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Airinit: Clearing the Accounting Air

Yemen, Gerry ; Dikolli, Shane

C-2442 | Published January 26, 2024 | 8 pages. Case

Collection: Darden School of Business

The fictional company Airinit, now a division of the conglomerate ArgentAxis Holdings (AAH) after a recent merger, manufactures air fresheners, and at the start of the year it planned to generate a he... Read More

Accessibility Testing

Shinde Sanket

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

Investing in Water at Fish Springs Ranch: Water Flows to Money, and the Money Is in Reno

Debaere, Peter ; Erickson, Steven

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

How Normal is Normal?

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BC-0199 | Published March 04, 2025 | 24 Pages Case

Collection: Darden School of Business

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Innovation at Bat: The Savannah Bananas

Alexander, Les ; Kalogeropoulos, Demitri ; Maiden, Stephen E.

ENT-0242 | Published October 16, 2025 | 13 Pages Case

Collection: Darden School of Business

In early 2024, the Savannah Bananas were more popular than ever. The team provided an innovative mix of baseball and entertainment—with everything from dancing base coaches to a batter on stilts—that ... Read More

Nikki Brown: Caught between Career and Conscience

Sesia, Aldo ; Prengler, Melanie

OB-1432 | Published February 23, 2024 | 13 pages. Case

Collection: Darden School of Business

This field-based case puts students in the role of Nikki Brown, a Black female police officer at the St. Louis County Police Department (SLCPD). After repeatedly witnessing and experiencing acts of di... Read More

Everglow Ventures: Reinventing the VC Model

Loutskina, Elena ; Abuzov, Rustam

F-2098 | Published January 30, 2025 | 17 Case

Collection: Darden School of Business

This disguised case centers on Ellen Grant, who has recently launched a new venture capital (VC) firm, Everglow Ventures (Everglow). Everglow is not a VC firm “as usual”; the founders are seeking to ... Read More

Aspose Testing4

Shinde Sanket

GEM-0284 | Published February 18, 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

Accessibility Testing

Shinde Sanket

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

Carbfix: Creating a Market for Permanent Carbon Storage

Lenox, Michael ; Eichengreen, Jacob

S-0407 | Published January 30, 2024 | 16 pages. Case

Collection: Darden School of Business

Carbfix, a start-up based in Reykjavik, Iceland, that has developed a novel carbon-sequestration technology, has recently won a $120 million grant from the EU Innovation Fund to build the world’s firs... Read More

VIKAS AND SAVE: Combining Cause with Commerce

Gupta, Vishal ; Gopakumar, K V ; Brahmbhatt, Kruti

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

Hollow Watermark Testing

Murphy, Daniel's ; Chin'naswamy, Trent

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

Accessibility Testing

Murphy, Daniel's ; Chin'naswamy, Trent

GEM-0272 | Published February 04, 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

Managing Brand Crisis: Bud Light Cracks Open a Can of Controversy

Whitler, Kimberly ; Baum, Dan ; Pasquinelli, Emily

M-1043 | Published November 29, 2023 | 18 pages. Case

Collection: Darden School of Business

This case provides a chronological view of Bud Light’s sponsorship of Dylan Mulvaney, a transgender influencer, and the resulting impact. It helps students and executives consider both the decision-ma... Read More

Social Investment in Supply Chains: Mining the Possibilities

Mead, Jenny ; Parmar, Bidhan L. ; Mani, Vidya

OM-1780 | Published October 25, 2022 | 11 pages. Case

Collection: Darden School of Business

Tintio SA (Tintio), a Peru-based mining company, planned to open a gold mine in Ica, the southern region of Peru. But like other mining companies, Tintio often had rocky relationships with the communi... Read More

Team Dynamics at Initech

Isabella, Lynn A. ; Jackson, Steve ; Hager, Jack

OB-0876 | Published September 18, 2006 Case

Collection: Darden School of Business

Someone wise once said, "A job worth doing is worth doing together." Yet why is it so difficult to work together as a team? This case presents the story of a team whose relationships are strained and ... Read More

Intertrust Technologies: Digitizing and Decarbonizing the Electrical Grid

Lenox, Michael ; Prabhakar, Abhishek

S-0449 | Published February 02, 2024 | 16 pages. Case

Collection: Darden School of Business

In spring 2023, Talal Shamoon, CEO of Intertrust Technologies Corporation (Intertrust), was planning the next phase of growth. Intertrust focused on enabling trust over open networks. In the 1990s an... Read More

Common Wealth Crush: Financing a Vision

Kajal,Jadhav

K-2090 | Published September 23, 2025 | 11 Pages Case

Collection: Darden School of Business

This case examines the financing decisions and valuation of a start-up venture, Common Wealth Crush Co. (CWC), that seeks to support wine production in central Virginia by centralizing processing faci... Read More

Davis Press and Meccan Madness

Mead, Jenny ; Freeman, R. Edward ; Wicks, Andrew C. ; Werhane, Patricia H. ; Berne, Rosalyn W.

E-0073 | Published January 15, 2005 | 5 pages. Case

Collection: Darden School of Business

The owner/editor of the small Davis Press encounters a dilemma when she is given the opportunity to publish a novel set in the Islamic holy city of Mecca. Given the events of the last 16 years—the ang... Read More

A New Vision for BBQ?

Feldman, Pnina ; Halversen, Jeremy

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

DigiPlex: Future-Ready Data Centers

Grushka-Cockayne, Yael ; Yemen, Gerry

QA-0880 | Published October 03, 2017 | 15 pages. Case

Collection: Darden School of Business

This case is based on DigiPlex, the largest data center provider in Scandinavia. The company plans to build another data center just outside of Stockholm, Sweden. The case asks students to evaluate a ... Read More

Milagrol Ltda.

Lipson, Marc L.

F-1578 | Published April 03, 2009 | 10 pages. Case

Collection: Darden School of Business

A privately held U.S. plumbing parts manufacturer is negotiating the purchase of a Brazilian plumbing manufacturer specializing in water conservation. The case provides sufficient information to value... Read More

What’s in a Name? Classifying Securities at Silicon Valley Bank

Hopkins, Justin J. ; Lynch, Luann ; Quintero Corral, Alejandro

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

Katchia Gethers: In the Business of Getting Better

Yemen, Gerry ; Adams, Gabrielle

OB-1443 | Published August 28, 2023 | 13 pages. Case

Collection: Darden School of Business

This field-based case uses the challenges an elementary school principal encountered during her first year as a seasoned professional in an underperforming school to set the stage for unfolding a fram... Read More

Returning to Redmond? Exploring Equity in Hybrid Work Environments at Microsoft

Mead, Jenny ; Kaufmann, Lauren ; King, Lucy

E-0497 | Published December 20, 2023 | 7 pages. Case

Collection: Darden School of Business

This public-sourced case is based on a series of decisions Microsoft and other US-based technology companies made between 2021 and 2022 related to hybrid and return-to-office work policies coming out ... Read More

Harley-Davidson, Inc.: The Reverse Yankee Bond Issue

Lipson, Marc L. ; O'Brien, Robby

F-2046 | Published July 07, 2023 | 14 pages. Case

Collection: Darden School of Business

Harley-Davidson Inc. (Harley-Davidson), the storied maker of iconic American motorcycles, was on the cusp of issuing its first bond not denominated in US or Canadian dollars—a so-called Reverse Yankee... Read More

Government Intervention

GEM-0259 | Published January 15, 2025 | 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

China Supply Chain and COVID-19

Yemen, Gerry ; Yang, Dennis ; Ha, Jiming ; Sesia, Aldo

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

The Business of Death Births Human Composting

Murray, Meghan

BC-0300 | Published September 20, 2023 | 14 pages. Case

Collection: Darden School of Business

The case revolves around an entrepreneur, Maggie Fleur, who manages several businesses on her family's farm and who is considering a complementary new business in the burgeoning industry of human comp... Read More

Suez and Veolia in Hot Water

Debaere, Peter ; Agrawal, Minal

GEM-0221 | Published December 20, 2023 | 18 pages. Case

Collection: Darden School of Business

The case, “Suez and Veolia in Hot Water,” takes the merger between Suez and Veolia, the two largest global water and waste multinationals, as a starting point and puts it in the context of the ongoing... Read More

TV Advertising Pricing at Regional Broadcast Network (B)

Goldberg, Rebecca ; Popescu, Dana

QA-0967 | Published January 04, 2024 | 3 pages. Case

Collection: Darden School of Business

Eric Hughes, advertising sales manager at Regional Broadcast Network (RBN), needs to avoid a takeover by increasing revenue from ad sales. Currently, ad plans are created for advertisers by combining ... Read More

Tiffany & Co.: The LVMH Proposal and LVMH: The Tiffany Acquisition -- Merger Negotiation Application (SIMULATION)

Schill, Michael J.

F-2015 | Published April 22, 2022 | 1 pages. Case

Collection: Darden School of Business

The cases “Tiffany & Co.: The LVMH Proposal” (UVA-F-2012) and “LVMH: The Tiffany Acquisition” (UVA-F-2013) serve as two sides of a merger negotiation exercise set in October 2019. Students are asked... Read More

What’s Up with WhatsApp in 2024

Hou, Young ; Sesia, Aldo

S-0472 | Published July 25, 2025 | 11 Pages Case

Collection: Darden School of Business

October 2024 marked the 10-year anniversary of Facebook’s landmark acquisition of WhatsApp for $22 billion. Founded in 2009, WhatsApp allowed “unlimited free text-messaging and picture sending between... Read More

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NPC-7777 | Published March 18, 2025 | 1 Case

Collection: Darden School of Business

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Toxic for Teens? Navigating a Career in the Social Media Industry (B)

Gentile, Mary ; Warnell, Jessica McManus

OB-1396 | Published June 06, 2022 | 4 pages. Case

Collection: Darden School of Business

This case is part of the Giving Voice to Values (GVV) curriculum. To see other material in the GVV curriculum, please visit http://store.darden.virginia.edu/giving-voice-to-values. Gia is an early-car... Read More

Plug Power: A Case of Negative Revenue

Koch, Adam

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

Billie Jean King: Serving Up Leadership

Liedtka, Jeanne M. ; Mead, Jenny ; Grushka-Cockayne, Yael ; Freeman, R. Edward

E-0488 | Published September 19, 2022 | 11 pages. Case

Collection: Darden School of Business

Throughout a lifetime of athletic success, hard work, high visibility, and professional and personal challenges both on and off the tennis court, Billie Jean King, an icon of professional tennis, busi... Read More

Design Thinking in Action (C): Experimentation in Action at South Western Railway

Liedtka, Jeanne M.

S-0379 | Published July 05, 2022 | 15 pages. Case

Collection: Darden School of Business

This third case in the series that begins with “Design Thinking in Action (A): South Western Railway” (UVA-S-0377) describes two waves of experimentation undertaken by UK railway operator South Wester... Read More

Rough Seas for ChenMed (B)

Matherne, G. Paul ; Behrman, Katelyn

QA-0921 | Published July 26, 2021 | 4 pages. Case

Collection: Darden School of Business

In March 2020, the COVID-19 pandemic is looming. Gordon Chen, MD, the chief medical officer of ChenMed, a family-owned company committed to delivering primary care to the oldest and most vulnerable pa... Read More

Rolling the Dice with Management Service Agreements

Loutskinae@darden.virginia.edu ; KenneyJrChad@darden.virginia.edu ; McElroyWLee@darden.virginia.edu

F-2058 | Published November 06, 2023 | 25 pages. Case

Collection: Darden School of Business

In April 2023, Will Anderson, managing partner of SummitStone Capital, LP (SummitStone), received a copy of the management service agreement (MSA) between Artemis Capital (Artemis), a private equity f... Read More

Woolworths: Australia Day Blues

Chen, Ming-Jer ; Wang, Vincent

S-0461 | Published March 10, 2025 | 10 Pages Case

Collection: Darden School of Business

In January 2024, the Australian retailer Woolworths Group (Woolworths) announced it would no longer stock Australia Day merchandise across its stores for the national summer holiday, following years o... Read More

LeMar Outdoor Play Products, Ltd.: An Outsourcing Decision to India

Simko, Paul J. ; Haskins, Mark E.

C-2440 | Published June 18, 2020 | 8 pages. Case

Collection: Darden School of Business

This case, based on general business experience, casts students in the role of analyzing the financial effects of a possible outsourcing decision. Lee and Marcia Mills, owners of LeMar Outdoor Play Pr... Read More

Consolidated-Tomoka?A Real Estate Holding Company

Simko, Paul J.

C-2315 | Published August 17, 2010 | 22 pages. Case

Collection: Darden School of Business

A real estate holding company with a diverse array of real estate operations serves to introduce a number of accounting and finance topics. The company owns over 11,000 acres of raw land purchased man... Read More

Taking Action at the Kilbourne Group: Research Assistant Complications (B)

Doyle, Jacqueline L. ; Alvarez Diaz, Natalia

G-0663 | Published January 02, 2024 | 1 pages. Case

Collection: Darden School of Business

This case, the epilogue to "Taking Action at the Kilbourne Group: Research Assistant Complications (A)" (UVA-G-0662), details the actions the research manager (RM) at the Kilbourne Group took with a h... Read More

Aspose Testing4

Shinde Sanket

GEM-0286 | Published February 18, 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

Accessibility Testing

Murphy, Daniel ; Chinnaswamy, Trent

GEM-0274 | Published February 04, 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

Accessibility Testing

Shinde Sanket

GEM-0275 | Published February 11, 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

Accessibility Testing

Shinde Sanket

GEM-0276 | Published February 11, 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

Aspose Testing2

Shinde Sanket

GEM-0281 | Published February 16, 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

Farmer Support Programs

Murphy, Daniel ; Chinnaswamy, Trent

GEM-0256 | Published January 02, 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

Apostroph'e Testing

Murphy, Daniel's ; Chin'naswamy, Trent

GEM-0263 | Published January 21, 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

Apostroph'e Testing

Murphy, Daniel's ; Chin'naswamy, Trent

GEM-0264 | Published January 27, 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

Hollow Watermark Testing

Murphy, Daniel's ; Chin'naswamy, Trent

GEM-0268 | 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

Fair Play at Home Plate: Negotiating the Creation of an International Draft—Tony Clark

Seaborn, Paul ; Foster, Alexis

S-0448 | Published May 23, 2024 | 9 Case

Collection: Darden School of Business

Tony Clark, executive director of the Major League Baseball Players Association (MLBPA), is engaged in high-stakes negotiation with Major League Baseball (MLB) over the possible creation of a first-ev... Read More

Betting on GPs: A Two-Horse Race

Loutskina, Elena ; LoMonaco, Nick

F-2096 | Published January 30, 2025 | 21 Case

Collection: Darden School of Business

In August 2024, two founding partners at White Mountain Capital were presiding over an investment committee meeting discussing potential investments in two distinct private equity (PE) general partner... Read More

Swatch Group and Francogeddon (Abridged)

Warnock, Frank

GEM-0206 | Published February 27, 2024 | 8 pages. Case

Collection: Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad

This case illustrates how exchange rate shocks affect international businesses. The focus is on one recent stark example: the effect on Swatch Group of the Swiss National Bank's January 2015 decision ... Read More

JW Sports Supplies (C)

Lynch, Luann J.

C-2404 | Published November 28, 2017 | 2 pages. Case

Collection: Darden School of Business

In this case, the owners of JW Sports Supplies consider the possibility of dropping the custom gym bag product line. Students must consider which costs are avoidable and which are not avoidable if the... Read More

Balance Sheets: What Is and What If?

Sack, Robert J. ; Haskins, Mark E.

C-2458 | Published August 30, 2022 | 5 pages. Case

Collection: Darden School of Business

Leslie Castle, a Certified Public Accountant (CPA) and accounting firm partner, finds herself in a reflective mode, recollecting several previous conversations with several nonaccountants that had que... Read More

Common Wealth Crush: Financing a Vision

Schill, Michael J. ; Ibiloye, Fehintoluwa

F-2090 | Published October 21, 2024 | 11 Pages Case

Collection: Darden School of Business

This case examines the financing decisions and valuation of a start-up venture, Common Wealth Crush Co. (CWC), that seeks to support wine production in central Virginia by centralizing processing faci... Read More

Team Dynamics at Suvasi Textiles

Sharda, Kirti

03/03/25 | Published March 03, 2025 | 6 Case

Collection: Darden School of Business

This case is intended to introduce participants to basic personality types and the role they play in group decision making situations. The Myers-Brigg... Read More

Innovating amid Regulatory Uncertainty

Parmar, Bidhan L. ; Orth, Connor ; Mead, Jenny

E-0505 | Published October 16, 2024 | 11 Pages Case

Collection: Darden School of Business

This disguised case outlines the dilemma facing Avery Owens, the head of product for SoMeCo, a social media company, as she seeks to create a framework to innovate responsibly – balancing the emerging... Read More

Grupo Boticário: Orchestrating a Customer Value–Centric Growth Strategy to Compete in Brazil’s Beauty Market

Guissoni, Leandro ; Sarfati, Gilberto ; Costas, Ruth

M-1067 | Published July 31, 2025 | 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

Meera Nair at PhoenixWay: Which Way to Go?

Premapuri, Priyanka ; Gupta Vishal

IIMA-OB0231 | Published March 04, 2025 | 12 Case

Collection: Darden School of Business

The case describes the dilemma faced by Meera Nair, chief manager at PhoenixWay – a consultancy firm that has successfully grown over the years. There... Read More

Bretton Woods and the Financial Crisis of 1971 (A) and (B) (Abridged) (CHINESE)

Bruner, Robert F.

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

FinePrint Company (C)

Lynch, Luann J.

C-2195 | Published March 22, 2004 | 1 pages. Case

Collection: Darden School of Business

John Johnson, the owner of the FinePrint Company, is presented with several opportunities to consider: (1) whether to accept a one-time special printing order (the A case, UVA-C-2193), (2) whether to ... Read More

Living Life

Lipson, Marc L.

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

Dinesh Patel at the Sardar Patel Farm

Sundararaman, Ragavan ; Joshi, Shilpa ; Gupta, Vishal

IIMA-OB0244 | Published March 04, 2025 | 14 Case

Collection: Darden School of Business

Sardar Patel farm is a 150-acre organic farm located in Kathwada, Gujarat, India with 125 farmers living and working on the farm. Dr Dinesh Patel, a c... Read More

Bright Books, Inc

NP WMTest

NP-123 | Published March 19, 2025 | 2 Pages Case

Collection: Darden School of Business

Test document for all supporting and supplement files.... Read More

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