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Severance, Kristi
Marge Norman and Miniscribe Corporation
Werhane, Patricia H. Wicks, Andrew C. Sack, Robert J. Severance, Kristi Williams, Leslie Mead, Jenny
C-2168 | Published May 20, 2003 | 12 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
This case details the rise of a hard-disk storage manufacturer in the mid-1980s and the company's demise after executives manipulated the financial information. Read More
MiniScribe Corporation
Sack, Robert J. Severance, Kristi Johnson, K. Roger
C-2139 | Published February 24, 1998 | 29 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
MiniScribe manufactured disk drives for personal computers. It stumbled during an industry shake, but was rescued by a turnaround specialist. The turnaround appeared to be spectacular, but it was only... Read More
W. R. Grace & Co. and the Neemix Patent (A)
Werhane, Patricia H. Spiro, Lisa Severance, Kristi
E-0157 | Published June 10, 1997 | 11 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
Neemix is a natural biopesticide developed by W. R. Grace from the neem tree, which is indigenous to rural India. Because of its medicinal and religious use by rural Indians for more than 1,000 years,... Read More
W. R. Grace & Co. and the Neemix Patent (B)
Werhane, Patricia H. Spiro, Lisa Severance, Kristi
E-0158 | Published March 22, 1997 | 1 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
The B case describes W. R. Grace's sale of the Neemix Division to Ecotek and the continuing activist movement that questions the patentability of indigenous products such as Neemix. See also the A cas... Read More