E158
Jamie Earle, H. Grousbeck
2003
The case offers an overview of a middle-market, regional, career placement firm that focuses on primarily temporary, but also permanent, placements to companies and organizations from the Fortune 500 to the state government. It focuses on intra-company…
E157
James Lattin, Mark Leslie, Jamie Earle, Robert Magowan
2003
The case offers an overview of a medium-sized networking startup that designs and sells a switch that virtualizes many of the functions (firewall, SSL acceleration, traffic monitoring/management) in a data center. The case focuses on this company’s early…
E150
Harold Grousbeck, Joel Peterson, Alicia Seiger
2003
The case details the history of JetBlue from securing slot rights at JFK to the highlights of growing a successful start-up airline in the midst of industry turmoil. Competition and industry dynamics are discussed, followed by a closer look into the…
E146
George Foster, Alicia Seiger
2003
The case begins with an overview of hearing loss, current treatments and a detailed description and cost/ benefit analysis of cochlear implants as a solution for sufferers of profound to severe hearing loss. The thrust of the case discusses Cochlear’s…
E144
Robert Chess, Tim Rosenberger
2003
“Note on the Biopharmaceutical Industry” explores the intricacies of the biopharmaceutical landscape, including the evolution from traditional pharmaceuticals to biotech and their convergence. It addresses the challenges of drug development, such as high…
E149
Mark Leslie, Jamie Earle
2003
The case describes VMware’s growth, from founding through present (~200 employees), with specific emphasis on building a board of directors, determining a strategic product direction, and recruiting an executive team. The protagonist is Diane Greene, a…
E124
Janet Feldstein, H. Grousbeck
2003
Peter Kelly and Med-Mart introduces Peter Kelly, the young CEO of a medical supplies company. Kelly is a three-time graduate of Stanford University (a bachelor’s degree, a master’s degree and an MBA,) who started a “search-fund” with a colleague, and…
E151
Jamie Earle, Charles Holloway
2003
The case describes the founding of Good Technology, including the opportunity identification process of an entrepreneur-in-residence at a top venture capital firm. It also addresses the product decisions, management recruitment and executive changes that…
SPM3
George Foster, David Hoyt
2003
In April 2002, the largest newspaper in Melbourne, Australia published a cover story, filling 7 full pages, announcing that Wayne Carey, the premier player in Australian-rules football was having an affair with a teammate’s wife. The player was one of…
F264
Eric Bannasch, Jim Coulter, Todd Dashefsky, George Parker
2003
In August 2001, John Marren, a partner with Texas Pacific Group (TPG), was walking from his office to the firm’s partner meeting to make a presentation and discuss a potential investment in Monsanto Electronics Materials Company (MEMC, NYSE: WFR). MEMC…
F266
George G. C. Parker, Jesse R. Sandoval
2003
In early May 2003, Michael Campbell, co-chairman of the board of directors and co-CEO of Regal Entertainment Group, the world’s largest movie theater company, was considering a very unusual financial decision—paying an extraordinary cash dividend of $700…
OIT37
Jeff Eisen, Charles Holloway, Mark Leslie
2003
Zaplet faces internal challenges following the dramatic change in the economy and the resulting market demand for their product.
SPM8
Tom Covington, George Foster, David Hoyt, Jake Moskowitz
2003
In 2001, Honda supplied engines to the Championship Auto Racing Teams (CART) series, the most technically sophisticated racing series in North America. In 1996, a rival series had broken off from CART. The Indy Racing League (IRL) was controlled by the…
SPM6
George Foster, David Hoyt
2003
In 2003, the owner of the Dallas Cowboys football team wanted to build a new stadium complex. The team’s existing stadium was aging, and a new stadium offered enhanced revenue potential for one of the NFL’s premier teams. The team wanted taxpayer…
SM75
Robert Burgelman, Philip Meza
2003
AOL has evolved from an Internet Service Provider (ISP) to control a wide variety of Internet and media assets including vast content arms (e.g. Time Magazine), broadcasters (e.g. CNN) and cable systems. The business models sustaining many of AOL Time…
SM107
Robert Burgelman, Philip Meza
2003
Digital media (legitimate and otherwise) was one of the few bright spots for high technology companies in the middle of a deep and protracted recession. These demands left computer makers, and builders of components such as microprocessors, software…
SM118C
Robert Burgelman, Cara McVie
2003
In the winter of 2001/2002, Rob Siegel, his marketing team, and the sales vice president drilled down on the first two target markets which the company had designated in August 2001: embedded and security cameras. Siegel had done high-level analysis…
SM118B
Robert Burgelman, Cara McVie
2003
The August 2001 board meeting had marked a somewhat abrupt departure for Pixim, Inc. A newly hired vice president of business development had steered the company and board away from its early plans for digital still cameras and towards two new markets –…
SM118A
Robert Burgelman, Cara McVie
2003
Pixim, Inc. was a start-up founded in 1999 by two electrical engineering graduate students and an electrical engineering professor. The 38-employee company made semiconductors for digital imaging devices. Its core technology, the Digital Pixel System…
SM105
Robert Burgelman, Philip Meza
2003
Much of the landscape in which today’s media companies find themselves as they contend with the impact of digitization of content and the convergence of means of distribution was shaped by regulatory forces. Three government rulings in particular were…
SM117
Robert Burgelman,Sweta Sarnot
2003
To become the predominant player in its industry, the company faced several strategic challenges. IBM, Oracle, and Microsoft posed an increased competitive threat in BEA’s core application server market segment. Seeking further growth opportunities, the…
SM121A
George Foster, Erin Yurday
2003
WebEx Communications, founded in 1996 by Min Zhu and Subrah Iyar, was an Internet-based carrier-class communications services provider of web conferences and meetings. WebEx’s online, real-time, interactive, multimedia communications services allowed its…
SM113
Robert Burgelman, Philip Meza
2003
In 2003, Nokia was the dominant maker of cell phones around the world. It had more than twice the global handset market share of its closest competitor, Motorola. While in a position of strength in 2003, the company faced large challenges in the…
OIT29
J. Michael Harrison, Yuval Nov
2003
Andy Carr, the founder of a small consulting firm that specializes in telephone call centers, is completing an analysis of call center operations for Lion Financial Services (LFS). LFS operates three call centers that collectively employ 170 agents and…
