Stanford Graduate School of Business (USA)
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The Mid-Atlantic Permanent Medical Group: Spreading the Integrated Care Delivery Model
Burgelman, Robert; Liu,Mimi; Shafir, ZivCase SGSB-SM319-EStrategyThis case continues the story of Dr. Robert Pearl, who had guided the Permanente Group of Northern California through challenging years in the health care industry. While Kaiser Permanente had a long history and well-established reputation on the West Coast, creating a profitable health care system in the mid-Atlantic region proved difficult for a number of reasons. For one, Kaiser Permanente had not made a mindful transfer of the history, cultur...Starting at €8.20
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Dr. Robert Pearl and the Permanente Medical Group Of Northern California: A Lesson in Strategic Leadership
Burgelman, Robert; Shafir, ZivCase SGSB-SM333-EStrategyDr. Robert Pearl, newly elected as CEO in 1999, faced a massive new challenge: saving Kaiser Permanente from imminent bankruptcy. From 1999 to 2017, Dr. Pearl transformed Kaiser Permanente from a dysfunctional organization to one of the largest and most lauded in the U.S. Dr. Pearl strategically shifted the organization from the lowest-cost provider to one with superior quality and service at a competitive price. He achieved this goal by applyin...Starting at €8.20
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Collette Realty: A Struggling Apartment Complex
Abbey, D; Crews, N; Malchow, J; Piro, D; Senapati, D; Ressler, A; Drabkin, DCase SGSB-RE139-EEconomicsStephanie Collett sighed as she tried to focus on her laptop. It was late at night shortly before Christmas 2012, and she had spent hours trying to make the math work on a struggling apartment complex. Although she had no training or background in real estate, as a Stanford MBA student (2013), she was the best resource her family had to solve a complex financial dilemma. Her husband’s grandmother had just passed away, leaving the family a port...Starting at €8.20
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First Solar, Inc. in 2013
Burgelman R; Siegel R; Hallmon MCase SGSB-SM190B-EStrategyAn update to First Solar (A), this case highlights changes to the solar energy market between 2010 and 2013 and the resulting challenges that First Solar had to overcome. In addition to increased competition from highly subsidized Chinese manufacturers, First Solar lost its pricing advantage due to a steep decline in material costs for the competing solar cell technology, c-Sci. The 2008 global financial crisis spurred a dramatic decline in de...Starting at €8.20