Stanford Graduate School of Business (USA)
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The Mid-Atlantic Permanent Medical Group: Spreading the Integrated Care Delivery Model
Burgelman, Robert; Liu,Mimi; Shafir, ZivCase SGSB-SM319-EStrategyThis case continues the story of Dr. Robert Pearl, who had guided the Permanente Group of Northern California through challenging years in the health care industry. While Kaiser Permanente had a long history and well-established reputation on the West Coast, creating a profitable health care system in the mid-Atlantic region proved difficult for a number of reasons. For one, Kaiser Permanente had not made a mindful transfer of the history, cultur...Starting at €8.20
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DKSH in 2011 and 2012 - Teaching note
Burgelman, R; , Ludescher, MCase SGSB-SM204TN-EStrategyThe case discusses the post-IPO strategies, opportunities and challenges for Swiss global trading company DKSH, the leading market expansion (MES) provider with a focus on Asia. DKSH was well positioned to capitalize on three key MES industry trends: 1) Asia as the growth market per se, driven by the thriving middle classes of the emerging economies, 2) growing inner-Asian trade, and 3) the tendency of companies to outsource, stemming from the c...Starting at €8.20
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Dr. Robert Pearl and the Permanente Medical Group Of Northern California: A Lesson in Strategic Leadership
Burgelman, Robert; Shafir, ZivCase SGSB-SM333-EStrategyDr. Robert Pearl, newly elected as CEO in 1999, faced a massive new challenge: saving Kaiser Permanente from imminent bankruptcy. From 1999 to 2017, Dr. Pearl transformed Kaiser Permanente from a dysfunctional organization to one of the largest and most lauded in the U.S. Dr. Pearl strategically shifted the organization from the lowest-cost provider to one with superior quality and service at a competitive price. He achieved this goal by applyin...Starting at €8.20
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DKSH in 2011
Burgelman, R; , Ludescher, MCase SGSB-SM204-EStrategyThe case describes the history and transformation of DKSH, a privately-held global trading company headquartered in Zurich, Switzerland, that has been doing business in the Far East for some 150 years. The case focuses on the efforts of CEO Joerg Wolle since 1999 to bring together several independent family-owned Swiss-based trading houses under one corporate roof and to transform successful but steady old-fashioned trading houses into a new type...Starting at €8.20
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DKSH in 2012: Preparing for Continued Rapid Growth
Burgelman, R; , Ludescher, MCase SGSB-SM204B-EStrategyThe case discusses the post-IPO strategies, opportunities and challenges for Swiss global trading company DKSH, the leading market expansion (MES) provider with a focus on Asia. DKSH was well positioned to capitalize on three key MES industry trends: 1) Asia as the growth market per se, driven by the thriving middle classes of the emerging economies, 2) growing inner-Asian trade, and 3) the tendency of companies to outsource, stemming from the c...Starting at €8.20