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DonorsChoose: Enhancing America's Classrooms with Small Dive...
DonorsChoose: Enhancing America's Classrooms with Small Diverse Businesses
Amy Soler, senior director of direct fulfillment at DonorsChoose, the leading nonprofit crowdfunding platform for public school teachings in the United States, was preparing for the last board meeting of the 2022–23 school year. Soler managed the DonorsChoose Direct Fulfillment (DF) team, which had been piloted two years earlier to enable DonorsChoose to work more with small diverse businesses (SD
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Keeping Tiny Babies Safe (A): The Problem
Keeping Tiny Babies Safe (A): The Problem
In 2014, the neonatal intensive care unit at the University of Virginia hospital experienced an increase in unplanned extubations, which could endanger the lives of premature infants who needed ventilators. In this set of two short caselets, the A case includes the situation, and the B case offers a solution.
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Keeping Tiny Babies Safe (B): The Solution
Keeping Tiny Babies Safe (B): The Solution
In 2014, the neonatal intensive care unit at the University of Virginia hospital experienced an increase in unplanned extubations, which could endanger the lives of premature infants who needed ventilators. In this set of two short caselets, the A case includes the situation, and the B case offers a solution.
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General Motors Commits to 100% Electric Vehicles by 2035
General Motors Commits to 100% Electric Vehicles by 2035
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 electric vehicles (EVs) by 2035. At the time of the announcement, no other large automaker had set a target date for exclusively producing EVs. GM said it would invest $35 billion over the next five year
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Nike: Retaining Talent and Managing a Brand
Nike: Retaining Talent and Managing a Brand
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 place over the past several years, varied, but several prominent departing female athletes had accused Nike of bad practices when athletes became pregnant. Track and field star Allyson Felix, in a New Yor
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C-Power: Harnessing the Power of the Ocean
C-Power: Harnessing the Power of the Ocean
Despite the predictability and power of wave energy, by 2022, there was not a single industry-standard technology for converting wave energy to electricity. A new company, C-Power, had developed a product designed to generate levels of power from wave energy that could compete with solar, wind, and fossil-fuel power sources. In 2016, it began a contract with the US government to develop a reliable
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Bystander Intervention: USA Gymnastics and Beyond (A)
Bystander Intervention: USA Gymnastics and Beyond (A)
This partially disguised, public-sourced case details the situation surrounding longtime USA Gymnastics team doctor Larry Nassar's abuse of athletes from the standpoint of someone who must decide whether and how best to intervene. In 2015, Megan Peterson, an elite gymnastics coach, has accidentally overheard a troubling conversation about Nassar between the athlete she directly supports, Janet Smi
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Bystander Intervention: USA Gymnastics and Beyond (B)
Bystander Intervention: USA Gymnastics and Beyond (B)
This partially disguised, public-sourced case, a follow-up to “Bystander Intervention: USA Gymnastics and Beyond (A)” (UVA-E-0482), details what happened after top gymnastics coach Megan Peterson reported team doctor Larry Nassar to USA Gymnastics leadership for his abuse of young athletes. It turned out that many others had tried to report Nassar for various instances of inappropriate behavior an
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Apple Inc.: The Second Green Bond
Apple Inc.: The Second Green Bond
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 preparing for questions that might arise in relation to Apple’s upcoming 10-year $1 billion green bond issue, Apple’s second such offering. The case explores the economics of bond pricing in general, a
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David Smith: Garden Birch Children’s Hospital Center
David Smith: Garden Birch Children’s Hospital Center
This case uses the context of a teaching hospital, Garden Birch Children’s Hospital Center, to surface the tension that results when a leader exhibits excellent task performance and problematic people performance. The decision-maker, Chief Medical Officer Isla Garamond, is on the hiring committee conducting an international search for a chair of the division of Pediatric General, Thoracic, and Fet
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Governance at Trail Guide Financial (B)
Governance at Trail Guide Financial (B)
In this disguised field-based case, Trail Guide Financial (TGF) CFO Tasha Maxwell was examining the earnings for year ended March 31, 2020. In light of the COVID-19 pandemic and the ensuing market drop, the firm suffered significant losses right at the end of its fiscal year. All three of the firm’s divisions—investment management, advisory services, and capital markets—had less than stellar fisca
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Governance at Trail Guide Financial (A)
Governance at Trail Guide Financial (A)
In this disguised field-based case, Trail Guide Financial (TGF) CFO Tasha Maxwell was examining the earnings for year ended March 31, 2020. In light of the COVID-19 pandemic and the ensuing market drop, the firm suffered significant losses right at the end of its fiscal year. All three of the firm’s divisions—investment management, advisory services, and capital markets—had less than stellar fisca
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