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Sykue Bioenergya
Author: Hiatt, Shon R.
Product Type: Cases
Source: Harvard Business School
Publication Year: 2011
It was a hot, fall day in May 2011. The three founders of Sykué Bioenergya had traveled 1500 kilometers from São Paulo, Brazil to inspect their company's 30-megawatt biomass power plant, which had become operational six months earlier. While they had experienced a number of problems in starting their company, they had addressed many of them. However, they had now reached a crossroads...
GE Energy - The Decision to Re-enter India: Is Opportunity "Blowing in the Wind?”
Authors: Rouse, Michael J.; Dasari, Swetha
Product Type: Cases
Source: Richard Ivey School of Business
Publication Year: 2011
In July 2008, the vice chairman, General Electric (GE), and president and chief executive officer, GE Energy Infrastructure, was mulling over whether GE should re-enter the windpower market in India. As recently as 2005, GE Energy had pulled out of the Indian market after a frustrating stint in the country.
Canadian Cancer Society: Fundraising Controversy
Authors: Seijts, Jana; Bigus, Paul
Product Type: Cases
Source: Richard Ivey School of Business
Publication Year: 2011
This case places students directly into the role of an organization facing a crisis communication situation in the media, to which mounting public speculation requires the organization to officially respond.
InterfaceRAISE: Sustainability Consulting
Authors: Toffel, Michael W.; Eccles, Robert G.; Taylor, Casey
Product Type: Cases
Source: Harvard Business School
Publication Year: 2011
InterfaceRAISE needed to decide how to accelerate its growth while better achieving its three objectives: improving its clients' sustainability performance, enhancing its parent company's brand image and sales, and increasing operating profits.
TowneBank: Of David and Goliaths
Authors: Nair, Anil; Trendowski, Joseph
Product Type: Cases
Source: Richard Ivey School of Business
Publication Year: 2011
During the summer of 1998, Bob Aston and his partners, all bankers, spent many days discussing their plans to start a bank in the south-eastern region of Virginia, USA. The decisions they made at the founding had a lasting imprint on TowneBank. This became evident a decade later as financial institutions around the country experienced a severe crisis that was sparked by exposure to risky mortgages, while TowneBank remained relatively unscathed. However, the management team had to consider several issues as the crisis unfolded.
Arthur Andersen (A, B, C)
Authors: Diermeier, Daniel; Crawford, Robb; Snyder, Charlotte
Product Type: Cases
Source: Kellogg School of Management
Publication Year: 2011
These cases describe the demise of Arthur Andersen, a firm that had long set the industry standard for professionalism in accounting and auditing. Once an example of strong corporate culture with a commitment to public service and independent integrity, Andersen saw its culture and standards weaken as it grew explosively and changed its mode of governance.
Bunny Butcher: PETA Protests Donna Karan New York
Authors: Sider, Michael; Bigus, Paul
Product Type: Cases
Source: Richard Ivey School of Business
Publication Year: 2011
The chief designer of fashion company Donna Karan New York (DKNY) was facing a difficult situation. Activists for the animal-rights group PETA had posted simultaneous messages on DKNY’s Facebook page: “DK Bunny Butcher.”
Pepsi Canada: The Pepsi Refresh Project
Authors: Thomson, Matthew; Mark, Ken
Product Type: Cases
Source: Richard Ivey School of Business
Publication Year: 2011
Pepsi Canada has developed and launched the Refresh Project, a campaign to fund socially beneficial ideas developed by individuals, businesses and non-profit organizations. While Pepsi Canada management has been very supportive of the initial cycle, an analyst is wondering how this corporate social responsibility initiative will have an effect on the bottom line.
Fiji Water and Corporate Social Responsibility
Authors: McMaster, James; Nowak, Jan
Product Type: Cases
Source: Richard Ivey School of Business
Publication Year: 2011
This case analysis traces the establishment and subsequent operation of FIJI Water LLC and its bottling subsidiary, Natural Waters of Viti Limited. The case reviews the growth and market expansion of this highly successful company with the brand name 'FIJI Natural Artesian Water' ('FIJI Water').
Adding Value Through Offshoring
Authors: Ricart, Joan Enric; Agnese, Pablo
Product Type: Journal Articles
Source: IESE Business School
Publication Year: 2011
Today's new generation of offshoring increasingly features value-added services, such as highly complex software projects or specific R&D functions. These changes are forcing companies to rethink their internationalization strategies in order to incorporate more of these kinds of value-added offshoring processes.
Attune Foods: Challenging the Goliaths with Authenticity
Authors: Carroll, Glenn; Lederer, Xavier
Product Type: Cases
Source: Stanford Graduate School of Business
Publication Year: 2011
This case allows students to consider innovative ways of competing from the perspective of a small organic foods company in a highly competitive environment dominated by large, well funded companies.
Ten Years After 9/11 -- Risk Management in the Era of the Unthinkable
Author: Knowledge@Wharton
Product Type: Magazine / Newspaper Articles
Source: Knowledge@Wharton
Publication Year: 2011
The September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks confirmed that the unthinkable was possible. To the business world, it meant that being ready for a fire, a flood or a violent crime no longer represented "preparing for the worst."
Fairmount Minerals
Authors: Sharma, Garima; Chatterjee, Sayan
Product Type: Cases
Source: Richard Ivey School of Business
Publication Year: 2011
Given the strong personal values of stewardship of the planet and community held by the CEO, and because of the reputation of the industry, Fairmount Minerals was moved to action to integrate sustainable development in every step of its value chain — from mining to shipping the product to the customer.
sweetriot 2.0
Authors: Marquis, Christopher; Khalife, Donna; Thomason, Bobbi
Product Type: Cases
Source: Harvard Business School
Publication Year: 2011
Sarah Endline, CEO and Founder of sweetriot, was not content to just be a small New York City candy company. Her goal was for sweetriot to be the number one natural chocolate company in the world and to thus be a vehicle to drive change globally. How can she meet that objective while also keeping the company true to its social roots?
First, Make Money. Also, Do Good.
Author: Lohr, Steve
Product Type: Magazine / Newspaper Articles
Source: The New York Times
Publication Year: 2011
This article examines the concept of Creating Shared Value and cites examples of corporations that are are pursuing the idea that profit-making should be a priority of their social responsibility programs...
DORD - Expanding Health Services in Rural Bihar
Authors: Maltz, Arnold; Raja, M.M.
Product Type: Cases
Source: Richard Ivey School of Business
Publication Year: 2011
Daudnagar Organization for Rural Development was determining how to expand its successful eye care hospital into gynecology services. The case lays out the financial and organizational risks and asks the student to evaluate the possibility of expansion given the economic and governmental constraints of one of the poorest parts of India.
The Organization of Firms Across Countries
Authors: Bloom, Nicholas; Sadun, Raffaella; Van Reenen, John
Product Type: Research Notes / Working Papers
Source: Harvard Business School
Publication Year: 2011
Economists have been paying increasing attention to the role that culture plays in a firm's overall performance. This paper focuses on how trust—a key cultural factor—affects firms' decision-making process, size, and productivity.
Renewing GE: The Africa Project (A, B)
Authors: Thomas, David A.; Creary, Stephanie J.
Product Type: Cases
Source: Harvard Business School
Publication Year: 2011
This case profiles the evolution of General Electric's African American Form (AAF), an employee affinity group, and its efforts to increase the company's involvement in Africa. In 2004, Immelt pledged $20 million to fund "The Africa Project” to improve healthcare outcomes in Africa. In the wake of the economic recession Immelt wondered what would need to be done to make sure that the company’s investment would create value for its customers and shareholders in the years to come...
Nike Football: World Cup 2010 South Africa
Authors: Ofek, Elie; Johnson, Ryan
Product Type: Cases
Source: Harvard Business School
Publication Year: 2011
For the upcoming World Cup in South Africa, Nike has decided to change its target market focus and to use digital and social media platforms to connect more extensively with consumers. In addition, Nike plans to launch innovative new boots and engage in corporate responsibility and sustainability initiatives.
The Corporate Governance and Accountability Project
Author: The Aspen Institute Center for Business Education
Product Type: Reading Collections
Source: The Aspen Institute Center for Business Education's Corporate Governance and Accountability Project
Publication Year: 2011
The Aspen Institute’s Center for Business Education developed the Corporate Governance and Accountability Project with the goal of influencing prevailing models of corporate governance and theories of the firm, as they are understood and taught by business school faculty. Rebalancing the short-term/long-term focus of business will make it possible to bring a wider view to the role of business, one that encompasses both fiscal and societal well-being.
Subaru of Indiana, America's Scrappiest Carmaker
Author: Farzad, Roben
Product Type: Magazine / Newspaper Articles
Source: Bloomberg Businessweek
Publication Year: 2011
Zero layoffs, zero pay cuts, zero waste. Subaru manages to pull off the seemingly impossible.
ZETA Communities (A, B)
Authors: Levitt, Raymond E.; Plambeck, Erica; Larson, Andrea; Rosenthal, Sara
Product Type: Cases
Source: Stanford Graduate School of Business
Publication Year: 2011
The case describes the emergence of the green building movement, and the co-founders' vision for launching a net zero energy, prefabricated housing company. It also illustrates how a company innovates on the stagnant, fragmented construction industry to create an entirely new approach to building.
Inequality and Globalization
Authors: Moss, David; Harrington, Anna; Schlefer, Jonathan
Product Type: Research Notes / Working Papers
Source: Harvard Business School
Publication Year: 2011
Inequality represented a major issue at the dawn of the 21st century. By many measures, inequality had increased over the previous several decades, within both developed and developing countries. Whether global inequality (measured across countries or among the people of the world) increased remained controversial...
CSR as Reputation Insurance: Primum Non Nocere
Authors: Morgan, John; Minor, Dylan; Strong, Michael; Thigpen, Peter; Hanson, Kirk O.
Product Type: Journal Articles
Source: California Management Review
Publication Year: 2011
Through a case study and a multi-year analysis of stock price responses for S&P 500 companies following product recalls, we find that firms that have high CSR ratings fare better than those that do not. Furthermore, a firm that is exceptional in both doing good and avoiding harm suffers virtually no reputational damage following negative media publicity.
Samarco: The Role of Businesses in Empowering People
Authors: Fischer, Rosa Maria; Borba, Paulo Da Rocha Ferreira; Mendonca, Luciana Rocha de; Bose, Monica; Novaes, Elidia Maria
Product Type: Cases
Source: Social Enterprise Knowledge Network
Publication Year: 2011
Samarco’s Environment Manager proposed a new social program for the mining company. This program had broad objectives: to improve the company's image; to involve the communities in the preparation of sustainable social-environmental projects and to build a network of partners for meeting local demands and proceeding with development actions after the end of the company's involvement in the Program. Fierce internal controversies culminated in a dilemma as to whether or not the company's way of operating socially should be changed.
The Business Case for Being a Responsible Business
Authors: Exter, Nadine; Turner, Charlotte
Product Type: Essays and Concept Papers
Source: Business in the Community; Doughty Centre for Corporate Responsibility, Cranfield School of Management
Publication Year: 2011
The way we do business is changing. What is needed is a form of capitalism that is driven by businesses which not only think about the short term returns but also about building longer term sustainable businesses that create economic, environmental and social value...
Sound Group China: Urban Waste Entrepreneurs
Authors: Macomber, John D.; Carr, Chad M.; Zhao, Fan
Product Type: Cases
Source: Harvard Business School
Publication Year: 2011
Wen Yibo has used engineering expertise and political savvy to build a major privately held company providing the entire supply chain of water treatment, waste water, and integrated municipal solid waste capabilities. However, state owned enterprises can observe the success of private business and can enter and compete using their own skills, contacts, and inexpensive capital.
The Multinational Firm and Geostrategy
Author: Jones, Milo
Product Type: Syllabi
Source: IE Business School
Publication Year: 2011
This course explores how geopolitical factors affect multinational firms, and how business strategy intersects with geopolitical events. We will consider geopolitics in the broadest sense, looking at how geography, climate, culture, demography, politics, economics and technology interact with business strategy.
The Tzu Chi Foundation's China Relief Mission
Authors: Leonard, Herman B.; Chu, Yi Kwan
Product Type: Cases
Source: Harvard Business School
Publication Year: 2011
Rooted in the value of compassion, the organization has many unusual operating features -- including having no long term plan. This case explores the basic operating approach of the organization and invites students to explain the overall effectiveness and success of the organization and its surprising success in securing an operating license in China.
Mitre Corporation: Using Social Technologies to Get Connected
Authors: Parise, Salvatore; Iyer, Bala; Cuomo, Donna; Donaldson, Bill
Product Type: Journal Articles
Source: Ivey Business Journal
Publication Year: 2011
Organizations that understand social technologies’ key capability – to enable employees to connect with others to boost job and organizational performance – will realize significant benefits.
Estee Lauder Companies: Adapting CSR to the Cosmetics Industry
Authors: Som, Ashok; Harger, Fernanda; Kato, Nora
Product Type: Cases
Source: ESSEC Business School
Publication Year: 2011
In recent times consumer awareness of social responsibility of the cosmetic industry rose, especially regarding animal testing and ecological issues. Estee Lauder Companies adjusted to the changing market requirements and focused more and more on its corporate responsibility. Today, almost every brand in the Estee Lauder group is linked with activities concerning current issues, from breast cancer, over water shortage or AIDS awareness.
Starbucks vs. Ethiopia: Corporate Strategy and Ethical Sourcing in the Coffee Industry
Author: DePass, Donald
Product Type: Cases
Source: Kenan Institute for Ethics at Duke University
Publication Year: 2011
Drawing on a trademark disagreement between Ethiopia and Starbucks, this case highlights the complexity surrounding global certification programs, the difficulty inherent in balancing corporate and shareholder interests with responsible corporate citizenship, and the challenge to preserving economic value for the producers of consumer goods grown in developing nations.
Y U Ranch: Strategy and Sustainability in Cattle Ranching (A, B, C)
Authors: Bansal, Pratima; Laughland, Pamela; McKnight, Brent
Product Type: Cases
Source: Richard Ivey School of Business
Publication Year: 2010
In this case series, students will see that each decision builds on the previous decision (i.e. the decisions are path dependent). Taken together, these cases illustrate why industrial farming has supplanted the farm-based agricultural system.
Tennant Company: Innovating Within and Beyond the Core
Authors: Applegate, Lynda M.; Stuart, Toby; Weber, James
Product Type: Cases
Source: Harvard Business School
Publication Year: 2010
Tennant, a leading producer of floor cleaning equipment, must determine the business model to use for its new chemical free cleaning technology. Over time, it became clear that the technology had applications far beyond Tennant's core markets.
Patagonia
Authors: Reinhardt, Forest; Casadesus-Masanell, Ramon; Freier, Debbie
Product Type: Cases
Source: Harvard Business School
Publication Year: 2010
Patagonia was deeply committed to the environment. This commitment, at times, conflicted with the company's goal to create the most innovative products in its industry...
The Future of Fashion
Authors: Johnson, Jennifer; Wu, Gina
Product Type: Teaching Modules
Source: The Aspen Institute Center for Business Education
Publication Year: 2010
The Future of Fashion
Authors: Johnson, Jennifer; Wu, Gina
Product Type: Teaching Modules
Source: The Aspen Institute Center for Business Education
Publication Year: 2010
Learning Objective: To understand the role of ethics and sustainability in the business-consumer relationship. The importance of ethical and sustainable production to consumers has undoubtedly grown in recent years, but how much do these concerns influence actual economic behavior? Is it enough for companies to appear to be acting ethically, or do consumers insist that firms walk the walk as well as talk the talk? Encourages debate over the relationship between corporate social responsibility and competitive advantage, the depth of consumer commitment to ethical production, and the role of reputation and public opinion.
The Future of Fashion
Authors: Johnson, Jennifer; Wu, Gina
Product Type: Teaching Modules
Source: The Aspen Institute Center for Business Education
Publication Year: 2010
Learning Objective: To discuss workforce management issues in global supply chains, highlighting the tension between distributed labor and centralized responsibility. The material allows students to discuss both sides of the labor debate: it shows that even low-wage employment can be used as a path to economic development, and also that the global search for low-wage labor has lead to human rights abuses and other ethical problems. It also highlights the potential advantages of human capital investment for innovation and operations, if properly developed.
The Future of Fashion
Authors: Johnson, Jennifer; Wu, Gina
Product Type: Teaching Modules
Source: The Aspen Institute Center for Business Education
Publication Year: 2010
Learning Objective: To highlight issues of globalization and the more recent efforts to use it in ways that benefit both businesses and society. Students have the opportunity to question the use of globalization to reduce costs and extend markets, often at the price of labor and environmental abuses. This section outlines the push for a more sustainable approach to global business, including moves toward localization, increased access for both buyers and sellers, non-Western perspectives, and the expansion of the typical consumer base to include the base of the pyramid.
The Future of Fashion
Authors: Johnson, Jennifer; Wu, Gina
Product Type: Teaching Modules
Source: The Aspen Institute Center for Business Education
Publication Year: 2010
Learning Objective: To highlight the effects of unsustainable resource use, giving students a window to discuss the widespread implications of resource management throughout a product's lifecycle. This section illustrates the history of resource degradation, particularly in developing countries, and how many companies and societies are moving, if incrementally, toward more sustainable practices.
Teaching Module on the Future of Fashion
Authors: Johnson, Jennifer; Wu, Gina
Product Type: Teaching Modules
Source: The Aspen Institute Center for Business Education
Publication Year: 2010
This Teaching Module uses the context of the fashion industry to discuss topics that are shaping the future of all industries. These topics include sustainable resource management, the challenges and opportunities of global growth, workforce management, and the role of ethical consumption in business.
Green Construction & Design
Author: Hoffman, Andrew
Product Type: Syllabi
Source: Michigan Ross School of Business
Publication Year: 2010
The course is intended to increase awareness of green construction issues, so that students will know the range of existing knowledge and issues.
Strategic Leadership for the 21st Century
Authors: Hitt, Michael; Takacs Haynes, Katalin; Serpa, Roy
Product Type: Journal Articles
Source: Business Horizons
Publication Year: 2010
For future leaders to succeed, they'll have to get the right things done, and in the right ways.
Employee-owned Company Marks 100-year Milestone
Author: Atkinson, Cathryn
Product Type: Magazine / Newspaper Articles
Source: The Globe and Mail
Publication Year: 2010
The way the McElhanney Group is organized has helped foster a positive, profitable culture. Forty per cent of the key staff, around 320 staff members, own 100 per cent of the shares. Mr. Newcomb says this drives the success of the company collectively.
Follow the Renminbi
Author: Yaghmaian, Behzad
Product Type: Magazine / Newspaper Articles
Source: The New York Times
Publication Year: 2010
Beijing is using currency revaluation as a part of a larger strategy to change from being a producer of low-value-added exports to a leader in high-tech, green production.
Capitalism at the Crossroads
Author: Hart, Stuart L.
Product Type: Books / Book Chapters
Source: Pearson Prentice Hall
Publication Year: 2010
Capitalism is indeed at a crossroads, facing international terrorism, worldwide environmental change, and an accelerating backlash against globalization. Companies are at crossroads, too: finding new strategies for profitable growth is now more challenging. Both sets of problems are intimately linked. Learn how to identify sustainable products and technologies that can drive new growth while also helping to solve today's most crucial social and environmental problems. Hart shows how to become truly indigenous to all markets -- and avoid the pitfalls of traditional 'greening' and 'sustainability' strategies. This book doesn't just point the way to a capitalism that is more inclusive and more welcome: it offers specific techniques to recharge innovation, growth, and profitability.
Geopolitics
Author: Jones, Milo
Product Type: Syllabi
Source: IE Business School
Publication Year: 2010
This course introduces key ideas in geopolitics and provides basic tools to analyze geopolitical events. It then asks students to use these tools by evaluating hypothetical geopolitical events, including natural disasters and terrorism, and debating their possible effects on sample portfolios.
Launch of the Ford Fiesta Diesel
Authors: Spital, Francis; Wesley, David T.A.
Product Type: Cases
Source: Richard Ivey School of Business
Publication Year: 2010
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The case describes the challenges faced by Ford and other automobile manufacturers in an era of declining oil reserves and volatile fuel prices.
Green Works: The Clorox Company Goes Green
Authors: Nowygrod, Ashley; Moss, Brian; Springer, Nathan; Cammarata, Craig; Gough, Jennifer
Product Type: Cases
Source: University of Michigan
Publication Year: 2010
The case tracks the history of the Clorox Company and its competition to differentiate from larger, more diversified rivals, and its methodical approach to launching green household cleaning products line GreenWorks.
The Robin Hood Foundation
Authors: Ebrahim, Alnoor; Ross, Catherine
Product Type: Cases
Source: Harvard Business School
Publication Year: 2010
Created by hedge fund and financial managers, the Robin Hood Foundation fights poverty through grants to nonprofit organizations. As the global financial crisis continues to impact the poor disproportionately, the Foundation needs to ensure that its funds are being spent on the most effective poverty-fighting programs.
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