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FedEx and Environmental Defense
Authors: Plambeck, Erica; Hoyt, David W.
Product Type: Cases
Source: Harvard Business School Publishing
Publication Year: 2007
This case discusses the obstacles in bringing a hybrid truck to market, the role of government in encouraging development of cleaner more fuel-efficient vehicles, and the role of Environmental Defense as a facilitator of positive corporate impact on the environment.
Cisco Systems
Author: Kochan, Thomas A.
Product Type: Cases
Source: Rebuilding the Social Contract at Work: Lessons from Leading Cases, MIT Sloan School of Management, Institute for Work and Employment Research
Publication Year: 1999
Cisco Systems, specializing in network systems that link computers and provide Internet communications, was founded in 1990. Employee compensation is closely tied to company and individual performance through stock ownership and profit-sharing, and performance is focused on customer satisfaction...
Project Impact: The Affordable Hearing Aid Project
Authors: Cordes, Erika; Mair, Johanna
Product Type: Cases
Source: IESE Business School
Publication Year: 2005
This case introduces David Green, a social entrepreneur with the mission of making advanced medical technology affordable and available to those in the third world...
Innovation, Competition, and the Theory of Network Externalities
Author: Besen, Stanley M.
Product Type: Essays and Concept Papers
Source: Presented at the Yale University Department of Economics Reunion, The World Economy in the 21st Century.
Publication Year: 1999
Network externalities exist when the value of a product to any user is greater the larger is the number of other users of the same product. For economists, the theory of network effects, or network externalities, or standardization, has wide applicability...
Access Teaching Module- Full Version
Authors: Johnson, Jennifer; Scully, Maureen
Product Type: Teaching Modules
Source: The Aspen Institute Center for Business Education
Publication Year: 2009
FULL VERSION OF TEACHING MODULE. Access, to new markets and materials, to new sources of labor and information, to new communities and new ideas, is crucial to business, and can also serve as a way to spread the benefits of economic development to people and their communities.
Interport-Kovel: Cargo Transhipment Terminal
Author: Batenko, Ludmila
Product Type: Cases
Source: Kiev State University of Economics
Publication Year: 1998
This case describes a proposal to develop a cargo transhipment terminal at Kovel, Ukraine, with plans to link to the European transportation network. In the wake of the Ukraine's independence, there is general agreement around the social, economic and political goals of the project...
Lucent Technologies
Author: Kochan, Thomas A.
Product Type: Cases
Source: Rebuilding the Social Contract at Work: Lessons from Leading Cases, Institute for Work and Employment Research, Sloan School of Management, MIT
Publication Year: 1999
Lucent was created in 1994 as part of AT&T's tri-vestiture. This case focuses on the dilemma faced by a new company that inherited a labor-management consultation structure developed by AT&T, a structure that has broken down in many respects, and that does not seem adequate to the challenges of the new company in a new and highly competitive market...
Access: Teaching Questions and Additional References
Authors: Johnson, Jennifer; Scully, Maureen
Product Type: Teaching Modules
Source: The Aspen Institute Center for Business Education
Publication Year: 2009
Access: Teaching Questions and Additional References
Cisco Goes to China: Routing an Emerging Economy
Authors: Jones, Geoffrey G.; Kiron, David
Product Type: Cases
Source:
Publication Year: 2007
DVD: Architecture to Zucchini
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Product Type: Multimedia
Source: Arnold Creek Productions
Publication Year: 2005
Architecture to Zucchini, a DVD, is an exploration of socially responsible businesses and the passionate leaders who drive them. These are the pioneers who have put the principles of sustainability to work. It features insights from leaders of nationally recognized organizations that serve industry, education, communities and government. Through interviews and tours, these pioneers reveal the impact of merging economic, social and environmental considerations in their business plans and operations. They share everything from lessons learned to the challenges they've faced – even the unexpected opportunities for strategic alliances, within and outside their industries.
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