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DuPont Freon Products Division (A, B)
Authors: Vietor, Richard; Reinhardt, Forest
Product Type: Cases
Source: Harvard Business School
Publication Year: 1989
In 1988, the DuPont Co. is abruptly confronted with solid scientific evidence that chlorofluorocarbons are destroying the earth's ozone shield. DuPont, with its Freon brand product line serving markets for foam insulation, electronics solvents, and especially refrigeration, was the world's leading producer of these chemicals...
Singapore, Inc.
Authors: Vietor, Richard; Thompson, Emily J.
Product Type: Cases
Source: Harvard Business School Publishing
Publication Year: 2007
In early 2003, Prime Minister Goh Chok Tong is assessing Singapore's development strategy--tax cutting combined with an industrial policy focused on six "clusters," including biomedical sciences. Is its new strategy the right choice?
Saudi Arabia
Authors: Vietor, Richard; Evans, Rebecca
Product Type: Cases
Source: Harvard Business School
Publication Year: 2006
Provides a vehicle to explore Islamic development and political issues within BGIE (business, government, and international economy). Set in early 2002, the case focuses on Crown Prince Abdullah's efforts to liberalize a failing rentier state, that had been dependent on petroleum for too long...
Corporate Responsibility and the Environment: What is the Right Thing to Do?
Authors: Reinhardt, Forest; Vietor, Richard
Product Type: Magazine / Newspaper Articles; Interviews
Source: Harvard Working Knowledge
Publication Year: 2005
Does it make legal, ethical, or economic sense for companies to participate in environmental corporate social responsibility programs? A new book from HBS professor Richard Vietor and colleagues Bruce Hay and Robert N. Stavins attempts to separate fact from fiction on the debate...
Cape Wind: Offshore Wind Energy in the USA
Author: Vietor, Richard
Product Type: Cases
Source: Harvard Business School Publishing
Publication Year: 2008
Cape Wind is an extreme example of NIMBY - "not-in-my-backyard" - syndrome.
Noranda, Inc.: Mining, Smelting, and Sustainability?
Author: Vietor, Richard
Product Type: Cases
Source: Harvard Business School
Publication Year: 2002
This case explores the issue of sustainability--in this case, for a mining company. At issue is the sustainability of Noranda's expenditures on environmental mitigation and the degree to which Noranda employs (or should employ) "best country" standards everywhere it operates.
Supergrid
Author: Vietor, Richard
Product Type: Cases
Source: Harvard Business School Publishing
Publication Year: 2006
Supergrid is a mammoth wind-power development scheme for Europe, recently proposed by Airtricity.
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