Stanford Graduate School of Business (USA)
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Paradise Bakery & Café: The Challenges of Success
Peterson, J; George, MCase SGSB-SM285-EStrategyParadise Bakery and Café: The Challenges of Success traces the journey of entrepreneur Daniel Patterson from the founding of his bakery in Southern California, through the challenges of growth, to an eventual sale, and a post-acquisition crisis. The case focuses on three key decision points for Patterson. The first centers on his decision to hire an experienced outside chief financial officer with strategic vision, succeeding the longtime and wel...Starting at €8.20
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IFC Asset Management Company: Mobilizing Capital for Development
Meehan, B; Gara, ACase SGSB-F313-EFinanceThis case explores the International Finance Corporation’s (IFC) creative and effective use of the private equity business model as a tool to mobilize financing for economic development around the world. In its bid to provide more capital for private sector investment in developing countries, IFC played a key role in the emergence of the private equity industry in these markets through its funds’ investments and, later, created its own third-part...Starting at €8.20
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Paradise Bakery & Café: The Challenges of Success - Teaching note
Peterson, J; George, MTeaching Note SGSB-SM285TN-EStrategyParadise Bakery and Café: The Challenges of Success traces the journey of entrepreneur Daniel Patterson from the founding of his bakery in Southern California, through the challenges of growth, to an eventual sale, and a post-acquisition crisis. The case focuses on three key decision points for Patterson. The first centers on his decision to hire an experienced outside chief financial officer with strategic vision, succeeding the longtime and wel...Starting at €0.00