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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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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Willkommen to Europe: The Political Economy of Migration Policy in Germany
Scheve, K; , Gaikwad, NCase SGSB-P85-EEconomicsIn December 2015, Angela Merkel, Chancellor of Germany and the de facto leader of the EU, faced the challenge of formulating an effective policy response to Europe’s migration crisis. Merkel must decide whether Germany can continue to host large numbers of new refugees in 2016, keeping in mind that over a million had arrived in 2015. Merkel could continue Germany’s relatively open refugee policy, but would need to decide how many more refugees to...Starting at €8.20
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Bonnier News in 2016 and Beyond: Balancing Legacy and Innovation
Burgelman, R; Melvin, SCase SGSB-SM251-EStrategyBonnier News was Sweden’s leading media group and a paragon in the nation’s cultural, economic, and political circles. It was one of six divisions of Bonnier AB, a company founded by Gerhard Bonnier in 1804 that remained wholly owned by the Bonnier family, with 8,000 employees and operations in 15 countries. Bonnier News, which published three major papers in Stockholm, Dagens Nyheter, Dagens Industri, and Expressen and the southern Swedish dai...Starting at €8.20
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Deutsche Telecom in 2016: Driving Disruption from within the Industry
Burgelman, R; Schifrin, DCase SGSB-SM255-EStrategyIn 2016, Deutsche Telekom’s CEO Tim Höttges was steering the €69 billion telecom incumbent in new directions and seeking to disrupt the industry from within. The company’s tagline was “Life is For Sharing.” Its goal was to be Europe’s leading digital communication services company that was most trusted by consumers and business customers for safely sharing content. Höttges wanted to achieve this by having the best network, the best service, the b...Starting at €8.20
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Deutsche Telekom 2020: Leading The Digital Transformation
Burgelman, Robert; Sutherland, MargotCase SGSB-SM337-EStrategyTim Höttges was at the outset of his seventh year as CEO of Deutsche Telekom (DT) in 2020. The company served more than 184 million mobile customers and had a presence in over 50 countries. Over the course of the previous 7 years, European telecommunication companies had experienced varying degrees of success. Revenues for telecommunication companies in France, Germany, Italy, and Spain as a whole fell by 14 percent from 2012-2019, while DT’s re...Starting at €8.20
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Deutsche Telekom 2020: Leading The Digital Transformation – Teaching Note
Burgelman, Robert; Sutherland, MargotTeaching Note SGSB-SM337TN-EStrategyTeaching note for product SM337Starting at €0.00
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Bonnier News In 2019: Driving Take-Off of Digital Publishing
Burgelman, Robert; Melvin, SheilaCase SGSB-SM327-EStrategyWhen Anders Eriksson was appointed CEO of Bonnier News in June 2016, he took the helm of a storied Swedish media business in the midst of a momentous transformation. Bonnier News included three of Sweden’s most important newspapers—Dagens Nyheter (DN), the national paper of record; Dagens Industri (DI), the top business daily; and Expressen, a tabloid that reached roughly half of the country’s population—and the southern Swedish daily HD–Sydsven...Starting at €8.20
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Innovation at Volkswagen: The Story of Digital:Lab
Feinberg, Yossi; Orleans, Amadeus; Scott, MitchelCase SGSB-E680-EDecision AnalysisThe case follows the design and creation of a software innovation lab at Volkswagen. Particular issues explored include the role and structure of internal innovation groups, establishing culture and defining business models for innovation, and developing strategy for innovation in an established enterprise environment.Starting at €8.20
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BoKlok's Housing for the Many People: On-the-Money Homes for Pinpointed Buyers
Burgelman, Robert; Fischer, Martin; Sutherland, MargotCase SGSB-SM298A-EStrategyJonas Spangenberg, CEO of BoKlok, an entrepreneurial industrialized construction venture focused on providing low-cost housing to a sharply defined, relatively low-price market segment, must identify and manage forces within three contexts as he develops and guides BoKlok’s growth strategy: the residential construction industry, and Skanksa and IKEA, BoKlok’s parent companies. Students are asked to consider Spangenberg’s strategic actions in rel...Starting at €8.20