E417
H. Grousbeck
2011
Nuru International was founded in 2008 as a social venture with the goal to eradicate extreme poverty around the world by helping the rural poor achieve self-sufficiency. The case follows Jake Harriman, founder and executive director, through the…
SM197
Robert Burgelman, Debra Schifrin
2011
The case on Luxury goods conglomerate Louis Vuitton Moët Hennessey (LVMH) focuses on three main strategic topics: Management processes; growth and acquisitions; and geographical expansion to China and other emerging nations.
In 2011 LVMH had several…
OB79
Jeffrey Pfeffer
2011
Ross Walker had come a long way. A child of modest upbringing in Marin County just north of San Francisco, Walker had earned both undergraduate and MBA degrees from Stanford. He had been chosen to serve a five-year term as the youngest alumni…
SPM44
George Foster, Norman O'Reilly
2011
In 2009, the digital world was in a period of drastic change. The YES Network, the regional sports network linked to the New York Yankees baseball club, was at the forefront of the issue of the day: the management of digital rights. In simpler terms, they…
SM194
Robert Burgelman, Debra Schifrin
2011
This case picks up where the previous Stanford Graduate School of Business case “France Telecom in 2010” (SM186) left off. Stéphane Richard has taken over as chairman and CEO of France Telecom-Orange and was facing intense competition from other incumbent…
OD6C
Glenn Carroll, David Hoyt
2011
The financial crisis that began in 2008 had enormous impact on the financial markets, as well as on GlobeOp, by then a leader in middle- and back-office support services and fund administration for hedge funds and other investors. The crisis created a…
SM195
Robert Burgelman, Debra Schifrin
2011
This case is set five years after the Stanford Graduate School of Business case “Infosys Consulting in 2006: Leading the Next Generation of Business and Information Technology Consulting.” Since then Infosys Consulting (IC) had become quite successful in…
SM189
Robert Burgelman, Debra Schifrin
2011
This case details the strategic decisions that went into Nissan’s development of the LEAF, the first mass- produced all-electric car. Carlos Ghosn, president and CEO of the Renault-Nissan Alliance, was making a $5 billion bet that electric cars would be…
SM200
Glenn Carroll, Xavier Lederer
2011
The US organic cereal business is fascinating: while most brands of organic breakfast cereals were founded by hippies who wanted to make a difference in the world in the 70s and 80s, many have been taken over by large “traditional’ food companies. Attune…
SM193
Robert Burgelman, Debra Schifrin
2011
This case covers the electric vehicle industry, starting with the history of the electric car and then moving on to the forces driving the twenty-first century automotive industry toward electrification. These include: Government incentives for buying…
E406
William Barnett, Arar Han
2011
The case proceeds through three eras in Facebook’s history. In the first era, we describe the initial rapid growth of Facebook as a social network application. In the second era, we detail the changes in scope made by Facebook as it moved beyond the…
E416
Neel Bhatia, R. Ellis, J.P. Flaum, Arar Han
2011
All hiring managers want to hire the “right” person for each position. Only half succeed. The other half end in failure, impeding direct projects as well as indirectly eroding revenue, EBITDA, and company valuation. Given such high stakes, managers should…
E415
Neel Bhatia, R. Ellis, J.P. Flaum, Arar Han
2011
This fictional short case sets up a hiring scenario that can be analyzed through the lens of the best practices found in a Note on Hiring. A CEO wants to hire a VP of Strategy and Business Development. How will he know what he is looking for and when he…
E390
H. Grousbeck, Arar Han
2010
Geminus Capital Partners, a search fund, acquired Franklin Warranty, an extended service contract company, in early 2008. When the market crashed, issues with due diligence, Board composition, sales management, and others come to light, setting the stage…
E389
Deborah Gruenfeld, Arar Han, Lisa Sweeney
2010
Leigh Rawdon (HBS ’01) started her career in call center software, then call center management. After earning her MBA, she moved to the Silicon Valley to work in a related field and be where her fiancé was. A year later, she was CEO and co-founder of a…
E378
H., Grousbeck, Claire Magat
2010
This case follows Thomas Coughlin and Evan Stern, the new owners of Compass Ventures, through the process of 1) launching a search fund, 2) acquiring two companies in the autism services space and 3) navigating a handful of management issues as new…
SM181B
Jesper Sørensen, Sara Gaviser Leslie
2010
INTRODUCTION
In the spring of 2010, three years after assuming the position of CEO of Siemens, Peter Löscher felt that his changes were taking hold. Though the global economic crisis had presented substantial challenges, the organization was moving in…
SM185A
Robert Burgelman, Lyn Denend, Robert Siegel
2010
TTTech, located in Vienna, Austria, had pioneered an innovative new technology—time-triggered networks for embedded computer systems. By 2010, TTTech had grown into a US$25 million company by providing high-end technical solutions to customers with time-…
SM187
Victoria Chang, Jesper Sorensen
2010
In February 2010, Ursula Burns CEO of Norwalk, Connecticut-based Xerox Corporation, wrapped up her first big move, just seven months after ascending to the top spot. Xerox—a document technology, software, services, and supplies company, had acquired…
SM188B
Glenn Carroll, Victoria Chang, Hayagreeva Rao
2010
Illycaffè is a family company, founded in 1933. It grew to become an internationally successful company focusing on the premium coffee market based on an uncompromising quest to provide the perfect cup of coffee. In 1999, the company founded a center of…
OB77
Julia Bator, Michael Brimm, Victoria Chang, Roderick Kramer
2010
In 2010 Glenn Dubin reflected upon the enduring organization and culture he and co-founder Henry Swieca had infused into Highbridge Capital Management over the course of almost two decades
Since the firm’s launch in 1992, New York-based Highbridge had…
SM185B
Robert Burgelman, Lyn Denend, Robert Siegel
2010
The executives at the helm of TTTech in 2010, faced a sizable challenge in plotting a course forward for the company that would stimulate sustainable, replicable growth in a targeted portfolio of industries. The company’s goal to grow to more than US$200…
SM186
Robert Burgelman, Debra Schifrin
2010
In 2010, France Telecom faced fierce competition from other large European telecommunication companies as well as from French telecoms. The industry was rapidly changing, and France Telecom found itself also competing with content providers, internet…
SM188A
Glenn Carrol, Victoria Chang, David Hoyt, Hayagreeva Rao
2010
Illycaffè is a family company, founded in 1933. It grew to become an internationally successful company focusing on the premium coffee market based on an uncompromising quest to provide the perfect cup of coffee. In 2003, the company decided to…
