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American Pharmaceutical
Author: Richards, E.
Product Type: Cases
Source: CIBER Case Collection, Indiana University
Publication Year: 2002
Faculty Rating: 
[1 Faculty Rating] 1254 views
The HIV/AIDS crisis has spurred growing demands for cheaper substitutes for these antiretrovirals, suggesting that more and more countries may permit the sale of cheaper substitutes even before the patents expire. While American Pharmaceutical may legally challenge such activities, it is not clear if the challenges would be legally successful or if they would be politically or commercially prudent.
Sustainability and Environmental Standards: Seeking Competitive Distinction at Damaí Lovina Villas
Authors: Darnall, Nicole; Milstein, Mark B.
Product Type: Cases
Source: Arizona State University; Cornell University
Publication Year: 2011
Faculty Rating: [1 Faculty Rating] 737 views
General manager Glenn Knape is considering branding Damaí as a “green” hotel. Since the hotel already had numerous environmental initiatives in place, Knape questioned whether Damaí should participate in a voluntary environmental program and use its participation as a marketing tool to attract additional hotel business. Were these programs really worth the investment?
Amway in China (A, B)
Authors: Tan, David; Tan, Justin
Product Type: Cases
Source: Richard Ivey School of Business
Publication Year: 2009
Faculty Rating: [1 Faculty Rating] 7034 views
Amway is a large manufacturer of household products that uses the direct selling approach. It has expanded into different markets over the years, most recently the Chinese market. However, the company must look at its strategy after the Chinese government implements regulations on the direct marketing business model...
How Can BPI Restore Consumer Confidence in Pink Slime?
Author: Osland, Asbjorn
Product Type: Cases
Source: San Jose State University
Publication Year: 2013
Beef Products Inc. (BPI) had developed a process of extracting the residual meat from cuttings. Lean finely textured beef (LFTB) resulted that was nutritious in terms of protein content but prone to contamination because it was made from cuttings. Social media portrayed LFTB as “pink slime.” Demand for BPI’s LFTB fell due to the “yuck” factor of “pink slime” and the company laid off 700 personnel at three of its plants...
Corporate Governance in Emerging Economies: Understanding the Game
Authors: Crittenden, Victoria L.; Crittenden, William F.
Product Type: Journal Articles
Source: Business Horizons
Publication Year: 2012
Our research suggests doing business in an emerging economy is confounded by the fact that rules, regulations, and marketplace expectations of the home market do not apply. Governance is not just an oversight issue related to making the most appropriate decisions. Instead, responsible governance in emerging markets entails governing bodies understanding the characteristics of the unsettled environment in which the company is, or will be, operating.
GlaxoSmithKline $3 Bn Settlement
Authors: Satish, D.; Kumar, B. Sravana
Product Type: Cases
Source: IBS Center for Management Research
Publication Year: 2013
Whistleblowers and the US Justice Department alleged that from 1999 through 2010, GlaxoSmithKline was engaged in a fraudulent scheme to deceive and defraud patients, regulators, and federal health programs. The case brings to light the issues and circumstance which led to the lawsuit being filed against GSK and the issues in question in the pharmaceutical industry. The case also brings out the important role played by the whistleblowers in bringing out the unethical practices in the business.
The Promise and Limits of Private Power: Promoting Labor Standards in a Global Economy
Author: Locke, Richard M.
Product Type: Books / Book Chapters
Source: Cambridge University Press
Publication Year: 2013
This book examines and evaluates various private initiatives to enforce fair labor standards within global supply chains. Through careful, empirically grounded analysis, it illustrates the mix of private and public regulation needed to address these complex issues in a global economy....
Insider Trading in India: Lessons to Learn from the US
Author: Ratna, Garima
Product Type: Cases
Source: Amity Research Centre
Publication Year: 2013
The celebrated Rajat Gupta case had stirred the stock market community as well as the legal fraternity around the world. It threw floodlights on the widely rampant but hardly acknowledged issue of insider trading...
The Volcker Rule: Financial Crisis, Bailouts, and the Need for Financial Regulation
Authors: Minor, Dylan; Persico, Micola
Product Type: Cases
Source: Kellogg School of Management
Publication Year: 2012
In response to the potential collapse of large financial institutions in 2007, the U.S. government committed trillions of dollars to loans, asset purchases, guarantees, direct spending to provide fiscal stimulus, expansionary monetary policy, and bailouts of various private financial institutions. One outcome of the government's response was the proposal to enact into law the Volcker rule, which prohibited banks from engaging in proprietary trading, or trading for their own-not their clients'-benefit. Executives of large banks needed to decide how to respond to this potential change in their business environment...
New @ CasePlace
Author: The Aspen Institute Center for Business Education
Product Type:
Source: The Aspen Institute Center for Business Education
Publication Year: 2013
Are you looking for engaging and thought-provoking material that is new to CasePlace.org? If so, you've come to the right place. Here you will find a selection of content recently added to the site.
Enterprise Ownership and Control in China: Governance with a Chinese Twist
Authors: Ho, Daniel; Lau, Alex; Young, Angus
Product Type: Journal Articles
Source: Business Horizons
Publication Year: 2012
Inefficient state-owned enterprises in China were compelled to restructure to remain competitive, which resulted in phenomenal economic growth. However, this transplantation process did not occur without problems, and certain domestic attributes had to be supplemented in corporate legislation to correspond with Chinese socialistic objectives and cultural values. This article analyzes the key attributes of Chinese corporate governance and regulations concerning shareholders’ rights...
Corporate Governance in Publicly Traded Small Firms: A Study of Canadian Venture Exchange Companies
Authors: Gordon, Irene M.; Hrazdil, Karel; Shapiro, Daniel
Product Type: Journal Articles
Source: Business Horizons
Publication Year: 2012
Most evidence regarding the determinants and effects of corporate governance practices is based on large firms. Herein, we explore these issues in the context of small publicly traded Canadian companies. We measure performance by two variables: quality of accounting earnings and financial performance. The results indicate that corporate governance does matter for smaller traded Canadian firms.
FINO Pay Tech Ltd.: Branchless Banking for the Rural Poor
Authors: Sharp, David J.; Bapat, Dhananjay; Handoo, Jatinder
Product Type: Cases
Source: Richard Ivey School of Business
Publication Year: 2013
This case presents FINO’s technology-based model for financial inclusion and the challenges presented to the Kohlapur district coordinator as he starts the process of building the local organization...
Texas Contractors Say Playing By The Rules Doesn't Pay
Author: Goodwyn, Wade
Product Type: Magazine / Newspaper Articles; Multimedia
Source: NPR
Publication Year: 2013
Homes in Texas are cheap, but that affordability comes at a price...
Construction Booming In Texas, But Many Workers Pay Dearly
Author: Goodwyn, Wade
Product Type: Magazine / Newspaper Articles; Multimedia
Source: NPR
Publication Year: 2013
Homebuilding and commercial construction may be an economic driver for the state, but it's also an industry riddled with hazards. Years of illegal immigration have pushed wages down, and accidents and wage fraud are common.
Financial Flows, Development, and Global Justice
Authors: Mehta, Krishen; Beyerle, Shaazka
Product Type: Syllabi
Source:
Publication Year: 2013
This course will examine the structural roots of poverty, the connection between poverty and illicit financial flows, and how the shadow financial system prevalent in many countries facilitates such illicit flows and thereby undermines development.
Money Is Never Enough
Author: Casanueva, Leticia M. Jáuregui
Product Type: Journal Articles
Source: Stanford Social Innovation Review
Publication Year: 2013
Since the 1970s, microcredit has been considered a critical tool for poverty reduction and development. After years of research and working hand-in-hand with female entrepreneurs in marginalized Mexican communities, however, I’ve learned that credit is a necessary but not a sufficient condition for success...
The Tragedy of the Commons
Authors: Griffiths, Mark D.; Kickul, Jill
Product Type: Journal Articles
Source: Ivey Business Journal
Publication Year: 2013
Social entrepreneurs are only too aware of the many opportunities that there are to repair some of society’s major problems. If only they were as aware of the many obstacles that can block their path to implementing the solutions...
Competitiveness at a Crossroads: Findings of Harvard Business School’s 2012 Survey on U.S. Competitiveness
Authors: Porter, Michael E.; Rivkin, Jan W.; Kanter, Rosabeth Moss
Product Type: Policy and Issue Reports
Source: Harvard Business School
Publication Year: 2013
Second in the series of U.S. Competitiveness surveys, Harvard Business School gleaned responses from nearly 7,000 alumni and more than 1,000 members of the general public. The survey not only provides an updated view of the U.S. business environment, but also illuminates specific actions that business leaders and policymakers can take to improve U.S. competitiveness.
Food for Thought: The 2008 China Milk Scandal
Authors: Lim, Vivien K.G.; Rajah, Rashimah; Prasad, Smrithi
Product Type: Cases
Source: Richard Ivey School of Business
Publication Year: 2013
In 2008, a scandal in China involving milk products tainted with melamine (a chemical used in plastic production) brought regional and global attention to the country. The case illustrates how the pressure of rapid economic development resulted in measures to cut costs at the expense of consumer safety and health, bringing into question the ethics underlying business practices in the country.
Governance Curricula for Employee-Ownership Companies
Author: The Beyster Institute
Product Type: Magazine / Newspaper Articles
Source: The Beyster Iinstitute
Publication Year: 2013
The Beyster Institute is proud to announce the launch of the complete picture for employee ownership governance education, the Governance Curricula for Employee Ownership Companies.
Corporate Responsibility Coalitions: The Past, Present, and Future of Alliances for Sustainable Capitalism
Authors: Grayson, David; Nelson, Jane
Product Type: Books / Book Chapters
Source: Stanford Business Books
Publication Year: 2013
It is estimated that there are more than 110 national and international business-led corporate responsibility coalitions. Given the growing reach and significance of these alliances, there is now a critical need for an informed and balanced analysis of their achievements, their progress and their potential.
Breakthrough: Business Leaders, Market Revolutions
Authors: Elkington, John; Braun, Susie
Product Type: Policy and Issue Reports
Source: Volans Ventures Ltd.
Publication Year: 2013
Business is increasingly critical in tackling the world’s great environmental, social and governance challenges. And at the heart of business sits the C-Suite, the grouping of senior executives who direct the enterprise. Breakthrough is addressed to them – and to those who advise them.
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.
Overcoming Short-Termism within British Business: The Key to Sustained Economic Growth
Author:
Product Type: Policy and Issue Reports
Source: The Labour Party, UK
Publication Year: 2013
This Review looks at ‘short-termism’ within British business: the pressure to focus on short-term results to the possible detriment of the long-term health of a company, or even a whole industry. The investigation confirmed that short-termism constrains the ambition of UK business, holding back its development and inhibiting economic growth...
Climate Change
Authors: Larson, Andrea; Meier, Mark
Product Type: Notes
Source: Darden School of Business
Publication Year: 2010
International concern over global climate change began in the late 20th century, when scientists saw a correlation among increasing atmospheric concentrations of certain gases, human activities emitting those gases, and an unusual increase in global ambient temperature readings. The scientific consensus on climate change's origins in human activities has begun to influence international law and corporate policies...
Overcoming Political Opposition: CNG Mandates in Delhi (A, B, C)
Author: Jha, Saumitra
Product Type: Cases
Source: Stanford Graduate School of Business
Publication Year: 2012
By the early 1990s, New Delhi was the fourth-most polluted city in the world. This case follows India's Supreme Court ruling in 1998 that all buses, taxis, and auto-rickshaws in Delhi be switched to clean fuels by March 31, 2001.
Nonmarket Action and the International Counter-Money Laundering Act (H.R. 3886)
Authors: Feddersen, Timothy; Rahimi, Kimia
Product Type: Cases
Source: Kellogg School of Management
Publication Year: 2012
The case describes the international problem of money laundering and summarizes U.S. bank regulations aimed at reducing money laundering activities. The introduction of H.R. 3886 in 2000 was one in a series of attempts to formalize U.S. banks' monitoring of their customers. The case can be used to introduce the distributive politics framework for analyzing non-market issues and formulating nonmarket strategies in the context of government institutions.
Memo to CEOs: There's More to Managing Than Profits
Author: Porter, Michael E.
Product Type: Multimedia
Source: ReutersTV
Publication Year: 2013
In this 21 minute interview, Michael Porter, a Harvard professor and expert on U.S. competitiveness, says chief executives must shift their thinking away from simply making money to also considering how their companies' actions affect the nation...
Novartis in India: Innovation versus Affordability
Authors: Nandkumar, Anand; Dhanaraj, Charles; Anand, Mridula
Product Type: Cases
Source: Richard Ivey School of Business
Publication Year: 2013
The case takes students through the company’s journey in marketing a promising anti-cancer drug that had global sales of US$3.9 billion in 2009. Novartis’ global success with this drug is being challenged by the changing institutional environment surrounding innovation and pharmaceutical patents. The company’s decision to patent the drug in India and challenge the institutional system of patent law is meeting significant resistance from those who argue that the drug is neither novel nor affordable for most patients...
Ten Steps to Sustainable Business in 2013
Authors: Rowe, Anthea; Bansal, Pratima
Product Type: Journal Articles
Source: Ivey Business Journal
Publication Year: 2013
This article lists and describes the ten initiatives that company leaders believe will enable them to shape a future that is more sustainable...
PerkinElmer: Old Instrument Reuse and Recycling
Authors: Veleva, Vesela; Montanari, Anna; Clabby, Peter; Lese, Jonathan
Product Type: Cases
Source: Richard Ivey School of Business
Publication Year: 2013
This case examines the business options for implementing a company-wide product take-back program. It focuses on PerkinElmer, a $1.9 billion global technology company developing diagnostics and biomedical products for the environmental and human health sectors. The company, which operates in more than 150 countries, is committed to community engagement, sustainable and ethical business practices and eco-innovative products, including a commitment to continuously reducing the environmental and health impacts of its products throughout their useful lives…
Rio Tinto and the Resolution Copper Mining Joint Venture (A, B, C)
Authors: Werhane, Patricia H.; Starr, Justin; Mead, Jenny; Gorman, Michael
Product Type: Cases
Source: Darden School of Business
Publication Year: 2012
From its inception, the Resolution Copper Mining (RCM) joint venture faced a number of significant technical, political, and environmental challenges as it attempted to develop a strategy for mining a copper ore body located under the Tonto National Forest in Superior, Arizona.
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.
Environmental Regulation and Innovation Dynamics in the Oil Tanker Industry
Authors: Perunovic, Zoran; Perunovic, Jelena Vidic
Product Type: Journal Articles
Source: California Management Review
Publication Year: 2012
The maritime industry is widely seen as less permeable to innovation than other industries. However, the industry is now recognizing that demands for increased environment protection can only be achieved by more innovation...
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.
Beef’s Raw Edges
Author: McGraw, Mike
Product Type: Magazine / Newspaper Articles
Source: The Kansas City Star
Publication Year: 2012
The Kansas City Star, in a yearlong investigation, found that the beef industry is increasingly relying on a mechanical process to tenderize meat, exposing Americans to higher risk of E. coli poisoning. The industry then resists labeling such products, leaving consumers in the dark...
Rethinking Political Activity at Target
Authors: Richter, Brian; George, Anisha
Product Type: Cases
Source: Richard Ivey School of Business
Publication Year: 2012
The focus of the case is on understanding firms’ campaign contributions and lobbying strategies — and their limits. The case centers on controversy facing Target Corporation in 2010...
Can There Be “Good” Corporations?
Author: Kelly, Marjorie
Product Type: Magazine / Newspaper Articles
Source: YES! Magazine
Publication Year: 2012
When companies are owned by workers and the community—instead of Wall Street financiers—everything changes.
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.
Lehman Brothers’ Fall
Authors: Kakani, Ram Kumar; Singhania, Vasudha; Stack, Martin
Product Type: Cases
Source: Richard Ivey School of Business
Publication Year: 2012
This case describes the financial undertakings of Lehman Brothers Inc., which was once the fourth-largest investment bank in the world. On September 15, 2008, less than a year after the bank presented its largest profit ever, the world watched its decline...
EnerNOC: DemandSMART
Authors: Toffel, Michael W.; Fabrizio, Kira; van Sice, Stephanie
Product Type: Cases
Source: Harvard Business School
Publication Year: 2012
EnerNOC is an energy company with an innovative business model: it serves as an intermediary between electric utilities and electricity users. It contracts with electricity users willing to reduce demand during periods of peak energy demand, and sells this as excess capacity to electric utilities. The case enables students to evaluate the EnerNOC's business model—including its environmental implications—and the potential impact of fracking on its business...
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...
Re-booting Capitalism: The Action Agenda for Business
Authors: Grayson, David; McLaren, Melody
Product Type: Essays and Concept Papers
Source: Ethical Corporation
Publication Year: 2012
Capitalism is living in interesting times. Politicians, academics and activists around the world are debating the merits of the capitalist system, and how and if it could be improved...
Was Insider Trading Ahead of Takeovers a Problem?
Authors: Foerster, Stephen R.; King, Michael R.; Sonmez, Fatma
Product Type: Cases
Source: Richard Ivey School of Business
Publication Year: 2012
On January 6, 2010, Stanko Grmovsek was sentenced to three years and three months in prison for making profits of an estimated US$9 million over 14 years based on insider tips from his best friend from law school...
Monsanto Inc. - Doing Business in India
Authors: Klassen, Robert; Chandrasekhar, Ramasastry
Product Type: Cases
Source: Richard Ivey School of Business
Publication Year: 2012
The executive vice president of sustainability and corporate affairs at Monsanto was facing a difficult situation that could dramatically reshape the firm’s business. A decade earlier, the firm had introduced into India, through a joint venture, the first in-the-seed cotton trait biotechnology. Subsequently, three Indian state governments imposed a price ceiling on these biotech seeds. How should a technology innovator such as Monsanto deal with an unpredictable regulatory approval process in an increasingly competitive marketplace?
Filling the Institutional Voids in Indonesia: Jababeka's Foray into Infrastructure
Author: Dieleman, Marleen
Product Type: Cases
Source: Richard Ivey School of Business
Publication Year: 2012
Due to infrastructure and logistics bottlenecks in Indonesia, the company moved into various infrastructure projects, including a power plant and a port. Even though the company had identified substantial business opportunities in the form of a captive market of industrial estate tenants, both projects suffered from delays due to regulatory complexity. The case illustrates the opportunities and risks of emerging market infrastructure projects...
El Paso's Sale to Kinder Morgan
Authors: Coates, John; Rose, Clayton; Lane, David
Product Type: Cases
Source: Harvard Business School
Publication Year: 2012
On October 16, 2011, El Paso agreed to sell itself to Kinder Morgan for just over $21 billion. Shareholders filed suit, arguing that the process was tainted by conflict and that a higher price could be obtained...
Barclays Capital and the Sale of Del Monte Foods
Authors: Coates, John; Rose, Clayton; Lane, David
Product Type: Cases
Source: Harvard Business School
Publication Year: 2012
This case explores the reputational and legal issues that arise as Barclays Capital attempted to manage client conflicts by following established industry practice in the face of changing legal norms...
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.
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