Stanford Graduate School of Business (USA)
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To Grexit or Not? Politic and Greece's Sovereign Debt
Scheve, K; , Gaikwad, N; , Weinreb, JCase SGSB-P88-EEconomicsIn November 2012, the Greek economy was on the precipice of collapse. Antonis Samaras, Greece’s newly elected Prime Minister, faced a difficult decision regarding the harsh terms of austerity proposed by the European Commission, European Central Bank, and the International Monetary Fund, in exchange for external support in the form of a financial bailout. If accepted, the bailout would prevent the country from defaulting on its sovereign debts, b...Starting at €8.20
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First Solar, Inc. in 2013
Burgelman R; Siegel R; Hallmon MCase SGSB-SM190B-EStrategyAn update to First Solar (A), this case highlights changes to the solar energy market between 2010 and 2013 and the resulting challenges that First Solar had to overcome. In addition to increased competition from highly subsidized Chinese manufacturers, First Solar lost its pricing advantage due to a steep decline in material costs for the competing solar cell technology, c-Sci. The 2008 global financial crisis spurred a dramatic decline in de...Starting at €8.20
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Ttech (C) in 2018: Hitting the Gas Pedal
Robert SiegelCase SGSB-SM 185C-EStrategyAn update on TTTech after the (B) case from the period 2010-2013Starting at €5.74
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Xiaomi Inc. in 2017
Burgelman, Robert; El-Baz, Ben; Zheng, Gang; Guo, YantingCase SGSB-SM312-EStrategyThis case describes the renewed growth of Chinese smartphone maker Xiaomi in 2017, after suffering bruising setbacks at the hands of local competitors during the past two years. In 2017Q2, the company rejoined the top five rankings of the global smartphone market share. It also matched Samsung’s market share in India market in 2017Q3. The case highlights the company’s strategic adaptation in the two-year recalibration, with regards to global e...Starting at €8.20
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Xiaomi Inc. in 2018 - An Update
Burgelman, Robert; Zheng, Gang; Guo, YantingCase SGSB-SM313-EStrategyThe case describes Xiaomi’s IPO application in 2018, which sheds light on the company’s finances and indicates a rebound from declining sales two years ago to a period of strong international growth. It also reveals Xiaomi’s revenue and profits from Internet services such as advertising and gaming on its MIUI user interface. Additionally, the case shows Xiaomi’s performance on the global smartphone market, showing a good year-over-year growth as...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
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Part II: Uber in London
Callander, Steven; Orleans, AmadeusCase SGSB-P81B-EEconomicsThis case recounts Uber’s experience in four cities at different points in time. This approach offers a way to examine Uber’s strategy for market entry and evaluate the performance of that strategy in these four cities, as well as elsewhere in the world. The cases included here help frame the discussion on the future of Uber’s expansion, and extract lessons for how a firm can successfully navigate the beyond-market business environment.Starting at €8.20
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Lloyds Banking Group: Digital Transformation
Feinberg, Yossi; Conn, JeffCase SGSB-SM329-EStrategyThis case describes the transformation of the UK’s oldest financial services franchise from a product-aligned and brick-and-mortar traditional banking institution to a customer-aligned and digital-first technology organization. The case parallels Lloyds’ business transformation with the growth of its digital-focused Transformation division – which commenced as a small hundred-person task force and ultimately grew to comprise one third of the bank...Starting at €8.20
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Cinnamon: New Product Introduction
Siegel, Robert; Mirabile, DominicCase SGSB-SM357-EStrategyThis case explores the introduction of a new product that targets both new and existing segments of the investment management services market. Cinnamon, a discretionary investment management app, was founded in the United Kingdom in 2011. With the help of the team’s first product manager, Maria Pasquale (GSB ’11), Cinnamon navigated the new product introduction process: identifying unmet needs, developing value hypotheses, building a minimum vi...Starting at €8.20
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Mind the Gap: Strategy and Execution of Supply Chain Negotiations - Teaching note
Halevy, Nir; Ostos, LorenaTeaching Note SGSB-OB110TN-ELeadership and People ManagementThe case chronicles the challenges of a consulting team charged with developing and executing a negotiation strategy designed to help a large retailer cut costs by renegotiating their contract with their largest supplier. The disguised case begins by describing the market conditions that led BizCo, a publicly traded office supply retailer, to invite DMB, a top consulting company, to help them restore their price competitiveness. It then describe...Starting at €0.00