P17
David P. Baron
1996
The Eastman Kodak Company filed a market-opening petition under U.S. trade law alleging that practices in the distribution system for photographic film and paper in Japan blocked exports. Kodak accompanied its petition with an integrated market and…
M281
Rajiv Lal, Mark Leschly
1996
In April 1994, just one week before officially taking over as CEO, Jan Leschly faced one of the most difficult decisions of his career. The management team had been negotiating with United Healthcare Corp., one of the largest HMOs, for the acquisition of…
SM23
Thomas Hellmann, Kimberly Abell, Aditya Dehejia
1996
This case examines how an entrepreneur takes a business abroad. After successfully having started a temporary employment business for specialized laboratory workers in the U.S., Bruce Culver starts a company that pursues the same opportunity first in…
SM32
Robert Burgelman
1996
Discusses how Microsoft came to dominate the computer software industry by 1996. Microsoft’s domination was not inevitable or guaranteed. Discusses the battle between Windows and IBM’s OS/2 in the early 1990s, while offering a glimpse at the personal…
P19
Daniel Diermeier
1996
The Royal Dutch/Shell Group of companies owns a petroleum platform, the Brent Spar, in the North Sea. The Brent Spar is an oil storage facility and tanker loading buoy. It came to the end of its useful life and was taken out of commission in September…
A158
Mary Barth, Dale Coxe
1996
FASB chairman and members debate fair value accounting for banks’ securities investments. Issues pro and con raised by various constituents include accounting appropriateness, economic and regulatory effects, and issues articulated in comment letters…
F254
S. Datar, M. Epstein, K. White
1996
The Bristol-Myers Squibb: Accounting for Product Life Cycle Costs at Matrix Essentials is set in Matrix Essentials Inc., a subsidiary of Bristol-Myers Squibb, that manufactures shampoos and hair conditioners. The case describes the product life-cycle…
SM18
John Roberts
1995
Tata Consultancy Services (TCS), a subsidiary of Tata Enterprises, a member of the House of Tata group, is a Bombay-based 1.6 billion-rupee (1991) developer of software for both domestic and international customers. The case describes the software…
SM16
William Barnett, Paul Reddy
1995
Newell Co.’s overall strategy of acquiring, manufacturing, and marketing a broad line of branded staple consumer products to national mass merchandisers had been highly profitable, as had its ongoing investments in market-leading information technology….
SM15
William Barnett, Glenn Carroll, Wendy Harrington
1995
In 1983, the Mendocino Brewing Company (MBC) established The Hopland Brewery, the first brewpub opened in California after Prohibition. Years later, MBC was still recognized for its contributions as a pioneer in the craft-brew industry. While craft…
SI102B
Sara Billman, David Hosley
1995
Larkin Business Ventures, a non profit organization spun off from a social services agency for homeless and runaway youth, is creating a network of innovative businesses that provide healthy, respectful workplaces where youth who have lacked opportunities…
SI102A
Sara Billman, David Hosley
1995
The Larkin Street Youth Center had just completed an intensive two year review of its mission, searching for long-term prospects that would help keep youth off the streets and involved in worthwhile, self-esteem building projects. Sharon Wurtzel, a recent…
OIT13
Seungjin Whang, Hau Lee
1995
Provides an overview of the information flows in a manufacturing organization that uses R/3, an integrated suite of enterprise management software packages offered by SAP AG. General Equipment Corp. is assumed to have implemented three modules of R/3-…
OIT10
Haim Mendelson
1995
Each year, the Internal Revenue Service performs audits of a fraction of all the tax returns filed. These audits are constrained by Congressional budget allocations made in consultation with the Office of Management and Budget (0MB). This case analyzes…
M279
David Montgomery
1995
Tyrix Communications Corporation (fictitious company) is considering how to expand internationally in view of the maturation of its home market (the U.S.) At issue is which countries to enter and how to enter each market.
IB13
Constance Bagley, Richard Ostrander
1995
Examines an Indian joint venture between a large U.S. telecommunications company and a small Indian software company, including a business and legal analysis of a joint-venture term sheet. Issues include extraterritorial application of U.S. antitrust and…
HR1B
Charles O'Reilly III
1995
During a summer executive program for human resource executives, the (A) case was assigned. After reading the case, a study group of four executives decided that the description in the (A) case was too positive and could not be accurate. To test this, the…
HR1A
Charles O'Reilly III, Jeffrey Pfeffer
1995
In 1994 both United Airlines and Continental Airlines launched a low-cost airlines-within-an airline to compete with Southwest Airlines. From 1991 until 1993 Southwest had increased its market share of the critical West Coast market from 26 percent to 45…
F255
Anat R. Admati, Paul Pfleiderer, George Noroian
1995
It was mid-afternoon on September 15, 1994, and Stephen Calloway was wondering how to tackle the crash assignment just given to him by his boss, Katherine Metcalfe, Vice President for Strategic Planning at Liz Claiborne. He had been on the job just two…
F214
James Van Horne
1995
This case involves setting up cash flows for determining the net present value, IRR and payback period of an investment project. There is an inflation assumption for the cash flows, which introduces the issue of whether it is consistent with the inflation…
E25
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…
E19
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…
E18
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…
CG3
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…
