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Stanford Graduate School of Business (USA)
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Southwest Airlines (A) (Spanish version)
O'Reilly, Charles; Pfeffer, JeffreyCase SGSB-HR1AESStrategyEn 199444444, United Airlines y Continental Airlines lanzaron sus propias compañías aéreas de bajo coste para competir con Southwest Airlines. De 1991 a 1993, Southwest había aumentado su cuota de mercado del 26% al 45% en el importante mercado de la costa oeste de Estados Unidos. El caso estudia cómo Southwest creó una ventaja competitiva sostenible y hace hincapié en el papel de los recursos humanos como palanca para implementar la estrategia. ...Starting at €6.75
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Health Leads (B): Enyering the "Proof Period"
Sorensen J; Schifrin D; Hettrich KCase SGSB-SM192B-EStrategy?Health Leads (B): Entering the ?Proof Period?? presents the decisions the health care nonprofit made in 2009 - 2010 about its expansion options, and the success it had in raising millions of dollars in 2011-2012 to support that strategy. The (B) case picks up where ?Health Leads (A): Expansion Decisions for a Health Care Nonprofit? left off in January 2009, with the organization entering a strategic planning process. During the 18-month process,...Starting at €6.75
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Health Leads (A): Expansion Decisions for a Health Care Nonprofit
Sorensen J; Schifrin D; Hettrich KCase SGSB-SM192A-EStrategyThe (A) case presents a 2009 critical expansion decision for health care nonprofit Health Leads: whether to expand rapidly while it had momentum, strong advocates, very high demand for its services, and funder support for growth; or whether to postpone rapid expansion and continue working on its model and further prove the company?s value to hospitals and clinics. Founded by Rebecca Onie (2009 MacArthur ?Genius Grant? Fellow), Health Leads addre...Starting at €6.75
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First Solar, Inc. in 2013
Burgelman R; Siegel R; Hallmon MCase SGSB-SM190B-EStrategyAn update to First Solar (A), this case highlights changes to the solar energy market between 2010 and 2013 and the resulting challenges that First Solar had to overcome. In addition to increased competition from highly subsidized Chinese manufacturers, First Solar lost its pricing advantage due to a steep decline in material costs for the competing solar cell technology, c-Sci. The 2008 global financial crisis spurred a dramatic decline in de...Starting at €6.75
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TTTech (C ): Hitting the Gas Pedal
Siegel RCase SGSB-SM185C-EStrategyTo be used in conjunction with the (A) and (B) cases, keeping the students current on the status of the firm.Starting at €6.75
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Fair Trade USA: Innovating for Impact ? Teaching note
Aubry R; Drabkin DTeaching Note SGSB-SI39TN-EInnovation and ChangePaul Rice knew that Fair Trade could do more, much more. While the model had benefited approximately 10 million people in developing countries, they were a small percentage of the 2 billion people worldwide who lived on less than $2 day. Fair Trade was not charity. It was a certification model that had started around coffee and ensured that money flowed back to the people who grew the coffee, giving them a ?Fair Trade? price. As president and...Starting at €0.00
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Fair Trade USA: Innovating for Impact
Aubry R; Drabkin DCase SGSB-SI39B-EInnovation and ChangePaul Rice knew that Fair Trade could do more, much more. While the model had benefited approximately 10 million people in developing countries, they were a small percentage of the 2 billion people worldwide who lived on less than $2 day. Fair Trade was not charity. It was a certification model that had started around coffee and ensured that money flowed back to the people who grew the coffee, giving them a ?Fair Trade? price. As president and...Starting at €6.75
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Vaccine Vial Monitors: "The Little Big Thing:" Taking Social Innovation to Scale
Davis, S; Schifrin, DCase SGSB-SI145-EInnovation and ChangeIt is a major global health challenge to get life-saving vaccines to children in hard-to-reach parts of Africa and Asia. These vaccines must stay cool during transport, yet it is not always possible to prevent heat exposure. Historically, health workers had no means of determining whether such heat exposure had damaged the vaccines and caused them to lose potency. But Vaccine Vial Monitors, or VVMs, changed that. A VVM is a small temperature mon...Starting at €6.75
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The Rockefeller Foundation: Innovation in Social Finance - Teaching note
Arrillaga-Andreessen, L; Murray, STeaching Note SGSB-SI142TN-EInnovation and ChangeWhen Judith Rodin became president of The Rockefeller Foundation in 2005, she identified a pressing need to re-organize the foundation to meet the challenges in an increasingly complex world. Rodin also recognized that for philanthropy to make meaningful progress in solving the world?s biggest problems, it could not act alone. Innovation at Rockefeller: Innovation at Rockefeller dates back to its earliest years, when the foundation funded innova...Starting at €0.00
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The Rockefeller Foundation: Innovation in Social Finance
Arrillaga-Andreessen, L; Murray, SCase SGSB-SI142-EInnovation and ChangeWhen Judith Rodin became president of The Rockefeller Foundation in 2005, she identified a pressing need to re-organize the foundation to meet the challenges in an increasingly complex world. Rodin also recognized that for philanthropy to make meaningful progress in solving the world?s biggest problems, it could not act alone. Innovation at Rockefeller: Innovation at Rockefeller dates back to its earliest years, when the foundation funded innova...Starting at €6.75