HR37
Hayagreeva Rao, Thomas Friel
2010
Manutech Corporation was a global manufacturing company focused primarily on contract manufacturing for many of the world’s leading computer industry original equipment manufacturers (OEMs). Manutech, founded in the late 1970s, operated manufacturing…
E391
Mark Leslie, Andrew Rachleff
2010
Kevin Donnelly, a junior partner at up and coming venture firm New Wave Ventures, has invested in NOW!, a start-up consumer internet company. Kevin and Mark Rosen, NOW!’s founder, agree to hire a new CEO, Todd Brown, to lead and develop a compelling…
E152B
James Lattin, Mark Leslie, Brett Lang
2010
Vocera Communications (B) is a company update as of 2007, after a new CEO/Chairman was hired. The company had evolved over the years into a healthcare technology company, and several other significant changes had taken place, specifically regarding…
CG20B
David Larcker, Brian Tayan
2010
This case is a follow up to CG-20A, and explains the actions taken by Tarco in response to threat from activist investor Barracuda. The case explains how the company relied on an analysis of its shareholder base and predictive proxy voting to inform its…
E400
Mark Leslie, Robert Joss
2010
This case presents two vignettes from the perspective of Laura White, a newly-promoted manager of the Cook Islands operations for a large Australian bank. In Vignette A, White learns of the existence of an Offshore Banking Unit (OBU) – the source of…
E386
H. Grousbeck, Aimee LaFont Leifer, Tjarko Leifer, Lisa Sweeney
2010
This is an updated version of the Search Fund Study that is done every approximately every two years. The study briefly explains the concept of a Search Fund and surveys all known Search Funds to determine demographics, financial results, and other…
CG18
David Larcker, Brian Tayan
2010
In 2002, Baker Hughes was accused of violating the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA). This case describes the actions taken by the company in response to those accusations. These include hiring a third-party law firm to undertake an independent…
IB90
Lyn Denend, v McKern, Philip Meza, Ekinadese Osayande
2010
The Federal Republic of Nigeria was the most populous country in Africa. According to a July 2009 estimate, it was also the world’s 8th largest nation. With land area roughly twice the size of California, Nigeria was rich in natural resources…
CG19
David Larcker, Allan McCall, Brian Tayan
2010
Netflix was among a small group of Silicon Valley companies to emerge from the technology bubble of the late 1990s a clear winner in terms of growth, market share, and profitability. That Netflix was able not only to prevail over this competition but also…
E382B
Jocelyn Hornblower, Mark Leslie
2010
These vignettes follow Mary Simmons as she progresses through her career in marketing at Proctor & Gamble and then later when she started her own consumer product company. In both vignettes, Mary is faced with an ethical dilemma regarding the marketing of…
E385B
Jocelyn Hornblower, Mark Leslie, John Morgridge
2010
In Part A, Valley Systems, a computer hardware company which manufactures high performance internetworking systems, was six months post-IPO and struggling to make their quarterly earnings. Matt Tucker, the company’s CEO, was very concerned about the…
GS75
David Hoyt, Hau Lee, Power Siu, Mitchell Tseng
2010
In 2008, more than 750 million cell phones were produced in China. A significant portion (20 percent, or about 150 million units) of these phones were produced by Shanzhai companies. These companies had rapidly taken a significant share (about 10…
BME11
Margaret Eaton
2010
In 2004, pharmaceutical powerhouse Merck acknowledged potentially harmful side effects and withdrew one of its best selling drugs, Vioxx, an arthritis and pain relief drug, from the market. Withdrawing an FDA approved drug from the U.S. market due to…
CG20A
David Larcker, Brian Tayan
2010
In July 2006, Barracuda became the largest investor in Tarco International. In a meeting with management, Barracuda’s managing director advised that strong measures needed to be taken to improve operating performance. If management failed, Barracuda…
CG21
David Larcker, Brian Tayan
2010
This case takes an inside look at CEO succession planning at Energy Corp. The case provides an overview of various models of succession planning, including external search, COO appointment, a horse race, and the inside-outside model. The case then…
E382A
Jocelyn Hornblower, Mark Leslie
2010
These vignettes follow Mary Simmons as she progresses through her career in marketing at Proctor & Gamble and then later when she started her own consumer product company. In both vignettes, Mary is faced with an ethical dilemma regarding the marketing of…
E385A
Jocelyn Hornblower, Mark Leslie, John Morgridge
2010
In Part A, Valley Systems, a computer hardware company which manufactures high performance internetworking systems, was six months post-IPO and struggling to make their quarterly earnings. Matt Tucker, the company’s CEO, was very concerned about the…
ETH14
H.I. Grousbeck, C.G. Prober, Alexander Tauber, Elizabeth A. Zambricki
2009
This case uses two vignettes to illustrate ethical questions that may occur at hospitals. In the first, 89-year old widow Theresa Addison is faced with the challenge of finding a facility that will care for her 47 year old son on a long term basis. Her…
ETH7
H. I. Grousbeck, C. G. Prober, Alexander Tauber
2009
This case is about the diagnosis of Alzheimer’s at a relatively young age, at a time when the patients are forced to juggle jobs, family, and dementia. The case is based on the article When Alzheimer’s Hits at 40 from the Wall Street Journal (November 14…
ETH11
H. I. Grousbeck, C. G. Prober, Alexander Tauber
2009
A Brief Note on Difficult Discussions Between Doctors and Patients provides students with a framework to help them think about how to have such discussions. The framework has three parts: 1. The contextual realities of a given case. Two categories of…
ETH6
H. I. Grousbeck, C. G. Prober, Alexander Tauber, Elizabeth A. Zambricki, Julie Makinen
2009
This case is centered on Stanford University’s Palliative Care program and covers difficult conversations physicians must have with patients and their families. Situations include dealing with the angry family of a terminally ill patient, and how to…
OIT94
Robert Chess, Sara Leslie
2009
Gilead Sciences launched Truvada, a combination pill incorporating Gilead’s individual antiviral drugs, Viread and Emtriva, in the U.S. in 2004. This involved gaining FDA approval, setting a national price, and negotiating reimbursement levels with…
SI111
Leslie Sara Gaviser, William Meehan III
2009
At the end of April, 2008, Louise Waters had been in her new role as CEO of Leadership Public Schools (LPS) for one month. Before presenting the FY 2009 budget to the board of directors in June, she wanted to complete a long-range sustainability analysis…
M321CV
Jennifer Aaker, Victoria Chang
2009
In early 2007, Barack Obama was a little-known senator running for president against Democratic nominee and household name, Hilary Clinton. But on November 4, 2008, Obama made history as the first African American to win the election against Republican…
