Stanford Graduate School of Business (USA)
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Synapse Technology Corporation: Using AI to Take a Good Look at Airport Security
Shaw, Kathryn; Cinnamon, Ian; Jedras, JamesCase SGSB-E763-EDecision AnalysisCould AI-based X-ray scanning platform make flying safer? Airport security officers had just seconds to decide if someone’s luggage contained a knife, gun, explosive, or other potential safety threat, and the human eye was not designed to focus for hours on a scanning screen. This case study describes the founding and early years of Synapse Technology, which aimed to improve airport security performance by leveraging advances in computer vision t...Starting at €8.20
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Focal Systems: The Automation of Brick & Motar Retail
Shaw, Kathryn; Chaubard, Francois; Jedras, JamesCase SGSB-E764-EEntrepreneurshipFocal Systems, with fresh new Series B funding and more new orders than it could handle, believed its novel out-of-stock detection system would prove the sweet spot in the automation of traditional brick and mortar retail stores. Small cameras on store shelves could automatically log any products in need of resupply, but also order the items to restock, saving store managers valuable time each day. Stores would see lower labor costs but also woul...Starting at €8.20
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Operation Bramble Bush (A)
Levav, Jonathan; Melvin, Sheila; Assenheim, OmriCase SGSB-OM39A-ELeadership and People ManagementIn the pre-dawn hours of August 2, 1990, Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein ordered his army to invade the neighboring, oil-rich state of Kuwait; within two days, Iraq had largely overcome organized military resistance and occupied its neighbor. A near-total financial and trade embargo imposed on Iraq failed to persuade it to leave Kuwait and in January 1991, U.S.-led coalition forces launched “Operation Desert Storm” with an air offensive against Iraq...Starting at €8.20
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Operation Bramble Bush (B)
Levav, Jonathan; Melvin, Sheila; Assenheim, OmriCase SGSB-OM39B-ELeadership and People ManagementIn the pre-dawn hours of August 2, 1990, Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein ordered his army to invade the neighboring, oil-rich state of Kuwait; within two days, Iraq had largely overcome organized military resistance and occupied its neighbor. A near-total financial and trade embargo imposed on Iraq failed to persuade it to leave Kuwait and in January 1991, U.S.-led coalition forces launched “Operation Desert Storm” with an air offensive against Iraq...Starting at €5.74
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Gary Loveman and Harrah's Entertainment
Jeffrey Pfeffer, Victoria ChangCase SGSB-OB45-ELeadership and People ManagementIn 1998, 38-year-old Gary Loveman was perfectly content with his job as an untenured associate professor at the Harvard Business School (HBS). He was a popular teacher with standing room only classes in service management. He lived comfortably with his family in Massachusetts and had successful consulting engagements and executive education assignments with companies such as Harrah’s Entertainment. His prospects for his tenure review, coming up i...Starting at €8.20