H. Grousbeck, Joseph Welsh
1995
This case tells the story of a young female entrepreneur, Rosemary Norwood, as she starts her own backup daycare company, Downtown Daycare. The case chronicles her career decisions, starting from her graduation at Wellesley in 1984, and leading to her…
H. Grousbeck, J.M. Welsh
1995
For the last three years Larry Clark and Phil Oakey had doggedly pursued the idea of an information-based strategy for the credit card business. After much introspection and planning they had formed a new group inside Shelter Bay Bank, fought hard for…
H. Grousbeck, Joseph Welsh
1995
The case chronicles the decisions made by Elmer Stephens as he pursues his goal of participating in an entrepreneurial real estate/ golf venture. At the time of the case, Elmer has already joined a poorly performing golf development and is in the midst…
Constance Bagley, Christy Haubegger
1995
Describes the attempt of a shareholder holding a 30% share in a privately held corporation that owns a chain of small dress boutiques to force the sale of company over the objections of the founder-CEO. Alternatives the board and special committee of…
Constance Bagley, Rakesh Khanna
1995
Describes the sale of Wellcome plc to GLAXO p.l.c in 1995. Explains why the Wellcome Trust, the Largest stockholder of Wellcome plc, decided to accept a tender offer by GLAXO p.l.c. that was opposed by the board of directors Wellcome plc. Addresses the…
Constance Bagley, Rakesh Khanna
1995
Describes the sale of Wellcome plc to GLAXCO p.l.c in 1995. Describes the process through which the Wellcome Trust, the largest stockholder of Wellcome plc and the world’s largest charitable trust, described whether to support a takeover bid by GLAXO p.l…
Robin Wells
1995
If any institution took pride in its flawless reputation and used this as a competitive asset, it was Lloyd’s of London. One of the oldest extant businesses in the world, Lloyd’s was founded in 1688 by Edward Lloyd in a London coffee shop. Its company…
Robin Wells
1995
If any institution took pride in its flawless reputation and used this as a competitive asset, it was Lloyd’s of London. One of the oldest extant businesses in the world, Lloyd’s was founded in 1688 by Edward Lloyd in a London coffee shop. Its company…
Thomas Hellmann, Scott Milius, Gerald Risk
1995
This case describes the corporate venture capital program that Apple Computers ran from 1986 to 1991. It examines the strategic motives of Apple Computers to finance entrepreneurial companies and discusses the guiding principles of the so-called…
Constance Bagley, Scott Kupor
1995
Addresses the legal implications of various marketing strategies designed to help a home-furnishings manufacturer selling products to independent retailers and wholesalers to compete successfully with independent discount furniture dealers. Antitrust…
Peter C. Kremer
1995
This hypothetical situation includes numerous legal issues potentially involved in real estate development. Issues covered are: form of ownership entity; financing; subordination; purchase and sale agreement, options, liens; easements; title; and toxic.
Gary S. Brown, Elizabeth Schwerer
1995
Describes the early development of laser diodes for CD players by Sony, mainly focusing on the time period from 1977 to 1982. (The case includes data through 1994, however.) Although laser diodes were invented by one group of firms, the technology was…
Lauren Dutton, Jim Ellis, H. Grousbeck, Kevin Taweel
1995
Two entrepreneurs raise a search fund and acquire and Emergency Roadside Assistance service.
William Barnett, Nicolas Vandenberghe
1994
Bruno Delean had developed a new technology for processing images and had used it to create a very advanced image-editing software product called “Live Picture.” In 1993, Delean helped found FITS Imaging Inc. and become CEO. Mark Kalow had been so…
William Barnett, Wendy Harrington
1994
Beer brewing is among the oldest and most concentrated industries in the world. Unlike most industries, brewing today consists of making essentially the same product that has been made for centuries. Yet a revolution is occurring in the U.S. beer…
David Baron, A. Wu
1994
In 1993, as part of its deficit reduction program the Clinton administration proposed a $6.7 billion reduction in the Section 936 tax credits for U.S. mainland firms that operate facilities in Puerto Rico. The Clinton proposal would also change the credit…
David Baron, Justin Adams
1994
Under the leadership of CEO Lorenzo Zambrano, Cementos Mexicanos, S.A. (Cemex) has become the largest cement producer in North America and the fourth largest in the world. As a component of its globalization strategy Cemex expanded into the United States…
Keith Krehbiel
1994
In the wake of large-scale interest group politics,2 the U.S. Senate passed S.173- also known as the Baby Bell bill-on June 5, 1991. The final vote was somewhat surprisingly lopsided: 7 1-24. But while the RBOCs managed both to woo and wow the
Senate in…
Keith Krehbiel
1994
In 1983, a lengthy and extremely complex antitrust suit filed by the U.S. Department of Justice against AT&T was finally settled through a consent decree, or so it seemed. A significant portion of the former and formidable monopoly AT&T was to be broken…
Keith Krehbiel
1994
Westlands Water District of Fresno, California, is the largest agricultural water delivery agency in the United States. Part of California’s Central Valley Project (CVP), Westlands’ district covers nearly 1,000 square miles of the naturally arid San…
David Baron
1994
Implementation of Levi Strauss & Co.’s (LS&CO.’s) Terms of Engagement component of its Global Sourcing Guidelines required the development of procedures and standards for
evaluating contractor compliance.2 It also meant that inspections and audits of each…
David Baron, J. Wu
1994
Since 1986 Levi Strauss & Co. (LS&CO.) had sourced garments for the U.S. market from independent contractors in China. It had also been evaluating joint venture opportunities in
China, and early in 1992 after several years of study LS&CO. decided to…
David Baron, J. Adams
1994
Although Levi Strauss & Co. was virtually the only major apparel firm that produced in its own factories, by 1991 it had a network of almost 700 outside contractors, mostly in Asia and Latin America. This change presented a dilemma to Peter Jacobi,
Levi…