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Where's the (Sustainable) Beef? McDonald's Quest
Freeman, R. Edward; Langert, Bob; Mead, JennyCaso DARDEN-E-0489-EÉtica empresarial y Responsabilidad Social CorporativaIn 2006, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) published "Livestock's Long Shadow: Environmental Issues and Options," which, among other things, detailed the connection between livestock agriculture, particularly beef, and its adverse impact on the environment, including land, soil, and water degradation as well as the reduction of biodiversity. Raising livestock contributed, globally, to 18% of the world's greenhouse ...Desde 8,20 €
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Out for Blood: Tyler Shultz and Theranos (A)
Harris, Jared D.; Agle, Bradley R.; Mead, Jenny; Scoville, JimmyCaso DARDEN-E-0440-EÉtica empresarial y Responsabilidad Social CorporativaIn early 2014, recent Stanford University graduate Tyler Shultz was in a quandary. He had been working at Theranos, a blood-diagnostic company founded by Elizabeth Holmes, a Stanford-dropout wunderkind, for almost a year. Shultz had learned enough about tDesde 8,20 €
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The e-Choupal Initiative
Horniman, Alexander B.; Venkataraman, S.; Thiemele, Anne-Laure; Mead, JennyCaso DARDEN-E-0343-EÉtica empresarial y Responsabilidad Social CorporativaAn international corporation’s agricultural business division reviews its seven-year-old IT initiative among rural Indian farmers. Suitable for learners at all levels, the case is ideal for modules on strategic change, transformational change in a value chain, and development at the bottom of the pyramid. It also provides excellent insight into how corporations can improve both profits and lifestyles in developing nations while bolstering their w...Desde 8,20 €
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Reclaiming the American Dream: Thomas Perez and the Department of Labor
Datla, Anjani; Donahue, JohnCaso HBS-KS1121-EEconomíaIn July 2013 Tom Perez became the United States' 26th Secretary of Labor. Perez took the helm of the Department of Labor at a critical juncture. In recent years, the US economy was marred by historically high rates of unemployment, fueled by the worst economic downturn since the Great Depression. Although the economy had begun a slow recovery in 2010, there were only lackluster gains in private sector jobs. By 2013, more than 11 million Americans...Desde 8,20 €
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Cuna Mas: Peru's Early Childhood Program Struggles to Maintain Quality as It Scales Up
Datla, Anjani; Boatright Wilson, JulieCaso HBS-KS1251-EEconomíaIn 2012, amid much fanfare, Peru's President Ollanta Humala launched an ambitious program on early childhood development called Cuna M s. The program, based on a successful home visiting intervention in Jamaica, was designed to improve the cognitive and emotional development of children below the age of three, living in poverty. The government's aim was to scale the program nationwide. Initially, despite the logistical challenges of reaching rur...Desde 8,20 €
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New York City Center for Economic Opportunity: An Evidence-Based Approach to Alleviate Poverty
Datla, Anjani; Boatright Wilson, Julie; Levy, DanCaso HBS-HKS724-EEconomíaIn late 2006, New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg created the Center for Economic Opportunity (CEO). Born out of recommendations made by the Bloomberg appointed public-private Commission for Economic Opportunity, CEO was designed to be an innovations lab that would test anti-poverty programs by applying a results-based approach. With a budget of $100 million, CEO would closely monitor new programs and hold them accountable for producing measura...Desde 8,20 €