Stanford Graduate School of Business (USA)
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Early-Stage Business Vignettes
Chess, R; Reiss, P; Harrington, SCase SGSB-E304-EEntrepreneurshipThis case tells the story of Graham Weaver, a young entrepreneur, as he forms and grows a private equity company over the course of three years. While still a student at Stanford’s Graduate School of Business, Graham began a search process to acquire a small company. Having purchased his first company, a label manufacturer, in 1998, he goes on to acquire six more in the same space, all of which he now owns under the umbrella Alpine Ventures. As C...Starting at €8.20
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Novartis’ Gilenya: Navigating the Interplay Between Drug Innovation, Pricing, and Reimbursement in Different Countries’ Health Care Systems - Teaching Note
Chess, R; Luthre, JTeaching Note SGSB-E489TN-EEntrepreneurshipInternational healthcare and reimbursement systems underwent a radical transformation in the 2000s, resulting from growing financial pressures incited by economic depression and a steady rise in healthcare spending. This phenomenon was most pronounced in the United States, where the health-spending share of GDP rose from five percent in 1960 to 17.9 percent in 2011. In Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) countries on a...Starting at €0.00
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Tenet Health
Chess, R; Kissick, RCase SGSB-E534-EEntrepreneurshipThis case focuses on major strategic challenges faced by Tenet Healthcare (Tenet), a U.S.-based health care provider, in 2014. It discusses major changes to the health care provider industry over the previous decade―customer, demographic, reimbursement, structural, technological, financing, and regulatory―and raises questions related to the strategic direction Tenet should pursue in response to these changes. The case emphasizes two primary dec...Starting at €8.20
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Practice Fusion - Teaching note
Chess, R; Kissick, RTeaching Note SGSB-E589TN-EEntrepreneurshipCentered on Practice Fusion, a free web-based electronic health record (EHR) company based in San Francisco, the Practice Fusion case examines the rapid growth of EHR systems in the United States from 2009 to 2014. The case discusses the challenges associated with adopting an EHR system (also referred to as an electronic medical record [EMR] system) from the standpoint of health care providers, both large and small. It also examines the benefit...Starting at €0.00
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Business Talent Group: Growing the Market for Independent Business Talent
Chess, R; Kissick, RCase SGSB-E621-EEntrepreneurshipIn 2007, Jody Greenstone Miller founded Business Talent Group (BTG), a company that connected top independent professionals, including consultants and executives, with global companies for project-based work at a lower cost and with more precision than traditional consulting. From BTG’s inception, Miller and cofounder Amelia Warren Tyagi believed that the way people work—and the way companies use talent—was changing for several reasons. High-en...Starting at €8.20
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Business Talent Group: Growing the Market for Independent Business Talent - Teaching note
Chess, R; Kissick, RTeaching Note SGSB-E621TN-EEntrepreneurshipIn 2007, Jody Greenstone Miller founded Business Talent Group (BTG), a company that connected top independent professionals, including consultants and executives, with global companies for project-based work at a lower cost and with more precision than traditional consulting. From BTG’s inception, Miller and cofounder Amelia Warren Tyagi believed that the way people work—and the way companies use talent—was changing for several reasons. High-en...Starting at €0.00
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Innovation at Caterpillar: The D7E Tractor
Carroll, G; Hoyt, DCase SGSB-SM223-EStrategyIn 2009, Caterpillar shipped its first D7E tractor, an “electric drive” machine in which electric motors moved the tracks and blade, using electricity from a generator powered by a diesel engine. In an industry where new products provided performance gains of just a few percent, the D7E moved 10 percent more material per hour, using 10-30 percent less fuel that its predecessor. It was also easier to operate, had 40 percent fewer moving parts, a...Starting at €8.20
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Gametime
Chess, R; Yin, LiCase SGSB-E496-EEntrepreneurshipThe case follows Brad Griffith, the founder of Gametime, a mobile application for purchasing and redeeming event tickets. The case examines how Griffith assesses whether he has found an attractive business opportunity initially, and later whether he has found product/market fit. It also describes Griffith’s decision to be a solo founder and how he leverages contractors and advisors in building the product.Starting at €8.20
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Tenet Health - Teaching note
Chess, R; Kissick, RTeaching Note SGSB-E534TN-EEntrepreneurshipThis case focuses on major strategic challenges faced by Tenet Healthcare (Tenet), a U.S.-based health care provider, in 2014. It discusses major changes to the health care provider industry over the previous decade―customer, demographic, reimbursement, structural, technological, financing, and regulatory―and raises questions related to the strategic direction Tenet should pursue in response to these changes. The case emphasizes two primary dec...Starting at €0.00
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The Role of Physicians in Device Innovation: Critical Success Factor or Conflict of Interest
Zenioa S; Burns L; Denend LCase SGSB-OIT105-EInformation Technologies, Service and Operations ManagementAs of 2012, the Physician Payments Sunshine Act of 2009 requires medical device manufacturers to track any payments or gifts they make to physicians that are worth more than $10 and then starting in 2013 to report those that exceed a total of $100 per year to any given doctor. While a majority of doctors, academic medical centers, and pharmaceutical and device companies generally support the principle of greater transparency when it comes to phys...Starting at €8.20