Stanford Graduate School of Business (USA)
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Wastewater Recycling: Public Relations for a Controversial Technology - Teaching note
Shotts, K; , Jhina, A; Hoyt, DTeaching Note SGSB-P73TN-EEconomicsA reliable, safe, supply of drinking water is essential to the survival of communities. In many places the water supply is under stress—a condition that is expected to get progressively more challenging in the future. There are several ways that municipalities can improve their drinking water supply, including conservation, purchases from external suppliers, desalination, and recycling. Recycling wastewater into potable water is attractive in ...Starting at €0.00
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Beneficial State Bank (B): Evaluating Financial and Social Returns for Investors - Teaching Note
Charles Ewald, Heidi Krauel, Jaclyn ForoughiTeaching Note SGSB-SI39BTN-EBusiness Ethics and Corporate Social Responsibility, Innovation and ChangeIn the fall of 2015, Beneficial State Bank was set to mark its third successive year of normalized profitability while continuing to fulfill its mission to promote social justice and environmental sustainability. At the same time, husband and wife creators of the bank, Tom Steyer (MBA ’83) and Kat Taylor (JD/MBA ’86), found themselves at a crossroads. As the sole providers of capital to the bank during formation and, as a result of the bank’s u...Starting at €0.00
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Wastewater Recycling: Public Relations for a Controversial Technology
Shotts, K; , Jhina, A; Hoyt, DCase SGSB-P73-EEconomicsA reliable, safe, supply of drinking water is essential to the survival of communities. In many places the water supply is under stress—a condition that is expected to get progressively more challenging in the future. There are several ways that municipalities can improve their drinking water supply, including conservation, purchases from external suppliers, desalination, and recycling. Recycling wastewater into potable water is attractive in ...Starting at €8.20
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First Solar, Inc. in 2013
Burgelman R; Siegel R; Hallmon MCase SGSB-SM190B-EStrategyAn update to First Solar (A), this case highlights changes to the solar energy market between 2010 and 2013 and the resulting challenges that First Solar had to overcome. In addition to increased competition from highly subsidized Chinese manufacturers, First Solar lost its pricing advantage due to a steep decline in material costs for the competing solar cell technology, c-Sci. The 2008 global financial crisis spurred a dramatic decline in de...Starting at €8.20
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Beneficial State Bank (B): Evaluating Financial and Social Returns for Investors
Charles Ewald, Heidi Krauel, Jaclyn ForoughiCase SGSB-SI134B-EBusiness Ethics and Corporate Social Responsibility, Innovation and ChangeIn the fall of 2015, Beneficial State Bank was set to mark its third successive year of normalized profitability while continuing to fulfill its mission to promote social justice and environmental sustainability. At the same time, husband and wife creators of the bank, Tom Steyer (MBA ’83) and Kat Taylor (JD/MBA ’86), found themselves at a crossroads. As the sole providers of capital to the bank during formation and, as a result of the bank’s u...Starting at €5.74