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The Position and Slope of the Yield Curve's
GEM-0238 | Published January 08, 2026 | 22 Pages Technical Note
Collection: Darden School of Business
The slope and position of the US Treasury yield curve are of fundamental importance to households, investor's, banks, and governments. This note explores the determinants of the slope and position, fo... Read More
Accounting for Inventory and Cost of Goods Sold Expense
C-2474 | Published February 21, 2024 | 11 pages Technical Note
Collection: Darden School of Business
This technical note provides an overview of accounting for inventory and cost of goods sold expense. It discusses accounting for the purchase and sale of inventory, periodic and perpetual inventory sy... Read More
Geopolitics and the Global Semiconductor Industry
S-0373 | Published April 13, 2022 | 16 pages Technical Note
Collection: Darden School of Business
This note describes the exponential growth of semiconductor technology over the last 40 years, as well as the evolution of the semiconductor value chain. Semiconductor integrated circuits (ICs) are es... Read More
United Voices: How Organizations Should Deliver Bad News
BC-0287 | Published November 16, 2022 | 6 pages Technical Note
Collection: Darden School of Business
Leaders must know how to deliver bad news to employees and outside stakeholders. Whether an organization is responding to a complaint, communicating about a crisis situation, or notifying employees ab... Read More
National Power and the Structure of Foreign Trade and the New Geoeconomics
GEM-0253 | Published November 03, 2025 | 5 Pages Technical Note
Collection: Darden School of Business
Geoeconomists combine economics and political science to study how governments use their countries’ economic strength to exert influence (power) on foreign entities over which they tend not to have di... Read More
How to Put More Strategy in Your "Taxes and Business Strategy" Course: A Case-Method Approach
C-2265 | Published August 02, 2007 | 32 pages Technical Note
Collection: Darden School of Business
This technical note provides the design for a case-method course called "Taxation and Management Decisions" taught in Darden's MBA program. The course is a general management course, and is designed s... Read More
Ten Tools for Design Thinking
BP-0550 | Published December 17, 2010 | 27 pages Technical Note
Collection: Darden School of Business
This technical note is part of a course module that focuses on teaching design-thinking skills and 10 tools to identify and implement innovation and growth opportunities. It can be taught to MBA, unde... Read More
What If...?
QA-0528 | Published October 30, 1998 Technical Note
Collection: Darden School of Business
This note develops a variety of approaches to sensitivity analysis within the context of a promotional decision regarding a consumer product. Analyses include the development of optimistic/pessimistic... Read More