Stanford Graduate School of Business (USA)
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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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Equal Opportunity Schools: Findind the Missing Students
William F. Meehan, Davina DrabkinCase SGSB-SM240-EStrategyDuring his second year as a high school teacher in South Carolina, Reid Saaris noticed that a highly academically capable student was not registered for advanced classes. The student was African American and Saaris observed that most African-American students at the school were enrolled in lower-level courses. As Saaris walked down the hallway, he could see “on one side a 12th grade English class playing an all-class game of hangman and half of...Starting at €8.20
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Equal Opportunity Schools: Findind the Missing Students - Teaching Note
William F. Meehan, Davina DrabkinTeaching Note SGSB-SM240TN-EStrategyDuring his second year as a high school teacher in South Carolina, Reid Saaris noticed that a highly academically capable student was not registered for advanced classes. The student was African American and Saaris observed that most African-American students at the school were enrolled in lower-level courses. As Saaris walked down the hallway, he could see “on one side a 12th grade English class playing an all-class game of hangman and half of...Starting at €0.00
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El caso antimonopolio de Microsoft
Baron, D.; Lichtenstein, C.Case SGSB-P20ESStrategyEn 1998, el Departamento de Justicia de los EE. UU. Junto con 19 fiscales generales estatales presentaron una acción antimonopolio contra Microsoft Corporation por conducta anticompetitiva y violación de la Ley Sherman. El caso detalla las acusaciones del Departamento de Justicia y el caso presentado ante el tribunal, así como la posición de Microsoft sobre los asuntos y la línea de defensa. Describe la secuencia de eventos que comienzan con el t...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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Repsol and YPF (B): Considering Options
Shotts, K; Casey, K; Melvin, SCase SGSB-P90B-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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Wal-Mart: Presión de No Mercado y Riesgo de Reputación (A)
Baron, D.Case SGSB-P52AESStrategyEn 2002, cuando Wal-Mart se convirtió en la compañía estadounidense más grande en ventas, comenzó a atraer considerable atención. Su expansión en el negocio de comestibles pareció encender una tormenta de contención y mala prensa. Wal-Mart fue criticado por proporcionar salarios bajos y beneficios de atención médica inadecuados, expulsar a los pequeños comerciantes del negocio, dañar la cultura en los pueblos pequeños, dañar el medio ambiente y v...Starting at €8.20
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Wal-Mart: Presión de No Mercado y Riesgo de Reputación (B): Una Nueva Estrategia de No Mercado
Baron, D.Case SGSB-P52BESStrategyEn 2004 y 2005, Wal-Mart comenzó a implementar una estrategia no comercial para responder a los detractores y mejorar su imagen. Este caso detalla los muchos pasos que Wal-Mart tomó, desde involucrarse políticamente hasta crear oficinas de relaciones comunitarias y trabajar con grupos de intereses especiales. Wal-Mart publicó anuncios en varios periódicos, lanzó una importante iniciativa medioambiental, amplió los beneficios de atención médica, c...Starting at €5.74