MBA business cases
Twelve MBA cases on M&A, expansion and restructuring across technology, consumer and manufacturing.
Role AnalystWhen Carnegie Mellon MBATeam Individual and team cases
Across my MBA I wrote twelve cases, each asking what an executive should decide with incomplete information. They were AirThread, Alfie, Blaine Kitchenware, Comcast, Eaton, Gucci, MoGen, MW Petroleum, Target, Tesla, Walt Disney and Wintel. The industries include technology, consumer products, media, luxury retail, energy and manufacturing. The questions include whether to acquire a company, how to enter a new market and how to restructure a business that is losing ground.
How I approached them
Every case went the same way. I stated the decision, then built the numbers, usually a valuation or a financial model, so the recommendation had a price. I checked it against what the company is good at and what competitors would do. Then I wrote it up so an executive could read it in a few minutes, usually as a short memo or deck with the main risk stated up front.
Why I include them
Product work rarely has the full data, and almost every product decision has a financial and an organizational side. These cases are where I practiced weighing them together. They’re also where I learned to put the answer first and the analysis behind it, which is how I write now.
Open any of them below.
AirThread
Alfie
Blaine Kitchenware
Comcast
Eaton
Gucci
MoGen
MW Petroleum
Target
Tesla
Walt Disney
Wintel
