Strategy CaseWorks Abstracts
Fall 2008

Organizational Change: The DVP>C Formula

Paul Ingram

This case serves as a supplement to the video "Wolfgang Bernhard and the Heart of Change," illustrating how to implement successful organizational change.

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The Craft of Coaching

Michael W. Morris

Coaching, as a leadership style, helps employees to develop strategies for solving problems and achieving personal growth. This case presents a framework for efficient, effective coaching.

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Blow: The New York Blow Dry Bar

Clifford Schorer

Should Blow, an innovative New York blow dry bar, focus on opening new salons or on expanding distribution of the company's product line?

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Fall 2009

Phelps Dodge 2005

Bruce Greenwald

Should Phelps Dodge invest in a new copper mine, paying high cost for increased production?

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Fall 2009

NICE Systems Ltd.

Nachum Sicherman

How should NICE Systems Ltd. price its business solutions?

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Fall 2009

Eli Lilly: A Strategy for Developing Companies

Jerry Kim
Bruce Kogut

What strategy would lead Eli Lilly on a course that would meet both its social enterprise and its revenue goals?

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Fall 2009

Strategy Formulation and Competitive Advantage

Stephan Meier
Bruce Kogut
Felix Oberholzer-Gee

This note uses the framework of a Value-based strategy model to discuss how a company can attain sustainable and superior profits.

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Summer 2009

The Sports Museum of America

Jeffrey A. Harris

This two-part, multi-media case discusses the proposal of a for-profit sports museum in New York City. As with most early stage businesses this venture requires raising equity capital to support the development and implementation of the concept. What are the important variables to evaluate to ascertain whether this proposed new business will provide attractive returns for new equity investors?

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Fall 2009

Getting in Tune: VentureMath

Jeffrey A. Harris

Sergeant, Pepper & Co., a New York-based venture capital firm, is considering investing in a start-up jewelry retailer which sells products named after music legends. As part of their financial analysis, the venture firm needs to perform a variety of sensitivity analyses to better understand the rewards of different funding structures and valuations.

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