Family Business System Action Planning Worksheet
Help them think critically about intermediaries and barriers to achieving goals and preparing for changes in the family business system.
Strategic planning
Starting Small, Reaching High (B)
In the early 1980s, the Missouri Director of Early Childhood Education launched a novel parenting education pilot project aimed at increasing children’s readiness for kindergarten and promoting family well-being by dispatching specially trained educators in monthly home visits to care for parents and help promote their babies’ early development. . In 1985, when an evaluation …
Jefferson County (D): February of 2008
Jefferson County, Alabama, is facing a mandate from the EPA that requires updating its sewer system. How will you finance the updates? What are the consequences?
Seeking Neighborhood Revitalization in Philadelphia: Using Tax Credits to Link the Private and Nonprofit Sectors
In this case, the connection between public goals, the revitalization of Philadelphia’s crisis neighborhoods, and nonprofits is conveyed through an unusual vehicle. A Pennsylvania state tax credit program is designed to direct funds from private for-profit corporations to community community groups. The case describes the first five years of what is known as the Philadelphia …
Coastal Ventures Limited Partnership: Balancing a Sustainable Investment Strategy with a Social Mission
Nat Henshaw, president of CEI Ventures Inc. (CVI), a subsidiary of the nonprofit Coastal Enterprises Inc. (CEI), participated in a balancing act. He was the manager of a for-profit venture capital fund, Coastal Ventures Limited Partnership (CVLP), with a social mission that valued quality jobs, employee involvement, and environmental awareness. Henshaw and his board of …
Wilderness Safaris: Ecotourism Entrepreneurship
Wilderness Safaris sees itself as a nature conservation company that is built on a business model of offering high-quality wildlife safaris at superior prices in various locations in Africa. It relies on the functioning of healthy ecosystems for its long-term viability as a business and invests heavily in conservation efforts, both directly with communities and …
Turning Around Alcan Europe (B): Patrick Rich’s Two Years as CEO-Europe
Follows the efforts of Patrick Rich, CEO of Alcan Europe, to put the company in a stable and profitable position after losing $ 120 million in 1982 Mechanisms to achieve a reasonable level of independence and coordination between subsidiaries maintain savings and capital constraints and eventually achieve an adequate organizational structure. There are two videotapes …
RKO Warner Video, Inc.: Incentive Compensation Plan
Describes the design and implementation of a bonus plan for video store managers. The problem for the chain’s top management is getting store managers to “push themselves”, keep business orderly and organized, and be courteous and efficient with customers. The design of the bonus plan is simple: Instead of trying to measure the neatness of …
Charles Schwab & Co. Inc. (B): In 2003
It examines the challenges and opportunities faced by Charles Schwab in 2003. The company is a leading brokerage firm, but the entire industry has experienced a severe recession in recent years. Schwab has made a name for itself as a discount broker and has grown tremendously in the 1990s, primarily due to the successful introduction …
The Privatization of Light-Servicos de Electricidade, SA: Preparing the Terms of Sale
In 1996, the Brazilian government tried to sell the large federally owned electricity distributor in Rio de Janeiro to private investors. Rio Light’s competitive auction was announced as a test of the entire Brazilian privatization program, which had been criticized in the national and international press for its slowness and lack of results. As the …