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Public Procurement and the Private Supply of Green Buildings
Authors: Simcoe, Timothy; Toffel, Michael W.
Product Type: Research Notes / Working Papers
Source: Harvard Business School
Publication Year: 2012
Government purchasing programs often have policy objectives that go beyond getting a good deal for the taxpayer. This paper examines the impact of environmentally friendly government procurement policies on private-sector adoption of the targeted products. The authors find that municipal government green building procurement policies that apply only to municipal buildings also accelerate the use of green building practices in the private sector, both in the cities with these policies as well as in neighboring cities.
Nurturing Green: Vows and Woes of an Entrepreneur (A, B)
Authors: Gupta, Nakul; Goyal, D.P.
Product Type: Cases
Source: Richard Ivey School of Business
Publication Year: 2012
It was February 2012 and the founder of Nurturing Green, a plants-as-gifts enterprise, faced an important business decision. As he pondered the deal presented to him by an investment firm, he wondered about the wisdom of giving up 50 per cent control of his company in return for the investment firm’s offer of $10 million in capital funding...
License to Cheat: Voluntary Regulation and Ethical Behavior
Authors: Gino, Francesca; Krupka, Erin L.; Weber, Roberto A.
Product Type: Research Notes / Working Papers
Source: Harvard Business School
Publication Year: 2012
One powerful tool, at least in theory, that policymakers can rely on to stem cheating is regulation through monitoring and sanctions. But regulation does not really help when individuals and firms who are supposed to be regulated may have the ability to determine how much regulation they face, or even whether they face it at all. This paper studies what happens when individuals can avoid or circumvent regulation and monitoring intended to curb unethical conduct.
Self-Serving Altruism? When Unethical Actions That Benefit Others Do Not Trigger Guilt
Authors: Gino, Francesca; Ayal, Shahar; Ariely, Dan
Product Type: Research Notes / Working Papers
Source: Harvard Business School
Publication Year: 2012
Not a day goes by without the revelation of unethical behavior by a politician, movie star, professional athlete, or high-ranking executive. This paper asks: Is a person's willingness to cross ethical lines influenced by the presence of others who may benefit?
ideaForge: Mechanical Charger
Authors: Adhikari, Atanu; Deshmukh, Rama
Product Type: Cases
Source: Richard Ivey School of Business
Publication Year: 2012
ideaForge manufactured and sold two types of products: mechanical chargers and other conventional chargers such as bike chargers. The company faced two major challenges while running the business: how to market this innovative product to customers used to traditional mobile phone chargers, and whether the company should increase the product range or concentrate on existing products...
Our Baboon Moment: How Businesses Can Create Peace
Author: Fort, Timothy L.
Product Type: Magazine / Newspaper Articles
Source: Network for Business Sustainability
Publication Year: 2012
Timothy Fort, professor at the George Washington University School of Business, describes how existing business practices can support world peace.
Low-carbon, Indigenous Innovation in China
Author: Vietor, Richard H.K.
Product Type: Cases
Source: Harvard Business School
Publication Year: 2012
For the past seven years or so, the Chinese government has been powering ahead with industrial policies to promote low-carbon energy technologies--wind, solar, electric batteries and vehicles, nuclear power, and even carbon capture and sequestration. The net effects of these initiatives leave low-carbon energy industries in the United States in the dust...
Intuit Inc.: Project AgriNova
Authors: Eisenmann, Thomas R.; Bijlani, Tanya
Product Type: Cases
Source: Harvard Business School
Publication Year: 2012
In late 2008, a team from Intuit's office in Bangalore, India is evaluating an opportunity to launch a new venture that would use SMS to deliver crop price information to farmers in India. The question is, what should they do next?
d.light: Selling Solar to the Poor
Authors: Sorensen, Jesper; Kennedy, Michael; Jorasch, Gina
Product Type: Cases
Source: Stanford Graduate School of Business
Publication Year: 2012
D.light is one of the leading manufacturers of solar powered lighting technology specifically designed for use by the world's poorest, bottom of the pyramid customers. Having sold over 7 million lights since 2007, the company has been relatively successful. However, sales to the very poorest customers have failed to reach penetration levels desired by management, and the company is currently struggling with an array of marketing techniques and strategies specifically targeting this historically difficult customer segment.
Alleged Accounting Fraud at Nortel Networks Corporation
Authors: Henderson, Darren; Sturby, Chris; Liu, Christine
Product Type: Cases
Source: Richard Ivey School of Business
Publication Year: 2012
In January 2009, an investor was assessing his investment in Nortel. Considering his losses, the investor wondered whether there were any signs indicating that Nortel's accounting practices were problematic. He also wanted to understand the accounting issues raised in the SEC and OSC investigations, such as improper recognition of revenue and improper recording of provisions.
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