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The Rise of the Intrapreneurs
Author: Clay, Alexa
Product Type: Magazine / Newspaper Articles
Source: Fast Company
Publication Year: 2012
Discovering a lost tribe in corporate America: The people trying to make it better from the inside.
The American Way of Eating: Undercover at Walmart, Applebee's, Farm Fields and the Dinner Table
Author: McMillan, Tracie
Product Type: Books / Book Chapters
Source: Scribner
Publication Year: 2012
What if you can’t afford nine-dollar tomatoes? That was the question award-winning journalist Tracie McMillan couldn’t escape as she watched the debate about America’s meals unfold, one that urges us to pay food’s true cost—which is to say, pay more. So in 2009 McMillan embarked on a groundbreaking undercover journey to see what it takes to eat well in America. For nearly a year, she worked, ate, and lived alongside the working poor to examine how Americans eat when price matters. From the fields of California, a Walmart produce aisle outside of Detroit, and the kitchen of a New York City Applebee’s, McMillan takes us into the heart of America’s meals.
Vietnam Handicraft Initiative: Moving Toward Sustainable Operations
Authors: Easter, Sarah; Dato-on, Mary Conway
Product Type: Cases
Source: Richard Ivey School of Business
Publication Year: 2012
A recent MBA graduate has just received a one-year business assignment as a business development and marketing advisor to work with the Vietnam Handicraft Initiative (VHI), a vocational training and employment center for people with disabilities, located in Central Vietnam. Her job is to assist the VHI to increase its productivity, become sustainable and strengthen the capacity of the organization through improved business and marketing plans...
Goldlake Eurocantera/Honduras
Authors: Erzurumlu, Sinan; Anderson, Marty; Carte, Assheton L. Stewart
Product Type: Cases
Source: Babson College
Publication Year: 2012
GOLD launched Goldlake, a mining industry investment company, through its subsidiary Eurocantera in Honduras. Goldlake considered its organizational goals to be commercial viability and the environmental and social impacts of its business decisions on reputational and financial value. This case focuses on how Goldlake developed values based on principles of human and environmental sensitivity, and how it turned the social innovation of community inclusiveness into a competitive advantage.
Boston Innovation District Turns Two
Author: Isenberg, Daniel J.
Product Type: Cases
Source: Babson College
Publication Year: 2012
As Boston's Mayor Thomas Menino had repeated many times before many audiences, between his widely noted 2010 address and May 2012, "There has never been a better time for innovation in urban settings than now and there should be no better place than in Boston."
Inkaterra
Authors: Comin, Diego; Gopaldas, Rohan; Rehder, Diego
Product Type: Cases
Source: Harvard Business School
Publication Year: 2012
The case presents the unique business model of Inkaterra, a leading eco-tourism organization in Peru, and the different strategies the company can pursue to grow. Through the experience of Inkaterra the case studies two general issues. First, it discusses the potential barriers that exist for the development of the tourism sector. Second, it presents the debate of whether governments may want to use tourism as an engine of growth, and if so, what is the best strategy to preserve the environment.
JP Morgan: Lessons Learned
Author: Sapp, Stephen
Product Type: Cases
Source: Richard Ivey School of Business
Publication Year: 2012
Following the revelation of a US$2 billion loss on trading at JP Morgan’s chief investment office in London, the company’s board of directors is tasked with recommending changes to its risk management practices and corporate governance structure...
Because It's Right: Effective Arguments for Green Supply Chains
Author: Knowledge@W.P. Carey
Product Type: Essays and Concept Papers
Source: Knowledge@W.P. Carey
Publication Year: 2012
The effectiveness of environmental advocates inside organizations depends a great deal on their choice of influence tactics, and some of the most promising options are often overlooked...
Telenor's Dilemma: The 2G Spectrum Scam in India
Authors: Prashar, Sanjeev; Prasad, Adeshwar Raja Balaji; Parasaran, V.S.; Venna, Vijay Kumar
Product Type: Cases
Source: Richard Ivey School of Business
Publication Year: 2012
In 2008 the Supreme Court of India revoked the 2G spectrum licences issued to many local and international companies because of major violations in the granting procedure by the Telecom Ministry. The case drives home the significance of political and legal business environmental factors that have an impact on the successful conduct of business. Multinational companies tend to be vulnerable to political risks, and the case suggests to students how to handle such situations.
Sanatkada: Giving Wings to Dreams
Authors: Singh, Smita; Kriplani, Nikita; Anand, Abhinav
Product Type: Cases
Source: Richard Ivey School of Business
Publication Year: 2012
While commercial activity is one goal of Sanatkada, its founder feels very strongly about issues related to women's empowerment and has also brought a not-for-profit component to the business. This hybrid model of doing business is difficult to balance. The goal of the case is to work out the possible alternatives that would enable Sanatkada's founder to retain the spirit of Sanatkada, while simultaneously empowering her staff and making the social initiatives self-sustainable.
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