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Stanford Graduate School of Business (USA)
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Part I: Uber in Sao Paulo
Callander, Steven; Orleans, Amadeus; Cojj, Jeff; Varjao, CarlosCase SGSB-P81C-EEconomicsThis case recounts Uber’s experience in four cities at different points in time. This approach offers a way to examine Uber’s strategy for market entry and evaluate the performance of that strategy in these four cities, as well as elsewhere in the world. The cases included here help frame the discussion on the future of Uber’s expansion, and extract lessons for how a firm can successfully navigate the beyond-market business environment.Starting at €8.20
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Global Climate Coorperation and Conflict: Brazil and the Paris Agreement
Clark, Richard; Gaikwad, Nikhar; Scheve, KennethCase SGSB-P98-EEconomicsIt is March 2019, and Jair Bolsonaro, Brazil’s newly elected president, is deciding what to do about Brazil’s participation in the 2016 Paris Agreement on climate change. Bolsonaro must weigh the economic and political costs and benefits of taking drastic action to curb environmentalism and environmental protections in Brazil. Exiting from the Paris Agreement would provide far greater freedom to reboot Brazil’s economy, which is one of Bolsonaro’...Starting at €8.20
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The Political Economy of Ethanol Policy in the U.S. and Brazil
Casey, Katherine; Johnson, ChristyCase SGSB-P103-EStrategyThis case focuses on the political economy of ethanol policy in the United States and Brazil. The cases outlines policies put in place by the governments of the United States and Brazil to bolster the ethanol industry and the role of politics and interest groups.Starting at €8.20
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Digital Transformation in Latin America: A Leapfrogging Opportunity? (Portuguese Version)
Monteiro, L. Felipe; Rozman, Gabriel; Carrick, Anne-MarieCase INSEAD-6358PT-PPStrategyThe case presents the “leapfrogging” opportunities for Latin America brought by the digital revolution and innovation. It examines the region’s economic and commercial achievements made possible by the huge penetration of mobile vs fixed broadband. In addition, digital transformation is helping to address social issues such as financial exclusion, unemployment and healthcare. Also, by improving transparency in the system, digital has the potentia...Starting at €8.20
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A Blue Ocean Shift from Insolvency to Excellence in Higher Education: Turning around the Universidad Privada Boliviana - A Reflection on My Journey to Blue Ocean (Spanish Version)
W. Chan Kim, Renee Mauborgne, Manuel Olave, Michael OlenickCase INSEAD-6460StrategyLa Universidad Privada Boliviana (UPB), fue fundada en 1993. No mucho después, a finales de la década de los 90, estallaron disturbios civiles con cocaleros luchando contra la policía en las calles fuera del campus, estudiantes y profesores huyeron, el presidente se retiró y la UPB se declaró insolvente funcionalmente. Manuel Olave fue contratado como rector (presidente) en 1999 para salvar la escuela de las dificultades. Olave se dio cuenta de q...Starting at €8.20
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Repsol and YPF (A): A Perfect Marriage?
Shotts, K; Casey, K; Melvin, SCase SGSB-P90A-EEconomicsBack in 1999, the Spanish oil company Repsol purchased 98 percent of the Argentine oil company YPF’s shares for more than $15 billion and changed its name to Repsol-YPF. At the time, the New York Times said the deal “appears to be a perfect marriage” and asked, “Repsol-YPF: As Good as It Gets?” However, on April 16, 2012, that “perfect marriage” was effectively annulled when Argentine president Cristina Fernández de Kirchner announced that her go...Starting at €8.20
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Oxipouco - An Endangered Species Resource Negotiation (A): SuperPharma - Confidential Instructions (Portuguese Version)
Falcao, HoracioCase INSEAD-5977APT-PPLeadership and People ManagementThis two-party negotiation is an ideal introductory negotiation role-play to raise issues of assumptions, win-win/win-lose, competition/collaboration, interests/positions, single-/multi-issue, positions/options. Two companies, SuperPharma and PharmaCaring, both want to buy 10,000 rare Oxipouco fruits, which contain different compounds. Students tend to focus on the fruits rather than on the compounds.Starting at €8.20
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Oxipouco - An Endangered Species Resource Negotiation (B): PharmaCaring - Confidential Instructions (Portuguese Version)
Falcao, HoracioCase INSEAD-5977BPT-PPLeadership and People ManagementThis two-party negotiation is an ideal introductory negotiation role-play to raise issues of assumptions, win-win/win-lose, competition/collaboration, interests/positions, single-/multi-issue, positions/options. Two companies, SuperPharma and PharmaCaring, both want to buy 10,000 rare Oxipouco fruits, which contain different compounds. Students tend to focus on the fruits rather than on the compounds.Starting at €5.74
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Kimberly-Clark Andean Region: Creating a Winning Culture
Pfeffer, Jeffrey; Anderson, MeganCase SGSB-OB72-EKimberly-Clark in the Andean region had hit a performance plateau. Five years prior, Sergio Nacach had taken over as general manager for the region and had embarked on a cultural transformation to build a winning culture centered on the people who worked for the organization. This case explores what he did and the context within which he did it. Similar to other cases on high commitment work arrangements, but set in a non-U.S. context, the case d...Starting at €8.20