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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
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The HBR List: Breakthrough Ideas for 2009
Warren, Elizabeth; Tyagi, Amelia; Collier, Paul; Warnholz, Jean-Louis; Cuddy, Amy J.C.; Sviokla, John; Goldstein, Noah J.; Fisman, Raymond; Saffo, Paul; Pall, Gurdeep Singh; McGrath, Rita Gunther; Benyus, Janine M.; Pauli, Gunter A.M.; Norton, Michael I.; Schwartz, Peter; Christakis, Nicholas A.; Suarez-Orozco, Marcelo; Bremmer, Ian; Pujadas, Juan; Jurvetson, Steve; McCreary, Lew; Ilube, Tom; Pentland, Alex "Article HBS-R0902A-EOur annual survey of ideas and trends that will make an impact on business: Elizabeth Warren and Amelia Tyagi believe consumer credit should be made as safe as any other product. Paul Collier and Jean-Louis Warnholz reveal an increasingly investment-friendly climate in sub-Saharan Africa. Amy J.C. Cuddy asserts that warmth and competence are not mutually exclusive. John Sviokla predicts a surge of peer-to-peer lending in the wake of the financial...Starting at €8.20
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Verne Global: Building a Green Data Center in Iceland
Steenburgh, Thomas; Okike, NnamdiCase HBS-509063-EMarketingVerne Global, a pioneering startup created to build the first large-scale data center in Iceland, faces critical challenges regarding its green strategy. Verne Co-Founder Isaac Kato is tasked with evaluating how the company can most successfully market and sell the green components of its service offering. Using only renewable energy in its data center facility, Verne can drastically reduce customers' carbon emissions, enabling customers to meet ...Starting at €8.20
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The Challenge of Adapting to Climate Change: King County Brings Local Action to a Global Threat
Garcia-Rios, Patricia; Varley, Pamela; Donahue, John D.Case HBS-HKS107-EThis public leadership case puts students in the shoes of King County Executive Ron Sims, the top elected official in Washington State's largest and most diverse county. The year is 2005, and Sims wishes to take a high profile leadership role on the climate change issue-locally and on the national stage-by tackling the nearly uncharted realm of "adaptation," preparing at the local level for impacts of climate change considered inevitable. In addi...Starting at €8.20
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The Challenge of Adapting to Climate Change: King County Brings Local Action to a Global Threat: Sequel
Varley, Pamela; Donahue, John D.Case HBS-HKS108-EThis sequel reveals which actions the County took, and describes the outcome of each in brief. It also includes two exhibits: a summary of the "goals and actions" outlined in the adaptation section of the 2007 King County Climate Plan and a list of executive orders intended to reduce the county's contribution to global warming. In addition to addressing certain generic leadership challenges-how to navigate the difficult intersection of politics a...Starting at €8.20
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Sustainability at Millipore
Toffel, Michael W.; Lee, KatharineCase HBS-610012-EService and Operations ManagementThis 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, he needed to recommend whether the company should purchase carbon offsets to help meet its aggressive greenhouse gas reduction targets, and whether to continue publicly reporting its greenhouse ga...Starting at €8.20
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Nanosolar, Inc.
Steenburgh, Thomas; Wagonfeld, Alison BerkleyCase HBS-510037-EMarketingNanosolar is a start-up company in the clean tech sector. It expects to be one of the first manufacturers to produce thin-film solar panels using copper indium gallium (di)selenide (CIGS) technology. Although this technology is less efficient in producing electricity than polysilicone, it is much less costly too. As it is about to enter the market, Nanosolar is facing the decision on which market to enter. Should it attempt to go into the Europea...Starting at €8.20
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Measurement in Impact Investing (B) (Spanish version)
Ebrahim, Alnoor; Rangan, V. KasturiCase HBS-315S06Business Ethics and Corporate Social ResponsibilityAs Acumen Fund, a global venture philanthropy firm, moves forward with an investment portfolio exceeding $22 million, it runs into two critical measurement problems. First, how should it track the performance of each investment when its interest is not just the bottom line, but also social impact? What should its performance tracking system look like to enable ease of comparison, and to identify problems before they become too significant to fix?...Starting at €5.74
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Acumen Fund: Measurement in Impact Investing (B)
Ebrahim, Alnoor; Rangan, V. KasturiCase HBS-310017-EAs Acumen Fund, a global venture philanthropy firm, moves forward with an investment portfolio exceeding $22 million, it runs into two critical measurement problems. First, how should it track the performance of each investment when its interest is not juStarting at €5.74
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Can Technology Really Save Us from Climate Change (Spanish version)
Rau, Alex; Toker, Rob; Howard, JoanneArticle HBS-F1001AService and Operations ManagementTo cut global emissions in half over the next 40 years, as scientists recommend, clean technologies must be rapidly rolled out on a vast scale-but in the past they have taken up to 30 years to get to the mass market. How can we speed things up and make time-to-market more predictable? For starters, by comparing rates of technology implementation and patenting activity.Starting at €8.20