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- 2008
- Text Book
Corporate Information Strategy and Management: Text and Cases
By: Robert D. Austin, Lynda M. Applegate and Deborah Soule
The 8th edition of Corporate Information Strategy and Management: Text and Cases is written for students and managers who desire an overview of contemporary information systems technology management. This new edition examines how information... View Details
- July 2008
- Case
Hilton Hotels: Brand Differentiation through Customer Relationship Management
By: Lynda M. Applegate, Gabriele Piccoli and Chekitan Dev
This case analyzes the Hilton Hotels Corporation's CRM strategy at a key juncture in its history, immediately after the firm has been taken private by Blackstone. The case provides students with a comprehensive history of the evolution and IT enablers of Hilton's CRM... View Details
- July 2008 (Revised July 2019)
- Case
Amazon: The Brink of Bankruptcy
Enables a thorough analysis of the Amazon.com business model and its evolution from 1994 to 2001. The case ends with the company poised on the brink of bankruptcy and enables discussion of how to turnaround the company and leverage proprietary assets. View Details
- May 2008
- Teaching Note
Crafting Business Models (TN)
Teaching Note for 808705 View Details
Keywords: Business Model
- May 2008
- Exercise
Stakeholder Analysis Tool
This exercise enables users to: identify stakeholders and analyze their interests and expectations; categorize interests and expectations based on importance; and develop an action plan. View Details
- May 2008
- Teaching Note
Urban Video Game Academy: Getting in the Game (TN)
Teaching Note for [807122]. View Details
- April 2008
- Class Lecture
Jumpstarting Entrepreneurial Innovation (FSS)
- March 2008 (Revised August 2008)
- Supplement
Medtronic Vision 2010 (CW)
By: Lynda M. Applegate and James Zeitler
- February 2008 (Revised September 2010)
- Case
LeapFrog Enterprises
By: Lynda M. Applegate and Elizabeth Collins
Explores the success factors leading to the company's rise to the number three ranking in the aggressively competitive toy industry. LeapFrog has made the strategic decision to expand beyond the toy industry and enter the educational technology and services industry.... View Details
- December 2007 (Revised January 2008)
- Case
Transforming Arizona's Health Care System: Developing and Implementing the Health-e Connection Roadmap
By: Lynda M. Applegate, Ajay Vinze, T.S. Raghu and Minu Ipe
Addresses the issues of leadership and change management in the process of transforming an industry through an innovative public-private partnership approach to policy making. In 2005, the Governor of Arizona issued an Executive Order to create a roadmap for the state... View Details
- August 2007
- Case
Satelite Distribuidora de Petroleo
By: Lynda M. Applegate and Andrea M.A.F. Minardi
Marcelo Alecrim, the owner of SAT, a gas distribution company in Brazil, envisioned many growth opportunities but lacked financial resources to pursue them. He was approaching an American private equity fund to raise money. Describes Alecrim's challenge in creating SAT... View Details
- 3 Aug 2007 - 8 Aug 2007
- Conference Presentation
Virtual Team Learning: Reflecting and Acting, Alone or With Others
By: Lynda M. Applegate and Deborah Soule
- August 2007
- Article
Doing Business in a Digital Ecosystem: Looking Back As We Look Ahead
Keywords: Technology
- August 2007
- Article
Exploiting Disruption to Jumpstart Innovation
- April 2007 (Revised March 2018)
- Case
M-TRONICS (A)
By: Joseph L. Bower and Lynda M. Applegate
The new CEO of a small manufacturing firm pursues growth through the launch of Entrepreneurial Subsidiaries. While the firm grows revenues from $600 million to over $2 billion in 10 years, problems surface as the subsidiaries are integrated into the established... View Details
- April 2007 (Revised November 2007)
- Background Note
M-TRONICS (B)
By: Joseph L. Bower and Lynda M. Applegate
- February 2007 (Revised August 2007)
- Case
Urban Video Game Academy: Getting in the Game
By: Lynda M. Applegate and Susan Saltrick
Urban Video Game Academy was founded to enhance the academic and career prospects of urban youth. How will its founder grow it into a sustainable business? Provides an opportunity to discuss the challenges of social entrepreneurship and how to create a sustainable... View Details
- January 2007 (Revised May 2008)
- Case
National Logistics Management: Founder Decisions
By: Lynda M. Applegate and Elizabeth Collins
Scott Taylor, CEO & founder of NLM, is a serial entrepreneur faced with an important decision. As his industry consolidates, he knows that his company must grow quickly, yet he believes he has reached the limit of what organic growth can achieve. Should he accept the... View Details
- December 2006 (Revised March 2007)
- Case
Worldwide Orphans Foundation
By: Lynda M. Applegate and Susan Saltrick
How does a small non-profit build its organization, funding, & visibility to become sustainable? Traces the history of Worldwide Orphans Foundation from its early days as little more than the dream of its impassioned founder, Dr. Jane Aronson, to a thriving global... View Details