Stanford Graduate School of Business (USA)
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Royal Bank of Canada: Using People Strategy and Analytics to Drive Employee Performance (B)
Shaw, K; Schifrin, DCase SGSB-HR44B-EThis is the follow up case to “Royal Bank of Canada: Using People Strategy and Analytics to Drive Employee Performance (A).” This (B) case presents the results of the company’s two major people analytics projects, which are described in the (A) case. The first project used data to identify empirically the traits of great managers and subsequently identify who might or might not be a great manager. This enabled RBC to help those managers who could...Starting at €5.74
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McDonald's India: Optimizing the French Fries Supply Chain - Teaching note
Lee H; Rammohan STeaching Note SGSB-GS79TN-EService and Operations ManagementBefore opening its first store in India in 1996, McDonald’s spent six years building its supply chain. During that time, the company worked to successfully source as many ingredients as possible from India. However, French fries (“MacFries”) were a particularly tough product to source locally—and importing fries was undesirable for both cost and availability reasons. Growing potatoes suitable for use as fries was challenging in India. By 2007...Starting at €0.00
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Overcoming Political Opposition: Compressed Natural Gas Mandates in Delhi (B)
Jha, S,Case SGSB-P79B-EEconomicsIn 1985, M.C. Mehta, a lawyer and head of his own environmental NGO, filed a public interest litigation (PIL) in the Supreme Court of India to enforce the 1981 Air (Prevention and Control of Pollution) Act in the environs of India’s National Capital Region (NCR). In 1988, World Bank experts had advised the Indian government that given the extent to which air pollution in the National Capital Region came from an increasingly large fleet of passeng...Starting at €5.74
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Overcoming Political Opposition: Compressed Natural Gas Mandates in Delhi (C)
Jha, S,Case SGSB-P79C-EEconomicsIn 1985, M.C. Mehta, a lawyer and head of his own environmental NGO, filed a public interest litigation (PIL) in the Supreme Court of India to enforce the 1981 Air (Prevention and Control of Pollution) Act in the environs of India’s National Capital Region (NCR). In 1988, World Bank experts had advised the Indian government that given the extent to which air pollution in the National Capital Region came from an increasingly large fleet of passeng...Starting at €5.74
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Natural Gas and Its Role in the New Energy Dynamics
Donald Kennedy, Debra SchifrinCase SGSB-P83-EEconomics“Natural Gas and Its Role in the New Energy Dynamics” presents a comprehensive look at new natural gas extraction technology (hydraulic fracturing or “fracking” and horizontal drilling), as well as the economic and climate effects of the recent dramatic increase in unconventional natural gas production and consumption. It discusses the impact of the low natural gas prices in the U.S., as well as the lucrative arbitrage opportunities in transporti...Starting at €8.20
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Gokaldas Exports (A): The Challenge of Change
Bloom, N; Van, Reenen, J; Melvin, SCase SGSB-SM213A-EStrategyGokaldas Exports was a family-owned business founded in 1979 that had grown into India’s largest apparel exporter by the mid 2000s. Its founder, Jhamandas H. Hinduja, had bequeathed control of the company to three sons, each of whom brought in his own son. By the end of 2004, Gokaldas had 43 factories with 258 production lines scattered in and around the southern India city of Bangalore. It had more than 35,000 workers, which was nearly double ...Starting at €8.20
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The Chinese Wireless Communications Industry in 2012 and Beyond: An Industry Note - Teaching Note
Burgelman, R; Gang, Zheng,, Yajuan, WangTeaching Note SGSB-SM227TN-EStrategyThis industry note provides an extensive overview of the wireless communications industry in China at the end of 2012. At the time China had over 1.1 billion mobile subscribers, and the country was predicted to have 500 million smartphones in use by the end of 2013. The note discusses the industry’s value chain (carriers, device manufactures, component providers, content and applications providers, and telecom equipment providers), and the role o...Starting at €0.00
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Seven-Eleven Japan (Spanish Version)
Saito, Hide; Van, Horne, Steve; Koshijima, Casey; Ueda, Takafumi; Whang, SeungjinCase SGSB-GS18ESStrategyEl caso fue revisado en marzo de 2011 para presentar información sobre los resultados de la compañía en 2007 y preparar a los estudiantes para las discusiones de los problemas que enfrentan en 2008 (incluidos en el B y C de los casos). Seven-Eleven, Inc., fundada en 1927 en Dallas, Texas, fue el mayor operador, franquiciador y licenciante de tiendas a nivel mundial. A partir de 2004, tenía 22.648 unidades en todo el mundo, sirviendo 6 millones de...Starting at €8.20
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The Rise of JTBC
Barnett, William P.; Rhee, Mooweon; Shin, DongyoubCase SGSB-SM317-EStrategyJTBC, which began operations in 2011, provided press coverage, drama shows, and entertainment programs. Within a relatively brief period, the company had gained the position of Korea’s most trusted press outlet, and played a pivotal role in reporting key information related to the controversial case of President Park Geun-hye and her advisor - information that ultimately led to the president’s impeachment in March 2017. The case study details the...Starting at €8.20
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AGC Inc. in 2019: "Your Dreams, Our Challenge"
Kato, Masanori; Schaede, Ulrike; O'Reilly, CharlesCase SGSB-OB103-ELeadership and People ManagementAsahi Glass Co., Ltd. in 2014 was the world’s largest glass company, but the company faced flat revenues and increased global competition. Several of its flagship businesses projected few prospects for growth unless the company could develop new products and identify competitive strengths to compete within the rapidly changing global economy. AGC held leading global market shares in four major products: architectural glass, automotive glass, quar...Starting at €8.20