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Stanford Graduate School of Business (USA)
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How Stories Drive Growth: HSN
Aaker, J; Schifrin, DCase SGSB-M348B-EMarketingStories play an important role in business. They are a powerful tool for persuasion and useful in the context of understanding customers, building brands and leading teams. Set in 2014, the case explores how stories can drive the growth of a company, focusing on HSN Inc., the $3 billion interactive, multi-channel retailer. When Mindy Grossman became CEO of HSN in 2006, she had three major challenges: create a new story for a 30-year old company t...Starting at €8.20
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How Stories Drive Growth: Skype
Aaker, J; Schifrin, DCase SGSB-M348A-EMarketingStories play an important role in business. They are a powerful tool for persuasion and useful in the context of understanding customers, building brands, and leading teams. This case explores how stories can drive the growth of a company, focusing on Skype, the voice-over-Internet-protocol (VoIP) service used by 300 million people around the world to make free or cheap video and voice calls. In 2012, Skype needed its customers to transition fro...Starting at €8.20
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How Stories Drive Growth: Brit + Co
Aaker, J; Schifrin, DCase SGSB-M348C-EMarketingStories play an important role in business. They are a powerful tool for persuasion and useful in the context of understanding customers, building brands and leading teams. The case explores how stories can drive the growth of a company, focusing on Brit + Co., the online platform and e-commerce company founded by Brit Morin in 2011. Used by millions of people, the site combines the digital world and the maker movement in one place, showcasing th...Starting at €8.20
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The Joffrey Ballet
Goldberg, A; Ittleton, M; Riopelle, K; Hoyt, DCase SGSB-SM259-EStrategyThe Joffrey Ballet is a landmark Chicago nonprofit performing arts organization that helped shape the landscape of American ballet. In 2016, the Joffrey was at a point of transformation after a period of financial crisis and artistic decline. It had successfully raised $4 million for the widely anticipated new production of the Nutcracker. With annual revenues at around $20 million, this production represented a significant investment, and the or...Starting at €8.20