Stanford Graduate School of Business (USA)
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DropBox - Series B Financing
Strebulaev, I; Foroughi, J; GouwCase SGSB-F309-EFinanceIn mid-2011, as global markets corrected amid worldwide economic uncertainty, Drew Houston, co-founder and CEO of Dropbox, the fast-growing file synchronization and sharing company, found himself in a difficult, albeit enviable, situation. Houston, who had already raised over $7 million through two rounds of venture funding (one seed round and a Series A round) and developed a large and growing user base, began receiving significant investor int...Starting at €8.20
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Insight to Outcome: A Note on Strategy Development and Implementation
Thomas S. Wurster, Derek Kennedy, Jason ZajacCase SGSB-SM238-EStrategyMost business activities can be understood as progressions from insight to outcome – getting from the original spark of an idea to the actual realization of financial and strategic results. And yet, leaders and companies fail to master this progression all the time, in the headline-grabbing, large scale transformative initiatives we read about, as well in the rest of iceberg – the core business processes and the non-routine initiatives and proje...Starting at €8.20
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Johnson Controls, Inc. - Automotive Systems Group The Georgetown, Kentucky Plant
Roberts J; Milgrom PCase SGSB-BE9-EEconomicsThis case focuses on the auto supply industry and especially the relations between Johnson Controls (JCI) Automotive Systems Group's Georgetown plant and its main customer, Toyota Motor Manufacturing. Toyota's U.S. assembly plant, for which JCI supplies seats on a just-in-time basis. It can be used to investigate the differing patterns of supplier relations that were traditional in the U.S. and Japanese auto industries, to examine the adaptations...Starting at €8.20