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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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
In 2007, Wyeth Pharmaceuticals’ manufacturing organization faced a number of challenges, requiring that it revolutionize the way its 17,000 people operated. The case describes alternative methods of systemic change considered by Wyeth, the approach they…
In 2009, the Federative Republic of Brazil was the 5th largest country in the world in terms of its geographic area and population. At 3,290,000 square miles, its territory comprised nearly half of South America. It was also the most populous nation on…
Mozilla launched its Firefox web browser in November 2004, when Microsoft’s Internet Explorer had a market share of over 90 percent, and was giving its browser away. Five years later, Firefox had a 25 percent share, and more than 300 million people were…
Napster: Opportunity Meets a Web of Egos” chronicles the rise and fall of Napster and, in particular, focuses on several vignettes between Shawn Fanning, Napster’s founder, and Ron Conway, an angel investor. The case starts with Napster’s humble…
