Stanford Graduate School of Business (USA)
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Sub-Micron Devices Inc.
Stefan Reichelstein, Tim BaldeniusCase SGSB-A170-EAccounting and ControlIn March 1996, the ASIC Division of Sub-Micron Devices received an inquiry from Western Digital: would ASIC be willing to supply 3,000,000 chips annually for a period of three years at a price of $40/chip? ASIC’s Controller, Gary Ravenport convened a meeting with Peter Parks, his assistant, to review the profitability of the Western Digital proposal.Starting at €8.20
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Silicon Valley Bank: The On-Call Associated Program
Soule, S; Drabkin, DCase SGSB-OB88-EInnovation and ChangeMelissa Stepanis, deal team leader for Silicon Valley Bank’s (SVB) New York tech lending group, had been on maternity leave. When she met with her manager to discuss her anticipated return to work, she was not ready to come back. Not wanting to make commitments that she might not be able to keep, she quit. For Chris Edmonds-Waters, SVB’s head of human resources, Stepanis’s somewhat unexpected departure was concerning. She was the latest exampl...Starting at €8.20