E731
Irving H Grousbeck
2020
The Bomi Mexico case recounts the difficulties faced by Mario Sicilia, a recent CEO of Bomi Mexico, shortly after his acquisition of the company through a search fund. The case specifically highlights a situation where two key employees raise concerns…
E713
George Foster, Sheila Melvin
2020
THRIVE’s mission was to accelerate, invest in, and work with entrepreneurs, investors, and Fortune 500 corporations to advance the future of food and agriculture through innovation. Comprised of top agriculture, food and technology corporations…
E705
George Foster, Sheila Melvin
2020
Privateer illustrates the challenges of a 2011 new venture company in the cannabis market when legalization was on the legislative agenda of several U.S. States. Initial plan was a venture fund to take equity positions in startups. Due to problems in…
E726
Peter Kelly, Sara Heston
2020
The 2020 Search Fund Study reports on the financial returns and key qualities of search funds formed in the United States and Canada since 1984. This report updates the previous 2018 study with data through December 31, 2019.
E729
H. Irving Grousbeck, David Dodson, Jim Ellis, Erika Feldhausen
2020
In May 2017, Tyler Coats signed a deal to become chief executive officer (CEO) of California Medical Transport (CMT), a California-based ambulance services company. Coats took the reins from husband-and-wife team Terry and Susan Smith after closing a…
SM334
Kevin Schulman, Natalie Yu
2020
Devoted Health aimed to build the next-generation Medicare Advantage health insurance plan, taking advantage of tech solutions to ensure cost containment for the company’s bottom line— and a high-quality health care plan that treated members like family…
E724
H. Irving Grousbeck, David Dodson, Erika Feldhausen
2020
The Eyewitness Surveillance II case tells the story of Rush Arnold and RT McCloy, friends who met while studying at Wharton, who raise a search fund under the name Channelstone Partners. In the fall of 2010, after having spent two-thirds of their search…
OIT120
Cindie Wu Gaspar, Kevin Schulman, David Scheinker
2020
Health care management requires careful planning for efficient operations, in an environment where technology, best practices, and patient demands continue to change rapidly. This case study presents an operations management decision at a large academic…
OIT121
Stefanos Zenios, Meredith Colton-Hazy
2020
This case describes how Microsoft became a leader in cloud products from 2014 to 2019. It concisely defines “the cloud” and dives into how the leadership of Satya Nadella, the development of Azure, and the shifts within the sales organization transformed…
M383
Jennifer Aaker, Blake Kavanaugh
2020
In the process of searching for a preschool for his son, Sepandar “Sep” Kamvar realized the ideal school he was envisioning did not yet exist. He decided to start a school that would serve to connect those involved in the school both to themselves and…
P101
Saumitra Jha, Vyoma Jha
2020
This case presents the challenges facing BMW and Toyota in choosing how to address the divergence between the Trump administration and the State of California’s standards over U.S. Corporate Average Fuel Economy (CAFE) standards. The case provides…
M379
Russell Siegelman, Mitchel Scott, Margot Sutherland
2020
The Opendoor case follows head of market operations Megan Meyer as her team develops a strategy to enter Los Angeles, a substantial departure from the existing real estate markets the company had worked in through 2018. Particular issues explored include…
GS93
Hau Lee, Edwin Keh, Christopher S. Tang
2020
Novetex, one of the world’s largest single-site spinners, was celebrating the opening of its new spinning mill in 2018. The Hong Kong-based company had spent four decades expanding its operations, and its main factory was in Zhuhai, in southern China. But…
M380
Jennifer Aaker; Naomi Bagdonas, Tom Bedecarré, Blake Kavanaugh
2020
This case provides a study of Stephen Curry’s journey as a model for how to “Ruin the Game” in your own life. It doesn’t require that you lead a championship basketball player as one of the best players in history to have massive impact, you only need to…
OB101
Sarah A. Soule, Stephan Leixnering, Markus Höllerer, Margot Sutherland
2020
Erste Group (“Erste”), one of the largest financial services providers in Central and Eastern Europe, faced a rapidly changing business environment in 2019: fintech startups were unbundling retail banking services as consumers’ expectations for service in…
P103
Katherine Casey, Christy Johnson
2020
This case focuses on the political economy of ethanol policy in the United States and Brazil. The cases outlines policies put in place by the governments of the United States and Brazil to bolster the ethanol industry and the role of politics and interest…
E680
Yossi Feinberg , Mitchel Scott, Amadeus Orleans
2020
The case follows the design and creation of a software innovation lab at Volkswagen. Particular issues explored include the role and structure of internal innovation groups, establishing culture and defining business models for innovation, and developing…
E712
Steve Ciesinski, Howie Rosen, Erika Feldhausen
2020
This case describes the development of ALLVP, a Mexico-based venture capital firm, from founding to Fund III. It discusses how Federico Antoni and Fernando Lelo de Larrea, ALLVP’s founders, positioned the firm to address unmet funding needs in Mexico’s…
P102
Katherine Casey, Kenneth Shotts, Christy Johnson
2020
This case reviews the path to the passage of the Affordable Care Act, and the subsequent efforts that have been undertaken to repeal it. It focuses on the role of the government and interest groups in shaping policy.
P100
Saumitra Jha
2020
Zūm Services, Inc., a children-focused transportation company, was looking to expand into Coronado, an island community near San Diego. The company’s initial model in the San Francisco Bay area was to offer families trusted transportation options for…
E697
David Dodson, Erika Feldhausen
2020
This case introduces students to the founding story and growth of Whole Foods, a large grocery chain focused on healthy, organic, and whole foods retailing. The case describes some of the considerations Walter Robb (co-CEO Whole Foods, 2010-2016) faced…
SPM57
Cor van der Wal, George Foster
2020
Topgolf started with the simple concept that it was time to rethink the “joyless mud fields” of golf—and apply microchip technology to create new frontiers in the game. Topgolf Watford, the company’s first facility, opened in 2000 northwest of central…
E716
David Dodson
2020
One of the more common mistakes in the hiring process is failing to offer vigilant, clear, and supportive onboarding for new hires. Too often, managers celebrate the moment a candidate accepts an offer but forget that onboarding is as important to…
E718
David Dodson
2020
If you’re committed to excellent leadership, you’ll have to replace employees who aren’t a good fit. Further, a willingness to replace underperformers, or those in the wrong job, sends the message to your organization that you set a high standard for…
