E20B
Christopher Flanagan, H. Grousbeck, Nick Mansour, Joseph Welsh
2001
This case examines the career decisions made by John Stanton, a young MBA graduate who goes on to an extremely successful career in the wireless communications industry. Starting with his decision to enter Harvard Business School, the case chronicles John…
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…
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…
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…
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…
OB35B
Glenn Carroll, Victoria Chang
2001
Discusses the strategies for restructuring the company.
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….
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….
SM61
Thomas Hellmann, Philip Alphonse, Jane Wei
2001
Allied Equity Partners provided equity related financing to minority-owned businesses or minority entrepreneurs for the acquisition of established companies, expansion into growing companies, and start-up or early-stage financing. At the time of the case…
GS24
David Hoyt, Hau Lee
2001
Solectron Corporation grew rapidly from a small contract manufacturer in the early 1980s to the dominant company in the electronics manufacturing services (EMS) industry by the late 1990s. In doing so, it evolved from providing peak capacity for its…
E103
Christopher Flanagan, H. Grousbeck
2001
This case examines issues encountered by a third-generation family-owned business. Northwest Security Services (“NSS”) is a 55 year-old company that has developed a rich history since its founding by Ernest Wilson, a less-than-affable, junior college…
GS25
Hau Lee, Paresh Rajwat
2001
Performance measurement is an important part of supply chain management. Timely, accurate, and detailed performance monitoring can allow a company to detect problems early, diagnose causes of problems, and come up with interventions promptly….
HR18
Charles O'Reilly III
2001
Justin Kitch, CEO and co-founder of Homestead Technologies, an Internet communications company that offered a comprehensive resource for building Web sites to individuals and businesses, wondered, in the midst of the dotcom boom in 2000, just how tight…
HR14
Victoria Chang, Charles O'Reilly III
2001
This case explores the ways in which Siebel Systems’ strong culture, with its emphasis on customer satisfaction and professionalism, has been a source of competitive advantage for this leading provider of customer-focused eBusiness applications software….
E101
Christopher Flanagan, H. Grousbeck
2001
This case examines the challenges faced by a start-up communications company during its first year in business. Begun by two young MBAs in late 1999, Arrival Communications, a digital subscriber line (“DSL”) services company focused on meeting the needs…
SM35A
Robert Burgelman, Kelly DuBois, Margot Sutherland
2000
This business case study opens with Dave Pottruck, president and co-CEO of Charles Schwab Corporation (CSC), contemplating a piece of news in the June 1, 1999 edition of the Wall Street Journal that was about to send shock waves through the brokerage…
E81
Harold Grousbeck, Brian Trelstad
2000
The case profiles the start-up and financing of RentWise, a national chain of Rent-to-Own stores. Doug Wells graduated from the Stanford Graduate School of Business in 1995 and started a search fund to identify business opportunities in an industry…
E75
H. Grousbeck, Keith Sigg
2000
In launching an assisted living organization, an entrepreneur faces operational challenges, causing her to question the current leadership team’s abilities to successfully grow the company.
E71
Nathaniel Durant, H. Grousbeck
2000
The case describes the difficult times leading up to the arrival of a new CEO at Vicinity Corporation. The case gives background on the new CEO as well as on the company. After two successful rounds of funding and successful product development, the…
E63
Harold Grousbeck, Pratap Mukherjee
2000
Discovery Zone is a retail chain of child play centers that was founded in 1990 by Jim Jorgensen, a serial entrepreneur, and partners. The case gives background on Jim and his partners as well as the founding of the company. After their first retail…
E26
H. Grousbeck, Brian Keare
2000
This case describes the story of Phoenix Industries, a computer document assembly software company, and its management team. After a venture capital investment in the company, the company brought in a professional management team and the founder remained…
