Stanford Graduate School of Business (USA)
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Amir Dan Rubin: Success from the Beginning
Pfeffer, JCase SGSB-OB90-ECorporate Governance, StrategyIn November of 2010, the board of Stanford Hospital and Clinics announced that Amir Dan Rubin, at the time chief operating officer of the UCLA Hospital System, would become the next CEO at Stanford Hospital and Clinics. Although by 2010 Stanford hospital had largely recovered from a failed merger with the hospital of the University of California, San Francisco, and was financially stable, Rubin would lead an organization that still faced signifi...Starting at €8.20
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Women's Careers and Power: Whay You Need to Know
Pfeffer, JCase SGSB-OB86-EInnovation and ChangeReviews the literature on women’s careers, career disadvantages and their sources, and women’s reactions to power, negotiations including salary negotiations and competition. The note is intended to be used as background for a discussion of the obstacles confronting women in the workplace, some sources of those obstacles, and what women might consider doing differently to surmount the career challenges they confront.Starting at €8.20
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Natura: Exporting Brazilian Beauty
McKern, Bruce; Yamamoto, Leonardo; Bouissou, DanielaCase SGSB-IB92-EMarketingThis case describes the development and international expansion of Natura, a Brazilian cosmetics company. The company was founded in 1969, and developed products using environmentally sustainable practices, and that were distributed using a direct sales model. The company was highly successful in the Brazil, despite the challenging Brazilian economy. Natura had successfully entered the Mexican and French markets. In 2008, it considered enteri...Starting at €8.20