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Has Biscuit Manufacturer Britannia Industries Found a Fresh Recipe for Growth?
Author: Knowledge@Wharton
Product Type: Magazine / Newspaper Articles
Source: The Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania
Publication Year: 2009
For more than a decade, biscuit manufacturer Britannia Industries has called on consumers to "Eat Healthy, Think Better."
Labor Unrest At Honda Motorcycle & Scooter India (Private) Limited
Authors: Purkayastha, D.; Faheem, Hadiya; Mikkilineni, P.
Product Type: Cases
Source: ICMR Center for Management Research
Publication Year: 2008
The case study focuses on the human resources (HR) problems faced by Honda Motor Cycle & Scooters India (HMSI). The case discusses the various reasons which led to the dispute between the management and employees of HMSI.
Milking Money out of Parmalat
Authors: Toninato, Francesca; Tapies, Josep
Product Type: Cases
Source: IESE Business School
Publication Year: 2005
At Parmalat's headquarters in Collecchio (Parma), top management was desperately trying to rescue the Group, negotiating a cash infusion of 3 billion euros with LBO funds, Blackstone and KKR, and the investment banking arm of Deutsche Bank.
Martha Stewart (A, B, C)
Authors: Paine, Lynn S.; Bruner, Christopher M.
Product Type: Cases
Source: Harvard Business School
Publication Year: 2006
Explores Martha Stewart's December 2001 sale of ImClone Systems common stock, the ensuing federal investigations into possible insider trading, and Stewart's criminal prosecution and sentencing...
Kenya Airways (A)
Author: Munene, Catherine
Product Type: Cases
Source: United States International University
Publication Year: 2006
In February 2003, Mr. Titus Naikuni was hired as Managing Director and CEO of the Kenya Airways Group. After attending the first few weekly business meetings as the Group's Managing Director and CEO, he realized he needed to develop a new direction for the company...
The Greensboro Housing Authority (A)
Authors: Brown, Lew G.; Carlin, Diane; Craig, Margaret; Kawashima, William
Product Type: Cases
Source: NACRA Case Research Journal / The Laurier Institute
Publication Year: 2004
The Greensboro, North Carolina Housing Authority (GHA) faced an angry population when it proposed to locate a new public housing community in a middle class neighborhood...
Haier Hefei Electronics Co. (A, B, C)
Author: Paine, Lynn S.
Product Type: Cases
Source: Harvard Business School
Publication Year: 2007
When Haier takes over the Yellow Mountain television factory in the distant Hefei province at the behest of Hefei's government, workers strike against the Haier culture and what it stands for.
Executive Pay and the Credit Crisis of 2008 (A, B)
Authors: Narayanan, V.G.; Ferri, Fabrizio; Brem, Lisa
Product Type: Cases
Source: Harvard Business School
Publication Year: 2008
The credit crisis of 2008 placed compensation practices at publicly traded firms in the United States under scrutiny.
How Normal is Normal? The Mitsubishi Motors Sexual Harassment Case
Authors: Alsheimer, J.; Dowling, P.; Pivar, B.; Powell, Elizabeth A.
Product Type: Cases
Source: Darden Business Publishing
Publication Year: 1999
This case illustrates Mitsubishi Motors Manufacturing of America's (MMMA) responses to allegations of sexual harassment in 1996 at its Normal, Illinois, facility. The majority of the case focuses on major events that took place between 1992 and spring 1996, culminating in an Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) investigation and class-action suit, which at the time was estimated to be the most expensive suit ever filed
Misery Loves Company: Rethinking Social Initiatives by Business
Authors: Margolis, Joshua; Walsh, James
Product Type: Journal Articles
Source: Administrative Science Quarterly. Vol. 48, Issue 2.
Publication Year: 2003
This paper assesses how organization theory and empirical research have thus far responded to this tension over corporate involvement in wider social life.
Mattel: Getting a Toy Recall Right
Author: Quelch, John A.
Product Type: Research Notes / Working Papers
Source: Harvard Working Knowledge
Publication Year: 2007
Mattel has been criticized heavily for having to recall not once but twice in as many weeks 20 million toys manufactured in China with lead paint and/or loose, potentially dangerous magnets. Clearly Mattel did not have sufficiently tight quality control procedures in its supply chain to compensate for the extra risks of outsourcing to relatively new Chinese subcontractors.
Business School Faculty Respond to the BP Oil Leak
Authors: James, Erika H.; Holcomb, John; Seawell, Buie; Moore, Steven; Volschenk, Jako; Miller, Samuel
Product Type: Notes; Interviews
Source: The Aspen Institute Center for Business Education
Publication Year: 2010
In June, 2010, Aspen CBE put out a call for business faculty to let us know how they plan to teach on the BP disaster in the coming semester. Below are some of their thoughts.
The Roller Coaster Ride
Authors: Groysberg, Boris; Balog, Steve; Haimson, Jennifer
Product Type: Cases
Source: Harvard Business School Publishing
Publication Year: 2006
Presents a detailed account of power dynamics that unfold in the firm when one of its best and brightest threatens to leave. Focuses on the dynamics of attracting, retaining, compensating, negotiating, and leveraging a star performer in a professional services firm...
Phase Two: The Pharmaceutical Industry Responds to AIDS
Authors: Spar, Debora L.; Bartlett, Nicholas
Product Type: Cases
Source: Harvard Business School Publishing
Publication Year: 2002
Describes how major pharmaceutical firms changed their strategy and pricing policies in the years 2000 to 2002 to respond to the growing AIDS epidemic in Africa.
Lee and Li, Attorneys-at-Law and the Embezzlement of NT$3 Billion by Eddie Liu (A, B)
Authors: Chiang, Y.; Rowe, W.
Product Type: Cases
Source: Richard Ivey School of Business
Publication Year: 2009
Dr CV Chen received news that one of Lee and Li's senior assistants had found a loophole in a power of attorney from one of the firm's clients, SanDisk Corporation (SanDisk), that had allowed him to illegally sell the client's shares in a Taiwanese company and to sneak out of Taiwan with over NT$3 billion.
The Voice of the Stakeholder
Authors: Samuelson, Judith; Birchard, Bill
Product Type: Magazine / Newspaper Articles
Source: Strategy + Business. Fall 2003; Issue 32.
Publication Year: 2003
This article discusses the importance of listening to stakeholders in today's business reality. Drawing on 12 recent publications, the authors both identify and address five challenges in realizing a vision of social responsibility by relating to stakeholders...
The Hurricane Katrina Multidisciplinary Service-Learning Project
Author: Bentley College
Product Type: Notes
Source: Bentley College, Bentley Service-Learning Center, Waltham, Massachusetts
Publication Year: 2006
The Hurricane Katrina Service-Learning Project was developed by the Bentley Service-Learning Center in November and December 2005 in response to the devastating impact of the hurricane on the Bayou La Batre Rural Health Clinic in southern Alabama. The project used an integrated, team-based approach to rebuild and improve the business processes of the Clinic...
SK-II China: Managing Public Relations
Author: Roberts, John
Product Type: Cases
Source: Stanford Graduate School of Business
Publication Year: 2007
This case helps students to appreciate the complexity in resolving PR crisis in international markets. It also helps them to understand the profound impact one PR crisis can have on even the most established brands.
AccuForm: Ethical Leadership and Its Challenges in the Era of Globalization
Authors: Woo, Claudia H.L.; Wong, Raymond; Lau, Amy
Product Type: Cases
Source: University of Hong Kong
Publication Year: 2006
AccuForm, a German-Hong Kong joint venture specializing in the production of chemical coatings for application to garments, is confronted with a situation where an unauthorized Chinese manufacturer had stolen one of AccuForm's experimental coatings, applied it to their own brand of clothing, and sold it to the public as an AccuForm product.
Starbucks Coffee: The Dorosin Issue (A)
Authors: Rosenthal, David; Boyd, Thomas C.; Feldman Barr, Terri
Product Type: Cases
Source: The Case Research Journal
Publication Year: 1998
Starbucks is faced with a public-relations nightmare. Jeremy Dorosin, a customer claimed that an espresso machine he purchased was defective and that one was a used machine falsely sold as new. Despite the company's efforts at resolving the difficulties, Dorosin had not been satisfied...
Managing Conflict in a Diverse Workplace
Authors: Gentile, Mary C.; Gant, Sara B.
Product Type: Cases
Source: Harvard Business School
Publication Year: 1995
This case consists of several vignettes and discussion points around issues of diversity and conflict in the workplace.
Malden Mills (A, B)
Authors: Nohria, Nitin; Gurtler, Bridget; Piper, Thomas R.
Product Type: Cases
Source: Harvard Business School
Publication Year: 2006
CEO Aaron Feuerstein of Malden Mills decided to pay idled workers after a massive fire at his mill in 1995. Focuses on the decisions made post-fire and the rebuilding process and eventual bankruptcy of the company...
The Children's Investment Fund, 2005
Authors: Cohen, Randolph B.; Sandbulte, Joshua B.
Product Type: Cases
Source: Harvard Business School Publishing
Publication Year: 2006
TCI, The Children's Investment Fund, is a London-based hedge fund. The firm donates a significant fraction of the fees it earns to a charitable foundation. In 2005, TCI took a large stake in Deutsche Borse, the stock exchange in Frankfurt. Its battle with management disrupted a proposed merger and caused the CEO to exit. Addresses a variety of issues in the investments business, including: How do stock pickers create value? What are the benefits of long-term vs. short-term orientation, buying vs. selling short, and a generalist vs. a specialist approach? What is the role of shareholder activism in corporate governance? Do the investment business and charitable giving mix?
Restructuring at Delphi Corporation
Authors: Gilson, Stuart C.; Abbott, Sarah L.
Product Type: Cases
Source: Harvard Business School
Publication Year: 2008
To understand the complex issues involved in restructuring a distressed company in Chapter 11, including the treatment of pensions and other post-employment labor claims, and to understand how such a business should be valued.
Salomon and the Treasury Securities Auction Teaching Note
Authors: Paine, Lynn S.; Nichols III, Charles A.
Product Type: Cases
Source: Harvard Business School
Publication Year: 1996
Set in June 1991, two months prior to Salomon Brothers' announcement that the firm had violated the Treasury Department's rules governing the auctions of new Treasury securities. Salomon Vice Chairman John Meriwether must decide how to address problems that continue to appear in the management of the firm's government bond trading activities...
GVM Exploration Limited
Authors: Rouse, Michael J.; Jiang, Guo-Liang Frank
Product Type: Cases
Source: Richard Ivey School of Business
Publication Year: 2006
GVM Exploration Limited's (GVM) $2 million environmental assessment project at Grizzly Valley was disrupted by a road blockade set up by a small group of local First Nation people. How GVM handled this situation would not only affect the progress of the Grizzly Valley project but also other ongoing projects.
Web-Conference: Corporate Governance in the Current Economic Climate
Authors: Koppell, Jonathan; Davis, Gerald; Gentile, Mary C.
Product Type: Multimedia
Source: The Aspen Institute Center for Business Education
Publication Year: 2009
On October 27th, 2009, Aspen CBE hosted a web-conference on Corporate Governance in the Current Economic Climate.
Unauthorized Disclosure: Hewlett-Packard's Secret Surveillance of Directors and Journalist
Authors: Lawrence, Anne T.; Harris, Randall D.; Baack, Sally
Product Type: Cases
Source: Case Research Journal 28(1): Winter
Publication Year: 2008
In 2006, HP admitted it had hired outside investigators to spy on members of its board of directors and journalists to uncover the source of several leaks of confidential board deliberations. The investigators used methods, including "pretexting" (using an assumed identity in order to access others’ telephone records) which were possibly illegal and almost certainly unethical.
What Every Executive Needs to Know About Global Warming
Authors: Packard, Kimberly O'Neill; Reinhardt, Forest
Product Type: Journal Articles
Source: Harvard Business Review
Publication Year: 2000
Thanks to the development of the Kyoto Protocol--an international plan to limit carbon dioxide and other so-called greenhouse gases in the atmosphere--global warming is beginning to assume a prominent position on the agendas of business executives...
Ethical Conflicts at Enron
Author: Watkins, Sherron S.
Product Type: Journal Articles
Source: California Management Review, 45(4), 2003.
Publication Year: 2003
In this article, Sherron Watkins discusses her role as the high-profile whistle-blower who helped bring down Enron...
The Ahold Crisis
Authors: Van Eennennaam, Fred; Mens, Maurits
Product Type: Cases
Source: Nyenrode Business University
Publication Year: 2006
Monday 24 February 2003 was a black day in the history of Royal Ahold. On this day the world's third largest food retailer revealed a major accounting fraud at its subsidiary US Foodservice.
Ashland Oil, Inc. (A, B, C, D)
Authors: Goodpaster, Kenneth E.; Delehunt, Anne K.
Product Type: Cases
Source: Harvard Business School Publishing
Publication Year: 1990
This case series involves a crisis in business ethics and management decision making, when one of the company's diesel fuel storage tanks collapses, releasing nearly one million gallons of oil into the Monongahela and Ohio Rivers. Divided into four cases guiding the reader through the sequence of events as they occur and their eventual repercussion on the company...
Marks & Spencer
Authors: Vandermerwe, Sandra; Taishoff, Marika
Product Type: Cases
Source: Imperial College London
Publication Year: 2003
The case provides a template of how a leading company reacts to and deals with stress, and asks participants to decide what, if anything, M&S should do now.
Infosys (A, B)
Authors: DeLong, Thomas J.; Tandon, Jaya; Rengaswamy, Ganesh
Product Type: Cases
Source: Harvard Business School Publishing
Publication Year: 2006
Infosys challenges itself to balance superb human resources with top-notch financial performance within the context of a growing company.
Seventh Generation: Balancing Customer Expectations with Supply Chain Realities
Authors: Russo, Michael V.; Goldstein, Dan
Product Type: Cases
Source: Lundquist College of Business
Publication Year: 2007
Faced with the prospect of being without a product when a contract manufacturer could no longer make its natural baby wipes, Seventh Generation substituted conventional wipes. But some of the ingredients in these conventional baby wipes proved unacceptable to its customers.
Driving Change at Seagate
Authors: Raymond, Douglas; Baranowski, Lyn
Product Type: Cases
Source: Harvard Business School Publishing
Publication Year: 2003
A new CEO, Steve Luczo, together with COO Bill Watkins, have led a turnaround of Seagate, raising productivity dramatically and increasing innovation through teamwork, cross-functional collaboration, and other transformations in the culture of this manufacturer of disk drives for computers...
Kent Thiry and DaVita
Author: Pfeffer, Jeffrey
Product Type: Cases
Source: Stanford University
Publication Year: 2006
DaVita, one of the largest operators of kidney dialysis centers in the United States, underwent a remarkable turnaround between 2000 and 2005, a transformation based on building a strong values-driven culture, with an emphasis on fact-based decision making and the theme of "one for all, all for one" and an emphasis on company as community.
Walt Disney and the 1941 Animator's Strike
Authors: Nohria, Nitin; Mayo, Anthony J.; Gurtler, Bridget
Product Type: Cases
Source: Harvard Business School
Publication Year: 2005
An ambitious creative genius, Walt Disney masterfully pursued emerging technological advantage and uniquely grasped and personified American social mores, but was reckless and naive about strategic business issues, especially concerning intellectual property and human resources management.
Troubled Times for the Chinese Toy Industry
Authors: George, S; Chakraborty, B; Govind, S
Product Type: Cases
Source: ICMR Center for Management Research
Publication Year: 2008
The case discusses the development of the Chinese toy industry over the years as well as the problems facing the toy industry in China today.
Moda Textile Factory
Authors: Sposeep, Sherry; Linowes, Richard
Product Type: Cases
Source: Emerging Markets Development Advisers Program
Publication Year: 2004
After the break-up of the Soviet Union, the Kyrgyz Republic suffered a major economic downturn as it began the transition to a market-based economy. When Sergei and Olga became entrepreneurs, they faced many significant challenges.
3M ESPE AG: Managing Intellectual Property in the Dental Impression Materials Market
Authors: Conley, James G.; Wong, Richard; Fields, James; Deutsch, Susan
Product Type: Cases
Source: Harvard Business School Publishing
Publication Year: 2006
This case explores the choices made by a German manufacturer in the face of patent infringements.
Arla Foods and the Cartoon Crisis (A, B, C)
Authors: Lane, Henry W.; Sondergaard, Mikael; Wesley, David T.A.
Product Type: Cases
Source: Richard Ivey School of Business
Publication Year: 2010
After a Danish newspaper publishes cartoons depicting the Prophet Muhammad, consumers across the Middle East decide to boycott Danish goods. Arla Foods (Arla) is one of Europe's largest dairy companies. Suddenly, it finds itself caught in the middle of a crisis that appears to be beyond its control.
Carrefour China and the Olympic Torch Relay
Authors: Hung, Kineta; Wai, Candise Pong-Wa
Product Type: Cases
Source: University of Hong Kong
Publication Year: 2009
Prior to the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, Chinese people were outraged by repeated interruptions of the Olympic torch relay in Paris on 7 April 2008. How should the local management react to the public relations crisis and how can Carrefour manage its corporate image going forward?
Man-Made Mistakes Increase Devastation of “Natural” Disasters [(Un)Sustainability]
Author: Begley, Sharon
Product Type: Magazine / Newspaper Articles
Source: Wall Street Journal
Publication Year: 2005
"While storms such as Hurricane Katrina are sometimes called an act of God or a natural disaster, the devastation they leave behind is not. Some scientists believe even the storms themselves could be at least partly man-made..."
CTV NewsNet (A, B, C)
Authors: Cavanaugh, Christina; Russell, Christina
Product Type: Cases
Source: Richard Ivey School of Business
Publication Year: 2010
A national television station aired the wrong take of a CTV Newsnet broadcast, one filled with ethnic, gender and social slurs aimed to amuse the technicians in the studio. When this segment was inadvertently aired, the station was thrown into a crisis management situation where every reaction required an action...
Ethics and the Pharmaceutical Industry
Authors: Santoro, Michael A.; Gorrie, Thomas M.
Product Type: Books / Book Chapters
Source: Cambridge University Press
Publication Year: 2005
Despite the pharmaceutical industry's notable contributions to human progress, including the development of miracle drugs for treating cancer, AIDS, and heart disease, there is a growing tension between the industry and the public. Debates are raging over how the industry can and should be expected to act...
Sanlu's Melamine-Tainted Milk Crisis in China
Authors: Tao, Zhigang; Lu, Jiangyong; Woo, Claudia H.L.
Product Type: Cases
Source: The University of Hong Kong
Publication Year: 2009
On 12 September 2008, Sanlu Group, the biggest producer of milk powder in China, rocked the country when it admitted that its infant formula had been contaminated with the toxic chemical melamine.
eDonkey--Deciding the Future of File Sharing
Author: Oberholzer-Gee, Felix
Product Type: Cases
Source: Harvard Business School Publishing
Publication Year: 2006
Sam Yagan, CEO of the upstart MetaMachine, Inc., received a letter from the Recording Industry Association of America, Inc. (RIAA) asking him to shut down eDonkey, MetaMachine's popular file-sharing system. Designed to promote a discussion of the implications of file sharing and related legal developments on the music industry.
DAKA International (A, B)
Author: Hanson, Kirk O.
Product Type: Cases
Source: The Business Enterprise Trust
Publication Year: 1993
Deals with an employee who contracts AIDS. The employer, a food-service proprietor, is threatened by an old and valued client with the loss of the account if they do not fire him...
ttools (A, B): The Value of a Patent to the Entrepreneur
Authors: Conley, James G.; Qu, Feng; Nudd, Geoff; Marcus, J. Cooper
Product Type: Cases
Source: Harvard Business School Publishing
Publication Year: 2006
ttools, being a small, resource-constrained company, was in a precarious position. Its competitive advantage and rights as a patent holder were being threatened. It had few financial resources to draw upon, and thus its livelihood as a company was at stake.
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