Stanford Graduate School of Business (USA)
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A Note on Getting the Most Out of Your Board Meetings
Dodson, D; Pohlmeyer, SCase SGSB-E631-EEntrepreneurshipIn your first year as chief executive officer (CEO), you will encounter a host of management challenges and opportunities—all of which can be navigated more skillfully if you can tap into the insights and perspectives of a handful of seasoned operators and investors. For this reason, your board can have a significant impact on the company’s performance. Unfortunately, CEOs often get far less value out of their boards in the first few years than...Starting at €8.20
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Beneficial State Bank (B): Evaluating Financial and Social Returns for Investors - Teaching Note
Charles Ewald, Heidi Krauel, Jaclyn ForoughiTeaching Note SGSB-SI39BTN-EBusiness Ethics and Corporate Social Responsibility, Innovation and ChangeIn the fall of 2015, Beneficial State Bank was set to mark its third successive year of normalized profitability while continuing to fulfill its mission to promote social justice and environmental sustainability. At the same time, husband and wife creators of the bank, Tom Steyer (MBA ’83) and Kat Taylor (JD/MBA ’86), found themselves at a crossroads. As the sole providers of capital to the bank during formation and, as a result of the bank’s u...Starting at €0.00
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El caso antimonopolio de Microsoft
Baron, D.; Lichtenstein, C.Case SGSB-P20ESStrategyEn 1998, el Departamento de Justicia de los EE. UU. Junto con 19 fiscales generales estatales presentaron una acción antimonopolio contra Microsoft Corporation por conducta anticompetitiva y violación de la Ley Sherman. El caso detalla las acusaciones del Departamento de Justicia y el caso presentado ante el tribunal, así como la posición de Microsoft sobre los asuntos y la línea de defensa. Describe la secuencia de eventos que comienzan con el t...Starting at €8.20
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Branch Metrics: "Failing" into the Idea
Mandelbaum, F; Pohlmeyer, SCase SGSB-E586-EEntrepreneurshipThis case explores the Branch Metrics’ cofounders’ early days as a team and their pursuit of a viable idea for their startup. The three original cofounders, who met in business school, transformed their business concept entirely several times before finding the idea for Branch Metrics. Starting with a fitness collar for dogs, then starting over with developing a mobile application for low-cost, high-quality photobooks, and ultimately developing a...Starting at €8.20
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2016 Search Fund Study: Selected Observations
Kelly, P; Dodson, D; Grousheck, IH; Pohlmeyer, S; Rosenthal, SCase SGSB-E605-EEntrepreneurshipSince 1996, the Center for Entrepreneurial Studies (CES) at the Stanford Graduate School of Business (GSB) has conducted a series of studies on the performance of search funds. These studies endeavor to gather data and gain insight into all known search funds. The studies aggregate the characteristics of search funds, present their principals’ backgrounds, and evaluate the investment returns generated by first-time search funds to their origina...Starting at €8.20
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Beneficial State Bank (B): Evaluating Financial and Social Returns for Investors
Charles Ewald, Heidi Krauel, Jaclyn ForoughiCase SGSB-SI134B-EBusiness Ethics and Corporate Social Responsibility, Innovation and ChangeIn the fall of 2015, Beneficial State Bank was set to mark its third successive year of normalized profitability while continuing to fulfill its mission to promote social justice and environmental sustainability. At the same time, husband and wife creators of the bank, Tom Steyer (MBA ’83) and Kat Taylor (JD/MBA ’86), found themselves at a crossroads. As the sole providers of capital to the bank during formation and, as a result of the bank’s u...Starting at €5.74
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Wal-Mart: Presión de No Mercado y Riesgo de Reputación (A)
Baron, D.Case SGSB-P52AESStrategyEn 2002, cuando Wal-Mart se convirtió en la compañía estadounidense más grande en ventas, comenzó a atraer considerable atención. Su expansión en el negocio de comestibles pareció encender una tormenta de contención y mala prensa. Wal-Mart fue criticado por proporcionar salarios bajos y beneficios de atención médica inadecuados, expulsar a los pequeños comerciantes del negocio, dañar la cultura en los pueblos pequeños, dañar el medio ambiente y v...Starting at €8.20
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Wal-Mart: Presión de No Mercado y Riesgo de Reputación (B): Una Nueva Estrategia de No Mercado
Baron, D.Case SGSB-P52BESStrategyEn 2004 y 2005, Wal-Mart comenzó a implementar una estrategia no comercial para responder a los detractores y mejorar su imagen. Este caso detalla los muchos pasos que Wal-Mart tomó, desde involucrarse políticamente hasta crear oficinas de relaciones comunitarias y trabajar con grupos de intereses especiales. Wal-Mart publicó anuncios en varios periódicos, lanzó una importante iniciativa medioambiental, amplió los beneficios de atención médica, c...Starting at €5.74