CG10
David Larcker, Brian Tayan
2007
In 2006, David Zucker, chief executive officer of Midway Games, came under fire for selling a significant amount of Midway stock just weeks before a precipitous decline in the company’s share price. One year later, Angelo Mozilo, chairman and chief…
CG5
David Larcker, Brian Tayan
2007
Eugene Isenberg, CEO of Nabors Industries, was listed in a 2006 Wall Street Journal article as one of the highest paid executives in the U.S. over the previous 14 years. He received this compensation as a result of a unique bonus arrangement and large…
A194
Maureen McNichols, Brian Tayan
2007
AMB Property Corporation set out to be a leader in corporate governance and financial reporting. The company, a publicly traded real estate investment trust (REIT) that acquires, develops, and owns industrial properties, believed that its governance and…
A196A
Ron Kasznik, Brian Tayan
2007
This case asks students to review the impact of SFAS 142, Goodwill and Other Intangible Assets, in the context of the AOL Time Warner merger. Under SFAS 142, companies were required to perform periodic testing to determine whether economic goodwill had…
A196B
Ron Kasznik, Brian Tayan
2007
This case reviews the recognition of goodwill impairment taken by AOL Time Warner following the adoption of SFAS 142, Goodwill and Other Intangible Assets. This case is the successor of A-196A, AOL Time Warner (A): Accounting for Goodwill.
A187
Maureen McNichols, Brian Tayan
2007
In July 2002, a legal watchdog group, Judicial Watch, announced that it was suing Halliburton Company for overstating revenues during the period 1998 to 2001. The group’s contention was that Halliburton used fraudulent accounting practices to boost…
E228C
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…
E228B
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…
E228A
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…
SPM30
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…
SPM28
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…
SPM32
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…
SPM29A
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…
SPM29B
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…
SPM31B
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.
SPM31A
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…
IB74
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…
SPM19
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…
SPM18
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…
A191
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…
A189B
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…
SPM14
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….
SPM13
George Foster, David Hoyt
2004
In 2004, the Bank of the West Classic was the longest continuously running women’s professional tennis tournament. The tournament was owned by IMG, which managed the careers of many premier athletes and operated prestigious events (both sporting and non…
SPM12
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…
