GS78
David Hoyt, Hau Lee
2011
Mountain Hazelnut Venture Limited (“Mountain Hazelnuts”) was founded with economic, social, and environmental objectives. It planned to distribute young hazelnut plants at no charge to a large number of subsistence farmers in Bhutan. The farmers would…
E428C
Mark Leslie
2011
John Beck, CEO of LightSpeed Computers, is seeking $10 million in venture capital financing to get his company off the ground after its initial seed funding. In Parts A through C, John faces a number of challenging scenarios, starting with the request…
GS57C
David Hoyt, Hau Lee, Michael Marks
2011
In 2009, many thought Crocs was “dead.” The C case presents exhibits that illustrate the company’s recovery.
GS57B
David Hoyt, Hau Lee, Michael Marks
2011
Through 2007, Crocs grew rapidly, and its stock soared. In early 2008, the stock plunged, as analysts cited excess inventory. During 2008, revenues decreased, and the company restructured. The B case summarizes these developments, and asks what the…
E428B
Mark Leslie
2011
John Beck, CEO of LightSpeed Computers, is seeking $10 million in venture capital financing to get his company off the ground after its initial seed funding. In Parts A through C, John faces a number of challenging scenarios, starting with the request…
E428A
Mark Leslie
2011
John Beck, CEO of LightSpeed Computers, is seeking $10 million in venture capital financing to get his company off the ground after its initial seed funding. In Parts A through C, John faces a number of challenging scenarios, starting with the request…
E425
H. Grousbeck
2011
These vignettes are based on a fictional organization, Starling Systems, in which Jack Swain, Starling’s COO, has been selected by the company’s board of directors to replace the recently departed CEO. Jack must deal with four challenging situations in…
E418
Andrew Rachleff, Sara Rosenthal
2011
The OpenTable case describes the company’s evolution from its startup phase in 1998 to its decision to go public ten years later. The company transitioned through three CEOs until it hired Jeff Jordan, former head of PayPal and general manager of eBay…
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…
E401
George Foster, Arar Han
2011
Robert Eberhart is an American electronics executive living abroad in Japan as market president. He’s ready to move on to something new and discovers that the changing distribution laws in Japan may provide him a chance to upend the supply chain for…
E395
Arar Han, James Lattin, Mark Leslie
2011
James Gutierrez has started a socially responsible consumer lending company focused on serving the underbanked Hispanic market. The company has gone through a succession of sales directors and Gutierrez has now pinned his hopes on his operations director…
BE17
David Hoyt, Stefan Reichelstein
2011
In 2010, Recreational Equipment, Inc. (REI) considered adding photovoltaic solar panels to the roofs of some of its facilities. This was driven by both financial and environmental considerations. In 2008, the company had added solar panels to 11…
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…
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…
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…
OIT105
Lawton Burns, Lyn Denend, Stefanos Zenios
2011
As of 2012, the Physician Payments Sunshine Act of 2009 requires medical device manufacturers to track any payments or gifts they make to physicians that are worth more than $10 and then starting in 2013 to report those that exceed a total of $100 per…
M338
Lyn Denend, Baba Shiv
2011
In 2010, the New Zealand Merino Company Limited (NZM) secured a combination of government and private funding to help it further advance its efforts to revolutionize the country’s sheep industry. Specifically, the company’s top priorities were to expand…
RE136
Doug Abbey, Nori Lietz
2011
In late spring 2010, Liv Hugen returned to her native Scandinavia to relax before assuming responsibility over the real estate portfolio for her government’s sovereign wealth fund. The fund’s composite portfolio was expected to grow to approximately $500…
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…
P77
David Baron
2011
Goldman Sachs was a bank, but it did not take deposits, issue credit cards, make mortgage loans, or interact with consumers. For most of its history Goldman was organized as a partnership and operated as an investment bank engaging in underwriting new…
OIT104
Gretchen Daily, David Hoyt, Erica Plambeck
2011
Nature plays an important role in maintaining the flow and purity of water. Human activities often degrade the quality and/or quantity of water flowing to downstream users, but maintaining natural ecosystems, and sound conservation management by those…
P74
Alexander Hirsch, Ken Shotts
2011
Comprehensive health care insurance reform was a perennial goal of the Democratic Party. Although reform efforts had persistently ended in failure, proponents of reform saw a new window of opportunity after the 2008 Presidential election. Barack Obama had…
