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Cook Composites and Polymers Co.
Lee, Deishin; Toffel, Michael W.; Gordon, RachelCase HBS-608055-EService and Operations ManagementThis 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 becomes a costly hazardous waste. Having worked on minimizing waste for the past 20 years, CCP believed it could not reduce the use of styrene without risking product quality. Instead, CCP was ...Starting at €8.20
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Cook Composites and Polymers Co., Teaching Note
Lee, Deishin; Toffel, Michael W.Teaching Note HBS-608079-EService and Operations ManagementTeaching Note for [608055].Starting at €0.00
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Cradle-to-Cradle Design at Herman Miller: Moving Toward Environmental Sustainability, Teaching Note
Lee, DeishinTeaching Note HBS-609013-EService and Operations ManagementTeaching Note for [607003].Starting at €0.00
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Londolozi: Towards a Sustainable Business Model and Ecological Integrity in Southern Africa
Abdelal, Rawi; Koelble, ThomasCase HBS-709001-ETo maximize their effectiveness, color cases should be printed in color. The Londolozi game viewing reserve in South Africa became a defining icon of ecotourism during the 1990s and early 2000s--that is, a tourist business promoting ecological land management and, at the same time, local economic development. The reserve was in a region in the northeastern part of the country, not far from Mozambique, that sorely called out for progress in both t...Starting at €8.20
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Khosla Ventures: Biofuels Strategy
Lassiter, Joseph B.; Sahlman, William A.; Wagonfeld, Alison BerkleyCase HBS-809004-EFinanceBy 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 dollars required by his portfolio companies, he wondered how he should position his firm at this stage of development. Should Khosla develop a new fund that focused on later-stage investments?...Starting at €8.20
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Windhorse Farm's Eco-Woodshop Guitar Top Decision
Julia Sagebien; Annika TamlynCase IVEY-9B08M066-EEntrepreneurship, StrategyThe owner of Windhorse Farm (WHF), a sustainably run woodlot and woodshop in Nova Scotia that produces building products as well as tonewood (wood used for guitar, mandolin, violin tops), is reaching retirement age. Since there is no heir apparent to run the businesses, he needs to determine whether he should stay in or exit the building products business and/or the tonewood business. The decision must conform to the criteria set out by the four ...Starting at €8.20
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The Carbon Market
Perold, Andre F.; Reinhardt, Forest L.; Hyman, MikellCase HBS-209064-EFinanceThe carbon market has emerged in response to concerns about global climate change. This note characterizes the market in 2008, describing each segment and how it operates.Starting at €8.20
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Shaklee Corporation: Corporate Social Responsibility
Marquis, Christopher; Rangan, V. Kasturi; Comings, AlisonCase HBS-509031-EMarketingTo maximize their effectiveness, color cases should be printed in color. Having bought Shaklee Corporation from Yamanouchi, Roger Barnett, its owner and CEO, wrestled with the question of how to grow the company and its reputation for environmental sustainability. In addition to preserving the "network marketing" nature of its sales channel (because it creates jobs and entrepreneurs), Barnett wished to take the business model to sub-Saharan Afric...Starting at €8.20
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Note on the Global Wind Industry
Vietor, Richard H.K.; Seminerio, JulianaCase HBS-709005-EThis note provides background information on the global wind industry and is meant to accompany HBS cases 708-051, The Suzlon Edge; 708-022, Cape Wind: Offshore Wind Energy in the USA; and 707-016, Supergrid.Starting at €8.20
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Marks and Spencer: Plan A
Bell, David E.; Sanghavi, Nitin; Winig, LauraCase HBS-509029-EMarketingMarks & Spencer initiated a comprehensive approach to sustainability (reduction of waste, carbon emissions, fair trade) called Plan A. Does it offer a competitive advantage?Starting at €8.20