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Author: Skov, Joshua
Product Type: Syllabi
Source: UC San Diego
Publication Year: 2008
Human-caused climate change presents a series of major challenges to human economies and societies. Increasingly, policy solutions and stakeholder pressures will, via direct financial incentives and indirect business pressures, trace this problem to its causes in emissions-generating activities.
A CEO Manning the Phones Each Day?
Author: Tozzi, John
Product Type: Magazine / Newspaper Articles
Source: BusinessWeek.com
Publication Year: 2008
What sounds like a customer-service gimmick is helping the co-founder of a personal finance Web site build trust.
Say on Pay
Authors: Lorsch, Jay; Chernak, Alexis; Narayanan, V.G.
Product Type: Cases
Source: Harvard Business School Publishing
Publication Year: 2007
Highlights a few examples where shareholders have successfully garnered a majority in support of an advisory vote measure on company proxy ballots, and describes discussion within Congress on the matter.
Making China Your Second Home Market: An Interview with the CEO of Danfoss
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Product Type: Journal Articles; Interviews
Source: The McKinsey Quarterly
Publication Year: 2006
The head of the Danish industrial-controls company wants to make China one of its core markets...
McDonald's to Recycle Cooking Oil to Power its Vehicles
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Product Type: Magazine / Newspaper Articles
Source: GreenBiz.com
Publication Year: 2007
By converting the cooking oil from its 1,200 restaurants in Britain into biodiesel, McDonald's said it could save 1.5 million gallons of gasoline used by its delivery fleet in the U.K...
Entropy International
Authors: Seelos, Christian; Mair, Johanna
Product Type: Cases
Source: IESE Business School
Publication Year: 2003
This case documents the circumstances of managing the growth phase of a start-up company. Entropy International faces the unique challenges and opportunities of social entrepreneurship but also entrepreneurship in general...
HIV/AIDS in South Africa--2001, Background Note
Authors: Podolny, Joel; Bahl, Kanika; Newsome, John
Product Type: Notes
Source: Stanford University
Publication Year: 2002
Provides a background for cases that deal with the issue of HIV/AIDS in South Africa, creates a context for understanding the impact of the disease at the business and macroeconomic level, and examines the various strategies that companies can employ in dealing with the issue.
Trina Solar: Expanding in the U.S. Market
Authors: Chen, Zhiwu; Sudhir, K.; Elias, Jaan
Product Type: Cases
Source: Yale School of Management
Publication Year: 2011
At the end of 2010, Jifan Bao, Trina Solar's founder and chairman, wondered how his company its presence in the United States market. In the previous five years, Trina, a company with manufacturing and headquarters in Changzou, China, had managed to grow rapidly by selling photovoltaic (PV) modules in Europe. However, Trina lagged behind some of its Chinese rivals, such as Yingli and Suntech Power, in supplying to the United States. Gao had targeted the U.S. market in 2010, and Trina had increased its sales in the country during 2009. But other module makers were also expanding their presence in the United States. Trina had to decide how it was going to respond and how much it was willing to invest in its efforts to grow in the U.S.
Little Green Lies
Author: Elgin, Ben
Product Type: Magazine / Newspaper Articles
Source:
Publication Year: 2007
Environmental stewardship has become a centerpiece of corporate image-crafting. But Auden Schendler, the in-house "corporate sustainability" advocate for the Aspen Skiing Co., now offers a searing refutation of the belief that green corporate practices beget green of the pecuniary variety.
Fashioning Sustainability: A Review of the Sustainability Impacts of the Clothing Industry
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Product Type: Policy and Issue Reports
Source: Forum for the Future
Publication Year: 2007
As an industry the clothing industry is locked into a cycle of unsustainability...
Web-Conference: Access
Authors: Margaritis, William G.; Teegen, Hildy; Scully, Maureen
Product Type: Multimedia
Source: The Aspen Institute Center for Business Education
Publication Year: 2009
On November 12, 2009, Aspen CBE hosted a web-conference on "Access" in collaboration with FedEx.
Supply Chain Management
Author: Metters, Rich
Product Type:
Source: Emory University, Goizueta School of Business
Publication Year: 2006
Supply chain management represents the conscious effort by firms to develop and run supply chains, rather than individual firms, in the most effective and efficient way possible.
Developing a framework for sustainable development indicators for the mining and minerals industry
Author: Davies, Benjamin
Product Type: Journal Articles
Source: Journal of Cleaner Production, 12(6): August 2004
Publication Year: 2004
The mining and minerals industry faces some of the most difficult sustainability challenges of any industrial sector.
Caffeine with a Conscience
Authors: Mead, Jenny; Wicks, Andrew C.
Product Type: Cases
Source: University of Virginia Darden School Foundation
Publication Year: 2008
Is "Fair Trade" really fair? This case examines the issues through the eyes of one coffee-drinker who has specifically chosen her caffeine venue because of the Fair Trade designation.
Minerals Industry Risk Management Gateway (MIRMGate)
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Product Type: Web Sites
Source:
Publication Year: 2009
A comprehensive online library of information related to hazard and risk management in the mining, minerals processing and quarrying industries.
Nurturing Sustainability Operations: Seeing Business from a Natural System Perspective
Author: Johnson, Thomas
Product Type: Syllabi
Source: Portland State University, School of Management
Publication Year: 2007
This course considers how to design the operations of individual businesses so that they generate a human economic system that flourishes in and nurtures Earth's biosystem. This course views business as part of an economic system that should exist to serve and support the human community in ways that recognize the human community's dependence on, and responsibility for, Earth's community.
The Whistle Had Blown
Authors: Ho, Emily; Tao, Zhigang
Product Type: Cases
Source: University of Hong Kong
Publication Year: 2005
The Chinese government proposed a new antitrust law in late 2005. The government will closely scrutinize companies operating in China, especially foreign market leaders; these companies should guard against possible lawsuits.
Employee Ownership in Traditional Industries
Author: Johnson, Jennifer
Product Type: Reading Collections
Source: The Aspen Institute Center for Business Education
Publication Year: 2010
One of the most significant changes to business in the twentieth century was the shift from more traditional manufacturing and basic industries to high technology and services. As the cases and other material in this Collection illustrate, a number of companies have been able to overcome these challenges not by removing more employees from the equation, as with outsourcing, but by instead integrating employees more closely into their organizational and governance structures.
Raising Our Game: Can We Sustain Globalization?
Author: SustainAbility
Product Type: Policy and Issue Reports
Source: SustainAbility
Publication Year: 2009
This report takes stock of the challenges and opportunities facing business in a global context.
KT Sean: 'Choose the Right Company'
Authors: Lee, J; Liu, J
Product Type: Cases
Source: China Europe International Business School
Publication Year: 2007
The case demonstrates how FedEx's policy on promotion from within the company has supported women employees' career development; and how FedEx has empowered KT Sean with the sophisticated leadership that has enabled her to make a significant contribution to empowering her subordinates.
Internal Functions as a Vehicle to Implement Cleaner Production
Authors: Nascimento, Luis Felipe; Denise da Cunha Lemos, Angela; Abreu de Mello, Maria Celina
Product Type: Essays and Concept Papers; Research Notes / Working Papers
Source: Luis Felipe Nascimento
Publication Year:
Cleaner Production (CP) is defined by the United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO) and by the United Nations Environmental Program (UNEP) as a "preventive environmental strategy applied to processes, products and services to increase overall efficiency and productivity, improve business opportunities and reduce human and environmental risk"...
Interview with Prof. Mark Finster, School of Business, University of Wisconsin Madison
Author: Shattuck, Rachel
Product Type: Interviews
Source:
Publication Year: 2009
Distributed Solar Energy in Brazil
Authors: Mugica, Yerina; London, Ted
Product Type: Cases
Source: University of North Carolina
Publication Year: 2004
Approximately 25 million people in Brazil do not have access to electricity. Fabio Rosa, a local social entrepreneur, is aiming to fill this need through innovative distributed solar energy systems.
The Chinese Tainted Milk Scandal
Authors: Gupta, V; Chakraborty, B
Product Type: Cases
Source: ICMR Center for Management Research
Publication Year: 2009
This case discusses the tainted milk scandal that was unearthed in China in 2008. The milk scandal became public in August 2008, after it was disclosed that the baby formula produced by the Chinese dairy products company, Sanlu Group was contaminated with melamine, which caused kidney failure of many children, resulting in death in some cases.
Wainwright Industries (A, B)
Author: Klein, Norman
Product Type: Cases
Source: Harvard Business School Publishing
Publication Year: 1996
Traces the growth of Wainwright, a small automotive supply company, focusing on its commitment to quality in 1981 and the evolution of its quality culture.
Impact of Textiles and Clothing Industry on the Environment: Approach Towards Eco-Friendly Textiles
Author: Challa, Lakshmi
Product Type: Research Notes / Working Papers
Source: Bangalore University
Publication Year: 2010
At each of the six stages typically required to make a garment, the negative impacts on the environment are as numerous as they are varied.
Innovation at BMW: Can Green Powertrain Technology Be Introduced By 2020?
Authors: Steger, U; Tywuschik, S.
Product Type: Cases
Source: IMD - International Institute for Management Development
Publication Year: 2009
In this case, the authors describe the corporate development of BMW as one of the most successful brands in the automotive industry and look at the corporation's global research and development network in more detail.
Raising the Bar: Can China Meet the Quality Challenge?
Author:
Product Type: Magazine / Newspaper Articles
Source: Knowledge @ Wharton
Publication Year: 2009
After being stung by consumer backlash and stiffer penalties for piracy, counterfeiting and contamination, China is working hard to overcome its reputation for poor quality. Many experts see quality issues as the simple growing pains of an accelerating economy. After all, China already makes high-quality products such as iPods. The challenge today for foreign partners: How to set and enforce effective quality benchmarks.
UN Global Compact
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Product Type: Web Sites
Source: United Nations
Publication Year: 2005
The United Nations Global Compact is an initiative encouraging vendor companies to the United Nations to support nine principles focusing on human rights, labor rights, and the environment.
Taking the High Road
Author: Kochan, Thomas A.
Product Type: Magazine / Newspaper Articles
Source: MIT Sloan Management Review
Publication Year: 2006
The author argues that, although many companies seek to become competitive primarily by reducing costs such as labor, there is another option.
The Millennium Challenge Corporation and Ghana
Authors: Ebrahim, Alnoor; Rangan, V. Kasturi
Product Type: Cases
Source: Harvard Business School
Publication Year: 2010
As the U.S. government agency, Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC), and Ghana finalize a $547 million grant for agriculture and transportation infrastructure, they come up against an accountability and measurement problem: how to address an urgent request from Ghana to fund community services--such as schools and drinking water--for which the results will be more difficult to measure.
Home Depot: On The Road To Becoming Customer-Friendly Again?
Authors: Purkayastha, D.; Chatterjee, P.; Indu, P
Product Type: Cases
Source: ICMR Center for Management Research
Publication Year: 2009
The case discusses the culture of customer service at Home Depot. It discusses in detail, how the founders went about building a customer service culture from the very beginning.
Materials Stewardship – Towards the Sustainable Use of Minerals and Metals
Authors: Davies, Benjamin; Atherton, John
Product Type: Journal Articles
Source: World of Metallurgy – ERZMETALL 59 (2006) No. 1
Publication Year: 2006
If the metals sector is to contribute successfully to sustainable consumption it must adopt principles and practices which address the entire life cycle of the materials we produce.
Corporate Governance Systems - Econ 153
Author: Mintz, Steven M.
Product Type: Syllabi
Source: Dr. Steven M. Mintz, Professor @ Claremont McKenna College, The Accounting Program
Publication Year: 2005
This course integrates knowledge about control systems in the corporate environment with the role of accounting and auditing in producing transparent financial information.
Improving environmental performance through innovation: Recent trends in the mining industry
Authors: Warhurst, Alyson; Bridge, Gavin
Product Type: Journal Articles
Source: "Minerals Engineering", Volume 9, Issue 9, September 1996, Pages 907-921
Publication Year: 1996
Innovation in mineral processing technology can enable mining companies to combine gains in productivity with improvements in environmental management.
Mining companies' role in sustainable development: the 'why' and 'how' of corporate social responsibility from a business perspective
Author: Hamann, Ralph
Product Type: Journal Articles
Source: Development Southern Africa, Volume 20, Issue 2 June 2003 , pages 237 - 254
Publication Year: 2003
This article - the first in a pair of articles on corporate social responsibility (CSR) - provides an overview of mining companies' role in sustainable development, from a business perspective and in the South African context.
The European Business Ethics Network (EBEN)
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Product Type: Web Sites
Source: European Business Ethics Network
Publication Year: 2006
The European Business Ethics Network, EBEN, is the only international network dedicated wholly to the promotion of business ethics in European private industry, public sector, voluntary organizations and academia.
The Costs of Employee Turnover: When the Devil Is in the Details
Authors: Tracey, J. Bruce; Hinkin, Timothy R
Product Type: Magazine / Newspaper Articles
Source: The Center For Hospitality Research at The Cornell School Of Hotel Administration
Publication Year: 2006
Employee turnover continues to be a concern for many hospitality firms. This study examined the relative costs of different aspects of turnover, finding that the damage to productivity caused by the inexperience of new employees is the greatest contributor to the overall costs of turnover.
Dow Chemical Company
Author: Baker, Kenneth
Product Type: Cases
Source: The World Resources Institute
Publication Year: 1994
The Dow Chemical Company case provides an overview of the WRAP (Waste Reduction Always Pays) program. The WRAP program has been implemented as a contest among proposals for small-scale capital investments. Historically, the contest format was initiated at Dow in 1981, inthe context of energy-savings proposals...
Connor Formed Metal Products
Authors: Applegate, Lynda M.; Stoddard, Donna B.; Conrad, Melinda B.
Product Type: Cases
Source: Harvard Business School
Publication Year: 1995
Connor Formed Metal Products was a small, privately owned manufacturer of custom metal springs and stampings. Since becoming president in 1984, Bob Sloss had implemented many changes to the company's organizational structure, management control systems, and information systems.
Supply Chain Specific? Understanding the Patchy Success of Ethical Sourcing Initiatives
Author: Roberts, Sarah
Product Type: Journal Articles
Source: Journal of Business Ethics. Vol. 44, Issue 2/3.
Publication Year: 2003
This paper begins by examining the relationship between corporate social responsibility, reputation, and supply network conditions. It then looks at the effectiveness of one tool for managing supply network sustainability issues...
Infosys' Knowledge Management Initiatives
Authors: Gupta, V; Perepu, I.
Product Type: Cases
Source: ICMR Center for Management Research
Publication Year: 2006
The case presents the knowledge management (KM) practices of Infosys Technologies, one of the leading software companies based in India. Infosys was inducted into the Global Most Admired Knowledge Enterprises (MAKE) Hall of Fame in the year 2005 due to its innovative KM initiatives. Since its inception, Infosys gave importance to learning in the organisation.
The Implementation Process of ISO 14000 in Brazilian Enterprises
Author: Nascimento, Luis Felipe
Product Type: Research Notes / Working Papers
Source: Luis Felipe Nascimento
Publication Year: 2006
There are growing demands for environmental protection in industrialized countries. Although less intensively, such demands are also increasing in underdeveloped countries. Environmental protection in the managerial sector can occur through more efficient productive processes, waste reduction, as well as its handling and correct destination...
Start with Sourcing
Authors: Turner, Martha ; Houston, Pat
Product Type: Magazine / Newspaper Articles
Source: Strategy + Business
Publication Year: 2008
Procurement lies at the heart of a successful green strategy.
Internal Transformation of Corporations: The Road to Conscious Capitalism
Authors: Thomas, Michael; Veltrop, Bill
Product Type: Essays and Concept Papers
Source: 2007 Summit of the Future of the Corporation
Publication Year: 2007
The root cause of our widespread environmental, economic, and social issues is organizational design. Few of our complex organizations have been designed to be learning organizations or conscious, empathetic, self-evolving social systems.
AT&T Environment & Safety
Authors: Trent, Marcy; Patell, James
Product Type: Cases
Source: World Resources Institute
Publication Year: 1994
AT&T used "classic" total quality management techniques to eliminate an environmental hazard--the toxic chemical TCA--from its Columbus Works plant...
What Works
Authors: Magnette, Nicolas; Lock, Digby
Product Type: Cases
Source: World Resources Institute
Publication Year: 2005
In 2002, Hewlett Packard formed a partnership with a number of microfinance networks (MFIs) and commercial partners working in related areas to explore how technology could be used effectively to help scale microfinance. What emerged from the effort was a combination of technology and business processes, the Remote Transaction System (RTS), that supports both group and individual lending, online and batch offline processing, and back office synchronization.
Sustainable development in the mining industry: clarifying the corporate perspective
Authors: Hilson, Gavin; Murck, Barbara
Product Type: Journal Articles
Source: Resources Policy, Volume 26, Issue 4, December 2000, Pages 227-238
Publication Year: 2000
This paper examines sustainable development in the corporate mining context, and provides some guidelines for mining companies seeking to operate more sustainably.
JetBlue Airways
Authors: Huckman, Robert S.; Pisano, Gary P. ; Fuller, Virginia A.
Product Type: Cases
Source: Harvard Business School
Publication Year: 2010
Describes an operational crisis for JetBlue Airways during an ice storm in the eastern United States in February 2007 and chronicles the airline's immediate response.
A Closer Look at Business Education: Immigration
Author: Goldbach, Justin F.
Product Type: Policy and Issue Reports
Source: The Aspen Institute Business and Society Program
Publication Year: 2007
Regularly sensationalized in the media and politicized in public debate, the topic of immigration often eludes judicious contemplation and rarely evokes the sheer empathy that is essential for fully reflecting upon implications of this human drama.
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