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Recupera, S.A.
Pancorvo, JorgeCase PAD-P-C-343Service and Operations ManagementDardo López-Dolz, propietario del negocio y persona emprendedora, afronta varias decisiones para conseguir que su empresa siga creciendo. Sin embargo, la naturaleza del servicio parte de una anomalía de las transacciones de compraventa: un deudor que no cumple sus obligaciones según lo convenido. La demanda tiene un comportamiento irregular, con expedientes de cobranza que varían según cada caso, y con exigencias operativas distintas por cad...Starting at €8.20
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Method: Sustainable Design for the Home as Corporate Strategy
Larson, Andrea; York, JeffCase DARDEN-ENT-0094-EEntrepreneurshipThis minicase is one of 10 in a series written to illustrate the business benefits companies realize through adopting sustainable business strategies. Method is a successful startup firm in San Francisco that has made sustainable design principles a guiding force its strategy. Unlike other firms, however, Method sells its products on performance, price, and aesthetics; health and environment are simply built into the design from the outset. Backe...Starting at €8.20
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Shaw Industries: EcoWorx and Cradle-to-Cradle Innovation in Carpet Tile
Larson, Andrea; York, JeffCase DARDEN-ENT-0095-EEntrepreneurshipThis is a minicase, one of 10 in a set of short cases written to illustrate the business benefits companies realize through adopting sustainable business strategies. This minicase documents the technology and systems innovations behind Shaw's successful introduction of closed loop recyclable carpet tiles (EcoWorx), a disruptive innovation in the flooring industry.Starting at €8.20
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Corporate Greenhouse Gas Accounting: Carbon Footprint Analysis
Larson, Andrea; Teichman, WilliamTechnical Note DARDEN-ENT-0113-EEntrepreneurshipStakeholder climate change actions worldwide have prompted companies to measure their greenhouse gas emissions and reduce their carbon footprints by decreasing energy and fuel use. In the process, they are cutting costs, decreasing exposure to severe weather, reducing energy vulnerability, and potentially opening up revenue sources for carbon credit sales in the emerging markets for carbon trading. This note is effective in MBA, undergraduate and...Starting at €8.20
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Sustainability and Innovation: Frameworks, Concepts, and Tools for Product and Strategy Redesign
Larson, AndreaTechnical Note DARDEN-ENT-0138-EEntrepreneurshipThis technical note introduces the concepts and terms entrepreneurial innovators use in addressing sustainability. It explores the evolution of such terms as sustainable development, environmental justice, earth systems engineering, sustainable science, the Natural Step framework, industrial ecology, and biomimicry. It also explores how paradigms are created and replaced.Starting at €8.20
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B Corporation: A New Sustainable Business Model
Meier, Mark; Larson, AndreaTechnical Note DARDEN-ENT-0155-EEntrepreneurshipThis note provides background on a new certification process for B Corporations that enables companies to assess, compare, and protect the sustainability practices they integrate into corporate strategy. B Corporation status explicitly acknowledges stakeholder strategies and helps companies preserve triple bottom line accountability when and if they are sold/acquired.Starting at €8.20
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REI: Sustainability Strategy and Innovation in the Outdoor Gear and Apparel Industry
Larson, Andrea; Meier, MarkCase DARDEN-ENT-0162-EEntrepreneurshipMany companies view financial variables independently from ecological and social variables. Is it possible to hold one's organization equally accountable for financial performance and social responsibility? This field-based case is suitable for MBA and undergraduate courses or modules in sustainability and innovation, ethics, and corporate social responsibility. For REI, an outdoor gear and apparel manufacturer, the challenge lies in how to expan...Starting at €8.20
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Amazon: El distribuidor total
Vidal Romero, A.; Garrido Martinez, E.Case IIST-PI-186Service and Operations ManagementAmazon era una de las tres grandes empresas del mundo electrónico (junto con Google y Facebook) y la mayor empresa del mundo dedicada al comercio electrónico con más de (cien mil millones de dólares en ventas anuales). El caso describe el modelo de negocio de Amazon y el entorno del comercio electrónico. Resulta interesante analizar el propio modelo de Amazon y debatir sobre el futuro de este modelo basado en el crecimiento, el impacto que está t...Starting at €8.20
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Acesur - Nota del Instructor
Garrido Martinez, E.; Gómez González, C.Teaching Note IIST-PITN-187Service and Operations ManagementEste caso describe la historia de ACESUR, empresa dedicada, desde 1840, a la producción, envasado y comercialización de aceite de oliva, así como una larga tradición en el sector de los aceites vegetales. Una experiencia que la ha afianzado como líder en el sector del aceite de oliva y girasol en España, con exportaciones a cerca de un centenar de países de todo el mundo. En 2018, ante la volatilidad del precio en la materia prima y los requerimi...Starting at €0.00
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El Lobo, 1880 y Dª Jimena: La tradición hacia la industria 4.0
Garrido Martinez, E.Case IIST-PI-194Service and Operations ManagementConfectionary Holding (www.confectionaryholding.com) es una empresa fundada en 1725 (está a las puertas de su 300 aniversario) y ofrece sus productos bajo las marcas 1880, El Lobo y Doña Jimena (entre otros). El caso muestra el inicio de la trasformación digital en las fábricas, bajo la filosofía de la industria 4.0 y utilizando metodologías ágiles.Starting at €8.20