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Stanford Graduate School of Business (USA)
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How Stories Drive Growth: HSN
Aaker, J; Schifrin, DCase SGSB-M348B-EMarketingStories play an important role in business. They are a powerful tool for persuasion and useful in the context of understanding customers, building brands and leading teams. Set in 2014, the case explores how stories can drive the growth of a company, focusing on HSN Inc., the $3 billion interactive, multi-channel retailer. When Mindy Grossman became CEO of HSN in 2006, she had three major challenges: create a new story for a 30-year old company t...Starting at €8.20
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LinkedIn: Transformation Driven From Within
Soule, S; Golomb, M; Schifrin, DCase SGSB-OB87-EMarketingThe case discusses LinkedIn’s corporate culture in 2012-2103 and the importance the professional networking company put on maintaining that culture as it dramatically expanded in headcount domestically and internationally. LinkedIn’s leadership believed its culture was its competitive advantage. The company fostered creativity, innovation, and a collaborative and open working environment, embraced humor, and was results oriented. LinkedIn sought ...Starting at €8.20
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How Stories Drive Growth: Skype
Aaker, J; Schifrin, DCase SGSB-M348A-EMarketingStories play an important role in business. They are a powerful tool for persuasion and useful in the context of understanding customers, building brands, and leading teams. This case explores how stories can drive the growth of a company, focusing on Skype, the voice-over-Internet-protocol (VoIP) service used by 300 million people around the world to make free or cheap video and voice calls. In 2012, Skype needed its customers to transition fro...Starting at €8.20
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How Stories Drive Growth: Brit + Co
Aaker, J; Schifrin, DCase SGSB-M348C-EMarketingStories play an important role in business. They are a powerful tool for persuasion and useful in the context of understanding customers, building brands and leading teams. The case explores how stories can drive the growth of a company, focusing on Brit + Co., the online platform and e-commerce company founded by Brit Morin in 2011. Used by millions of people, the site combines the digital world and the maker movement in one place, showcasing th...Starting at €8.20