Stanford Graduate School of Business (USA)
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Pay For Success and Social Innovation Financing: Serving Santa Clara County's Mentally Ill Residents
Brest, P; Schifrin, DCase SGSB-SI133-EBusiness Ethics and Corporate Social Responsibility, Innovation and ChangeIn 2016, Santa Clara County was launching a six-year project aimed at reducing the enormous costs of treating its most acute mental health care patients − $45 million a year − while improving their treatment and quality of life. For the project, the county chose a new model called "Pay for Success" (PFS), in which governments only pay service providers if their efforts are successful. By contrast, in the traditional payment model, providers bill...Starting at €8.20
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Evolving Competitive Dynamics of the Global Mobile Telecommunications Industry in 2012 and Beyond
Burgelman R; Nguyen C; Hoyt DCase SGSB-SM211-EStrategyThis note describes the mobile telecommunications industry in 2012, and how the various participants were positioned for the future. This was a period of rapid change, as some competitors were rapidly growing, while others were undergoing equally rapid descent. The note focuses on ecosystems that evolved around competing operating systems and microprocessors, and highlights developments in each industry layer—software, hardware, handsets, and n...Starting at €8.20
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Mercado Libre
Barnett W; Mekikian GCase SGSB-IB105-EEntrepreneurship, StrategyAs 2013 approached, Marcos Galperin and his team of MercadoLibre top executives were meeting to celebrate the breathtaking growth of their company, and contemplate the challenges ahead. Since starting the company with his Stanford Business School classmates in 1999, Marcos had transformed the company from an internet auction site akin to eBay, to Latin America’s leading online marketplace unique in its own right, and on par with Amazon. The Merca...Starting at €8.20