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Carr, Sean
Penicillin: The Miracle Drug
Bruner, Robert F.; Carr, Sean; Bojanski, Michael; Hogan, Sean; Shepherdson, Will
ENT-0234 | Published December 21, 2022 | 20 pages. Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
This case is a study of the initial discovery of penicillin and how it came to be a mass-market product. The discovery of penicillin is fascinating first and foremost because of its direct, life-savin... Read More
Le Frigorifique: Charles Tellier and the Creation of the Cold Chain (B)
Bruner, Robert F.; Carr, Sean; Costa, Sarah
ENT-0233 | Published December 20, 2022 | 4 pages. Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
This case set describes the gale of creative destruction that came with the rise of refrigeration and the creation of a globalized food supply chain, examined through the life of Charles Tellier, a Fr... Read More
Le Frigorifique: Charles Tellier and the Creation of the Cold Chain (A)
Bruner, Robert F.; Carr, Sean; Costa, Sarah
ENT-0232 | Published December 20, 2022 | 22 pages. Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
This case set describes the gale of creative destruction that came with the rise of refrigeration and the creation of a globalized food supply chain, examined through the life of Charles Tellier, a Fr... Read More
The Wm. Wrigley Jr. Company: Capital Structure, Valuation, and Cost of Capital (SPANISH)
F-1840 | Published January 27, 2016 | 12 pages. Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
This is a Spanish translation of the Nov. 15, 2005 version of UVA-F-1482. In June 2002, a managing director of an "active investor" hedge fund is considering the possible gains from increasing the deb... Read More
FedEx Corp. versus United Parcel Service of America, Inc.: Who Will Deliver Returns from China?
Bruner, Robert F.; Carr, Sean; Lipson, Marc
F-1601 | Published September 03, 2009 | 14 pages. Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
In early 2006, the anticipated expansion of package delivery services in China provided a great opportunity for the two package delivery giants FedEx and UPS. It was unclear which of these firms would... Read More
Leading Organic Growth: Module Caselets
Liedtka, Jeanne M.; Carr, Sean; King, Andrew
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
The Panic of 1907
Bruner, Robert F.; Carr, Sean; Debaere, Peter
G-0619 | Published September 05, 2008 | 13 pages. Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
The case discusses and analyzes the runup to the financial panic of 1907 and its aftermath. Market conditions and institutional responses are highlighted. We sketch the broader economic context and th... Read More
Warren E. Buffett, 2005 (JAPANESE)
F-1915 | Published November 29, 2007 | 24 pages. Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
This is a Japanese translation of the November 17, 2005, version of UVA-F-1483. In May 2005, Warren Buffett, the chair and chief executive officer of Berkshire Hathaway Inc., announced that MidAmerica... Read More
Euro Takeover! 2005 (A) The Target: HoogenFood N.V.
Bruner, Robert F.; Rimland, Edward M.; McNicholas, John P.; Carr, Sean
F-1497 | Published December 13, 2005 | 46 pages. Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
This exercise simulates a hostile takeover attempt. The target is an underperforming conglomerate with two principal business segments: consumer foods and specialty chemicals. The raider company has a... Read More
Euro Takeover! 2005 (B) The Raider: Finance Mondiale S.A.
Bruner, Robert F.; Rimland, Edward M.; McNicholas, John P.; Carr, Sean
F-1498 | Published December 13, 2005 | 46 pages. Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
This exercise simulates a hostile takeover attempt. The target is an underperforming conglomerate with two principal business segments: consumer foods and specialty chemicals. The raider company has a... Read More
Euro Takeover! 2005 (C) The LBO Sponsor: Lanza E Compagnia
Bruner, Robert F.; Rimland, Edward M.; McNicholas, John P.; Carr, Sean
F-1499 | Published December 13, 2005 | 47 pages. Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
This exercise simulates a hostile takeover attempt. The target is an underperforming conglomerate with two principal business segments: consumer foods and specialty chemicals. The raider company has a... Read More
Euro Takeover! 2005 (D) The White Knight: Alimentos Globales S.A.
Bruner, Robert F.; Rimland, Edward M.; McNicholas, John P.; Carr, Sean
F-1500 | Published December 13, 2005 | 47 pages. Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
This exercise simulates a hostile takeover attempt. The target is an underperforming conglomerate with two principal business segments: consumer foods and specialty chemicals. The raider company has a... Read More
Euro Takeover! 2005 (E) OmniBank/OmniGroup PLC
Bruner, Robert F.; Rimland, Edward M.; McNicholas, John P.; Carr, Sean
F-1501 | Published December 13, 2005 | 48 pages. Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
This exercise simulates a hostile takeover attempt. The target is an underperforming conglomerate with two principal business segments: consumer foods and specialty chemicals. The raider company has a... Read More
Euro Takeover! 2005 (F) EurolandBank A.G.
Bruner, Robert F.; Rimland, Edward M.; McNicholas, John P.; Carr, Sean
F-1502 | Published December 13, 2005 | 49 pages. Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
This exercise simulates a hostile takeover attempt. The target is an underperforming conglomerate with two principal business segments: consumer foods and specialty chemicals. The raider company has a... Read More
General Electric's Proposed Acquisition of Honeywell
Bruner, Robert F.; Carr, Sean; Eskinazi, Solomon
F-1493 | Published December 09, 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
Deutsche Bank Securities: Financing the Acquisition of Consolidated Supply S.A.
F-1494 | Published December 09, 2005 | 22 pages. Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
In November 2003, a vice president of Deutsche Bank Securities received a request from a client to finance the acquisition of a large hospital-supply distributor. The client needed to present to the s... Read More
Arcadian Microarray Technologies, Inc.
F-1496 | Published December 09, 2005 | 18 pages. Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
In August 2005, an investment manager of a hedge fund is considering purchasing an equity interest in a start-up biotechnology firm, Arcadian Microarray Technologies, Inc. The asking price is $40 mill... Read More
Compass Records
Bruner, Robert F.; Eades, Kenneth M.; Carr, Sean
F-1488 | Published December 09, 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
Purinex, Inc.
F-1491 | Published December 08, 2005 | 11 pages. Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
In June 2004 Purinex, Inc., a pharmaceutical company with several clinically and commercially promising drugs in development, expected to secure a partnership with a major pharmaceutical company somet... Read More
Deluxe Corporation
Bruner, Robert F.; Chaplinsky, Susan; Carr, Sean
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
Gainesboro Machine Tools Corporation
F-1489 | Published December 06, 2005 | 16 pages. Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
In mid-September 2005, Ashley Swenson, the chief financial officer of this large CAD/CAM (computer aided design and manufacturing) equipment manufacturer must decide whether to pay out dividends to th... Read More
Warren E. Buffett, 2005
F-1483 | Published November 17, 2005 | 20 pages. Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
In May 2005, Warren Buffett, the chair and chief executive officer of Berkshire Hathaway Inc., announced that MidAmerican Energy Holdings Company, a subsidiary of Berkshire Hathaway, would acquire the... Read More
The Battle for Value, 2004: FedEx Corp. vs. United Parcel Service, Inc.
F-1484 | Published November 17, 2005 | 22 pages. Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
Set in June 2004, this case invites the student to assess the financial performance of FedEx Corp. and United Parcel Service, Inc. (UPS). The two firms have competed intensely for dominance of the ove... Read More
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
The Financial Detective, 2005
F-1486 | Published November 17, 2005 | 4 pages. Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
The case presents the student with financial ratios for eight pairs of unidentified companies and asks them to mate the description of the company with the financial profile derived from the ratios. T... Read More
Primus Automation Division, 2002
Bruner, Robert F.; Carr, Sean; Hengelbrok, Robert
F-1487 | Published November 17, 2005 | 12 pages. Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
In early 2002, an analyst, Tom Baumann, must propose terms for leasing one of his company's advanced factory-automation systems to a major customer. From the lessor's standpoint, the challenge is simp... Read More
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
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
Bill Miller and Value Trust
F-1481 | Published November 14, 2005 | 17 pages. Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
Set in the autumn of 2005, this case recounts the remarkable performance record of Value Trust, a mutual fund managed by William H. "Bill" Miller III at Legg Mason, Inc. The case describes the investm... Read More
War of the Handbags: The Takeover Battle for Gucci Group N.V.
Bruner, Robert F.; Carr, Sean; Hodrick, Laurie Simon
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
Hershey Foods Corporation: Bitter Times in a Sweet Place
Eades, Kenneth M.; Carr, Sean; Weaver, Sam; Muscarella, Chris; Rodriguez, Gustavo
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
Nike, Inc.: Cost of Capital
Bruner, Robert F.; Carr, Sean; Chan, Jessica
F-1353 | Published November 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
Palamon Capital Partners/TeamSystem S.p.A
Bruner, Robert F.; Rynbrandt, Chad; Carr, Sean
F-1331 | Published May 21, 2001 | 20 pages. Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
In February 2000, a managing partner of a UK-based private equity fund, Palamon Capital Partners, faced the decision of whether to invest in an Italian software company, TeamSystem, S.p.A. The rationa... Read More
Yeats Valves and Controls Inc.
F-1365 | Published March 22, 2001 | 16 pages. Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
Set in May 2000, these cases reflect the separate perspectives of the CEOs as they approach the negotiations of TSE International to acquire Yeats Valves. The task for the student is to complete a val... Read More