Global Supply Chain
GEM-0255 | Published January 30, 2026 | 21 Pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
On April 2, 2025 (called “Liberation Day” by US President Donald Trump), the United States announced extensive tariffs on its trading partners. This presented the executives at Caterpillar Inc. with s... Read More
Dozier Industries (A)
F-0745 | Published March 28, 1986 | 8 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
This case deals with the origins of exchange rate risk and offers an introduction to hedging techniques. The case emphasizes the relationship between interest rates and exchange rates. Students are in... Read More
Table Tennis for a Cause
E-0399 | Published August 28, 2014 | 5 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
Andrew Barton believes strongly in Table Tennis in the Schools' (TTS) mission, and he genuinely likes its founder, Gene Jones. But he has learned that some of the funds that Jones has raised for the n... Read More
To Be, or Not to Be, That's the Question: Vijay's Dilemma (A)
OB-1180 | Published February 28, 2010 | 8 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. The case discusses... 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
Hershey Foods Corporation: Bitter Times in a Sweet Place
F-1409 | Published June 10, 2004 | 20 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
The proposed sale of Hershey Foods during the summer of 2002 captured headlines and imaginations. Six months after making its decision to explore a potential sale, the board of the Hershey Trust Compa... Read More
Advanced Laser Clinics (A)
OB-0886 | Published January 24, 2007 Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
How do you tell one of your direct reports that she stinks? This case explores the dynamics behind having difficult conversations, and giving and receiving feedback. It is designed to illustrate the n... Read More
Automated Hiring at Amazon
E-0470 | Published February 02, 2021 | 6 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
In this fictionalized case, the protagonist is the director of talent and recruitment at Amazon and had been in charge of developing an artificial intelligence (AI) hiring tool that could shape the fu... Read More
Bed Bath & Beyond: Extracting Cash from the "Meme Stock" Craze
F-2100 | Published February 10, 2025 | 14 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
This case introduces Bed Bath & Beyond interim CFO Holly Etlin as she seeks to avoid a bankruptcy move for the retailer in early 2023. The company had just endured a difficult holiday shopping period ... Read More
Euro Takeover! 2005 (A) The Target: HoogenFood N.V.
F-1497 | Published December 13, 2005 | 46 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
This exercise simulates a hostile takeover attempt. The target is an underperforming conglomerate with two principal business segments: consumer foods and specialty chemicals. The raider company has a... Read More
Euro Takeover! 2005 (B) The Raider: Finance Mondiale S.A.
F-1498 | Published December 13, 2005 | 46 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
This exercise simulates a hostile takeover attempt. The target is an underperforming conglomerate with two principal business segments: consumer foods and specialty chemicals. The raider company has a... 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
The Volkswagen Emissions Scandal
S-0267 | Published July 21, 2016 | 17 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
In September 2015, VW had admitted to United States regulators that it had deliberately installed "defeat devices" in many of its diesel cars, which enabled the cars to cheat on federal and state emis... Read More
Growing a Team at LandCare: Excellence in the Field
OB-1284 | Published July 22, 2019 | 25 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
In October 2018, Mike Bogan, CEO of LandCare, a nationwide commercial landscaping firm, was concerned about the significant headwinds facing not only LandCare but the entire landscaping industry at th... Read More
Managing in Corporate Aviation: Averting a Hard Landing
OB-1373 | Published May 17, 2022 | 12 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
This field-based case follows the fictionalized Elisa Stallings, the manager of CandyCo's Aviation Dispatch group (Dispatch) which manages the aviation assets for the international company. Students l... Read More
Market Research Deception
OB-1154 | Published February 28, 2010 | 1 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. This case is about... 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
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
The Business Valuation (B)
OB-1408 | Published September 01, 2022 | 1 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. Isabel is a you... Read More
Product Development at StubHub: Don't Stop Believin'
OM-1705 | Published April 18, 2022 | 12 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
Arnie Katz, chief product and technology officer at StubHub (SH), was helping to lead a contest intended to result in innovative and valuable new ideas. Product managers presented more than 100 new bu... Read More
The Restructuring of Danfurn LLC
F-1688 | Published January 22, 2013 | 10 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
"This case is taught at the University of Virginia McIntire School of Commerce in the fourth year course, ""Corporate Restructuring."" The case is suitable for advanced undergraduates or MBS students ... 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
The Body Shop International PLC 2001: An Introduction to Financial Modeling
F-1349 | Published October 08, 2001 | 17 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
In this case the student is cast into the role of adviser to Anita Roddick, the managing director of The Body Shop. The student must prepare a three-year forecast of the firm’s income statement and ba... 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
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
Human Experience Articulated: Understanding Why We Need Art and Expression
S-0409 | Published August 29, 2025 | 14 Pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
This case follows Alex, a curious and sensitive MBA student who is interested in the intersection of art and the structures of modern business. He explores a range of artworks, reflects upon ways that... Read More
Albemarle County Public Schools and the Albemarle Foundation for Education
OM-1830 | Published February 18, 2025 | 2 Pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
This brief case describes a public school system’s attempt to start a nonprofit, Albemarle Foundation for Education (AFE), to help support its mission. The Albemarle County Public School (ACPS) system... Read More
Be Careful What You Wish For: From the Middle
OB-1104 | Published February 28, 2010 | 1 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. The recently prom... 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
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
All’s Well that Ends Well (A)
OB-1134 | Published February 28, 2010 | 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. Giving Voice to V... Read More
A Billing Bind (A)
OB-1140 | Published February 28, 2010 | 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. This case introduc... Read More
Warren E. Buffett, 2005
F-1483 | Published November 17, 2005 | 20 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
In May 2005, Warren Buffett, the chair and chief executive officer of Berkshire Hathaway Inc., announced that MidAmerican Energy Holdings Company, a subsidiary of Berkshire Hathaway, would acquire the... 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
Calabash Community Hospital
F-1946 | Published April 15, 2020 | 6 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
This case considers a $10 million investment in an outpatient surgery center by a not-for-profit community hospital in rural South Carolina. A member of the purchasing department, R. D. Scott, is inv... 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
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
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
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
Quincy Lake Clinic
OM-1699 | Published October 16, 2020 | 10 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
Olga Zimmerman was the clinical operations director of the Quincy Lake Clinic (QLC), a provider-based primary and specialty care clinic. For the past four months, Zimmerman had been learning her new r... 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
Black Coffee and Black Cards (B)
F-1883 | Published August 05, 2019 | 11 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
This case continues the story of Shane and Erin as they learn about credit cards. In the A case, "Black Coffee and Black Cards (A)," Shane researched credit cards and explained the fine print from the... Read More
Teletech Corporation, 2005
F-1485 | Published November 17, 2005 | 15 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
This case serves as part of an introduction to estimating investors’ required rates of return. It should follow one or two class sessions covering the techniques for estimating WACC. The numerical cal... 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
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
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
When Competition Isn't Enough: Rural Health in Southwest Virginia (A)
S-0314 | Published September 06, 2019 | 14 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
Mark Seidman at the Federal Trade Commission is evaluating a proposed merger between two health care entities and competing market leaders in southwest Virginia. The rural region is characterized by p... Read More
When Competition Isn't Enough: Rural Health in Southwest Virginia (C)
S-0316 | Published September 06, 2019 | 2 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
This optional C case follows S-0314 and S-0315, and describes the results of decisions on whether to allow a merger of two health care entities in rural Virginia. This case set explores the differe... Read More
When Competition Isn't Enough: Rural Health in Southwest Virginia (B)
S-0315 | Published September 06, 2019 | 6 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
In this B case, the follow-up to S-0314, Marissa Levine, the Virginia Commissioner of Health, considers reports for and against the merger of two health care entities in rural Virginia, as she decides... Read More
Robin Halpern: Managing Investor Relations at Coca-Cola
BC-0326 | Published November 12, 2025 | 6 Pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
In September 2025, Robin Halpern was reviewing The Coca-Cola Company's (Coca-Cola) Q3 earnings data. As the company’s vice president and head of investor relations (IR), she held a key role in communi... Read More
The Boeing 7E7
F-1449 | Published July 29, 2004 | 23 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
In 2003, The Boeing Company announced plans to build a new "super-efficient" commercial jet called the "7E7" or "Dreamliner." This was a "bet the farm" gamble by Boeing, similar in magnitude to its ea... Read More
Figma's IPO Narrative
F-2137 | Published January 23, 2026 | 18 Pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
This case is set a week after the initial public offering (IPO) of Figma, Inc. (Figma; NYSE:FIG), in summer 2025; the protagonist is the chief investment officer, Edwin Fernando. The excitement of goi... Read More
Fonderia del Piemonte S.p.A.: The Falcon3 Capital Investment
F-2139 | Published January 29, 2026 | 3 Pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
The managing director of a specialty foundry must decide whether to approve a major investment to improve the automation of part of her plant’s production process. The case presents information suffic... Read More
Alvarez at Canalven: A Visual Case (B)
OB-0865 | Published January 26, 2006 | 2 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
Discover the power of the graphic approach this case takes to present material on managing conflict in an organization. This version of the three-part print case "Alvarez" (OB-0660, OB-0661, and OB-06... Read More
How Much Is Too Much? Elon Musk’s Compensation at Tesla
C-2505 | Published August 13, 2025 | 19 Pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
In March 2018, Tesla, Inc. (Tesla), shareholders approved an employee stock-option package (ESOP) for CEO Elon Musk potentially worth $55 billion. The package was quickly challenged in court by shareh... Read More
The Silver Crest Mine
QA-0964 | Published August 13, 2025 | 9 Pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
In this case, students explore decision-making under uncertainty and apply dynamic programming (DP), a powerful tool for optimizing sequential decisions. Set in the context of the ore mining industry... Read More
Carvana: IsBadBuy?
QA-0886 | Published November 21, 2019 | 6 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
This case, which has been taught successfully in a Darden online class, allows for an introductory application of the Tableau analytics platform. In 2012, Carvana Co., an e-commerce platform for buyin... Read More
Battalion Chief James Scott of the Lynchburg Fire Department
OB-0625 | Published February 24, 1997 | 17 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
James Scott, one of two sector commanders at the Lynchburg (Virginia) Fire Department, is about to retire. Since Scott had been promoted to this position, he had tried to inculcate a new management st... Read More
Inflating Value (A)
OB-1150 | Published February 28, 2010 | 3 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. In this case, an u... Read More
Tastee Snax Cookie Company (B)
OM-1097 | Published October 02, 2003 | 2 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
This B case allows students who have completed the Tastee Snax Cookie Company case (UVA-OM-0803) to analyze how the duration of project described in that case can be most cost-effectively shortened.... 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 Summit AI Fund: Circuit
OB-1492 | Published May 30, 2025 | 5 Pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
The competition for power and resources is a defining feature of organizational life. But what could leaders do when they’re on the receiving end of a power play, or when they need to make one themsel... 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
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
Pat Greene: From Jarhead to Egghead
BC-0271 | Published December 07, 2018 | 7 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
This case challenges the adage, "You can take a man out of the Marines, but you can't take the Marines out of the man." Newly transitioning as a Marine officer into his first civilian job, Pat Greene ... Read More
Citibank Card Product Group
BP-0318 | Published October 24, 1991 | 17 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
Jim Bailey, CEO of Citibank's Credit Card Products group, must decide where to take his organization, which is confronted by significant market change, including AT&T entry into the credit card indust... Read More
Expertise Disrupted? Consulting Confronts Generative AI
S-0477 | Published September 16, 2025 | 13 Pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
This case places students in the shoes of a partner at McKinsey & Company, Inc. (McKinsey), as she grapples with how the firm should respond to generative AI. Although management consulting was resili... Read More
Virginia Investment Capital Group (B)
F-1694 | Published March 02, 2013 | 20 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
The owner of Virginia Investment Capital Group, which needs ___ to survive, is considering turning this "dinner" club investment group into a vehicle for raising funds for small businesses like the "c... Read More
Hedge Fund Due Diligence at Leman Alternative Asset Management Company
F-1698 | Published June 21, 2013 | 15 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
In early January 2008, a senior VP with LAAMCO, a fund of hedge funds known for alternative investments, was conducting due diligence on an equity market-neutral hedge fund. The hedge fund used an opt... Read More
Marriott Corporation
F-0477 | Published March 28, 1982 | 25 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
This case describes management's sequential reevaluation of Marriott's debt capacity and the decision about how to invest this unused debt. Videotape #5556, "Strategic Leadership," is designed for use... Read More
Making the Tough Team Call (B)
OB-0706 | Published September 18, 2000 | 5 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
This case reports the actions taken and personal reflections of team members described in Case A, "Making the Tough Team Call (A)" (UVA-OB-0705). Set in a German automotive company. In the A case, a d... Read More
Artificial Intelligence Here and Now: Managing through Hype and Reality
OM-1724 | Published March 16, 2021 | 7 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
What tangible use does artificial intelligence (AI) have in a typical business setting? In this fictional case, Viviana Valenty, chief technology officer of e-commerce company Corellia, must decide ho... Read More
The Part-Time Job with a Full-Time Challenge
OB-1162 | Published February 28, 2010 | 1 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. Giving Voice to V... 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
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
Screening for Chronic Kidney Disease
QA-0704 | Published July 11, 2007 Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
The case asks students to develop a method for identifying individuals at risk of having chronic kidney disease. A 6,000-subject training set containing 34 potential predictor variables is provided al... 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
Amazon.com, Inc. Buys Whole Foods Market
C-2409 | Published March 19, 2018 | 13 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
After Amazon.com announced it would acquire Whole Foods, shares of supermarkets in the United States were hit hard; the same was true for grocers in Europe, as investors there worried about the possib... Read More
Copyright or Right to Copy? (A)
OB-1143 | Published February 28, 2010 | 5 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. Giving Voice to V... Read More
Seek and Destroy: AI’s Challenge to Google’s Business Model
S-0494 | Published April 28, 2026 | 24 Pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
This case places students in the shoes of a senior executive at Google, as she grapples with how the firm should respond to generative AI. On one hand, it is imperative for Google to effectively compe... Read More
Walmart Inc., Amazon.com, and the Future of Retail
S-0459 | Published July 17, 2025 | 10 Pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
Heading into the 2024 holiday season, Walmart Inc. (Walmart) and Amazon.com, Inc. (Amazon), were locked in a battle over global retailing dominance. As of mid-September 2024, Walmart was valued at $64... Read More
Alexis Johnson at Strata Consulting
OB-1510 | Published March 16, 2026 | 9 Pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
This case asks students to take the perspective of Alexis Johnson, a recent MBA graduate who takes a role as an associate at a management consulting firm. The company offers no formal onboarding, forc... Read More
MBA Internship Communication Challenges
BC-0329 | Published May 20, 2026 | 4 Pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
These vignettes enrich MBA classroom discussions related to the communication challenges that students face during the recruiting process and their summer internships. They can be employed in either a... Read More
Lyft and Autonomous Vehicles: A Fast Lane to Growth?
OM-1846 | Published September 19, 2025 | 9 Pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
This case explores Lyft’s strategic position in the autonomous vehicle (AV) industry as it competes against ride-sharing market leader Uber. It introduces Jeremy Bird, executive vice president of driv... Read More
Consulting Conundrums: When Offensive Comments Put You on the Defense
E-0516 | Published December 17, 2025 | 4 Pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
This case puts students directly into the role of an engagement manager for the Automotive & Assembly group in the Detroit office of McBain CG and Company (McBain). Three important items are on the ma... Read More
Neal Hoffman and the Mensch on a Bench
ENT-0205 | Published July 30, 2014 | 24 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
Neal Hoffman and his wife, Erin, were an interfaith couple out shopping when they ran right into the dilemma of how to balance Hanukkah and Christmas. Hoffman saw his young son feeling left out by the... Read More
Mary Gentile: Transforming the Conversation Around Values-Driven Behavior
OB-1155 | Published February 28, 2010 | 9 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. The founder and... Read More
Making the Tough Team Call (A)
OB-0705 | Published September 18, 2000 Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
Set in a German automotive company, this case traces the dynamics of a consulting project team doing a high profile strategic project as part of a company-specific international management program. Wi... Read More
Fintech, Payments Innovation, and the Acquisition of Worldpay
F-1829 | Published May 31, 2018 | 34 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
This case uses the Vantiv, a US credit-card-processing company, acquisition of Worldpay, Britain's largest payments processor, to discuss broader themes in the payment space. Payments are a crucial fu... Read More
HP and Autonomy: Who's Accountable?
C-2408 | Published February 27, 2018 | 16 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
Written using public sources, this case uses Hewlett-Packard’s (HP) purchase of Autonomy Corporation (Autonomy) to analyze the accounting treatment for the acquisition and subsequent goodwill impairme... Read More
Fidelity Magellan Fund, 1995
F-1126 | Published October 30, 1995 | 16 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
This case reviews the financial performance of the Fidelity Magellan Fund up to mid-1995. In essence, the Magellan Fund has managed to "beat the market" over time under three different fund managers d... Read More
Black Coffee and Black Cards (A)
F-1882 | Published August 05, 2019 | 14 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
This case follows the recently married Shane and Erin as they explore the world of credit cards. Shane, a musician with an irregular salary and a spotty job history, was raised to avoid credit by his ... Read More
Robert J. O'Neill, Jr. and the Fairfax County Government (A)
OB-0702 | Published July 18, 2000 Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
The A case describes the career of Fairfax County (Virginia) Executive Robert O'Neill, who runs one of the highest-per-capita-income counties in the United States. The case discusses the events leadin... Read More
James Abrams @ Clockwork Home Services, Inc.: Lessons from a Serial Entrepreneur
ENT-0117 | Published June 18, 2009 | 14 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
Appropriate case for students interested in entrepreneurship, growing a business, or developing a business model. The case presents the challenges that come with growth and examines the iterative entr... 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
Student Privileges with Strings Attached
OB-1174 | Published February 28, 2010 | 1 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. In this case, an u... Read More
G&P Greetings, Inc.
F-1122 | Published September 09, 1996 | 10 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
This case deals with the hedging decision of a firm. In the context of the case, the students are asked to choose among a number of alternatives to alter the fixed-rate interest payments on an outsta... Read More
Is This My Place? Speaking Up (A)
OB-1111 | Published February 28, 2010 | 2 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
An employee of a thinly staffed organization recognizes that there is no formal system for monitoring the value of donated supplies for tax purposes, but didn’t want to do anything that would discoura... 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
General Electric's Proposed Acquisition of Honeywell
F-1493 | Published September 12, 2005 | 22 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
On March 1, 2001, Jessica Gallinelli, managing director of Bancroft Capital Management, heard surprising and somewhat disturbing news about the proposed bid by General Electric Company (GE) for Honeyw... Read More
Tastee Snax Cookie Company (A)
OM-0803 | Published August 05, 1996 Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
A regional producer of baked goods faces the challenge of developing and bringing to market as quickly as possible a new nonfat cookie. The project manager decides to use CPM (critical path method) to... Read More
Battle for Value: Federal Express Corporation vs. United Parcel Service of America, Inc. (Abridged)
F-1124 | Published October 06, 1995 | 24 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
This case is an abridged version of UVA-F-1115. This version is intended for use with audiences requiring less source documentation than is available in the unabridged version. The teaching note, howe... Read More
When the Boss is the Barrier (A)
OB-1183 | Published February 28, 2010 | 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. A plant manager di... Read More
NoBull Burger
OM-1479 | Published September 20, 2012 | 6 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
NoBull, a new, Charlottesville-based vegetarian burger producer, was at a critical junction in its development. While the business had grown substantially over the past year, it faced a number of chal... 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
Team Conflict: The "Chatty" Accusation at the Customer Support Call Center
OB-1046 | Published January 28, 2013 | 4 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
This case is used in Darden's core "Leading Organizations" course and is appropriate for MBA, Executive MBA, GEMBA, and executive education programs. The manager of a baby product company's global c... Read More
Marriott International and Pay-Per-View
E-0365 | Published November 11, 2011 | 10 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
In 2007, J. W. "Bill" Marriott Jr., chairman and CEO of Marriott International, faced criticism from various groups about the fact that the Marriott hotels offered in-room adult entertainment. Because... Read More
From Lab to Market: Navigating Uncertainty
GEM-0235 | Published March 26, 2025 | 14 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
Uncharted Waters at Ventoso Ship Supply: A Sensory Marketing Dilemma (A)
M-0959 | Published March 01, 2018 | 8 Pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
This is a three-part, disguised case series. In June 2009, Diana Zanzi was hired by Ventoso Ship Supply, an Italian sailboat manufacturer, to help them understand their boats’ puzzling selling p... Read More
Birkenstock: The Leveraged Buyout of a Family Legacy
F-2150 | Published March 20, 2026 | 15 Pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
This case examines the 2021 sale by owners Alex and Christian Birkenstock of the German footwear business Birkenstock to private equity firm L Catterton in a leveraged buyout (LBO), after nearly 250 y... Read More
The Virginia Museum of Fine Arts: A Growth Orientation (B)
OM-1612 | Published December 21, 2018 | 3 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
This mini-case set describes the challenges facing the new leadership of Richmond's Virginia Museum of Fine Arts (VMFA) to revitalize and save the Museum. Alex Nyerges and Michael Taylor arrived in 2... 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 Inc. (E&R Advisors), a multifamily investment-management company, as its chief investment officer contemplates general partners’ (GPs’) increasing use of net asset valu... Read More
Phynix in the Ashes of SVB
F-2086 | Published August 09, 2024 | 19 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
Autonomous Vehicles Alliance Game
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
Zoom's Moment of Truth: Scaling Under Radical Uncertainty
GEM-0236 | Published March 25, 2025 | 9 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
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
HealthSouth (B)
E-0274 | Published August 22, 2005 | 10 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
The HealthSouth asset management employee's suspicions were correct. Indeed, management at HealthSouth had been "cooking the books" for several years to show a profit and thus continue to endear the c... Read More
Revenue Recognition Challenges at Lemnos Industries
C-2469 | Published July 22, 2024 | 4 Pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
The Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) principles for recognizing revenue from contracts with customers are provided in Accounting Standards Codification Topic 606 (ASC 606). This case outlin... Read More
Yahoo! and Customer Privacy
E-0300 | Published January 25, 2007 | 12 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
This case explores the larger context of competition among internet companies for market share globally, especially in the emerging Chinese economy, as well as concerns about advancing the core values... Read More
"Hat in Hand": Financing the Leveraged Buyout of Clear Channel Communications
F-1755 | Published August 31, 2017 | 19 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
In this case, John Connaughton, a managing director at Bain Capital, had joined forces in October 2006 with Thomas H. Lee Partners (THL) to acquire Clear Channel Communications in a historic $28 billi... Read More
Driving Waymo’s Fully Autonomous Future
S-0367 | Published January 10, 2022 | 18 Pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
In January 2025, Waymo LLC, a subsidiary of Alphabet Inc., the holding company and parent to Google, is a market leader in developing and deploying autonomous vehicles (AV). Co-CEO Tekedra Mawakana ha... Read More
Deutsche Bank and the Road to Basel III
F-1695 | Published April 02, 2013 | 19 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
This public-sourced case was named the best finance case of 2013 in the 24th annual awards and competition sponsored by The Case Centre. It was designed for and works well in the latter portion of a G... Read More
The AI Chip Depreciation Debate
C-2524 | Published March 09, 2026 | 18 Pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
In November 2025, hedge-fund manager Michael Burry, whose bet against subprime mortgages was dramatized in the 2015 movie The Big Short, accused the major technology companies of inflating earnings by... Read More
Chestnut Foods (B)
F-1974 | Published May 03, 2021 | 13 Pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
After a period of poor stock-market performance, conglomerate Chestnut Foods (Chestnut) faces the acquisition of its stock by an activist investor. The new investor demands the sale of Chestnut’s high... Read More
Northern Paper
F-2146 | Published March 04, 2026 | 3 Pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
This case provides a straightforward introduction to assessing cash flows, cost of capital, discounted cash flow (DCF) analysis, and the net present value (NPV) associated with a capital-investment de... Read More
Atlas Air: Shipping at Preferred Cost
F-2057 | Published October 17, 2023 | 25 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 transportation company whose services spanned commercial... Read More
Structuring Private Asset-Backed Debt
F-2115 | Published July 24, 2025 | 13 Pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
Jim Jones, a member of Asset Backed Capital Ltd. (ABC), a private credit fund specializing in asset-backed lending, has to decide whether to invest—and if so, how much—in a loan portfolio underwritten... 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
BioSidus: Biotecnologia en la Patagonia
S-0115 | Published July 19, 2004 | 18 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
The case follows an Argentinean biotech firm as it sets future firm strategy and decides how to fund it. Specifically, the firm is working on a method to produce human growth hormone through the milk... Read More
Devils Backbone Brewing, LLC: An Idea Brews
S-0300 | Published June 18, 2018 | 11 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
This case is used in Darden's required first-year course, "Strategic Thinking and Action." In 2015, Steve and Heidi Crandall, the founders of Devils Backbone Brewing, LLC (DBB), were looking back on ... Read More
GE Healthcare in India: An (Ultra)Sound Strategy?
E-0337 | Published October 14, 2008 | 21 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
This case outlines the dilemma of a president and CEO of GE Healthcare India. Its ultrasound machines were implicated in many cases of prenatal sex determination in a society that favored males, so to... 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
HealthSouth (C): The Trial
E-0275 | Published December 08, 2005 | 6 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
In the winter of 2005, ex-HealthSouth CEO Richard Scrushy went on trial for fraud after he and other executives at this outpatient surgery/rehabilitation/physical therapy company were accused of infla... Read More
The Hilton-ITT Wars
F-1217 | Published April 21, 1998 | 27 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
In January 1997, Hilton Hotel Corporation made an unsolicited (i.e., hostile) bid for all shares of ITT Corporation. This case recounts the first seven months of jockeying between Hilton and ITT and g... Read More
Developing the Workforce of the Future
OB-1391 | Published May 05, 2022 | 2 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
Central Michigan Concrete
F-2155 | Published April 20, 2026 | 7 Pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
In early December of 2025, Brandon Morgan, the new CFO of Central Michigan Concrete (CMC), a wholly owned subsidiary of National Concrete of Canada (National), is preparing a 2026 financial forecast i... Read More
USEC Inc.
F-1546 | Published November 05, 2007 | 11 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
This case is designed to present students with the challenges of formulating a discounted-cash-flow (DCF) analysis for a strategically important capital-investment decision. Analytically, the problem ... Read More
Disney Launchpad: Presenting to Bob Iger
OB-1501 | Published February 03, 2026 | 10 Pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
In February 2018, Julie Ann Crommett, vice president of multicultural audience engagement at the Walt Disney Studios (Disney), was preparing to lead a meeting with Bob Iger, head of Disney. She would ... 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
The Manager (B)
E-0281 | Published January 11, 2006 | 1 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
After thinking through the situation in which an employee had given inaccurate information, thus alienating a client, the senior partner of the accounting firm ultimately decides to take no action aga... 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
Rosario Acero S.A.
F-1211 | Published February 24, 1998 | 23 Pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
In March 1997, the board chair of this small steel mill is pondering how to finance the growth of his firm: either with an initial public offering of equity or a private placement of 8-year senior not... Read More
Underdogs: Predicting Student Success at Abaarso School in Somaliland
QA-0983 | Published December 10, 2025 | 5 Pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
This case takes place in Somaliland at Abaarso School, whose mission is to identify and educate high-achieving, low-income Somalis. Ayana Mubarik leads the process of identifying and recruiting new st... 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
HealthSouth (A)
E-0273 | Published March 29, 2005 | 12 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
This case focuses on an employee in the asset management division of the Birmingham-based Healthsouth who suspects possible fraud in the company's accounting practices. A highly successful outpatient ... 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
Leveling the Playing Field: AI, the WNBA, and Collective Bargaining
QA-0992 | Published March 18, 2026 | 14 Pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
It was nearing the end of the 2025 Women’s National Basketball Association (WNBA) season, and Maya Parker, president of the Women’s National Basketball Players Association (WNBPA) and a veteran player... Read More
Option Greeks, Insider Trading, and the Heinz Acquisition
F-1978 | Published June 03, 2021 | 10 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
Just before Warren Buffett’s company, Berkshire Hathaway Inc, acquired H. J. Heinz Company on February 14, 2013, rumors had been circulating that the Omaha investing oracle had set eyes on the condime... Read More
Teleios: Profit and Purpose in the Hospice Industry
E-0519 | Published July 16, 2025 | 21 Pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
This case explores the strategic and ethical dilemmas faced by Chris Comeaux, CEO and founder of the nonprofit Teleios Collaborative Network (TCN), as he seeks to scale a mission-driven organization i... Read More
Food Supply and COVID-19: Breaking the Chain (A)
OM-1691 | Published March 05, 2021 | 16 Pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
This case uses the impact of the global pandemic on the concentrated meatpacking industry to explore management of supply chain disruptions. COVID-19 had created massive problems at Tyson Foods, with ... 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
Bitcoin: Keep “Hodling”?
F-2048 | Published August 09, 2023 | 20 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
Marketing BookBot: Developing a Project Charter for a Pre-Seed Startup
M-1079 | Published March 02, 2026 | 7 Pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
It was summer 2025, and Sterling Dixon had just begun working at BookBot, a pre-seed start-up with an AI-powered platform designed to help self-published authors market their books. These authors ofte... 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
Betting on Terrorism (A)
E-0356 | Published August 26, 2010 | 10 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
Bob Marks, an employee at the CIA's Counterterrorist Center, was intrigued by the controversy over the proposed Policy Analysis Market (PAM), which was the brainchild of the Department of Defense's Te... Read More
Shenandoah Outfitters
F-2154 | Published April 17, 2026 | 5 Pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
A small chain of retail stores selling outdoors equipment, Shenandoah Outfitters is expanding rapidly. The finance manager has to develop a financial plan for accommodating this growth and the investm... Read More
Harley-Davidson, Inc.: The Reverse Yankee Bond Issue
F-2046 | Published July 07, 2023 | 14 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
Harley-Davidson Inc. (Harley-Davidson), the storied maker of iconic American motorcycles, was on the cusp of issuing its first bond not denominated in US or Canadian dollars—a so-called Reverse Yankee... 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
UVA Hospital: Predicting Patient Discharge
QA-0975 | Published August 13, 2024 | 9 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
This field-based case was developed through interviews with individuals at the University of Virginia (UVA) Health System. It follows John Ainsworth, administrator of analytics, as he and his team tac... Read More
Husk Power Systems: Scaling Up a Start-Up
OM-1415 | Published October 11, 2011 | 9 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
Husk Power Systems (HPS) provides technologies that generate and distribute electrical power to rural villages in India. Since 2007, HPS has installed 60 mini power plants that power 25,000 households... Read More
Threshold Sports, LLC
F-1347 | Published September 21, 2001 | 27 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
In June 2001, the owners of this small rapidly growing sports promotion firm are assessing the financing implications of their growth plans. Threshold Sports organizes professional cycling races, and ... Read More
Monsanto Company
F-1597 | Published August 20, 2009 | 9 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
Monsanto is facing an uncertain near-term financial outlook, and this case challenges students to generate an operating forecast (income statement and balance sheet operating accounts). The case natur... Read More
Artificial Intelligence Caselets
E-0437 | Published April 16, 2020 | 9 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
This set of caselets gets to the heart of the ethical issues embedded within the implementation of artificial intelligence (AI) and other advanced forms of automation technology in the workplace. Empl... Read More
Umbrella of Protection: Health, Disability, and Life Insurance
F-1873 | Published June 28, 2019 | 13 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
Matthew Andrews and Elizabeth (Liz) Graham had recently graduated college and planned to get married soon. They had both accepted jobs in Washington, DC, and would be moving to Gainesville, Virginia. ... Read More
California Closets: Rethink, Rebuild (B)
OM-1812 | Published January 13, 2025 | 4 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
This case, a follow-up to "California Closets: Rethink, Rebuild (A)" (UVA-OM-1810), examines how Peer Nielsen's recommendations led to significant improvements at California Closets and explores chall... Read More
Media Modeling and Budgeting at DMI
M-0791 | Published November 18, 2010 | 7 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
A marketing director applies a scientific/quantitative approach to understanding and optimizing his company's marketing spending decisions. His hypotheses include the concepts of diminishing returns o... 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
Great Harvest Bread Company: Leveraging the Supply Chain for Competitive Advantage
OM-1437 | Published March 18, 2011 | 27 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
The foundation of the Great Harvest Bread Company is the "Freedom Franchise," within which its more than 200 franchisees enjoy an amount of autonomy unusual for franchise operations. CEO Mike Ferretti... Read More
Delphi Corporation
F-1617 | Published March 31, 2010 | 17 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
This case is suitable for students just beginning to learn finance principles but is also appropriate to use in courses with experienced students and executives. In January 2008, Delphi Corporation (D... Read More
Cengage Learning: Can Apax Partners Salvage This Buyout?
F-1727 | Published February 10, 2015 | 19 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
This case investigates the issues involved in a private equity (PE) firm’s decision to invest in the debt of a distressed leveraged buyout. The analysis has been purposefully simplified to involve onl... Read More
Roqueta Origen: Streamlining Wine Storage and Mixing (A)
QA-0978 | Published August 26, 2024 | 5 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
This case examines an allocation problem at Roqueta Origen, a Spanish winery. A consultant must determine which batches of different wines to assign to tanks for maturation. As she considers which win... Read More
WillowTree: Project Driven with a Product Mindset (A)
S-0338 | Published October 02, 2020 | 13 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
WillowTree began as a small digital products company in 2007. By 2020, it had more than 500 full-time team members operating out of offices in four locations, and it had launched hundreds of digital p... 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
Fair Play at Home Plate: Negotiating the Creation of an International Draft—Tony Clark
S-0448 | Published May 23, 2024 | 9 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
Tony Clark, executive director of the Major League Baseball Players Association (MLBPA), is engaged in high-stakes negotiation with Major League Baseball (MLB) over the possible creation of a first-ev... Read More
Euro Takeover! 2005 (C) The LBO Sponsor: Lanza E Compagnia
F-1499 | Published December 13, 2005 | 47 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
This exercise simulates a hostile takeover attempt. The target is an underperforming conglomerate with two principal business segments: consumer foods and specialty chemicals. The raider company has a... Read More
Enchanting Travels
ENT-0144 | Published December 21, 2009 Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
Appropriate for entrepreneurship and strategy courses. The focus in the case is on how two entrepreneurs created a differentiating business model that was dependent on quality service and excellent ex... Read More
Succession Planning: RWE Ready
OB-0881 | Published June 12, 2006 | 9 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
Always a thorny issue but it had to be asked. Who was next in line? Management succession is a significant issue in many firms. Executives put all their energy into the business. But how much time is ... Read More
Good Health or Wealth: Can They Coexist? (A)
OB-1149 | Published February 28, 2015 | 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. Intense competitio... Read More
Netflix, Inc., 2007
F-1592 | Published December 21, 2009 | 15 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
The protagonist in this case is an analyst attempting to value Netflix, Inc., and check whether her recent buy recommendation at a price of $20.00 per share was still valid. Recent bad news had caused... Read More
Canyon Mining Corporation: Heavy Mobile Equipment Procurement
OM-1392 | Published October 04, 2010 | 11 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
Canyon Mining intends to negotiate a long-term contract for haul trucks to use for surface mining, and a team from Censeo Consulting Group is tasked with developing a methodology to track cost changes... Read More
Americana and Structural Unemployment in the MENA Region: A Dilemma for a Major Company (A)
OB-1135 | Published February 28, 2015 | 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. Giving Voice to V... Read More
SunTrust Acquisition of National Commerce
F-1554 | Published September 20, 2008 | 10 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
This case presents an interesting acquisition opportunity that SunTrust considered in 2004: National Commerce Financial, a large commercial bank, based in Memphis, Tennessee, with a strong footprint i... 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
The Evolution of a Practitioner to Leadership (A)
E-0463 | Published November 11, 2020 | 3 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
Will Cohen, the case protagonist, has recently been promoted to Bank of America’s market sales executive for the mid-Atlantic region. In this position, he finds himself struggling with some of the con... Read More
AstraZeneca: Transforming How New Medicines Flow to Patients
S-0221 | Published August 16, 2012 | 25 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
This case is currently taught in Darden's ""First-Year Strategy"" course. Scott Snell also teaches it in his second year elective, ""Developing Organizational Capability"". The case would be useful in... 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
H&S Company (C)
C-2450 | Published July 28, 2021 | 10 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
An important decision in starting a business is the choice of legal entity. This case provides a realistic, yet stylized, setting to facilitate a discussion of factors to consider in the entity choice... Read More
AutoZone, Inc.
F-1672 | Published July 27, 2012 | 16 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
The case can be taught in an introductory corporate finance course or to more experienced students or executives to spur a discussion about share repurchases and corporate financial strategies in gene... Read More
Zenith Bank: The Marketing of an Initial Public Offering
M-0751 | Published February 27, 2008 | 20 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
This case is useful in teaching marketing strategy as part of a marketing course. It can also be used to teach promotional strategy. Only one week into Zenith Bank of Nigeria's initial public offering... Read More
The Cost of Stepping Back: Taylor Ward’s Trade-Offs at Meridian
OB-1509 | Published March 25, 2026 | 3 Pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
This case follows Taylor Ward, a high-performing consultant whose spouse experiences a sudden mental health crisis. As Taylor leads a high-profile client project, they struggle to balance their person... Read More
J&L Railroad
F-1053 | Published June 23, 1994 | 13 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
Because of the regulatory environment in the railroad industry, J&L Railroad's profitability is dependent upon the price of diesel fuel. In this case, the student must decide how much of next year's e... Read More
Maya Iyer at Elcor Global
OB-1497 | Published September 09, 2025 | 8 Pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
This case follows Maya Iyer, a recently promoted strategy and innovation manager at Elcor Global, as she navigates the unraveling of her once-promising relationship with her boss. What began as mentor... Read More
Out for Blood: Tyler Shultz and Theranos (A)
E-0440 | Published September 22, 2020 | 18 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
In early 2014, recent Stanford University graduate Tyler Shultz was in a quandary. He had been working at Theranos, a blood-diagnostic company founded by Elizabeth Holmes, a Stanford-dropout wunderkin... Read More
Fannie Mae's Data Dynamics
QA-0903 | Published February 13, 2019 | 12 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
This case uses one of Fannie Mae’s credit-risk transfer instruments (CRT) to explore its data set platform and predict loan defaults through machine learning algorithms. The CRT, called Connecticut Av... 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
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
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
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
H&S Company (A)
C-2310 | Published September 16, 2010 | 9 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
An important decision in starting a business is the choice of legal entity. This case provides a realistic, yet stylized, setting to facilitate a discussion of factors to consider in the entity choice... 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
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
Bob's Baloney
F-1942 | Published March 18, 2020 | 6 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
This case examines the financial performance of Bob’s Baloney, a leader in the ultrapremium bologna market. While the business appears to be doing well with respect to most of its stakeholders, its 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
Star River Electronics Ltd.
F-1361 | Published March 22, 2001 | 9 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
In July 2015, a new CEO joins this small manufacturer of CD-ROMs and DVDs to discover that the firm is in the midst of a financial crisis, induced by rapid growth. The CEO asks an analyst for help wit... 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
Victoria Chemicals PLC (B): The Merseyside and Rotterdam Projects
F-1544 | Published August 29, 2008 | 5 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
This case series considers the capital-investment decisions to be made by executives of a large chemicals firm in January 2008. The A case (UVA-F-1543) presents a go/no-go project evaluation regarding... Read More
The Manager (A)
E-0280 | Published January 11, 2006 | 9 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
When a senior audit partner at a well-established Washington-based audit firm discovers that one of his employees has disseminated inaccurate information, the partner must figure out the reason--lack ... Read More
Priya Patel: The Earning-More, Living-Less Dilemma
G-0665 | Published March 23, 2026 | 8 Pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
This case explores the dilemma of Priya Patel, a recent MBA graduate who is struggling to balance her personal, professional, and financial responsibilities. After Patel receives her dream job, she an... Read More
Frito-Lay North America: The Making of a Net Zero Snack Chip
ENT-0112 | Published May 04, 2009 | 13 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
Implementing a sustainability strategy requires firms to consider economic, strategic, environmental, and community perspectives. Suitable for MBA, undergraduate, and executive learners, this sustaina... Read More
Cardinal Foods: Sweet Sourcing
OM-1591 | Published January 04, 2018 | 9 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
As part of a biennial supplier review, Jennifer Schramm, a purchasing manager in the cocoa and chocolate division at Cardinal Foods, had been considering several different cocoa cooperatives. She want... Read More
The Chronicles of Caspari: Should Caspari Expand Its Online Marketplace?
M-1072 | Published July 22, 2025 | 14 Pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
In late 2024, Lisa Milbank, CEO and editor in chief of Caspari, Inc. (Caspari), a publisher of premium designed and printed paper products such as napkins, plates, gift wrap, and invitations, contempl... 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
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
Coworking in Scott's Addition: Capacity and Pricing Strategy (B)
OM-1695 | Published September 28, 2020 | 5 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
These cases follow Emilia Nguyen—newly-appointed CEO of her family’s third-generation real estate business in the historic district of Scott’s Addition in Richmond, Virginia—as she prepares her propos... 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
DoorDash: Delivering Access to Lower-Income Consumers
M-1078 | Published May 07, 2026 | 23 Pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
This case explores strategic efforts by DoorDash, Inc. (DoorDash), to expand access to lower-income consumers in the United States. As the company deepens its reach beyond convenience-driven users, it... 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
MilkMade Ice Cream: Running A Successful Crowdfunding Campaign
M-0880 | Published April 06, 2015 | 16 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
This case follows a young entrepreneur as she launches a crowdfunding campaign to expand her already-established craft ice cream company. The story reveals the several steps taken from the planning ph... 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
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
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
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
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
H&S Company (B)
C-2449 | Published July 28, 2021 | 9 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
An important decision in starting a business is the choice of legal entity. This case provides a realistic, yet stylized, setting to facilitate a discussion of factors to consider in the entity choice... 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
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
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
Apple Inc.: The Future of the Mac
S-0340 | Published October 08, 2020 | 15 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
This case uses Apple Inc. (Apple) and its Mac line of personal computers (PCs) to allow for an analysis of competitive positioning and the building of sustainable competitive advantage. In spring 2020... Read More
Growth Hacking Online Education
OM-1719 | Published April 29, 2021 | 29 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
This case explores the work of a Darden faculty member, Alex Cowan, to assess the demand for a public version of the software development course he taught at Darden. It was no secret that with the tec... Read More
PriceMax
QA-0748 | Published July 21, 2010 | 10 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
A large general-merchandise retailer misses its fiscal year earnings-per-share guidance, so its CFO is charged with improving the firm's forecasts. This case presents the use of probability distributi... 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
Starbucks Corporation (B)
S-0176 | Published October 13, 2010 | 11 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
This case follows S-0175 and explores the different responses Starbucks made to correct its operational and overexpansion problems as well as its experimentation with new growth ideas. Analysts who pr... 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
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
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
Embraer E-Jets E2: Flying High
OB-1308 | Published March 17, 2021 | 28 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
This field-based case chronicles how Embraer, a recognized market leader in Brazil’s regional aircraft industry, designed and developed an almost entirely new aircraft, the E2-190. Given the success o... Read More
1990 USSR: Reform, Revolution, or Retrenchment (A)
F-1969 | Published December 04, 2020 | 36 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
In August 1990, Mikhail Gorbachev, president of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR) and general secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party, confronted one of the most difficu... Read More
Listen Up! How to be Appropriately Assertive
OB-0799 | Published May 03, 2004 | 19 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
How do you deal with overly aggressive or excessively passive people? When should you push and when should you hang back? Should you ever show your anger, or is it wise to keep it inside or express it... 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
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
American International Group, Inc.—The Financial Crisis
C-2322 | Published June 07, 2011 | 19 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
The case details the history of AIG, its organizational structure, and involvement in the market for credit default swaps and the financial crisis. Edward Liddy has been appointed by Treasury Secretar... 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
Toxic for Teens? Navigating a Career in the Social Media Industry (A)
OB-1395 | Published June 06, 2022 | 7 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. Gia is an early-car... 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
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
JPMorgan and the Dodd-Frank Act
F-1654 | Published November 28, 2011 | 12 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
In October, the CEO of JPMorgan Chase & Co., is preparing for the company's 2010 Q3 earnings conference call and wondering how to address the inevitable questions related to financial reform. It has b... 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
Amoco Corporation
F-1262 | Published March 21, 2000 | 26 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
This case is one of a pair of cases used in a merger negotiation. It is designed to be used with "British Petroleum, Ltd." (UVA-F-1263). One-half of the class prepares only the British Petroleum (BP) ... Read More
The Collections Subsidiary
OM-1220 | Published February 09, 2005 | 7 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
Mike Williams must analyze the results of 25,075 outbound phone calls placed by 145 phone representatives during a four-week period. Although many of the phone reps are being rewarded for outstanding ... Read More
The Battle for Logan Airport: American Airlines versus JetBlue (A)
S-0116 | Published October 08, 2005 | 25 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
JetBlue will begin flying out of Boston's Logan Airport?and American Airlines was feeling the heat. JetBlue was growing eight times faster than Southwest Airlines, the longtime leader among low-cost c... Read More
Astral Records Ltd., North America: Some Financial Concerns
F-1065 | Published August 22, 1994 | 9 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
A new CEO from outside the firm takes over following the sudden death of the former CEO. Included in the new CEO's inbox are pressing decisions concerning (1) the firm's financing needs, (2) capital e... Read More
The Buyout of AMC Entertainment
F-1508 | Published July 17, 2005 | 26 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
In July 2004, J.P. Morgan Partners (JPMP), the private equity arm of JPMorgan Chase & Co., was in the midst of formulating the final terms of a public-to-private buyout proposal for AMC Entertainment ... Read More
Investing in Sponsor-Backed IPOs: The Case of Hertz
F-1561 | Published March 10, 2008 | 21 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
This case and its companion, UVA-F-1560, were awarded the 2012 Wachovia Award for Excellence in Teaching Materials - Innovative Case. In November 2006, Alec Berg, a successful hedge fund manager, must... 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
Black Cards and Banking
F-1870 | Published May 20, 2019 | 10 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
Cecilia and Luke were recently married and were beginning to build a life together. Although they were complete opposites, they had been able to work through their differences and have a good relation... Read More
How Do You Solve a Problem Like Marcus?
OB-1310 | Published September 18, 2020 | 9 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
This case follows Heather Grant as she begins her new role as manager of the Staunton, Virginia, branch of Loom & Ferris, a mid-sized call center specializing in printing, branding, and logos for corp... Read More
The Home Depot Builds in the Pandemic
BC-0277 | Published February 01, 2021 | 8 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
Through most of 2020, the United States was battling the same demon as the rest of the world: the COVID-19 pandemic. During the pandemic, a large number of people worldwide spent more time at home, so... Read More
Progressive Insurance: Multivariable Testing
M-0762 | Published July 17, 2008 | 8 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
This case describes a 21-factor, 56-recipe multivariable test (MVT) conducted by Progressive Insurance with the help of QualPro, a leading MVT consulting firm. The object of the test was to improve Pr... Read More
Global Asset Allocation: Crude Calculations
F-1647 | Published March 14, 2011 | 22 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
Fully updated through end-2017, this case examines the oil market. The protagonist's task was to decide whether her pension fund should allocate some funds to oil, and if so, how much. The decision re... Read More
Faculty and Students: Making the Grade
PHA-0057 | Published January 31, 2005 | 10 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
What is the proper role of the instructor in student-professor interactions? What challenges should new teachers expect and what pitfalls should be avoided? New faculty must meet a variety of concurre... Read More
Project Management: "Constructive" Building
OB-1057 | Published January 06, 2015 | 11 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
After nine months' work and full commitment to the expansion project at the University of Virginia's McIntire School of Commerce, Senior Associate Dean Gerry Starsia hit a snag. A few unresolved issue... Read More
Eagle Industries: Office Supplies Sourcing
OM-1181 | Published July 05, 2004 | 16 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
Eagle Industries was in the midst of an ongoing strategic sourcing project to reduce costs. The strategic sourcing team analyzed indirect purchases and identified office products as an opportunity are... Read More
Titan Products, Inc.: Acquisition of Franz Schuler GMBH (A)
BP-0546 | Published February 16, 2010 | 11 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
This case allows two integration teams of different companies to construct a joint postacquisition integration plan. Some of the issues addressed in this role-play case include: (1) organization of Sc... Read More
Introduction to Consolidation Accounting: Google's Acquisition of Waze
C-2354 | Published August 26, 2015 | 8 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
When Google purchased Israel-based Waze on June 11, 2013, many wondered how the quirky start-up had even gotten noticed. The answer was its product, an app launched from Ra'anana, Israel, that connect... 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
The Client Who Fell through the Cracks (A)
OB-1130 | Published February 28, 2010 | 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. Giving Voice to V... Read More
Why Is the Universe Against Me? (A) and (B) (Abridged)
OB-1081 | Published August 18, 2015 | 8 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
Hasn’t everyone at some point felt as if the universe was conspiring against his or her success? This case narrative tracks the story of Emmett Taylor, an operations manager for a bottling company, as... 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
MNB One Credit-Card Portfolio
QA-0613 | Published July 09, 2003 | 10 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
A credit-card company must value portfolios of customers based on their future earnings. The payment characteristics of customers serve to classify them into states. This case can be the basis for dis... Read More
Boulevard Sandwiches, Inc. (A)
C-2433 | Published January 14, 2020 | 5 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
Carla Thomas, the owner of Boulevard Sandwiches, is preparing to meet with Alan Philips, the new manager of Boulevard Sandwiches, Inc., Unit No. 2, in mid-December 2017. The primary purpose of this me... Read More
AAIB Addresses Social and Environmental Risks in Loan Assessment (A)
OB-1132 | Published March 01, 2015 | 3 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. Giving Voice to V... Read More
The Fine Art of Financing: The JPMorgan Private Bank and Lending Against Art
F-1760 | Published May 26, 2016 | 14 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
Due to an increase in the number of wealthy individuals the demand for artwork had increased, and artwork was considered an investment asset. Artwork was listed as a “treasure asset” or an “investment... Read More
National Railroad Passenger Corporation ("Amtrak"): Acela Financing
F-1363 | Published January 28, 2001 | 11 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
In the late 1990s, the National Railroad Passenger Corporation (Amtrak) faced a rude awakening as Congress stipulated that it eliminate its reliance on federal subsidies by 2002. In response, Amtrak d... 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
What Hank Did Next
E-0434 | Published May 13, 2020 | 7 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
Hank Carlson, once a successful businessman and a well-respected member of his community, spent nearly two years in prison for check fraud. When he was caught, the community turned on him instantly, a... Read More
Tough Guy
OB-0913 | Published October 17, 2007 | 5 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
How would you react if you were faced with a humiliating interaction with an abrasive colleague, boss, coworker, or direct report? What if that person is a rainmaker? Most students have found themselv... 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
Divestment as an ESG Tool: CalPERS and Tobacco Stocks (A)
F-1948 | Published June 04, 2020 | 22 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
This case uses the California Public Employees’ Retirement System (CalPERS) to set the stage for unfolding an analysis of economics and values in the decision to divest tobacco stocks and bonds from t... Read More
Monopolization or Delivery on Mission (A)
OB-1156 | Published February 28, 2010 | 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. A social enterpri... Read More
Starbucks Corporation: The New S-Curves
S-0239 | Published September 05, 2014 | 24 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
By the end of fiscal year (FY) 2010, Starbucks's painful, three-year transformation agenda was essentially complete. Starbucks began FY11 poised to focus on a new blueprint for growth described by CEO... 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
Heart of a Champion
OB-1288 | Published May 17, 2019 | 9 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
Kobe Bryant and Tim Duncan are widely regarded as two of the greatest basketball players in NBA history. Both led their teams to championships, and both were named MVP and All-Star multiple times. But... Read More
Cavalier Hospital
F-1696 | Published June 11, 2013 | 14 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
A midsize community hospital must choose a strategy to compete with an expanding regional rival. The strategy, focused on acquiring patient volume, includes expanding investment into integrated care, ... 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
Lupin: Discovery Research
IIMA-MAR0511 | Published January 31, 2020 | 22 pages Case
Collection: Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad
Lupin, an India-based pharma firm, started its Novel Drug Discovery and Development (NDDD) division in 2010. In 2018, the division licensed MALT1 inhibitors to AbbVie, an MNC Pharma firm for a down p... 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
The Carlyle Group: IPO of a Publicly Traded Private Equity Firm
F-1689 | Published February 26, 2013 | 27 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
The Carlyle Group IPO case explores the circumstances leading up to the firm's IPO in May 2012. Over the past 25 years, Carlyle had grown from a fledgling private equity firm to one of the world's lar... 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
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
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
Why Is the Universe Against Me? (A)
OB-1069 | Published April 16, 2015 | 5 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
Hasn’t everyone at some point felt as if the universe was conspiring against his or her success? This case narrative tracks the story of Emmett Taylor, an operations manager for a bottling company, as... Read More
Financial Crisis and the Revolutions of 1848 (B)
F-1933 | Published January 13, 2020 | 10 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
On March 15, 1848, the governor of the Bank of France, Antoine d'Argout, faced the potential collapse of his institution. A cascade of agricultural and industrial shocks, rising food prices, spikes in... 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
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
Genzyme and Relational Investors: Science and Business Collide?
F-1660 | Published February 12, 2011 | 25 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
The chairman and CEO of the Genzyme Corporation, one of the country's top five biotechnology firms, has received a phone call requesting a meeting with the cofounder and principal of a large activist ... 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
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
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
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
Harris Corporation: Financial Benchmarking
C-2289 | Published October 14, 2008 | 12 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
This field-based case describes the approach and decisions used by Harris Corporation’s vice president of supply chain management and operations to establish a set of financial benchmarks. It requires... Read More
Acquisition Cost Allocation at Progressive Insurance
M-0785 | Published October 25, 2010 | 11 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
Omar Parvaiz, Progressive Insurance field product manager in charge of Tennessee and South Carolina, must analyze the results of a yearlong test of a new pricing algorithm he developed. The new algori... 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
Chalhoub Group: Transforming the Luxury Retailer
S-0319 | Published November 13, 2019 | 12 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
From a single boutique in Damascus, Syria, in 1955, the Chalhoub Group had grown by 2019 to operate more than 650 luxury retail stores in 14 countries throughout the Middle East and North Africa. By b... Read More
The Panic of 1873 and the "Long Depression" (B)
F-1825 | Published July 27, 2018 | 3 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
In 1878, President Rutherford B. Hayes must decide whether to sign the Bland-Allison Act and commit the United States to minting silver coins and thus return to a bimetal standard of currency. At issu... Read More
The Equity Academy
C-2435 | Published September 01, 2020 | 18 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
A former teacher in Washington, DC, in her final year of graduate school pursuing an MBA is tasked with preparing a five-year financial forecast to support an application for a potential charter schoo... Read More
Wachovia Bank & Trust Company, N.A. (B): Piedmont Operations Center Scheduling
OM-0664 | Published April 10, 1989 | 4 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
The manager of the bank's proof department has to decide how many part-time hours to schedule for the upcoming week. To do this, he must develop a forecast of the number of checks to be processed base... 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
Marketing a Pure Play E-Tailer: Historical Emporium Inc.
M-0901 | Published January 15, 2016 | 10 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
The material in this case provides customer data that were available to the case protagonists to make data-driven decisions. From their garage to a 16,000-square-foot warehouse and office in San Jose,... 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
A/B Testing at Vungle
QA-0821 | Published April 13, 2015 | 7 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
Two recently graduated MBA students are tasked with developing an ad-serving learning algorithm for a mobile ad-serving company. The case illustrates the way in which hypotheses can be tested in an A/... Read More
Boulevard Sandwiches, Inc. (B)
C-2434 | Published January 14, 2020 | 5 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
Alan Philips has just completed his first year as manager of Boulevard Sandwiches, Inc., Unit No. 2. Actual profit for the year was well below budgeted profit. Philips is preparing for a meeting with ... Read More
The Xtrican Co-Promotion Team: Everyday Decision Making in a Strategic Alliance
OB-0815 | Published May 21, 2004 | 15 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
This case describes the everyday decisions made by an alliance team. The case focuses on a budgetary decision where the two parties are $100 million apart, and describes the prior decisions of which e... Read More
Saving Customers at Vigil Home Security
QA-0804 | Published May 13, 2013 | 5 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
Mike Thomas, director of customer relationships at the second-leading provider of residential security systems in the United States, set out to examine data from 61,235 customer "saves" in order to de... 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
PPG Industries: Statistical Quality Control
OM-0612 | Published April 10, 1986 | 13 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
An MBA intern must develop and interpret statistical-control charts in a facility that produces paint for automobile companies. The case is meant to introduce the ideas and mechanics of statistical-pr... Read More
Chick-fil-A: Bird of a Different Feather
G-0632 | Published March 19, 2013 | 13 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
In 2011, sales at Chick-fil-A (CFA) surpassed $4 billion; however due to ownership’s aversion to debt, the pace of expansion was significantly slower than the fast-food-segment average. And the bigges... Read More
Donaldson, Lufkin & Jenrette, 1995 (Abridged)
F-1147 | Published July 09, 1996 | 31 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
This case explains the plan of the Equitable Companies to sell a 20 percent interest in Donaldson, Lufkin & Jenrette (DLJ) via an equity carve-out in an initial public offering (IPO), and presents stu... Read More
Diamond Chemicals PLC (B): Merseyside and Rotterdam Projects
F-1352 | Published February 14, 2001 | 6 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
These two cases consider the capital investment decisions to be made by executives of this large chemicals firm in January 2001. The A case presents a go/no-go project evaluation regarding improvement... Read More
Balancing Social Goals and Financial Viability: "Both Have to Coexist and Work Well—No Point Cribbing About It" (A)
OB-1138 | Published February 28, 2010 | 12 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. In this case, a c... Read More
Miles from Home: Transforming the Poorest, Most Expansive School Districts in New Mexico
BC-0266 | Published November 08, 2018 | 13 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
What specific actions can a school district take to spur dramatic improvement? This case details a partnership between the school board of one of the poorest-performing educational districts in New Me... Read More
Carrier Corporation—Strategy Evolution for the Small Commercial Rooftop
BP-0336 | Published January 06, 1993 | 29 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
Carrier must respond to rapidly changing market conditions. Its strategy options are complicated by the different objectives of Marketing, Manufacturing, Engineering, and Distribution. The case leads... Read More
Illinois Teachers' Retirement System, 2019: Private Equity Performance
F-1952 | Published July 06, 2020 | 17 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
Cinda Klickna, trustee of the State of Illinois Teachers’ Retirement System (TRS), was preparing to vote in June 2019 on a proposed $75 million investment in a new fund being raised by First Light Cap... Read More
Retail Relay (C)
M-0868 | Published April 30, 2014 | 2 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
This short case serves as an epilogue to the A and B cases. Specializing in local organic meat and produce, Retail Relay has developed a new business model for online grocery shopping and delivery. Re... 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
Nephila Builds a Portfolio of Weather Risk Transfer Contracts
QA-0844 | Published September 23, 2015 | 5 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
The weather team at Nephila Capital Ltd. (Nephila) was in the midst of the weather market’s busy winter renewal period. The list of weather risk transfer contracts that needed to be analyzed and price... Read More
Lumi Juice: Concept to Store
QA-0845 | Published November 10, 2015 | 5 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
Lumi Juice was founded in April 2013 in Charlottesville, Virginia, by Hillary Lewis, a second-year MBA student at the Darden School of Business. Lewis’s vision was to build a fully functioning manufa... Read More
The Procter & Gamble Company: Investment in Crest Whitestrips Advanced Seal
F-1670 | Published July 27, 2012 | 12 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
A financial analyst for Procter & Gamble must report on the prospects and implications of a new teeth-whitening product. Beyond a realistic profit-and-loss forecast and baseline net present value, he ... Read More
Why Is the Universe Against Me? (B)
OB-1073 | Published April 16, 2015 | 4 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
This B case continues the story of Emmett Taylor, an operations manager for a bottling company, as he decides what to do after an ice storm causes inventory holdups and an accident involving one of hi... Read More
Corning, Inc., Consumer Products Group
BP-0321 | Published February 21, 1991 | 21 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
Corning, Inc. is faced with a decision about what to do with one of its three business segments, Consumer Products, which has been performing below senior management's expectations. The case puts the ... Read More
Thursday Night Dilemmas
E-0433 | Published May 19, 2020 | 5 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
This case focuses on how to think about personal and business ethical dilemmas. The case presents three ethical dilemmas: two hypothetical scenarios presented to Kiara in her ethics class, and one re... Read More
Enron Corporation's Weather Derivatives (B)
F-1300 | Published September 01, 2000 | 4 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
New options on weather from Enron are described, in particular floors, swaps, and caps on heating degree days. An electric utility is considering whether to purchase a weather derivative to offset the... Read More
Willy Buys a Car
F-1871 | Published July 01, 2019 | 13 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
For the past three months, Willy Fuller has been working as a fry cook at Hal's Café. He has no car, and due to the unpredictability of the bus service, Willy has been late to work several days. His b... 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
Marriott: Frankfurt And Dusseldorf
F-0928 | Published March 28, 1989 | 20 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
A project developer for Marriott must determine the economic attractiveness of acquiring two hotels in Germany. Strong strategic issues argue in favor of making the acquisitions. Students are given a ... Read More
Summit Partners and RoboSoft, LLC: Mezzanine Debt Investment
F-1845 | Published August 23, 2018 | 19 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
In February 2013, John Carroll and Alexander Whittemore, both managing directors at Summit Partners (Summit), are considering an investment in RoboSoft, LLC (RoboSoft), a provider of data-center autom... Read More
Polaroid Corporation, 1996
F-1181 | Published April 04, 1997 | 20 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
This case puts the student in the shoes of the recently appointed treasurer of Polaroid Corporation, who must consider several matters concerning the firm's debt policy. An immediate concern is the co... Read More
Defining Moments: Personnel Problems
OB-1209 | Published April 18, 2018 | 1 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
The CEO of an investment management firm must decide what to do about inappropriate actions by two different employees. While both employees are strong performers, their actions implicate the values u... Read More
Goodwin House, Inc.
OB-0704 | Published July 25, 2000 | 30 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
The CEO of a large elder-care organization with two main facilities faces a number of challenges: jealousy between the two main units, difficulties in finding and retaining staff in competition with f... 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 Panic of 1873 and the "Long Depression" (A)
F-1824 | Published July 27, 2018 | 49 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
In 1878, President Rutherford B. Hayes must decide whether to sign the Bland-Allison Act and commit the United States to minting silver coins and thus return to a bimetal standard of currency. At issu... Read More
Johnson & Johnson: The Live for Life Program (A)
OB-0412 | Published April 21, 1992 | 16 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
This case describes the initiation, development, and testing of Live for Life, a comprehensive employee-wellness program at J&J. The program was intended to help employees adopt healthier lifestyles, ... 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
Staffing at the Strategic Consulting Group: The "S" Word
OM-1564 | Published May 01, 2017 | 6 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
Mackenzie Spencer, vice president of operations at Strategic Consulting Group, must determine a staffing (the “S” word) plan for the upcoming year. She must balance the costs of overstaffing with thos... Read More
Perils of Collaboration (A)
OB-1165 | Published February 28, 2010 | 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. A doctoral studen... Read More
Betting on Gold Using a Futures-Based Gold ETF
F-1690 | Published April 22, 2013 | 20 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
In an environment of high macroeconomic uncertainty in the fall of 2012, Tom Michelson was looking at his next trading opportunity. Michelson wanted to build a position in gold with a trading horizon ... Read More
"Nobody Ever Disagrees" (A)
G-0641 | Published December 15, 2017 | 4 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
The president of the Belgian consumer goods subsidiary of a large American conglomerate thought he had inherited a loyal, lean, efficient, and capable management team to help him accelerate the growth... Read More
The Battle for Value, 2004: FedEx Corp. vs. United Parcel Service, Inc.
F-1484 | Published November 17, 2005 | 22 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
Set in June 2004, this case invites the student to assess the financial performance of FedEx Corp. and United Parcel Service, Inc. (UPS). The two firms have competed intensely for dominance of the ove... Read More
Staples LBO: Meet You on the Mezzanine
F-1721 | Published August 23, 2017 | 18 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
In this case, two friends, a managing director with an investment banking group and a partner at Cavalier Capital LLC have submitted a bit for a leveraged buyout (LBO) of retail giant Staples Inc. Sta... Read More
Walt Disney Productions, June 1984
F-0676 | Published March 28, 1985 | 19 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
This case is set in the midst of the attempted takeover of Walt Disney Productions by the raider Saul Steinberg in June 1984. Disney's chief executive officer ponders whether to fight the takeover or ... Read More
Blue Ridge Bike and Hike
F-1749 | Published February 08, 2016 | 5 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
A small chain of retail stores selling outdoors equipment, Blue Ridge Bike and Hike (Blue Ridge) was expanding rapidly. The finance manager had to develop a financial plan for accommodating this growt... Read More
Primus Automation Division, 2002
F-1487 | Published November 17, 2005 | 12 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
In early 2002, an analyst, Tom Baumann, must propose terms for leasing one of his company's advanced factory-automation systems to a major customer. From the lessor's standpoint, the challenge is simp... Read More
Setco Automotive Ltd: Drivers of a Successful Turnaround
IIMA-FA0541 | Published February 27, 2019 | 14 pages Case
Collection: Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad
The case examines the financial and operational causes of business failure associated with Setco Automotive Ltd. an auto-clutch manufacturing company ... Read More
Patrick Bugas
OM-1559 | Published November 28, 2016 | 9 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
Patrick Bugas must determine a staffing plan to meet targets for average speed of answer (ASA) for a telephone call center. 35,000 records are included in a spreadsheet for student analysis. This ca... Read More
Kota Fibres, Ltd.
F-1359 | Published January 31, 2001 | 16 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
In January 2001, the chief executive of this small yarn-production company in India must resolve a surprising cash shortage. The task for the student is to evaluate the causes of this shortage (using ... Read More
Jaikumar Textiles, Ltd. (B): The Nylon Division
QA-0391 | Published April 08, 1989 | 5 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
In this case, a second constraining resource is introduced to the decision environment of the A case (UVA-QA-0364), making linear programming appropriate and useful. Because there are two decision var... Read More
Retail Relay (A)
M-0784 | Published May 10, 2010 | 14 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
Specializing in local, organic meat and produce, Retail Relay developed a new business model for online grocery shopping and delivery. Having succeeded in the small market of Charlottesville, Virginia... Read More
Pricing Jonstan's
M-0807 | Published August 09, 2011 | 3 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
This case is intended for MBA audiences and is used for the first-year and second-year elective, Data Analysis and Optimization. Swati Su's boss had been planning to raise prices for their brand, Jons... Read More
Enron Corporation's Weather Derivatives (A)
F-1299 | Published September 01, 2000 | 12 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
New options on weather from Enron are described, in particular floors, swaps, and caps on heating degree days. An electric utility is considering whether to purchase a weather derivative to offset the... Read More
Potential Volatility Comes to Earnings: A Look at Berkshire Hathaway’s Equity Investments
C-2426 | Published June 19, 2019 | 22 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
Based in Omaha, Nebraska, Berkshire Hathaway Inc. is a holding company that invests in many diverse businesses. The most significant of those are property and casualty insurance businesses, although t... Read More
Changing Perceptions and Transforming Outcomes : L&T Acquisition of Mindtree
IIMA-COMM0025 | Published September 10, 2020 | 24 pages Case
Collection: Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad
On March 18, 2019, Yuvraj Mehta, head Corporate Brand Management & Communications (CBMC) at Larsen & Toubro (L&T), heard about negative media narrativ...