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Governance and Sustainability at Nike (B) (Spanish version)
Paine, Lynn S.; Hsieh, Nien-he; Adamsons, LaraCase HBS-316S01StrategyTwo members of Nike's executive team must decide what sustainability targets to propose to Nike's CEO and to the corporate responsibility committee of Nike's board of directors. Set in 2012, the case traces the evolution of Nike's approach to environmental and social concerns from its origins in student protests against labor conditions in the supply chain in the 1990s through the development of a board-level corporate responsibility (CR) committ...Starting at €5.74
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ServiceForce: Scaling up Financing
Hitesh J Shukla; Ashutosh DashCase IVEY-9B13N019-EEntrepreneurship, FinanceThe founder of ServiceForce, a company that provides repair and maintenance for motorized two-wheel vehicles in India, has a dilemma about whether he should sell the rights of his franchisee business, join hands with a venture capitalist, borrow money for capacity building or see the business grow through franchising. The start-up was initiated with his own money and family investment. A mere 18 months has shown great success with two service sta...Starting at €8.20
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Governance and Sustainability at Nike (B)
Paine, Lynn S.; Hsieh, Nien-he; Adamsons, LaraCase HBS-313147-EKnowledge and CommunicationTwo members of Nike's executive team must decide what sustainability targets to propose to Nike's CEO and to the corporate responsibility committee of Nike's board of directors. Set in 2012, the case traces the evolution of Nike's approach to environmentaStarting at €5.74
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Gotong Royong: Toward Sustainable Palm Oil
Henderson, Rebecca M.; Yew, Hann-Shuin; Baraldi, MonicaCase HBS-316124-EKnowledge and CommunicationIn late 2015, Jeff Seabright, Chief Sustainability Officer at Unilever, had to report to Unilever CEO Paul Polman on the effort to transform the cultivation of oil palm. Historically, palm oil was produced using unsustainable methods that included burningStarting at €8.20
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Mahindra Lifespace Developers' Venture into Affordable Housing, Teaching Note
Fuller, Joseph B.; Baraldi, MonicaTeaching Note HBS-317029-EEntrepreneurshipTeaching note for case 315082.Starting at €0.00
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Nilco Pvt. Limited — The Technology Selection Process (A)
Jitendar Khatri Bittoo; Ashutosh DashCase IVEY-9B14M068-EEntrepreneurship, StrategyBy 2009, since the introduction of liberal economic policies by the government of India in 1991, many Indian companies manufacturing leather cloth were closing down due to cheap imports from China and Taiwan. There had been no new investment or expansion in this field at all. In such a business environment and against the advice of many trade analysts, the chief executive officer of Northern India Leather Cloth Manufacturing Company Pvt. Ltd., ba...Starting at €8.20
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Namo Alloys Pvt. Ltd. - A Drive to Sustainable Investment Decision
Jitendar Khatri Bittoo; Ashutosh DashCase IVEY-9B13D022-EService and Operations ManagementNamo Alloys, a medium-size, secondary-metal manufacturing firm, is seeking to expand by investing in new technology. The co-founder’s challenge is to select a technology that aligns with the company’s sustainable manufacturing philosophy by creating not only economic value but also sustainable societal and environmental values that will ensure triple bottom line value creation for all company stakeholders.Starting at €8.20
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Nilco Pvt. Limited — The Technology Selection Process (B)
Jitendar Khatri Bittoo; Ashutosh DashCase IVEY-9B14M069-EEntrepreneurship, StrategyIn this, the B case, the chief executive officer wonders how to enlist and prioritize important qualitative factors, along with financial factors in evaluating the shortlisted technologies from which he must choose. He consults a leading industrial pundit for his advice on multi-criteria decision-making techniques used by many practitioners in industry. They decide to use the analytic hierarchy process methodology, which had gained huge popularit...Starting at €5.74
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Kumar Sweets: Product Profitability Analysis
Ashutosh Dash; Sangram JenaCase IVEY-9B18B002-EAccounting and Control, StrategyBy October 2014, Kumar Sweets was a successful sweets company in Kurukshetra, Haryana, India, well-known for Indian sweets made using a Kumar family recipe that had been passed down for generations. The company’s success was largely due to the continued efforts of its founder and head, but the founder’s eldest son sensed that something was wrong with the firm’s operations. Although revenue had increased over the years, the business had not been a...Starting at €8.20
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Shree Balaji Alumnicast: Going Green
Jitendar Khatri Bittoo; Ashutosh DashCase IVEY-9B16M036-EEntrepreneurship, StrategyShree Balaji Alumnicast Pvt. Ltd. (SBA) was a successful Indian metal recycling company and a pioneer in creating sustainable customer value through its closed-loop supply chain. In 2009, its biggest customer demanded a 15 per cent price reduction on alloys and threatened to withdraw its entire business if SBA failed to meet its demand within a given time frame. This customer contributed a significant share of SBA’s revenue and was thus indispens...Starting at €8.20