SM345
Kevin Schulman, Abishek Thiagaraj
2021
As the COVID-19 pandemic shut down businesses and schools in 2020, global health authorities and governments kick-started the quest for a vaccine for the novel coronavirus. This case study details Operation Warp Speed, the $18 billion public-private…
E748
Stephen Ciesinski, Lucy Montgomery
2021
Tayo Oviosu founded Paga in 2009 to make life possible for the millions of Nigerians who operated in a cash-first environment. Paga helped users send money through peer-to-peer transactions, pay utility bills, and store money in a digital wallet. Paga…
P104
Steven Callander, Joseph Golden, Blake Kavanaugh
2021
In March 2006, Iftekhar Enayetullah and Abu Hasnat Md. Maqsood Sinha, the cofounders of Waste Concern, a social enterprise based in Dhaka, Bangladesh, and focused on developing innovative waste management solutions for cities in emerging Asia, faced their…
SM342
Kim Starkey, Sheila Melvin
2021
CAMFED, or Campaign for Female Education, began in 1993 by supporting 32 children in two schools; as of 2021, it had helped more than a million girls in sub-Saharan Africa “to access school, succeed, and become leaders of change in their communities.”…
SM343
Kim Starkey, Sheila Melvin
2021
Friends of the Children was founded by Duncan Campbell in 1991. Campbell grew up in extremely challenging circumstances and wanted to use his good fortune to make an impact on the lives of children who faced the same sort of circumstances he once had….
SM346
Robert Siegel
2021
Foodics aimed to develop a point-of-sale system that offered food and beverage establishments an all-in-one workflow solution, providing a digital menu system to replace outdated analog systems and paper stickers to update menu prices. The case study…
E546B
Jim Ellis, Patricia Nakache, Lucy Montgomery
2021
After graduating from Stanford Graduate School of Business, Nicholas Heinrichsen and Christopher Coleman launched Carlypso, a peer-to-peer marketplace for selling used cars. Carlypso hoped to disrupt the $400 billion used car market by making it easier…
E743
Jim Ellis, Jack Strabo
2021
This case details the challenges Collin Wallace faced at FanGo, a mobile ordering technology company that he founded based on technology that he developed as a college student. The case explores critical decisions that Wallace had to make, including in…
L38
George Foster, Cor van der Wal, Gerzain Gutierrez, Zach Naidu
2021
Rick Welts has been one of the most successful and lauded business executives in professional sports. He made remarkable contributions to the NBA league office, and was president of three NBA teams which won seven championships during his tenure. He was…
SM344
Robert Siegel
2021
A family health crisis, difficulties making urgent medical appointments, and inefficient doctor-patient communications had convinced two tech entrepreneurs that Saudi Arabia’s health care system was ripe for a digital intervention. Digital health…
M391
Imogen Mansfield, Jennifer Aaker, Connor Diemand-Yauman, Naomi Bagdonas
2021
The case describes Entertainment Studios CEO and founder Byron Allen’s journey from stand up comedian to start up founder, as he inserts humor and levity into typically serious business situations.
E746
Harikesh Nair , Anuj Agarwal, Jack Strabo
2021
This case discusses the rise of e-commerce companies in the United States and China and discusses the impact they have had on the market position of brands, using consumer packaged goods as an example.
E667
Amy Wilkinson
2021
The OpenGov: Bringing the Cloud to Government case presents the example of OpenGov founder and CEO Zachary Bookman, who creates and scales a high growth venture to serve government. Bookman demonstrates the mindset and skill set required of…
M390
Oriekose Idah, Connor Diemand-Yauman, Jennifer Aaker, Naomi Bagdonas
2021
Terry Crews is a well known comedic actor and effectively uses humor to uplift others. His comedic ethos centers on risk taking - being willing to try different jokes or character styles without the fear of failure. Crews was not always unembarrassable…
ETH31
William F. Meehan III, Charles G. Prober, Sheila Melvin
2021
Daryn Dodson (Stanford GSB, 2007) is managing director of Illumen Capital, a private equity, venture, and growth impact fund-of-funds that delivers evidence-based bias-reduction training and coaching to its portfolio of fund managers throughout the life…
ETH32
William F. Meehan III, Charles G. Prober, Sheila Melvin
2021
This 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…
E751
Robert Siegel, Jack Strabo
2021
This case details the challenges faced by Marc Jones as the CEO of Aeris Communications (Aeris), a privately owned software company that provided Internet of Things (IoT) networks and services to automotive, fleet, and health care customers. In the case…
E744
Robert Chess, Susan Golden, Jack Strabo
2021
This case follows the story of Suelin Chen in her career as the founder of Cake, a digital platform that provided “one-stop access” to a wide range of advance care and end-of-life planning products and services. The case highlights the societal…
SPM60
George Foster, Madie Chou, Gerzain Gutierrez, Dave Hoyt
2021
The United States Golf Association (USGA), operates among a network of associations and organizations in the game of golf. In the ecosystem of golf, there are many stakeholders, but no single governing body with overarching power to direct the action of…
OB106
Ulrike Schaede, Vanessa Ceia, Charles A. O’Reilly III
2021
In 2020, NEC focused on providing advanced IT, network, and data solutions, including cloud computing, AI and machine learning, Internet-of-Things platforms, and 5G networks as well as communication equipment installations. An award-winning company, NEC…
