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Low-carbon, Indigenous Innovation in China
Author: Vietor, Richard H.K.
Product Type: Cases
Source: Harvard Business School
Publication Year: 2012
For the past seven years or so, the Chinese government has been powering ahead with industrial policies to promote low-carbon energy technologies--wind, solar, electric batteries and vehicles, nuclear power, and even carbon capture and sequestration. The net effects of these initiatives leave low-carbon energy industries in the United States in the dust...
Samasource: Give Work, Not Aid
Authors: Gino, Francesca; Staats, Bradley R.
Product Type: Cases
Source: Harvard Business School
Publication Year: 2012
Different from traditional business process outsourcing companies, Samasource relied on a marginalized population of workers to execute the work. The case explores how the company can grow its capability to help individuals around the globe through the provision of digital work.
Insider Trading 2011: How Technology and Social Networks Have 'Friended' Access to Confidential Information
Author: Knowledge@Wharton
Product Type: Journal Articles
Source: Knowledge@Wharton
Publication Year: 2011
Raj Rajaratnam, founder of the Galleon Group hedge fund in New York, has been found guilty on all counts in one of the largest insider trading cases in U.S history. Amid the discussions on that case and on insider trading generally, the role of technology in communicating information has often been overlooked.
The Future of Work: What It Means for Individuals, Businesses, Markets and Governments
Author: Bollier, David
Product Type: Policy and Issue Reports
Source: The Aspen Institute Communications and Society Program
Publication Year: 2011
The Future of Work examines the challenges to conventional notions of work and organization brought on by new digital technologies and trends. As the velocity of change increases, institutions and individuals must adapt.
Google Books: Liberating the World’s Information, or Appropriating It?
Authors: Stromberg, Eric; Sheth, Romeen
Product Type: Cases
Source: Kenan Institute for Ethics at Duke University
Publication Year: 2011
Discusses the ethical and political issues arising from Google’s plan to digitize the world’s books.
Employee Ownership and the Entrepreneurial Spirit: The Case of HCSS
Authors: Roche, Olivier; Shipper, Frank
Product Type: Cases
Source: The Perdue School of Business at Salisbury University
Publication Year: 2010
Heavy Construction Systems Specialists, Inc. [HCSS] designs and sells hi-tech software to the heavy/highway construction industry. The case describes a unique corporate culture that has made HCSS a business success in a highly competitive industry.
The Future of Fashion
Authors: Johnson, Jennifer; Wu, Gina
Product Type: Teaching Modules
Source: The Aspen Institute Center for Business Education
Publication Year: 2010
The Future of Fashion
Authors: Johnson, Jennifer; Wu, Gina
Product Type: Teaching Modules
Source: The Aspen Institute Center for Business Education
Publication Year: 2010
Learning Objective: To understand the role of ethics and sustainability in the business-consumer relationship. The importance of ethical and sustainable production to consumers has undoubtedly grown in recent years, but how much do these concerns influence actual economic behavior? Is it enough for companies to appear to be acting ethically, or do consumers insist that firms walk the walk as well as talk the talk? Encourages debate over the relationship between corporate social responsibility and competitive advantage, the depth of consumer commitment to ethical production, and the role of reputation and public opinion.
The Future of Fashion
Authors: Johnson, Jennifer; Wu, Gina
Product Type: Teaching Modules
Source: The Aspen Institute Center for Business Education
Publication Year: 2010
Learning Objective: To discuss workforce management issues in global supply chains, highlighting the tension between distributed labor and centralized responsibility. The material allows students to discuss both sides of the labor debate: it shows that even low-wage employment can be used as a path to economic development, and also that the global search for low-wage labor has lead to human rights abuses and other ethical problems. It also highlights the potential advantages of human capital investment for innovation and operations, if properly developed.
The Future of Fashion
Authors: Johnson, Jennifer; Wu, Gina
Product Type: Teaching Modules
Source: The Aspen Institute Center for Business Education
Publication Year: 2010
Learning Objective: To highlight issues of globalization and the more recent efforts to use it in ways that benefit both businesses and society. Students have the opportunity to question the use of globalization to reduce costs and extend markets, often at the price of labor and environmental abuses. This section outlines the push for a more sustainable approach to global business, including moves toward localization, increased access for both buyers and sellers, non-Western perspectives, and the expansion of the typical consumer base to include the base of the pyramid.
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