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 Publishingopen in new window and The Case Centreopen in new window.
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 Leadershipopen in new window at the Berkeley Haas School of Business.
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
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…
Strata’s Strategic Pivot: From Aerospace Manufacturing to N95 Masks
Perfect Rec: Personalized Product Recommendation AI
Builders Fund: Impact Prioritization Rating
Katharine Hersh (BS ‘10), a partner at Builders Fund (“Builders”), a growth-stage private equity impact investment firm based in San Francisco, was looking for a way to measure and monitor impact that embedded the thinking earlier on in the deal process…
PM Pediatrics: Scaling Pediatric Urgent Care
Steve Katz and Dr. Jeff Schor founded PM Pediatrics in 2005 with the goal of transforming pediatric urgent care. Their research showed that over 90 percent of children’s emergency room visits were for injuries and illnesses that could have been treated in…
Google Cloud in 2024: Scaling the Hyperscaler
SCiFi Foods: Real Beef, Reinvented
A Market Maker for Social Impact: Nexleaf’s Journey
In 2024, Nithya Ramanathan, CEO and co-founder of Nexleaf Analytics, faced a critical strategic decision. Over the past decade, Nexleaf had revolutionized vaccine preservation in low-income countries through ColdTrace, an IoT-based remote temperature…