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Stanford Graduate School of Business (USA)
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Dr. Robert Pearl and the Permanente Medical Group Of Northern California: A Lesson in Strategic Leadership
Burgelman, Robert; Shafir, ZivCase SGSB-SM333-EStrategyDr. Robert Pearl, newly elected as CEO in 1999, faced a massive new challenge: saving Kaiser Permanente from imminent bankruptcy. From 1999 to 2017, Dr. Pearl transformed Kaiser Permanente from a dysfunctional organization to one of the largest and most lauded in the U.S. Dr. Pearl strategically shifted the organization from the lowest-cost provider to one with superior quality and service at a competitive price. He achieved this goal by applyin...Starting at €6.75
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Bumble
Weaver, Graham; Feldhausen, Erika; Mansfield, ImogenCase SGSB-E733-EEntrepreneurshipThis case details the various challenges that Whitney Wolfe Herd faced in starting and scaling Bumble. The case explores critical decisions that Wolfe Herd had to make, including which investors to raise money from, how to pitch her ‘women message first’ dating app to the group of male engineers who could build it, and how to make leadership and reporting line changes as the company scaled.Starting at €6.75
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Target: Creating a Data-Driven Product Management Organization
Siegel, Robert; Kingbo, DavidCase SGSB-SM308 Spanish VersionStrategyAs retail shopping has changed with the rise of e-commerce, Target Corporate, one of the largest retail stores in the United States, made the strategic decision to invest in developing a core data science and technology team to remain competitive in its physical and online shopping experiences. The company hired a team of technologists who initially worked at enhancing the company’s digital and mobile solutions, but soon began influencing the com...Starting at €6.75
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A Note on Valuation of Venture Capital Deals
Hellmann, ThomasCase SGSB-E95 Spanish VersionEntrepreneurshipThe note discusses some of the fundamental issues of valuation in venture capital deals. The topics discussed are not necessarily limited to venture capital backed companies, but they frequently surface in entrepreneurial companies that are financed either by venture capitalists or other private equity investors. The note has five sections: (1) introduces the so-called venture capital method, (2) examines the problem of determining the terminal v...Starting at €6.75
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Recursos Humanos en AES Corporation: el Caso del Departamento Ausente
Dee, T. D.; Pfeffer, JeffreyCase SGSB-HR3ESLeadership and People ManagementAES desarrolla y opera plantas de energía eléctrica en todo el mundo y, a fines de 1996, tiene aproximadamente 20,000 empleados. Pero, la corporación no tiene personal de recursos humanos, ya sea en la sede corporativa en Arlington, VA, o en cualquiera de sus instalaciones operativas. Además, la compañía tiene muy poco personal centralizado, poca o ninguna planificación estratégica, ningún departamento ambiental y casi ningún personal legal. La p...Starting at €6.75
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The Intel Incubation Program: Disruption Inside
O'Reilly, Charles; Melvin, SheilaCase SGSB-OB105-ELeadership and People ManagementIntel established the Emerging Growth and Incubation (EGI) Group in 2018 with a charter to build a disruptive innovation engine. The EGI Group was seen as essential-even existential-for Intel to expand beyond its core business, find new ways to add significant value to the company, and once again be perceived as an engine of growth. Given Intel’s size and the perceived urgency of the need for growth, it was decided that EGI would incubate only ...Starting at €6.75
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LiveRamp in 2020
Siegel, Robert; Strabo, JackCase SGSB-E741-EEntrepreneurshipThe LiveRamp in 2020 case follows the story of Anneka Gupta as she rises from one of LiveRamp’s first product managers to president and head of products and platforms, responsible for overseeing the company’s product, engineering, marketing, and general and administrative functions.Starting at €6.75
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The Rise of Mercado Libre
Barnett, William; Johnson, Christy; Mekikian, GaryCase SGSB-IB109-EFinanceMarcos Galperin, a graduate of Stanford Graduate School of Business, founded Mercado Libre in 1999 with a vision to build an e-commerce company focused on serving the nascent but fast- growing Spanish and Portuguese-speaking markets in Latin America. In the spirit of a Silicon Valley start-up, the company was started in a garage in Buenos Aires. By 2006, Mercado Libre hosted the largest online trading platform in Latin America. Just prior to th...Starting at €6.75
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Cumplo in 2019: Regulated Growth Across the Americas
Ciesinski, Stephen; Rosen, Howard; Kavanaugh, BlakeCase SGSB-E707-EEntrepreneurshipNico Shea founded Cumplo in 2011 to enable peer-to-peer lending for consumers before changing the company’s focus to small-to-medium businesses (SMBs). Cumplo was a financial technology (“fintech”) company that provided a platform for SMBs applying for a loan to be matched with investors willing to fund that loan. The platform further differentiated itself among SMBs by allowing companies to use unpaid invoices as collateral. Despite significant ...Starting at €6.75
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U. S. Health Care Reform
Casey, Katherine; Shotts, Kenneth; Johnson, ChristyCase SGSB-P102-EStrategyThis case reviews the path to the passage of the Affordable Care Act, and the subsequent efforts that have been undertaken to repeal it. It focuses on the role of the government and interest groups in shaping policy.Starting at €6.75
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