This case set challenges students to consider the upcoming free agency decision-making of an NBA team by conducting some basic statistical analyses of three possible targets, all of whom are upcoming unrestricted free agents—Danny Glover, David Bowie, and Mike Meyers. Each of these players could potentially fit the team’s need to find a shooter and versatile defender at the forward position. Stude
This three-stage simulation game exposes participants to dilemmas of collective value creation and individual value capture in alliances. In pairs, the participants decide whether to collaborate with one another in assigning engineers to a project of developing autonomous vehicles. The participants play one of two roles: they are either executives for Autonomous Motors (AM, a car "hardware" compan
This three-stage simulation game exposes participants to dilemmas of collective value creation and individual value capture in alliances. In pairs, the participants decide whether to collaborate with one another in assigning engineers to a project of developing autonomous vehicles. The participants play one of two roles: they are either executives for Autonomous Motors (AM, a car "hardware" compan
Eric Hunt, financial manager at the medical devices start-up Health Haven (Haven), had a dilemma. He had to develop a revenue forecast that was aggressive enough to meet required performance targets, but realistic enough to be honest and achievable given a reduced budget. At a critical point in the company's development, Haven was purchased not once, but twice?because the first company to purchase
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This three-stage simulation game exposes participants to dilemmas of collective value creation and individual value capture in alliances. In pairs, the participants decide whether to collaborate with one another in assigning engineers to a project of developing autonomous vehicles. The participants play one of two roles: they are either executives for Autonomous Motors (AM, a car "hardware" compan
This three-stage simulation game exposes participants to dilemmas of collective value creation and individual value capture in alliances. In pairs, the participants decide whether to collaborate with one another in assigning engineers to a project of developing autonomous vehicles. The participants play one of two roles: they are either executives for Autonomous Motors (AM, a car "hardware" compan
The cases "Wm. Wrigley Jr. Company" (UVA-F-1607) and "Mars, Incorporated" (UVA-F-1612) serve as two sides of a merger negotiation exercise set in April 2008. Students are asked to represent either Mars, the acquirer, or Wrigley, the target company.
The Mars-Wrigley multimedia application allows the instructor to collect and analyze the intermediate and final negotiation results and automaticall