Subject category:
Strategy and General Management
Published by:
Harvard Business Publishing
Version: 3 April 1995
Length: 25 pages
Data source: Field research
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Abstract
This case is accompanied by a Video Short that can be shown in class or included in a digital coursepack. Instructors should consider the timing of making the video available to students, as it may reveal key case details. Describes, in the words of its co-founder, the history of EnClean, an industrial and environmental services company, from its origins in 1984. The company grew rapidly and diversified into new businesses and new geographies both through acquisition and internally. It went public in 1989 but then suffered major losses in 1992 and 1993. The founder must now decide how to respond to a secret board ultimatum.; Enables students to evaluate and critique the development of a corporate strategy, to analyze the requirements in growing a multi-business operation, and to develop a plan of action for restructuring the company.
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Abstract
This case is accompanied by a Video Short that can be shown in class or included in a digital coursepack. Instructors should consider the timing of making the video available to students, as it may reveal key case details. Describes, in the words of its co-founder, the history of EnClean, an industrial and environmental services company, from its origins in 1984. The company grew rapidly and diversified into new businesses and new geographies both through acquisition and internally. It went public in 1989 but then suffered major losses in 1992 and 1993. The founder must now decide how to respond to a secret board ultimatum.; Enables students to evaluate and critique the development of a corporate strategy, to analyze the requirements in growing a multi-business operation, and to develop a plan of action for restructuring the company.