December 1999
Case
HBS Case Collection

Sun Microsystems, Inc. (A1): "Dot-comming" the World: Philip Nenon on a Billion Dollar Bet

By: Rosabeth M. Kanter and Jane Roessner

Format:Print
| Pages:5

Abstract

A group at Sun Microsystems, Inc. proposed that a recent acquisition that made fault-tolerant computers for telecommunications was a major opportunity for Sun. If the board provided funding to expand the acquisition's portfolio of products and make them part of the mainstream Sun product line, it could generate a billion dollars within three to five years.

Keywords

Acquisition; Corporate Entrepreneurship; Governing and Advisory Boards; Motivation and Incentives; Expansion; Technology Industry

Citation

Kanter, Rosabeth M., and Jane Roessner. Sun Microsystems, Inc. (A1): "Dot-comming" the World: Philip Nenon on a Billion Dollar Bet. Harvard Business School Case 300-075, December 1999.