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Stanford Graduate School of Business (USA)
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Navy SEALs: Selecting and Training for an Elite Fighting Force
Rao, H; Bowen, C; Lopez, GCase SGSB-HR40-ECorporate GovernanceThe SEALs are the elite special forces of the U.S. Navy. Their selection and training is exceptionally rigorous, with a heavy emphasis on physical condition, stamina, and mental toughness. However, the SEALs have a wide range of missions, many of which are highly sensitive. The case takes place in 2014, as the head of the command charged with SEAL selection and training considers whether some candidates who would make excellent SEALs are bei...Starting at €8.20
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Schroder Family (A): Personal Wealth, Family, and Estates
Parker, G; Rappaport, A,, Foroughi, JCase SGSB-F306A-ECorporate Governance, FinancePaul Schroder had recently celebrated his sixty-eighth birthday and was beginning to feel his age. While he recognized that there were many good years ahead, he also realized that it was not too early to begin to think seriously about his retirement and his estate. For years, he had been encouraged to make a careful estate plan, but he always put it off, thinking that he would take care of it at a later time. Now was that later time. This case d...Starting at €8.20
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Schroder Family (B): Investment Strategy ad Asset Allocation
Parker, G; Rappaport, A,, Foroughi, JCase SGSB-F306B-ECorporate Governance, FinanceHaving identified his “needs and dreams,” Paul Schroder had to figure out what to do next. Putting emotions aside, he needed to identify the best options to come up with the required amounts of liquidity at the right times. As Schroder thought through the issues, he viewed his company, Travel Imagination, as the key to his goals. He could continue to manage and own the business, but he was concerned about this asset’s concentration and unpredic...Starting at €5.74
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Amir Dan Rubin: Success from the Beginning
Pfeffer, JCase SGSB-OB90-ECorporate Governance, StrategyIn November of 2010, the board of Stanford Hospital and Clinics announced that Amir Dan Rubin, at the time chief operating officer of the UCLA Hospital System, would become the next CEO at Stanford Hospital and Clinics. Although by 2010 Stanford hospital had largely recovered from a failed merger with the hospital of the University of California, San Francisco, and was financially stable, Rubin would lead an organization that still faced signifi...Starting at €8.20
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Billy Beane and the Oakland Athletics (A): Disruptive Innovation in Major League Baseball
Foster, G; O'Reilly, N,, Lippert, R,, Shimizu, C,, Udseth, KCase SGSB-SPM53A-ECorporate Governance, StrategyBilly Beane and the Oakland A’s have ‘changed the game’ in terms of talent identification, analytics, and player investment in Major League Baseball (MLB). Cases A and B are designed to provide and inspire learning on these topics by recounting Billy Beane’s success as the Oakland A’s General Manager over the past 16 seasons (1998 to 2013). The case, through analysis of performance and financial data over this time period, establishes Beane as ...Starting at €8.20
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International Political Strategy and the Climate Crisis: The CAFE Clash
Jha, Saumitra; Jha, VyomaCase SGSB-P101-ECorporate GovernanceThis case presents the challenges facing BMW and Toyota in choosing how to address the divergence between the Trump administration and the State of California’s standards over U.S. Corporate Average Fuel Economy (CAFE) standards. The case provides relevant information about the two firms and recent developments in the auto industry. The case leads the students to consider the political causes for the higher international pressure on automakers t...Starting at €8.20
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SM Entertainment
Barnett, W; Rhee, M; Kim, SHCase SGSB-IB108-ECorporate GovernanceOn the evening of June 10, 2011, the first European tour of Korean idol groups was held in Paris. With European fans demanding tickets and organizing a flashmob rally in front of the Louvre Museum, SM Entertainment, the producers, immediately set up an additional European concert. The success of the Paris concert elevated the status of K-pop and showed that it held potential in the global market. Behind the development of K-pop was the uniq...Starting at €8.20
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San Francisco Symphony
Meehan, W; McNamee, M; Soulon, DCase SGSB-SM63-ECorporate GovernanceThe San Francisco Symphony is a major U.S. orchestra that took on ancillary activities as part of its mission to bring the best in music to the Bay Area. Despite increasing costs, SFS posted surpluses for 15 consecutive years. However, by the end of 1993 SFS faced a shift in its financial fortunes; forecasts indicated annual budget shortfalls of $25 million in total deficits by the end of the 1999-2000 season. In 1994, SFS had just signed a “supe...Starting at €8.20
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Del Mat Racetrack: Reinventing the Horse Racing Fan Experience
Foster, G; Hoyt, DCase SGSB-SPM49-ECorporate Governance, StrategyThoroughbred horse racing was in decline at the end of the 20th century and beginning of the 21st century. Nearly all metrics, from number of horses and races, to attendance, and amount wagered, was falling. Studies indicated this was likely to continue. Horse race tracks made their money from wagering—where once racing had a monopoly on gambling in the U.S., now there were a wide range of options for gamblers. Del Mar racetrack in California ...Starting at €8.20
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Stonestreet Farms: Making a Business in the "Sport of Kings"
FosterG; Hoyt, DCase SGSB-SPM50-ECorporate Governance, StrategyBy the early 21st century, the economics of thoroughbred horse racing in the United States was backwards – owners invested about four times as much money into the sport than the total amount of purse money available. Owners raced their horses as early as possible, and for as short a time as possible to prove that they were valuable for breeding—then sold them to breeding operations. The industry relied heavily on new entrants who had money from...Starting at €8.20