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MobiChair - Teaching Note
H. Irving Grousbeck, Sara RosenthalTeaching Note SGSB-E491TN-EEntrepreneurshipThe MobiChair case describes the story of Lucy Ahn and Josh McKinnon, graduates of Stanford’s Graduate School of Business who are also in a relationship, who take on the role of co-CEOs of a power wheelchair company after being offered the position by a mentor who is on the company’s board. MobiChair is facing stalled growth and the board hopes to revive the company with new leadership. Though hesitant at first, the couple decides to take on th...Starting at €0.00
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A Sharper Look at Zero Tolerance: Reports of Sexual Assault Rock the United States Air Force Academy (Sequel)
Born, Dana; Datla, AnjaniCase HBS-KS1232-EEconomicsSupplement to case KS1231. This case traces the sexual assault scandal that rocked the United States Air Force Academy in 2003. Over a period of several months, dozens of current and former female students came forward to the media and government representatives about being sexually assaulted by their male peers on campus. Several victims also implicated the Academy's leadership for not doing enough to address the problem. When the scandal broke...Starting at €8.20
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Cracking the Monolith: California's Child Welfare Services Disrupts Technology Procurement (A)
Datla, Anjani; Eaves, DavidCase HBS-KS1235-EEconomicsIn October 2015, two senior California officials: Marybel Batjer, Secretary for Government Operations, and Michael Wilkening, Undersecretary for the Health and Human Services Agency seized on an idea that had the potential to turn the state's long dysfunctional technology procurement process on its head. After years of planning, California was about to request bids for a new child welfare management system to replace a twenty-year-old technology...Starting at €8.20
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Corporate Average Fuel Economy Standards 2017-2025 Teaching Plan
Datla, Anjani; Nichols, AlbertTeaching Note HBS-HKS768-EEconomicsTeaching Note for HKS727Starting at €0.00
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Airlines and Antitrust: Scrutinizing the American Airlines-US Airways Merger Sequel
Gomez-Ibanez, Jose; Datla, AnjaniCase HBS-KS1141-EEconomicsThis sequel accompanies case number 2044.0. In August 2013, the Antitrust Division of the Department of Justice (DOJ) shocked many in the airline industry by filing a lawsuit to block the merger of American Airlines and US Airways on the grounds that the merger would reduce competition. The two airlines had announced their intention to merge in February, making way for the creation of the largest airline in the world. The new airline would carry ...Starting at €8.20
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MobiChair
H. Irving Grousbeck, Sara RosenthalCase SGSB-E491-EEntrepreneurshipThe MobiChair case describes the story of Lucy Ahn and Josh McKinnon, graduates of Stanford’s Graduate School of Business who are also in a relationship, who take on the role of co-CEOs of a power wheelchair company after being offered the position by a mentor who is on the company’s board. MobiChair is facing stalled growth and the board hopes to revive the company with new leadership. Though hesitant at first, the couple decides to take on th...Starting at €8.20
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Starling Systems Vignettes - Teaching Note
H. Irving Grousbeck, Sara RosenthalTeaching Note SGSB-E570TN-EEntrepreneurshipJack Swain, the newly appointed CEO of Starling Systems, a call center software solutions company, had a problem. Swain had recently hired in a new VP of operations, Felicia Shaw, and while she had instituted a number of much-needed changes within the organization, she had not been well-received by the tight-knit customer service team. Specifically, Starling System’s top performing customer service representative, Judith Fenton, was not happy a...Starting at €0.00
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United States and Thailand: Diplomatic Wrangles in the War on Human Trafficking Teaching Note
Donahue, John; Datla, AnjaniTeaching Note HBS-HKS783-EEconomicsTeaching Note for HKS755Starting at €0.00
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Reclaiming the American Dream: Thomas Perez and the Department of Labor
Datla, Anjani; Donahue, JohnCase HBS-KS1121-EEconomicsIn July 2013 Tom Perez became the United States' 26th Secretary of Labor. Perez took the helm of the Department of Labor at a critical juncture. In recent years, the US economy was marred by historically high rates of unemployment, fueled by the worst economic downturn since the Great Depression. Although the economy had begun a slow recovery in 2010, there were only lackluster gains in private sector jobs. By 2013, more than 11 million Americans...Starting at €8.20
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Setting the Standard in Free Trade: The Making of the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership
Datla, Anjani; Lawrence, RobertCase HBS-KS1142-EEconomicsIn July 2013, more than 150 negotiators from the European Union and the United States converged in Washington, D.C. to begin crafting what could become the world's largest free trade agreement-the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP). Billed as a transformational trade accord, the TTIP would go beyond tariffs to cut non-tariff barriers, expand trade in services, streamline regulatory standards, and incorporate trade elements to s...Starting at €8.20