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The Robin Hood Foundation (Spanish version)
Ebrahim, Alnoor; Ross, CatherineCase HBS-315S07Business Ethics and Corporate Social ResponsibilityCreated by hedge fund and financial managers, the Robin Hood Foundation fights poverty through grants to nonprofit organizations. As the global financial crisis continues to impact the poor disproportionately, the Foundation needs to ensure that its funds are being spent on the most effective poverty-fighting programs. The organization's senior vice president, Michael Weinstein, has developed a benefit-cost (BC) approach to analyze the performanc...Starting at €8.20
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Tennis Gavà
Palencia, Luis; Vázquez- Dodero, Juan CarlosCase ASN-48Accounting and Control, Business Ethics and Corporate Social Responsibility, Leadership and People ManagementEl caso Tennis Gavá trata de un negocio fácil de entender, que da pie a tratar temas importantes tanto de negocio (rentabilidad global y por líneas de negocio, balances de situación y de liquidación, asignación de costes y precios de transferencia, racionalización y ahorros en costes, "drivers" de diferentes negocios, argumentos de venta...) como de gobierno (relaciones entre socios, deberes para con terceros...). Este caso está basado en el "Sp...Starting at €8.20
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Measurement in Impact Investing (A) (Spanish version)
Ebrahim, Alnoor; Rangan, V. KasturiCase HBS-315S05Business Ethics and Corporate Social Responsibilityit looks for a return on its investments, and it also seeks entrepreneurial solutions to global poverty. This case examines Acumen's new projects in Kenya. The organization's investment committee and its chief investment officer, Brian Trelstad, must decide whether or not to fund two for-profit ventures. The first provides clean and accessible shower and toilet facilities in urban areas, serving a critical need for low-income populations - its f...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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Fazenda Diamantina: ESG Dilemmas of a Brazilian Coffee Farm
Azevedo, Leonardo; Palencia, LuisCase ASN-96-EAccounting and Control, Business Ethics and Corporate Social ResponsibilityIn 2022, two coffee growers in Matas de Minas, Brazil, were at a crossroads about the future of their coffee farm. Their original goal was to create an environmentally and socially responsible (ESG) coffee farm. However, due to low profitability and other challenges, they began to consider several alternatives. The options on the table included i) divesting from the farm altogether and returning to their corporate roles, ii) partially divesting t...Starting at €8.20
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Tennis Gavà
Palencia, Luis; Vázquez- Dodero, Juan CarlosCase ASN-48-EAccounting and Control, Business Ethics and Corporate Social Responsibility, Leadership and People ManagementThe Tennis Gavà case deals with an easy-to-understand business which paves the way to discussing important business issues (overall profitability and profitability by business line, balance and settlement sheets, cost allocation and transfer pricing, cost streamlining and savings, drivers of various businesses, selling points, etc.) and governance issues (partner relationships, duties to third parties, etc.). This case is based on the case "Spor...Starting at €8.20