SM153
Robert Burgelman, Tom Federico
2006
In April 2006, SAP AG CEO Henning Kagermann faces several critical decisions. Over the past two years, Kagermann has put in place a bold growth strategy for the company – one that aims to transform the business software applications giant into a pioneer…
SM154A
V. Viard, Pamela Yatsko
2006
Personal computer game maker Blizzard filed a lawsuit in 2002 against the developers of the bnetd project. The bnetd project was a volunteer effort of game enthusiasts and programmers frustrated with difficulties encountered playing Blizzard’s personal…
M315
Wasim Azhar
2006
In late June 1987, Mr. Asad Ali, proprietor of Regal Electrogas, was confronted with an important decision regarding the pricing of his company’s desert coolers. The market price for this product had risen by approximately 5 percent in the wake of new…
SPM30
George Foster, Mike Harkey
2006
Former National Football League (NFL) greats Ronnie Lott and Harris Barton launched a venture capital fund-of-funds in 1999 at the height of a venture capital bubble and called their new fund Champion Ventures. Champion became known for raising money…
OB54
Jeffrey Pfeffer
2006
DaVita, one of the largest operators of kidney dialysis centers in the U.S., has undergone a remarkable turnaround between 2000 and 2005, a transformation premised on building a strong values-driven culture with an emphasis on fact-based decision making…
SI82
David Hoyt, Erica Plambeck
2006
In 2000, FedEx Express and Environmental Defense began a collaboration to develop a source of new generation delivery trucks with dramatically improved fuel efficiency and environmental impact. By 2005, prototypes had been developed by Eaton Corporation…
SM151
Robert Burgelman, Aneesha Capur
2006
This case describes Infosys Technologies’ approach to growing the company by expanding its service offerings; moving up the value chain to offer higher end consulting services; improving its brand equity and recognition as a global company; increasing…
SM154B
V. Viard, Pamela Yatsko
2006
Personal computer game maker Blizzard filed a lawsuit in 2002 against the developers of the bnetd project. The bnetd project was a volunteer effort of game enthusiasts and programmers frustrated with difficulties encountered playing Blizzard’s personal…
SM146B
Robert Burgelman, Philip Meza
2006
This case reveals the decision made concerning whether and where to locate a new fab in 2002. It discusses the specific decision made by the CEO and discusses the rationale for the fab location decision. This case should be used in conjunction with SM…
SM124B
Robert Burgelman, Christof Wittig
2006
MySQL, an open source software firm, grew from a small $10M in 2004 into a successful $60M business by 2006. As it had anticipated, MySQL attracted the attention of the big three IT companies, IBM, Microsoft, and Oracle. Actively defending their high…
SM91
William Barnett, Peter Lorentzen
2006
In 1999, Bo Shao, a Chinese national with a U.S. BA and MBA, returned to China to set up an online auction firm. While initial venture capital funding came easily, China’s low level of development created many other challenges that would not have arisen…
SPM29A
George Foster, Mike Harkey
2006
First conceived as a business plan in Stanford Business School’s “Evaluating Entrepreneurial Opportunities” class, the Golden Baseball League is an independent baseball league in California and Arizona. The case tracks the development of the business…
SPM32
George Foster, Mike Harkey, Claire Magat
2006
Mike Kerns and Jeff Ma founded ProTrade in April of 2004. The original concept was an innovative online stock market for athletes that utilized sophisticated algorithms to compute the value of athletes’ performance. However, despite the highly…
SPM28
Victoria Chang, George Foster
2006
By 2006, Charlotte-based Street & Smith’s Sports Group (a division of American City Business Journals—ACBJ, a unit of Advance Publications) had built a franchise of sports business information resources (called the Sports Business Group). Publications…
SM148
Robert Burgelman, Lyn Denend, Robert Siegel
2006
In January 2005, Robert Siegel paused to reflect on the whirlwind of activities that had consumed him over the past three months. In August 2004, Siegel joined General Electric’s $1.3 billion security division as the general manager of GE Video Solutions…
SPM29B
George Foster, Mike Harkey
2006
The Golden Baseball League (A) case tracks the evolution of the start-up independent baseball league from business plan to the start of its inaugural season. The Golden Baseball League (B) case tracks the league’s performance in season one; its successes…
SI68
Laura Arrillaga-Andreessen, David Hoyt
2006
Established in 1992, the San Francisco-based McKay Foundation supported organizations that addressed income inequality and poverty. The McKay Foundation focused on developing long-term, community-based solutions to social and economic problems. Robert…
SI85
Laura Arrillaga-Andreessen, Joshua Spitzer
2006
In January 2006, the PRI Makers Network and Stanford Graduate School of Business’s Center for Social Innovation sponsored the first annual Program-Related Investments (PRI) Conference in Palo Alto, California. The conference brought together 150…
SI71
Davina Drabkin, David Hanley, James Phills
2006
Iftekhar Enayetullah and Maqsood Sinha, co-founders of Waste Concern in Bangladesh, had earned an international reputation for their innovative approach to dealing with the vast quantities of waste that threatened to overwhelm the overcrowded city of…
SI60
Laura Arrillaga-Andreessen, David Hoyt
2006
Community Foundation Silicon Valley (“CFSV”) was founded in 1954 as the “Community Trust of Santa Clara County” with a broad mission—to help improve the community. It experienced explosive growth in the 1990s and 2000s with assets increasing more than 80…
SI69A
James Phills, Hilary Stockton
2006
Circus Oz was Australia’s premier international circus, having performed in 26 countries on five continents. The organization was best known for cutting-edge acts and its quintessentially Australian combination of social satire, inclusiveness…
M312
Lyn,Denend , Brian Lowery, S. Wheeler
2006
Christine Hamilton, Karen Knight, and Brenda Haden had all played an instrumental role in helping develop PacifiCare’s African American Health Solutions (AAHS), a program focused on improving the health outcomes of African Americans by providing…
SM149B
Debbie Choy, Justin McNabney, James Phills, Erica Vaughan, Yubo Zhou
2006
This B case describes what became of Teach For America’s (TFA) attempt to expand its program into the San Francisco Unified School District. It discusses what TFA learned from this attempt and what changes were made throughout the organization to promote…
SM149A
Debbie Choy, Justin McNabney, James Phills, Erica Vaughan, Yubo Zhou
2006
Founded in 1989, Teach for America (TFA) was a nonprofit organization that placed highly qualified college graduates into 1,000 under-resourced urban and rural public schools across the country to teach for two years. The enthusiasm of the founding…
