Stanford Graduate School of Business (USA)
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Warren Buffett e a Berkshire Hathaway
Lynce de Faria, L.; Caldart, Adrián A.Case AESE-DG-A-1081-PPEntrepreneurship, Innovation and ChangeA Estrutura Corporativa da Berkshire Hathaway para gerir oitenta negócios muito díspares e sem qualquer sinergia entre eles, constitui um caso único na história da organização de empresas e de Grupos empresariais em particular. A dimensão deste grupo mede-se pelo volume de negócios da ordem de 136.000 milhões de dólares, com a participação de 260.000 colaboradores, e apenas 21 dos quais na Corporação. O grande desafio que se coloca é se a Berkshi...Starting at €8.20
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Warren Buffett y Berkshire Hathaway
Lynce de Faria, L.; Caldart, Adrián A.Case AESE-DG-A-1081-ESEntrepreneurship, Innovation and ChangeEl caso se centra en la actividad del grupo diversificado Berkshire Hathaway y en los principios y políticas de inversión y organización de su fundador y presidente, Warren Buffett. Esos principios y políticas le han permitido a Warren Buffett crear un grupo de empresas con más de 135.000 millones de dólares de facturación y 260.000 empleados dirigido desde un centro corporativo compuesto por 21 personas. A nivel de performance, Berkshire Hathawa...Starting at €8.20
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Aravind Eye Care System (Spanish)
Janeiro Dias, A.; Viassa Monteiro, EugénioCase AESE-DG-A-503-ESEn 1976, el médico cirujano oftalmólogo Dr. G. Venkataswami (Dr. V.) cuando se jubiló, con 58 años de edad, de Profesor de Oftalmología en la Universidad de Madurai (sur de India), creó una pequeña clínica con 11 camas, invitando a su hermana y marido (también médicos cirujanos oftalmólogos) a unirse a la nueva aventura. La clínica tuvo éxito y luego en el año siguiente instalaron otra con 30 plazas, para personas pobres que no podían pagar. Poc...Starting at €8.20
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Doctor on Demand
Chess, Robert; Golden, JosephCase SGSB-E703-EEntrepreneurshipThis case considers the state of telehealth, or the remote delivery of healthcare services via telecommunications technology, in 2019. Doctor On Demand, a promising start-up in the space, sought to solve the four main challenges that the telehealth industry had faced historically. First, although most Americans who had health insurance coverage through their employers also received telehealth benefits, very few knew about these services, and an...Starting at €8.20
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Netflix and the State of Streaming Video in 2011
Feinberg, Yossi; Johnson, ChristyCase SGSB-SM267-EStrategyIn 2010, only 16 percent of Americans were streaming movies and television shows online. By the end of 2011 that number would almost double, and the entertainment industry began barreling towards a digital future. This case follows Netflix, Hulu, Amazon, and HBO through the year 2011 as they launched and improved their streaming video capabilities. Though Netflix had historically been the most popular player in the streaming video market, Hulu, A...Starting at €8.20
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Erste Group: Transformation of a Banking House - Change, Leadership, Space
Soule, Sarah; Leixnering, Stephan; Höllerer, Markus; Sutherland, MargotCase SGSB-OB101-ELeadership and People ManagementErste Group (“Erste”), one of the largest financial services providers in Central and Eastern Europe, faced a rapidly changing business environment in 2019: fintech startups were unbundling retail banking services as consumers’ expectations for service in the digital age were evolving—and increasing. Yet, on the 200th anniversary of its inception as the first Austrian savings bank, Erste had overcome a number of strategic, leadership and spatia...Starting at €8.20
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The Political Economy of Ethanol Policy in the U.S. and Brazil
Casey, Katherine; Johnson, ChristyCase SGSB-P103-EStrategyThis case focuses on the political economy of ethanol policy in the United States and Brazil. The cases outlines policies put in place by the governments of the United States and Brazil to bolster the ethanol industry and the role of politics and interest groups.Starting at €8.20
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Scoot: Singapore Airlines’ Low-Cost Carrier Strategy
Carroll, Glenn; Sørensen, Jesper; Schifrin, DebraCase SGSB-SM321-EStrategyIn December 2019, Scoot, the low-cost carrier (LCC) launched by Singapore Airlines Limited in 2011, had successfully established itself in the Asian market, having flown over 65 million passengers to 68 destinations with a fleet of 48 aircraft. Scoot accounted for 14 percent of seat capacity in Singapore, and 43 percent of LCC capacity out of the country. In 2016, SIA fully acquired and integrated the local LCC Tigerair into Scoot. Scoot’s gr...Starting at €8.20
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Upcycling in the Circular Economy: The Novetex Upcycling Spinning Mill in Hong Kong
Lee, Hau; Keh, Edwin; Tang, Christopher S.Case SGSB-GS93-EService and Operations ManagementNovetex, one of the world’s largest single-site spinners, was celebrating the opening of its new spinning mill in 2018. The Hong Kong-based company had spent four decades expanding its operations, and its main factory was in Zhuhai, in southern China. But this new facility would be in Hong Kong, and would produce yarn from waste material in Hong Kong’s textile and apparel industry. This case looks at Novetex’s commitment to environmental sustain...Starting at €8.20
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International Political Strategy and the Climate Crisis: The CAFE Clash
Jha, Saumitra; Jha, VyomaCase SGSB-P101-ECorporate GovernanceThis case presents the challenges facing BMW and Toyota in choosing how to address the divergence between the Trump administration and the State of California’s standards over U.S. Corporate Average Fuel Economy (CAFE) standards. The case provides relevant information about the two firms and recent developments in the auto industry. The case leads the students to consider the political causes for the higher international pressure on automakers t...Starting at €8.20