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Woolf Farming Company, a privately owned family farming business in California’s Central Valley, found its business threatened by a lack of water, brought on by a combination of drought, poor quality well water and unavailability of surface water due to federally…
- Topics on: Investing, Strategy, Technology
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Just months after declaring their intent to become a solar cell equipment supplier, van Mierlo and Sachs were again revisiting the issue of what the company should be. Becoming a successful solar cell manufacturer would potentially be much more lucrative…
- Topics on: Analytics, Justice, Strategy, Technology
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Suntech, a Chinese manufacturer of photovoltaic cells and solar panels, is the third largest solar company in the world. About 90 percent of its sales have been in Europe—especially Germany and Spain. But with its new “pluto” technology, and with new governmental…
- Topics on: Analytics, Investing, Statistics, Strategy, Technology
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This case describes Millipore Corporation’s approach to becoming a more environmentally sustainable company. As he prepared for his quarterly meeting with the CEO, the Director of Sustainability needed to develop positions on several issues. Tactically,…
- Topics on: Investing, Statistics, Strategy, Technology
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Three pressing challenges (equity split, extent of commitment to social responsibility, and product discoloration) confront VeeV, the world’s first alcoholic beverage infused with acai berries. Brothers Courtney and Carter Reum founded VeeV in 2007 and the…
- Topics on: Analytics, Justice, Strategy
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This case is about Colbún, Chile’s second largest electricity generator, which is facing significant uncertainty regarding the cost and availability of alternative energy sources. Problems with the contracted supply of natural gas and the volatility of oil prices, coupled…
- Topics on: Investing, Statistics, Strategy, Technology
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This case describes how a company improves resource efficiency and process quality in its manufacturing process by developing a waste by-product into a new product. The case describes how CCP cleans production equipment between batches using styrene, which…
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With prices of oil, coal and gas at historically high levels, the wind industry had installed more than 20,000 MW of wind energy, representing a $37 billion investment in 2007. Besides high prices, wind energy represented a solution for consumers seeking an energy…
- Topics on: Strategy, Technology
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Cape Wind is an extreme example of NIMBY–not in my backyard syndrome. This is the first offshore wind project planned for the United States, in Nantucket Sound, just south of Cape Cod, Massachusetts. Initially proposed six years ago, in 2001, the wind farm…
- Topics on: Statistics, Strategy, Technology
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On August 1, 2007, 61-year-old Jan-Olaf Willums’ plane was flying along the Greenland coastline on his way back to Norway after intense discussions with several prominent U.S. venture capital investors, among them Kleiner Perkins and Rockport Capital Partners,…
- Topics on: Statistics, Strategy
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In September 2003, Jeff Immelt challenged the business leaders at GE to come up with “Imagination Breakthroughs,” innovative new projects that would serve as the centerpiece of GE’s organic growth initiative. Follows the company as these changes are driven…
- Topics on: Investing, Statistics, Strategy, Technology
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BASIX, an Indian microfinance corporation, must decide whether to continue to sell weather insurance to its clients. A brand-new financial product, weather insurance pays if measured rainfall during the growing season falls below a pre-specified limit. Mr. Sattaiah,…
- Topics on: Statistics, Strategy, Technology
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Marco Suter, Executive Vice-Chairman, UBS Board of Directors, carefully studied the chart on his desk. It showed the public commitment of major financial institutions to help mitigate global warming. Evidently, UBS lagged behind its competitors. The graph was…
- Topics on: Strategy, Technology
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Presents the history and evolution of the EU Common Agricultural Policy, from early price supports to the 2003 decision to “decouple” payments to European farmers. Explores the logic behind agricultural supports, with a focus on the economic, political, and…
- Topics on: Investing, Statistics, Strategy, Technology
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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…
- Topics on: Strategy
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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…
- Topics on: Statistics, Strategy, Technology
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In the summer of 2002, the International Rivers Network (IRN), an environmental NGO located in Berkeley, California, was engaged in what appeared to be the last hours of a three year campaign to stop a $582 million dam and hydropower project at…
- Topics on: Investing, Operations, Statistics, Strategy, Technology
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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…
- Topics on: Analytics, Technology
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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…
- Topics on: Statistics, Strategy, Technology
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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…
- Topics on: Investing, Technology