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Stanford Graduate School of Business (USA)
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Silicon Valley Bank: The On-Call Associated Program
Soule, S; Drabkin, DCase SGSB-OB88-EInnovation and ChangeMelissa Stepanis, deal team leader for Silicon Valley Bank’s (SVB) New York tech lending group, had been on maternity leave. When she met with her manager to discuss her anticipated return to work, she was not ready to come back. Not wanting to make commitments that she might not be able to keep, she quit. For Chris Edmonds-Waters, SVB’s head of human resources, Stepanis’s somewhat unexpected departure was concerning. She was the latest exampl...Starting at €8.20
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GuideStar
Meehan, W; Drabkin, DCase SGSB-SI121-EInnovation and ChangeWhen Jacob Harold became head of the Hewlett Foundation’s Philanthropy Program, he began to see GuideStar as much more than just a website. GuideStar was the result of founder Arthur “Buzz” Schmidt’s vision of bringing transparency and accountability to the world of nonprofits. At its core, the organization compiled information that U.S. nonprofits submitted on their IRS filings into an easy to use database. It supplemented that information wi...Starting at €8.20
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Deep Technology Applications in Developing Economies: Three Vignettes
Ciesinski, Steve; Rosen, Howard; Antoni, FedericoCase SGSB-E-641-EEntrepreneurshipAs developing economies grow and become more connected, new and exciting entrepreneurial opportunities arise across markets and industries. Smartphones, the best sensors on earth have already been deployed and new technologies, such as Machine Learning, Robotics and Blockchain, will allow problems to be solved at a scale like never seen before. Despite this fertile ground for new endeavors, success not only requires a unique technology fit but gr...Starting at €8.20
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Scaling ALLVP in Latin America
Ciesinski, Steve; Rosen, Howie; Feldhausen, ErikaCase SGSB-E712-EEntrepreneurshipThis case describes the development of ALLVP, a Mexico-based venture capital firm, from founding to Fund III. It discusses how Federico Antoni and Fernando Lelo de Larrea, ALLVP’s founders, positioned the firm to address unmet funding needs in Mexico’s nascent entrepreneurial market. The case also examines venture capital more broadly throughout Latin America, including the dominance of VC in Brazil, international investment, and structural barri...Starting at €8.20
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DaVita: A Community First, A Company Secong
O'Reilly, C; Pfeffer, J; Hoyt, D; Drabkin, DCase SGSB-OB89-EInnovation and ChangeThis case describes the challenges facing CEO Kent Thiry and DaVita as they being thinking about how to integrate a recent acquisition, Health Care Partners (HCP). DaVita had been primarily a kidney dialysis company with a very strong culture built around teamwork, fun, continuous improvement, accountability, and service. The senior management saw DaVita as “a community first and a company second.” HCP was an integrated health care provider wi...Starting at €8.20
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GuideStar - Teaching Note
Meehan, W; Drabkin, DTeaching Note SGSB-SI121TN-EInnovation and ChangeWhen Jacob Harold became head of the Hewlett Foundation’s Philanthropy Program, he began to see GuideStar as much more than just a website. GuideStar was the result of founder Arthur “Buzz” Schmidt’s vision of bringing transparency and accountability to the world of nonprofits. At its core, the organization compiled information that U.S. nonprofits submitted on their IRS filings into an easy to use database. It supplemented that information wi...Starting at €0.00
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DaVita: A Community First, A Company Secong (Portguese)
O'Reilly, C; Pfeffer, J; Hoyt, D; Drabkin, DCase SGSB-OB89-PPLeadership and People ManagementThis case describes the challenges facing CEO Kent Thiry and DaVita while thinking about how to integrate a recent acquisition, Health Care Partners (HCP). DaVita had been primarily a renal dialysis company with a very strong culture based on teamwork, fun, continuous improvement, responsibility and service. Senior management saw DaVita as "a community first and a company second." HCP was an integrated health care provider with a workforce substa...Starting at €8.20
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Note on Creating a Viable Venture - A Global Perspective
Ciesinski, Steve; Rosen, HowieCase SGSB-E651 Spanish VersionEntrepreneurshipThe case chronicles the challenges of a consulting team charged with developing and executing a negotiation strategy designed to help a large retailer cut costs by renegotiating their contract with their largest supplier. The disguised case begins by describing the market conditions that led BizCo, a publicly traded office supply retailer, to invite DMB, a top consulting company, to help them restore their price competitiveness. It then describe...Starting at €8.20
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DaVita: A Community First, A Company Secong - Teaching Note
O'Reilly, C; Pfeffer, J; Hoyt, D; Drabkin, DTeaching Note SGSB-OB89TN-EInnovation and ChangeThis case describes the challenges facing CEO Kent Thiry and DaVita as they being thinking about how to integrate a recent acquisition, Health Care Partners (HCP). DaVita had been primarily a kidney dialysis company with a very strong culture built around teamwork, fun, continuous improvement, accountability, and service. The senior management saw DaVita as “a community first and a company second.” HCP was an integrated health care provider wi...Starting at €0.00
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Collette Realty: A Struggling Apartment Complex
Abbey, D; Crews, N; Malchow, J; Piro, D; Senapati, D; Ressler, A; Drabkin, DCase SGSB-RE139-EEconomicsStephanie Collett sighed as she tried to focus on her laptop. It was late at night shortly before Christmas 2012, and she had spent hours trying to make the math work on a struggling apartment complex. Although she had no training or background in real estate, as a Stanford MBA student (2013), she was the best resource her family had to solve a complex financial dilemma. Her husband’s grandmother had just passed away, leaving the family a port...Starting at €8.20