Stanford Graduate School of Business (USA)
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Billy Beane and the Oakland Athletics (A): Disruptive Innovation in Major League Baseball
Foster, G; O'Reilly, N,, Lippert, R,, Shimizu, C,, Udseth, KCase SGSB-SPM53A-ECorporate Governance, StrategyBilly Beane and the Oakland A’s have ‘changed the game’ in terms of talent identification, analytics, and player investment in Major League Baseball (MLB). Cases A and B are designed to provide and inspire learning on these topics by recounting Billy Beane’s success as the Oakland A’s General Manager over the past 16 seasons (1998 to 2013). The case, through analysis of performance and financial data over this time period, establishes Beane as ...Starting at €8.20
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MobiChair - Teaching Note
H. Irving Grousbeck, Sara RosenthalTeaching Note SGSB-E491TN-EEntrepreneurshipThe MobiChair case describes the story of Lucy Ahn and Josh McKinnon, graduates of Stanford’s Graduate School of Business who are also in a relationship, who take on the role of co-CEOs of a power wheelchair company after being offered the position by a mentor who is on the company’s board. MobiChair is facing stalled growth and the board hopes to revive the company with new leadership. Though hesitant at first, the couple decides to take on th...Starting at €0.00
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MobiChair
H. Irving Grousbeck, Sara RosenthalCase SGSB-E491-EEntrepreneurshipThe MobiChair case describes the story of Lucy Ahn and Josh McKinnon, graduates of Stanford’s Graduate School of Business who are also in a relationship, who take on the role of co-CEOs of a power wheelchair company after being offered the position by a mentor who is on the company’s board. MobiChair is facing stalled growth and the board hopes to revive the company with new leadership. Though hesitant at first, the couple decides to take on th...Starting at €8.20
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Starling Systems Vignettes - Teaching Note
H. Irving Grousbeck, Sara RosenthalTeaching Note SGSB-E570TN-EEntrepreneurshipJack Swain, the newly appointed CEO of Starling Systems, a call center software solutions company, had a problem. Swain had recently hired in a new VP of operations, Felicia Shaw, and while she had instituted a number of much-needed changes within the organization, she had not been well-received by the tight-knit customer service team. Specifically, Starling System’s top performing customer service representative, Judith Fenton, was not happy a...Starting at €0.00
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Billy Beane and the Oakland Athletics (B): Advanced Metrics Beyond Baseball
Foster, G; O'Reilly, N,, Lippert, R,, Shimizu, C,, Udseth, KCase SGSB-SPM53B-ECorporate Governance, StrategyBilly Beane and the Oakland A’s have ‘changed the game’ in terms of talent identification, analytics, and player investment in Major League Baseball (MLB). Cases A and B are designed to provide and inspire learning on these topics by recounting Billy Beane’s success as the Oakland A’s General Manager over the past 16 seasons (1998 to 2013). The case, through analysis of performance and financial data over this time period, establishes Beane as ...Starting at €5.74
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Billy Beane and the Oakland Athletics (B): Advanced Metrics Beyond Baseball - Teaching Note
Foster, G; O'Reilly, N,, Lippert, R,, Shimizu, C,, Udseth, KTeaching Note SGSB-SPM53TN-ECorporate Governance, StrategyBilly Beane and the Oakland A’s have ‘changed the game’ in terms of talent identification, analytics, and player investment in Major League Baseball (MLB). Cases A and B are designed to provide and inspire learning on these topics by recounting Billy Beane’s success as the Oakland A’s General Manager over the past 16 seasons (1998 to 2013). The case, through analysis of performance and financial data over this time period, establishes Beane as ...Starting at €0.00
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Healthy Buildings
H. Irving Grousbeck, Sara RosenthalCase SGSB-E563-EEntrepreneurshipThe Healthy Buildings case profiles Janet Rodriguez, CEO and founder of Healthy Buildings, a green building materials supplier. In her role as CEO, Rodriguez faces two difficult issues involving her employees. The first issue deals with Fred Payton, Healthy Buildings’s COO, and Marcia Vannis, the company’s vice president of marketing. It soon becomes apparent that Payton and Vannis have a tumultuous relationship, with Payton frequently undermin...Starting at €8.20
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Healthy Buildings - Teaching Note
H. Irving Grousbeck, Sara RosenthalTeaching Note SGSB-E563TN-EEntrepreneurshipThe Healthy Buildings case profiles Janet Rodriguez, CEO and founder of Healthy Buildings, a green building materials supplier. In her role as CEO, Rodriguez faces two difficult issues involving her employees. The first issue deals with Fred Payton, Healthy Buildings’s COO, and Marcia Vannis, the company’s vice president of marketing. It soon becomes apparent that Payton and Vannis have a tumultuous relationship, with Payton frequently undermin...Starting at €0.00
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Starling Systems Vignettes
H. Irving Grousbeck, Sara RosenthalCase SGSB-E570-EEntrepreneurshipJack Swain, the newly appointed CEO of Starling Systems, a call center software solutions company, had a problem. Swain had recently hired in a new VP of operations, Felicia Shaw, and while she had instituted a number of much-needed changes within the organization, she had not been well-received by the tight-knit customer service team. Specifically, Starling System’s top performing customer service representative, Judith Fenton, was not happy a...Starting at €8.20
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The Elephant in the Room
Meehan, William; Prober, Charles; Melvin, SheilaCase SGSB-ETH32-ELeadership and People ManagementThis is a fictional roleplay based on the experiences of Daryn Dodson, the managing director of Illumen Capital, an investment firm that aims to leverage its power as an investor to deliver capital combined with evidence-based bias-reduction training and coaching for its portfolio of fund managers. Through Illumen Capital, Dodson worked to train portfolio fund managers to discern and eliminate implicit and explicit biases, thereby helping them to...Starting at €8.20