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Sustainability and Business Initiatives with the Base‐of‐the‐Pyramid
Author: Marquez, Patricia
Product Type: Syllabi
Source: University of San Diego
Publication Year: 2008
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Previously unsuspected, profitable market initiatives aimed at the socio‐economic base‐of‐the‐pyramid (BOP) are generating both social and economic value, holding the promise of improved wellbeing for the world’s poor. Business can play a significant role in bringing the 4 billion people living in poverty closer to mainstream markets as consumers, producers, or business partners.
The Paradox of Representation: Racial Gerrymandering and Minority Interests In Congress
Author: Lublin, David
Product Type: Books / Book Chapters
Source: Princeton University Press
Publication Year: 2006
In The Paradox of Representation David Lublin offers an unprecedented analysis of a vast range of rigorous, empirical evidence that exposes the central paradox of racial representation: Racial redistricting remains vital to the election of African Americans and Latinos but makes Congress less likely to adopt policies favored by blacks...
U.S. Trust: Evaluating Labor Practices (Unabridged)
Authors: Tulloch, Henry W.; Cook, Stephen B.; Paine, Lynn S.
Product Type: Cases
Source: Darden Business Publishing
Publication Year: 1991
The Socially Sensitive Investing Group at U.S. Trust is asked to develop criteria for assessing the fairness of labor practices in both union and nonunion companies. U.S. Trust's client, the Calvert Social Investment Fund, wants more explicit standards than those currently in use...
Supermarkets in Inner Cities
Authors: Austin, James E.; Elias, Jaan
Product Type: Cases
Source: Harvard Business School Publishing
Publication Year: 1996
Excerpts from five articles that present the challenges and opportunities inherent in opening and operating supermarkets in inner-city neighborhoods.
Yoshiko Shinohara and Tempstaff
Authors: Mayo, Anthony J.; Egawa, Masako; Yamazaki, Mayuka
Product Type: Cases
Source: Yoshiko Shinohara and Tempstaff
Publication Year: 2009
The case presents a biographical portrait of Yoshiko Shinohara who founded Tempstaff in 1973, one of the largest temporary staffing agencies in Japan.
Pharmaceuticals and the Developing World
Author: Kremer, Michael
Product Type: Journal Articles
Source: Journal of Economic Perspectives. Vol. 16, Num. 4, Fall 2002
Publication Year: 2002
This article reviews a set of reasons for market failures around the provision of drugs in poor countries, and then discusses various policy prescriptions. It places the corporate experience within a larger public policy context.
Great Valley Center
Author: Howard, Don
Product Type: Cases
Source: The Bridgespan Group
Publication Year: 2003
GVC management needed a simple yet systematic method for determining whether they were on track to achieve their ambitious goals. This case describes the process of finding the appropriate performance measures and at the same time, enhancing the strategic clarity of the organization...
A Social Science Approach to Race, Redistricting, and Representation
Authors: Epstein, David; O'Halloran, Sharyn
Product Type: Journal Articles
Source: American Political Science Review, Vol. 93, No. 1, pp. 187-191
Publication Year: 1999
In his critique of our earlier paper on majority-minority voting districts, David Lublin suggests that our conclusions with respect to the election of minorities to office are flawed, and that we incorrectly estimate optimal districting strategies for the substantive representation of minority interests in Congress. Subjecting these claims to direct empirical examination, we find that our previous results are unaltered by the inclusion of Latino voters in our estimates of equal opportunity, and that incumbency advantage cannot fully explain the recent victories of minority candidates in the South...
The New Rigor: Beyond the Right Answer
Author: Samuelson, Judith
Product Type: Journal Articles
Source: The Aspen Institute Business and Society Program; The Academy of Management Learning and Education Journal, Volume 5, Number 3, September 2006.
Publication Year: 2006
This month, we are pleased to link CasePlace.org to the September 2006 special issue of the Academy of Management Learning & Education Journal. "The New Rigor: Beyond the Right Answer," integrates lessons from nine years of cross-sector dialogue and research on the attitudes of students and executives towards values in business...
DaimlerChrysler South Africa – Dealing With the Effects of HIV/AIDS on Human and Social Capital
Authors: Seitz, Bernhard; Staber, Udo; Joncyk, Claudia
Product Type: Cases
Source: UN Global Compact Learning Forum
Publication Year: 2002
AIDS is a deadly disease. With 360.000 South Africans having died in 2001 because of HIV/AIDS and 5 Mio. South Africans being reported HIV positive (HIV+), the disease is a serious threat to social stability and economic prosperity in that country...
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