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Greening Walmart: Progress and Controversy
Henderson, Rebecca M.; Weber, JamesCase HBS-316042-EKnowledge and CommunicationIn 2005, Walmart, the world's largest retailer, launched a sustainability initiative aimed at reducing waste and making the company more environmentally and socially conscious. By 2015, the company had made progress in multiple dimensions: energy efficienStarting at €8.20
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The Predictive Index
Applegate, Lynda M.; Weber, JamesCase HBS-820034-ELeadership and People ManagementMike Zani and Daniel Muzquiz needed to decide next steps to create a new category in the human resources consulting industry and scale their company. Zani and Muzquiz, serial entrepreneurs, acquired Predictive Index in 2014. Previously, as clients of the 65-year-old Predictive Index, they had used its behavioral assessment tool to help them hire staff and build teams and they strongly believed in its value. They also believed, however, that Pred...Starting at €8.20
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Black River Farms - Teaching Note
David M. Currie; Kyle S. MeyerTeaching Note IVEY-8B17B021-EAccounting and ControlTeaching note for product 9B17B021.Starting at €0.00
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Goats: The Green Alternative (A) - Teaching Note
David M. Currie; Kyle S. MeyerTeaching Note IVEY-8B11B018-EEntrepreneurship, Service and Operations ManagementTeaching note for product 9B11B018.Starting at €0.00
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AEEC: Becoming an Innovation Catalyst, Teaching Plan
Applegate, Lynda M.; Weber, James; Mehta, SarahTeaching Note HBS-318107-EThis teaching plan pairs with the case, "AEEC: Becoming an Innovation Catalyst" (case no. 317011).Starting at €0.00
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AEEC: Becoming an Innovation Catalyst
Applegate, Lynda M.; Weber, James; Mehta, SarahCase HBS-317011-EStarting at €8.20
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Goats: The Green Alternative (C)
David M. Currie; Kyle S. MeyerCase IVEY-9B15D001-EEntrepreneurship, Service and Operations ManagementThe operator of a dairy farm in Tennessee has begun renting goats for landscaping (see Goats: The Green Alternative (A) 9B11B018). The business proved successful so he considered expanding the operation (see Goats: The Green Alternative (B) 9B11B025). Now, he consults with a statistician to learn how to incorporate uncertainty into the decision about expanding. The case incorporates three types of uncertainty into a spreadsheet analysis of the ex...Starting at €5.74
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Goats: The Green Alternative (A)
David M. Currie; Kyle S. MeyerCase IVEY-9B11B018-EAccounting and Control, Entrepreneurship, Service and Operations Management, StrategyThe owner of a goat herd in Tennessee must decide whether to rent out his herd for a land-clearing project at a nearby resort. Goats are better suited to clearing the land than humans and machines, but the owner has never rented out his goats for such a purpose. The owner must identify costs associated with the project, then determine a price to charge for the service. Since the owner has no prior experience renting out livestock, he must come up...Starting at €8.20
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Black River Farms
David M. Currie; Kyle S. MeyerCase IVEY-9B17B021-EAccounting and Control, EntrepreneurshipIn 2016, the owner of a cow-calf operation must decide what the appropriate weight for cows in their herd is. For decades, the national trend has been for cow weights to increase because they produce larger calves, but evidence indicates that cow weights may have reached the point where the cost of maintaining a larger cow has become greater than the return from producing a larger calf. Analyzing this issue introduces marginal principles from eco...Starting at €8.20