Innovation Corrupted: The Rise and Fall of Enron (A & B)

Author: Salter, Malcolm S.
Product Type: Cases
Source: Harvard Business School
Publication Year: 2005

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Presents a brief historical overview of Enron's rise, its strategic successes and failures, the evolution of its business model, and the...

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The Social Responsibility of Business is to Increase its Profits

Author: Friedman, Milton
Product Type: Essays and Concept Papers; Magazine / Newspaper Articles; Speeches
Source: The New York Times Magazine, September 13, 1970.
Publication Year: 1970

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"When I hear businessmen speak eloquently about the "social responsibilities of business in a free-enterprise system," it's obvious that they believe that they are defending free enterprise

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PowerPoint: The WorldCom Fraud

Author: American Institute of Certified Public Accountants
Product Type: Multimedia
Source:
Publication Year: 2005

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The Enron Collapse

Authors: Hamilton, Stewart; Inna, Francis
Product Type: Cases
Source: International Institute for Management Development
Publication Year: 2003

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Charts the collapse of Enron and examines the role of various parties, including senior management, the board, and the auditors...

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City Water Tanzania (A, B, C-A, C-B, D)

Authors: Branzei, Oana; McKague, Kevin
Product Type: Cases
Source: Richard Ivey School of Business
Publication Year: 2007

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This multi-part case series examines the Tanzania government's efforts to address a pressing deterioration in the infrastructure and services of Dar es Salaam's Water and Sewage Authority. It is ideally suited for core or elective courses in strategy and sustainability to illustrate the types of ongoing tensions and divergent decision angles that influence the formation and performance of public-private partnerships and managing in a global context.

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AES-Telasi: Power Trip or Power Play? (A, B, C)

Authors: Henisz, Witold J.; Zelner, Bennet A.
Product Type: Cases
Source: The Wharton School
Publication Year: 2006

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While Michael Scholey was proud of what he and AES Corporation had accomplished so far in the Republic of Georgia, AES-Telasi had still incurred operating losses of $40m during its first year of operation, had already exceeded its ten-year investment target, and the company faced several important challenges going into its second year...

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What Happened at Enron?

Author: Moffett, M
Product Type: Cases
Source: Thunderbird School of Global Management
Publication Year: 2004

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On 2 December 2001, Enron Corporation filed for bankruptcy protection under Chapter 11. One of the most highly publicized business debacles in history - its settlements, criminal charges, civil charges, and workouts will continue for years. But outside of the courts and sensational press, what really happened?

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Productivity of Growing Global Energy Demand

Author: McKinsey Global Institute, The
Product Type: Policy and Issue Reports
Source: The McKinsey Global Institute
Publication Year: 2006

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To date, the global debate about energy has focused too narrowly on curbing demand. Instead, the best way to meet the challenge of growing global energy demand may be to focus on energy productivity, which reconciles both demand abatement and energy-efficiency.

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Doing Better at Doing Good: When, Why and How Consumers Respond to Corporate Social Initiatives

Authors: Bhattacharya, C.B.; Sen, Sankar
Product Type: Journal Articles
Source: California Management Review
Publication Year: 2004

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Although companies are devoting significant resources to corporate social responsibility (CSR) initiatives, insights into the optimal formulation, implementation, and effectiveness estimation of CSR strategies are currently scarce. This article takes an in-depth look at when, why, and how CSR works from a consumer's perspective...

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AES Global Values

Authors: Strimling, Andrea L.; Nichols III, Charles A.; Crawford, Robert; Paine, Lynn Sharp
Product Type: Cases
Source: Harvard Business School Publishing
Publication Year: 2000

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Members of the development team for the AES Corp.'s power plant project in India must decide between more expensive technology that would enable the plant to meet more demanding U.S. environmental standards or less costly technology that would meet local environmental standards and free up funds for contributions to other needs of communities surrounding the projected plant.

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