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Supply Chain Lessons from the Catastrophic Natural Disaster in Japan
Authors: Park, YoungWon; Hong, Paul; Roh, James Jungbae
Product Type: Journal Articles
Source: Business Horizons
Publication Year: 2013
Based on case studies of Japanese manufacturing firms, this article presents a discussion of the supply chain restoration process after severe natural disasters and humanitarian disruptions and reflects on supply chain lessons in terms of disaster planning and recovery responses.
PRIDE Industries
Author: Arnheiter, Edward D.
Product Type: Cases
Source: Richard Ivey School of Business
Publication Year: 2012
PRIDE, a non-profit enterprise that hired workers with disabilities, wished to earn business and reputation based on the universal measures used by customers worldwide — price, quality and delivery — while maintaining its social mission...
Tianlong Company and the Toxic Capsule Scandal
Authors: Dong, Lili; Beamish, Paul W.
Product Type: Cases
Source: Richard Ivey School of Business
Publication Year: 2012
On April 15, 2012, China Central Television disclosed that several capsule producers in Ru’ao had illegally used industrial-grade gelatin to produce medical capsules. The capsules were found to contain excessive chromium, a heavy metal harmful to human health. The director of Tianlong must decide how to address customers’ concerns and keep Tianlong’s good reputation from being damaged as a result of the current scandal.
Enhanced Market Practices: Poverty Alleviation for Poor Producers in Developing Countries
Authors: McKague, Kevin; Oliver, Christine
Product Type: Journal Articles
Source: California Management Review
Publication Year: 2012
Drawing on an in-depth study of market-based poverty alleviation initiatives for smallholder farmers by a non-governmental organization in a least developed economy, this article explains how a non-state organization can reduce poverty for poor producers and improve overall market functioning...
Cascade Engineering: Building Frontline Employee Programs for Triple Bottom Line Impact
Authors: Hu, Jennifer; Lowenberg, Melanie; Chojnacki, Rohini
Product Type: Cases
Source: The Aspen Institute Business and Society Program
Publication Year: 2012
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Fred Keller stepped down from the podium at a local park in Grand Rapids, Michigan and stared at the Lifetime Achievement Award for Innovation in his hands. Under his watch as Founder and CEO of Cascade Engineering, the manufacturing company had blossomed into a successful and diversified enterprise. Keller considered Cascade’s future strategy: How could his company continue enabling success while maintaining the proper balance across its Triple Bottom Line mission?
Peter Jepsen
Authors: Stevenson, Howard H.; Roberts, Michael J.; Sharpe, James M.
Product Type: Cases
Source: Harvard Business School
Publication Year: 2012
About to break bank covenants, Peter Jepsen has to deal with a contentious prior owner, improve profitability and staff appropriately all while maintaining credibility with his investors, in the furniture hardware company he has owned for less than a year...
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...
Sustainability at Tetra Pak: Recycling Post-Consumer Cartons
Authors: Sharma, Garima; Ghatge, Indrajeet; Laszlo, Chris
Product Type: Cases
Source: Richard Ivey School of Business
Publication Year: 2012
This case delves into the problems that Tetra Pak India faces in its ambitious goal of recycling post-consumer cartons in India, and the approach that the company adopts in overcoming the obstacles...
EcoPost: Financing a Green Startup in Africa
Authors: Sorensen, Jesper; Kennedy, Michael; Jorasch, Gina
Product Type: Cases
Source: Stanford Graduate School of Business
Publication Year: 2012
Based in Nairobi, Kenya, EcoPost manufactures construction posts out of the thousands of tons of plastic waste produced daily by the city. However, they face many obstacles overcoming skepticism from investors, largely because of their relatively poor financial record keeping...
Goldwind USA: Chinese Wind in the Americas
Authors: Abrami, Regina M.; Koch-Weser, Iacob
Product Type: Cases
Source: Harvard Business School
Publication Year: 2012
Many Chinese firms have struggled in the United States. Renewable energy is a fledgling, high-risk market. Can Goldwind USA, a leading producer of wind turbines, overcome the odds?
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