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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
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
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
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
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
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
New Planet Music (A)
OB-1089 | Published May 04, 2021 | 2 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
This case contains two briefs, one for each person in a two-party negotiation. They are relatively short in length and can be read in class just prior to a mock negotiation. This learning activity is ... Read More
New Planet Music (B)
OB-1090 | Published May 04, 2021 | 2 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
This case contains two briefs, one for each person in a two-party negotiation. They are relatively short in length and can be read in class just prior to a mock negotiation. This learning activity is ... Read More
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
Yearbook Inc. (A): The Start-up Years
S-0369 | Published March 22, 2022 | 10 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
This field-based case follows the start-up dreams of Melanie Perkins, a young Australian woman who came up with a big idea: What if she could create a simple, collaborative, online tool that anyone co... Read More
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
DuckDuckGo: Who's Flocking to This Search Engine?
M-1052 | Published May 30, 2024 | 16 Pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
A marketing strategy lead at the search engine DuckDuckGo (DDG) is confronted with two separate instances of potentially damaging publicity: first, a news article alleging that compared to Google, DDG... Read More
Reagan-Bush '84
M-0340 | Published April 02, 1991 | 12 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
The media consultant for the Reagan-Bush '84 campaign identifies his goal as stopping and reversing a strong decline in support for President Reagan. The case describes the results of some of the moti... Read More
Revenue Recognition at Salesforce.com, Inc.
C-2525 | Published March 18, 2026 | 10 Pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
This case, adapted from "Revenue Recognition (Topic 606) at Salesforce.com, Inc." (UVA-C-2428), uses an array of carefully selected and excerpted revenue-recognition related information contained in S... Read More
Markov's Trilemma
F-1341 | Published August 13, 2001 | 4 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
The key objectives of this case are to: (1) familiarize students with a simple version of the Markowitz optimal-asset allocation model; (2) develop students' intuition regarding optimal-asset allocati... 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
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
FinePrint Company (A)
C-2193 | Published March 22, 2004 | 3 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
John Johnson, the owner of the FinePrint Company, is presented with several opportunities to consider: (1) whether to accept a one-time special printing order (the A case), (2) whether to outsource so... 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
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
JW Sports Supplies (A)
C-2402 | Published November 28, 2017 | 3 Pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
James Jones and William West started a company to make what they considered the ideal gym bag, one that would incorporate the features they both desired and that would be of a sufficient quality to wi... 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
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
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
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
"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
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
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
“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
Decarbonization at Ryanair: Quantifying Emissions for Sustainable Aviation
C-2487 | Published July 30, 2024 | 7 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
Thomas Fowler, Ryanair Holdings plc's (Ryanair's) director of sustainability and finance, had never had a more ambitious agenda. Michael O'Leary, the company’s outspoken CEO, was pushing for Ryanair t... Read More
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
American Telephone & Telegraph (AT&T): The AT&T/McCaw Merger Negotiation
F-1142 | Published August 22, 1996 | 38 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
Set in September 1992, this exercise provides teams of students the opportunity to negotiate terms of a merger between AT&T and McCaw Cellular. AT&T, one of the largest U.S. corporations, was the domi... 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
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
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
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
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
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
Cold Opportunity (A): The Nils Bergqvist Story
ENT-0119 | Published July 30, 2009 | 4 Pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
Suitable for MBA and executive learners, this case series (of which this case is the first) presents a narrative that prompts students to discuss entrepreneurial thinking. An entrepreneur who loves hi... 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
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
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
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
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
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
Jennifer Parks at PillarPoint Home Loans: Developing a New-Growth Initiative
ENT-0102 | Published September 20, 2008 | 2 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
Jennifer Parks, a newly appointed business development officer at PillarPoint Home Loans, is given a mandate to identify and develop a new-growth initiative for her company, a small mortgage division ... 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
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
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
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
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
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
Market Street Wine: Extending the Aisle
BC-0286 | Published December 19, 2022 | 6 Pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
This case and dataset can be used with data visualization software to tell a story with data through charts, maps, and dashboards. Using an independent wine shop, Market Street Wine, the case describe... 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
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
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
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
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
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
Sterlite Technologies Limited (STL): From Cables to Solution Selling
IIMA-MAR0519 | Published October 23, 2020 | 26 pages Case
Collection: Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad
Sterlite Technologies Limited (STL) is a leading company in developing digital infrastructure. It has recently transitioned to become an end-to-end service provider from a manufacturing-focussed comp... 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
Dollar Tree Logistics
OM-1180 | Published July 01, 2005 | 17 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
This case explores the decision of a fast-growing company to expand its distribution network. Financial information is provided in it so students can understand the basic distribution network design c... 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
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
Apple Inc.: The Second Green Bond
F-2022 | Published January 06, 2023 | 15 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
Lisa Jackson, vice president of Environment, Policy and Social Initiatives at Apple Inc. (Apple) and, previously, the first African American administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency, was p... Read More
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
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
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
Musictoday, LLC: Implementing a Periodic Review Inventory System
OM-1114 | Published June 17, 2004 | 11 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
This case is used in Darden's first-year core operations class as part of a module on supply chain management. The Musictoday company provided online retailing services for such clients as the Dave Ma... Read More
Tiffany & Co.: The LVMH Proposal and LVMH: The Tiffany Acquisition -- Merger Negotiation Application (SIMULATION)
F-2015 | Published April 22, 2022 | 1 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
The cases “Tiffany & Co.: The LVMH Proposal” (UVA-F-2012) and “LVMH: The Tiffany Acquisition” (UVA-F-2013) serve as two sides of a merger negotiation exercise set in October 2019. Students are asked... Read More
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
Netflix, Inc.: The Customer Strikes Back
M-0834 | Published July 30, 2012 | 7 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
This case is an updated version of "Netflix Inc.: DVD Wars" (UVA-M-0763), and was written as a replacement for it. A financial analyst is asked to appraise the value of Netflix's stock at a time of u... 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
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
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
The Ethics of Consulting
E-0431 | Published September 17, 2019 | 9 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
The consulting field, with its variety of different experiences and scenarios, often presents numerous challenges and conflicts for those involved. These vignettes, some based on actual situations, pr... 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
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
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
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
Bitcoin: Investment or Illusion?
F-1819 | Published December 08, 2017 | 18 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
The case describes a hypothetical hedge fund manager who is examining whether to invest in bitcoin. The case discusses potential risks and rewards of investing in bitcoin, the role of bitcoin and digi... 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
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
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
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
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
Understanding the Statement of Cash Flows: Three Illustrative Examples
C-2451 | Published December 22, 2021 | 4 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
This case provides students with the statement of cash flows from three diverse companies: Etsy, Inc., Akorn, Inc., and Brookfield Asset Management Inc. (named in case as Alpha Inc., Beta Corporation,... Read More
Comerica Incorporated: The Valuation Dilemma
F-1581 | Published March 10, 2009 | 16 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
In early September 2008, in the midst of the subprime crisis, a manager with the student-run Darden Capital Management fund, wants to evaluate whether Comerica Incorporated, a regional bank based in D... 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
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
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
Western Asset Arbitrage
F-1577 | Published April 23, 2009 | 18 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
The case introduces students to the nature of collateralized debt obligations (CDO) and the CDO origination process, with emphasis on the corporate structure of the special purpose vehicles, cash flow... 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
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
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
China's Stock Market: Understanding Its Boom-and-Bust Cycles
F-1985 | Published July 29, 2021 | 40 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
Using the context of a private-bank chief economist preparing for a client call just as the Shanghai Stock Exchange Composite Index (SCI) reached a 29-month high on July 7, 2020, this case places stud... Read More
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 Investment Detective
F-0813 | Published March 28, 1988 | 2 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
Students must evaluate eight projects' cash flows and rank the projects in terms of their economic attractiveness. Students can use all possible criteria [net present value (NPV), internal rate of ret... 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
The Weekend that Changed Wall Street
F-1587 | Published July 14, 2009 Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
This case examines the causes and consequences of the Lehman Brothers bankruptcy during one of the most fascinating weekends in financial history. It's about the commercial paper market, a major fundi... Read More
Greenland
OB-0581 | Published September 13, 1994 | 22 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
The Greenland case describes the experience of four young Norwegian men determined to set a world record for unsupported crossing of Greenland. The case describes the team, their preparations, and the... 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
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
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
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
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
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
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
Euroland Foods 2024
F-2016 | Published May 18, 2022 | 13 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
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
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
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
Better Wrong than Right? Delivering the “Bad” Market Research News (A)
OB-1139 | 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 Va... 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
MetLife Meets Insurtech App to App
F-1947 | Published April 21, 2020 | 22 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
This case examines the key issues facing MetLife, a major company in life and annuity (L&A) and—to a lesser extent—property and casualty (P&C) insurance. The case provides an opportunity to analyze th... 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
Oregon Public Employees Retirement Fund: Push and Pull Over GP/LP Compensation
F-1628 | Published August 08, 2011 | 18 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
The case is designed to explore the structure and rationale behind the standard compensation arrangements in the private equity (PE) industry. It effectively introduces students to commonly used terms... 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
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
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
Starbucks: Schultz Back in the Brew
OB-0970 | Published April 21, 2009 | 19 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
Can the return of its founding CEO turn a lagging Starbucks around? Howard Shultz must map a strategy that addresses the company's decreasing sales and perhaps too rapid growth. Had the previous CEO's... 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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
Eastern Airlines Bankruptcy (A): Texas Air Corporation
F-1090 | Published August 24, 1995 | 39 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
This series of cases provides teams of students the opportunity to obtain control of Eastern Airlines through reorganizing the firm in bankruptcy. Eastern, an unprofitable company for nearly two decad... Read More
Eastern Airlines Bankruptcy (B): The Unions
F-1091 | Published August 28, 1995 | 39 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
The B case represents the unions. The A, C, and D cases represent the other players.... 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
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
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
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
Absolut Vodka: The Spirit of a Brand
M-0832 | Published June 27, 2012 | 15 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
This case is used in Darden's core Marketing course and in the Pricing elective. It would work well in course modules covering the topics of branding or product line management. A teaching note is ava... 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
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
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
OptiGuard, Inc.: Series A–Round Term Sheet
F-1798 | Published July 21, 2017 | 17 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
"OptiGuard. Inc.: Series A–Round Term Sheet" focuses on an entrepreneur in the cybersecurity industry who is attempting raise a first round of venture financing in November 2015. To date, the firm has... 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
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
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
McCaw Cellular Communications: The AT&T/McCaw Merger Negotiation
F-1143 | Published August 22, 1996 | 36 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
Set in September 1992, this exercise provides teams of students the opportunity to negotiate terms of a merger between McCaw Cellular and AT&T. McCaw was the largest competitor in the rapidly growing ... 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
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
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
Eastern Airlines Bankruptcy (D): The Unsecured Creditors' Committee
F-1093 | Published August 28, 1995 | 39 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
The D case represents the creditors. The A, B, and C cases represent the other players.... Read More
Eastern Airlines Bankruptcy (C): The Ritchie Group
F-1092 | Published August 28, 1995 | 33 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
The C case represents the Ritchie Group, a potential new investor; the A, B, and D cases represent the other players.... Read More
The University of Virginia Health System: The Next Generation of Quality Care and Patient Safety (B)
OM-1610 | Published May 15, 2019 | 21 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
This case, a follow-up to "The University of Virginia Health System: The Next Generation of Quality Care and Patient Safety (A)" (UVA-OM-1608) continues to follow the University of Virginia Health Sys... 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
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
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 Wells Fargo Commercial Banking Scandal
C-2394 | Published April 25, 2017 | 12 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
On October 25, 2016, Timothy J. Sloan, the new CEO of Wells Fargo bank, apologized to 1,200 of his employees in Charlotte, North Carolina. Sloan had been named to the company's top position two weeks ... 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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
China’s Liquidity Rules: Curbing Credit Growth or Fueling the Boom?
GEM-0264 | Published June 10, 2026 | 10 Pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
Jay Lin, a property developer operating in China in early 2015, must understand the rapid growth of credit despite regulations to the contrary before he proceeds with a construction project that will ... 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
Hard Court Systems Ltd.: Restructuring Operations to Improve Profitability
F-2151 | Published April 15, 2026 | 3 Pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
At the start of fiscal year 2025, Hard Court Systems Ltd. (HCS), an Australian producer and installer of surfaces for tennis courts, has embarked on a major restructuring of its operations. With 2025 ... 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
GTSI Corporation: Mission Impossible? (B)
OB-0967 | Published May 04, 2009 | 18 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
This undisguised case is appropriate for graduate-level organizational behavior, strategy, and leadership courses. Readers will be put in the shoes of a seasoned change agent hired to transform a publ... 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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
Apologizing at Community Hospital (A)
OB-1136 | 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
DigiPlex: Future-Ready Data Centers
QA-0880 | Published October 03, 2017 | 15 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
This case is based on DigiPlex, the largest data center provider in Scandinavia. The company plans to build another data center just outside of Stockholm, Sweden. The case asks students to evaluate 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
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
VIRGINIA-Class Submarine: Two for Four in 2012 (A)
OM-1384 | Published September 01, 2009 | 24 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
The VIRGINIA-class submarine was one of the largest naval-acquisition projects in history, involving the construction of 30 submarines at an acquisition cost of $93 billion. By FY05, the VIRGINIA-clas... 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
Reversing the Decline in European Competitiveness
GEM-0249 | Published September 16, 2025 | 15 Pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
In September 2024, fictional protagonist Julien Bernard, member of the European Parliament (EP) for France, has read a report released by the European Central Bank (ECB) about the sharp decline in the... 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
The Summit AI Fund: APEX
OB-1490 | 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
The Summit AI Fund: Blueprint
OB-1491 | 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
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
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
Glizzy Boutique
F-2156 | Published April 22, 2026 | 2 Pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
Samantha Peek has started a hot dog stand, Glizzy Boutique, as a fun side venture. The case presents the initial steps Peek took to set up the venture and the realized activity for the first month of ... Read More
The Mastercard Center for Inclusive Growth: A Playbook for Societal Impact at Scale
S-0491 | Published February 12, 2026 | 15 Pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
The Mastercard Center for Inclusive Growth (the Center) was launched in 2013 to advance equitable and sustainable economic growth by accelerating financial inclusion worldwide. The Center seeks to mov... Read More
Tyson Foods: Betting on the Next Billion
S-0490 | Published February 13, 2026 | 11 Pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
In August 2024, Tyson Foods Inc.’s (Tyson's) newly appointed CFO, Kane Warrick, confronts a defining choice: protect performance or redefine the company’s future. With US demand slowing and the board ... Read More
SoftBank Group's Robotics and AI Portfolio: Building the Physical AI Stack
F-2173 | Published September 08, 2026 | 20 Pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
This case examines SoftBank Group’s strategy to build a vertically integrated “physical AI” platform combining semiconductor design, artificial intelligence, data-center infrastructure, and robotics. ... 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
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
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
Building Products Company
OM-1741 | Published August 31, 2021 | 2 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
After a successful first consulting project, Sarah is about start another case. She is tasked with developing a customer segmentation and growth workstream for a building products company that is unde... Read More
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
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
Belle, Inc.
OM-1518 | Published September 02, 2014 | 5 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
Charlie Reese, an operations manager for a fragrance manufacturer, is given a directive to reduce costs in order to free up working capital for other initiatives. Reese discovers that his initial plan... 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
War of the Handbags: The Takeover Battle for Gucci Group N.V.
F-1473 | Published August 11, 2005 | 53 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
At three o'clock in the morning on September 10, 2001, Thierry Hautillac, a risk arbitrageur, learns of the final agreement between Pinault-Printemps-Redoute SA ("PPR") and LVMH Mo?t Hennessy Louis Vu... 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
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
Belief at Scale: Prediction Markets and Managerial Decision-Making
QA-0995 | Published July 06, 2026 | 11 Pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
On the morning of Super Bowl Sunday, 2026, a media analytics strategy executive discovers that prediction markets like Kalshi and Polymarket are putting the odds of a Seattle Seahawks win significantl... Read More
Roqueta Origen: Streamlining Wine Storage and Mixing (B)
QA-0979 | Published August 26, 2024 | 7 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
This B case follows the A case “Roqueta Origen: Streamlining Wine Storage and Mixing (A)” (UVA-QA-0978). It resumes where the A case concluded and explores several different approaches for optimizing ... Read More
Roqueta Origen: Streamlining Wine Storage and Mixing (C)
QA-0980 | Published August 26, 2024 | 2 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
This C case concludes the scenario introduced in the A case “Roqueta Origen: Streamlining Wine Storage and Mixing (A)” (UVA-QA-0978). The C case presents two final approaches to Roqueta Origen’s wine ... Read More
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
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
VIRGINIA-Class Submarine: Two for Four in 2012 (B)
OM-1385 | Published September 01, 2009 | 9 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
The VIRGINIA-class submarine was one of the largest naval-acquisition projects in history, involving the construction of 30 submarines at an acquisition cost of $93 billion. By FY05, the VIRGINIA-clas... 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
One-Off Decisions
OB-1117 | 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, a ... 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
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
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
Red Bull (A)
M-0663 | Published January 13, 2002 | 12 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
This case describes the history of the Red Bull brand and how the company stimulated and harnessed word-of-mouth to build a new product category (functional energy drinks) and brand franchise. The cas... Read More
Green Ox
M-0722 | Published July 11, 2007 | 9 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
"Green Ox" was written specifically for a midterm exam in an MBA marketing management class. Rather than focus on one particular concept or issue (e.g., segmentation, product line depth), the case cha... 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
Compass Records
F-1488 | Published September 12, 2005 | 12 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
The cofounder of Compass Records, a small, independent music-recording company, must decide whether to "produce and own" the next album of an up-and-coming folk musician or simply "license" her finish... Read More
Shibumi Shade: Riding the Wave of a Hit Product
OB-1447 | Published April 26, 2024 | 11 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
This case takes the perspective of Dane Barnes, cofounder of Shibumi Shade, Inc., a North Carolina start-up that created and sells an innovative beach shade. In particular, the case highlights Barnes’... Read More
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
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
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
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
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
Sustainable Wood Sourcing at IKEA: The Vietnam Acacia Program
OM-1860 | Published May 18, 2026 | 8 Pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
Anna Lindberg, IKEA’s Southeast Asia sourcing manager, must decide how the company can deepen responsible wood sourcing in Vietnam without undermining affordability, flexibility, or credibility. Altho... 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
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
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
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
Where in the World Should You Get Cancer? (A)
OM-1742 | Published November 30, 2021 | 6 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
What does “universal health care coverage” mean? Is it the same all over the world? Universal health care systems have the benefit of ensuring access to some services with a degree of financial protec... Read More
Where in the World Should You Get Cancer? (B): Lu Yong Epilogue
Forio Simulation | Published November 30, 2021 | 2 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
What does “universal health care coverage” mean? Is it the same all over the world? Universal health care systems have the benefit of ensuring access to some services with a degree of financial protec... Read More
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
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
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
Albina Ruiz and "Healthy City"
E-0384 | Published January 18, 2013 | 3 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
Industrial engineering student Albina Ruiz was disturbed by the trash she saw around her in Lima, Peru. It was the late 1980s, and uncollected trash was a huge problem for many of the poorer urban are... 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
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
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
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
Supreme Mart: Understanding Product Mix
M-1051 | Published September 11, 2024 | 6 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
This case examines Supreme Mart, a leading specialized retailer in Peru. The company, which has shifted its target market from upper-class to lower-middle-class consumers, faces challenges in optimizi... Read More
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
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
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
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
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
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
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/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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
Bergen Fashions, Inc.: Outsourcing to Bangladesh
F-2153 | Published April 16, 2026 | 9 Pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
“Bergen Fashions, Inc.: Outsourcing to Bangladesh” explores ways to evaluate global business risks by looking at a small US fashion company’s decision whether to outsource a new product line to Bangla... Read More
Walmart EV Stations: Coming to a Store Near You?
OM-1858 | Published January 21, 2026 | 2 Pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
This case explores Walmart Inc.’s (Walmart's) plan to build a nationwide network of electric vehicle (EV) fast-charging stations across its US stores. Leveraging its extensive retail footprint, Walmar... Read More
Alexander Hamilton, Tench Coxe, and the Invention of American Industrial Policy
F-2170 | Published July 30, 2026 | 16 Pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
Set in December 1791, this case asks students to evaluate Alexander Hamilton’s “Report on the Subject of Manufactures,” a set of policy proposals for how the federal government could boost domestic ma... 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
Grupo Boticário: Orchestrating a Customer Value–Centric Growth Strategy to Compete in Brazil’s Beauty Market
M-1067 | Published July 31, 2025 | 16 Pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
Perfumery and cosmetics group Grupo Boticário was one of the leaders in its segment in Brazil by 2023, boasting 4,000 stores across 1,600 cities. For decades, the company had sold products from a sing... 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
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
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
Creating a Corporate Advantage: The Case of the Tata Group
ISB005 | Published February 15, 2013 | 19 pages Case
Collection: Indian School of Business
The Tata group is among the largest diversified business groups in India. The group generated about US$100 billion in revenues in 2011-12 from 90 companies operating in diverse businesses in seven bro... Read More
Burlington Northern Railroad Company: Equipment Leasing
F-0969 | Published September 16, 1991 Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
The director of equipment finance at Burlington Northern Railroad Company must decide if a leveraged-lease proposal is acceptable. The case emphasizes the importance of the lessee's tax status to the ... Read More
BW Manufacturing Company
C-2294 | Published July 08, 2009 | 5 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
A small manufacturer of gas grills is making final changes to its 2009 operating budget and considering several changes in pricing, advertising, and product availability. This short case addresses the... Read More
Great Valley Root
OM-1509 | Published January 23, 2014 | 5 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
The production supervisor of a global equipment supplier is facing two problems on the factory floor: excess overtime on the assembly line and unacceptable manufacturing lead times through the entire ... Read More
Orion Controls (A)
QA-0602 | Published November 01, 2002 Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
Avion is interested in a new valve to manage the highly volatile phenol in its production process. Avion and Orion strike a deal for Orion to try to produce these valves. There are time, engineering, ... 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
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
"This Whole System Seems Wrong": Felipe Montez and Concerns about the Global Supply Chain
OB-1128 | 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. A young purchasin... 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
Profit Maximization and Layoffs
OB-1167 | 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. Dennis is a member... 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
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
Product Safety and (Preemptive) Recalls
OB-1166 | 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
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
Susser Petroleum Partners, LP: IPO of a Master Limited Partnership
F-2006 | Published February 17, 2022 | 22 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
This case explores Susser Holdings Corporation (SHC), a Texas-based company with two businesses: operating large-footprint convenience stores that sold fuel, food, and other merchandise; and fuel dist... Read More
Fonderia di Torino S.p.A.
F-1350 | Published October 08, 2001 | 4 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
Almost Heaven? West Virginia State Pension Funds and Investing in Equity
F-2092 | Published April 17, 2025 | 10 Pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
This case explores asset allocation of a portfolio and the associated diversification using the West Virginia’s state pension funds’ possible move into equity investments after previously holding only... Read More
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
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
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
Lisa Baxter: Developing a Voice (SPANISH)
OB-1419 | Published August 28, 2022 | 4 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
This is a Spanish translation of the September 2, 2016 version of UVA-OB-1114. This case is part of the Giving Voice to Values (GVV) curriculum. To see other material in the GVV curriculum, please vis... Read More
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
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
Retail Relay (B)
M-0809 | Published July 12, 2011 | 1 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
This short case serves as an epilogue to the A case.... 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
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
Maxine Hall at Northwest Middle School (B)
OB-1272 | Published December 12, 2018 | 2 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
Maxine Hall, the new principal at Northwest Middle School, knew when she started that the school was suffering from a sense of distrust between teachers and administration, as well as a high degree of... Read More
The Price (A)
OB-1177 | 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
Who’s My Boss? (A)
OB-1184 | 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. The chief informa... Read More
Opening Casino Jack
QA-0827 | Published August 07, 2015 | 3 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
Temple Fennell, CEO of ATO Pictures, recalled the distribution of ATO’s first U.S. film, Casino Jack, starring Kevin Spacey. He reflected on the red carpet thrills during the opening week in December... Read More
LIVESTRONG: Cycling Around Lance Armstrong
OB-1047 | Published March 22, 2013 | 6 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
In early 2013, the ongoing controversy involving cyclist Lance Armstrong's use of performance-enhancing drugs was taking its toll on the nonprofit LIVESTRONG Foundation, which Armstrong himself had fo... 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
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
Kestrel Ventures, LLC: August 1999
F-1277 | Published January 11, 2000 | 44 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
In late 1999, three young entrepreneurs are evaluating which, if any, of four companies to buy. They have been searching for a small business to acquire, using the "search fund" concept to raise capit... Read More
Soft Issues in the Software Industry (A)
OB-1172 | 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. Rahul had to make ... 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
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
Investure, LLC: Investing in Alternative Assets
F-1971 | Published February 02, 2021 | 24 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
In July 2019, Bruce Miller, CEO of Investure, LLC (Investure), an outsourced chief investment office (OCIO), is preparing a proposal for Franklin and Marshall (F&M), a small liberal arts college locat... Read More
Adelaida Technology Capital
F-2026 | Published April 11, 2023 | 26 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
In July 2022, Ashley Sudjianto, a partner at Adelaida Technology Capital (ATC), had to make a recommendation to ATC's investment committee on how much money ATC should lend to CarboCaptor Inc., an eme... Read More
Dr. Bronner's: Do Psychedelics Fit with Its Cosmic Principles?
S-0405 | Published August 01, 2023 | 22 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
This field-based case describes the situation facing David Bronner, cosmic engagement officer (CEO) of Dr. Bronner’s Magic Soaps (Dr. Bronner’s), the top-selling brand of natural soaps in North Americ... Read More
All's Well that Ends Well (A) (SPANISH)
OB-1422 | Published August 28, 2022 | 4 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
This is a Spanish translation of the September 22, 2016 version of UVA-OB-1134. This case is part of the Giving Voice to Values (GVV) curriculum. To see other material in the GVV curriculum, please vi... Read More
[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
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
Crocs, Inc., 2022: Déjà Vu All Over Again
F-2066 | Published January 30, 2024 | 18 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
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
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
Red Rock Hospital: Navigating the Shift to Outpatient Care
F-2157 | Published July 28, 2026 | 13 Pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
In February 2024, Wendy Norton, CEO of Red Rock Hospital (RRH) in Colorado, was presented with a proposal from an enterprising orthopedic surgeon, David Moga, to build a stand-alone ambulatory surgery... 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
Sodexo (A): Assembling the Ingredients for Innovation
OM-1827 | Published July 21, 2025 | 15 Pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
Sodexo, a global food services and hospitality company, faces challenges in scaling and adopting innovations across its diverse business units. Neta Meir, the recently appointed senior vice president ... Read More
The University of Virginia Health System (A): Creating a High-Reliability Organization
OM-1833 | Published May 19, 2025 | 24 Pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
Tracey Hoke, MD, chief of quality and performance improvement for the University of Virginia Health System (UVAHS), is deciding how to better achieve organizational goals in safety and quality. UVAHS ... Read More
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
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
"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
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
Green Copier Recycling: Entrepreneur Meets Private Equity
ENT-0125 | Published September 16, 2009 Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
This case is appropriate for courses in entrepreneurship and business strategy. It raises issues about the process of dealing with private equity firms and how to know what is a market deal. It also p... Read More
Fair Play at Chisholm University
QA-0789 | Published August 23, 2012 | 10 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
Chisholm University's new athletics director must reallocate the athletics budget in its entirety, balancing legal obligations with broader educational and financial goals. A committee appointed to wo... Read More
The Wonderful World of Human Resources at Disney
OB-1051 | Published July 19, 2013 | 14 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
What kind of culture does Walt Disney Company (WDC) want to create? This case uses the experiences of a young visitor to one of WDC's resort hotels to set the stage for an analysis of selecting, hirin... 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
Vigeo and CSR?The Daughter of Globalization
E-0372 | Published October 01, 2012 | 17 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
The Vigeo case is used in Darden's Global EMBA "Business Ethics" course. The case raises the issue of how we determine what constitutes a socially responsible business, and how to apply that idea in ... 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
Nicholas Gray: The More Things Change ... (B)
OB-0774 | Published January 29, 2003 | 7 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
Can you really change your behavior at work? What if you believe your approach has served you well in the past and helped you succeed to where you are today? This series of cases features Nicholas Gra... 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
Yearbook Inc. (B): The Emergence of Canva
S-0370 | Published March 22, 2022 | 12 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
This case, which builds on “Yearbook Inc. (A): The Start-up Years” (UVA-OM-0369), follows Melanie Perkins as she visits Silicon Valley, works to find solid tech talent to build her product, and tirele... Read More
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
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
Flying Around Real Estate Development: Persuading with Data Visualizations
BC-0285 | Published August 23, 2022 | 3 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
This case and dataset can be used in a course on storytelling with data to explore how various types of maps in combination with other types of charts drive decision-making. It is designed for working... Read More
Teva Pharmaceuticals: Pricing the 2016 Bond Offering
F-2028 | Published August 17, 2023 | 18 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
This case examines the July 2016 decision by Israeli pharmaceutical Teva Pharmaceuticals Industries Limited (Teva) to raise USD19.5 billion in cash through a multicurrency bond offering to finance an ... Read More
Digital Dining Dilemma: Platr's EU Expansion
QA-0984 | Published May 20, 2025 | 6 Pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
The case invites students to step into the role of Phoebe Gabris, a newly hired MBA graduate and senior analyst at Platr Inc., a US-based cloud point-of-sale (POS) provider for the restaurant industry... Read More
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 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
Mastercard Academy 2.0: Striving for More
S-0474 | Published July 25, 2025 | 12 Pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
In April 2025, Nur Hasan, social impact manager at the Mastercard Center for Inclusive Growth, was working to reach Mastercard Strive Indonesia’s target of supporting 300,000 micro and small enterpris... 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
Building Trust at Scale: Airbnb’s Fight Against Adverse Selection (B)
GEM-0256 | Published September 18, 2025 | 2 Pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
This case contains the epilogue to "Building Trust at Scale: Airbnb’s Fight Against Adverse Selection (A)" (UVA-GEM-0237), and details how the situation in the A case played out for Airbnb, Inc.... Read More
Rwanda Trading Company: Navigating Market Frictions and Government Intervention in the Coffee Market
GEM-0251 | Published October 06, 2025 | 15 Pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
This case examines Rwanda Trading Company (RTC) as it navigated shifting government policy and market dynamics in Rwanda’s coffee sector. For eight years, zoning regulations required farmers to sell t... Read More
Is Big Lots in Big Trouble?
F-2119 | Published September 04, 2025 | 13 Pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
By the middle of 2023, previous market darling and star performer Big Lots suddenly found itself facing possible bankruptcy. CEO Bruce Thorn needed a vision for Big Lots that would establish near-term... 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
Brand Visibility at Stridevera: An Answer Engine Optimization Dilemma
M-1085 | Published August 12, 2026 | 12 Pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
This case introduces students to the emerging field of answer engine optimization (AEO), also called generative engine optimization (GEO). Set in April 2026, it asks students to take the perspective o... Read More
The Battle for Interest on Reserves
GEM-0263 | Published May 15, 2026 | 15 Pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
In 2017, TNB USA Inc. (TNB) set out to be a narrow bank—a depository institution that parks all of its deposits at the central bank to earn interest on reserves (IOR). This model involves no maturity ... 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
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
Private Banking Advisers at BCB Edmonton (B): Visualizing the Business
QA-0906 | Published December 10, 2018 | 4 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
A bank manager is thinking about how to manage the new private banking advisers (PBA) practice in her region. For that she needs to determine how many PBAs she needs, where they should be located, and... Read More
Private Banking Advisers at BCB Edmonton (C): Calculating Travel Times
QA-0907 | Published December 10, 2018 | 5 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
A bank manager is thinking about how to manage the new private banking advisers (PBA) practice in her region. For that she needs to determine how many PBAs she needs, where they should be located, and... Read More
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
Standard Work in Developing Leaders: Rebecca Banquette, Coach
OM-1687 | Published February 25, 2020 | 13 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
Rebecca Banquette, a recently hired executive coach and Lean consultant at a staffing firm in the health care industry, has experienced a change in her Lean management philosophy and approach. Previou... Read More
Ratios Tell a Story—2017
C-2410 | Published June 28, 2018 | 4 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
This case challenges students to review a series of corporate financial metrics and to match each of them with an industry in a list of 13 industries.... Read More
The Exxon Valdez Revisited: The Untold Story (B) Epilogue
OB-0868 | Published January 24, 2006 | 11 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
Being in charge of cleaning up the March 24, 1989 Exxon Valdez oil spill accident, meant Otto Harrison, general manager of Exxon International Alaskan Operations was there when the storm clouds over t... 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
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
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
Nicholas Gray: The More Things Change ... (A)
OB-0773 | Published January 29, 2003 | 15 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
Can you really change your behavior at work? What if you believe your approach has served you well in the past and helped you succeed to where you are today? This series of cases features Nicholas Gra... Read More
A Pediatric Emergency Department at Lynchburg General Hospital
OM-1523 | Published January 27, 2015 | 18 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
The emergency department (ED) at Lynchburg General Hospital (LGH) was operating at well over its capacity, and too many patients were leaving without being seen by a doctor. Chris Thomson, chairman an... 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
After the Oil Spills: Transformation at the JIC
OB-1011 | Published August 18, 2010 | 16 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G_CrrifWqh0/">Media Preview</a> What if you were responsible for the day-to-day operations at the Joint Information Center (JIC) at the Unified Incident Command... Read More
Transformation of Marketing at the Ohio Art Company (B)
M-0838 | Published July 31, 2012 | 9 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
Ohio Art shifts its advertising and distribution strategy for a new line of construction toys aimed at adults called nanoblock. Distribution focuses on toy and hobby outlets, avoiding mass merchandise... 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
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
Chance Encounters II
QA-0783 | Published February 06, 2012 | 8 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
Movie-industry analyst David Fitzhugh must estimate the value of the sequel rights associated with Chance Encounters (CE), a soon-to-be-produced movie. The producers of CE intend to use the cash from ... 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
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
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
Investure, LLC, and Smith College
F-1537 | Published September 18, 2007 | 21 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
Alice Handy, an investment professional with 30 years' experience as head of the University of Virginia Investment Management Company, has opened a new asset management firm targeted at midsize endowm... 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
The College of William & Mary: Renew or Resign
OB-0956 | Published June 06, 2008 | 5 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
This case, written from public sources, offers an opportunity to role-play a situation and challenge students to determine whether this event is a crisis. After months of meetings, the school's govern... Read More
The Exxon Valdez Revisited: The Untold Story (A)
OB-0867 | Published January 24, 2006 | 24 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
Being in charge of cleaning up the March 24, 1989 Exxon Valdez oil spill accident, meant that Otto Harrison, the general manager of Exxon International Alaskan Operations, was there when the storm clo... Read More
Martha Stewart: Whipping Up a Storm (A)
OB-0793 | Published January 20, 2004 | 9 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
Sixty-year-old Martha Stewart, founder and former CEO of Martha Stewart Living Omnimedia Inc., was charged with four legal actions alleging she breached her fiduciary duties to MSO when she made "mate... 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
The Toyota Production System: "The Scent of the Cornered Ferret"
OM-1333 | Published February 11, 2007 | 20 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
This case provides a history of Toyota and describes the famed Toyota Production System (TPS). It follows the company from its founding, in 1933, up to 2007. The case can be used to introduce TPS as w... Read More
MusicToday, LLC: Managing Inventory for Night Train
OM-1204 | Published October 20, 2005 | 9 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
Musictoday, a music merchandising company based in Charlottesville, Virginia, began as a much smaller outfit working for the Dave Matthews Band. It grew to manage a significant, complex value proposit... 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
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
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
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
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
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
Flipkart: Leveraging Customer Analytics
M-1046 | Published March 19, 2025 | 5 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
Flipkart is a large online retail platform operating in India. It seeks to use its promotional dollars more effectively by leveraging information generated by the data it collects on consumer purchase... 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
LVMH: The Scope of Luxury
S-0423 | Published September 27, 2023 | 2 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
Suitable for MBA-level classes, this is one of several short strategy-focused "live" cases that require students to collect data and information from public sources in order to do an analysis around d... Read More
Nikki Brown: Caught between Career and Conscience
OB-1432 | Published February 23, 2024 | 13 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
This field-based case puts students in the role of Nikki Brown, a Black female police officer at the St. Louis County Police Department (SLCPD). After repeatedly witnessing and experiencing acts of di... Read More
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
Dinh’s Donuts (A): Optimizing Advertising Reach
BC-0302 | Published May 23, 2024 | 10 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
In 2023, Serena Lopez, an advertising executive at Dinh’s Donuts, has to craft an advertising strategy for the donut chain’s new product, the Minty Cacao Dream donut. Lopez and her team must consider ... Read More
Dinh’s Donuts (B): Crafting Advertising Strategy
BC-0303 | Published May 23, 2024 | 12 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
In this case, a follow-up to "Dinh's Donuts (A): Optimizing Advertising Reach" (UVA-BC-0302), Serena Lopez, an advertising executive at Dinh’s Donuts, must determine how to allocate the donut chain’s ... Read More
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
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
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
Should udu a Convertible Note?
F-2025 | Published December 14, 2022 | 26 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
In this field-based case, the founders of udu, Inc. (udu—pronounced "you-do"), a company whose proprietary technology helped private equity clients source deals by identifying target companies and ove... Read More
American Home Products: Signal Detection (B)
OB-1378 | Published February 26, 2025 | 4 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
This case set examines the challenges that leaders at American Home Products Corporation (AHP) face after evidence surfaces regarding potentially fatal side effects of two of its drugs: Pondimin (fenf... Read More
American Home Products: Signal Detection (A)
OB-1377 | Published February 26, 2025 | 5 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
This case set examines the challenges that leaders at American Home Products Corporation (AHP) face after evidence surfaces regarding potentially fatal side effects of two of its drugs: Pondimin (fenf... Read More
ZIPS: Growth Through Industry Decline
OM-1821 | Published April 24, 2025 | 17 Pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
In 2013, JPB Partners purchased ZIPS Cleaners, a low-cost dry-cleaning brand. Ten years later, facing the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic as well as rising labor rates and increased regulation, JPB m... Read More
What’s Up with WhatsApp in 2024
S-0472 | Published July 25, 2025 | 11 Pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
October 2024 marked the 10-year anniversary of Facebook’s landmark acquisition of WhatsApp for $22 billion. Founded in 2009, WhatsApp allowed “unlimited free text-messaging and picture sending between... Read More
The Federal Reserve's Evolution in Managing Financial Uncertainty: From Crisis Management to Proactive Policy
GEM-0245 | Published June 09, 2025 | 4 Pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
This case explores how the US Federal Reserve (Fed) continuously designed its approach to financial stability policy in response to pervasive uncertainty in modern financial markets. Following the 200... Read More
Now You See Me, Now You Don't: The Disappearance of The Home Depot FUEL
OB-1502 | Published January 21, 2026 | 28 Pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
In 2025, The Home Depot (Home Depot), an American home-improvement retail corporation, had 2,350 stores, with 790 branches distributed across all 50 states, the District of Columbia, Guam, Puerto Rico... 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
Rocksmith Machine Tools: Artificial Intelligence and the Dividend Decision
F-2149 | Published March 11, 2026 | 14 Pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
In mid-September 2025, Emily Ray, the CFO of Rocksmith Machine Tools Corporation, a large computer-aided design and manufacturing equipment manufacturer, needs to decide whether to pay out dividends t... 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
Wonder Foods
OM-1856 | Published April 20, 2026 | 4 Pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
Wonder Foods (Wonder), founded by serial entrepreneur Marc Lore, sought to redefine food delivery through a vertically integrated “delivery-first food hall” model that combined chef-driven menus, cent... Read More
The Clontarf Foundation: Donor Initiatives in the United States?
S-0497 | Published July 19, 2026 | 17 Pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
This field-based case examines the Clontarf Foundation, an Australian nonprofit dedicated to improving education, employment, and life outcomes for Indigenous (Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander) b... Read More
Toy Plaza
QA-0998 | Published July 20, 2026 | 11 Pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
As the COVID-19 pandemic reshapes the retail landscape, Milan Damani, a portfolio manager at Neysa Capital Group, must decide whether to recommend a short position in struggling toy retailer Toy Plaza... 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
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
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
Dumbarton Bearing Supply, LLC: Recognizing Real Options
F-1990 | Published August 25, 2021 | 7 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
Angus MacIntyre, CEO of Dumbarton Bearing Supply, LLC (Dumbarton), is deciding whether to introduce a new ceramic ball-bearing product line and whether to produce those bearings by refitting an existi... Read More
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
Yearbook Inc. (D): Canva on Top of the World
S-0372 | Published March 22, 2022 | 5 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
This case, the conclusion of the series that also includes “Yearbook Inc. (A): The Start-up Years” (UVA-OM-0369), “Yearbook Inc. (B): The Emergence of Canva” (UVA-OM-S-0370), and “Yearbook Inc. (C): T... Read More
Yearbook Inc. (C): The Growth of Canva
S-0371 | Published March 22, 2022 | 8 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
This case, which builds on “Yearbook Inc. (A): The Start-up Years” (UVA-OM-0369) and “Yearbook Inc. (B): The Emergence of Canva” (UVA-OM-S-0370), finds Melanie Perkins having grown from a dreamer putt... Read More
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
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
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
Uber: #WhatDoYouDo?
OB-1218 | Published June 26, 2018 | 9 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
This public-sourced case is based on a 2017 blog post by a former Uber employee, Susan Fowler, in which she was brutally honest about the sexual harassment, the sexism, the bro culture, and the failur... 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
Keep It Cool
QA-0898 | Published June 13, 2018 | 8 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
It was a scorching summer day in Charlottesville, Virginia, and Nate McFarland, director of communications at Generation 180, was losing sleep. One month ago, Generation 180, a nonprofit organization,... Read More
ACP, Inc. (A)
QA-0430 | Published September 09, 1992 Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
A division president of a Fortune 50 company must decide whether to initiate an immense capacity expansion. The critical question is whether revenue from the company's major product line will continue... Read More
Decision-Making and Leading through Crisis
OB-0904 | Published May 16, 2007 | 7 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
During a discussion, a physician once pointed to the name on his lab jacket and said, "MD?makes decisions!" One of the greatest challenges we face in cultivating leadership competence is being centere... Read More
Crisis Leadership
OB-0800 | Published March 05, 2004 | 8 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
This technical note examines types of organizational crisis and five phases through which nearly all crises pass. Students are encouraged to move from a mindset that manages crisis to one that generat... Read More
Team Dynamics at Initech
OB-0876 | Published September 18, 2006 Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
Someone wise once said, "A job worth doing is worth doing together." Yet why is it so difficult to work together as a team? This case presents the story of a team whose relationships are strained and ... Read More
Elephant Bar Restaurant: Mezzanine Financing
F-1542 | Published September 20, 2007 | 29 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
In November 2003, John Fruehwirth, a principal at Allied Capital, was considering a $20 million mezzanine investment in growth capital for Elephant Bar, a California restaurant chain. Elephant Bar had... 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
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
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
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
NatureWorks: Biotech Innovation, Sustainable Business, and Corn-based Plastic
ENT-0097 | Published March 14, 2006 | 5 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
This is a minicase, one of 10 in a set of short cases written to illustrate the business benefits companies realize through adopting sustainable business strategies. This minicase on NatureWorks trace... 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
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
Laura Mitchell at Cincinnati Public Schools
BP-0554 | Published June 11, 2012 | 5 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
Laura Mitchell began her career as a teacher in an affluent school outside of Atlanta and then returned a year later to her hometown of Cincinnati, to an urban school with a high poverty rate. The cas... 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
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
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
ZS Associates: Sales Force Sizing
M-0745 | Published August 29, 2006 | 6 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
This case describes a consulting firm that is assisting a pharmaceutical company as it faces a strategic question regarding how to determine the size of its sales force. An Excel file containing two o... 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
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
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
Dean DeNisi Schooled by Katrina?A Flood of Opportunity (A)
OB-0870 | Published March 02, 2006 | 12 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
Crisis as a source of opportunity and change? How does that happen? This case describes the difficult situation the new dean of the A.B. Freeman School of Business at Tulane University in New Orleans,... 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 Concentric DPC Health Relationship Platform: Catalyzing Social Entrepreneurship in Health Care Services
ENT-0219 | Published November 03, 2017 | 10 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
The existing US health care system is complex. Most individuals have health insurance coverage provided by various third-party payers. The payers include employers, health insurance carriers, and gove... Read More
Best Self or Best Company? Peloton Searches for a Voice
M-0977 | Published October 29, 2019 | 9 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
Peloton had redefined many things about the boutique exercise experience, bringing it into members' homes and eliminating per-class fees of roughly $34, instead charging $40 per month. Rather than cha... 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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
Billie Jean King: Serving Up Leadership
E-0488 | Published September 19, 2022 | 11 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
Throughout a lifetime of athletic success, hard work, high visibility, and professional and personal challenges both on and off the tennis court, Billie Jean King, an icon of professional tennis, busi... Read More
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
Ubiquitous Surveillance (B) (PORTUGUESE)
OB-1463 | Published April 24, 2024 | 2 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
This is a Portuguese translation of the July 8, 2022 version of UVA-OB-1404. This case set is part of the Giving Voice to Values (GVV) curriculum. To see other material in the GVV curriculum, please v... Read More
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
Tastech by Sigma: Strategic Growth Through Innovation and M&A
ENT-0240 | Published March 20, 2025 | 12 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
This case uses Sigma Alimentos, S.A. de C.V. (Sigma), the Mexican food multinational corporation, as a compelling example of large food companies’ development of in-house venture capital (VC) investme... Read More
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
Branding the Master Brander (B): Implementing Procter & Gamble's Employer Brand
M-1005 | Published October 12, 2020 | 12 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
This case provides students with a rare opportunity to understand the relationship between brand positioning design and delivery. While strategic challenges are often attractive to students, this case... 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
Defining Moments: Leading When You're Being Followed
OB-1385 | Published April 25, 2022 | 2 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
This case set follows Alex Stewart, who has built and runs a green energy development firm in the United States. After finding success finding and using underutilized rooftops to erect solar panels an... Read More
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
Aventiv Technologies: Answering the Call for Change?
S-0359 | Published October 25, 2021 | 20 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
This field-based case examines the business strategy of prison communications company Aventiv Technologies (Aventiv), which was at the center of a broad national debate about social justice, criminal ... Read More
Trump v. Twitter, et al.
S-0360 | Published November 23, 2021 | 16 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
During a 30-day window between late May and late June of 2020, President Donald Trump earned international attention not only for the content he posted to social media sites such as Twitter, but also ... Read More
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
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
BKK: Commercializing a New Drug
QA-0909 | Published February 25, 2019 | 13 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
Dr. Brad Worthington, surgeon and anesthesiologist, has created BKK, a nonopioid surgical pain reliever. A combination of three FDA-approved drugs, BKK has beneficial properties beyond those of the in... 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
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
Richardson Eye Care and Surgery Center
E-0445 | Published July 14, 2020 | 3 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
A consultant experienced in developing predictive models for his clients to improve business operations, Everett Blake, was working with the Richardson Eye Care and Surgery Center (RECSC), which wante... 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
Bond Buyback at Deutsche Bank
F-1790 | Published March 13, 2017 | 23 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
The case describes a 2016 debt buyback transaction for Deutsche Bank, a major, global, systemically important bank. The case focuses on the large, global bank during a turbulent period, giving student... Read More
Land O'Lakes: The Search for Growth
S-0248 | Published May 29, 2015 | 5 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
This field-based case is one of three available case-based simulations that can be used as the basis for a multisession course on design thinking (alongside “Design Thinking at Arena Industries: Desig... Read More
Powerball: Somebody’s Gotta Win!
QA-0857 | Published March 01, 2017 | 6 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
The case evolves around the Powerball lottery and the rule changes implemented in 2015, which, among other things, changed the chances of winning the jackpot from 1 in 175 million to 1 in 292 million.... Read More
WNG Capital LLC
F-1777 | Published March 03, 2017 | 10 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
In late 2013, an analyst at WNG Capital LLC, Wenbo Su, must recommend whether the terms of a sale-and-leaseback deal are value adding for WNG. WNG was an operating lessor of used commercial aircraft m... 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
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
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
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
Six Sigma at Academic Medical Hospital (A)
OM-1058 | Published December 18, 2002 | 17 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
For 10 years, Academic Medical Hospital's chief of staff had struggled to decrease the amount of time patients spend waiting in the ER. Now the hospital has adopted the Six Sigma to streamline emergen... Read More
Marriott Rooms Forecasting
QA-0389 | Published April 08, 1989 | 6 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
The manager of a large downtown hotel has to decide whether to accept 60 additional reservations or not. If she accepts, she will be overbooked and face certain costs if all the people holding reserva... 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
Mid-Atlantic Professional Development Center: Lengthening the Half-Life of Learning
PHA-0061 | Published August 24, 2009 | 3 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
How can executive education providers and purchasers best facilitate the transfer of program learning back to a participant's workplace setting? All too often, busy schedules, dealing with one crisis ... 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
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
Pizza Hut Moscow
OM-0719 | Published April 24, 1992 | 20 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
This case recounts the story of the opening of Pizza Hut Moscow, in 1991. The case details the decisions made as of spring 1992. The decisional issues in the case concern the transfer of control of th... Read More
The Manor
OM-0751 | Published September 22, 1993 Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
The Manor, the 9th-largest revenue-earning restaurant in the United States, is a finely tuned, family-run business in which every member of the staff, although not related by blood, is a member of the... Read More
CalPERS versus Mercury News: Disclosure Comes to Private Equity
F-1438 | Published April 15, 2004 | 20 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
In November 2002, a California state court required the California Public Employees' Retirement Systems (CalPERS) to publicly report its returns on private-equity investments. This case examines the c... 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
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
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
Lonestar Graphite
F-1595 | Published July 27, 2009 | 19 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
Lonestar Graphite is a potential purchase for a middle-market private equity firm. The private equity firm must decide what to offer for an equity position in Lonestar, based on both the underlying op... Read More
Taking Private Equity Public: The Blackstone Group
C-2327 | Published November 04, 2011 | 19 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
On the eve of the Blackstone Group’s much anticipated initial public offering (IPO), a Wall Street portfolio manager contemplates his commitment to purchase 20,000 units at $31.00 each. As one of the ... Read More
Corporate Governance: The Jack Wright Series (12) How Directors Get into Trouble
OM-1094 | Published November 05, 2003 | 1 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
This brief case provides for a summary discussion of the ways Mega Corporation's board found itself in trouble and the actions that might have been taken to prevent the troubles.... 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
Transformation of Marketing at the Ohio Art Company (A)
M-0833 | Published July 31, 2012 | 6 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
This case is intended to be part of a first-year MBA marketing course or a second-year elective in advertising, integrated marketing communications, market research, or marketing analytics. It provide... Read More
Route 11 Potato Chips
M-0810 | Published August 02, 2011 | 10 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
Route 11 Chips, a regional potato chip company, is struggling with whether to reduce the number of flavors it markets. Additional flavors add operational cost, but management believes that some of the... 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
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
Leading Organic Growth: Module Caselets
BP-0541 | Published June 30, 2009 | 32 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
This is a series of 12 short caselets profiling individual growth leaders that—used in conjunction with "Business Model Innovation: A Process Model" (UVA-BP-0538)—will help students evaluate business ... 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
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
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
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
LG Investments, LLC: A Family Business in Generational Transition (A)
ENT-0123 | Published September 24, 2009 | 3 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
This case could be used in courses about entrepreneurship and managing small businesses. The founder and patriarch of a family business is confronted by his children regarding succession, equitable di... Read More
LG Investments, LLC: A Family Business in Generational Transition (B)
ENT-0124 | Published September 24, 2009 | 2 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
This case is suitable for courses in entrepreneurship and managing small or family businesses. It follows ENT-0123, the (A) case, and raises further issues about family demands for larger dividends, f... Read More
Jocelyn Chang: Comparing Angel-Investing Models
ENT-0063 | Published May 13, 2005 | 16 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
In late 2004, a cashed-out entrepreneur in the health sciences decides to pursue private-equity angel investing as a means to fulfill her professional, financial, and personal objectives. Jocelyn Chan... Read More
The Financial Detective, 1996
F-1162 | Published January 02, 1996 | 5 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
This case provides a foundation for student discussion of financial ratios and the insights that may be gained through their use. The case presents textual descriptions of pairs of companies in eight ... 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
FinePrint Company (Abridged)
C-2298 | Published September 20, 2009 | 3 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
John Johnson, owner of FinePrint Company, is presented with two opportunities to consider: (1) whether to accept a one-time special printing order, and (2) whether to outsource some of his printing to... Read More
Harman International and KKR (A)
C-2305 | Published April 15, 2010 | 20 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
When courted by KKR, Harman International was experiencing robust times. After several months of due diligence performed by KKR and its financial and legal partners, KKR announced that Harman Internat... Read More
Managing Energy: A Team in Crisis
OB-1023 | Published July 12, 2011 | 10 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
Volatility can emerge in any working group, particularly in a flat hierarchy with no established leader; add diversity and exhaustion to the mix, and a group is vulnerable to buckling under the pressu... Read More
InvestCo: Ranking and Promotion Redesign
OB-1024 | Published August 18, 2011 | 6 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
To retain competitive advantage in uncertain times, a leading investment bank aligns HR practices with its corporate values and mission through a new 360-degree assessment system. Rolled out among off... 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
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
Colonial Downs (A)
QA-0590 | Published February 15, 2002 | 4 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
In this case, the protagonist is trying to decide which of the three horses running in the final race of the day at Colonial Downs horseracing track to bet on. He has $10 to bet, not enough to affect ... Read More
Colonial Downs (B)
QA-0591 | Published February 15, 2002 | 3 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
In this case, the protagonist's uncle calls him just before betting closes on the same race and asks him to place a $500 bet for him. The $500 is clearly enough to affect the odds, but since the prota... 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
Nashua Photo
M-0438 | Published September 12, 1994 | 24 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
This case concerns the promotional activities of Nashua Photo, the nation's largest mail-order photofinishing firm. Discount-price mailers (inserted in local newspapers, for example) were used to gene... Read More
Stainmaster
M-0458 | Published May 16, 1995 | 12 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
In a relatively short period, DuPont innovates stain-proof carpeting, filling its nylon-fiber capacity and increasing profits significantly. MBA and undergraduate students consider how DuPont should a... 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
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
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
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
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
Martha Stewart: Whipping Up a Storm (B)
OB-0812 | Published April 08, 2004 | 6 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
This B case updates students on the post-conviction situation of Martha Stewart and MSO. After the verdict, MSO stock prices plunged 23%. Were these financial problems just bumps in the road for MSO? ... 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
Erika James: The Life and Career of an Associate Professor
OB-0957 | Published July 17, 2008 | 14 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
Erika James had been in academe for nine years and was a tenured associate professor at the Darden School when she was asked to be the Associate Dean for Diversity, a new position at the school. She d... 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
Roadway Construction Company
QA-0424 | Published September 03, 1991 | 3 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
A road construction company needs a new asphalt plant and must decide between two options: a drum plant with a 10-year life or a batch plant with a 5-year life. In addition, the company must decide wh... 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
Doc's Barbershop
C-2376 | Published June 15, 2016 | 4 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
Stoker has a decision to make: he has been offered a job in a successful barbershop that has retained its old-fashioned atmosphere, or with a small loan, he could open his own shop. Students are asked... 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
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
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
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
Managing Nonperforming Loans (A)
OB-1153 | Published February 28, 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. This case introdu... Read More
Selling Flashlights in the Dark: Confronting Faulty Merchandise
OB-1195 | 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, a st... 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
Debt-for-Control Investing in Asia: Nine Entertainment Company
F-1800 | Published July 18, 2017 | 20 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
In October 2012, Australian media giant Nine Entertainment Company (NEC) was in the midst of a major debt renegotiation that would determine whether the company received a renewed chance to survive an... Read More
Bretton Woods and the Financial Crisis of 1971 (A)
F-1834 | Published July 25, 2018 | 28 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
In August 1971, US President Richard Nixon must decide how to respond to a growing "run" on the US dollar. Declining confidence in the dollar has led some national trading partners to redeem dollars f... Read More
Bretton Woods and the Financial Crisis of 1971 (B)
F-1835 | Published July 25, 2018 | 6 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
In August 1971, US President Richard Nixon must decide how to respond to a growing "run" on the US dollar. Declining confidence in the dollar has led some national trading partners to redeem dollars f... Read More
Bretton Woods and the Financial Crisis of 1971 (C)
F-1836 | Published July 25, 2018 | 10 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
In August 1971, US President Richard Nixon must decide how to respond to a growing "run" on the US dollar. Declining confidence in the dollar has led some national trading partners to redeem dollars f... 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
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
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
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
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
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
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
Maxine Hall at Northwest Middle School (A)
OB-1271 | Published December 12, 2018 | 2 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
Maxine Hall, the new principal at Northwest Middle School, knew when she started that the school was suffering from a sense of distrust between teachers and administration, as well as a high degree of... 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
Olena Tischler: Health Care Operations Management Intern
OM-1730 | Published June 01, 2021 | 8 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
Olena Tischler is embarking on her midpoint MBA internship, a position she developed with Northeast Regional Healthcare. The internship is divided among the operations of three different clinics and i... Read More
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
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
Us versus Them: Bridging the Fault Line between Salaried and Hourly Employees
S-0382 | Published July 20, 2022 | 4 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
Blake Cody is a consultant who has been brought in to optimize and increase efficiency at a manufacturing plant mired in a market slump. He identifies divisions between two groups of employees—salarie... Read More
Design Thinking in Action (A): South Western Railway
S-0377 | Published July 05, 2022 | 4 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
The South Western Railway (SWR) case series examines a design thinking project from its inception to the final stages of experimentation, with a particular emphasis on the design of research strategie... Read More
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
Rhonda Delgado and the Compromised CEO (A) (SPANISH)
OB-1426 | Published August 28, 2022 | 2 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
This is a Spanish translation of the December 27, 2016 version of UVA-OB-1168. This case is part of the Giving Voice to Values (GVV) curriculum. To see other material in the GVV curriculum, please vis... Read More
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
Kibet Capital: Representation in Advertising
QA-0932 | Published August 14, 2024 | 4 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
This case describes a Richmond, Virginia, asset-management firm assessing an advertising platform’s content (Scout Guide city guides) to inform its marketing strategy. The firm, Kibet Capital, could m... Read More
A Dream Job? Alyssa Smith’s Challenges in Motherhood and MBB (A)
OB-1469 | Published October 14, 2024 | 6 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
In spring of 2022, nearly three years after being one of the only Black women in the history of the University of Virginia Darden School of Business to have secured a coveted job offer from one of the... Read More
A 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
RURAL PROSPERITY IN THE FACE OF CLIMATE CHANGE: MAHINDRA STRIVES FOR SUSTAINABLE STRATEGIES
ISB335 | Published August 08, 2022 | 17 pages Case
Collection: Indian School of Business
This case illustrates the efforts of the Mahindra Group’s Agri Business and Farm Equipment divisions to drive sustainability-oriented action aimed at improving the lives of rural communities and prepa... 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
It’s a Residence; It’s a Hotel: It is ResiTel!
IIMA-FA0569 | Published November 16, 2022 | 12 pages Case
Collection: Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad
Midway through construction, a hotel developer realised that costs had risen too much to be feasible for equity capital. They repositioned the asset a... Read More
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
Statutory Auditors and Professional Negligence in India: The case of Price Waterhouse v. SEBI
IIMA-BP0441 | Published March 31, 2020 | 11 pages Case
Collection: Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad
The case study of Price Waterhouse Bangalore's audit of Satyam Computer Services Limited is an instructive one with respect... Read More