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…
OB43(A)
David Caldwell, Charles O'Reilly III, Robert Pearl
2003
In 1999, Richard Townsend, M.D., the newly appointed Executive Director (CEO) of the Liberty Medical Foundation (LMF) was sitting in his Pittsburgh office reviewing materials for a presentation the following day to the Board of Directors. Dr. Townsend…
SM106
Robert Burgelman, Philip Meza
2003
Through in-depth interviews with Intel’s most senior executives, this case examines Intel’s efforts to establish itself in new markets by developing and acquiring competencies in areas beyond PC microprocessors. Intel pioneered the market for computer…
SM120A
James Lattin, Mark Leslie, Erin Yurday
2003
In October 1998, VERITAS and Seagate’s Network Storage and Management Group, which both sold data storage management software, agreed to merge. In terms of employee size and revenues, it was nearly a merger of equals. Until regulatory approval for the…
SM29D
Robert Burgelman, Philip Meza
2003
This case examines the challenges and opportunities that entertainment conglomerate Disney faces as it tries to commit itself to embarking on a “Digital Decade” in 2003. The company has built its business models largely around analog distribution…
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…
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…
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…
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…
OB42A
Jeffrey Pfeffer, Victoria Chang
2003
Laura Esserman, a surgeon and faculty member at the University of California at San Francisco as well as a graduate of Stanford Business School, is engaged in a major effort to change the delivery of breast cancer services and the information systems used…
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…
OB42B
Victoria Chang, Jeffrey Pfeffer
2003
Laura Esserman, a surgeon and faculty member at the University of California at San Francisco as well as a graduate of Stanford Business School, is engaged in a major effort to change the delivery of breast cancer services and the information systems used…
OB44
Jeffrey Pfeffer, Victoria Chang
2003
Keith Ferrazzi had certainly come a long way. The son of a steelworker and a cleaning lady, he was picked on by other kids for being poor at the private school he attended and at the same time by his poor friends in the neighborhood for trying to act like…
OB43(B)
David Caldwell, Charles O'Reilly III, Robert Pearl
2003
In 1999, Richard Townsend, M.D., the newly appointed Executive Director (CEO) of the Liberty Medical Foundation (LMF) was sitting in his Pittsburgh office reviewing materials for a presentation the following day to the Board of Directors. Dr. Townsend…
SM112
Robert Burgelman, Lewis Fanger, Cecilia O'Reilly
2003
As of the first half of 2003, Universal Music Group (UMG), the world’s largest recording company, is a part of the troubled Vivendi Universal conglomerate. The company is the market leader in the recording industry, which is in the third year of a severe…
