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Acteon Travel Agency, Greece
Author: Dana, Teresa
Product Type: Cases
Source: Nanyang Business School
Publication Year: 1998
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Tourism is on the rise and this couldn't be truer for the Greek island of Ios. Acteon Travel is one of the best-represented agencies on the island. Questions arise as to the ethics surrounding how this company maintains its leadership position...
Accountants Need a Humanities and Social Science Education
Author: Committe, Bruce
Product Type: Journal Articles
Source: International Journal of Critical Accounting 2012 - Vol. 4, No.1
Publication Year: 2012
Accountants need an understanding of the current and possible places of accounting in the world and how it could better human kind. Therefore, accountants need an education grounded in the humanities and social sciences, that is, in the liberal arts.
CloudFlare, Inc.: Running Hot?
Authors: Eisenmann, Thomas R.; Godden, Alex
Product Type: Cases
Source: Harvard Business School
Publication Year: 2013
In July 2012, the cofounders of CloudFlare, a Silicon Valley startup that protects websites and accelerates their traffic, are considering the implications of five employees' resignations over the prior three months. Was this natural attrition for a high-tech venture with a staff of 35 experiencing explosive growth, or were the resignations symptomatic of bigger issues with CloudFlare's culture and management processes?
micro Home Solutions: A Social Housing Initiative in India
Authors: Kerr, William R.; Brownell, Alexis
Product Type: Cases
Source: Harvard Business School
Publication Year: 2013
mHS is a social enterprise for the provision of affordable housing in India. After India's microfinance industry collapses, mHS needs to reposition itself for continued operations and long-term growth.
Bright Lights, No City: An African Adventure on Bad Roads with a Brother and a Very Weird Business Plan
Author: Alexander, Max
Product Type: Books / Book Chapters
Source: Hyperion
Publication Year: 2012
At age 47, Whit Alexander, the American co-founder of the Cranium board game, decided to start a new business selling affordable goods and services to low-income villagers in Ghana, West Africa. His brother Max, a journalist, came along to tell the story...
CBM Pte Ltd - Industry's 'Silent Service'?
Author: Gilbert, A. Lee
Product Type: Cases
Source: ABCC at Nanyang Tech University
Publication Year: 2012
With the Singapore market approaching saturation, and new opportunities arising in overseas markets to which the recently reorganised firm had good access, CBM had achieved several years of double-digit growth. Was the trend toward service integration and environmental sustainability an opportunity for CBM, or a threat? How could they sustain their profitable growth?
Richard Gagnon at Granston Energy Inc.
Author: Gandz, Jeffrey
Product Type: Cases
Source: Richard Ivey School of Business
Publication Year: 2013
A procurement officer has got himself into some difficulties by trying to do what he thinks was "the right thing" in being responsive and accommodating for an internal client. In doing so, he has violated a number of "unwritten" ethical expectations of his role. He is wondering what he could have done differently and, specifically, how to handle an upcoming conversation with his chief executive officer about his future with the company.
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...
The Value of ESOPs in Engineering Firms
Author: Roback, Thomas, Jr.
Product Type: Essays and Concept Papers
Source: The Beyster Institute
Publication Year: 2012
While all kinds of businesses become employee stock ownership plan (ESOP) companies, there is a large percentage of engineering firms that have chosen the ESOP structure. Why so?
Paragon Legal: A New Model (A, B)
Authors: Soule, Sarah A.; Correll, Shelley J.; Schifrin, Debra
Product Type: Cases
Source: Stanford Graduate School of Business
Publication Year: 2012
The case is about the San Francisco-based law firm, Paragon Legal, founded by lawyer and entrepreneur Mae O'Malley. Paragon Legal gave high-level attorneys the opportunity to have a flexible schedule and work 10 to 40 hours a week. This was in the context of an industry that typically required very long hours and had inflexible schedules and serious penalties for stepping out of the field for any length of time. Eighty-five percent of Paragon Legal attorneys were women with children, but the firm also attracted women and men without children who wanted to find a work/life balance.
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