Stanford Graduate School of Business (USA)
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SK's Double Bottom Line: Challenges and Way Forward
Jang, Yong Suk; Rhee, Mooweon; Chey, Tae-won; Barnett, WilliamCase SGSB-SM324-EStrategySK Group, one of Korea’s largest conglomerates, announced its Double Bottom Line (DBL) initiative in 2018. In January 2019, Chairman Tae-won Chey unveiled the company’s pledge not only to monitor and report SK’s social value, but also see social value account for 50 percent of the company’s key performance indicators. This case study follows SK’s shift to DBL management and efforts to place social value at the core of its business model. Social...Starting at €8.20
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NEC Corporation in 2020: Innovating for the Future
Schaede, Ulrike; Ceia, Vanessa; O’Reilly, CharlesCase SGSB-OB106-ELeadership and People ManagementIn 2020, NEC focused on providing advanced IT, network, and data solutions, including cloud computing, AI and machine learning, Internet-of-Things platforms, and 5G networks as well as communication equipment installations. An award-winning company, NEC ranked fifth in the world in AI-related patents. The case study describes NEC’s pathway towards accelerating in-house innovation, and commercializing what its global labs had invented. In 2013, ...Starting at €8.20