General Management

Case Solution for W.L. Gore: Culture of Innovation
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Case Name :      W.L. Gore: Culture of Innovation
Authors :           Jay Rao
Source:              Babson College
Case ID:             BAB698
Discipline :        General Management
Case Length :    17 pages
Solution sample availability : YES
Plagiarism : NO (100% Original work)
Description for case is given below :
This is a best practice case. The WLGore is a very successful firm and the case describes in detail the culture of the enterprise. WLGore differs from the mainstream enterprise in a number of ways -strategy, structure, ownership, leadership, and operations. This case allows the participants to delve into each of these elements and see how they are all consistent and reinforcing one another. The main focus of the case is its “culture of innovation.” Both “culture” and “innovation” are two items discussed and debated incessantly inside large organizations, but there is always confusion and clutter. This case was written with the sole purpose of shedding light and putting some concreteness around these slippery concepts. Please note that this case has been written entirely using publicly available material.

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Case Solution for Theo Chocolate
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Case Name :      Theo Chocolate
Authors :           Michael Cummings, Gary Ottley
Source:              Babson College
Case ID:             BAB692
Discipline :        General Management
Case Length :    29 pages
Solution sample availability : YES
Plagiarism : NO (100% Original work)
Description for case is given below :
Theo Chocolate, Inc. is a small start-up chocolate manufacturer struggling to establish brand recognition in the highly competitive branded gourmet chocolate segment. Theo’s unique value proposition, of being “the only organic, Fair-Trade, bean-to-bar chocolate factory in the United States,” drives its business. The company was started and operates under the premise that socially responsible business practices are cornerstones of its operations. Since its inception, Theo has built a loyal and growing following, especially in the Pacific Northwest region of the United States. Its first three years were spent building this customer base and forging a brand based on its value proposition and everyday business practices. However, despite steady improvements in all financial indicators, to date Theo had not been profitable – the company expected to break “into the black” in its fourth year. The case explores the challenges Joe Whinney and Debra Music (the Founder/CEO and VP of Sales and Marketing, respectively) face as they emerge from the first stage of the entrepreneurial venture. The key decision facing the company, and Debra in particular, is whether Theo can in fact afford to stay true to the strategy and value proposition that has defined its existence. It is trying to establish a unique brand in a marketplace that is dominated by large well-established competitors with significant resources at their disposal. It has not been profitable in doing so. The case provides students an opportunity to wrestle with very real issues that idealistic entrepreneurs face – compromising principles, brand-building, managing cash flow and planning for the future.

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Case Solution for Accounting for Liabilities: Lessons from the Exxon Valdez
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Case Name :      Accounting for Liabilities: Lessons from the Exxon Valdez
Authors :           Janice Bell, Heidemarie Lundblad, Avinash Arya
Source:              Babson College
Case ID:             BAB719
Discipline :        General Management
Case Length :    06 pages
Solution sample availability : YES
Plagiarism : NO (100% Original work)
Description for case is given below :
“This case addresses how to account for an environmental catastrophe from its initial stages to its conclusion, using the 20-year history of the Exxon Valdez oil spill as an illustration of the accounting disclosures required over time. The spill resulted in severe social, environmental, and economic damages to the Prince William Sound region and led to more than 20 years of litigation regarding the appropriate amount of damages to be paid by Exxon. The case has two parts. Part I addresses the question of whether a company has a responsibility to accrue and disclose a provision in its financial statements before a disaster occurs. Part II addresses accounting disclosures required in the aftermath of such a disaster. A student in intermediate accounting performs the role of an intern working at an international public accounting firm with clients who may be faced with incidents similar to Exxon’s, such as the British Petroleum Deepwater Horizon catastrophe in the Gulf of Mexico, in 2010. These incidents, whether they occur in the United States or elsewhere, may have significant financial, social, and environmental impacts; create uncertainty over payment amounts; and span years before final settlement. Students must research and write a memo that discusses how to account for such losses using the 20-year history of the Exxon Valdez event as a possible scenario. The research should include authoritative pronouncements in effect at the current date using U.S. generally accepted accounting principles (GAAP) and international financial reporting standards (IFRS). ”

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Case Solution for Sullivan Container
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Case Name :      Sullivan Container
Authors :           Michael Cummings, Robert Brewster
Source:              Babson College
Case ID:             BAB145
Discipline :        General Management
Case Length :    25 pages
Solution sample availability : YES
Plagiarism : NO (100% Original work)
Description for case is given below :
Sullivan Container operated both new industrial steel barrel production and the reconditioning of industrial steel drum and plastic containers in several plant locations in the United States. The firm operated in an industry with a checkered past, characterized by periods of price fixing and environmental problems. A new management team acquired the firm in 2007 and began revamping manufacturing practices and focusing on environmentally sustainable practices. Faced with the severe economic crisis in 2009, the firm continued to pursue sustainable practices, but now faces a critical question as investment costs in sustainable practices increase. The key question we explore is: Given the industry history, will build sustainable practices into their business model drive a customer’s Willingness to Pay? The case allows students to explore the challenges of creating a Willingness to Pay for aspects of value creation that may have no immediate positive effect on their customer’s internal operations.

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Case Solution for Deborah DiSanzo at Philips Medical (B)
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Case Name :      Deborah DiSanzo at Philips Medical (B)
Authors :           Nan S. Langowitz
Source:              Babson College
Case ID:             BAB126
Discipline :        General Management
Case Length :    02 pages
Solution sample availability : YES
Plagiarism : NO (100% Original work)
Description for case is given below :
This case series profiles the leadership transition of a rising executive at global corporation. In the A case Deborah DiSanzo is asked to take on a new assignment within Philips Medical Systems as general manager of the patient monitoring business, a highly profitable but low growth unit, and to leave behind the high growth cardiac resuscitation business where she has been an entrepreneurial leader. The challenge for DiSanzo in her new role is to create a vision for growth in an organization that has seen high turnover, has an entrenched senior team, and has already tasted high success. The case chronicles the ways in which DiSanzo re-aligns the organization around a new shared vision, provides insights into how to effectively navigate as a new leader, and how to drive organizational change and renewal. The brief B case shows the business unit is successfully growing, and in the process creating greater complexity. DiSanzo is faced anew with the challenge of mobilizing her larger team and keeping the excitement of her hard-earned vision tangible. Courses in which this case can be used include Strategy Implementation, Change Management, and Organizational Behavior and the case is suitable for use in both graduate and executive education contexts.

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Case Solution for Deborah DiSanzo at Philips Medical (A)
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Case Name :      Deborah DiSanzo at Philips Medical (A)
Authors :           Nan S. Langowitz
Source:              Babson College
Case ID:             BAB125
Discipline :        General Management
Case Length :    21 pages
Solution sample availability : YES
Plagiarism : NO (100% Original work)
Description for case is given below :
This case series profiles the leadership transition of a rising executive at global corporation. In the A case Deborah DiSanzo is asked to take on a new assignment within Philips Medical Systems as general manager of the patient monitoring business, a highly profitable but low growth unit, and to leave behind the high growth cardiac resuscitation business where she has been an entrepreneurial leader. The challenge for DiSanzo in her new role is to create a vision for growth in an organization that has seen high turnover, has an entrenched senior team, and has already tasted high success. The case chronicles the ways in which DiSanzo re-aligns the organization around a new shared vision, provides insights into how to effectively navigate as a new leader, and how to drive organizational change and renewal. The brief B case shows the business unit is successfully growing, and in the process creating greater complexity. DiSanzo is faced anew with the challenge of mobilizing her larger team and keeping the excitement of her hard-earned vision tangible. Courses in which this case can be used include Strategy Implementation, Change Management, and Organizational Behavior and the case is suitable for use in both graduate and executive education contexts.

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Case Solution for The Journey West: Expanding a Chinese Business to the U.S.
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Case Name :      The Journey West: Expanding a Chinese Business to the U.S.
Authors :           Donna Kelley, Zhu Hengyuan
Source:              Babson College
Case ID:             BAB250
Discipline :        General Management
Case Length :    15 pages
Solution sample availability : YES
Plagiarism : NO (100% Original work)
Description for case is given below :
Abstract: Fan Ye has opened a U.S. sales office for the company his father founded in China: Suns International, a manufacturer of electronic switches. While competition in China was based almost solely on cost, Fan knew this would not be enough to break into the U.S. market-particularly in Suns’ industry, where the cost of failure was high. Consequently, he decided to obtain the certifications needed to ensure Suns’ product would meet U.S. standards. This gamble paid off as Suns attracted OEM customers like Honeywell and Otis Elevator. A main issue and decision point in the case is triggered by Suns taking over the exclusive supply of foot switches to Grainger, a major electronics catalog. ProSwitch, a U.S.-based family business that lost the Grainger account to Suns, has asked to meet with Fan, presumably to talk about a possible cooperative relationship. Fan must now decide whether to compete or cooperate with ProSwitch and what approach to take in the meeting.

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Case Solution for Y&D Audio Warranty Policies: Accrual Estimates and Ethical Decision-Making
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Case Name :      Y&D Audio Warranty Policies: Accrual Estimates and Ethical Decision-Making
Authors :           Michael Fetters, Peter Wilson
Source:              Babson College
Case ID:             BAB164
Discipline :        General Management
Case Length :    08 pages
Solution sample availability : YES
Plagiarism : NO (100% Original work)
Description for case is given below :
This case raises a number of issues related to the exercise of managerial judgment in financial reporting. Specifically, the case requires students to estimate the warranty expense for a start-up company and requires the explicit consideration of the ethical issues that arise in the estimation process. Students are forced to consider the trade-offs that occur when estimating warranty expense: the impact on accounting earnings, materiality, income vs. cash flows, earnings management, ethical decision-making, and entrepreneurship. This case is excellent when used to introduce and discuss accrual accounting and the logic for estimating expenses. The case is used in the first year Financial Reporting course in the Babson MBA program after students have taken an on-line module in ethical decision-making. With the appendix, it is also used in the Babson undergraduate first-year course, Introduction to Financial Accounting. While an ethics-learning unit is not necessarily a pre-requisite for the case, students will need to have been exposed to the three philosophies of ethical thought referred to in the case (Duty, Consequences, and Character) and included as an appendix to the case.

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