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Collision Course: Selling European High Performance Motorcycles in Japan
Authors: Hicks, Jeff; Lehmberg, Derek
Product Type: Cases
Source: Richard Ivey School of Business
Publication Year: 2012
This case is suitable for courses in international business, international management and international strategy. It provides an opportunity to debate the role of international subsidiaries in relation to the worldwide headquarters, to discuss how subsidiaries may try to change and/or subvert HQ plans, the management of cultural differences and language barriers, or the suitability of using expatriates in overseas leadership roles.
Phase Separation Solutions (PS2): The China Question
Authors: Peng, George; Beamish, Paul W.
Product Type: Cases
Source: Richard Ivey School of Business; Paul J. Hill School of Business
Publication Year: 2012
A small high-tech company is simultaneously faced with two separate but significant growth opportunities in China. The case is intended for use in strategy, international business or entrepreneurship courses.
Clarke: Transformation for Environmental Sustainability
Authors: Laszlo, Chris; McCabe, Katey; Ahearn, Eric; Ghatge, Indrajeet
Product Type: Cases
Source: Richard Ivey School of Business
Publication Year: 2012
A company seen as having a core business that is environmentally harmful by its very nature — in this case selling pesticides — faces unique challenges in its transformation to a sustainable enterprise. Even when innovation leads to new green products, processes, technologies and business models, the leadership of the company must cope with the daunting task of engaging employees and customers in the idea that green can be effective and profitable...
The Black Rhino
Authors: Freeman, R. Edward; Harris, Jared; Mead, Jenny; Cook, Sierra; Bailey, Trisha
Product Type: Cases
Source: Darden Business Publishing
Publication Year: 2012
John Hume, a veteran game farmer and founder of the Mauricedale Game Ranch in South Africa, was deeply troubled by the record upsurge in black rhino poaching incidents and black-market horn thefts in 2010 and 2011. As both a businessman and a rhino advocate, John Hume was contemplating an innovative idea that might help stop the decline of the black rhino: the creation of a market for legalized black rhino hunting...
Walmart Sustainability Through Lightbulbs: Flickering Out?
Authors: Moore, Marian C.; Norton, Tucker
Product Type: Cases
Source: Darden Business Publishing
Publication Year: 2012
Walmart had much more work ahead in positioning and pricing CFLs to make them a viable presence in the lighting category. A public failure here could cause Walmart to lose momentum in the greening of its brand. Was the issue a matter of product, price, promotion, or positioning?
KKR: Leveraging Sustainability
Authors: Eccles, Robert G.; Serafeim, George; Clay, Tiffany A.
Product Type: Cases
Source: Harvard Business School
Publication Year: 2012
The case describes KKR's Green Portfolio Program, one of the firm's environmental initiatives, which has achieved $160 million in cost savings. While pleased with its progress in achieving greater energy efficiency and reduced carbon emissions, the firm is looking for other ways to expand its sustainability initiatives, such as in its supply chain and incorporating sustainability into its due diligence and deal making processes.
Speeding Ahead to a Better Place
Authors: Ofek, Elie; Wagonfeld, Alison Berkley
Product Type: Cases
Source: Harvard Business School
Publication Year: 2012
Shai Agassi, CEO of Better Place, is in the midst of planning a paradigm shift in clean transportation. In an attempt to wean the world from using gasoline-powered vehicles, his company is playing the role of innovator and integrator for new vehicles, charging spots, and battery switch stations.
Envision Charlotte: Building an Energy Cluster
Author: George, William W.
Product Type: Cases
Source: Harvard Business School
Publication Year: 2011
On October 28, 2011, 1,500 people, including many civic and business leaders, gathered outdoors in a Charlotte, North Carolina city square to celebrate the launch of Envision: Charlotte, a first-in-the-nation smart grid plan aimed at reducing energy use in the central business district. The initiative called for a 20% reduction in energy consumption in the city while promoting the region's burgeoning energy sector by attracting green-minded companies...
Fiji versus FIJI: Negotiating Over Water
Authors: Gino, Francesca; Toffel, Michael W.; van Sice, Stephanie
Product Type: Cases
Source: Harvard Business School
Publication Year: 2012
The Fijian government proposed a substantial increase in its water extraction tax that would only apply to large extractors, and thus to FIJI Water and not to its competitors. An analysis of the negotiations and the position of each of the parties allow students to reflect on issues of power, trust, strategic decisions and ethics in negotiations and conflict resolution.
Democratic Enterprise: Ethical Business for the 21st Century
Authors: McDonnell, Diarmuid; Macknight, Elizabeth; Donnelly, Hugh
Product Type: Books / Book Chapters; Teaching Modules
Source: Co-operative Education Trust Scotland; University of Aberdeen
Publication Year: 2012
Designed for undergraduate students, Democratic Enterprise provides an open access, introductory-level analysis of democratic models of enterprise, namely co-operatives and employee-owned businesses.
Case Method Teaching as Science and Art: A Metaphoric Approach and Curricular Application
Author: Greenhalgh, Anne M.
Product Type: Journal Articles
Source: Journal of Management Education
Publication Year: 2007
This article provides a way for business school faculty to see one of their classic teaching methods — the case method — in a new light. By taking a stereoscopic view of case method as a scientific and literary enterprise, we can hone our students’ managerial and problem-solving skills, and heighten their leadership potential by developing their abilities as critical and creative thinkers.
Your Brain on Fiction
Author: Paul, Annie Murphy
Product Type: Magazine / Newspaper Articles
Source: The New York Times
Publication Year: 2012
Amid the squawks and pings of our digital devices, the old-fashioned virtues of reading novels can seem faded, even futile. But new support for the value of fiction is arriving from an unexpected quarter: neuroscience...
Solitude and Leadership
Author: Deresiewicz, William
Product Type: Speeches
Source: The American Scholar
Publication Year: 2010
We have a crisis of leadership in America… What we have now are the greatest technocrats the world has ever seen, people who have been trained to be incredibly good at one specific thing, but who have no interest in anything beyond their area of expertise. What we don’t have are leaders.
For Deliverymen, Speed, Tips and Fear on Wheels
Author: Goodman, J. David
Product Type: Magazine / Newspaper Articles
Source: The New York Times
Publication Year: 2012
On the front lines: restaurant delivery workers brave weather, traffic, and low wages to make a living...
Unintended Acceleration: Toyota's Recall Crisis
Authors: Austen-Smith, David; Diermeier, Daniel; Zemel, Eitan
Product Type: Cases
Source: Kellogg School of Management
Publication Year: 2012
Despite Toyota's voluntary recall of 4.2 million vehicles for floor mats that could jam the accelerator pedal and a later recall to increase the space between the gas pedal and the floor, the company insisted there was no underlying defect and defended itself against media reports and regulatory statements that said otherwise...
The Crisis That Keeps Going…and Going…and Going
Author: Kesner, Idalene F.
Product Type: Journal Articles
Source: Business Horizons
Publication Year: 2012
A media relations nightmare has occurred and the top management team is faced with a dilemma: what to do to manage the crisis that keeps on going…and going…and going...
Supply Chain Trust: The Catalyst for Collaborative Innovation
Authors: Fawcett, Stanley E.; Jones, Stephen L.; Fawcett, Amydee M.
Product Type: Journal Articles
Source: Business Horizons
Publication Year: 2012
Without a foundation of trust, collaborative alliances can neither be built nor sustained. In this article we develop a definition of collaborative trust, describe a trust maturity framework, and discuss the competitive power of trust.
Doug Rauch: Solving the American Food Paradox
Authors: Alvarez, Jose B.; Johnson, Ryan
Product Type: Cases
Source: Harvard Business School
Publication Year: 2012
Doug Rauch, the former president of grocery store chain Trader Joe's, had long been troubled by the amount of waste in the food system. Rauch believed he could build a non-profit grocery store model for low-income communities that would channel that wasted food to be resold at a significant discount, but faced significant challenges...
Plagiarism and Discipline
Authors: Compeau, Deborah; Lopez-Jimenez, Liliana
Product Type: Cases
Source: Richard Ivey School of Business
Publication Year: 2012
A professor discovers plagiarism in her MBA class and wonders whether reporting the students and having them expelled is the sensible approach this time...
Gregory Shine Daycare
Authors: Thomson, Matthew; Rowe, Anthea
Product Type: Cases
Source: Richard Ivey School of Business
Publication Year: 2012
The executive director of a daycare is trying to figure out how to address legal, financial and safety issues stemming from an incident - two months ago, a two-year old boy broke his leg on the playground...
Dialogue in the Dark, Hong Kong: A Role Model for Social Enterprises in the Making
Authors: Au, Kevin; Tsui, Anna Po Yung; Chan, Elsa Tsz Ying
Product Type: Cases
Source: Richard Ivey School of Business
Publication Year: 2012
Although it has to raise the awareness of the public toward blind or visually impaired people and promote employment opportunities for them, Dialogue in the Dark Hong Kong aims to achieve financial success — financial sustainability and dividend payout to investors.
Tennant Company: Can "Chemical-free" Be a Pathway to Competitive Advantage
Authors: Laszlo, Chris; Ahearn, Eric; Ghatge, Indrajeet; Sharma, Garima
Product Type: Cases
Source: Richard Ivey School of Business
Publication Year: 2012
Companies in every industry are attempting to reduce their use of chemicals, particularly synthetic organic compounds, where there is a perception of harm to human health or the environment. Tennant Company chose to differentiate itself through a technology-driven business strategy based on chemical-free cleaning. The case objective is for students to explore how environmental pressures can drive disruptive innovation in relatively mature industries, leading to new sources of competitive advantage for mainstream companies, not only eco-niche players...
Scrums, Sprints, Spikes and Poker: Agility in a Bulgarian Software Company
Authors: Miree, Lucia; Galletly, John
Product Type: Cases
Source: Richard Ivey School of Business
Publication Year: 2012
Telerik’s human resource practices were innovative and flexible and its benefits and compensation package had allowed Telerik to attract a high quality workforce. Its recent innovations in benefits, including concierge services and stock options, had given Telerik an edge in human capital with an employee turnover rate of under five per cent...
Le Moulin Blanc
Author: Kispal-Vitai, Zsuzsanna
Product Type: Cases
Source: Richard Ivey School of Business
Publication Year: 2012
A young entry-level employee starts work in the hotel industry in a Central East European country. The case explores the nature of HR operations in the light of ethics and sustainability...
A Jobs Compact for America's Future
Author: Kochan, Thomas A.
Product Type: Magazine / Newspaper Articles
Source: Harvard Business Review
Publication Year: 2012
The U.S. is stuck in the worst economic, political, and social crisis since the Great Depression. Without a well-trained, well-paid, continuously improving workforce the United States cannot compete with other nations effectively—and won’t be able to sustain high and rising living standards. But this downward slide is not inevitable. We can reverse the trend by identifying the roots of the crisis and focusing together on our national interests.
2012 Best of Sustainable Supply: McDonald's
Author:
Product Type: Policy and Issue Reports
Source: AboutMcDonalds.com
Publication Year: 2012
This report includes fifty-one mini case studies highlighting sustainable best practices in the global McDonald’s supply chain...
Religion/Spirituality in the Workplace: Vignettes
Authors: Mead, Jenny; Wicks, Andrew C.; Stewart, Nicholas
Product Type: Cases
Source: Darden Business Publishing
Publication Year: 2012
These 14 vignettes include situations with a variety of religious affiliations as well as hot-button topics like sexual preference and the pro-life versus pro-choice debate, among others...
Repurposing American History: Steel Production Ends in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania (A, B)
Authors: Goldberg, Rebecca; West, June A.
Product Type: Cases
Source: Darden School of Business
Publication Year: 2011
The doors were closing on Bethlehem Steel’s Structural Products Division located in the heart of the city of Bethlehem. Or were they? When one door closed, somewhere else a window opened—didn’t it? The current business structure would end, but former chairman and CEO Curtis “Hank” Barnette had assets to work with: the land, historical artifacts, town, buildings, goodwill he’d spent a good part of his life creating, and the people.
The Prince's Speech: On the Future of Food
Author: The Prince of Wales, HRH
Product Type: Books / Book Chapters
Source: Rodale Books
Publication Year: 2012
The Prince's Speech is a stirring, thought-provoking, and ultimately hopeful call to action from HRH Prince Charles, one of the world's leading proponents of sustainable farming practices...
Firestone/Ford Tire Controversy (A, B)
Authors: Narayanan, V.G.; Nieves, Roger
Product Type: Cases
Source: Harvard Business School
Publication Year: 2001
Examines the high-profile Firestone/Ford product recall/investigation that took place in the summer of 2000.
The 2012 Election Cycle: An Embarrassing Circus, Perhaps, but a Great Opportunity for Employee Ownership, for Sure
Author: Mathews, Anthony
Product Type: Essays and Concept Papers
Source: The Beyster Institute
Publication Year: 2012
It is time to make the case that employee ownership is a solution to a lot of what is wrong with our country, and we need to continue to promote the concept until we have 30,000 or 40,000 employee-owned companies rather than the static 10,000 we have had for the last decade or more. If we can do that, we will have put a large part of the country on a much stronger footing, and moved toward solving some fundamental economic and social problems...
Client Profile: Dini Partners, Inc.
Author: Zollars, Ron
Product Type: Mini-Cases
Source: The Beyster Institute
Publication Year: 2012
Dini Partners, Inc. became an S-Corporation as of Jan. 1, 2012. "It was clearly a way to define an ownership transition. The ESOP provided a path to an orderly transition of ownership. Also, as some of our senior members of the staff transition into retirement, we needed a vehicle to incentivize the younger, talented professionals to have a long-term stake in the firm."
An Overview of Employee Ownership
Author: Re, Mike
Product Type: Multimedia
Source: The Beyster Institute
Publication Year: 2012
Mike Re, CEO of California contractor Swinerton, discusses what employee ownership means to the company...
Water Use Rising Faster Than World Population
Author: Zabarenko, Deborah
Product Type: Magazine / Newspaper Articles
Source: Reuters
Publication Year: 2011
Like oil in the 20th century, water could well be the essential commodity on which the 21st century will turn...
The Big Thirst: The Secret Life and Turbulent Future of Water
Author: Fishman, Charles
Product Type: Books / Book Chapters
Source: Free Press
Publication Year: 2012
In 2008, Atlanta came within ninety days of running entirely out of clean water. California is in a desperate battle to hold off a water catastrophe. And in the last five years Australia nearly ran out of water—and had to scramble to reinvent the country’s entire water system. But as dramatic as the challenges are, the deeper truth Fishman reveals is that there is no good reason for us to be overtaken by a global water crisis. We have more than enough water. We just don’t think about it, or use it, smartly.
Charting Our Water Future: Economic Frameworks to Inform Decision-making
Author:
Product Type: Policy and Issue Reports
Source: 2030 Water Resources Group
Publication Year: 2009
Across the globe, policy makers, civil society and the business sector are increasingly becoming aware of the challenge facing global water resources, and the need to carefully manage these resources. Progress has been limited, however, and overall too slow. One missing piece has been the lack of a rigorous analytical framework to facilitate decision-making and investment into the sector, particularly on measures of efficiency and water productivity.
Water for Business: Initiatives Guiding Sustainable Water Management in the Private Sector
Author: World Business Council for Sustainable Development
Product Type: Policy and Issue Reports
Source: World Business Council for Sustainable Development
Publication Year: 2010
Every business depends and impacts on water resources. Some use it to process raw materials and manufacture goods. Some use it for cooling and cleaning. For others, it is a central ingredient in the goods they produce, or it is required to consume the product they sell. The future of business depends on the sustainability of water resources, which are increasingly under pressure.
Thirsty Planet – Business Responses to Water Scarcity
Authors: Rapacioli, Sandra; Malone, Roger
Product Type: Policy and Issue Reports
Source: Chartered Institute of Management Accountants
Publication Year: 2012
Water scarcity is not simply a social and environmental issue but an economic one. Financial impacts are a critical part of water risk evaluation. It is therefore essential that management accountants understand the business risks and potential impacts on company performance posed by water scarcity.
The Business Case for an Integrated Approach to Water Management
Authors: Gee, Wesley; Even-Har, Meirav; Adam, Millie
Product Type: Policy and Issue Reports
Source: Canadian Business for Social Responsibility
Publication Year: 2009
The objective of this guide is to offer practical insights that will help companies to identify and manage water-related risks and capture opportunities, by offering a framework and supporting resources which encourage strategic decision making and a positive response toward responsible water management.
Water Sustainability Tool
Author:
Product Type: Web Sites
Source: Global Environmental Management Initiative
Publication Year: 2012
GEMI has developed this website—the Water Sustainability Tool—to assist individual companies and other organizations to better understand what emerging water issues might mean for them, given their operations, needs, and circumstances. The tool includes background and case studies designed to help individual companies build a business water strategy.
In Texas, ConocoPhillips and Other Plants Strive to Conserve Water but Look Into Groundwater Just in Case
Author: Galbraith, Kate
Product Type: Magazine / Newspaper Articles
Source: The New York Times
Publication Year: 2012
As ConocoPhillips and other plants in Texas work hard to reduce water use, it is becoming clear that conservation may not be enough...
Max Foundation (A, B)
Authors: Van Wassenhove, Luk; Thierry, Martijn
Product Type: Cases
Source: INSEAD
Publication Year: 2011
This series describes how a couple who lost a child create a social venture and how concepts and tools from the business world can be used in the humanitarian sector.
Water Funds: Financing Nature's Ability to Protect Water Supplies
Authors: Plambeck, Erica; Daily, Gretchen; Hoyt, David W.
Product Type: Cases
Source: Stanford University
Publication Year: 2011
This case introduces the concept of ecosystem services (the role that natural ecosystems play in sustaining and fulfilling human life) and payment for ecosystem services (PES), in which stakeholders pay in order to preserve or restore the ability of nature to provide these services. It describes water funds and other PES arrangements, as well as some of the challenges that water funds face.
Meeting the Global Water Challenge
Author:
Product Type: Web Sites
Source: Nestlé
Publication Year: 2012
This report summarizes Nestle's response to the water challenge. Our response is core to our value creation activities and vital to the sustainable development and well-being of the communities we serve and the businesses we run.
Walking on Water
Author: Burrows, David
Product Type: Magazine / Newspaper Articles
Source: The Guardian
Publication Year: 2011
If you thought carbon footprinting was tough, wait till you get to water. With supplies falling fast, smart companies are seeking ways to shrink their thirst...
Questions of Character: Illuminating the Heart of Leadership Through Literature
Author: Badaracco, Joseph L., Jr.
Product Type: Books / Book Chapters
Source: Harvard Business Review Press
Publication Year: 2006
In Questions of Character, Joseph L. Badaracco outlines eight fundamental challenges that test a leader’s character, and proposes exploring them through the lens of literature.
The Seven Signs of Ethical Collapse: Understanding What Causes Moral Meltdowns in Organizations
Author: Jennings, Marianne M.
Product Type: Books / Book Chapters
Source: St. Martin's Griffin
Publication Year: 2006
Marianne Jennings has spent a lifetime studying business ethics--and ethical failures. Here she takes her decades of findings and shows us the reasons that companies and nonprofits undergo ethical collapse...
Your Turn: Staying Focused on Student Learning
Author: Sharpe, Norean R.
Product Type: Magazine / Newspaper Articles
Source: BizEd Magazine
Publication Year: 2011
While I realize that it’s not feasible for business schools to ignore the rankings, I strongly believe that no school should review or revise its program with the sole aim of earning a better spot on the media lists. Schools that increase applicants, shrink programs, or emulate other institutions—instead of focusing on their own visions—are unlikely to make sustainable progress.
Raising the Bar: Employers’ Views on College Learning in the Wake of the Economic Downturn
Author:
Product Type: Policy and Issue Reports
Source: Association of American Colleges and Universities
Publication Year: 2010
Employers want their employees to use a broader set of skills and have higher levels of learning and knowledge than in the past to meet the increasingly complex demands they will face in the workplace. A majority of employers believe that colleges should place greater emphasis on a variety of learning outcomes developed through a liberal education...
College Learning for the New Global Century
Author:
Product Type: Policy and Issue Reports
Source: Association of American Colleges and Universities
Publication Year: 2007
In the twenty-first century, the world itself is setting very high expectations for knowledge and skill. This report—based on extensive input both from educators and employers—responds to these new global challenges. It describes the learning contemporary students need from college, and what it will take to help them achieve it.
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