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Stanford Graduate School of Business (USA)
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Sunbeam Corporation: Board Member Assessing Earnings Quality (B)
McNichols, M; Callan, CCase SGSB-A189B-EAccounting and ControlIt was June 9, 1998, and Charles Elson, a law professor and Director on Sunbeam’s Board, had just left a distressing Elson and the other outside directors met with outside legal and public relations advisors on June 13, 1998. After discussion of the events, the outside directors voiced that they had lost faith in Dunlap. They contacted the other directors and then called Dunlap to tell him he was terminated. Because of his apparent failure in ...Starting at €5.74
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Intuit's Health Business Health Insurance Solutions
Levav J; Kiessig A; Sigelman RLCase SGSB-E474-EEntrepreneurshipThe Intuit’s Small Business Health Insurance Solutions case details a failed product launch experiment by Intuit, an innovative software company. The case first delves into Intuit’s history and competitive position. Then, the case discusses Intuit’s “customer development” and product launch processes. The company diligently researched its most promising potential product opportunities, and ultimately held a very successful trial for a health i...Starting at €8.20
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Intuit's Health Business Health Insurance Solutions - Teaching note
Levav J; Kiessig A; Sigelman RLTeaching Note SGSB-E474TN-EEntrepreneurshipTeaching note for case E478Starting at €0.00
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Sunbeam Corporation: Board Member Assessing Earnings Quality (A)
McNichols, M; Callan, CCase SGSB-A189A-EAccounting and ControlIt was June 9It was June 9, 1998, and Charles Elson, a law professor and Director on Sunbeam?s Board, had just left a distressing board meeting. The board had met suddenly because, the previous day, Barron?s had published an article suggesting that Al Dunlap, CEO of Sunbeam, had been manufacturing earnings since he joined the company in July 1996. This disturbing article came shortly after other bad news. Two months earlier, on April 3, Sunbeam h...Starting at €8.20