This is the last case in a series that is appropriate for entrepreneurship and small-business management courses. At issue is how to balance personal financial needs of stockholders in a family business with the business's need for capital. The problems of how to include family shareholders who...

This is the third case in a series that is appropriate for courses in entreneurship and small-business managment. It presents common issues that often arise in situations regarding the choice of a successor to run the family business, including the founder's reluctance to "let go," sibling...

Appropriate for use in courses on entrepreneurship, operations management, and managing a small business. Due to the cost, the CEO of Sammy Snacks is not happy with the board's proposal that a sales manager be hired to focus full-time on wholesale sales to individual retail stores. But the board...

Appropriate for entrepreneurship, operations management, and managing small businesses courses. This case presents management challenge of how to grow a business with limited resources and options. It examines the task of managing a potential sixfold increase in revenue and the management risks...

This case is suitable for courses in entrepreneurship and managing small or family business. It is a follow up to the ENT-0123 case and raises further issues about family demands for larger dividends, family business investing in family member businesses, whether family members should have a way...

This case is appropriate for teaching entrepreneurship, finance, marketing, ethics and strategy courses. It raises issues about matching the pace of growth with available cash flow and whether or not the absentee owner should guarantee bank financing or bring in a private equity partner that...

This case series explores the leadership story of director Mark O'Neill as he oversees a major innovation initiative at Kelvingrove, Scotland's most visited museum. The A case describes his background, philosophy, and the actions he takes over a period of more than a decade to win the support of...

The "Strategic Conversations at Suncorp Commercial Insurance" case series examines the actions taken by the senior executives of the Australian-based Suncorp Commercial Insurance, working with strategy consultant 2nd Road, to build an aligned and committed workforce following a difficult merger...

The "Strategic Conversations at Suncorp Commercial Insurance" case series examines the actions taken by the senior executives of the Australian-based Suncorp Commercial Insurance, working with strategy consultant 2nd Road, to build an aligned and committed workforce following a difficult merger...

Dell clung to the top spot among PC makers in 2006, when it shipped just over 38 million computers -- only about 20,000 more than rival Hewlett-Packard (HP), which acquired Compaq in 2001. HP also reported gains in the fast-growing laptop segment, mostly at the expense of Dell. After HP and...