Stanford Graduate School of Business (USA)
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The Intel Incubation Program: Disruption Inside
O'Reilly, Charles; Melvin, SheilaCase SGSB-OB105-ELeadership and People ManagementIntel established the Emerging Growth and Incubation (EGI) Group in 2018 with a charter to build a disruptive innovation engine. The EGI Group was seen as essential-even existential-for Intel to expand beyond its core business, find new ways to add significant value to the company, and once again be perceived as an engine of growth. Given Intel’s size and the perceived urgency of the need for growth, it was decided that EGI would incubate only ...Starting at €8.20
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Note on Angel Financing
Strebulaev, I; Han, ACase SGSB-E440-EEntrepreneurshipAs administrative headcount grew dramatically from 6,800 to over 10,000, Singletary launched a major initiative to develop the University’s most promising managers through effective instruction and feedback. Among the attendees were Rita Torres, Dieter Kopp, and Marilyn Malkin. They were excited to be among the select group of Singletary Management Program participants, and were eager to receive expert teaching and peer guidance on how they could...Starting at €8.20
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A Day in the Life of a Centure Capitalist
Strebulaev, I; Gouw-Ranzetta, T; Hoyt, DCase SGSB-E444-EEntrepreneurshipThis note describes the tasks that fill the working day of a venture capitalist. Those functions involved in investing (deal sourcing, due diligence, and related tasks) often receive the most attention from students. However, interviews with experienced venture capitalists found that as much or more time is spent working with existing portfolio companies. This note provides insight into each aspect of a venture capitalist’s job: making investm...Starting at €8.20
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Evaluating Venture Capital Term Sheets
Strebulaev, I; Gouw-Ranzetta, T; Hoyt, DCase SGSB-E460-EEntrepreneurshipWhen entrepreneurs are successful in convincing venture capital firms that they are an attractive potential investment, they are presented with offers detailing many terms of the investment agreement. These are described in term sheets. Sorting through the myriad terms can be a daunting proposition for an entrepreneur. Yet, it is important for entrepreneurs to understand the terms of a proposed financing. These determine the payout the entrep...Starting at €8.20
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DropBox - Series B Financing
Strebulaev, I; Foroughi, J; GouwCase SGSB-F309-EFinanceIn mid-2011, as global markets corrected amid worldwide economic uncertainty, Drew Houston, co-founder and CEO of Dropbox, the fast-growing file synchronization and sharing company, found himself in a difficult, albeit enviable, situation. Houston, who had already raised over $7 million through two rounds of venture funding (one seed round and a Series A round) and developed a large and growing user base, began receiving significant investor int...Starting at €8.20
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Southwest Airlines (A) (Spanish)
O'Reilly, Charles; Pfeffer, JeffreyCase SGSB-HR1AESStrategyEn 1994, United Airlines y Continental Airlines lanzaron sus propias compañías aéreas de bajo coste para competir con Southwest Airlines. De 1991 a 1993, Southwest había aumentado su cuota de mercado del 26% al 45% en el importante mercado de la costa oeste de Estados Unidos. El caso estudia cómo Southwest creó una ventaja competitiva sostenible y hace hincapié en el papel de los recursos humanos como palanca para implementar la estrategia. Plant...Starting at €8.20
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The F.B. Heron Foundation: 100 Percent for Mission - And Beyond
Ewald, Charles; Krauel Patel, Heidi; Foroughi, JaclynCase SGSB-SI140-EInnovation and ChangeIn late March 2017, Clara Miller, director and president of the F.B. Heron Foundation (“Heron”), a philanthropic institution focused on helping people help themselves out of poverty, sat down to put the finishing touches on her President’s Letter. In previous years, the letter included Miller’s lucid thoughts regarding major changes within the organization and advocated for movement toward a “philanthropic world”—a world in which “all sectors—pu...Starting at €8.20
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AGC Inc. in 2019: "Your Dreams, Our Challenge"
Kato, Masanori; Schaede, Ulrike; O'Reilly, CharlesCase SGSB-OB103-ELeadership and People ManagementAsahi Glass Co., Ltd. in 2014 was the world’s largest glass company, but the company faced flat revenues and increased global competition. Several of its flagship businesses projected few prospects for growth unless the company could develop new products and identify competitive strengths to compete within the rapidly changing global economy. AGC held leading global market shares in four major products: architectural glass, automotive glass, quar...Starting at €8.20
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Forestry and Timberland: Impact Investment Analysis
Foroughi, Jaclyn; McNichols, MaureenCase SGSB-SI156-EInnovation and ChangeMuch like the famous philosophical thought experiment, impact investing raises questions about perception, observation, and reality. What is our sense that an investment results in social, environmental, and financial return? What changes can we observe taking place? What is the state of the situation as it exists (perhaps by measurement)? This case study applies this framework to our analysis of the social, environmental, and financial impact of...Starting at €8.20
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Nuveen and the Seychelles Blue Bond: Analayzing a Public Fixed Income Impact Investment
Foroughi, Jaclyn; McNichols, MaureenCase SGSB-SI163-EInnovation and ChangeIn 2016, Stephen M. Liberatore, CFA, lead portfolio manager for and head of Nuveen’s impact fixed income strategies, received a phone call from the World Bank. The call was not unusual; in fact, Nuveen had collaborated with the World Bank in the past as lead investor on a new type of Green Bond for the World Bank’s private sector arm, the International Finance Corporation (IFC). While Green Bonds had been in existence for nearly a decade, the IFC...Starting at €8.20