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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.
- Topics on: Impact, Justice, Strategy
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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…
- Topics on: Impact, Statistics, Strategy, Technology
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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…
- Topics on: Impact, Statistics, Strategy, Technology
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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…
- Topics on: Impact, Statistics, Strategy, Technology
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Partnering with Bloomberg Philanthropies, MDRC, the Vera Institute of Justice, and the New York State Department of Corrections, Goldman decided to go ahead with the social impact bond (SIB) project to reduce youth…
- Topics on: Impact, Statistics, Strategy, Technology
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Head of Goldman Sachs’ Urban Investment Group Alicia Glen will be making the case for creating a social impact bond (SIB) tomorrow. Proposed by New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg as an investment that will decrease…
- Topics on: Impact, Statistics, Strategy, Technology
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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…
- Topics on: Impact, Investing, Statistics, Strategy, Technology
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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…
- Topics on: Impact, Statistics, Strategy, Technology
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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.
- Topics on: Impact, Strategy, Technology
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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.
- Topics on: Impact, Statistics, Strategy, Technology
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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…
- Topics on: Impact, Investing, Policy, Statistics, Strategy, Technology
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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…
- Topics on: Impact, Investing, Statistics, Strategy, Technology
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- Topics on: Analytics, Impact, Policy, Statistics, Strategy, Technology
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McDonald’s Corporation, the behemoth of the fast food industry, has taken its share of criticism–even ridicule–over the years. The image of the company suffered as the public began to perceive its jobs as dead-end, unskilled, and unstimulating.
- Topics on: Impact