E106A
Janet Feldstein, John Glynn Jr.
2002
The case introduced Matt Harris, the young (28 years old) co-founder and CEO of Village Ventures (VVI), a venture capital company. VVI is “ a vehicle for inventing in high growth companies located in high potential markets that are rich in intellectual…
IB41
Michael Hannan, John McMillan, Joel Podolny, Mary Ann Warren
2002
In the fall of 1999, Mike Moore, director-general of the World Trade Organization (WTO), anticipated that the WTO’s talks in Seattle in December, 1999 would focus on improving living standards around the world, bettering the environment, providing more…
IB40A
H. deBettignies, L. Downey
2002
In December 1998, Ron Wilson, chief executive of Mobil Oil Indonesia (MOI) considered how he should respond to allegations made by a group of non-governmental organizations (NGOs) that Mobil had been complicit in serious human rights abuses in Aceh…
IB29
Lawal Dosunmu, John McMillan
2002
The U.S. energy company AES is in the process of entering the Nigerian market through acquisition of a controlling equity interest in a 270 megawatt power generator project. AES has a unique mode of organization and operation that emphasizes integrity…
OB36B
David Hoyt, Margaret Neale
2001
Case B describes the negotiations leading to the rescue of the fund by a consortium of banks. The case is based on Roger Lowenstein’s book “When Genius Failed” and was developed with his permission.
SI13
Pehr Luedtke, William Meehan III
2001
Eastside College Preparatory School was founded in 1996 to give students in the economically depressed communities of East Palo Alto and Menlo Park a viable option for high school education. This case describes the formation, management, and challenges of…
OB36A
David Hoyt, Margaret Neale
2001
In 1993, John Meriwether, former head of arbitrage and bond trading at Salomon Brothers, put together the smartest group of bond arbitrage experts ever assembled. The group included a number of professors, two of whom were future Nobel laureates in…
M296
Victoria Chang, Chip Heath
2001
The Center for Science in the Public Interest (CSPI), started in 1971, was a nonprofit consumer group that focused on nutrition and health, food safety, and alcohol policy. The center was known for its eye-opening reports about restaurant food. Not only…
M295B
Victoria Chang, Chip Heath
2001
Supplement to the (A) Case
M295A
Victoria Chang, Chip Heath
2001
The low budget horror film, The Blair Witch Project, was one of the biggest success stories in film history based on the ratio of production cost to revenue. Costing only $35,000 to create, it generated $48 million in its first week of wide release (on 1…
GS3A
Laura Kopczak, Hau Lee
2001
This case describes a challenge faced by HP’s Vancouver Division in 1990. Although its new inkjet printers were selling well, inventory levels worldwide were rising as sales rose. In Europe, high product variety was making inventory levels especially high…
EC32
Haim Mendelson, David Hoyt
2001
In 2001, while online grocery services such as Webvan, Peapod, Streamline, and Homegrocer.com were suffering huge losses, merging to stay alive, and going out of business, Britain’s largest grocer, Tesco PLC was a notable exception. This case describes…
EC18
Sanjeev Dewan, Haim Mendelson
2001
Charles Schwab Corporation’s ability to successfully leverage IT and introduce innovations that have transformed the brokerage industry is charted in this case from the firm’s early focus, after the deregulation of brokerage commissions in 1975, on…
E99
Victoria Chang, George Foster
2001
This case discusses E.piphany’s international strategy as a key component of the company’s greater strategy. As E.piphany reached key revenue and growth targets, the company needed to move into new product areas. However, the company also felt the need…
E98
Victoria Chang, George Foster
2001
This case discusses the challenges a Singapore-based company faced in attempting to become a global player in the supply chain management software market. The company experienced early successes as a regional company and in March 1999, relocated its…
E94
Christopher Flanagan, George Foster
2001
This case examines the challenges encountered by a start-up company that seeks to operate on a global basis virtually from day one. Based in Mountain View, California, NetLogic Microsystems is a fabless semiconductor company that was founded by a…
E20B
Christopher Flanagan, H. Grousbeck, Nick Mansour, Joseph Welsh
2001
This case examines the career decisions made by John Stanton, a young MBA graduate who goes on to an extremely successful career in the wireless communications industry. Starting with his decision to enter Harvard Business School, the case chronicles John…
E104
Janet Feldstein, H. Grousbeck
2001
Synopsis and situational context. (Do not reveal the solution of the case). This case tells the story of Nathaniel Durant, a charismatic young entrepreneur and recent graduate of Stanford’s Graduate School of Business, who starts an internet-based…
A175B
Antonio Davila, Daniel Oyon
2001
Logitech acquired Quickcam in 1998 for the rights to an established brand (see Logitech A). After the acquisition, the main challenges the new CEO had faced were to bring together the various groups to form one company and to explicitly shift strategy…
A175A
Antonio Davila, Daniel Oyon
2001
Logitech International was a leading maker of mice and other devices for controlling computers, including PC cameras. In 1998, the new CEO learned that the Quickcam business unit of Connectix was for sale, an offer the founders had rejected because the…
GS3B
Hau Lee, Laura Kopczak
2001
This case describes a challenge faced by HP’s Vancouver Division in 1990. Although its new inkjet printers were selling well, inventory levels worldwide were rising as sales rose. In Europe, high product variety was making inventory levels especially high…
P36
David Baron, Alan Wiseman
2001
The case describes the debate surrounding Internet taxation when H.R. 3709, the “Internet Non-Discrimination Act” was passed, on May 10, 2000. The act provided a five-year extension of an existing moratorium on new Internet taxes that had been due to…
