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How a Social Logic Can Transform Your Business
Santos, FilipeArticle ART-2594-EBusiness Ethics and Corporate Social Responsibility, Entrepreneurship, StrategyThough social entrepreneurship and traditional, commercial entrepreneurship have many things in common, there are some fundamental differences. The author, an expert in the field of social entrepreneurship and social innovation, believes social entrepreneurship offers a transformative grassroots alternative to the usual way of doing business. This article highlights four crucial ways in which social entrepreneurs differ from their traditional cou...Starting at €8.20
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Straumur Bank: The Forever Changing Landscape (A)
Mitchell, Jordan; Sigurjónsson, Şröstur Olaf; Rahnema Alavi, AhmadCase F-855-EFinanceThis case traces Straumur Bank's dynamic international growth from a small investment bank to Iceland's fourth largest bank with operations in 10 countries. Case A deals with Straumur's situation as of the third quarter of 2007 when the global financial and banking industry was starting to show significant signs of weakness. The bank's new foreign CEO must decide whether Straumur should continue on its trajectory of aggressive international growt...Starting at €8.20
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Carbfix: Storing CO2 forever - Teaching Note
Mitchell, Jordan; Rahnema Alavi, Ahmad; Sigurjonsson, Throstur OlafTeaching Note FT-123-EBusiness Ethics and Corporate Social Responsibility, Finance, StrategyIn March 2021, the team at Carbfix -a start-up born out of the culmination of more than 15 years of work by universities and parent company Reykjavik Energy- believed it had a game-changing technology to fight against climate change: eliminating CO2 permanently and safely from the atmosphere by storing it in basalt rock. In an aim to scale, they were considering three options to commercialize the concept: licensing the technology to other countri...Starting at €0.00
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ESG and Reykjavik Energy's First Green Bond
Mitchell, Jordan; Sigurjonsson, Throstur Olaf; Rahnema Alavi, AhmadCase F-973-EBusiness Ethics and Corporate Social Responsibility, Corporate Governance, FinanceAs of February 2019, Reykjavik Energy is considering issuing their first Green Bond, which would be the third Green Bond coming from an Icelandic organization. With a potential value between ISK 2.5 and ISK 3 billion ($20 million to $25 million) and a 35-year term, the company is thinking not only about the financial implications of its proposed financing but also how it fits into its Environment, Societal and Governance (ESG) framework and its ...Starting at €8.20
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Waste Concern: Turning a Problem into a Resource
Mitchell, Jordan; Mair, JohannaCase DG-1502-EEntrepreneurship, StrategyAs of September 2005, the co-founders of Waste Concern, an organization dedicated to improving waste recycling in Bangladesh, are considering making a change to their model in order to get approval from the municipal government for a large-scale composting site. Since its inception in 1995, Waste Concern has followed a decentralized composting model whereby each composting site is a small-scale operation processing 3 tons of organic waste per day...Starting at €8.20
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Iceland: From Financial Meltdown to Geothermal Energy
Subirà, Antoni; Blázquez, María Luisa; Diego, Enrique deCase SM-1591-EEconomics, Leadership and People Management, StrategyThis case describes the origins of a cluster initiative in the geothermal energy industry in Iceland and its initial steps in 2010. The case examines the specific characteristics of the country and recent events in its history, and it describes the geothermal industry and the traditional "cluster approach" up to 2010. It then describes the actions undertaken by Gekon, the company that is leading the cluster initiative, the steps in the process, ...Starting at €8.20
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Muhammad Yunus, a Real Leadership
Sánchez, M. J.; Alvarez de Mon, SantiagoCase DPO-59-ELeadership and People ManagementThis case tells the story of Muhammad Yunus, founder and president of Grameen Bank, including his childhood and schooldays, his stay in the United States and his early business ventures. It analyzes the personality, plans and motives of the key figure in the creation, development and consolidation of Grameen Bank.Starting at €8.20
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The Media Industry
Sigurdardottir, S.; Sieber, Sandra; Ricart, Joan EnricTechnical Note SIN-42-EInformation Technologies, Knowledge and CommunicationThe technical note explains the changes that are taking place in the media environment. The note, which is divided into 3 chapters, gives first a brief introduction to the Media industry. Secondly, it gives examples of technological changes affecting the industry such as the Internet, different types of broadband technology (cable, DSL, satellite, MMDS & LMDS, Mobile Broadband, fiber optics etc.), streaming technology and Interactive TV. Finally,...Starting at €8.20