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Black Iris Systems
Dodson, DCase SGSB-E492-EEntrepreneurshipThe Black Iris Systems vignette describes a brief scenario where the CEO of Black Iris Systems, Malcolm Briggs, receives opposing emails from two of his board members re: their differing points of view about their participation in the board. The scenario causes him to evaluate the role of board members and his goals for the organization.Starting at €8.20
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Donatella, LLC
Dodson, DCase SGSB-E493-EEntrepreneurshipDonatella, LLC will be losing a key board member in about two years, and the current board members must work to find a new member to replace him with someone with similar operational experience. After finding Peter Jeter, the company struggles with how to pay him, as detailed in an email chain between the board of directors. Sara Johnson, Donatella’s CEO, becomes stuck in a situation of choosing to overpay this new board member, upset her board m...Starting at €8.20
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Search Funds - 2013: Selected Observations
Dodson, D; Kelly, P; Grousbeck, I; Rosenthal, S; Luther, JCase SGSB-E521-EEntrepreneurshipSince 1996, the Center for Entrepreneurial Studies (CES) at the Stanford Graduate School of Business has conducted a series of studies on the performance of search funds. This study, as well as its predecessors, has endeavored to gather data and gain insight into all known search funds. Each of these studies portrays the aggregate characteristics of search funds, presents their principals’ backgrounds, and evaluates the investment returns gener...Starting at €8.20
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A Note on Getting the Most Out of Your Board Meetings
Dodson, D; Pohlmeyer, SCase SGSB-E631-EEntrepreneurshipIn your first year as chief executive officer (CEO), you will encounter a host of management challenges and opportunities—all of which can be navigated more skillfully if you can tap into the insights and perspectives of a handful of seasoned operators and investors. For this reason, your board can have a significant impact on the company’s performance. Unfortunately, CEOs often get far less value out of their boards in the first few years than...Starting at €8.20
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Logitech (A) Paso del testigo a un director general externo
Davila A; Oyon DCase SGSB-A175AESAccounting and ControlLogitech International era un fabricante líder de ratones y otros dispositivos para controlar computadoras, incluidas las cámaras de PC. En 1998, el nuevo CEO se enteró de que la unidad de negocio Quickcam de Connectix estaba a la venta, una oferta que los fundadores rechazaron porque la tecnología no era tan buena como la cámara Web internamente desarrollada de Logitech, y comprar un producto inferior no era una ventaja. El CEO pensó que volver ...Starting at €8.20
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Logitech (A) Passing the Baton to an External CEO
Davila A; Oyon DCase SGSB-A175A-EAccounting and ControlLogitech International was a leading maker of mice and other devices for controlling computers, including PC cameras. In 1998, the new CEO learned that the Quickcam business unit of Connectix was for sale, an offer the founders had rejected because the technology was not as good as Logitech’s internally developed Web camera, and purchasing an inferior product was not seen as an advantage. The CEO thought that reassessing this acquisition was a ...Starting at €8.20
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Nashton Partners
Dodson, D; Hornblower, JCase SGSB-E422-EEntrepreneurshipThis case follows the story of Jay Davis and Jason Pananos, classmates from Harvard Business School who started a search fund, Nashton Partners. The case covers their decision to launch a search fund, their investment objectives and goals, and then the search process over a two-year period. The core of the case discusses two specific acquisition opportunities the fund is considering – United Energy Services and Vector Disease Control Inc. Ther...Starting at €8.20
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2016 Search Fund Study: Selected Observations
Kelly, P; Dodson, D; Grousheck, IH; Pohlmeyer, S; Rosenthal, SCase SGSB-E605-EEntrepreneurshipSince 1996, the Center for Entrepreneurial Studies (CES) at the Stanford Graduate School of Business (GSB) has conducted a series of studies on the performance of search funds. These studies endeavor to gather data and gain insight into all known search funds. The studies aggregate the characteristics of search funds, present their principals’ backgrounds, and evaluate the investment returns generated by first-time search funds to their origina...Starting at €8.20
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Logitech (B) Passing the Baton to an External CEO
Davila A; Oyon DCase SGSB-A175B-EAccounting and ControlLogitech International was a leading maker of mice and other devices for controlling computers, including PC cameras. In 1998, the new CEO learned that the Quickcam business unit of Connectix was for sale, an offer the founders had rejected because the technology was not as good as Logitech’s internally developed Web camera, and purchasing an inferior product was not seen as an advantage. The CEO thought that reassessing this acquisition was a ...Starting at €5.74
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Eyewitness Survillance
Dodson, DCase SGSB-E523-EEntrepreneurshipThe Eyewitness Surveillance case tells the story of Rush Arnold and RT McCloy, friends who met while studying at Wharton, who raise a search fund under the name Channelstone Partners. In the fall of 2010, after having spent two-thirds of their search fund capital and reviewed over 200 companies, they came across Eyewitness Surveillance, a company specializing in the use of video technology to protect the assets of car dealerships. Eyewitness’ c...Starting at €8.20