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Search Funds - 2013: Selected Observations
Dodson, D; Kelly, P; Grousbeck, I; Rosenthal, S; Luther, JCase SGSB-E521-EEntrepreneurshipSince 1996, the Center for Entrepreneurial Studies (CES) at the Stanford Graduate School of Business has conducted a series of studies on the performance of search funds. This study, as well as its predecessors, has endeavored to gather data and gain insight into all known search funds. Each of these studies portrays the aggregate characteristics of search funds, presents their principals’ backgrounds, and evaluates the investment returns gener...Starting at €8.20
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Tiny Prints (A)
Child, M; Rosenthal, SCase SGSB-E426A-ELeadership and People ManagementThe Tiny Prints case describes the founding of the online stationery company in 2004, through its growth and evolution to 2007. The three cofounders bootstrapped the company from the beginning, primarily so that they could retain control over the decision-making and strategic direction of the company. While that decision allowed the cofounders flexibility and independence, it also led to capital constraints and a “good enough” culture that had ...Starting at €8.20
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KiOR: The Quest for Cellulosic Biofuels
Reichelstein, S; Rosenthal, S; Sahoo, ACase SGSB-E427-EEntrepreneurshipIn 2012, KiOR was in the process of starting biofuels production at its first plant in Columbus, Mississippi. This initial plant was to provide a commercial scale proof-of-concept of KiOR’s production technology, and the company expected to build another set of plants in Natchez, MS using “copy exact” principles. These latter plants would be three times the size of the Columbus plants, and KiOR anticipated a number of improvements in its produc...Starting at €8.20
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Dannon: mercadotecnia y responsabilidad social Corporativa
Marquis, Christopher; Shah, Pooja; Tolleson, Amanda; Thomason, BobbiCase HBS-410S22Leadership and People ManagementPara maximizar su eficacia, los casos de color deben imprimirse en color. A finales de 2009, The Dannon Company estaba considerando pro comunicando activamente sus esfuerzos en materia de RSE a los consumidores. Con la fuerte conexión entre la producción de Dannon de alimentos para la salud y su compromiso con la salud y la nutrición de las actividades de RSE de base, la comunicación de estas actividades a los consumidores podrían mejorar el éxit...Starting at €8.20
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The Dannon Company: Marketing and Corporate Social Responsibility (B)
Marquis, Christopher; Thomason, BobbiCase HBS-412047-ELeadership and People ManagementTo maximize their effectiveness, color cases should be printed in color. Details Dannon's decision to initiate a cause marketing program focused on breast cancer to directly compete with Yoplait.Starting at €5.74
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PNC Financial: Grow Up Great (B)
Marquis, Christopher; Drewery, William; Crane, Bradley; Villa, Laura VelezCase HBS-412119-ELeadership and People ManagementIn 2011, the PNC Financial Services Group announced the addition of $250 million to the $100 million that it had pledged to its early childhood education program, Group Up Great, in 2003. The case serves as an update to the "PNC Financial: Grow Up Great (A)" case, which outlined the design and implementation of the program and presented key challenges. The (B) case will show some of the program's responses to challenges like the strategic integra...Starting at €5.74
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First Green Bank: Bringing Bloom to Desert Landscapes
Marquis, Christopher; Almandoz, JuanCase HBS-413073-EFirst Green Bank is a bank start-up in the midst of the financial crisis which aims to promote sustainability while making money as a bank. The case presents an ethical dilemma as the bank considers a loan to an arms manufacturer.Starting at €8.20
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Green Mountain Coffee Roasters, Inc.
Marquis, Christopher; Yang, ZoeCase HBS-414065-EStrategyA company with a strong commitment toward corporate social responsibility since its founding days, Green Mountain faced an ethical decision point in 2007 as new information from the field uncovered a chronic dire problem facing coffee communities-seasonal starvation. Company leaders are driven to re-assess their social impact and address this widespread problem while aligning their efforts with their broader, rapidly expanding business of selling...Starting at €8.20
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PNC Financial: Grow Up Great (A)
Marquis, Christopher; Rangan, V. Kasturi; Comings, AlisonCase HBS-409108-ELeadership and People ManagementIn 2003, PNC Financial focused its corporate citizenship and philanthropic resources on a ten-year, $100 million investment in early childhood education called PNC Grow Up Great. The case tracks the origination of Grow Up Great, how it was developed and implemented within PNC, and some of the key challenges and successes of the program during its first 5 years of operation. Key elements of the case are the process by which PNC decided to focus on...Starting at €8.20
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Alexandre Mars and Epic
Winig, Laura; Battilana, Julie; Marquis, ChristopherCase HBS-KS1291-EThe case examines the strategy, impact, and sustainability of a boutique philanthropy with a big goal: change the way people donate to charities. Epic Foundation was founded to support a portfolio of children's charities. Now, its leadership was considering taking on a broader role: to reshape the very nature of charitable giving-in the U.S., France, the United Kingdom and globally. Its wealthy, charismatic leader, Alexandre Mars, thought that Ep...Starting at €8.20