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Stanford Graduate School of Business (USA)
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BrightSource: Challenges and Prospects for a Concentrated Solar Power Plant
Kennedy D; Schifrin DCase SGSB-P84-EEconomicsThe case presents the challenges confronting BrightSource, a company building a commercial-scale concentrated solar power plant in California in 2013: 1) environmentalists wanted to protect a threatened species at the site of the new plant, 2) competing solar power technology had become much cheaper in recent years, and 3) the company had been unable to get investors for its new thermal storage technology, which could be a game changer for the in...Starting at €8.20
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BrightSource: Challenges and Prospects for a Concentrated Solar Power Plant - Teaching note
Kennedy D; Schifrin DTeaching Note SGSB-P84TN-EEconomicsThe case presents the challenges confronting BrightSource, a company building a commercial-scale concentrated solar power plant in California in 2013: 1) environmentalists wanted to protect a threatened species at the site of the new plant, 2) competing solar power technology had become much cheaper in recent years, and 3) the company had been unable to get investors for its new thermal storage technology, which could be a game changer for the in...Starting at €0.00
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Xiaomi Inc. in 2017
Burgelman, Robert; El-Baz, Ben; Zheng, Gang; Guo, YantingCase SGSB-SM312-EStrategyThis case describes the renewed growth of Chinese smartphone maker Xiaomi in 2017, after suffering bruising setbacks at the hands of local competitors during the past two years. In 2017Q2, the company rejoined the top five rankings of the global smartphone market share. It also matched Samsung’s market share in India market in 2017Q3. The case highlights the company’s strategic adaptation in the two-year recalibration, with regards to global e...Starting at €8.20