Stanford Graduate School of Business (USA)
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Paradise Bakery & Café: The Challenges of Success
Peterson, J; George, MCase SGSB-SM285-EStrategyParadise Bakery and Café: The Challenges of Success traces the journey of entrepreneur Daniel Patterson from the founding of his bakery in Southern California, through the challenges of growth, to an eventual sale, and a post-acquisition crisis. The case focuses on three key decision points for Patterson. The first centers on his decision to hire an experienced outside chief financial officer with strategic vision, succeeding the longtime and wel...Starting at €8.20
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Paradise Bakery & Café: The Challenges of Success - Teaching note
Peterson, J; George, MTeaching Note SGSB-SM285TN-EStrategyParadise Bakery and Café: The Challenges of Success traces the journey of entrepreneur Daniel Patterson from the founding of his bakery in Southern California, through the challenges of growth, to an eventual sale, and a post-acquisition crisis. The case focuses on three key decision points for Patterson. The first centers on his decision to hire an experienced outside chief financial officer with strategic vision, succeeding the longtime and wel...Starting at €0.00
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Wal-Mart: Nonmarket Pressure and Reputation Risk (A)
David P. BaronCase SGSB-P52A-EEconomicsIn 2002, when Wal-Mart became the largest U.S. company in sales, it began to attract considerable attention. Its expansion into the grocery business seemed to ignite a firestorm of contention and bad press. Wal-Mart was criticized for providing low wages and inadequate health care benefits, driving small merchants out of business, damaging the culture in small towns, harming the environment, and violating workers rights. The company realized t...Starting at €8.20
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Wal-Mart: Nonmarket Pressure and Reputation Risk (B): A New Nonmarket Strategy
David P. BaronCase SGSB-P52B-EEconomicsIn 2002, when Wal-Mart became the largest U.S. company in sales, it began to attract considerable attention. Its expansion into the grocery business seemed to ignite a firestorm of contention and bad press. Wal-Mart was criticized for providing low wages and inadequate health care benefits, driving small merchants out of business, damaging the culture in small towns, harming the environment, and violating workers rights. The company realized t...Starting at €5.74