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SK Group: Social Progress Credits, Teaching Plan
Serafeim, George; Rouen, Ethan; Freiberg, DavidTeaching Note HBS-120112-EAccounting and ControlTeaching Plan for HBS Case 120-071.Starting at €0.00
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Statoil: Transparency on Payments to Governments, Teaching Note
Serafeim, GeorgeTeaching Note HBS-115054-EAccounting and ControlTeaching note for case 115049.Starting at €0.00
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Natura Cosmeticos, S.A.
Eccles, Robert G.; Serafeim, George; Heffernan, JamesCase HBS-412052-EAccounting and ControlRodolfo Guttilla, Director of Corporate Affairs for Natura Cosm ticos S.A. (Natura), prepared for a meeting with key stakeholders to discuss the future of integrated reporting at Natura. A cosmetics company with a strong brand, robust growth in international and domestic markets, and premium price and margins, Natura was consistently rated as one of the preferred places to work in Brazil. Its focus on social and environmental responsibility was ...Starting at €8.20
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Dow Chemical: Innovating for Sustainability
Eccles, Robert G.; Serafeim, George; Li, Shelley XinCase HBS-112064-EAccounting and ControlDow Chemical is one of the few major American industrial corporations that was founded in the late 19th century that is still in existence. From its origins producing bromine out of the brine underneath Midland, Michigan, the company has evolved from a diversified commodity chemical company to an advanced materials company whose products and services can make its clients more sustainable. During the 1960s and 1970s the company received a series o...Starting at €8.20
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Summa Equity: Building Purpose-Driven Organizations
Serafeim, George; Freiberg, DavidCase HBS-118028-EAccounting and ControlIn 2015, Reynir Indahl left top Nordic private equity firm Altor Equity Partners to found Summa Equity (Summa). After long contemplation following the financial crisis, Indahl was convinced the financial system was producing negative externalities and that the current private equity model adopted by most firms would no longer be successful. Summa was developed under a new private equity model that sought to "future-proof" businesses by focusing o...Starting at €8.20
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Developing the Materiality Matrix at Telefonica
Eccles, Robert G.; Serafeim, George; Cano Escoriaza, AsunCase HBS-413088-ELeadership and People ManagementTelefonica, one of the largest telecommunication companies in the world and headquartered in Spain, has been issuing a corporate sustainability report since 2002. In its 2011 Sustainability report, the company included a "materiality matrix," and was one of only five of the 97 companies in Spain that produced a sustainability report that year. The case describes the purpose of the materiality matrix, how it was developed, and the opportunities th...Starting at €8.20
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Leasing Decision at Magnet Beauty Products, Inc., Teaching Note
Palepu, Krishna G.; Serafeim, GeorgeTeaching Note HBS-111089-EAccounting and ControlTeaching Note for 111039.Starting at €0.00
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Integrated Reporting at Aegon
Eccles, Robert G.; Serafeim, George; Ribot, Sydney; Krzus, Michael P.Case HBS-315011-EIn 2011, Aegon adopted integrated reporting - a corporate reporting approach that sought to present company performance in a holistic light by considering medium- to long-term issues, stakeholder opinions, and the relationship between material financial and nonfinancial data. By 2013, Aegon had reduced the page count of its annual corporate reporting documents, helped stakeholders gain a more thoroughgoing understanding of its strategy, and begun...Starting at €8.20
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Subprime Crisis and Fair-Value Accounting, Teaching Note
Healy, Paul M.; Palepu, Krishna G.; Serafeim, GeorgeTeaching Note HBS-112027-EFinanceTeaching Note for 109-031.Starting at €0.00
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Turnaround at Norsk Gjenvinning
Serafeim, George; Gombos, ShannonCase HBS-116012-EAccounting and ControlErik Osmundsen, CEO of Norsk Gjenvinning (NG), had initiated a program to eliminate corruption and improve compliance, and as a result the company had experienced a turnover of almost half of its top 70 line managers and strained relations with several competitors and the waste management industry association. Osmundsen had relentlessly pushed an agenda that involved transforming and professionalizing the waste management industry to mitigate ins...Starting at €8.20