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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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Mergers and People: Key Factors for an Effective Acquisition and for Surviving One
Stein, Guido; Cuadrado, MartaTechnical Note DPON-123-ECorporate Governance, Leadership and People Management, StrategyThe aim of this technical note is to consider the human dimension of mergers and acquisitions and the way these processes impact people. In the substantial body of scientific literature that exists on this topic, authors discuss the rules and "magic" formulas that lead to a successful acquisition, grounding their arguments in empirical evidence. One of the first conclusions that can be drawn from examining this literature is that the authors cite...Starting at €8.20
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La fusión de Banca Popolare (C): A toro pasado
Stein, Guido; Cuadrado, MartaCase DPO-314Business Ethics and Corporate Social Responsibility, Corporate Governance, Leadership and People ManagementLa integración técnica sobre el papel, gestionada por Massimo y supervisada por el Comité, había sido calificada de "impecable"; sin embargo, la recolocación real de la plantilla que no había salido del Banco sacó a la luz aspectos "menos bonitos". A mediados de octubre se crearon unos subcomités operativos de fusión en cada unidad, siguiendo el modelo organizativo de Banca del Norte, formados por miembros de ambas entidades cuya misión consistía...Starting at €5.74
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La fusión de Banca Popolare (A)
Stein, Guido; Cuadrado, Marta; Cano, EnriqueCase DPO-312Business Ethics and Corporate Social Responsibility, Corporate Governancesesión extraordinaria que se desarrollaría durante tres jornadas en el oeste del país. Aunque llevaban varios meses escuchando comentarios acerca de la posible fusión, de ser finalmente cierta, nadie pensaba que se produciría tan pronto, y menos aún antes del cierre del año fiscal. Las cifras bailaban y las advertencias sobre despidos y cierres de oficinas eran la comidilla entre los empleados. A media mañana, Massimo leyó detenidamente la nota...Starting at €8.20
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MCO Insurance - Nota del instructor
Pin Arboledas, José Ramón; Stein, Guido; Cuadrado, MartaTeaching Note DPOT-66Innovation and Change, Leadership and People ManagementEl caso MCO Insurance tiene por objeto analizar la técnica de evaluación 360º desde un doble punto de vista: individual y organizativo. Para el primer objetivo contiene las evaluaciones de diferentes directivos de la empresa y su reacción ante ellas. De nuevo a finales de 2012, se recibió de la casa matriz la instrucción para realizar un nuevo ejercicio de feedback 360º. En esta ocasión, el colectivo que sería evaluado era de nuevo el de subdire...Starting at €0.00