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Apple A
Mary M. Crossan; William T. WatsonCase IVEY-9B12M027-EEntrepreneurship, Leadership and People Management, StrategyThe Apple A and B cases provide two different perspectives on the evolution of the computer and electronics firm Apple and are designed to evoke debate about models of strategy, organization, and leadership. The A case presents the story of Apple from a hindsight rational analytic perspective in which students are able to apply a variety of models about strategy, organization, leadership, and innovation. The B case presents a more nuanced, critic...Starting at €8.20
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Enbridge Michigan Oil Spill: Patrick Daniel's Challenge (B)
Gerard Seijts; William T. WatsonCase IVEY-9B12C040-ELeadership and People ManagementThis is a supplement to Enbridge Michigan Oil Spill: Patrick Daniel's Challenge (A), 9B12C039.Starting at €5.74
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Apple B
Mary M. Crossan; William T. WatsonCase IVEY-9B12M028-EEntrepreneurship, Leadership and People Management, StrategyThis case is a supplement to Apple A.Starting at €8.20
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Tapestry Networks
Ramanna, Karthik; Shaffer, MatthewCase HBS-114051-EAccounting and ControlTapestry Networks assembled industry leaders and their regulators in small, private meetings to build new frameworks for pressing regulatory challenges. Tapestry's motivating principle was to reimagine solutions to complex problems (e.g., drug-approval standards) in ways that created a win-win for firms and society. Tapestry meetings on bank-governance standards-initiated after the 2008-2009 Financial Crisis-had experienced some success in rebuil...Starting at €8.20
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Apple A (Spanish version)
Mary M. Crossan; William T. WatsonCase IVEY-9B12MS027Entrepreneurship, Leadership and People Management, StrategyThe Apple A and B cases provide two different perspectives on the evolution of the computer and electronics firm Apple and are designed to evoke debate about models of strategy, organization, and leadership. The A case presents the story of Apple from a hindsight rational analytic perspective in which students are able to apply a variety of models about strategy, organization, leadership, and innovation. The B case presents a more nuanced, critic...Starting at €8.20
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Apple B (Spanish version)
Mary M. Crossan; William T. WatsonCase IVEY-9B12MS028Entrepreneurship, Leadership and People Management, StrategyThis case is a supplement to Apple A.Starting at €8.20
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Cree, Inc.: Which Bright Future
Collis, David J.; Furey, Mary; Shaffer, MatthewCase HBS-711457-EStrategyAfter its founding in the late 1980s, Cree Inc. quickly grew into a major player in the emerging LED market. By 2007, technological improvements in LEDs had made them suitable for TV, computer, and mobile "backlighting"; and concerns over global warning led to calls to shift to more energy-efficient sources of general lighting (which favored LEDs, as they were far more efficient than the traditionally-dominant incandescents). In this context, Cre...Starting at €8.20
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Enbridge Michigan Oil Spill: Patrick Daniel's Challenge (A)
Gerard Seijts; William T. WatsonCase IVEY-9B12C039-ELeadership and People ManagementIn 2010, approximately 20,000 barrels of oil being shipped south by Enbridge spilled into Michigan’s Talmadge Creek, contaminating wetlands around Battle Creek and the nearby county seat of Marshall, including a stretch of the Kalamazoo River. The timing of the incident could not have been worse. The pipeline had been carrying controversial tar sands oil at a time when Enbridge and its competitors were seeking to greatly expand their pipeline net...Starting at €8.20
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Taking Dell Private
Collis, David J.; Yoffie, David B.; Shaffer, MatthewCase HBS-714421-EStrategyTo maximize their effectiveness, color cases should be printed in color. In July 2012, Michael Dell, CEO and founder of Dell, Inc., met with a representative of Silver Lake Partners to explore taking his company private. The company, which he had founded in his dorm room as a college freshman and which had made him the youngest Fortune 500 CEO in history, had been the market leader in PC sales in the early 2000s. In recent years, however, the com...Starting at €8.20
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Nasty Gals Do It Better
Collis, David J.; Chang, Diane; Shaffer, Matthew; Hartman, AshleyCase HBS-715412-EStrategyIn 2006, Sophia Amoruso started Nasty Gal, an eBay boutique selling vintage clothes. With a strong sense of style and personality, Amoruso poured herself into building the brand and developing relationships with her customers - typically the slightly edgy 18-24 year old. The company had grown since that time into a multi-category retailer, expanding into third party clothing, accessories and its own private label. Its explosive growth was one of ...Starting at €8.20