Patrick Arippol, Rick Aubry
2007
This case describes two social ventures’ experience of collaborating with each other—through a replication project funded by Lemelson and the Schwab Foundations. Each venture served different purposes: IDEAAS installed and operated alternative solar…
R. McKern
2007
Dougal Simpson, an experienced Australian manager who had 20 years of experience with Industrial Products AG (IPAG), a large Swiss-based company in the field of industrial chemicals and plastics, accepted the position of managing director, Southeast Asia…
James Baron, Brian Tayan
2007
The case describes the economic and cultural models that have led to the success of Keller Williams Realty. By 2006 Keller Williams was one of the most profitable real estate companies in the United States (if not the most profitable); in addition it was…
Bethany Coates, John Glynn Jr.
2007
Linda Jenkinson, Chairman and CEO of luxury personal services company, LesConcierges (LC), hung up the phone after checking her voicemail in July 2007. She had just received a message from Randy Haykin, an angel investor and board member who had…
David Hoyt, Seungjin Whang
2007
In 2007, the Marui Group was one of Japan’s leading department store companies. The company had 29 stores, most in Tokyo and vicinity. Marui was particularly popular with young women, who formed its largest customer segment.
The case focuses on…
Hau Lee, Brian Tayan
2007
In 1996, Andrea and Barry Coleman launched Riders for Health, a United Kingdom-based nonprofit dedicated to the improvement of transportation systems for health workers in Africa. The nonprofit’s main program, Transportation Resource Management, involved…
David Hoyt, Hau Lee, Samir Singh
2007
In 2006, Rio Tinto Iron Ore (RTIO) faced a number of challenges. The iron ore business had traditionally been dominated by a few large suppliers, who sold to a relatively few large steel producers. The business environment was changing, however, with the…
David Larcker, Brian Tayan
2007
By 2007, Gretchen Morgenson, assistant editor and columnist at The New York Times, had gained significant attention from business leaders, regulators, and academics for her coverage of a wide range of financial and governance issues. Morgenson wrote the…
John Roberts, Jennie Tung
2007
SK-II was Procter & Gamble’s (P&G) only high-end skincare brand in China and sales accounted for an estimated 7 percent of SK-II global revenue in 2005. China was also P&G’s fastest-growing market for skincare products and among the top markets in value…
David Larcker, Brian Tayan
2007
In 2005, Relational Investors, a registered investment advisor, launched a proxy contest to gain two seats on the board of directors of Sovereign Bancorp. Relational accused Sovereign of operational mismanagement and poor corporate governance…
Stacy Duda, LaShawn James, Hau Lee, Zeryn Mackwani, Raul Munoz, David Volk
2007
Starbucks Corporation was the world’s largest specialty coffee retailer, with 2005 annual revenue of $6.4 billion. Despite gigantic growth in specialty coffee in the 1990s, a worldwide oversupply of lower-grade coffee had depressed market prices in the…
Bethany Coate, John Glynn Jr., Peter Ziebelman
2007
John Dean and Danny Lui began raising their first fund as StartUp Capital Ventures (SCV), a small venture capital firm in 2005. Along with the four other “Managing Members” of the firm, they intended to focus investments on early stage software companies…
Shinya Fushimi, Jason Kaminsky, Veronica Rocha, John Tsou, Seungjin Whang
2007
Tamago-ya is a family-owned business located in Tokyo, Japan. The company has captured a unique position in the market of selling pre-packaged lunch boxes to business professionals, by maintaining high quality and reliable delivery. In order for Tamago…
Ron Kasznik, Brian Tayan
2007
In 2001, accounting regulators, especially those in the U.S., began to reconsider the rules of consolidation with a move toward a requirement based on “control,” with much less consideration of the size of the equity stake. The fundamental accounting and…
Maureen McNichols, Brian Tayan
2007
As the chief financial officer of The Walt Disney Company, Tom Staggs was responsible not only for the financial management of the company, but also for the communication of the company’s financial and strategic objectives to its investor base. Because of…
David Larcker, Brian Tayan
2007
In 2007, Institutional Shareholder Services (ISS) was the largest proxy advisory company in the world, with over 1,700 institutional clients managing an estimated $25 trillion in equity securities. The ISS proxy advisory services were intended to give…
Leandro Cuccioli, R. McKern
2006
This case study is concerned with the challenges posed for companies in emerging markets that seek to expand their operations beyond their borders, while maintaining leadership in their industry. The case deals with Arcor, an Argentine-based manufacturer…
Bruce McKern, Lyn Denend
2006
As of early 2005, Hewlett-Packard (HP) was one of the world’s leading technology companies, offering hundreds of distinct products and services ranging from $100 digital cameras to multi-million dollar outsourcing services. For fiscal 2004, HP recorded…
Casey Koshijima, Hide Saito, Takafumi Ueda, Steve Van Horne, Seungjin Whang
2006
Seven-Eleven, Inc., founded in 1927 in Dallas, Texas, was the world’s largest operator, franchisor, and licensor of convenience stores. As of 2004, it had 22,648 units worldwide, serving 6 million customers a day (www.7-eleven.com). Of these stores…
Tristen Langley, Haim Mendelson
2006
Since the company launched its software product in August 2003, the word “Skype” became synonymous with free calls over the Internet. Skype developed software that allowed people around the world to talk to each other for free. Prior to the company’s $2.6…
Victoria Chang, William Guttentag, Roderick Kramer
2006
Every Tuesday evening, after a hectic day at the NBC Universal offices in Universal City, Neal Baer kicked up his feet to watch the latest episode of the award-winning police television series, Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (SVU). SVU was part of the…
George Foster, Joshua Spitzer
2006
The Mountain Hardwear A, B, and C cases cover the founding and rise of the premium outdoor apparel and equipment manufacturer. The A case (set between late 1993 and 1999) addresses the company’s founding, early brand development, and the particular…
George Foster, Joshua Spitzer
2006
The Mountain Hardwear A, B, and C cases cover the founding and rise of the premium outdoor apparel and equipment manufacturer. The A case (set between late 1993 and 1999) addresses the company’s founding, early brand development, and the particular…
George Foster, Joshua Spitzer
2006
The Mountain Hardwear A, B, and C cases cover the founding and rise of the premium outdoor apparel and equipment manufacturer. The A case (set between late 1993 and 1999) addresses the company’s founding, early brand development, and the particular…