Ma Jun and the IPE: Using Information to Improve China's Environment

Authors: Lee, H.; Plambeck, E.; Shao, M.
Product Type: Cases
Source: Stanford Business School
Publication Year: 2009

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The Institute of Public & Environmental Affairs, founded and led by prominent Chinese Environmentalist Ma Jun, was a small non-profit organization with an outsized mission. The Beijing-based group aimed to be a catalyst in 'greening' China's manufacturing facilities.

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COFCO Xinjiang Tunhe Co., Ltd.

Authors: Bell, David E.; Sesia, Aldo
Product Type: Cases
Source: Harvard Business School
Publication Year: 2009

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Qin Yelong, Xinjiang Tunhe president, had ambitious goals for the company. he wanted Tunhe to be the world's largest supplier of tomato products (primarily paste) within three years. To do so, Tunhe needed to secure relationships with top-of-the-line international customers, such as H.J. Heinz and Unilever.

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Can I Clean Your Clock?

Author: Friedman, Thomas L.
Product Type: Magazine / Newspaper Articles
Source: The New York Times
Publication Year: 2009

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In a world that is adding one billion people every 15 years or so the demands for energy and natural resources are going to go through the roof. Energy technologies that produce clean power and energy efficiency are going to be the next great global industry.

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Green Power Takes Root in the Chinese Desert

Author: Bradsher, Keith
Product Type: Magazine / Newspaper Articles
Source: The New York Times
Publication Year: 2009

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The Dragon Turns Green: China's Manufacturers Adapt to a New Era

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Product Type: Magazine / Newspaper Articles
Source: Knowledge @ Wharton
Publication Year: 2009

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The skies over Hong Kong today are permanently gray, covered with smog from southern China's factories -- the same factories that have made China one of the world's most important manufacturing hubs in just two decades. Now the government is shifting emphasis from economic growth at all costs to growth without a high environmental cost. Who will gain as China cleans itself up? Who will lose? And what opportunities will this historic shift in national priorities create?

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Raising the Bar: Can China Meet the Quality Challenge?

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Product Type: Magazine / Newspaper Articles
Source: Knowledge @ Wharton
Publication Year: 2009

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After being stung by consumer backlash and stiffer penalties for piracy, counterfeiting and contamination, China is working hard to overcome its reputation for poor quality. Many experts see quality issues as the simple growing pains of an accelerating economy. After all, China already makes high-quality products such as iPods. The challenge today for foreign partners: How to set and enforce effective quality benchmarks.

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Food Safety in China: A Briefing for Responsible Investors

Authors: Zhang, Qin; Carmody, Lucy
Product Type: Policy and Issue Reports
Source: Responsible Research
Publication Year: 2009

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This report details the current status of the food safety situation in China, describes recent food related incidents and indentifies root causes. It analyzes key aspects of 14 Chinese food companies and suggests a number of risk factors investors should consider when investing in Chinese food companies. Finally, it proposes entry level environmental, social and governance (ESG) reporting criteria for Chinese food companies.

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Daqi

Authors: Pozen, Robert C.; Armbrust, Rick; Zhang, Tony
Product Type: Cases
Source: Harvard Business School
Publication Year: 2009

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Grace Zhou, Daqi's CEO, was contemplating the risks and benefits of expanding Daqi's services into three new content areas-news, music, and popular bloggers.

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Corporate Governance in China

Authors: McFarlan, F. Warren; Xu, Joanne; Manty, Tracy Yuen
Product Type: Notes
Source: Harvard Business School
Publication Year: 2009

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This note introduces the current corporate governance system in China, identifies its key problems and assesses recent improvements and future challenges.

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Jieliang Phone Home! (A, B, C)

Authors: Shih, Willy; Bernstein, Ethan S.; Bilimoria, Nina
Product Type: Cases
Source: Harvard Business School
Publication Year: 2009

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At Precision Electro-Tek's mobile phone manufacturing facility in southern China, thousands of operators - bright and capable young men and (mostly) women like Jieliang Hao are motivated to improve line productivity through small innovations for faster assembly and have discovered many ways to increase their performance. The case frames the role of the general manager in setting up work structures and compensation systems in a very traditional and explicit setting, one where linkages should be clearly visible yet assumptions are often deeply buried and implicit.

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