CG10
David Larcker, Brian Tayan
2007
In 2006, David Zucker, chief executive officer of Midway Games, came under fire for selling a significant amount of Midway stock just weeks before a precipitous decline in the company’s share price. One year later, Angelo Mozilo, chairman and chief…
GS55
David Hoyt, Seungjin Whang
2007
In 2007, the Marui Group was one of Japan’s leading department store companies. The company had 29 stores, most in Tokyo and vicinity. Marui was particularly popular with young women, who formed its largest customer segment.
The case focuses on…
IB72B
R. McKern
2007
Dougal Simpson, an experienced Australian manager who had 20 years of experience with Industrial Products AG (IPAG), a large Swiss-based company in the field of industrial chemicals and plastics, accepted the position of managing director, Southeast Asia…
GS60
Shinya Fushimi, Jason Kaminsky, Veronica Rocha, John Tsou, Seungjin Whang
2007
Tamago-ya is a family-owned business located in Tokyo, Japan. The company has captured a unique position in the market of selling pre-packaged lunch boxes to business professionals, by maintaining high quality and reliable delivery. In order for Tamago-ya…
E247
Bethany Coate, John Glynn Jr., Peter Ziebelman
2007
John Dean and Danny Lui began raising their first fund as StartUp Capital Ventures (SCV), a small venture capital firm in 2005. Along with the four other “Managing Members” of the firm, they intended to focus investments on early stage software companies…
GS58
Hau Lee, Brian Tayan
2007
In 1996, Andrea and Barry Coleman launched Riders for Health, a United Kingdom-based nonprofit dedicated to the improvement of transportation systems for health workers in Africa. The nonprofit’s main program, Transportation Resource Management, involved…
E280
Bethany Coates, John Glynn Jr.
2007
Linda Jenkinson, Chairman and CEO of luxury personal services company, LesConcierges (LC), hung up the phone after checking her voicemail in July 2007. She had just received a message from Randy Haykin, an angel investor and board member who had…
E260
Garth Saloner, Bethany Coates, Ana Garcia Azuelo, Jessica Flannery and Haydee Moreno
2007
James Mwangi, the CEO of Equity Bank, a microfinance services provider, oversaw a remarkable turnaround at his organization beginning in the early 1990s. Mwangi’s association with the bank began in 1992, when a founder (who was also a family friend) urged…
CG5
David Larcker, Brian Tayan
2007
Eugene Isenberg, CEO of Nabors Industries, was listed in a 2006 Wall Street Journal article as one of the highest paid executives in the U.S. over the previous 14 years. He received this compensation as a result of a unique bonus arrangement and large…
A194
Maureen McNichols, Brian Tayan
2007
AMB Property Corporation set out to be a leader in corporate governance and financial reporting. The company, a publicly traded real estate investment trust (REIT) that acquires, develops, and owns industrial properties, believed that its governance and…
A196A
Ron Kasznik, Brian Tayan
2007
This case asks students to review the impact of SFAS 142, Goodwill and Other Intangible Assets, in the context of the AOL Time Warner merger. Under SFAS 142, companies were required to perform periodic testing to determine whether economic goodwill had…
GS54
Stacy Duda, LaShawn James, Hau Lee, Zeryn Mackwani, Raul Munoz, David Volk
2007
Starbucks Corporation was the world’s largest specialty coffee retailer, with 2005 annual revenue of $6.4 billion. Despite gigantic growth in specialty coffee in the 1990s, a worldwide oversupply of lower-grade coffee had depressed market prices in the…
IB81
John Roberts, Jennie Tung
2007
SK-II was Procter & Gamble’s (P&G) only high-end skincare brand in China and sales accounted for an estimated 7 percent of SK-II global revenue in 2005. China was also P&G’s fastest-growing market for skincare products and among the top markets in value…
E264
Patrick Arippol, Rick Aubry
2007
This case describes two social ventures’ experience of collaborating with each other—through a replication project funded by Lemelson and the Schwab Foundations. Each venture served different purposes: IDEAAS installed and operated alternative solar…
A196B
Ron Kasznik, Brian Tayan
2007
This case reviews the recognition of goodwill impairment taken by AOL Time Warner following the adoption of SFAS 142, Goodwill and Other Intangible Assets. This case is the successor of A-196A, AOL Time Warner (A): Accounting for Goodwill.
A187
Maureen McNichols, Brian Tayan
2007
In July 2002, a legal watchdog group, Judicial Watch, announced that it was suing Halliburton Company for overstating revenues during the period 1998 to 2001. The group’s contention was that Halliburton used fraudulent accounting practices to boost…
GS56
David Hoyt, Hau Lee, Samir Singh
2007
In 2006, Rio Tinto Iron Ore (RTIO) faced a number of challenges. The iron ore business had traditionally been dominated by a few large suppliers, who sold to a relatively few large steel producers. The business environment was changing, however, with the…
GS48
Barchi Peleg, Hau Lee
2007
Esquel Group is one of the world’s leading producers of premium cotton shirts, and among the most dynamic and progressive global-scale textile and apparel manufacturers. The company was founded in 1978 in Hong Kong. Over the years Esquel, which was part…
IB66
Leandro Cuccioli, R. McKern
2006
This case study is concerned with the challenges posed for companies in emerging markets that seek to expand their operations beyond their borders, while maintaining leadership in their industry. The case deals with Arcor, an Argentine-based manufacturer…
IB63
Bruce McKern, Lyn Denend
2006
As of early 2005, Hewlett-Packard (HP) was one of the world’s leading technology companies, offering hundreds of distinct products and services ranging from $100 digital cameras to multi-million dollar outsourcing services. For fiscal 2004, HP recorded…
GS18
Casey Koshijima, Hide Saito, Takafumi Ueda, Steve Van Horne, Seungjin Whang
2006
Seven-Eleven, Inc., founded in 1927 in Dallas, Texas, was the world’s largest operator, franchisor, and licensor of convenience stores. As of 2004, it had 22,648 units worldwide, serving 6 million customers a day (www.7-eleven.com). Of these stores…
EC37
Tristen Langley, Haim Mendelson
2006
Since the company launched its software product in August 2003, the word “Skype” became synonymous with free calls over the Internet. Skype developed software that allowed people around the world to talk to each other for free. Prior to the company’s $2.6…
EM1
Victoria Chang, William Guttentag, Roderick Kramer
2006
Every Tuesday evening, after a hectic day at the NBC Universal offices in Universal City, Neal Baer kicked up his feet to watch the latest episode of the award-winning police television series, Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (SVU). SVU was part of the…
E228C
George Foster, Joshua Spitzer
2006
The Mountain Hardwear A, B, and C cases cover the founding and rise of the premium outdoor apparel and equipment manufacturer. The A case (set between late 1993 and 1999) addresses the company’s founding, early brand development, and the particular…
