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Lululemon's Commitment to the Environment: A Tangle of Seaweed, Suppliers, and Social Responsibility
Author: Bass, Andrea Erin
Product Type: Cases
Source: University of Nebraska, Omaha
Publication Year: 2010
Lululemon, faced with pressure to expand and maximize profits while maintaining its CSR pledge to the environment and innovation, found itself in a difficult position when an environmentally-friendly fiber it used for a clothing product was determined to be marketed falsely.
A Few Tips About Corruption in the US
Author: Delios, Andrew Karl
Product Type: Cases
Source: Richard Ivey School of Business
Publication Year: 2006
This case discusses what constitutes corruption, and whether private and public sector corruption are required and ethical business practices.
Jieliang Phone Home! (A, B, C)
Authors: Shih, Willy; Bernstein, Ethan S.; Bilimoria, Nina
Product Type: Cases
Source: Harvard Business School
Publication Year: 2009
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.
A Tattle Tale?
Author: Loo, W.
Product Type: Cases
Source: Richard Ivey School of Business
Publication Year: 2009
The subject of plagiarism and a poorly contributing group member to group assignments is one that resonates deeply with students pursuing any course that emphasizes group work as a necessary component of the course assessment. The case has practical relevance to the working world in as much as the incident can occur in that context.
Creditor Activism in Sovereign Debt
Authors: Alfaro, Laura; Vogel, Ingrid
Product Type: Cases
Source: Harvard Business School Publishing
Publication Year: 2006
The role of distressed debt funds, also known as “vulture funds,” in sovereign debt restructuring was a hotly debated topic, especially after the success of Elliot Associates in converting an $11 million investment in Peruvian bonds worth $21 million into a $58 million cash payout from the country, representing the full face value of the bonds plus past-due interest. This case debates the pros and cons of “vulture funds” in sovereign debt restructuring; to highlight the problems of collecting against countries after receiving a favorable judgment; and to discuss whether institutional intervention is required in sovereign debt restructuring.
Steve Parker and the GFS-China Technologies Venture (A, B, C, D)
Author: Inkpen, A.
Product Type: Cases
Source: Thunderbird School of Global Management
Publication Year: 2006
GFS-China is a joint venture between Standard Industries of the United States and Good Fortune Enterprises of China. Two weeks after GFS-China began operating the venture came to a crisis. Steve Parker came in to try to turn the venture around, but was instead confronted with a multitude of managerial, ethical, and other challenges.
Environmental Risk Management at Chevron Corp.
Authors: Reinhardt, Forest; Mandelli, Monica; Burns, Jennifer
Product Type: Cases
Source: Harvard Business School
Publication Year: 1999
Exposes students to the usefulness of analytical systems for managing business risks that arise in industrial operations, and to the difficulties in implementing such systems. More broadly, it raises questions of information flow and incentive design in large firms.
The Procter & Gamble Co.: Disposable and Reusable Diapers – A Life-Cycle Analysis
Author: World Resources Institute
Product Type: Cases
Source: The World Resources Institute
Publication Year: 1994
Procter & Gamble hired Arthur D. Little, Inc., an international management and technology firm specializing in environmental issues, to analyze the full range of environmental impacts or "life-cycle analysis" of both...
Tribune Company, 2007
Authors: Seth Gordon, Eric; Luehrman, Timothy A.
Product Type: Cases
Source: Harvard Business School Publishing
Publication Year: 2008
This case describes the proposed acquisition of Tribune Company by Sam Zell in 2007. It is two-tiered, employs an ESOP as the acquisition vehicle, involves a high degree of leverage as well as significant asset sales, and Zell himself will own almost no common stock in the post-deal Tribune.
Swiss Re
Author: Hoffman, Andrew J.
Product Type: Cases
Source: Pew Center on Global Climate Change (www.pewclimate.org)
Publication Year: 2006
Swiss Re stands out as being more at risk from the physical impacts of climate change itself. The insurance industry may experience dramatically increased costs due to a growth in climate-related effects...
Owens Corning and Silicon Valley Power Partner to Make Energy Savings a Reality
Author: U.S. Department of Energy
Product Type: Cases
Source: U.S. Department of Energy
Publication Year: 2009
The Owens Corning glass fiber manufacturing plant in Santa Clara, California, used financial incentives from Silicon Valley Power (SVP) to cost-effectively implement several energy savings projects in its pumping, fan, and compressed air systems.
Benjamin Moore & Co. Ltd. And the Government of British Columbia's Waste Paint Regulation
Authors: Sexty, Robert W.; Burt, Marie C.
Product Type: Cases
Source: NACRA, North American Case Research Journal
Publication Year: 1996
The Government of British Columbia has passed regulations relating to the disposal of waste paint products. Most leftover paint in the hands of consumers was considered a hazardous waste, and there was concern about the harmful effects the disposal of this waste might have on the environment...
Cinergy
Author: Hoffman, Andrew J.
Product Type: Cases
Source: Pew Center on Global Climate Change (www.pewclimate.org)
Publication Year: 2006
Cinergy's heavy reliance upon coal combustion for electricity generation makes it particularly vulnerable to carbon regulation. Yet, according to Chairman and CEO Jim Rogers, addressing greenhouse gas emissions is not only the ethically right thing to do; it is also a smart business decision.
Asian Car Part Holding
Authors: Amann, Wolfgang; Steger, Ulrich
Product Type: Cases
Source: IMD
Publication Year: 2006
Should an investor representative to the board challenge the sale of the company, which was affected without knowledge of the board, based on broader principles than profitability?
Green Rubber: The Revolution of the Rubber Recycling Business
Authors: Francesch-Huidobro, M.; Woo, Claudia H.L.
Product Type: Cases
Source: The University of Hong Kong
Publication Year: 2009
Dedicated to offering high-tech solutions for environmental and social problems, a privately-owned Malaysian conglomerate, Petra Group, aimed to innovate the recycling of rubber waste. Since the 1990s, the group had tried to transform rubber waste using its patented DeLink technology to produce reusable rubber, which it branded as Green Rubber.
Video: People Express Decline: Interview with Don Burr
Authors: Beer, Michael; Holland, Philip
Product Type: Cases; Multimedia; Interviews
Source: Harvard Business School
Publication Year: 1989
Presents an interview with Don Burr, CEO, as he reviews his account of how and why People Express failed as a corporation and was ultimately sold to Continental Airlines.
Hostile Takeover Battle in Japan: Fuji TV vs. Livedoor for NBS
Author: Misawa, Mitsuru
Product Type: Cases
Source: University of Hong Kong
Publication Year: 2006
This case helps students to become acquainted with the business culture of Japan and to analyze issues of strategic fit between the bidder and the target, target performance, valuation, financing decisions, and whether and how the target's anti-takeover moves might affect outcomes in the battle for corporate control.
Labour and Service Market Liberalization in the Enlarged EU (A, B)
Author: Webber, D
Product Type: Cases
Source: INSEAD
Publication Year: 2007
With growth in the membership of the European Union following the collapse of communism in several countries, conflicts have emerged as the Union struggles to enact market liberalization, due in part to income disparities among member states.
SpudSpy
Authors: Fleming, Lee; Snow, Daniel
Product Type: Cases
Source: Harvard Business School Publishing
Publication Year: 2005
Discusses the challenges and potential problems of technology transfer and, in particular, the issues that can arise when student teams work on technology transfer projects.
Community Memorial Hospital: Management of Conflicting Interests
Authors: Simendinger, Earl; LeClair, Daniel; LeClaire, Debbie T.; Jasperson, Michael
Product Type: Cases
Source: North America Case Research Association, Case Research Journal, Winter, 2000; The Laurier Institute
Publication Year: 2000
Ralph Soto, chief executive officer of Community Memorial Hospital (CMH), was grasping for strategies to stem the progressive decline in the hospital's financial situation and occupancy rate...
Aguas Argentinas
Authors: Wells, Louis T.; De Royere, Alexandra
Product Type: Cases
Source: Harvard Business School Publishing
Publication Year: 2006
The French-owned Aguas Argentinas faces a demand from the Argentine government that it renegotiate its concession to operate the Buenos Aires water and sewage services. This case discusses the privatization of infrastructure and international protection of foreign investor's property rights.
Metalclad in Mexico (A, B)
Author: Cronin, P.
Product Type: Cases
Source: Thunderbird School of Global Management
Publication Year: 2002
This case is especially useful for exploring issues relating to direct investment in a foreign country. Metalclad's entry strategy runs into difficulty and the case allows students to analyze what went wrong and why. The case also facilitates discussion on changing perceptions of the environment as a public policy issue and as a business opportunity in developing countries.
The Octopus and the Generals
Authors: Jones, Geoffrey G.; Bucheli, Marcelo
Product Type: Cases
Source: Harvard Business School Publishing
Publication Year: 2006
Examines the overthrow of President Jacobo Arbenz of Guatemala in 1954 in a U.S.-backed coup in support of the United Fruit Co. This case discusses the tension between large Western resource multinationals and developing countries for much of the last century.
AXA MONY
Authors: Perold, Andre F.; White, Lucy
Product Type: Cases
Source: Harvard Business School Publishing
Publication Year: 2007
AXA's friendly bid for MONY is contested by activist hedge funds suspicious of management's generous change in control contracts.
Orsa Group: The Challenge of Sustainable Development in the Amazon
Authors: Fischer, Rosa Maria; Zylbersztajn, Decio; Pires, Joao Teixeira; Mendonca, Luciana Rocha de
Product Type: Cases
Source: Harvard Business School
Publication Year: 2004
More than a mere social welfare action branch, the Orsa Foundation became a priority within company operations.
Monsanto and Roundup Ready Wheat
Author: Sider, Michael
Product Type: Cases
Source: Richard Ivey School of Business
Publication Year: 2006
This case explores Monsanto's attempt to launch a version of genetically-modified wheat in Canada. It details opposition to the launch from farmers and environmentalists, and focuses on how these groups used communications to resist Monsanto's product launch.
Epcor Utilities Inc (A, B)
Authors: Bansal, Pratima; Ewart, Tom
Product Type: Cases
Source: Richard Ivey School of Business
Publication Year: 2007
In January 2003, EPCOR Utilities was facing great pressure from a radical grass-roots group that wanted the company out of its community of Rossdale.
A Smooth Launch (A, B, C)
Author: Tuchinsky, Marla
Product Type: Cases
Source: INSEAD
Publication Year: 1998
The Evans Group is due to launch a new technologically advanced shampoo product two months prior to its competitor. The competitor has made it known to members of the product group that there is evidence that the shampoo causes certain types of hair (treated with dye) to split and they will go public with this information.
Acteon Travel Agency, Greece
Author: Dana, Teresa
Product Type: Cases
Source: Nanyang Business School
Publication Year: 1998
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Tourism is on the rise and this couldn't be truer for the Greek island of Ios. Acteon Travel is one of the best-represented agencies on the island. Questions arise as to the ethics surrounding how this company maintains its leadership position...
Vertex Pharmaceuticals and the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation: Venture Philanthropy Funding for Biotech
Authors: Higgins, Robert F.; Kazan, Brent; LaMontagne, Sophie
Product Type: Cases
Source: Harvard Business School
Publication Year: 2010
How could the board of Vertex and the ystic Fibrosis Foundation (CFF) fundamentally align the objectives of a for-profit company with those of a non-profit institution?
A Case Study of Arteconomy Building a Bridge between Art and Enterprise: Flemish Businesses Stimulate Creativity and Innovation through Art
Authors: Cools, E; Van den Broeck, H; Maenhout, T
Product Type: Cases
Source: University of Puget Sound
Publication Year: 2008
Organizations are trying to find ways to embed more creativity, more innovative potential and more entrepreneurship into the everyday running of their businesses. The Flemish non-profit organization Arteconomy has developed a method for doing this, by bringing businesspeople and artists together in a series of particularly unique projects.
Activist Inside: Making Responsible Procurement Happen
Authors: Billington, C.; Barnett Berg, M.
Product Type: Cases
Source: IMD
Publication Year: 2008
The learning objectives are to learn: (1) how procurement can be innovative and successful by launching a CSR program; (2) how to make an initiative successful without a large budget and resources; and (3) the importance of crafting a well defined and usable toolkit for the implementation of the initiative.
Peripheral Products Co.
Author: Cespedes, Frank V.
Product Type: Cases
Source: Harvard Business School Publishing
Publication Year: 1986
In mid-1985, the vice president of marketing for a large manufacturer of disk drives is considering how to deal with a growing “gray market” for his company's products.
Caribbean ESCo Limited
Authors: Daley, Sanola A.; Pratt, Lawrence
Product Type: Cases
Source: Latin American Center for Competitiveness and Sustainable Development (CLACDS) at INCAE
Publication Year: 2009
To qualify for the loan, Haughton needed to present a business plan and the detailed financial records of his company since its inception, which unfortunately has not been as well-kept as we would have liked. Haughton ponders the future of his company and wonders how he would bring the 4 year-old Caribbean ESCo Ltd. out of its deepening difficulties onto a more sound footing.
Three Guineas Fund
Authors: Lagenfeld, Stephanie; Ramfelt, Lena; Kosnik, Thomas J.
Product Type: Cases
Source: Stanford Technology Ventures Program
Publication Year: 2006
In 1997, Cate Muther, of Three Guineas Fund and Jim Robbins, of Business Cluster Development, both very successful entrepreneurs, established the Women's Technology Cluster (WTC) in response to the National Foundation of Women Business Owners' determination that only 1% of nearly 8 million women-owned businesses in the United States received venture capital financing.
Mtn Cameroon
Authors: Rivera-Santos, M.; Vandemore, M.; Rufin, C.
Product Type: Cases
Source: Babson College
Publication Year: 2009
This is the third of a four-case series (BAB133-BAB136). This case series is designed to illustrate the specificities of competition in poor and developing economies and, more specifically, competition at the base of the pyramid.
Nokia India: Battery Recall Logistics
Authors: Dhanaraj, Charles; Sumukadas, Narendar; Johnson, P. Fraser; Malvankar, Monali
Product Type: Cases
Source: Richard Ivey School of Business
Publication Year: 2011
Nokia had built a strong brand reputation over a ten-year period and was a market leader in the Indian mobile devices. India, incidentally, was also Nokia’s second largest market, next only to China. Suddenly, what corporate headquarters considered a routine product advisory for a defective battery, resulted in panic in customers after the Indian media widely publicized the potential dangers that defective batteries could pose.
BrainLAB (A, B, C)
Author: Mullins, John W.
Product Type: Cases
Source: London Business School
Publication Year: 2004
This is a three-part case, detailing the conflict between medical software/device companies after one declines a takeover bid.
Property Rights in New Zealand Abalone Fisheries
Authors: Anderson, Terry; Grewell, J. Bishop
Product Type: Cases
Source: Stanford University
Publication Year: 2006
With the introduction of individual transferable quotas (ITQs), abalone divers were given a property right in the fishery. No longer did the commons rule. These ITQs improved the health of the abalone fishery and helped Roger Beattie move from a small-time owner/operator to a successful entrepreneur. Explores how property rights can change institutions to improve the environment and how entrepreneurs can take advantage of a property rights institution to improve their bottom line.
EDF and the Energy Access Programme
Authors: Hanson, M.; Hopman, N.; Coolidge, A.
Product Type: Cases
Source: INSEAD
Publication Year: 2009
Electricite de France, France's main electricity generation and distribution company and a major player in European energy markets, began a handful of pilot projects in the early 1990s, providing electricity access to off-grid rural consumers in Africa.
The Bad Fuel
Authors: Epie, Chantal; Agbu, Chuca
Product Type: Cases; Exercises
Source: Lagos Business School
Publication Year: 2002
This negotiation case includes the respective briefs of the four parties to the negotiation.
Coca-Cola's Water Sustainability Initiatives
Author:
Product Type: Cases
Source: ICMR
Publication Year: 2009
This case is about the global water sustainability initiatives undertaken by The Coca-Cola Company (Coca-Cola). It details the activities undertaken by Coca-Cola's management and employees to contribute to the benefit of the society and community in which the company operated by pledging to return all the water it used in its operations back to the environment. On June 5, 2007, Coca-Cola and the World Wildlife Fund (WWF) launched a global project that focused on water conservation.
Network Associates: Securing the Network
Authors: Spar, Debora L.; Burns, Jennifer
Product Type: Cases
Source: Arthur Rock Center for Entrepreneurship @ Harvard Business School
Publication Year: 1999
Follows one company's path through the uncharted terrain of government regulation and the Internet.
Leading Citigroup (A, B)
Authors: Knoop, Carin-Isabel; Paine, Lynn S.; Sesia, Aldo
Product Type: Cases
Source: Harvard Business School Publishing
Publication Year: 2008
These cases describe a series of controversial events and alleged misdeeds that placed Citigroup in the public spotlight and launched investigations into the company's business practices
Thamel.com
Author: Paul, John
Product Type: Cases
Source: World Resources Institute
Publication Year: 2005
Thamel.com is a Nepal-based marketing and development company that has tapped the resources of the diaspora to create new opportunities for Nepalese workers, generate cultural value, and help move local businesses in a new direction.
Meeting the Diversity Challenge at PepsiCo: The Steve Reinemund Era
Authors: Thomas, David A.; Creary, Stephanie J.
Product Type: Cases
Source: Harvard Business School
Publication Year: 2009
This case profiles PepsiCo's diversity journey under the leadership of former chairman and CEO Steve Reinemund who instituted diversity as one of the company's strategic imperatives.
Feed Resource
Authors: Zacharakis, Andrew; Zacharakis-Jutz, R
Product Type: Cases
Source:
Publication Year: 2008
This case helps students to identify alternative sources of capital for launching a new venture.
Board of Directors at Medtronic, Inc.
Authors: Spaulding, Norman; Pick, Katharina; Chernak, Alexis; Lorsch, Jay W.
Product Type: Cases
Source: Harvard Business School Publishing
Publication Year: 2006
Medtronic directors must evaluate how the board has changed, how it will continue to change, and how it should work to perpetuate the company's culture in the future. Discusses CEO succession, board turnover, board culture, and the roles of active directors.
Zurich Financial Services (UKISA) India Programme: Creating Value Through Corporate Community Involvement
Authors: Farmer, Matthew; Mair, Johanna
Product Type: Cases
Source: IESE Business School
Publication Year: 2004
This case describes the evolution of a community affairs initiative called the India Programme, run by the Zurich Financial Services (UKISA) Community Trust...
AMB Property Corporation: Financial Reporting in the REIT Industry
Authors: McNichols, Maureen; Tayan, Brian
Product Type: Cases
Source: Stanford University
Publication Year: 2007
AMB Property Corporation set out to be a leader in corporate governance and financial reporting. The company, a publicly traded real estate investment trust (REIT) that acquires, develops, and owns industrial properties, believed that its governance and reporting practices were among the best in the industry.
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