Dear Colleagues,
We are pleased to announce the publication on September 25th of:
CASE STUDIES IN SUSTAINABILITY MANAGEMENT AND STRATEGY: THE OIKOS
COLLECTION
Edited by Jost Hamschmidt, University of St Gallen, Switzerland/oikos
Foundation
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* 12 award-winning cases on sustainability management and strategy
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CASE STUDIES IN SUSTAINABILITY MANAGEMENT AND STRATEGY: THE OIKOS
COLLECTION
With the rapidly growing importance of sustainability and corporate
responsibility in a globalised world, management schools are
increasingly integrating long-term economic, environmental and social
issues into their teaching and research. Climate change, poverty,
labour standards and human rights are among the many topics that future
decision-makers will need to face in their careers. Business education
needs to reflect this new reality and provide a broadened understanding
of value creation in order to create economic capital while developing
social and preserving natural capital. Many sustainability trends also
offer interesting new business opportunities that are ripe for
entrepreneurial thinking.
Case studies can be important tools for creating learning processes on
different levels - students are forced to struggle with exactly the
kinds of decisions and dilemmas managers confront every day. In this
reflection of reality, the values and goals of the student are
systematically challenged. This can be especially valuable in the
context of sustainability and strategy - organisations are now
continually forced to value the different aspects of sustainability and
their interrelations: How do social issues impact the economic bottom
line? How can an environmentally sound strategy create a positive
impact on employee motivation and thus have measurable impact on
economic performance? What comes first and why?
But excellent case studies for management education in the field of
sustainability management and strategy are rare. This innovative
collection has been produced to fill this gap. It is based on the
winning cases of an annual competition organised by oikos - the
international Student Organization for Sustainable Economics and
Management. So what makes an excellent case in sustainability
management? These cases have been highly praised because they provide
excellent learning opportunities, tell engaging stories, deal with
recent situations, include quotations from key actors, are
thought-provoking and controversial, require decision-making, provide
clear take-aways and are all supported by teaching guidance and
comprehensive teaching notes available to faculty.
These cases explore both the opportunities and pitfalls companies and
NGOs face in targeting sustainability issues and how their values and
core assumptions impact their business strategies. They deal with a
myriad of issues including supply chain management, stakeholder
dialogue, social entrepreneurship, sustainable marketing, ethics,
governance, the business case for sustainability, partnerships,
purchasing and climate change.
Case Studies in Sustainability Management and Strategy will be an
essential purchase for educators and is likely to be a widely used as a
course textbook at all levels of management education.
PRAISE FOR CASE STUDIES IN SUSTAINABILITY MANAGEMENT AND STRATEGY
"This volume comprises cases on innovative business models, success
stories and failures. The case selection and chapters on how to develop
excellent cases make it an invaluable resource for both students and
case writers in strategy and sustainability."
Ulrich Steger, Alcan Chair for Environmental Management, IMD Lausanne,
Switzerland
"The oikos Case Collection fills an important gap and should be a ready
resource for any instructor. The cases cover a broad range of important
contemporary issues in sustainability, and the accompanying chapters
accurately and succinctly convey the characteristics of great cases."
Dr Pratima Bansal, Shurniak Professor of International Business,
Richard Ivey School of Business, Canada
"It can be so hard to sort through the many teaching cases in
sustainability management. This book makes it easy to pick cases of
high quality. Through a first review process by an outstanding award
committee, you can be sure that the cases in this book will more than
satisfy the most demanding management instructor."
Andrew J. Hoffman, Holcim (US) Professor of Sustainable Enterprise,
University of Michigan, USA
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
Part 1: Introduction
Preface
Cases in Corporate Sustainability: What Makes an Excellent Case?
Teaching Notes
Introduction to the Cases
Part 2: Managing Multiple Value Creation Processes
Case 1. Seventh Generation: Balancing Customer Expectations with Supply
Chain Realities
Daniel R. Goldstein and Michael V. Russo
Case 2. Phoenix Organic: Valuing Sustainability while Desiring Growth
Eva Collins, Steve Bowden and Kate Kearins
Case 3. Kimpton Hotels: Balancing Strategy and Environmental
Sustainability
Murray Silverman and Tom Thomas
Case 4. Environmental Product Differentiation by the Hayward Lumber
Company
Magali Delmas, Erica Plambeck and Monifa Porter
Part 3: Innovative Partnership Models
Case 5. Transforming the Global Fishing Industry: The Marine
Stewardship Council at Full Sail?
Alexander Nick
Case 6. Purchasing Strategies and Sustainability: The Migros Palm Oil
Case
Jens Hamprecht and Daniel Corsten
Part 4: Sustainability Strategies in the South
Case 7. Hindustan Lever
Aileen Ionescu-Somers, Ulrich Steger and Wolfgang Amann
Case 8. Building a Sustainable Venture: The Mountain Institute's Earth
Brick Machine
John Buffington and Ted London
Case 9. City Water Tanzania
Kevin McKague and Oana Branzei
Part 5: Responsible Business Models and Stakeholder Tension
Case 10. The Body Shop: Social Responsibility or Sustained Greenwashing?
Debapratim Purkayastha and Rajiv Fernando
Case 11. Mobility Car Sharing
Kai Hockerts
Case 12. Catamount Energy and the Glebe Mountain Windfarm: Clean Energy
versus NIMBY
Robert Letovsky
Part 6: Resources
Guidelines for Case Writing
International Case Writing Competitions
Case Collections and Journals
About the oikos Case Writing Competition: Concept and Award Committee
About oikos
Literature
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