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Eat2Eat.com
Authors: Goodwin, Nigel; Hardy, Kenneth G.
Product Type: Cases
Source: Richard Ivey School of Business
Publication Year: 2006
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Eat2Eat.com was an Internet-based restaurant reservation service covering a dozen cities in the Asia Pacific region. The case focuses on entrepreneurial marketing with sub-themes of financing and small enterprise management. It is a story of an entrepreneur who had an idea and enough money to launch it, but then struggles to achieve adequate scale...
All Good Bananas: Selling the FairTrade Message
Authors: Collins, Eva; Kearins, Kate; Tregigda, Helen; Bowden, Steve
Product Type: Cases
Source: University of Waikato; Auckland University of Technology
Publication Year: 2013
In June 2012, serial ecopreneur, Chris Morrison, was wondering just how many All Good Bananas he could sell into banana-hungry New Zealand. From trials bringing Fairtrade bananas to New Zealand in 2008, All Good Bananas had grown to take 5% of the market share in a fiercely competitive industry dominated by large multi-national corporations with a legacy of poor environmental and social practices in the countries where the bananas were grown.
Qantas Airlines: Twitter Nosedive
Authors: Seijts, Jana; Bigus, Paul
Product Type: Cases
Source: Richard Ivey School of Business
Publication Year: 2013
The executive of Government and Corporate Affairs at Qantas Airlines faced a communication situation that was spiraling out of control. By the second day, nearly 15,000 people worldwide had used social media to vent their frustrations with the airline. The executive needs to devise a plan of action, before additional damage is incurred by one of Australia’s strongest brands.
The Christchurch Earthquake and Crusaders Rugby (A, B)
Author: Bryant, Murray J.
Product Type: Cases
Source: Richard Ivey School of Business
Publication Year: 2012
On February 2011, a large earthquake hit Christchurch, New Zealand, causing loss of life. The Crusaders, a major sports franchise headquartered in Christchurch, must plan for the season, given that its facility has been extensively damaged and the season has already commenced. The franchisee board, managers, coaches and players have to deal with this catastrophe and build morale in the community by deciding what to do.
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.
Inspirational Guide for the Implementation of PRME: Placing Sustainability at the Heart of Management Education
Author: GSE Research Limited
Product Type: Policy and Issue Reports
Source: GSE Research Limited; United Nations Global Compact, Principles for Responsible Management Education
Publication Year: 2012
While consensus has been reached by the majority of globally focused management education institutions that sustainability must be incorporated into management education curricula, the relevant question is no longer why management education should change, but how? This Guide addresses frequently asked questions concerning the implementation of principles for responsible management education by highlighting real world examples with cases from dozens of institutions in countries around the world...
Wastewater Recycling: Public Relations for a Controversial Technology
Authors: Shotts, Kenneth W.; Jhina, Ashish; Hoyt, David W.
Product Type: Cases
Source: Stanford Graduate School of Business
Publication Year: 2012
Recycling wastewater into potable water is attractive in many situations. However, this alternative has not always been successful-in some cases, public opposition has defeated recycling plans, while public concerns have been successfully addressed in others. This case gives an overview of water supply issues and examples of successful and unsuccessful attempts to implement recycling programs.
Australian Miners and the Resource Super Profit Tax
Authors: Delios, Andrew Karl; Jimenez, Donna; Turner, Clarissa
Product Type: Cases
Source: Richard Ivey School of Business; National University of Singapore
Publication Year: 2012
In 2010, the ruling party in Australia devised the Resource Super Profit Tax (RSPT) to enable national and state governments to benefit from the boom in the mining industry. The case is presented from the perspective of the CEO of BHP Billiton, one of the largest mining companies in Australia. Successful analysis of the case involves an evaluation of all interested stakeholders in the Australian economy that will be influenced by the imposition of the RSPT.
Fiji versus FIJI: Negotiating Over Water
Authors: Gino, Francesca; Toffel, Michael W.; van Sice, Stephanie
Product Type: Cases
Source: Harvard Business School
Publication Year: 2012
The Fijian government proposed a substantial increase in its water extraction tax that would only apply to large extractors, and thus to FIJI Water and not to its competitors. An analysis of the negotiations and the position of each of the parties allow students to reflect on issues of power, trust, strategic decisions and ethics in negotiations and conflict resolution.
Maui Divers of Hawaii
Authors: Daniel, Shirley J.; Tekin, Ozge
Product Type: Cases
Source: University of Hawaii at Manoa
Publication Year: 2010
Maui Divers established its employee ownership plan in 1997. Maui Divers store managers/employee owners embrace the business as their own. Although the final decision belongs to the company management team, store managers excel in increasing sales and they continuously come up with business plans in order to make the business better.
Australian Employee Ownership Association
Author: Australian Employee Ownership Association
Product Type: Web Sites
Source: Australian Employee Ownership Association
Publication Year: 2011
The AEOA serves to protect its member's interests through monitoring government activity and mobilising members and the community to protect the gains that employee ownership has made and the rights of employees in Employee Share Ownership Plans (ESOPs) and other employee share schemes.
Westpac: Offshore Banking in the Cook Islands
Authors: Leslie, Mark; Joss, Robert
Product Type: Cases
Source: Stanford Graduate School of Business
Publication Year: 2010
Laura White, a newly-promoted bank manager, learns of the existence of an Offshore Banking Unit (OBU) - the source of significant revenue to the Islands' economy - in which the customers' identities are unknown. When told that bringing more attention to the OBU operations will only cause more problems, she must decide if and how to elevate the issue.
Rupert Murdoch: The Last Tycoon
Authors: Jones, Geoffrey G.; Balkrishna, Hari
Product Type: Cases
Source: Harvard Business School
Publication Year: 2010
The case examines the entrepreneurial career of Rupert Murdoch, and considers the political impact of News Corporation's newspapers and other media, and their alleged role in shaping political opinion.
Water, Communities and Mineral Resource Development - Understanding the Risks and Opportunities
Authors: Brereton, David; Parmenter, J
Product Type: Cases
Source: Centre for Social Responsibility in Mining, Sustainable Minerals Institute, University of Queensland
Publication Year: 2006
Using case studies, this paper will explore the various types of social risks and opportunities associated with water and mineral resource development and identify key learnings relating to the management of these issues.
Engaging on the Ground: Site-Level Community Engagement Practices in the Australian Minerals Industry
Authors: Brereton, David; Beach, Ruth; Callan, Victor; Cheshire, Lynda; McKenna, Bernard; Paulsen, Neil; Parsons, Richard
Product Type: Cases
Source: Centre for Social Responsibility in Mining, Business School and School of Social Science, The University of Queensland
Publication Year: 2005
This paper presents preliminary findings from a comparative study of the community engagement practices of eight Australian mining and minerals operations. It reports on what we have learnt to date about:
-minerals operations and how they engage with their communities
-communities and their experience and expectations of mining companies
-employees and how they assess the social performance of their sites
Compton Fundraising Consultants
Author:
Product Type: Mini-Cases
Source: Employee Ownership Association
Publication Year: 2009
Compton Fundraising Consultants ("Compton") began life as a family fundraising firm in Australia in 1962 and is now a multi-national group of companies turning over £3 million a year and employing 44 people.
Producing maps in Victoria (Epilogue)
Authors: Padula, M.; Lansley, D.; Alford, J.
Product Type: Cases
Source: The Australia and New Zealand School of Government
Publication Year: 2008
This epilogue discusses the outcomes and insights of the partnership between SII, SV and CFA in regards to producing maps in Victoria, Australia.
Producing maps in Victoria (A)
Authors: Padula, M.; Alford, J.; Lansley, D.
Product Type: Cases
Source: The Australia and New Zealand School of Government
Publication Year: 2008
The Victorian Government's Spatial Information Infrastructure Agency (SII) was responsible for the production of the state's maps and by the late 1990s, further updates were sorely needed. But Director Bruce Thompson face a major obstacle - his organisation no longer had the funds to do this by itself.
Corporate Governance and Workplace Partnerships Case Studies
Authors: Jones, Meredith; Marshall, Shelley; Mitchell, Richard; Ramsay, Ian
Product Type: Cases
Source: Centre for Corporate Law and Securities Regulation - The University of Melbourne, Centre for Employment and Labour Relations Law - The University of Melbourne, and the Department of Business Law and Taxation - Monash University
Publication Year: 2008
This research report contains the findings of 10 case studies of Australian companies undertaken as part of a broader 'Corporate Governance and Workplace Partnerships' project.
North Queensland's Severe Tropical Cyclone Larry Response and Recovery (C)
Authors: Tyson, J.; Leonard, Herman B.
Product Type: Cases
Source: The Australia and New Zealand School of Government
Publication Year: 2008
In a few hours on Monday 20 March 2006, Severe Tropical Cyclone Larry did over a billion dollars' worth of damage to the region centered on Innisfail.
The Strategic Use of Individual Employment Agreements: Three Case Studies
Author: Fetter, Joel
Product Type: Cases; Journal Articles
Source: Centre for Employment and Labour Relations Law
Publication Year: 2002
In light of varying outlooks on the process of individualisation in the hitherto collectively regulated industries, it was thought worthwhile revisiting the three disputes (those involving CRA Weipa, BHP, and the Commonwealth Bank) and thoroughly documenting them with a view to discovering what light they shed on the objectives of the individualisation process.
Employee Share Ownership Plans: Evaluating the Role of Tax and Other Factors Using Two Case Studies
Authors: Ramsay, Ian; Barnes, Andrew; Josev, Tanya; Lenne, Jarrod; Marshall, Shelley; Mitchell, Richard; Rider, Cameron
Product Type: Research Notes / Working Papers
Source: University of Melbourne
Publication Year: 2006
This study explores, through case studies of ESO plans at two Australian companies, three key issues relevant to the implementation of ESO plans and the policy and regulation applicable to ESO plans.
Sources of Corporate Environmental Performance
Authors: Thornton, Dorothy; Kagan, Robert A.; Gunningham, Neil
Product Type: Journal Articles
Source: California Management Review
Publication Year: 2003
Through a study of 14 pulp mills in the United States, Australia, New Zealand, and Canada, this article shows that more stringent regulatory requirements and increasing political pressure have brought about large improvements and convergence in environmental performance over the last 30 years, with many mills exceeding compliance requirements.
Employee Share Ownership Schemes in Australia: A Survey of Key Issues and Themes
Authors: Mitchell, Richard; Lenne, Jarrod; Ramsay, Ian
Product Type: Research Notes / Working Papers
Source: Melbourne Law School
Publication Year: 2004
This paper surveys key issues and themes surrounding ESO schemes in Australia.
An Overview of Existing Data on Employee Share Ownership in Australia
Authors: Landau, Ingrid; Mitchell, Richard; O'Connell, Ann; Ramsay, Ian
Product Type: Policy and Issue Reports
Source: Employee Share Ownership Project, Melbourne Law School, The University of Melbourne
Publication Year: 2007
This paper provides an overview of existing data on employee share ownership (ESO) in Australia. It is concerned with broad-based employee share ownership plans.
Employee Share Ownership Schemes: Two Case Studies
Authors: Barnes, Andrew; Josev, Tanya; Lenne, Jarrod; Marshall, Shelley; Mitchell, Richard; Ramsay, Ian; Rider, Cameron
Product Type: Policy and Issue Reports; Cases
Source: The University of Melbourne
Publication Year: 2006
This study seeks to open up an examination of the reasons for implementing an ESO scheme at the enterprise level in Australia, through two interview-based case studies conducted at National Australia Bank Ltd and Palm Springs Ltd.
Why Do Employees Participate in Employee Share Plans?: A Conceptual Framework
Authors: Brown, Michelle; Landau, Ingrid; Mitchell, Richard; O'Connell, Ann; Ramsay, Ian
Product Type: Policy and Issue Reports
Source: The University of Melbourne
Publication Year: 2008
The project subjects the existing regulatory regime for employee share ownership plans in Australia – in tax, corporate and labour law – to technical and empirical scrutiny. This paper reviews existing studies and presents a conceptual framework to explain why employees participate in ESOPs.
Employee Share Ownership in Unlisted Entities: Objectives, Current Practices and Regulatory Reform
Author: O'Connell, Ann
Product Type: Policy and Issue Reports
Source: The University of Melbourne
Publication Year: 2008
The project subjects the existing regulatory regime for employee share ownership plans in Australia – in tax, corporate and labour law – to technical and empirical scrutiny. This report considers the objectives and current practice in this area and notes that employee ownership levels tend to be lower for unlisted entities than for listed entities. It also examines the regulatory obstacles to such ownership and makes recommendations for reform to facilitate employee ownership in this area.
Broad-Based Employee Share Ownership in Australian Listed Companies: Survey Report
Authors: Landau, Ingrid; Mitchell, Richard; O'Connell, Ann; Ramsay, Ian; Marshall, Shelley
Product Type: Policy and Issue Reports
Source: The University of Melbourne
Publication Year: 2009
The project subjects the existing regulatory regime for employee share ownership plans in Australia – in tax, corporate and labour law – to technical and empirical scrutiny. This research report presents findings from a survey of employee share ownership practice in ASXlisted companies.
Employee Share Ownership in Australia: Aligning Interests
Author: TNS Social Research
Product Type: Policy and Issue Reports
Source: Australian Government Department of Employment and Workplace Relations
Publication Year: 2009
Employee share ownership (ESO) is a human resource or workplace relations strategy that can be used to motivate employees by giving them a stake/share in the company’s success. In 2000, the Nelson Report (Shared Endeavors: An Inquiry into Employee Share Ownership in Australia) highlighted the lack of comprehensive information on the nature, number and extent of ESO plans in Australia. Furthermore, the Nelson Report recommended that the government should investigate the take-up of ESO in Australia and explore the barriers that prevent businesses from setting up ESO plans.
Fiji Water and Corporate Social Responsibility
Authors: McMaster, James; Nowak, Jan
Product Type: Cases
Source: Richard Ivey School of Business
Publication Year: 2011
This case analysis traces the establishment and subsequent operation of FIJI Water LLC and its bottling subsidiary, Natural Waters of Viti Limited. The case reviews the growth and market expansion of this highly successful company with the brand name 'FIJI Natural Artesian Water' ('FIJI Water').
Circus Oz
Author: Phillis, James A.
Product Type: Cases
Source: Stanford Graduate School of Business
Publication Year: 2006
Circus Oz, Australia's premier, international circus, was exploring offering the new development officer position a higher-than-normal salary. The case covers the organization's dilemmas around this, and the situation's resolution.
Sydney IVF
Authors: Simons, Robert L.; Rosenberg, Kathryn; Kindred, Natalie
Product Type: Cases
Source: Harvard Business School Publishing
Publication Year: 2009
This case examines the strategy implementation and risk management decisions at Sydney IVF, a research-based in vitro fertilization and stem cell company based in Australia.
The Narrabundah Long Stay Caravan Park (A, B)
Author: Aulich, C.
Product Type: Cases
Source: The Australia and New Zealand School of Government
Publication Year: 2007
In May 2006, Australian Capital Territory (ACT) Chief Minister Jon Stanhope confronted a difficult problem.
Troubled Waters: Pearl Farming in Port Stephens (A, B, C)
Authors: Padula, M.; Alford, J.
Product Type: Cases
Source: The Australia and New Zealand School of Government
Publication Year: 2007
This case illustrates the complex issues involved in policy development and decision making where a community is strongly opposed to economic development and where wildlife and the environment are also seen as economic assets.
The Parrot, the Wind Farm, and the Minister (A, B)
Authors: Padula, M.; Hughes, O.
Product Type: Cases
Source: The Australia and New Zealand School of Government
Publication Year: 2007
In April 2006, Federal Environment Minister Ian Campbell vetoed a proposed Victorian windfarm on the grounds that it would push an endangered species--the Orange-bellied Parrot--closer to extinction.
Ethical Business and Investment: A Model for Business and Society
Author: Spiller, Rodger
Product Type: Journal Articles
Source: Journal of Business Ethics. Vol. 27, Issue 1/2.
Publication Year: 2000
This paper explores the question, 'is it possible for business and investors to do well by doing good?' from an international investment perspective.
How Australia Got Hot for Solar Power
Author: Woody, Todd
Product Type: Magazine / Newspaper Articles
Source: Business 2.0 Magazine
Publication Year: 2006
It's a dead-calm antipodean winter's day, the silence of this vast ranch called Tapio Station broken only by the cry of a currawong bird. Davey, chief executive of Melbourne renewable-energy company EnviroMission, aims to break ground here early next year on the world's first commercial "solar tower" power station...
If Cops Can Change, So Can Corporations
Authors: Kamener, Larry; Dyer, Andrew; Caldecott, Julie; Cotter, Kate; McInstosh, Fiona
Product Type:
Source: The Boston Consulting Group
Publication Year: 2006
Cops and corporations have more in common than might be imagined. Both operate in rapidly evolving competitive landscapes and are searching for innovative ways to thrive in an increasingly informed, sophisticated, and demanding world. BCG recently helped the main police force in Melbourne with organizational issues to help fight crime more effectively. Drawing on that work, the OfA offers three lessons for corporations on communications, skills, and decision making as they introduce organizational change...
2020 Vision, The Manager of the 21st Century
Authors: Nairn, Amanda; Nicholson, Jon
Product Type: Policy and Issue Reports
Source: The Boston Consulting Group
Publication Year: 2006
The report was prepared for Innovation and Business Skills Australia, a Federal Government-funded Industry Skills Council that sets the training agenda in innovation industries such as information and communication technology, financial services and business services. The report says the senior executive of 2020 will need very different skills to today's business leaders. Key findings include that CEOs and senior executives will be asked to balance a wider range of interests, and the age of the generalist manager is coming to an end...
Corporate Community Involvement: Establishing a Business Case
Authors: Suggett, Dahle; Goodsir, Ben; Pryor, Simon
Product Type: Research Notes / Working Papers
Source: Centre for Corporate Public and Business Council of Australia Affairs, 2000.
Publication Year: 2001
This is a comprehensive study of 115 Australian corporations and their views of community involvement at a time of changing expectations of their social role.
Parliamentary Joint Committee on Corporations and Financial Services
Author: The Australian Parliament
Product Type: Policy and Issue Reports
Source:
Publication Year: 2006
On 23 June 2005, the Australian Parliamentary Joint Committee on Corporations and Financial Services resolved to inquire into Corporate Responsibility and Triple-Bottom-Line reporting, for incorporated entities in Australia, with particular reference to...
Managing Responsibility: What Can be Learned from the Quality Movement?
Authors: Waddock, Sandra; Bodwell, Charles
Product Type: Journal Articles
Source: California Management Review
Publication Year: 2004
For global companies that implement their codes of conduct within long supply chains, managing responsibility is increasingly starting to resemble managing quality...
Film Rentals and Procrastination: A Study of Intertemporal Reversals in Preferences and Intrapersonal Conflict
Authors: Milkman, Katy; Rogers, Todd; Bazerman, Max H.
Product Type: Research Notes / Working Papers
Source: Harvard Working Knowledge
Publication Year: 2007
We report on a field study demonstrating systematic differences between how people anticipate preferences and their subsequent preferences. We examine the film rental and return patterns of a sample of online DVD rental customers over a period of four months...
Tsunami: The Backlash
Author: Maiden, Malcolm
Product Type: Magazine / Newspaper Articles
Source: The Age (Melbourne, Australia)
Publication Year: 2005
A troubling paradox lies beneath the edifice of corporate philanthropy - and the allied concept of corporate social responsibility. It is that while there is nothing in most country's laws to define or control how corporations donate funds in this country, and no rules covering disclosure of non-political donations, there are specific corporate laws and a body of case law that requires those in charge of companies to act in the the best financial interests of the company's shareholders.
World's 100 Most Sustainable Companies Announced at Davos
Author: GreenBiz.com
Product Type: Magazine / Newspaper Articles
Source: GreenBiz.com
Publication Year: 2006
The 2006 "Global 100 Most Sustainable Corporations in the World" were announced at the annual meeting of the World Economic Forum in Davos...
Costing Green: A Comprehensive Cost Database and Budgeting Methodology
Author:
Product Type: Cases
Source: Davis Langdon
Publication Year: 2004
The first question often asked about sustainable design is: what does 'green' cost, typically meaning does it cost more? This raises the question: more than what? More than comparable buildings, more than the available funds, or more than the building would have cost without the sustainable design features? The answers to these questions have been thus far elusive because of lack of hard data...
Fresh Air
Author:
Product Type: Magazine / Newspaper Articles
Source: The Economist
Publication Year: 2007
All these announcements came just before the annual summit of the Group of Eight, a club for rich countries, which this year is focusing on climate change. Some G8 members, such as Germany and Britain, are keen to adopt tough measures to fight climate change. But America prefers a more leisurely approach. Meanwhile, the biggest poor countries, including India and China, are also attending—setting the stage for a heated debate...
Davis Langdon: The Cost & Benefit of Achieving Green Buildings (Australia)
Author: Langdon, Davis
Product Type: Cases
Source: Davis Langdon
Publication Year: 2007
In this report, the second in a series of David Langdon's insights into sustainability, we investigate the cost and benefit of achieving green buildings...
DVD: Why Don't Consumers Behave Ethically
Authors: Eckhardt, Giana; Devinney, Timothy; Belk, Russel
Product Type: Multimedia
Source: Australian Graduate School of Management
Publication Year: 2006
What is interesting about the rise of Corporate Social Responsibility, and the discussions around the nature of civil society, is the extent to which it ignores almost completely the role played by the everyday individual as a worker, consumer, or simply interested or uninterested bystander.
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