Stanford Graduate School of Business (USA)
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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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Women's Careers and Power: Whay You Need to Know
Pfeffer, JCase SGSB-OB86-EInnovation and ChangeReviews the literature on women’s careers, career disadvantages and their sources, and women’s reactions to power, negotiations including salary negotiations and competition. The note is intended to be used as background for a discussion of the obstacles confronting women in the workplace, some sources of those obstacles, and what women might consider doing differently to surmount the career challenges they confront.Starting at €8.20
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Magnolia Community Initiative: A Network Approach to Population-Level Change
Paul Brest, Debra SchifrinCase SGSB-SM226-EStrategyThis 2014 case describes how the Los Angeles-based Magnolia Community Initiative (MCI) – a network of 70 government, nonprofit and for-profit organizations from multiple sectors – is trying to create population-level change for 110,000 people in a neighborhood plagued by poverty and low education levels. The case discusses the challenges for such a network and raises questions about 1) how to measure progress and outcomes and 2) what factors cont...Starting at €8.20