E104
Janet Feldstein, H. Grousbeck
2001
Synopsis and situational context. (Do not reveal the solution of the case). This case tells the story of Nathaniel Durant, a charismatic young entrepreneur and recent graduate of Stanford’s Graduate School of Business, who starts an internet-based…
A175B
Antonio Davila, Daniel Oyon
2001
Logitech acquired Quickcam in 1998 for the rights to an established brand (see Logitech A). After the acquisition, the main challenges the new CEO had faced were to bring together the various groups to form one company and to explicitly shift strategy…
A175A
Antonio Davila, Daniel Oyon
2001
Logitech International was a leading maker of mice and other devices for controlling computers, including PC cameras. In 1998, the new CEO learned that the Quickcam business unit of Connectix was for sale, an offer the founders had rejected because the…
GS3B
Hau Lee, Laura Kopczak
2001
This case describes a challenge faced by HP’s Vancouver Division in 1990. Although its new inkjet printers were selling well, inventory levels worldwide were rising as sales rose. In Europe, high product variety was making inventory levels especially high…
SM83
Robert Burgelman, Philip Meza
2001
This case describes the evolution of Amazon.com from its inception in 1996 as an online bookseller, to its position in 2001 as a globally recognized e-commerce brand. Through an interview with Amazon.com founder and CEO Jeff Bezos, this case reviews the…
OD1B
William Barnett, Glenn Carroll, Victoria Chang
2001
On March 2, 1999, Hewlett-Packard (HP) announced a plan to create a separate company, subsequently named Agilent Technologies, made up of HP’s businesses in Test and Measurement, Semiconductor Products, Healthcare Solutions, Chemical Analysis, and the…
SM64
Jung Choi, William Meehan III
2001
Synopsis and situational context. (Do not reveal the solution of the case). Ashoka is a professional global organization that identifies and invests in individuals who have ideas for far-reaching social change by electing them to a fellowship of social…
SM95
Robert Burgelman, Clayton Christensen
2001
This case amalgamates several cases concerning strategic decision making at Intel Corporation. The case discusses the company’s decisions surrounding its entry and exit from several lines of businesses, most involving varieties of semiconductors that…
OB35A
Glenn Carroll, Victoria Chang
2001
The senior management team at Dreyer’s Grand Ice Cream faced a number of external difficulties in June 1998 that were some of the most challenging problems ever faced by the company. Problems included profitability issues, record-high butterfat prices…
SM86
Thomas Hellmann
2001
SpiffyTerm, Inc. is a fictional case that is meant to teach students about the term sheets commonly used in venture capital deals. At the time of the case, the three company founders concentrate on understanding the term sheet just received from a…
P37
David Baron, D. Hoyt
2001
eBay hosts the world’s largest online trading community. Members of this community buy and sell in auctions conducted on the eBay website. The success of this marketplace depends on the ability of buyers and sellers to feel secure in conducting…
SM85
Robert Burgelman, Philip Meza
2001
Very valuable business models have been built around proprietary—or Closed Source—software programs. Perhaps the best example is Microsoft’s Windows operating system. However, in the early days of computing, many people routinely shared software…
SM89
Antonio Davila, Janet Feldstein, George Foster
2001
This case reviews eBay’s very successful international expansion history, and introduces its latest decision –whether or not to pursue an opportunity to expand its presence in Latin America. At the opening of the case, eBay is the world’s largest online…
SM90B
Robert Burgelman, Philip Meza
2001
The case describes USA Networks following its failed bid to buy the Internet portal Lycos in 1999. By 2001, USA Networks was an agglomeration of assets in two distinct areas: electronic commerce (something USA Networks refers to as interactivity) and…
OD1A
William Barnett, Glenn Carroll, Victoria Chang
2001
On March 2, 1999, Hewlett-Packard (HP) announced a plan to create a separate company, subsequently named Agilent Technologies, made up of HP’s businesses in Test and Measurement, Semiconductor Products, Healthcare Solutions, Chemical Analysis, and the…
SM82
Robert Burgelman, Vik Murthy, Paul Staelin
2001
This case examines the strategic position of Rambus, Inc. The company designs, develops, and licenses high-speed chip connection technology to enhance the performance and cost-effectiveness of computers, consumer electronics, and communication systems….
OB35B
Glenn Carroll, Victoria Chang
2001
Discusses the strategies for restructuring the company.
SM57
William Barnett, Christopher Flanagan, Jason Salgado
2001
This case examines an entrepreneur’s efforts to capitalize on what he considers to be a greenfield opportunity in the entertainment industry. Believing there to be a relatively under-served market for world-class, indoor, mid-sized live entertainment…
SM96
Robert Burgelman, Philip Meza
2001
French utility, Vivendi, purchased the United States-based entertainment giant Universal in late 2000. In so doing, the rechristened Vivendi Universal became a major force in music, films and television production, adding to its European-based cable…
SM87
Robert Burgelman, Philip Meza
2001
The venerable British retailer Marks & Spencer suffered a series of setbacks in the late 1990s. The company’s performance, which had been solid for decades, quickly deteriorated, forcing the rapid turnover of chief executives and many restructurings….
SM29C
Robert Burgelman, Philip Meza
2001
Disney has long been an industry leader in content creation. The company has a successful history of creating both animated and live action films and television programming as well as multi-purposing its content for alternative forms of consumption…
P36
David Baron, Alan Wiseman
2001
The case describes the debate surrounding Internet taxation when H.R. 3709, the “Internet Non-Discrimination Act” was passed, on May 10, 2000. The act provided a five-year extension of an existing moratorium on new Internet taxes that had been due to…
SM56
Blair Boardman, Thomas Hellmann
2001
When the first Discovery Zone, opened January 2, 1990, was immediately popular, chairman Jorgensen and his small team decided to open multiple stores quickly in the belief that whoever was first would own the business. They decided to use franchising as…
SM24B
Robert Burgelman, Philip Meza
2001
Electronic Arts is a leader in the creation and distribution of game content for consoles and PCs. The company operates in an extremely challenging environment and must navigate challenges such as console platform transitions while continuing to produce…
