Stanford Graduate School of Business (USA)
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Sticks and Stones? How Companies Respond to "Tax Shaming"
DeSimone, L; Hoopes, H; Lester, R; Melvin, SCase SGSB-A226-EAccounting and ControlAn increasing number of global corporations have experienced negative publicity over complicated tax structures established to minimize their tax burdens. In the case of U.S. companies, there has been a growing outcry over “inversions,” a means of restructuring the business so that the U.S. parent was replaced by a foreign parent entity in a nation with lower corporate tax rates. Apple CEO Tim Cook was called to testify regarding Apple’s tax st...Starting at €8.20
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Etsy: Keeping it Real by Keeping Taxes Low
de, Simone, L; Hoopes, J; Lester, R; Melvin, SCase SGSB-A227-EAccounting and ControlEtsy was an online craft bazaar founded in 2005 in a loft in Brooklyn, New York. The company was known for its emphasis on social responsibility, transparency, authenticity, and its somewhat nontraditional approach to business. In January 2015, Etsy converted its Irish subsidiary to an unlimited liability company, a move it described as implementation of an “updated global corporate structure.” In a subsequent U.S. Securities and Exchange Commis...Starting at €8.20
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Repsol and YPF (C): Recovering Value
Shotts, K; Casey, K; Melvin, SCase SGSB-P90C-EEconomicsBack in 1999, the Spanish oil company Repsol purchased 98 percent of the Argentine oil company YPF’s shares for more than $15 billion and changed its name to Repsol-YPF. At the time, the New York Times said the deal “appears to be a perfect marriage” and asked, “Repsol-YPF: As Good as It Gets?” However, on April 16, 2012, that “perfect marriage” was effectively annulled when Argentine president Cristina Fernández de Kirchner announced that her go...Starting at €5.74
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Gokaldas Exports (A): The Challenge of Change
Bloom, N; Van, Reenen, J; Melvin, SCase SGSB-SM213A-EStrategyGokaldas Exports was a family-owned business founded in 1979 that had grown into India’s largest apparel exporter by the mid 2000s. Its founder, Jhamandas H. Hinduja, had bequeathed control of the company to three sons, each of whom brought in his own son. By the end of 2004, Gokaldas had 43 factories with 258 production lines scattered in and around the southern India city of Bangalore. It had more than 35,000 workers, which was nearly double ...Starting at €8.20
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The "New" SFMoMA: Meaning More to More People
Goldberg, A; Ittelson, M; Melvin, SCase SGSB-SM258-EStrategyIn the spring of 2016, the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, or SFMOMA, opened its doors for a series of celebrations following a three-year closure. The museum had much to rejoice: a $305 million renovation that included a spectacular new ten-story addition that almost tripled gallery space; the 100-year loan of the renowned 1,100-work Doris and Donald Fisher Collection of postwar and contemporary art; the success of the “Campaign for Art,” w...Starting at €8.20
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SM Entertainment
Barnett, W; Rhee, M; Kim, SHCase SGSB-IB108-ECorporate GovernanceOn the evening of June 10, 2011, the first European tour of Korean idol groups was held in Paris. With European fans demanding tickets and organizing a flashmob rally in front of the Louvre Museum, SM Entertainment, the producers, immediately set up an additional European concert. The success of the Paris concert elevated the status of K-pop and showed that it held potential in the global market. Behind the development of K-pop was the uniq...Starting at €8.20
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Repsol and YPF (A): A Perfect Marriage?
Shotts, K; Casey, K; Melvin, SCase SGSB-P90A-EEconomicsBack in 1999, the Spanish oil company Repsol purchased 98 percent of the Argentine oil company YPF’s shares for more than $15 billion and changed its name to Repsol-YPF. At the time, the New York Times said the deal “appears to be a perfect marriage” and asked, “Repsol-YPF: As Good as It Gets?” However, on April 16, 2012, that “perfect marriage” was effectively annulled when Argentine president Cristina Fernández de Kirchner announced that her go...Starting at €8.20
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Bonnier News in 2016 and Beyond: Balancing Legacy and Innovation
Burgelman, R; Melvin, SCase SGSB-SM251-EStrategyBonnier News was Sweden’s leading media group and a paragon in the nation’s cultural, economic, and political circles. It was one of six divisions of Bonnier AB, a company founded by Gerhard Bonnier in 1804 that remained wholly owned by the Bonnier family, with 8,000 employees and operations in 15 countries. Bonnier News, which published three major papers in Stockholm, Dagens Nyheter, Dagens Industri, and Expressen and the southern Swedish dai...Starting at €8.20
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University Hospital: The Joint EP/CATH Lab Decision
Wu Gasper,Cindie; Schulman,Kevin; Scheinker, DavidCase SGSB-OIT120-EInformation TechnologiesHealth care management requires careful planning for efficient operations, in an environment where technology, best practices, and patient demands continue to change rapidly. This case study presents an operations management decision at a large academic medical center in response to falling demand for cardiac catheterization (CATH) procedures and growing demand for electrophysiology (EP) procedures, and requires students to consider all angles of...Starting at €8.20
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Teaching Note: University Hospital: The Joint EP/CATH Lab Decision
Wu Gasper,Cindie; Schulman,Kevin; Scheinker, DavidCase SGSB-OIT120TN-EInnovation and ChangeHealth care management requires careful planning for efficient operations, in an environment where technology, best practices, and patient demands continue to change rapidly. This case study presents an operations management decision at a large academic medical center in response to falling demand for cardiac catheterization (CATH) procedures and growing demand for electrophysiology (EP) procedures, and requires students to consider all angles of...Starting at €8.20