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First Solar, Inc. in 2013
Burgelman R; Siegel R; Hallmon MCase SGSB-SM190B-EStrategyAn update to First Solar (A), this case highlights changes to the solar energy market between 2010 and 2013 and the resulting challenges that First Solar had to overcome. In addition to increased competition from highly subsidized Chinese manufacturers, First Solar lost its pricing advantage due to a steep decline in material costs for the competing solar cell technology, c-Sci. The 2008 global financial crisis spurred a dramatic decline in de...Starting at €6.75
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Fair Trade USA: Innovating for Impact
Aubry R; Drabkin DCase SGSB-SI39B-EInnovation and ChangePaul Rice knew that Fair Trade could do more, much more. While the model had benefited approximately 10 million people in developing countries, they were a small percentage of the 2 billion people worldwide who lived on less than $2 day. Fair Trade was not charity. It was a certification model that had started around coffee and ensured that money flowed back to the people who grew the coffee, giving them a ?Fair Trade? price. As president and...Starting at €6.75
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Vaccine Vial Monitors: "The Little Big Thing:" Taking Social Innovation to Scale
Davis, S; Schifrin, DCase SGSB-SI145-EInnovation and ChangeIt is a major global health challenge to get life-saving vaccines to children in hard-to-reach parts of Africa and Asia. These vaccines must stay cool during transport, yet it is not always possible to prevent heat exposure. Historically, health workers had no means of determining whether such heat exposure had damaged the vaccines and caused them to lose potency. But Vaccine Vial Monitors, or VVMs, changed that. A VVM is a small temperature mon...Starting at €6.75
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The Rockefeller Foundation: Innovation in Social Finance - Teaching note
Arrillaga-Andreessen, L; Murray, STeaching Note SGSB-SI142TN-EInnovation and ChangeWhen Judith Rodin became president of The Rockefeller Foundation in 2005, she identified a pressing need to re-organize the foundation to meet the challenges in an increasingly complex world. Rodin also recognized that for philanthropy to make meaningful progress in solving the world?s biggest problems, it could not act alone. Innovation at Rockefeller: Innovation at Rockefeller dates back to its earliest years, when the foundation funded innova...Starting at €0.00
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Global Fisheries: The Emergence of a Sustainable Seafood Movement
Barnett, W; Matson, P; Novy-Hildesley, J; Mason, J; Springer, A, FCase SGSB-SI141-EInnovation and ChangeFaced with declining fisheries and ineffective government solutions, environmental organizations turned to market solutions in the mid-1990s to promote sustainable seafood. Broad-reaching, innovative leaders used a combination of consumer education efforts and corporate partnerships to transform attitudes and actions about sustainable seafood throughout the supply chain. This case tracks the rise of the sustainable seafood movement, focusing on e...Starting at €6.75
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Michael & Susan Dell Foundation: Technology Enables Social Impact
Arrillaga-Andreessen, L; Murray, SCase SGSB-SI127-EInnovation and ChangeEstablished in 1999, the Michael & Susan Dell Foundation aims to transform the lives of children living in urban poverty through better health, education, and family economic stability. Initially focusing on Central Texas, the foundation rapidly expanded across the United States and globally in India and South Africa. By 2015, the foundation had committed more than $1.1 billion, with annual grant making in the $100 million range, with nearly 40...Starting at €6.75
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To Grexit or Not? Politic and Greece's Sovereign Debt
Scheve, K; , Gaikwad, N; , Weinreb, JCase SGSB-P88-EEconomicsStarting at €6.75
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Managing Local Political Risk: Parking the Tata Nano (C)
Jha, S, Schifrin, DCase SGSB-P78C-EEconomicsManaging Local Political Risk: Parking the Tata Nano highlights the role of political geography in shaping risks to businesses. The case has three parts: an (A) case, (B) case, and (C) case. The (A) case is set in 2006 and discusses the decision Tata Motors must make about where in India to locate a manufacturing plant to build the Nano ? the world?s cheapest car. The (A) case presents four possible locations, and the students must evaluate which...Starting at €6.75
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Blue Shield of California - Teaching note
Chess, R; Saucedo, MTeaching Note SGSB-OIT112TN-EInformation Technologies, Service and Operations ManagementBlue Shield of California follows CEO Paul Markovich as he navigates the challenges of running one of the largest not-for-profit health care insurers in the United States. The case begins with a history of health insurance in the US, beginning in the 1870s and working through the origination of modern day health care in the 1920s. It then analyzes the modern day industry before diving into the challenges faced by Blue Shield of California today. ...Starting at €0.00
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Blue Shield of California
Chess, R; Saucedo, MCase SGSB-OIT112-EInformation Technologies, Service and Operations ManagementBlue Shield of California follows CEO Paul Markovich as he navigates the challenges of running one of the largest not-for-profit health care insurers in the United States. The case begins with a history of health insurance in the US, beginning in the 1870s and working through the origination of modern day health care in the 1920s. It then analyzes the modern day industry before diving into the challenges faced by Blue Shield of California today. ...Starting at €6.75
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