Case Study Questions - Gordon Biersch

CASE STUDY II QUESTIONS

Entrepreneurship II

Gordon Biersch (Revised Questions)

1. What are the key success factors of Gordon Biersch’s success?

2. Do you have any concerns for the company looking ahead?

3. What should Dan and Dean do regarding the organizational alternatives?

4. What is your evaluation of their expansion plans? What has been the impact of growth on their firm?

5. What is your assessment of the three alternatives of financing they need?

Dan Gordon

What does Dan need to do if he wants to reach the growth objectives that have been set for the company? In order to help you answer this question, use your imagination and create the following scenario:

“If I were told that the company had reached its goals for 19992 and was operating successfully, what exactly would I look for if I went out to study the company, and what would I expect to find?

Please describe, in as much detail as you can imagine, how Dan should be managing the business in 1992.

▪ What are the strategic and operating issues? Organizing issues? Human Resource Issues? Budgeting system issues?

▪ How do you envision him spending his time?

▪ What tools, techniques, systems, structure, etc. will be required and helpful?

▪ What skills will he need to succeed?

This series of questions should allow you to imaging what the future state should look like. Having don so, ask yourself how to get there, and examine what you anticipate as the key challenges along this path.

Dragonfly Corporation (Revised)

Assess Dragonfly’s situation: Operating, financial, operating performance, and legal

1. Are the Thompsons “morally obligated” to make good on their payments to the landlord?

2. Evaluate the option of bankruptcy?

3. Is it worth it?

4. What will happen in the event of forced bankruptcy?

5. What caused Dragonfly’s problems?

6. Assess the threat of involuntary bankruptcy.

7. Why would the Hepburns reclassify debt as...