This listing contains abstracts and ordering information for case studies written and published by faculty at Stanford GSB.
Publicly available cases in this collection are distributed by Harvard Business Publishing and The Case Centre.
Stanford case studies with diverse protagonists, along with case studies that build “equity fluency” by focusing on DEI-related issues and opportunities are listed in the Case Compendium developed by the Center for Equity, Gender and Leadership at the Berkeley Haas School of Business.
Box (B) Shared Vision or Mission Impossible?
Box (A) Starboard Value Takes a Stake
Box (D) Votes of Confidence
Box (C) KKR Invests
Box (E) Proxy Battle
Trunk Tools
Nuveen and the Amazon Reforestation Bond: An Outcome Bond for Scaling Impact
Fresh off of a second consecutive year of winning Environmental Finance’s award for Impact Investment Team of the Year, the global fixed income team at Nuveen was riding high. Led by Stephen Liberatore, CFA, lead portfolio manager for and head of Nuveen’s…
Zum: Reinventing Student Transportation
HubSpot in 2025: Inspiring SMBs from the Internet Age to the AI Era
Vanta: The Evolution of a Sales Organization
Blue Shield of California
Nextdoor: Leading a KIND Company
Politics and the Workplace: Aligning or Alienating?
Through the controversial decisions of Coinbase and Basecamp to ban political discussions in the workplace, this case explores the tension between maintaining focus on business objectives versus engaging with broader social issues, and whether political…
Bahwan CyberTek in 2024 (A): Globalization from the Other Direction
Bahwan CyberTek was a privately held digital transformation solutions company based in Chennai, India, with operations in the United States, the Middle East, North Africa, and Asia. It had IT Services, Outsourcing and Digital Platform business lines and…
Bahwan CyberTek in 2024 (B): Strategic Business Unit and Geography Dynamics
Bahwan CyberTek was a privately held digital transformation solutions company based in Chennai, India, with operations in the United States, the Middle East, North Africa, and Asia. It had IT Services, Outsourcing and Digital Platform business lines and…
Impact Experience: Force Multiplier for Good
Zipline 2019-2024: Bringing Delivery Home
Muni: Community Group Buying in Latin America
Nuveen and the Galapagos Marine Bond: Evaluating a Public Fixed Income Impact Investment
In late 2022, Stephen Liberatore, CFA, lead portfolio manager for and head of Nuveen’s impact fixed income strategies, picked up a phone call from colleagues at investment bank Credit Suisse regarding a marine conservation-linked bond tied to a debt-for…
Guidewheel: Finding Product-Market Fit on the Factory Floor
When Lauren Dunford cofounded the start-up that would become Guidewheel, she initially wanted to make an impact on energy sustainability in Kenya. But when her company’s power-monitoring technology struggled to find product-market fit in factories…
Scaling Scale AI: Navigating the AI Frontier
In April 2023, Alexandr Wang, CEO of Scale AI, faced a pivotal decision that would shape the future of his company. Having achieved remarkable success in providing labeled data for autonomous vehicles (AVs), Scale AI was at a crossroads as generative AI…
Aleph: A Collaborative Advantage
In the face of unprecedented growth and high-stakes decisions, Gaston Taratuta, CEO and co-founder of Aleph Group, must navigate a critical juncture in the company’s trajectory. During the pandemic, Aleph received multiple acquisition offers, including an…
Fram Energy
This case study explores the journey of Charlotte Meerstadt, a climate-focused entrepreneur, and the development of her startup, Fram Energy. Inspired by a personal challenge with solar panels on her rental property, Meerstadt identified a critical market…