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Mani, Vidya
H&M, China, and Cotton: Sourcing a Solution?
Mead, Jenny; Parmar, Bidhan L.; Mani, Vidya; Liu, Yusi
OM-1781 | Published November 10, 2022 | 13 pages. Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
In December 2021, Hennes & Mauritz AB (H&M), the Swedish fast-fashion clothing retailer, found itself in a difficult position regarding its business in China, one of the retailer’s important markets. ... 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
Fairphone (A): Can a Start-Up Change an Industry?
Thomas, Doug; Mani, Vidya; Medack, Alexandra
OM-1712 | Published August 26, 2022 | 9 pages. Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
Fairphone, a "social enterprise" that created the world’s first ethically sourced smartphone, had revolutionized consumers' and investors' expectations around environmental, social, and governance (ES... Read More
Fairphone (B): Is It Really Worth It?
Thomas, Doug; Mani, Vidya; Medack, Alexandra
OM-1713 | Published August 26, 2022 | 8 pages. Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
This case is a follow-up to "Fairphone (A): Can a Start-Up Change an Industry?" (UVA-OM-1712). Fairphone's goals to keep producing an ethically sourced smartphone were noble, but "doing well by doing... Read More
Regulations and Standards: Electronics Supply Chain
Thomas, Doug; Mani, Vidya; Medack, Alexandra
OM-1714 | Published August 26, 2022 | 10 pages. Technical Note
Collection: Darden School of Business
Standards and regulations exist to ensure supply chains are not exploitative of the people, environments, and materials with which they interact. This technical note concentrates on two aspects of the... Read More
Electronics Supply Chain Overview
Thomas, Doug; Mani, Vidya; Medack, Alexandra
OM-1716 | Published August 26, 2022 | 14 pages. Technical Note
Collection: Darden School of Business
Electronics are sophisticated products with an equally complicated supply chain. Within the consumer electronics industry, revenue is forecast at 1.82% annual growth, with user penetration climbing fr... Read More
iFixit: If You Bought It, You Don’t Really Own It
OM-1772 | Published July 26, 2022 | 14 pages. Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
This field-based case introduces iFixit, a small business with a mission to change consumer behavior around prosperity so that they would no longer toss away broken products. iFixit offered repair gui... Read More
Blue Apron: Has the Supply Chain Disrupter Been Disrupted?
Maiden, Stephen E.; Thomas, Doug; Mani, Vidya
OM-1769 | Published March 14, 2022 | 15 pages. Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
This public-sourced case set in early 2022 explores the meal-kit-delivery service Blue Apron, a pioneer in the rapidly growing market of alternatives to shopping for food, meal planning, and cooking. ... Read More
Food Supply and COVID-19: Breaking the Chain (B)
Maiden, Stephen E.; Thomas, Doug; Mani, Vidya
OM-1768 | Published March 02, 2022 | 4 pages. Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
This case, a follow-up to "Food Supply and COVID-19: Breaking the Chain (B)" (UVA-OM-1691), looks at how the global food supply chain was faring almost 18 months after John Tyson wrote that America's ... Read More
Counterfeits and E-Commerce: Why Even Build It?
Maiden, Stephen E.; Thomas, Doug; Mani, Vidya
OM-1753 | Published February 28, 2022 | 8 pages. Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
This public-sourced case set in early 2021 examines the role counterfeiting has come to play in e-commerce, specifically at Amazon, which represents over one-third of the US online market. The case's ... Read More
Food Supply and COVID-19: Breaking the Chain (A)
Maiden, Stephen E.; Thomas, Doug; Mani, Vidya
OM-1691 | Published March 05, 2021 | 16 pages. Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
This case uses the impact of the global pandemic on the concentrated meatpacking industry to explore management of supply chain disruptions. COVID-19 had created massive problems at Tyson Foods, with ... Read More