Stanford Graduate School of Business (USA)
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Klöckner: Operations During Transformation
Siegel, Robert; Scott, MitchelCase SGSB-E-721-EEntrepreneurshipThe Eyewitness Surveillance II case tells the story of Rush Arnold and RT McCloy, friends who met while studying at Wharton, who raise a search fund under the name Channelstone Partners. In the fall of 2010, after having spent two-thirds of their search fund capital and reviewed over 200 companies, they came across Eyewitness Surveillance, a company specializing in the use of video technology to protect the assets of car dealerships. Eyewitnes...Starting at €8.20
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TTTech in 2017: When Market and Technology Trends Align with Company Capabilities
Siegel, R; Kissick, RCase SGSB-E635-EEntrepreneurship“TTTech in 2017: When Market and Technology Trends Align with Company Capabilities” examines the Austrian technology company TTTech. A global leader in robust networked safety controls, TTTech developed hardware and software solutions that improved the safety and reliability of embedded electronic systems across a variety of industries, including automotive, manufacturing/industrial, aerospace, energy, and off-highway machinery. In 2017, cofoun...Starting at €8.20
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The European Recycling Platform: Promoting Competition in E-Waste Recycling
Lee H; Shao MCase SGSB-GS67-EService and Operations ManagementThe European Recycling Platform was the only pan-European recycling organization created in response to the European Union’s groundbreaking directive to promote recycling of electronic waste. Braun, Electrolux, Hewlett-Packard and Sony established ERP in 2002 as an alternative to the monopolistic e-waste takeback systems then existing in several European countries. ERP was based on the principle of producer responsibility, in which manufacturers...Starting at €8.20
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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 €8.20
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ENGIE: Strategic Transformation of an Energy Conglomerate
Reichelstein, S; Schifrin, DCase SGSB-SM256-EStrategyIn 2016, the €75 billion French multinational energy conglomerate ENGIE was massively transforming its strategic and operational imperatives toward renewable energy. The 200-year old company owned Europe’s biggest natural gas pipeline and was a major global producer and supplier of natural gas and other energy sources. ENGIE had announced the transformation in 2014—following a sharp drop in global fossil fuel prices—viewing it as the beginning of...Starting at €8.20
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Restructuring a Utility: RWE's Carve-out of innogy
Reichelstein, S; Comello, S; Bebb, DCase SGSB-SM278-EStrategyIn 2016, the German utility RWE undertook a carve-out in which substantial parts of the company’s assets and liabilities were offered to the general public as part of an IPO. The case describes the developments in the German energy landscape that led RWE to this unusual move. The case also examines how investors responded to this carve-out in terms of the valuations attached to RWE and the new subsidiary.Starting at €8.20
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Vêgê (A) - Brand Repositioning in the Food Industry
Martins, Ramiro; Mendo, Susana; Vilares Morgado, AndréCase AESE-M-A-876(I)-EMarketingThe case studies the positioning of a brand within the food oils and fats industry, the business area of Sovena Consumer Goods, S,A. and the events occur in Portugal in 2006. The main character in the case, marketing manager Luis Pereira Santos, is faced with the necessity of taking a decision about the repositioning of one of the brands, VêGê oil. The case illustrates the principles of marketing positioning and presents two tools available to th...Starting at €8.20
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eConstroy - An electronic buying platform for the construction sector
Mira Delgado, Bernardo; Ramalho J.; Ribeiro, PaulaCase AESE-P-A-594(I)-EStrategyThe case presents the first years of Econstroi, an electronic trade platform born in 2000, a short time before the fall of NASDAQ which marked the bursting of the digital bubble. The case describes what happened since its launching until the end of 2004, and mentions the problems the management team presented to the shareholders in the annual general meeting for that year. This platform was launched by a group of some of the main Portuguese const...Starting at €8.20
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The Launching of the Super Bock Mini (A). Market Studies in the Food Industry
Martins, Ramiro; Porfírio, Mario; Vilares Morgado, AndréCase AESE-M-A-686(I)-EMarketingThis case is divided into two parts, A and B. The first should be given to the students for preliminary study, while the second should be kept for class distribution.In the first part the situation is placed in context and described. The qualitative and quantitative market studies are presented, as well as the four proposed decisions. In the second part of the case we find an additional study, the ?Conjoint Analysis?, which allows an evaluation o...Starting at €8.20
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Growth and Diversification on Martifer
Caldart, Adrián A.Case AESE-DG-A-886(I)-EStrategyThe case describes the fast process of international growth and diversification of the Portuguese firm Martifer. Originally an Iberian leader in the metallic structures business, Martifer became a relevant actor in renewable energies-related businesses in only four years. In doing so, the firm invested heavily in businesses related to wind energy, solar energy and bio fuels throughout 15 countries across the 5 continents. The case describes the p...Starting at €8.20