| BP and the Whiting Refinery (A): Beyond Petroleum |
| Author: Tom Lyon, Grace Augustine
Product Type: Case
Product #: 1-428-727
Publication Date:12/2008
Length: 11pages |
| This case describes the situation facing BP America's President Bob Malone in late 2007. Malone could not understand where they had gone wrong while attempting to expand the refining capacity ... |
| Keywords: Business, Government and Society; Energy & Utilities; Strategic Management; North America; Oil Industry; Sustainability; Energy; Environmentalism; |
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| BP and the Whiting Refinery (B): Beyond Petroleum |
| Author: Tom Lyon, Grace Augustine
Product Type: Mini-Case
Product #: 1-428-736
Publication Date:12/2009
Length: 4pages |
| This mini-case is a follow-up to the BP and the Whiting Refinery Case (A), which describes the situation facing BP America's President Bob Malone in late 2007. Malone could not understand wher... |
| Keywords: Business, Government and Society; Energy & Utilities; Strategic Management; North America; Oil Industry; Sustainability; Energy; Environmentalism; |
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| Building a Sustainable Venture from the Ground Up: The Mountain Institute's Earth Brick Machine |
| Author: Ted London, John Buffington
Product Type: Case
Product #: 1-428-611
Publication Date:09/2008
Length: 22pages |
| The Mountain Institute works to improve environmental conditions and the quality of life for local communities in mountainous regions throughout the world. TMI is exploring options for its pa... |
| Keywords: Strategic Management; Strategy; Management; Manufacturing; Non Profit; Not-For-Profit; Asia; North America; Mountain Institute; Environment; Sustainability; Base of the Pyramid; BOP; |
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| Cascade Engineering: Finding the Sweet Spot |
| Author: Lynn Wooten, Grace Augustine
Product Type: Mini-Case
Product #: 1-428-754
Publication Date:04/2009
Length: 6pages |
| This short case is one of the eight in a series of cases written for the Next Great Companies in Michigan project, which profiles great places to work in Michigan. Cascade Engineering is a... |
| Keywords: HRM; Human Resource Management; Manufacturing; North America; Culture; Leadership; Sustainability; Triple Bottom Line; Great Place to Work; Michigan; Environment; POS; Positive Organizational Scholarship |
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| Clorox Company Goes Green, The |
| Author: Andrew Hoffman, Arie Jongejan, Craig Cammarata, Brian Moss, Gough, Jennifer, Nowygrod, Ashley, Nathan Springer
Product Type: Case
Product #: 1-429-087
Publication Date:05/2010
Length: 28pages |
| In early 2008, Clorox released a new line of environmentally friendly cleaning products called GreenWorks. The product line was the first new brand released by Clorox in 20 years. Following th... |
| Keywords: Clorox; Green; GreenWorks; Strategic Management; Sustainability; Innovation; Cleaning Products; Consumer Products; Green Products; Environment; Erb |
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| Deja Shoe (A): Creating the Environmental Footwear Company |
| Author: Stuart Hart, Paul Hardy
Product Type: Case
Product #: 1-428-670
Publication Date:09/2008
Length: 14pages |
| Long-time environment and recycling supporter Julie Lewis thought that she had struck green gold when she partnered with Nike and Avia executives to create Deja Shoe, an environmental footwear... |
| Keywords: Business, Government and Society; Strategic Management; Green products; Consumer Products; Entrepreneurship; Asia; North America; Social Business; Innovation, Sustainability, |
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| Deja Shoe (B): Product Launch |
| Author: Stuart Hart, Paul Hardy
Product Type: Mini-Case
Product #: 1-428-671
Publication Date:09/2008
Length: 5pages |
| Deja Shoe (B) provides a follow-up to the scenario presented in Deja Shoe (A). Part B follows Lewis and her team through Deja Shoe's product launch across mainstream and green retailers nation... |
| Keywords: Business, Government and Society; Strategic Management; Green products; Consumer Products; Entrepreneurship; Asia; North America; Social Business; Innovation, Sustainability, |
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| Guayakí: A Company Profile |
| Author: Kelly Janiga Ramirez, Cynthia Koenig
Product Type: Profile
Product #: 1-428-899
Publication Date:10/2009
Length: 4pages |
| This profile highlights the mission-driven tea company Guayakí, whose business model shows that profitable business can stem from an environmental and social mission. |
| Keywords: entrepreneurship; Triple bottom line; Tea; Strategic Management; Strategy; Latin America; North America; Corporate Social Responsibility; Social Enterprise; Sustainability; |
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| How to Write a Teaching Note |
| Author: Moses Lee
Product Type: Note
Product #: 1-429-016
Publication Date:02/2010
Length: 3pages |
| This note is available for free; simply login (or register), and place this note in your shopping cart. The discipline of writing a teaching note not only helps instructors, but also enhan... |
| Keywords: Teaching note; Case study; Guidance; Submission; Assistance; Help; Erb; Tauber; RSB |
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| Integrating Environmental Goals and Firm Strategy: China Mobile and Climate Change |
| Author: Jacob Park, Rick Bunch, Cynthia Koenig, Aparna Sundaram
Product Type: Case
Product #: 1-428-876
Publication Date:02/2010
Length: 36pages |
| In September 2009, Chinese President Hu declared that China would reduce the amount of carbon dioxide it emits by a notable margin by 2020 and work to develop a green economy. At the same tim... |
| Keywords: Business, Government, and Society; Operations; Strategic Management; Energy & Utilities; Asia; Corporate Social Responsibility; Culture; Sustainability; Technology Management; Telecom; China; Climate Change; |
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| Leadership Crisis Challenge: Timora International |
| Author: Susan Ashford, Cynthia Koenig
Product Type: Simulation
Product #: 1-428-930
Publication Date:05/2010
Length: 21pages |
| This simulation presents students with a realistic business challenge that lies at the intersection of social, environmental and financial constraints. It encourages students to practice and g... |
| Keywords: Business, Government, and Society; Human Resource Management; Strategic Management; CSR; Corporate social responsibility; Crisis Management; Sustainability; Tourism; Simulation; Business Ethics; Globalization; leadership; |
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| Life-Cycle Analysis |
| Author: Stuart Hart, Susan Svoboda
Product Type: Note
Product #: 1-428-675
Publication Date:09/2008
Length: 11pages |
| This note gives a general overview of Life-cycle analysis (LCA). As corporations seek to improve their environmental performance, they require new methods and tools. LCA is one such tool that ... |
| Keywords: Business, Government, and Society; Sustainability; Green product design; Environment; |
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| LivingHomes |
| Author: Rebecca Henn, Andrew Hoffman, Grace Augustine, David Vannette
Product Type: Case
Product #: 1-428-714
Publication Date:12/2008
Length: 37pages |
| 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, prefab... |
| Keywords: Green Building; Sustainability; Entrepreneurship; Oikos; Environment; Environmental Impact; Strategic Management; Consumer Products; North America; |
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| LivingHomes (A) (VIDEO) |
| Author: Andrew Hoffman
Product Type: Audio/Video
Product #: 1-429-027
Publication Date:02/2010
Length: 0pages |
| This video accompanies the case "LivingHomes." It depicts a site installation. (This is the first part of a 2-part video series). The case study is about Steve Glenn, a successful Internet ... |
| Keywords: Living Homes; Green Building; Sustainability; Entrepreneurship; Oikos; Environment; Environmental Impact; Strategic Management; Consumer Products; North America; Sustainability; Entrepreneurship; |
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| LivingHomes (B) (VIDEO) |
| Author: Andrew Hoffman
Product Type: Audio/Video
Product #: 1-429-042
Publication Date:02/2010
Length: 1pages |
| This video accompanies the case, LivingHomes. It is an interview with the CEO and architects. (This is part 2 of a 2-part video series) The case study is about Steve Glenn, a successful in... |
| Keywords: Living Homes; Green Building; Sustainability; Entrepreneurship; Oikos; Environment; Environmental Impact; Strategic Management; Consumer Products; North America; Sustainability; Entrepreneurship; |
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| McDonald's Case (A): McDonald's Environmental Strategy |
| Author: Stuart Hart, Susan Svoboda
Product Type: Case
Product #: 1-428-677
Publication Date:01/2008
Length: 18pages |
| McDonald's Case (A) is the first piece in the McDonald's case series. It gives the background on McDonald's and the organization's environmental initiatives in the early 1990s. In particular, ... |
| Keywords: Environment; Green Movement; Packaging; Multinational; Business, Government, and Society; Strategic Management; Not-For-Profit; Consumer Products; Corporate Social Responsibility; Sustainability; |
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| McDonald's Case (B1): The Clamshell Controversy |
| Author: Stuart Hart, Susan Svoboda
Product Type: Case
Product #: 1-428-678
Publication Date:01/2008
Length: 16pages |
| McDonald's Case (B1) is the second piece in the McDonald's case series. It describes the decision-making process and subsequent decisions that McDonald's made regarding its polystyrene "clamsh... |
| Keywords: Environment; Green Movement; Packaging; Multinational; Business, Government, and Society; Strategic Management; Not-For-Profit; Consumer Products; Corporate Social Responsibility; Sustainability; |
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| McDonald's Case (B2): McDonald's Decision |
| Author: Stuart Hart, Susan Svoboda
Product Type: Mini-Case
Product #: 1-428-687
Publication Date:01/2008
Length: 3pages |
| Case B2 is the third of part of the McDonald's Case Series. It is a one-page summary of McDonald's decision regarding the clamshells. It also highlights reactions to the decision from various ... |
| Keywords: Environment; Green Movement; Packaging; Life Cycle Analysis; Sustainability; Strategic Management; Consumer Products; Corporate Social Responsibility; |
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| McDonald's Case (C): Sustaining McDonald's Environmental Success |
| Author: Stuart Hart, Susan Svoboda
Product Type: Case
Product #: 1-428-679
Publication Date:01/2008
Length: 13pages |
| McDonald's Case (C) is the fourth piece in the McDonald's case series. It describes the organization's response to the fact that in April 1993 another nonprofit environmental group, The Beyond... |
| Keywords: Environment; Green Movement; Packaging; Life Cycle Analysis; Sustainability; NGO; Business, Government, and Society; Strategic Management; Consumer Products; Not-For-Profit; Corporate Social Responsibility; |
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| McDonald's Case Note: Note on the Trash Crisis |
| Author: Stuart Hart, Susan Svoboda
Product Type: Note
Product #: 1-428-676
Publication Date:01/2008
Length: 6pages |
| This note, which is intended to accompany the McDonald's case series, gives an overview of different methods for dealing with municipal solid waste. Facts and statistics concerning the most co... |
| Keywords: Environment; Green Movement; Packaging; Life Cycle Analysis; Sustainability; Waste management; Trash; EPA; Government; Society; |
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| Monsanto Company (A): Quest For Sustainability |
| Author: Stuart Hart, Erik Simanis
Product Type: Case
Product #: 1-428-688
Publication Date:09/2008
Length: 34pages |
| This case explores Monsanto's sustainability-based strategy and subsequent transition from a chemical company to a giant in the life sciences, particularly in the area of biotechnology. There ... |
| Keywords: Biotechnology; Sustainability; Stakeholder Management; Environment; Life Sciences; Corporate Social Responsibility; CSR; Government; Society; Strategic Management; Consumer Products; Media; Europe; North America; Ethics; Crisis; |
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| Monsanto Company (A) (Spanish): Búsqueda de Sostenibilidad |
| Author: Stuart Hart, Erik Simanis
Product Type: Case
Product #: 1-429-093
Publication Date:06/2010
Length: 40pages |
| Este caso explora la estrategia de negocios de la empresa Monsanto siguiendo principios de sostenibilidad y su consiguiente transicion de productor de quimicos a una gran compañia de "ciencias... |
| Keywords: Biotecnología; Sostenibilidad; Ambiente; Ciencias de a vida; Responsabilidad Social Corporativa; CSR; Gobierno, Sociedad, Gerencia Estratégica; Productor Consumibles; Medios de Comunicación; Europa; Estados Unidos; Ética, Crisis |
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| Monsanto Company (B): Quest For Sustainability |
| Author: Stuart Hart, Erik Simanis
Product Type: Case
Product #: 1-428-689
Publication Date:09/2008
Length: 9pages |
| Following two years of sustained controversy over its genetically modified crops and its plans for the future of biotechnology in agriculture, Monsanto must face the significant failure of a p... |
| Keywords: Crisis Management; Sustainability; Environment; Biotechnology; Stakeholder Management; LIfe Sciences; Corporate Social Responsibility; CSR; Government; Society; Consumer Products; Media; North America; Europe; |
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| Monsanto Company (B) (Spanish): Búsqueda de Sostenibilidad |
| Author: Stuart Hart, Erik Simanis
Product Type: Case
Product #: 1-429-094
Publication Date:06/2010
Length: 12pages |
| Después de dos años de controversia en relación a sus cultivos genéticamente modificados y sus futuros planes de biotecnología en agricultura, Monsanto se enfrenta con el fracaso de una fusion... |
| Keywords: Biotecnología; Sostenibilidad; Ambiente; Ciencias de a vida; Responsabilidad Social Corporativa; CSR; Gobierno, Sociedad, Gerencia Estratégica; Productor Consumibles; Medios de Comunicación; Europa; Estados Unidos; Ética, Crisis |
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| Naandi Foundation: Bringing Safe Water to India's Villages and Communities |
| Author: Allen Hammond, James Koch, Joshua Katz, Sheel Mohnot, Sherrill Dale
Product Type: Case
Product #: 1-428-987
Publication Date:01/2010
Length: 31pages |
| This case follows the development of the Naandi Safe Water Program from the view of Naandi's chairman and founder, Dr. K. Anji Reddy. In 2002, Dr. Reddy saw a sign informing affluent guests at... |
| Keywords: Consumer Products; Healthcare; Asia; Water; India; Base of the Pyramid; BoP; Poverty alleviation; Entrepreneurship; CSR; Corporate Social Responsibility; Health; Wages; Value Chain; Social Enterprise; Sustainability; |
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| Parques para Chile: Creating an Organization While Simultaneously Developing a Social Enterprise |
| Author: Kelly Janiga Ramirez
Product Type: Case
Product #: 1-428-668
Publication Date:06/2008
Length: 19pages |
| Parques Para Chile, an organization based in Chile, strengthens and connects the various players in biodiversity conservation initiatives by supporting the creation of well-planned and managed... |
| Keywords: Social enterprise; NESsT; Chile; Conservation; Public-Private Partnership; Strategic Management; Not-For-Profit; Latin America; Social Enterprise; Sustainability; |
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| Rainforest Expeditions (A): Planning for the Future |
| Author: Gautam Kaul, Cynthia Koenig, Kate Elliott
Product Type: Case
Product #: 1-428-799
Publication Date:10/2009
Length: 16pages |
| 2004 marked the 15th anniversary of the founding of the ecotourism company Rainforest Expeditions (RFE). A decade and a half of experience led the company's cofounders, Eduardo Nycander and Ku... |
| Keywords: Ecotourism; Finance; Peru; Nycander; Holle; Business, Government, and Society; Strategic Management; Latin America; Change Management; Corporate Social Responsibility; Culture; Entrepreneurship; Negotiations; Sustainability; Rainforest; |
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| Remanufacturing at Cummins, Inc. |
| Author: Brian Talbot, Xiuli Chao, Gregory King, Cynthia Koenig
Product Type: Case
Product #: 1-428-798
Publication Date:11/2009
Length: 18pages |
| Cummins is one of the world's largest manufacturers and remanufacturers of diesel engines. This case focuses on their largest remanufacturing business, which is based in the U.S. and Mexico. T... |
| Keywords: Operations; Manufacturing; North America; Customer Relationship Management; Innovation; Sustainability; Technology Management; Cummins; Remanufacturing; Supply Chain; Engine; Lean Manufacturing; Tauber |
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| Sherwin Williams: Splashing Into the Low VOC Paint Market |
| Author: Andrew Hoffman, Arie Jongejan, Michael Buday, Franklyn Cater, Sarah Foulkes, Nagapooja Seeba Om Prakash, Dan Wilson
Product Type: Case
Product #: 1-428-993
Publication Date:05/2010
Length: 16pages |
| In late 1996, Sherwin-Williams CEO John Breen sat at his desk, preparing for another meeting with his board of directors. The room was dark except for a small stream of light that escaped the ... |
| Keywords: Green Products; Environmental regulation; VOCs; volatile organic compound; Sherwin Williams; Environment; Strategic Management; Consumer Products; Innovation; CRS; Corporate Social Responsibility; Sustainability; Erb |
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| Tandus 2010 (A): Race to Sustainability |
| Author: Mark Milstein, Stuart Hart
Product Type: Case
Product #: 1-428-782
Publication Date:05/2009
Length: 20pages |
| This case describes the strategic and environmental challenges at Tandus (formerly Collins & Aikman Floorcoverings, Inc), one of the world's leaders in floor covering products. Case A give... |
| Keywords: Environment; Carpet; Interface; Non-Market Strategy; Strategic Management; Consumer Products; Asia; North America; Globalization; Sustainability; |
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| Tandus 2010 (B): Race to Sustainability |
| Author: Mark Milstein, Stuart Hart
Product Type: Mini-Case
Product #: 1-428-783
Publication Date:05/2009
Length: 6pages |
| This case describes the strategic and environmental challenges at Tandus (formerly Collins & Aikman Floorcoverings, Inc), one of the world's leaders in floor covering products. Case B give... |
| Keywords: Environment; Carpet; Interface; Non-Market Strategy; Strategic Management; Consumer Products; Asia; North America; Globalization; Sustainability; |
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| TechnoServe: Cashing in on Cashews |
| Author: Aneel Karnani, Cynthia Koenig
Product Type: Case
Product #: 1-428-817
Publication Date:10/2009
Length: 16pages |
| In the mid-1970s, Mozambique was the world's leading cashew nut producer. But by the late 1990s, the post-independence civil war, a slowing economy, and poor policy decisions had destroyed the... |
| Keywords: Karnani; Mozambique; Africa; BoP; Business, Government, and Society; Strategic Management; Consumer Products; Not-For-Profit; Africa; Base of the Pyramid; Culture; Economics; Entrepreneurship; Innovation; Sustainability; |
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| TerraCycle: Turning Trash into Cash |
| Author: Stuart Hart, Cynthia Koenig, Steve Kurz
Product Type: Case
Product #: 1-428-797
Publication Date:04/2009
Length: 16pages |
| TerraCycle was founded in 2002 by Tom Szaky, a 20-year-old Princeton University dropout. The company's flagship product, TerraCycle Plant Food, is liquefied worm poop made from worm-processed ... |
| Keywords: Sustainability; Triple Bottom Line; Green Business; Tom Szaky; Eco-capitalism; Business, Government, and Society; Marketing; Strategic Management; Consumer Products; North America; Entrepreneurship; Sustainability; |
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| Vydra: Outsourcing Social Enterprise Management to Maximize Mission Impact |
| Author: Kelly Janiga Ramirez
Product Type: Case
Product #: 1-428-669
Publication Date:06/2008
Length: 19pages |
| Vydra is an NGO established in 1997 in Slovakia. Its mission is to preserve local traditions and culture and to support the sustainable development of a microregion in rural Slovakia. Vydra's... |
| Keywords: Social Enterprise; NESsT; Revenue generating activities; Slovakia; Business Planning; Local Tourism; Strategic Management; Not-For-Profit; Europe; Sustainability; |
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| Weyerhaeuser Company: The Next 100 Years |
| Author: Stuart Hart, Mark Milstein
Product Type: Case
Product #: 1-428-672
Publication Date:09/2008
Length: 19pages |
| Weyerhaeuser is 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. The compa... |
| Keywords: Forestry; Environmental Certification; Strategic Management; North America; Corporate Social Responsibility; Sustainability; |
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