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Detert, James (Jim)
UEFA Women's Soccer
Detert, James (Jim); Myers, Bret; Cullen, Kevin; Baldridge, Frances
OB-1503 | Published February 16, 2026 | 2 Pages Exercise
Collection: Darden School of Business
In this exercise, students are tasked with making a recommendation for a women's soccer team in the Union of European Football Associations (UEFA). Using the provided dataset, they must build a model ... Read More
Roger Weeks's Big Test (B)
Detert, James (Jim); Wedo, Anthony; Edmondson, Amy
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)
Detert, James (Jim); Wedo, Anthony; Edmondson, Amy
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
Selection Sunday
Detert, James (Jim); Cullen, Kevin
OB-1434 | Published June 26, 2023 | 5 pages. Exercise
Collection: Darden School of Business
This exercise stages a data-analysis task within the world of US men's college basketball. The National Collegiate Athletics Association (NCAA) Division 1 Men's Basketball Championship Tournament, kno... Read More
Fired Fairly?
Detert, James (Jim); Cullen, Kevin; Rosen, Evan
OB-1368 | Published November 10, 2021 | 3 Pages Exercise
Collection: Darden School of Business
This case presents students with the issue of whether Black college football coaches are fired fairly. Students are asked to use the provided data set to think through the various prompts about buildi... Read More
The "Right" Way to Pick the "Right" Players
Detert, James (Jim); Cullen, Kevin; Kime, Leslie
OB-1365 | Published October 25, 2021 | 3 pages. Exercise
Collection: Darden School of Business
To prepare for each year’s NFL draft, each team creates a “model” for player selection. This involves developing a holistic view of every player (especially those the team is most interested in), such... Read More
"With the First Pick...": General Manager
Detert, James (Jim); Cullen, Kevin; Taubenfeld, Britton; Rosen, Evan
OB-1366 | Published October 25, 2021 | 8 pages. Exercise
Collection: Darden School of Business
In this exercise, students are put into the role of newly appointed general manager of an NFL team and must use the data provided to conduct draft research and make a tentative decision for their team... Read More
Free Agency (A)
Detert, James (Jim); Cullen, Kevin; Rosen, Evan
OB-1359 | Published September 29, 2021 | 2 Pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
This case set challenges students to consider the upcoming free-agency decision-making of an NBA team by conducting some basic statistical analyses of three possible targets, all of whom are upcoming ... Read More
Free Agency (B): Negotiating as a Player's Agent
Detert, James (Jim); Cullen, Kevin; Rosen, Evan
OB-1360 | Published September 29, 2021 | 1 Pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
This case set challenges students to consider the upcoming free agency decision-making of an NBA team by conducting some basic statistical analyses of three possible targets, all of whom are upcoming ... Read More
Free Agency (C): Negotiating as the Nuggets' Representative
Detert, James (Jim); Cullen, Kevin; Rosen, Evan
OB-1361 | Published September 29, 2021 | 2 Pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
This case set challenges students to consider the upcoming free agency decision-making of an NBA team by conducting some basic statistical analyses of three possible targets, all of whom are upcoming ... Read More
Four Factors
Detert, James (Jim); Cullen, Kevin; Rosen, Evan
OB-1358 | Published September 21, 2021 | 2 Pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
This case follows Shane Harris, who has just been hired as an assistant coach for the NBA's new franchise, the Honolulu Hammerheads. In order to aid team management in using basketball analytics, Harr... Read More
(I Think) I Know Why You Did That: The Risky Business of Inferring Intentions
Detert, James (Jim); Taubenfeld, Britton
OB-1348 | Published January 27, 2021 | 8 pages. Technical Note
Collection: Darden School of Business
Despite the important role that assumptions about intentions play in our judgments of others’ actions and how we respond to these actions, most of us haven’t thought much about the accuracy of the inf... Read More