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Risk Management at Lehman Brothers, 2007-2008
Maedler, Markus; van Etten, ScottCase C-758-EAccounting and Control, Corporate GovernanceLehman Brothers' September 2008 bankruptcy was the largest in U.S. history, with worldwide repercussions that persist today. The case takes an uncommon approach: it assumes a general management perspective and provides a unique 360º description of the firm's internal risk management system (RMS), i.e., the formal structures and processes managers had designed and were using to manage risk. This description serves as a vehicle for providing stud...Starting at €8.20
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A New Model for the Pharmaceutical Industry: The Institute of OneWorld Health
Schoen, Oliver; Mair, JohannaCase DG-1480-EEntrepreneurship, Innovation and ChangeThis case introduces the Institute of OneWorld Health, a company dedicated to producing drugs for neglected diseases and the first non-profit pharmaceutical company in the world. Founded in 2000 by Dr. Victoria Hale, IOWH took expired and donated patent compounds and developed them through all the stages of clinical testing and approval into drugs to fight the world's most destructive diseases, usually occurring in Third World countries where per...Starting at €8.20
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Entropy International. Enabling Businesses to Make a Contribution to Sustainable Development - Teaching Note
Seelos, Christian; Mair, JohannaTeaching Note DGT-33-EStrategyNote prepared as an aid to instructors in the classroom use of case DG-1454-E Entropy International. Enabling Businesses to Make a Contribution to Sustainable Development.Starting at €0.00
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Entropy International. Enabling businesses to make a contribution to sustainable development
Seelos, Christian; Mair, JohannaCase DG-1454-EStrategyThis 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. Founded by a visionary environmental activist in 1996 as an environmental consulting boutique in the United Kingdom, Entropy grew with the emerging needs of large multinational corporations to publicly report on and minimize th...Starting at €8.20