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Napo Pharmaceuticals
Authors: Chess, Robert; Spitzer, Joshua
Product Type: Cases
Source: Stanford University Press
Publication Year: 2006
Chronicles entrepreneur Lisa Conte's ventures, formed to make drug discovery and development more efficient by studying traditional, indigenous healers in the tropics. At the time of the case study, Napo was developing the compound for sale in large western markets while arranging an innovative public-private partnership to develop and distribute crofelemer in the developing world.
Volkswagen in the Global War Against HIV/AIDS
Authors: Bruzzi Boechat, Cláudio; Werneck, Nísia Duarte; Masilela, Temba; Miraglia, Letícia
Product Type: Cases
Source: UN Global Compact Learning Forum
Publication Year: 2004
The HIV/AIDS epidemic became a global disease and threatens humankind. Volkswagen decided to face the challenge of facing it in global and local approaches...
Web Conference: Preparing Responsible Managers for the Mining and Metals Industry
Authors: Hodge, R. Anthony; Hutton, Bruce; Scully, Maureen; Shattuck, Rachel
Product Type: Multimedia
Source: Aspen CBE
Publication Year: 2009
On January 22, 2009, Aspen CBE hosted a web conference that addressed social and environmental issues in the mining and metals industry, and the ways in which business faculty can incorporate these subjects into their teaching.
Southwest Airlines Corporation
Authors: Govindarajan, Vijay; Lang, Julie B.
Product Type: Cases
Source: Tuck School of Business, Dartmouth College
Publication Year: 2002
Southwest Airlines, consistently ranked as one of the top performing airlines in the business, began a profit-sharing plan in 1974.
Make Green Delicious: Sustainability at Jamie Kennedy Kitchens
Authors: Branzei, Oana; Leithwood, Melissa
Product Type: Cases
Source: Richard Ivey School of Business
Publication Year: 2008
The case illustrates the challenges of growing sustainably by tracking the 30-year journey of a quintessentially Canadian chef, environmental champion, and strong advocate of slow food, seasonality, local sourcing and artisan food production.
Bicycles for India
Authors: Narapareddy, Vijaya; Sampson, Nancy
Product Type: Cases
Source: North American Case Research Association, Case Research Journal, Fall 1999
Publication Year: 1999
Paul Polak, President of International Development Enterprises (IDE), and other team members of the bicycle project face numerous delays in the development of an appropriate plastics compound utilizing recycled plastics and organic fibers required for making hassle-free plastic wheels...
Jose Ignacio Lopez de Arriortua
Authors: Moffett, M; Youngdahl, W
Product Type: Cases
Source: Thunderbird School of Global Management
Publication Year: 1998
This case explores one of the most controversial managers of the past decade, Jose Ignacio Lopez de Arriortua, the former purchasing czar for General Motors Corporation. The case highlights the 1992-1993 period in which Lopez headed GM's purchasing in North America.
Committee for Democracy in Information Technology
Authors: Mair, Johanna; Verges, Serges
Product Type: Cases
Source: IESE Business School
Publication Year: 2004
Foundation for Social Entrepreneurship. The Comite para Democratizacao da Informatica (CDI) was a non-governmental, non-profit organization founded by Rodrigo Baggio in Brazil in 1995. Its mission was to set up schools to teach computer skills to low-income communities so that slum residents could begin to move into the mainstream of society and improve their prospects...
The Case of the Million Dollar Decision
Authors: Hackworth, Michael; Shanks, Thomas
Product Type: Cases
Source:
Publication Year: 2005
A company is planning to expand in a country where bribery is a normal part of doing business.
How to Fix Wal-Mart? Ask Its Managers
Author: Gogoi, Pallavi
Product Type: Magazine / Newspaper Articles
Source: Business Week Online
Publication Year: 2007
H. Lee Scott Jr., chief executive officer of Wal-Mart Stores (WMT), has been tirelessly upbeat in recent quarters even as the retailing giant has floundered through two of the most difficult years in its history. But on Aug. 14, Scott sounded downright glum as he reported financial results for the second quarter. He lowered the company's profit forecast for the rest of the year and made no effort to conceal his disappointment with its performance. "This was not what we expected of ourselves," he said...
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