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Negotiating the Path of Abraham
Author: Sebenius, James K.
Product Type: Cases
Source: Harvard Business School
Publication Year: 2011
The Abraham Path Initiative board faces strategic and negotiating challenges in revitalizing a route of Middle East cultural tourism following Abraham's path 4000 years ago. From a notion crystallized at Harvard in 2004, this idea has been carefully negotiated into a concrete reality with supporting country organizations in Syria, Turkey, Jordan, Palestine, and Israel. Yet, momentum has stalled in key areas, strategic and operational issues remain unresolved, and the financial future of the initiative is clouded.
COSCO: Implementing Sustainability
Authors: Marquis, Christopher; Yin, Lynn; Yang, Dongning
Product Type: Cases
Source: Harvard Business School
Publication Year: 2011
In 2005 COSCO announced it would join the United Nations Global Compact and initiated sustainability reporting practices. How far should COSCO go in promoting the sustainability system as a stand-alone product? What were the next steps in sustainability reporting, and should COSCO try to attain even higher reporting standards in the future? What would be the value in reaching higher sustainability and reporting standards, and how would internal and external stakeholders react? What challenges lay ahead for the consistent implementation of higher standards across COSCO's subsidiaries?
First Quantum Minerals vs. Eurasian Natural Resources
Authors: Serafeim, George; Knauer, Andrew
Product Type: Cases
Source: Harvard Business School
Publication Year: 2012
The case describes the battle between First Quantum Mineral and Eurasian Resources over mines in Democratic Republic of Congo...
Occidental Engineering
Author: McFarland, Michael
Product Type: Cases
Source: Markkula Center for Applied Ethics
Publication Year: 2012
A software engineer faces an ethical dilemma when his boss asks him to sign off on an air traffic control system with a serious bug.
Intel: Exploring Market Opportunities in Water
Authors: Eccles, Robert G.; Edmondson, Amy C.; Serafeim, George; Farrell, Sarah E.
Product Type: Cases
Source: Harvard Business School
Publication Year: 2012
Intel is looking to move beyond microprocessor manufacturing. Lorie Wigle, Intel’s General Manager of Eco Technology and President of the Climate Savers Computing Initiative, wondered if water management presented the perfect opportunity for Intel to both innovate on an environmental challenge and expand its IT presence.
A.P. Moller - Maersk Group: Evaluating Strategic Talent Management Initiatives
Authors: Groysberg, Boris; Abbott, Sarah L.
Product Type: Cases
Source: Harvard Business School
Publication Year: 2012
Bill Allen and Maria Pejter of Maersk Group's Human Resources Department, discuss talent management issues: an increase an employee turnover; internal training and development programs; hiring experienced talent from outside the firm; rehiring former employees ("boomerangs"); and increasing employee diversity.
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?
Introducing iSnack 2.0: The New Vegemite
Authors: Keinan, Anat; Farrelly, Francis; Beverland, Michael
Product Type: Cases
Source: Harvard Business School
Publication Year: 2012
Vegemite is an iconic Australian breakfast spread, and this case focuses on Kraft's decision to revitalize the brand's performance. Following a high profile campaign, Kraft chose the name iSnack 2.0 for a new Vegemite brand extension. The case starts two days after the public unveiling of this name and the subsequent nationwide backlash against it.
Theo Chocolate
Author: Cummings, Michael
Product Type: Cases
Source: Babson College
Publication Year: 2012
Theo's unique value proposition, of being "the only organic, Fair-Trade, bean-to-bar chocolate factory in the United States," drives its business. The company was started and operates under the premise that socially responsible business practices are cornerstones of its operations. The key decision facing the company is whether Theo can in fact afford to stay true to the strategy and value proposition that has defined its existence. The case provides students an opportunity to wrestle with very real issues that idealistic entrepreneurs face - compromising principles, brand-building, managing cash flow and planning for the future.
W.L. Gore: Culture of Innovation
Author: Rao, Jay
Product Type: Cases
Source: Babson College
Publication Year: 2012
W.L. Gore differs from the mainstream enterprise in a number of ways -strategy, structure, ownership, leadership, and operations. This case allows the participants to delve into each of these elements and see how they are all consistent and reinforcing one another. The main focus of the case is its "culture of innovation."
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