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Supergrid

Supergrid is a mammoth wind-power development scheme for Europe, recently proposed by Airtricity. This firm, founded in 1997, is a fast-growing power-development company focused on wind. Already having built about 600 megawatts of wind turbines in…
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Akin Ongor’s Journey

A retired bank CEO, one of Turkey’s most admired leaders, wants to start a leadership institute to develop emerging leaders in the eastern Mediterranean region. Describes his biography and values, the models he established for excellent financial performance…
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Botswana: A Diamond in the Rough

In the years since independence, tiny, landlocked Botswana has gone from being one of the world’s poorest nations to becoming a stable, prosperous state, blessed with the highest sustained growth rate in the world. This case highlights the role that foreign direct…
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United Grain Growers Limited (A)

United Grain Growers Ltd. (UGG), a Canadian grain distributor, audited its exposure to a number of key risks, especially the impact of weather on grain volumes and operating income. Understanding these risks was crucial because the company was in…
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China (C): Energy and the Environment

Describes energy and environmental policy in China during the period 1980-1993. China has implemented ambitious plans for electrification and the substitution of fossil fuels (mostly coal) for biomass. The environmental consequences of these changes, at the local…
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BP: Beyond Petroleum?

British Petroleum (BP), one of the world’s largest oil companies, had spent over $200 million rebranding itself as environmentally responsible, with the tagline “Beyond Petroleum.” However, after the catastrophic 2010 Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill, the company’s name seemed to be permanently tarnished.

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Alcoa: The Race to Light-weighting (Spanish)

The race to lightweighting is well underway with the introduction of the aluminum body Ford F150. Raj Reddy, vice president of strategy for global rolled products at Alcoa, one of the biggest aluminum manufacturers in the…

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Alcoa: The Race to Light-weighting

The race to lightweighting is well underway with the introduction of the aluminum body Ford F150. Raj Reddy, vice president of strategy for global rolled products at Alcoa, one of the biggest aluminum manufacturers in the…

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The Clorox Company Goes Green

Finalist and 3rd Place winner in the 2011 Oikos Casewriting Competition In early 2008, Clorox released a new line of environmentally friendly cleaning products called GreenWorks. Following the success of smaller…

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H&M’s Global Supply Chain Management Sustainability: Factories and Fast Fashion

The H&M case is set immediately after the Rana Plaza collapse in Bangladesh. The case explores questions of who is to blame and how it should be addressed. There is no guarantee that H&M garment manufacturing had not been subcontracted to one of the factories…

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Harley-Davidson Purchase (B): Role of the Seller

This is going to be your last Harley-Davidson! You’ve had enough. You’re tired of the oil stain in your garage and the joke about why it’s there: “How do you know when your Harley needs oil? When it stops leaking!” You bought…

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Molten Metal Technology (B)

This case, the second in a series, describes Molten Metal Technology’s problems that culminated in the company filing for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection, including interactions between government, environmental concerns, and business.

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Molten Metal Technology (A)

This case describes Molten Metal Technology’s beginnings and its new technologies, the impact of regulation on its business, environmental implications, the waste cleanup and disposal industry, and Molten Metal Technology’s possibilities for future expansion amidst competition.

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Harley-Davidson Purchase (A): Role of the Buyer

This is going to be your first Harley-Davidson! You can’t wait! For the past two years, you’ve been riding a beat-up 1981 Honda with a 750-cubic-centimeter engine that you bought for $450. All the while, you have been dreaming…

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BP and the Whiting Refinery: Beyond Petroleum (A)

This case describes the situation facing BP America’s President Bob Malone in late 2007, while attempting to expand the refining capacity at their Whiting, Indiana plant. They had followed all the rules set out by the Indiana…

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Khosla Ventures: Biofuels Strategy

By 2008, a number of the firm’s early cleantech investments were showing promise, and the companies were starting to need significantly more money to create the massive scale required in the energy sector. As Khosla thought about the hundreds of millions of…
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