Stanford Graduate School of Business (USA)
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Cisco Systems, Inc.: Collaborating on New Product Introduction - Teaching note
Lee H; Shao MTeaching Note SGSB-GS66TN-EService and Operations ManagementIn November 2007, a global, cross-functional team at Cisco Systems, Inc. was seeking management approval to start manufacturing a new router, code-named Viking. The team faced a host of challenges in launching the low-cost but powerful router for telecommunications service providers. After overhauling the project to sharply increase the router’s planned speed and capacity, the company had just one year to launch the product, an unusually fast s...Starting at €0.00
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The European Recycling Platform: Promoting Competition in E-Waste Recycling
Lee H; Shao MCase SGSB-GS67-EService and Operations ManagementThe European Recycling Platform was the only pan-European recycling organization created in response to the European Union’s groundbreaking directive to promote recycling of electronic waste. Braun, Electrolux, Hewlett-Packard and Sony established ERP in 2002 as an alternative to the monopolistic e-waste takeback systems then existing in several European countries. ERP was based on the principle of producer responsibility, in which manufacturers...Starting at €8.20
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Cisco Systems: la adquisición de tecnología es la adquisición de personas
Lee H; Shao MCase SGSB-GS66ESService and Operations ManagementEn noviembre de 2007, un equipo global y multifuncional de Cisco Systems, Inc. buscaba la aprobación de la gerencia para comenzar a fabricar un nuevo enrutador, con el nombre en clave Viking. El equipo enfrentó una serie de desafíos al lanzar el enrutador de bajo costo pero potente para proveedores de servicios de telecomunicaciones. Después de revisar el proyecto para aumentar drásticamente la velocidad y capacidad planeadas del enrutador, la co...Starting at €8.20
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Weddington Way
Ellis, J; Randolph, JCase SGSB-E455-EEntrepreneurshipThe case profiles the protagonist, Ilana Stern, founder of Weddington Way—a wedding-related e-commerce site—during the company’s early formation stage. The case begins with an introduction of Stern’s professional background and a portrayal of Stern’s summer between her first and second years at business school, during which the idea and vision for Weddington Way took shape. The case then follows Stern as she digs deeper into the viability of th...Starting at €8.20
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Waste Concern in Dhaka: Scaling a Model for Urban Waste Management
Callendar, Steven; Golden, Joseph; Kavanaugh, BlakeCase SGSB-P104-EBusiness Ethics and Corporate Social ResponsibilityIn March 2006, Iftekhar Enayetullah and Abu Hasnat Md. Maqsood Sinha, the cofounders of Waste Concern, a social enterprise based in Dhaka, Bangladesh, and focused on developing innovative waste management solutions for cities in emerging Asia, faced their biggest challenge yet: scaling up their organization’s activities and impact. The previous fall, working with a Dutch recycling firm, Waste Concern had secured approval from the United Nations ...Starting at €8.20
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Cisco Systems, Inc.: Collaborating on New Product Introduction
Lee H; Shao MCase SGSB-GS66-EService and Operations ManagementIn November 2007, a global, cross-functional team at Cisco Systems, Inc. was seeking management approval to start manufacturing a new router, code-named Viking. The team faced a host of challenges in launching the low-cost but powerful router for telecommunications service providers. After overhauling the project to sharply increase the router’s planned speed and capacity, the company had just one year to launch the product, an unusually fast s...Starting at €8.20
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The European Recycling Platform: Promoting Competition in E-Waste Recycling - Teaching note
Lee H; Shao MTeaching Note SGSB-GS67TN-EService and Operations ManagementThe European Recycling Platform was the only pan-European recycling organization created in response to the European Union’s groundbreaking directive to promote recycling of electronic waste. Braun, Electrolux, Hewlett-Packard and Sony established ERP in 2002 as an alternative to the monopolistic e-waste takeback systems then existing in several European countries. ERP was based on the principle of producer responsibility, in which manufacturers...Starting at €0.00