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Whittle, Mary Summers
The Case-Centric Classroom: Good Career Preparation?
Chen, Ming-Jer; Whittle, Mary Summers; Gong, Barron
S-0381 | Published June 10, 2022 | 3 pages. Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
This case follows Andy, a second-year MBA student who has just received a job offer and is looking for guidance on how to leverage his remaining schooling to become a successful manager upon graduatio... Read More
Expanding the MBA Experience: The Student Case Writer Perspective
Chen, Ming-Jer; Whittle, Mary Summers; Fairfax, Lydia
S-0358 | Published August 30, 2021 | 5 pages. Technical Note
Collection: Darden School of Business
At many leading business schools, cases are written only by professors or professional case writers. At the Darden School of Business, however, MBA students may also write cases. Case writing helps s... Read More
Time for a Change: Chinese Diaper Maker DaddyBaby Faces COVID-19 (B)
Chen, Ming-Jer; Whittle, Mary Summers; Yao, Bingjing (Krystal)
S-0353 | Published March 23, 2021 | 5 pages. Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
At the request of local and national government officials, Bin Lin had just agreed to manufacture face masks to help contain China's nascent COVID-19 crisis. Lin was the founder and CEO of Chinese dia... Read More
Time for a Change: Chinese Diaper Maker DaddyBaby Faces COVID-19 (A)
Chen, Ming-Jer; Whittle, Mary Summers; Yao, Bingjing (Krystal)
S-0343 | Published March 23, 2021 | 16 pages. Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
In late January 2020, Fuqing city officials approached Bin Lin, CEO of diaper manufacturer DaddyBaby, with a request that came straight from China's central government: In the face of the COVID-19 cri... Read More
Competitive Dynamics: An Introduction
Chen, Ming-Jer; Whittle, Mary Summers; Baum, David
S-0306 | Published September 15, 2020 | 6 pages. Technical Note
Collection: Darden School of Business
This technical note discusses competitive dynamics: the various and evolving actions and reactions of two firms engaged in a rivalrous relationship. By allowing us to analyze interactions at this dyad... Read More
US–China Tensions in Class (B): Balancing the Professional, Political, and Personal
Chen, Ming-Jer; Whittle, Mary Summers; Fairfax, Lydia; Feng, JianYe (Jacky)
S-0333 | Published August 04, 2020 | 10 pages. Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
This four-part case series examines the numerous, often subtle ways in which international and interpersonal relations intersect. When an American MBA student types a controversial comment about China... Read More
US–China Tensions in Class (C): Managing International Diversity in Turbulent Times
Chen, Ming-Jer; Whittle, Mary Summers; Fairfax, Lydia; Feng, JianYe (Jacky)
S-0334 | Published August 04, 2020 | 6 pages. Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
This four-part case series examines the numerous, often subtle ways in which international and interpersonal relations intersect. When an American MBA student types a controversial comment about China... Read More
US–China Tensions in Class (A): International Politics Meets Interpersonal Relationships
Chen, Ming-Jer; Whittle, Mary Summers; Fairfax, Lydia; Feng, JianYe (Jacky)
S-0332 | Published August 04, 2020 | 15 pages. Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
This four-part case series examines the numerous, often subtle ways in which international and interpersonal relations intersect. When an American MBA student types a controversial comment about China... Read More
US–China Tensions in Class (D): Bruised Feelings
Chen, Ming-Jer; Whittle, Mary Summers; Fairfax, Lydia; Feng, JianYe (Jacky)
S-0335 | Published August 04, 2020 | 2 pages. Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
This four-part case series examines the numerous, often subtle ways in which international and interpersonal relations intersect. When an American MBA student types a controversial comment about China... Read More
Wingtech Acquires Nexperia: Will the New Company Fly?
Chen, Ming-Jer; Whittle, Mary Summers; Chan, Yi Ping
S-0329 | Published May 18, 2020 | 12 pages. Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
Early in 2019, Wingtech CEO Xuezheng Zhang faced one of the biggest challenges of his career. China-based Wingtech, which Zhang had founded 13 years earlier, had rapidly grown into one of the world’s ... Read More
Competitor Acumen: The Heart of Competitor Analysis
Chen, Ming-Jer; Whittle, Mary Summers
S-0293 | Published April 10, 2017 | 3 pages. Technical Note
Collection: Darden School of Business
This technical notes answers the questions: What does the competitive landscape look like to a given competitor? Which firms does the competitor regard as its chief rivals? Critically, what actions is... Read More