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- March 2002 (Revised May 2003)
- Case
Supply Chain Close-Up: The Video Vault
By: V.G. Narayanan and Lisa Brem
The owners of the Video Vault struggle to determine the optimal stocking levels of home videos in an industry fraught with new technology, new pricing paradigms, and stiff competitive pressure from large national chains. Teaching Purpose: To demonstrate the role of... View Details
- February 2002 (Revised December 2003)
- Case
H-E-B Own Brands
By: V. Kasturi Rangan and Marie Bell
H-E-B is a $9 billion grocery chain located in Southwest Texas. This case focuses on H-E-B's private label strategy, a product category that accounts for 19% of H-E-B's sales and one that earns gross margins 50% higher than national brands. A leader in its markets,... View Details
- January 2002 (Revised January 2003)
- Case
Finova Group, Inc. (A), The
By: Stuart C. Gilson and Perry Fagan
Finova Group, a $14 billion commercial finance company, filed for Chapter 11 in early March 2001, in what was one of the largest U.S. bankruptcy filings of all time and the largest corporate bond default since the Great Depression. While in Chapter 11, Finova became... View Details
- January 2002 (Revised November 2010)
- Case
Strategic Planning at NFTE
By: Allen S. Grossman and Daniel F. Curran
The National Foundation for Teaching Entrepreneurship (NFTE), is a successful nonprofit poised on the verge of explosive growth. The senior management contracted with McKinsey consultants to help guide the process. The founders of NFTE brought it from a small program... View Details
- January 2002 (Revised April 2002)
- Case
Space Data Corporation
By: Alan D. MacCormack and Jay Wynn
Space Data Corp. plans to partner with the U.S. National Weather Service to place transceivers on weather balloons and thereby create a national mobile communications network. The company is in the late development stages and is planning to launch a regional test that... View Details
- January 2002 (Revised June 2003)
- Case
Abelli and Saviotti at Banca Commerciale Italiana (A)
By: Tiziana E. Casciaro, Kathleen L. McGinn and Massimiliano Belingheri
In 1999, a powerful struggle amidst complex corporate and interpersonal networks led to the failed merger between Banca Commerciale Italiana and Unicredito Italiano--two of Italy's largest banking groups. This case analyzes the actions of Abelli and Saviotti, co-CEOs... View Details
- September 2001 (Revised October 2018)
- Case
DIENA
By: Robert Simons and Indra Reinbergs
Requires students to draw a new organization structure diagram for a rapidly evolving business. A/S DIENA is a newspaper publisher founded during Latvia's 1990/91 struggle for independence from the USSR with a clear social mission to support democracy. With the help of... View Details
- July 2001 (Revised June 2005)
- Case
Japan: Beyond the Bubble
By: Richard H.K. Vietor and Rebecca Evans
By the summer of 2001, Japan's economy had been generally stagnant for nearly 10 years--since the collapse of the bubble economy in 1990-91. The development strategy that drove the nation during earlier decades was fulfilled, and by 1989 Japan's GDP per capita exceeded... View Details
- March 2001
- Case
FIRST: For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology
Describes some strategic and financial issues confronting the founder and executive director of a not-for-profit organization dedicated to improving awareness of and interest in science and technology among elementary and high school students. The organization sponsors... View Details
- February 2001 (Revised December 2002)
- Case
Marshall Field and the Rise of the Department Store
By: Nancy F. Koehn
Analyzes Marshall Field's efforts to develop a market for mass retailing in late 19th-century Chicago. Examines Chicago's expansion in the 1860s and, within this context, how Field struck out on his own to, build a wholesale and retail business. Concentrates on the... View Details
- September 2000 (Revised October 2002)
- Case
National Logistics Management
By: Lynda M. Applegate, Mary Rotelli and Kristin Kohler
National Logistics Management (NLM), a third-party logistics company, is a successful, profitable business that provides a more cost-effective and efficient means to expedite premium freight. With the logistics landscape changing, NLM's market niche is threatened. Can... View Details
- August 2000
- Case
Project ACHIEVE - January 2000
By: H. Kent Bowen and Elizabeth Kind
Education services target public schools to assist the school with technology and services that will improve their communication with students, parents, and the community. There is also the goal of increasing scores of measured learning. How does a small company do... View Details
- 2000
- Book
Globalization and Growth: Cases in National Economic Strategies
By: R. H.K. Vietor and R. E. Kennedy
- 2000
- Manual
Globalization and Growth: Cases in National Economic Strategies - Teaching Manual
By: Robert E. Kennedy and Richard H. K. Vietor
- September 1999
- Case
New Zealand: The Wonder Down Under
By: Willis M. Emmons III and Kevin W. W. Glasgow
Long regarded as the most extensive welfare state among the world's industrialized nations, New Zealand embarked on a strategy of radical economic reform/liberalization following a severe foreign exchange crisis in 1984. This case examines the initial reform strategy... View Details
- April 1999 (Revised September 2000)
- Case
Interep National Radio Sales, Inc.
By: Benson P. Shapiro, Stephen X. Doyle and Wade Myers
Interep must mobilize sales information technology, organizational structures, and sales management processes to protect and enhance its strong position as a radio advertising sales firm. Opportunities and risks are high in this complex, rapidly changing sales agency... View Details
- April 1999 (Revised June 1999)
- Case
1-800 Buy Ireland
By: Willis M. Emmons III, Adele S. Cooper and J. Richard Lenane
After decades of poor economic performance, the Irish government adopted major changes in economic policy in 1987. By the end of the 1990s, Ireland's real GDP growth rate of almost 10% per year exceeds that of all member nations of the European Union (EU). A key... View Details
- March 1999
- Case
City of Charlotte (B)
By: Robert S. Kaplan
This case shows how two operating departments-transportation and police-translate the high-level corporate scorecard for the city into departmental balanced scorecards. The transportation department follows a highly structured approach designed to link initiatives... View Details
- December 1998
- Case
NHL 1998: "The Coolest Game in Nagano"
By: Stephen A. Greyser and Kirk A. Goldman
Explores the National Hockey League's participation in the 1998 Winter Olympics, for which a "winter break" was taken from the regular schedule. The benefits and risks associated with the NHL's Olympic participation are one specific focus. In addition, the case address... View Details
- December 1998
- Case
Australian Wheat Board Limited.: Becoming a Grower-owned Corporation
By: Ray A. Goldberg, Carin-Isabel Knoop and Cate Reavis
In July 1999, the Australian Wheat Board (AWB), a statutory national and international grain marketing organization, would become grower-owned. As a private corporation, the AWB would no longer receive government borrowing guarantees and would have to rely on its own... View Details