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The Financial Detective, 2026
F-2141 | Published March 12, 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
Case Study on API
AB-0001 | Published September 10, 2026 | 6 Pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
This contains Study of webservice, API, HTTPS, Requests... Read More
Uber's Governance Reset: The Board Confronts a Culture in Crisis
GEM-0307 | Published March 24, 2025 | 15 Pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
This case examines Rwanda Trading Company (RTC) as it navigated shifting government policy and market dynamics in Rwanda’s coffee sector. For eight years, zoning regulations required farmers to sell t... Read More
Automation With AI
ZZ-0007 | Published July 14, 2026 | 5 Pages Case
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
Automation With SalesForce part II
ZZ-0009 | Published August 10, 2026 | 5 Pages Case
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
Accessibility Testing
GEM-0292 | Published February 23, 2026 | 15 Pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
This case examines Rwanda Trading Company (RTC) as it navigated shifting government policy and market dynamics in Rwanda’s coffee sector. For eight years, zoning regulations required farmers to sell t... Read More
Plug Power: A Case of Negative Revenue
C-2460 | Published May 05, 2023 | 9 pages. Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
This case examines the accounting implications of a customer incentive deal between Plug Power (Plug; an industry-leading manufacturer of hydrogen fuel cells) and Amazon.com, Inc. (Amazon; Plug’s majo... Read More
Reversing Sickle Cell Disease: A Crisp Deal?
OM-1795 | Published November 12, 2025 | 11 Pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
Carmen Jones, principal at a venture capital firm in the biotechnology industry, pondered the latest deal the firm was considering. It had recently closed a $700 million fund and was evaluating severa... Read More
Dr. Bronner's: Do Psychedelics Fit with Its Cosmic Principles?
S-0405 | Published August 01, 2023 | 22 pages. Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
This field-based case describes the situation facing David Bronner, cosmic engagement officer (CEO) of Dr. Bronner’s Magic Soaps (Dr. Bronner’s), the top-selling brand of natural soaps in North Americ... Read More
Hollow Watermark Testing
GEM-0270 | Published February 03, 2026 | 15 Pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
This case's examines Rwanda Trading Company (RTC) as it navigated shifting government policy and market dynamics in Rwanda’s coffee sector. For eight years, zoning regulations required farmers to sell... Read More
VIKAS AND SAVE: Combining Cause with Commerce
IIMA-OB0239 | Published March 04, 2025 | 23 Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
This case discusses the evolution of VIKAS, from a small non-profit organisation to a cluster of non-profit as well as for-profit organisations, colle... Read More
3 Fellers Bakery
ENT-0137 | Published November 27, 2010 | 4 pages. Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
This case could be used in entrepreneurship, strategy, and small-business courses. It presents classic issues regarding successful start-ups such as how to choose from a multitude of growth opportunit... Read More
SoftBank Group's Robotics and AI Portfolio: Building the Physical AI Stack
F-2174 | Published September 08, 2026 | 20 Pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
This case examines SoftBank Group’s strategy to build a vertically integrated “physical AI” platform combining semiconductor design, artificial intelligence, data-center infrastructure, and robotics. ... 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
Watermark Testing
GEM-0266 | Published February 02, 2026 | 15 Pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
This case's examines Rwanda Trading Company (RTC) as it navigated shifting government policy and market dynamics in Rwanda’s coffee sector. For eight years, zoning regulations required farmers to sell... Read More
A Better Yoga Block: Shanti Creek Yoga Products
ENT-0190 | Published April 27, 2012 | 6 pages. Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
This case follows a protagonist as he tries to secure start-up capital to get his entrepreneurial venture going. With the company still in its conceptual stage, students must evaluate everything in a ... Read More
What’s in a Name? Classifying Securities at Silicon Valley Bank
C-2470 | Published December 18, 2023 | 10 pages. Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
On March 17, 2023, Silicon Valley Bank Financial Group (SVBFG) declared bankruptcy. It had reported net income in 2022 of $1.6 billion, and KPMG had just signed the audit report for SVBFG on February ... Read More
Pricing Efficiency in Post-Pandemic Equity
H-2112 | Published March 10, 2026 | 23 Pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
This case examines the October 2023 initial public offering (IPO) of Birkenstock, the iconic German footwear maker. Students are invited to recommend the price at which Birkenstock should sell the sha... Read More
A New Vision for BBQ?
OM-1839 | Published October 09, 2025 | 14 Pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
Vision BBQ is a midsize restaurant in downtown Charlottesville, Virginia. The cofounders began by serving barbecue at pop-up events at popular Charlottesville locations and ultimately moved into a 14-... Read More
SoftBank Group's Robotics and AI Portfolio: Building the Physical AI Stack
F-2173 | Published September 08, 2026 | 20 Pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
This case examines SoftBank Group’s strategy to build a vertically integrated “physical AI” platform combining semiconductor design, artificial intelligence, data-center infrastructure, and robotics. ... Read More
China Supply Chain and COVID-19
GEM-0184 | Published December 17, 2020 | 44 pages. Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
On March 11, 2020, The World Health Organization declared the outbreak of the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) a global pandemic. The pandemic brought production, trade, and businesses to a grinding halt,... Read More
Living Life
D-2120 | Published March 10, 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
WM-Manufacturing in China
WM-1100 | Published May 14, 2026 | 2 Pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
Describes the startup of a new manufacturing facility in China, to serve the China market, previously served by a field sales force and imported products.... Read More
Automation With SalesForce
ZZ-0008 | Published July 14, 2026 | 5 Pages Case
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
Jonathan Virginia, Inc.
ENT-0135 | Published October 21, 2009 | 3 pages. Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
This case is appropriate for teaching in business management and strategy courses. At issue in this case is how to institutionalize a business beyond what the entrepreneur has started. This founder bu... Read More
Hass Shoes
ENT-0142 | Published November 27, 2009 | 3 pages. Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
Suitable for courses on entrepreneurship, managing small businesses, marketing, and strategy. The case raises classic issues about how a stabilized business can reignite its growth. It poses the quest... Read More
Zillow Offers' "Volatile Error Rate"
QA-0944 | Published May 24, 2022 | 4 pages. Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
In November 2021, Zillow announced that it was planning to shut down Zillow Offers, its iBuying program that leveraged its home value algorithm to quickly purchase homes for later resale. Zillow made ... Read More
Pitcher Perfect: Visualizing Interactive Beer Profiles
BC-0293 | Published December 19, 2022 | 4 pages. Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
This fictional case introduces students to interactive presentations through the situation of a US craft beer company that is developing a new beer product. The case discusses an organizational push t... Read More
1933–1938: The New Deal and the Great Depression
F-1951 | Published June 30, 2020 | 54 pages. Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
In December 1938, US president Franklin D. Roosevelt (FDR) contemplated recent setbacks that challenged the viability of his program of economic recovery, popularly called the "New Deal." Various achi... Read More
Ben & Jerry's Homemade
F-1364 | Published September 13, 2001 | 14 pages. Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
This case examines issues of asset control for Ben & Jerry's Homemade, Inc., in light of the outstanding takeover offers by Chartwell Investments, Dreyer's Grand, Unilever, and Meadowbrook Lane Capita... Read More
The Financial Detective, 2016
F-1763 | Published October 12, 2016 | 4 pages. Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
This is an updated version of "The Financial Detective, 2005" (UVA-F-1486). The case presents the student with financial ratios for eight pairs of unidentified companies and asks them to mate the desc... Read More
Accessibility Testing
GEM-0294 | Published February 23, 2026 | 15 Pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
This case examines Rwanda Trading Company (RTC) as it navigated shifting government policy and market dynamics in Rwanda’s coffee sector. For eight years, zoning regulations required farmers to sell t... Read More
Aspose Testing5
GEM-0288 | Published February 19, 2026 | 15 Pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
This case examines Rwanda Trading Company (RTC) as it navigated shifting government policy and market dynamics in Rwanda’s coffee sector. For eight years, zoning regulations required farmers to sell t... Read More
Aspose Testing9
GEM-0291 | Published February 19, 2026 | 15 Pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
This case examines Rwanda Trading Company (RTC) as it navigated shifting government policy and market dynamics in Rwanda’s coffee sector. For eight years, zoning regulations required farmers to sell t... Read More
Roblox Corporation: Can It Rewrite the Creator Economy?
GEM-0306 | Published March 24, 2025 | 15 Pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
This case examines Rwanda Trading Company (RTC) as it navigated shifting government policy and market dynamics in Rwanda’s coffee sector. For eight years, zoning regulations required farmers to sell t... Read More
Hard Court Systems Ltd.: Restructuring Operations to Improve Profitability
GEM-0308 | Published March 24, 2025 | 15 Pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
This case examines Rwanda Trading Company (RTC) as it navigated shifting government policy and market dynamics in Rwanda’s coffee sector. For eight years, zoning regulations required farmers to sell t... Read More
Priya Patel: The Earning-More, Living-Less Dilemma
GEM-0309 | Published March 24, 2025 | 15 Pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
This case examines Rwanda Trading Company (RTC) as it navigated shifting government policy and market dynamics in Rwanda’s coffee sector. For eight years, zoning regulations required farmers to sell t... Read More
How Normal is Normal?
BC-0199 | Published March 04, 2025 | 24 Pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
Abstract... Read More
The 10th at Riviera
QA-0953 | Published September 19, 2023 | 9 pages. Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
This case presents a dilemma that professional golfers face when having to choose a target point for landing the ball. Key to this case is to acknowledge uncertainty as reflected in less-than-perfect ... Read More
Dettol: Managing Brand Extensions
IIMA-MAR0388 | Published February 20, 2025 | 32 Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
This case is about the evolution of a parent brand and its subsequent extension into different product categories. Dettol as a brand has received immense trust and loyalty from consumers. Since the 1... Read More
Transportation and Consolidation at Elevalt Ltd.
OM-1490 | Published February 05, 2013 | 11 Pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
Chris Summers knew he had an important set of recommendations to make regarding his company’s strategic operations. Summers had been with Elevalt Ltd. (EVT)—a leading oil field services (OFS) company ... Read More
Choosing Among Different Valuation Approaches
F-0720 | Published March 28, 1986 | 3 pages. Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
This note discusses the relative strengths and weaknesses of three primary methods of valuing a firm: (1) accounting approaches (e.g., book value); (2) multiples of earnings (e.g., p/e); and (3) disc... Read More
Lorex Pharmaceuticals
QA-0347 | Published April 05, 1986 | 4 Pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
In this case, the managers of quality assurance for a pharmaceutical company must specify a fill target for individual bottles of a new blood-pressure medicine. Higher targets lead to higher material ... Read More
The Financial Detective, 2026
F-2140 | Published March 10, 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