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Allied-Signal: Managing the Hazardous Waste Liability Risk (Spanish version)
Vietor, Richard H.K.; Prewitt, EdwardCase HBS-720S09EconomicsAllied-Signal, Inc., one of the world's oldest chemical companies and today a diversified conglomerate, is liable for clean-up costs of old hazardous waste sites. These costs are substantial: reserves grew to nearly $500 million in 1991. Attempting to avoid further set-asides, and anticipating U.S.-style liability laws in Europe, environmental managers undertake a review of the company's three-part environmental control policy. With extensive pro...Starting at €8.20
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Union Carbide's Bhopal Plant (A) (Spanish version)
Hull, Suzanne; Kou, Julia; Spar, Debora L.Case HBS-704S18EconomicsIn December 1984, a Union Carbide plant in Bhopal, India, sprung a leak, releasing thousands of gallons of highly toxic gas into the atmosphere. By the time the leak was sealed, over 2,000 people had died. In a series of three excerpts from published accounts, the case covers the events that led up to the tragedy and the aftermath--financial, legal, and emotional--for Union Carbide's management. The case is designed to allow students to explore t...Starting at €8.20
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Environmental Risk Management at Chevron Corp. (Spanish version)
Reinhardt, Forest L.; Mandelli, Monica; Burns, JenniferCase HBS-708S37EconomicsChevron Corp., headquartered in San Francisco, manages a worldwide, vertically integrated value chain from the oil well to the gasoline station. Mishandling of oil at any stage of production can damage the natural environment, human health, corporate profitability, or all three. But at the same time Chevron needs to be prudent about the amount of money it spends on measures to manage these risks, and environmental programs within the firm can con...Starting at €8.20
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Starbucks and Conservation International (Spanish version)
Austin, James E.; Reavis, CateCase HBS-309S01Business Ethics and Corporate Social ResponsibilityThis case is accompanied by a Video Short that can be shown in class or included in a digital coursepack. Instructors should consider the timing of making the video available to students, as it may reveal key case details. Starbucks, the world's leading specialty coffee company, developed a strategic alliance with Conservation International, a major international environmental nonprofit organization. The purpose of the alliance was to promote cof...Starting at €8.20
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Reining in Activist Funds (Spanish version)
Woidtke, Tracie; Bierman, Leonard; Tuggle, ChristopherArticle HBS-F0303DAccounting and ControlSome public pension funds aggressively pursue their pro-labor or social-issue agendas by submitting proxy proposals on topics ranging from employment practices to environmental concerns. But research shows that the stock market reacts negatively to corporations that receive such proposals.Starting at €8.20
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The Plan to Dump the Brent Spar (A) (Spanish version)
Watkins, Michael D.; Passow, SamuelCase HBS-909S03StrategyThis case explores the conflict between Shell Oil and Greenpeace over Shell's plans to sink the aging Brent Spar oil platform in the North Atlantic. It details the tactics Greenpeace employed and examines Shell's responses.Starting at €8.20
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Winning the Greenhouse Gas Game (Spanish version)
Hoffman, AndrewArticle HBS-F0404BEconomicsCompanies voluntarily reducing their greenhouse gases are helping to shape the governmental regulations that are coming soon. If you don't act now, you'll find your competitors will write the rules for you.Starting at €8.20
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Coal Cleans Up Its Act (Spanish version)
Salzhauer, AmyArticle HBS-F0506LService and Operations ManagementCoal is looking better as an energy source, says Amy Salzhauer of Ignition Ventures.Starting at €8.20
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Launching Prius (Spanish version)
Reinhardt, Forest L.; Yao, Dennis; Egawa, MasakoCase HBS-712S03StrategyIn 1995, Hiroshi Okuda, president of Toyota Motor Corp., considers whether to push for a more aggressive launch of the Toyota Prius--an automobile that incorporates Toyota's new and technically advanced hybrid power train. This launch decision allows discussion of the importance of the Prius in Toyota's overall product strategy and explores issues ranging from market structure to competitive advantage and competitive dynamics.Starting at €8.20
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Greening of the Balance Sheet (Spanish version)
Peng, Mike W.; White, AnthonyArticle HBS-F0603HEconomicsThe growing market in credits for greenhouse gas emission put into effect by the Kyoto Protocol will have an increasingly dramatic impact on firms' income statements as well as their balance sheets.Starting at €8.20