IB32A
Susan Mackenzie, R. McKern
2002
On June 30, 1997, Jean-Louis Touati, Lafarge senior vice president of strategy and development, reviewed the company’s proposal to the Romanian government for the acquisition of Romcim, a cement manufacturing business being privatized through the Romanian…
IB28
Victoria Chang, George Foster
2002
This case explores the challenges Computershare, a share registry firm, faces while trying to grow globally through acquisitions. The case outlines Computershare’s phenomenal growth since its founding in 1994 in Melbourne, Australia. By 2001, the…
E74
H. Grousbeck
2002
The eBay case describes three management situations in the context of company growth and organizational change. The first is deterioration of customer service as a result of rapid customer and transaction growth early on. The second is the announcement…
E139
H. Irving Grousbeck
2002
The Guthrie brothers – Kent, Chris and Brett – greeted friends and colleagues as they entered Sonia’s, a family run establishment at the edge of the town square in Bowling Green, KY. Well known in the rolling hills city of 49,000, the Guthries were…
E133
Janet Feldstein, Peter Wendell
2002
This case follows the entrepreneurial experience of Buck French, a recent Harvard Business School graduate, who founded OnLink Technologies, a high technology company serving the Building Products Industry. The case follows the company’s creation and…
E132
H. Grousbeck, Andrea Higuera
2002
This case begins by providing an overview of the founding and building of Spa West, Inc. In 1998, Christina Clifford, a Stanford business school graduate with years of experience, returned to her hometown of Seattle, Washington and started to develop the…
E115
George Foster, Roderick Morris
2002
It had been about 18 months since the initial collapse of the IPO market, and much had changed at Beatnik. Lorraine Hariton had endured one of the most challenging times of her professional career. As CEO of Beatnik, she had responded to changing market…
E121
H. Grousbeck, Andrea Higuera
2002
This case offers students a view into some of the day-to-day management issues faced by entrepreneurs managing a growing business. The case starts by providing background information on the Gordon Biersch Brewing Company, which was founded by Dan Gordon…
E113
Janet Feldstein, H. Grousbeck
2002
Two vignettes: 1)The first vignette addresses a graduating MBAs decision between two job offers: one from a small start-up and one from a larger more established company. The second vignette features a CEO who is forced to layoff a significant portion…
E105
H. Grousbeck, J. Feldstein
2002
This case introduces Amy Baker, a self-proclaimed “born entrepreneur” who seeks out and finds an
entrepreneurial opportunity to pursue. She founds a skin-case company, Nature’s Cure, that produces a
mass merchandise line of homeopathic acne remedies. The…
E123A
Andrea Higuera, Charles Holloway, John Morgridge, Dan Thomas
2002
This case is the first of two written about Digital Island, Inc., which was founded by Ron Higgins in January 1997, in Honolulu, Hawaii. The company started by offering global Internet Protocol (IP) networking services for applications to help companies…
E123B
Andrea Higuera, Charles Holloway, John Morgridge, Dan Thomas
2002
This case is the second of two cases written about Digital Island, Inc. Digital Island, Inc. was founded in January 1997 and the company’s vision was: To allow enterprises to tap the power of the Internet. Given this vision, Digital Island’s initial…
E136
John Glynn Jr., Andrea Higuera
2002
This case examines how the investment professionals at the Shoreline Investment Management Company, the wholly owned subsidiary of Hewlett-Packard (HP) that manages HP and Agilent Technologies’ corporate pension plans, evaluate venture capital funds…
IB31
Kanika Bahl, John Newsome, Joel Podolny
2002
The ballooning HIV/AIDS rate in South Africa is exacting an increasing toll on the profitability of South African businesses. This note takes a look at the impact of the epidemic at the macroeconomic and business level, examining the negative…
P43
David Baron
2002
In 2002 Senators John Kerry and John McCain introduced legislation to increase the CAFE standard for the light vehicle fleet by 40 percent. The legislation was motivated by security concerns in the aftermath of September 11, concerns about global climate…
SI57
Laura Arrillaga-Andreessen, Victoria Chang
2002
Founded in 1969, Interplast was a Silicon Valley-based nonprofit organization that provided free reconstructive surgery for needy children and adults in developing nations. It partnered with local medical professionals to provide surgery and related care…
SM97
Antonio Davila, George Foster, Ning Jia
2002
This case introduces the story of RedMed, the leading provider of sleep apnea devices. The company, founded by Dr. Peter Farrell and Dr. Colin Sullivan (the device’s inventor) in Australia, quickly became international. The company set up a second…
SM72C
Robert Burgelman, Philip Meza
2002
The case examines the proposed merger between HP and Compaq and explores the impact of this merger upon the companies and the industry as a whole. In particular, the case explores the challenges that a combined HP and Compaq will have competing in…
OD3B
William Barnett, Glenn Carroll, Greg Powell
2002
In November 2002 Wind River announced their latest reorganization and strategy: Enterprise Platform Initiative (EPI). The EPI was designed to make Wind River a long-term strategic partner with their clients by changing their pricing model, sales channels…
SM24C
Robert Burgelman, Frederic Descamps, Philip Meza
2002
Electronic Arts is a highly successful creator of video games for consoles and PCs. The company also creates content for online gaming. EA occupies a unique place in the information processing industry. The company must have the skills of a Hollywood…
SPM1
George Foster, Callie Neuman
2002
On July 9, 1999, Bryan Perez, vice president of business development for Southwest Sports Group (SSG), was facing a dilemma. The next day he was scheduled to meet with Mike Cramer, COO of SSG, and Tom Hicks, the controlling shareholder of SSG, to propose…
OB63
Stoyan Sgourev, Ezra Zuckerman
2002
Peer networks are sets of non-competing firms in the same line of business, gathering on a regular basis to share information on relative performance and business practices. Peer networks provide a unique solution to the growing need of firms to…
RE131
Craig Blanchard, Jack Kolodny, Joel Peterson
2002
Analysis of an investment in a distressed healthcare Real Estate Investment Trust.
OB39
Jennifer Buechel, John Jost
2002
Helen Priano, manufacturing manager at General Grain’s Michigan Cereal Facility had two critical decisions to make in early February 2002. Helen needed to decide whether or not to fire a 30-year veteran employee and if she should drop charges against an…
