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Moving Toward Environmental Sustainability (Spanish version)
Lee, Deishin; Bony, LionelCase HBS-612S13Service and Operations Managementdesign decisions, manufacturing, and supply chain management. The proximate decision point in the case is whether the company should replace the polyvinyl chloride (PVC) material in the arm pads of the Mirra chair. PVC was a highly toxic material to manufacture and dispose of and thus violated the C2C protocol. However, it was the standard material for arm pads and many other parts in the office furniture industry as it was durable, scratch resi...Starting at €8.20
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Polyface: The Farm of Many Faces, Teaching Note
Lee, DeishinTeaching Note HBS-612054-EService and Operations ManagementTeaching Note for 611001.Starting at €0.00
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Cradle-to-Cradle Design at Herman Miller: Moving Toward Environmental Sustainability, Teaching Note
Lee, DeishinTeaching Note HBS-609013-EService and Operations ManagementTeaching Note for [607003].Starting at €0.00
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Starling Trust Sciences: Measuring Trust in Organizations
Dey, Aiyesha; Heese, Jonas; Weber, JamesCase HBS-120006-EEntrepreneurshipStephen Scott needed to decide whether to keep his behavioral analytics startup in the people analytics sector or shift his company into the RegTech sector. Starling had develop technology that enabled its customers to anticipate and shape the behavior of their employees by examining company data on employees, including email traffic. Starling had struggled to grow in the people analytics sector while RegTech was an emerging sector that might pro...Starting at €8.20
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The Rise and Fall of FTX
Dey, Aiyesha; Heese, Jonas; Pacelli, Joseph; Hancock, MaxCase HBS-124014-EBusiness Ethics and Corporate Social ResponsibilityIn November 2022, Sam Bankman-Fried's multi-billion-dollar crypto exchange, FTX, collapsed, wiping out investors and throwing the crypto industry into disarray. As FTX's founder and CEO, Bankman-Fried developed a reputation for his unerring business sense and high-profile charitable giving. To many, it came as a shock when in the wake of FTX's collapse, the attorney responsible for restructuring the company professed he had never seen "such an ut...Starting at €8.20
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Cradle-to-Cradle Design at Herman Miller: Moving Toward Environmental Sustainability
Lee, Deishin; Bony, LionelCase HBS-607003-EService and Operations ManagementHerman Miller, an office furniture supplier, decided to implement the cradle-to-cradle (C2C) design protocol during the design of its mid-level office chair, Mirra. The C2C protocol was a set of environmentally friendly product development guidelines created by architect William McDonough and chemist Michael Braungart. The essence of this protocol was to eliminate waste and potentially harmful materials by designing the product so that, at the en...Starting at €8.20
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Rio Tinto vs. the Securities and Exchange Commission, Teaching Note
Dey, Aiyesha; Palepu, Krishna G.Teaching Note HBS-119078-EAccounting and ControlTeaching note for case 119046.Starting at €0.00
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BlackRock: Linking Purpose to Profit
Deshpande, Rohit; Dey, Aiyesha; Serafeim, GeorgeCase HBS-120042-EAccounting and ControlThe case revolves around the actions that Barbara Novick, co-founder and Vice-Chair of Blackrock, and Michelle Edkins, Global Head of Investment Stewardship, would need to take in response to the controversial CEO letters from Laurence (Larry) Fink, ChairStarting at €8.20
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Starling Trust Sciences: Measuring Trust in Organizations, Teaching Note
Dey, Aiyesha; Heese, JonasTeaching Note HBS-120048-EEntrepreneurshipTeaching note for case 120006.Starting at €0.00
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Polyface: The Farm of Many Faces
Lee, Deishin; van Sice, StephanieCase HBS-611001-EService and Operations ManagementThis case explores a method of value creation through exploiting synergies that exist in an environment where there is diversity. The context of the case is a farm where biodiversity is leverage to create value. This is contrasted to industrial farming which operates on the principles of economies of scale. The case also provides an opportunity for students to discuss the environmental impact of different types of operating systems.Starting at €8.20