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…
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…
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…
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…
George Foster, Mike Harkey, Claire Magat
2006
Mike Kerns and Jeff Ma founded ProTrade in April of 2004. The original concept was an innovative online stock market for athletes that utilized sophisticated algorithms to compute the value of athletes’ performance. However, despite the highly…
George Foster, Mike Harkey
2006
First conceived as a business plan in Stanford Business School’s “Evaluating Entrepreneurial Opportunities” class, the Golden Baseball League is an independent baseball league in California and Arizona. The case tracks the development of the business…
George Foster, Mike Harkey
2006
The Golden Baseball League (A) case tracks the evolution of the start-up independent baseball league from business plan to the start of its inaugural season. The Golden Baseball League (B) case tracks the league’s performance in season one; its successes…
George Foster, Mike Harkey
2006
Former National Football League (NFL) greats Ronnie Lott and Harris Barton launched a venture capital fund-of-funds in 1999 at the height of a venture capital bubble and called their new fund Champion Ventures. Champion became known for raising money…
Victoria Chang, George Foster
2006
By 2006, Charlotte-based Street & Smith’s Sports Group (a division of American City Business Journals—ACBJ, a unit of Advance Publications) had built a franchise of sports business information resources (called the Sports Business Group). Publications…
George Foster, David Hoyt
2006
In April 2004, Don Listwin formed the Canary Fund to help develop methods for early cancer detection. Listwin had previously been a top executive at Cisco System, leaving in 2000 to become CEO of Openwave. His mother was diagnosed with ovarian cancer in…
George Foster, David Hoyt
2006
This is a short follow-up to SPM-31A: Canary Fund and the San Jose Grand Prix. It presents results of the 2005 event, from the perspectives of the promoter, fans, city, and racing series.
Antonio Davila, George Foster, Corinne Putt, Anne Somjen
2006
Starbucks was founded in 1971 by Jerry Baldwin, Zev Ziegler and Gordon Bowker - three men from Seattle who loved coffee. By 1995, Starbucks had expanded to 676 stores, all within the U.S. or Vancouver, Canada. Only in the next decade did Starbucks make…
George Foster
2005
In February 2004, just 10 days before the official launch of the new National Rugby League season, the press reported allegations that 6 members of one of the league’s teams had sexually attacked a woman in a hotel. In the following days, the press…
George Foster, Jessamy Tang
2005
This case looks at issues facing three National Football League (NFL) teams in 2004: the Arizona Cardinals, Houston Texans, and San Francisco 49ers. The case is written from the perspective of a consultant that will be moderating a debate on business…
Christopher Armstrong , Alan Jagolinzer
2005
International Accounting Standard (IAS) 39, Financial Instruments: Recognition and Measurement has attracted considerable controversy throughout its development. Major European financial institutions and political agencies have lobbied heavily against the…
Colm Callan, Maureen McNichols
2004
It was June 9, 1998, and Charles Elson, a law professor and Director on Sunbeam’s Board, had just left a distressing Elson and the other outside directors met with outside legal and public relations advisors on June 13, 1998. After discussion of the…
George Foster, Alicia Seiger
2004
The case details the formation of the Colorado Crush, a new Arena Football League (AFL) team co-owned by John Elway, Pat Bowlen(owner of Denver Broncos) and Stan Kroenke (owner of Pepsi Center). The AFL has been in existence since 1987, but only…
George Foster, David Hoyt
2004
Jeremy Bloom was a promising college football player, as well as one of the world’s top mogul skiers. After the 2002 Winter Olympics, he entered the University of Colorado and became a star on the school’s football team. In order to continue pursuing…
George Foster, David Hoyt,
2004
In June 2001, the men’s wrestling program at Marquette University was terminated, despite the fact that the program had been operating for several years with privately-raised funding. Bucknell University discontinued its wresting program the same year…
George Foster, David Hoyt
2004
In 1993 there was a major realignment of college football conferences, as three schools left the Big East Conference to join the Atlantic Coast Conference, leading to a wave of changes as the Big East moved to replace the departing schools. The…