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Soltis, Steve
Corteva Agriscience: Seeding a New Company (A)
West, June A.; Simko, Paul J.; Maiden, Stephen E.; Soltis, Steve
BC-0295 | Published December 13, 2022 | 17 pages. Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
This case introduces Corteva Agriscience (Corteva) and its CEO, Jim Collins. Corteva was the corporate offspring of a 2015 merger between Dow and DuPont, two of the world’s largest chemical companies.... Read More
Corteva Agriscience: Seeding a New Company (B)
West, June A.; Simko, Paul J.; Maiden, Stephen E.; Soltis, Steve
BC-0296 | Published December 13, 2022 | 4 pages. Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
This case, a follow-up to “Corteva Agriscience: Seeding a New Company (A)” (UVA-BC-0295), provides an epilogue to the story of Jim Collins, CEO of Corteva Agriscience (Corteva), and a look at the ongo... Read More
The Signals of Big Oil: ExxonMobil Stumbles
BC-0281 | Published May 19, 2022 | 12 pages. Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
In the summer of 2021, an Exxon Mobil Corporation (ExxonMobil) executive was secretly recorded dismissing climate science that his company had publicly supported. ExxonMobil is a vertically integrated... Read More
Pause and Refresh: Rethinking Coca-Cola's Response to the Georgia Voting Reform Law
Whitler, Kimberly A.; Soltis, Steve
M-1020 | Published October 19, 2021 | 11 pages. Exercise
Collection: Darden School of Business
This exercise is designed to give students an opportunity to develop a communications plan and press statement for The Coca-Cola Company (Coke) as it attempts to navigate the 2021 Georgia voting law c... Read More
ConocoPhillips Confronts a Crisis: What's the Message? (A)
West, June A.; Maiden, Stephen E.; Connery, Bruce; Soltis, Steve
S-0347 | Published March 25, 2021 | 18 pages. Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
This field-based case explores what happened when the COVID-19 pandemic hit the world's oil market. ConocoPhillips, a global leader in energy exploration and production, had withstood many oil pric... Read More
ConocoPhillips Confronts a Crisis: What's the Message? (B)
West, June A.; Maiden, Stephen E.; Connery, Bruce; Soltis, Steve
S-0348 | Published March 25, 2021 | 2 pages. Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
This case, a follow-up to "ConocoPhillips Confronts a Crisis: What's the Message? (A)" (UVA-S-0347), explores ConocoPhillips' ongoing struggle with the fallout from the COVID-19 pandemic. The company ... Read More