Case
grid_view Categories
Katni Fibres, Ltd.
F-2142 | Published March 12, 2026 | 11 Pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
In January 2025, 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 ... Read More
Artificial Intelligence
R-9639 | Published April 17, 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
OValue–Centric Growth Strategy to Compete in Brazil’s Market
B-2022 | Published May 08, 2026 | 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
Light Rail in Denver?: The Private Sector and Infrastructure Development (B)
GEM-0199 | Published December 08, 2023 | 9 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
This case, a follow-up to "Light Rail in Denver?: The Private Sector and Infrastructure Development (A)" (UVA-GEM-0188) revisits Nwanneoma "Neena" Ngondai as she reflects on the work of the Denver Reg... Read More
WillowTree: Product Driven with a Project Mindset (B)
S-0446 | Published January 18, 2024 | 9 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
This case, a follow-up to "WillowTree: Project Driven with a Product Mindset (A)" (UVA-S-0338), examines WillowTree, a digital products company that is navigating the implications of employees returni... Read More
Where's the (Sustainable) Beef? McDonald's Quest
E-0489 | Published December 19, 2022 | 2 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
In 2006, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) published "Livestock's Long Shadow: Environmental Issues and Options," which, among other things, detailed the connection bet... Read More
Henk Learns To Swim
PHA-0036 | Published February 23, 1996 | 17 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
This case describes how an inexperienced teacher, Henk Vogts, prepares for his debut as a case teacher. The main text of the case outlines a dialogue on case teaching between Henk and his mentor, Pete... Read More
Tirumala Tirupati: Wait a Moment
OM-1533 | Published April 06, 2015 | 10 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
This case examines the queueing issues caused by the growth in popularity of one of the most visited Hindu temples in the world. On January 2, 2015, Ramesh and Vasantha Gupta visit Tirumala Venkateswa... Read More
Jindo Corporation: Fur-Industry Merger Exercise
F-0962 | Published August 16, 1991 | 29 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
The set of four cases composing the Fur Industry Merger Exercise affords the opportunity for a merger negotiation among students. Three potential buyers (Adams [UVA-F-0964], Jindo, and Lessard [UVA-F-... 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
Figma's IPO Narrative
F-2137 | Published January 23, 2026 | 17 Pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
This case is set a week after the initial public offering (IPO) of Figma, Inc. (Figma; NYSE:FIG), in summer 2025; the protagonist's is the chief investment officer, Edwin Fernando. The excitement of g... Read More
Bretton Woods and the Financial Crisis of 1971 (A) and (B) (Abridged) (CHINESE)
F-2144 | Published February 13, 2026 | 27 Pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
This is a Chinese translation of the July, 21, 2020 version of UVA-F-1837. In August 1971, US President Richard Nixon must decide how to respond to a growing “run” on the US dollar. Declining confiden... Read More
Education Disruptions: Chegg and Artificial Intelligence
BC-0299 | Published November 13, 2023 | 12 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
In 2023, Dan Rosensweig had been president and CEO of Chegg, Inc. (NYSE: CHGG), for over a decade, and had successfully led the company from near bankruptcy to a multi-billion-dollar valuation. But Ch... 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
Steve Maiden (C): A Hedge Fund Manager Writes a New Life
OB-1439 | Published August 30, 2023 | 5 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
In mid-2008, hedge fund manager Steve Maiden was riding high. The self-assured Maiden had launched his own fund in late 2006 and it was substantially outperforming the market. Investors wanted in, and... Read More
David Smith: Garden Birch Children’s Hospital Center
OB-1414 | Published December 21, 2022 | 15 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
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... Read More
Philips: Developing a Marketing Strategy for LED Bulbs
M-1033 | Published March 14, 2023 | 8 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
Philips, the Dutch multinational conglomerate, is assessing whether to enter the business-to-consumer (B2C) LED lightbulb market in the United States. Philips has already been serving the business-to-... Read More
Berclays Capital: Corn and Ethanol Prices
QA-0716 | Published May 02, 2008 | 3 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
A summer intern must explain to his boss the negative correlation between the prices of corn and ethanol for 2006 and the first half of 2007. The negative correlation called into question the use of t... Read More
WM-Credit Market
N-0019 | Published January 01, 2026 | 2 Pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
Case with supplement... Read More
Investing in Water at Fish Springs Ranch: Water Flows to Money, and the Money Is in Reno
GEM-0220 | Published February 01, 2024 | 26 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
Steven Erickson, cofounder of the hedge fund Anbec Partners, is trying to determine whether the all-cash offer D.R. Horton has just made for Vidler Water Resources, Inc. (Vidler) is a fair value for V... Read More
The Sudden Implosion of Silicon Valley Bank
F-2061 | Published October 31, 2023 | 31 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
Artificial Intelligence Here and Now: Managing through Hype and Reality
OM-1724 | Published March 16, 2021 | 7 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
What tangible use does artificial intelligence (AI) have in a typical business setting? In this fictional case, Viviana Valenty, chief technology officer of e-commerce company Corellia, must decide ho... Read More
Tackling Low Completion Rates—A Compare.com Conundrum (B)
M-0948 | Published September 08, 2017 | 1 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
This is the second of a three-part case series. These three cases were designed to be taught in sequence. In 2016 Andrew Rose, CEO of Compare.com, an online price comparison website for car insurance ... 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
Chile and the Tequila Effect
F-1113 | Published March 05, 1995 | 24 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
This case fits into courses on macroeconomics, international finance, and capital markets. It raises the issue of privatization of the social-security system and its impact on the economy and local ca... Read More
Vail Resorts: Planning for the Future of Sustainability Reporting
C-2465 | Published January 04, 2025 | 14 Pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
Kirsten Lynch, newly appointed CEO of Vail Resorts (Vail), needs to decide on a framework for environmental, social, and governance (ESG) reporting. This case is designed to encourage the discussion o... 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
Classroom Covenant: Yes? No?
PHA-0073 | Published August 06, 2015 | 3 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
Junior and senior faculty members collaborate on crafting a classroom covenant.... Read More
Equity Investments at Berkshire Hathaway
C-2416 | Published October 02, 2018 | 16 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
As Berkshire Hathaway had reported in its 2018, first quarter, 10-Q, it was "engage[d] in a number of diverse business activities." Maria knew that Berkshire Hathaway bought the stock of numerous othe... Read More
IPO Narrative
A-1230 | Published April 17, 2026 | 17 Pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
This case is set a week after the initial public offering (IPO) of Figma, Inc. (Figma; NYSE:FIG), in summer 2025; the protagonist's is the chief investment officer, Edwin Fernando. The excitement of g... Read More
Financial Detective
P-4564 | Published April 17, 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
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
Investing in the Heartland-NP
NP-005 | Published May 21, 2025 | 2 Pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
President and managing director of venture capital firm Plains Ventures, faces a critical decision: how to allocate a fund’s capital... Read More
Private Debt and a University's Endowment Portfolio Decision
NA-1234 | Published May 29, 2025 | 2 Pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
This fictional case is written from the perspective of Benjamin Owens, an investment director at Blue Ridge Mountain University (BRMU).... Read More
Tractor Supply Company: Living Life Out Here
F-2120 | Published November 03, 2025 | 10 Pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
Tractor Supply company 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, outd... Read More