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Deja Shoe (A, B)
Authors: Hardy, Paul W.; Hart, Stuart L.
Product Type: Cases
Source: William Davidson Institute
Publication Year: 1996
Deja Shoe's founder and new management team wanted to develop a business strategy based on pro-environment principles that would enable the firm to out-compete established industry players Nike and Timberland. The case explores mainstream and niche markets...
Specialisterne: Sense & Details
Authors: Austin, Robert D.; Wareham, Jonathan; Busquets, Javier
Product Type: Cases
Source: Harvard Business School
Publication Year: 2008
The case helps students to examine the challenges of growing a for-profit social enterprise business, as well as to examine the software testing business.
LivingHomes
Authors: Henn, Rebecca; Hoffman, Andrew J.
Product Type: Cases
Source: University of Michigan, Erb Institute for Global Sustainable Enterprise
Publication Year: 2008
Steve Glenn, a successful internet start-up entrepreneur, returned to his love of architecture and commitment to sustainability by creating a company that would provide signature, green, prefabricated homes to the “cultural creative” market.
Springboard to a Swan Dive?
Authors: Kambil, Ajit; Beebe, Bruce
Product Type: Cases; Journal Articles
Source: Harvard Business Review
Publication Year: 2005
John Clough, the CFO of NetRF, a tech firm in Salt Lake City, gets an offer he's not sure he wants to refuse. Benchmark, a Fortune 500 packaged goods company, is looking for someone to join its audit committee...
Global Corporate Social Responsibility Vs. Local Legal Compliance
Authors: Farhoomand, Ali F.; Tsang, Samuel
Product Type: Cases
Source: Asia Case Research Center, University of Hong Kong
Publication Year: 2006
This case looks at the dilemma facing multinational firms: how to comply with local laws, particularly those related to censorship and privacy, while at the same time trying to be socially responsible.
CTV NewsNet (A, B, C)
Authors: Cavanaugh, Christina; Russell, Christina
Product Type: Cases
Source: Richard Ivey School of Business
Publication Year: 2010
A national television station aired the wrong take of a CTV Newsnet broadcast, one filled with ethnic, gender and social slurs aimed to amuse the technicians in the studio. When this segment was inadvertently aired, the station was thrown into a crisis management situation where every reaction required an action...
Semco "A"
Author: Chaddad, Fernando
Product Type: Cases
Source: The University of Western Australia
Publication Year: 2001
This is the first of a two-case series (300-153-1 and 300-154-1). The cases serve as a good introduction to any Strategic Management course and they essentially put forward contrasting reasons for the success of Semco.
Fairmont Chateau Lake Louise
Authors: Ritchie, Robin; Artiuch, Paul
Product Type: Cases
Source: Richard Ivey School of Business
Publication Year: 2009
An historic hotel faces the twin challenges of seasonal demand and a decline in its most important market. The hotel's general manager is considering several expansion/renovation proposals, but the decision is complicated by the fact that the hotel is located in world-renowned Banff National Park, an environmentally sensitive area administered by the Canadian government.
Sensible Life Products (A, B)
Authors: Zietsma, Charlene; McKnight, Brent
Product Type: Cases
Source: Richard Ivey School of Business
Publication Year: 2007
The purpose of this case is to expose students to entrepreneurial exit situations as well as social entrepreneurship issues associated with disruptive technologies.
TransFair USA
Authors: Aubry, Rick; Powell, Greg
Product Type: Cases
Source: Stanford University Graduate School of Business
Publication Year: 2004
TransFair USA, the U.S. fair trade labeling arm of the Fair Trade Labeling Organization (FLO), faced strategic challenges in 2003. The Fair Trade label denoted coffee (and other products) sold at a price high enough to allow small certified farmers to earn a living wage...
Essilor Korea (A, B, C, D)
Authors: Morrison, A; Gaba, V.; Pant, I.
Product Type: Cases
Source: INSEAD
Publication Year: 2009
This is the first of a four-case series (409-037-1 to 409-040-1). The Essilor Korea case series focuses on the efforts of Stephen Shawler as he attempts to build a world-class joint venture between French-based Essilor and its Korean partner, Samyung Trading. Facing huge cultural barriers and partner relationship issues, Shawler must determine the targets and tactics of several change initiatives. Each of the (A), (B) and (C) cases deals with a different set of decisions for Shawler, the (D) case provides a summary of final observations.
Radiohead: Music at Your Own Price (A, B)
Authors: Elberse, Anita; Bergsman, Jason
Product Type: Cases
Source: Harvard Business School
Publication Year: 2009
In October 2007, the British band Radiohead caused a stir when it announced it would allow customers to decide how much to pay for its new album, released exclusively as a digital download and available only from the band's own web site. How viable is such a "name-your-own-pricing" plan?
Antegren: A Beacon of Hope (A, B, C, D)
Authors: Margolis, Joshua; DeLong, Thomas J.; Heymann, Terry
Product Type: Cases
Source: Harvard Business School
Publication Year: 2007
The CEO of Biogen Idec faces a set of difficult decisions regarding a promising drug for Multiple Sclerosis that is headed for early approval by the FDA.
Procter and Gamble's PuR Water Purifier – The Hunt for a Sustainable Business Model
Authors: Jones Christensen, Lisa; Thomas, Jessica
Product Type: Cases
Source: Kenan-Flagler Business School, UNC-Chapel Hill
Publication Year: 2008
This case presents the range of business models that P&G has explored for the sales and distribution of PuR water purification packets.
Talisman Energy and its Sudan Investment
Authors: Burton, B; Globerman, S
Product Type: Cases
Source: The Case Research Journal
Publication Year: 2005
This case focuses on executives deciding whether an investment is profitable and should be kept, or whether the ethical and/or public-relations problems make the investment too problematic.
Sanlu's Melamine-Tainted Milk Crisis in China
Authors: Tao, Zhigang; Lu, Jiangyong; Woo, Claudia H.L.
Product Type: Cases
Source: The University of Hong Kong
Publication Year: 2009
On 12 September 2008, Sanlu Group, the biggest producer of milk powder in China, rocked the country when it admitted that its infant formula had been contaminated with the toxic chemical melamine.
Statoil Iran
Authors: Lane, Henry W.; Wesley, David T.A.
Product Type: Cases
Source: Richard Ivey School of Business
Publication Year: 2009
Less than one year after being awarded a contract to develop one of the world's largest offshore petroleum fields, Statoil's future in Iran appeared to be in jeopardy. Statoil was at the center of a corruption investigation that had resulted in the resignations of three of the company's top executives, including its CEO...
Howard Schultz (A, B)
Authors: Pearce, Nicole; Meyer, Kathleen A.
Product Type: Cases
Source: Business Enterprise Trust
Publication Year: 1994
In the late 1980s Howard Schultz led the Starbucks Coffee Co. to explosive growth, transforming a small whole-bean coffee company into a national retail power. Starbucks success hinged on its reputation for quality and personal service...
The Starbury One Social Movement
Authors: Morosini, P; Coughlan, S
Product Type: Cases
Source: Ecole Polytechnique Federale de Lausanne
Publication Year: 2006
The sports shoe market in the United States had long been dominated by big sportswear brands, such as Nike and Reebok. This case is about the mission of Starbury footwear -- "to eliminate the incredible pressure kids and parents feel to spend top dollar on the latest sneakers, clothes and other merchandise that they often cannot afford".
Name Your Price: Compensation Negotiation at Whole Health Management (A, B, C)
Authors: Hall, Brian J.; Malhotra, Deepak; Bennett, Nicole
Product Type: Cases
Source: Harvard Business School
Publication Year: 2008
MBA student Monroe Davies is asked by a potential employer to determine his own compensation package...
Genzyme's CSR Dilemma: How to Play its HAND
Authors: Bartlett, Christopher A.; Khanna, Tarun; Choudhury, Prithwiraj
Product Type: Cases
Source: Harvard Business School
Publication Year: 2009
Genzyme, a global biotechnology company, launches a program to develop therapies for neglected diseases, (e.g. malaria, TB), giving away the intellectual property. This case focuses on the decision of which diseases, which partnerships, and which markets should management decide to fund.
Urban Renewal of Wan Chai: A Collision of People and Policy
Authors: Tso, P.; Germano, L.; Ho, E.
Product Type: Cases
Source: Asia Case Research Centre
Publication Year: 2006
Urban redevelopment plans for one of the oldest districts in Hong Kong brings about a dispute between policy-makers and the community regarding the preservation of culture, historic buildings and community-based networks.
Attacking the Roots: Shiraishi Garments Company and an Evolving Thicket of Business Ethics in China
Authors: Jiang, B.; Murphy, P.
Product Type: Cases
Source: Neilson Journals Publishing
Publication Year: 2007
This case examines management underpinnings of conducting socially purposeful business in contexts where the labor conditions and ethics are questionable.
Accounting for Pensions and Employee Benefits at Ford and Toyota
Authors: Miller, Gregory S.; Skinner, Douglas J.; Donohue, Laura E.
Product Type: Cases
Source: Harvard Business School
Publication Year: 2005
Uses Ford's and Toyota's financial statements to familiarize students with the information provided in pension footnotes.
Conscience or the Competitive Edge? (A, B)
Authors: Button, K.; Bart, C.
Product Type: Cases
Source: The Case Research Journal
Publication Year: 1994
Olivia Jones, a Manager for a British retailer, discovers on a buying trip to India how she and her firm are able to obtain cost advantages.
Hewlett-Packard: Best Sustainability Report 2004
Author: Association of Chartered Certified Accountants
Product Type: Cases
Source: ACCA North American Awards for Sustainability
Publication Year: 2004
This review commends Hewlett-Packard Company for its 2004 Global Citizenship Report...
Gazprom (A, B, C): Energy and Strategy in Russian History
Authors: Abdelal, Rawi; Jorov, Alexander; Tarontsi, Sogomon
Product Type: Cases
Source: Harvard Business School Publishing
Publication Year: 2008
Critics have accused Gazprom, the world's largest natural gas producer, of eschewing market principles in favor of the foreign policy priorities of the Russian government, ever since the energy giant cut off the supply to Ukraine in January of 2006.
Kanzen Berhad: The United States and Antidumping Duties
Authors: Lecraw, D; Lim, B
Product Type: Cases
Source: Richard Ivey School of Business
Publication Year: 2002
The director of a Malaysian producer of stainless steel is considering what he should do in response to antidumping charges, to preserve the company's US market and maintain alternative markets in other countries.
Plum Creek Timber (B)
Authors: Bazerman, Max H.; Riley, Hannah; Nasser, Nicole; Troast, John G., Jr.
Product Type: Cases
Source: Harvard Business School
Publication Year: 2001
Plum Creek Timber Co. decides to go ahead with negotiations for a Habitat Conservation Plan (HCP) on its Pacific Northwest properties. HCP represents a new form of public-private-sector collaboration and innovation to improve upon command-and-control environmental policy solution...
Dansko, Inc.
Authors: Edmondson, Amy C.; Winston, Victoria W.
Product Type: Cases
Source: Harvard Business School Publishing
Publication Year: 2006
Despite a history of success, the management philosophy that had guided Dansko's growth,”home schooling”--taking young energetic employees with little business experience and mentoring them--seemed ill-suited for the next phase of growth. Examines the importance of culture in a company and how that corporate culture evolves with time.
Managing for Integrity: Three Vignettes
Author: Paine, Lynn S.
Product Type: Cases
Source: Harvard Business School
Publication Year: 1994
Three situations are presented in which a branch manager for a retail brokerage firm, an auto mechanic, and a research director all must make pressing decisions regarding their businesses...
Marks & Spencer
Author: Spitzeck, Heiko
Product Type: Cases
Source: Cranfield School of Management
Publication Year: 2009
Marks & Spencer (M&S) is one of the UK's leading retailers, with over 21 million people visiting M&S stores around the country every week. On the 15th of January 2007 The Independent published an article titled 'M&S to go carbon neutral in £200 million green initiative' announcing the now famous M&S Plan A. This initiative is an ambitious environmental strategy incorporating 100 commitments in five key areas: (1) climate change; (2) waste management; (3) sustainable raw materials; (4) fairness; and (5) health. Plan A includes aims for M&S to become carbon neutral, send no waste to landfill, be a fair trading partner and help customers to live healthier lifestyles. The Plan A strategy announced in January 2007, envisaged that all these 100 targets would be realised by 2012, and would require an investment of £200 million. This strategy goes to the core of M&S's identity. As the economic downturn impacts on retail business, Richard Gillies, head of Plan A, is asked to create a business case for the different initiatives forming Plan A to move forward. Students are asked to analyse Plan A initiatives on their business value and to present their findings.
The Nehemiah Strategy
Authors: Barrett, Diana; Leddy, Sheila McCarthy
Product Type: Cases
Source: Harvard Business School Publishing
Publication Year: 2004
In 2003, Lee Stuart, who had successfully used the Nehemiah Strategy to create thousands of units of affordable housing in the South Bronx, was working with the Greater Boston Interfaith Organization to implement the strategy in Boston...
The Grameen Bank: Credit as a Human Right
Authors: Viassa Monteiro, E; Janeiro Dias, A
Product Type: Cases
Source: AESE - Escola de Direccao e Negocios
Publication Year: 2007
The case contains a brief description of the Grameen Bank's launch, as an answer to an urgent need of the poor population which couldn't find a way of obtaining loans for the acquisition of raw material to be worked on and sold later.
AT&T Resource Link (A, B)
Authors: Harman, Joel; Seeger, John
Product Type: Cases
Source: North American Case Research Association, Case Research Journal, Summer/Fall, 1998; The Laurier Institute
Publication Year: 1998
Jim Meadows, having created a new venture within AT&T, finds himself with a problem. His "Resource Link" organization-an internal, on-pay-roll temporary employment agency that uses "at-risk" AT&T managers and professionals as contingent workers-has grown dramatically and boasts highly satisfied staff and customers...
Lidl: The Hard Discounter
Authors: Govind, S; Chatterjee, P.
Product Type: Cases
Source: ICMR Center for Management Research
Publication Year: 2008
This case describes some of the ways in which Lidl managed to keep its costs low.
The Shell Group
Author: Hoffman, Andrew J.
Product Type: Cases
Source: Pew Center on Global Climate Change (www.pewclimate.org)
Publication Year: 2006
Royal Dutch Shell, like all major oil producers, finds itself at the heart of the debate over climate change...
Leadership Training and Development at the BBC
Authors: Gupta, Vivek; Kumar, K. Vinaya
Product Type: Cases
Source: ICMR Center for Management Research
Publication Year: 2006
The case describes the various training and development initiatives taken up by the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) under the leadership of Greg Dyke...
The Long Battle for an Instant Messaging Standard
Authors: Fan, Steven; Viard, V. Brian
Product Type: Cases
Source: Stanford University
Publication Year: 2005
For the last five years, America Online (AOL), Yahoo!, and Microsoft have been battling to grab market share for their instant messaging (IM) service...
eDonkey--Deciding the Future of File Sharing
Author: Oberholzer-Gee, Felix
Product Type: Cases
Source: Harvard Business School Publishing
Publication Year: 2006
Sam Yagan, CEO of the upstart MetaMachine, Inc., received a letter from the Recording Industry Association of America, Inc. (RIAA) asking him to shut down eDonkey, MetaMachine's popular file-sharing system. Designed to promote a discussion of the implications of file sharing and related legal developments on the music industry.
Alcoa
Author: Hoffman, Andrew J.
Product Type: Cases
Source: Pew Center on Global Climate Change (www.pewclimate.org)
Publication Year: 2006
What do you do about climate change when energy comprises a major portion of the total cost to manufacture your product? That is the dilemma that faces Alcoa, a company that spent over two billion dollars on energy last year...
Orangia Highways (A, B)
Authors: Eso, Peter; Klibanoff, Peter; Schmedders, Karl; Hunter, Graeme
Product Type: Cases
Source: Harvard Business School Publishing
Publication Year: 2006
The decision maker is in charge of procurement auctions at the department of transportation of Orangia (a fictitious U.S. state).
Patrimonio Hoy
Authors: Segel, Arthur I.; Chu, Michael; Herrero, Gustavo
Product Type: Cases
Source: Harvard Business School
Publication Year: 2006
Patrimonio Hoy, a program targeting the housing needs of low-income families launched by CEMEX, a major Mexican corporation and a leading global cement company, has gone from a market research project to a highly visible initiative in 22 cities and has earned public recognition.
Monitor Co.: Personal Leadership on Diversity
Authors: Grant, Sarah B.; Gentile, Mary C.
Product Type: Cases
Source: Harvard Business School
Publication Year: 1995
Several members of a consulting firm work to develop ways to build and nurture a more diverse work environment while reflecting on personal experiences that help them to become leaders around issues of diversity...
United Airlines: Employee Buyout
Author: Chaplinsky, Susan J.
Product Type: Cases
Source: University of Virginia, Darden Graduate School of Business Administration
Publication Year: 1998
This case focuses on a large-scale corporate restructuring that involves changes to United Airlines' (UAL) operating strategy and financing. Through a recapitalization of the company, UAL's pilots, machinists, and salaried workers become majority shareholders of the firm.
Weyerhauser Company: The Next 100 Years
Authors: Milstein, Mark B.; Hart, Stuart L.
Product Type: Cases
Source: World Resources Institute
Publication Year: 1998
The Weyerhaeuser Company was the world's largest private owner of standing softwood timber, North America's largest producer of softwood lumber, and the world's largest supplier of softwood pulp. Weyerhaeuser Company: The Next 100 Years focuses on the company's development....
DAKA International (A, B)
Author: Hanson, Kirk O.
Product Type: Cases
Source: The Business Enterprise Trust
Publication Year: 1993
Deals with an employee who contracts AIDS. The employer, a food-service proprietor, is threatened by an old and valued client with the loss of the account if they do not fire him...
ttools (A, B): The Value of a Patent to the Entrepreneur
Authors: Conley, James G.; Qu, Feng; Nudd, Geoff; Marcus, J. Cooper
Product Type: Cases
Source: Harvard Business School Publishing
Publication Year: 2006
ttools, being a small, resource-constrained company, was in a precarious position. Its competitive advantage and rights as a patent holder were being threatened. It had few financial resources to draw upon, and thus its livelihood as a company was at stake.
Business and Human Rights: The Case of Hewlett Packard
Authors: McElhaney, Kellie A.; Hill, Natalie
Product Type: Cases
Source: Center for Responsible Business, Haas School of Business, University of California, Berkeley, California
Publication Year: 2003
This case study describes how a technology company developed a Human Rights and Labor Policy within their Global Citizenship strategy, and is engaged in the complex and unclearly defined issues of human rights within their business...
The Privatization of Rhone-Poulenc--1993
Authors: Collat, Donald S.; Tufano, Peter
Product Type: Cases
Source: Harvard Business School
Publication Year: 1994
In mid-1993, representatives of Rhone-Poulenc, a leading nationalized French firm, worked with the French government to plan the imminent privatization of the firm.
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