Stanford Graduate School of Business (USA)
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Atmel: Igniting the B2C in B2B -Teaching Note
Shiv, Baba; Hoyt, DavidTeaching Note SGSB-M360TN-EMarketingAtmel Corporation is a manufacturer of semiconductors (chips). It is an engineering-driven business-to-business company, and prior to 2012 its marketing was largely limited to preparation of specifications, launching new products, and trade shows. In 2012, it hired Sander Arts as Vice President of Marketing. Arts was not an engineer, and had very different ideas about how marketing could add value to the company. For instance, he believed tha...Starting at €0.00
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The Role of Physicians in Device Innovation: Critical Success Factor or Conflict of Interest
Zenioa S; Burns L; Denend LCase SGSB-OIT105-EInformation Technologies, Service and Operations ManagementAs of 2012, the Physician Payments Sunshine Act of 2009 requires medical device manufacturers to track any payments or gifts they make to physicians that are worth more than $10 and then starting in 2013 to report those that exceed a total of $100 per year to any given doctor. While a majority of doctors, academic medical centers, and pharmaceutical and device companies generally support the principle of greater transparency when it comes to phys...Starting at €8.20
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SAP Design Thinking Part A (Spanish version)
Shiv, Baba; Saucedo, MattCase SGSB-SM250A Spanish VersionStrategyThe SAP Design Thinking case follows the path of Sam Yen, Chief Design Officer at SAP, on his quest to infuse design thinking into the SAP organization. Through a series of programs and events, Yen discovered that while employees of the multinational conglomerate expressed interest in leveraging design thinking in their work, they never seemed to follow through with it. Yen and his design team experimented with a plethora of tactics—ranging from ...Starting at €8.20
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SAP Design Thinking Part B (Spanish version)
Shiv, Baba; Saucedo, MattCase SGSB-SM250B Spanish VersionStrategyThe SAP Design Thinking case follows the path of Sam Yen, Chief Design Officer at SAP, on his quest to infuse design thinking into the SAP organization. Through a series of programs and events, Yen discovered that while employees of the multinational conglomerate expressed interest in leveraging design thinking in their work, they never seemed to follow through with it. Yen and his design team experimented with a plethora of tactics—ranging from ...Starting at €8.20
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Nike: Sustainability and Labor Practices 1998-2013
Carroll G; Brady D; Schifrin DCase SGSB-IB106-EService and Operations ManagementThe case discusses Nike’s sustainability and labor practices from 1998 to 2013, focusing on the successful steps Nike took up and down the supply chain and in its headquarters to make its products and processes more environmentally friendly, and the challenges and complexities it was still facing in its efforts to improve labor conditions. Nike’s labor practices were the subject of high profile public protests in the 1990s, and CEO Mark Parker sa...Starting at €8.20