Stanford Graduate School of Business (USA)
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Cutting Short a Long Goodbye
Grousbeck, H I; Prober C G; Tauber, AlexanderCase SGSB-ETH20-EDecision AnalysisBernie and Ruby Merwald live in Menlo Park, California during their retired ages when Bernie falls ill to dementia and Alzheimer’s. This causes him to have significantly complex medical problems that result in familial conflicts, violence and avoidance of the doctor’s orders. When Bernie has a heart attack on top of his failing health, siblings want to pull the plug, but their protective and isolating mother disagrees. Because of a California law...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