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Atam: Innovating in the Social Sector (A)
Elvira, Marta; Prats, Mª Julia; Plaza López, LuisCase DPO-244-EBusiness Ethics and Corporate Social Responsibility, Entrepreneurship, Innovation and ChangeAtam is an association of Grupo Telefónica, which was founded in 1973 with the aim of providing assistance for the disabled and elderly dependents. It was the result of an agreement between the company and its labor unions. It is a nonprofit, national organization, declared to be serving the public interest, and has 60,000 members belonging to 28 companies of the group. Atam has three major areas of action: individual financial support, direct-ca...Starting at €8.20
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Atam: A New Model of Sustainable Social Welfare (C)
Elvira, Marta; Prats, Mª JuliaCase DPO-389-EBusiness Ethics and Corporate Social Responsibility, Entrepreneurship, Innovation and ChangeThe economic crisis and the successive redundancy plans of Telefónica in Spain were having an inexorable effect on the viability of Atam and its economic operations. The association had to complete its restructuring of the old service delivery system and concentrate on building a new model for a sustainable social welfare institution. A turning point was reached, from which point Atam began to speed up all the transformation processes. The case d...Starting at €5.74
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Atam: el día después (B)
Elvira, Marta; Prats, Mª Julia; Plaza López, LuisCase DPO-245Business Ethics and Corporate Social Responsibility, Entrepreneurship, Innovation and ChangeIgnacio Aizpún (CEO) y su equipo idearon una solución que otorgó a Atam una mayor viabilidad. La estrategia principal consistía en concentrar las actividades económicas y en crear spin-offs con ánimo de lucro; es decir, siguiendo la tradición de innovar en todos sus aspectos de gestión, la Asociación lanzaría al mercado sociedades con ánimo de lucro provenientes del sector social. Así, a partir de entonces, Atam creó tres sociedades mercantiles a...Starting at €5.74
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Atam: Innovating in the Social Sector (A) and (B) - Teaching Note
Elvira, Marta; Prats, Mª Julia; Plaza López, LuisTeaching Note DPOT-53-EBusiness Ethics and Corporate Social Responsibility, Entrepreneurship, Innovation and ChangeTeaching note about DPO-244, "Atam: Innovating in the Social Sectorl", for class use.Starting at €0.00
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Beyond Meat: Changing Customer Behaviour in Food Consumption
Chris Laszlo; Katherine Gullett; Peter Rezk; Nilesh RautCase IVEY-9B19A053-EEntrepreneurship, MarketingIn 2014, the founder and chief executive officer of Beyond Meat, Ethan Brown, reflected on the question that had led him to start the company: “How difficult can it be to change what you eat for dinner?” The small start up based in Los Angeles, California, had faced considerable challenges in changing customer perceptions and attitudes since it was founded in 2009. Its intention was to address both health and environmental problems related to mea...Starting at €8.20
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Un viaje transformador en tiempos inciertos (C)
Elvira, MartaCase DPO-744Business Ethics and Corporate Social Responsibility, Entrepreneurship, Leadership and People ManagementTras aterrizar en Singapur a finales de 2020, mientras la epidemia de COVID-19 todavía afectaba la mayor parte del mundo, Cristina Ventura se encontraba inmersa en medio de una gran actividad. Su estancia en Singapur le había reportado tanto nuevas oportunidades como momentos de reflexión. Cada día meditaba sobre su propósito, sobre qué proyectos -y qué gente- podían ayudarla a maximizar su impacto. Cristina se veía a sí misma como una catalizado...Starting at €5.74
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Ecovative Design LLC: A Biological Materials Startup
Chris Laszlo; Abdel Latif Ladki; Abraham WeinerCase IVEY-9B13M125-EEntrepreneurship, Marketing, StrategyEcovative Designs (Ecovative), a start-up company in upstate New York, uses an innovative process to combine agricultural waste and mycelium (mushroom “roots”) to grow forms for use in a wide variety of applications, especially a protective packaging material. Not only does this new product replace the need for the environmentally harmful alternative, extruded polystyrene, but the production process is less energy intensive. It exemplifies the cr...Starting at €8.20
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La Vaca Independiente: Should a Social Enterprise Adopt a For-Profit Business Model
Chris Laszlo; Anya BriggsCase IVEY-9B13C033-EEntrepreneurship, Leadership and People Management, StrategyThis case presents a social enterprise considering whether a for-profit model might be an effective way to scale its impact. Mexico City-based La Vaca Independiente (The Independent Cow) was founded to bring art to underprivileged children. The founder observed that many global problems are caused by humanity’s increasing state of isolation, with individuals disconnected from the planet and from each other. She concluded that most benefit corpora...Starting at €8.20
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Clarke: Transformation for Environmental Sustainability
Chris Laszlo; Katey McCabe; Eric Ahearn; Indrajeet GhatgeCase IVEY-9B12C012-EEntrepreneurship, Leadership and People Management, StrategyClarke, a mosquito abatement company seen as having a core business that is environmentally harmful by its very nature — selling pesticides — faces unique challenges in its transformation into a sustainable enterprise. Should it shift its focus entirely towards offering “green” pesticides and risk losing some of its customers, or should it keep offering its less expensive, more toxic products? This case shows how even when innovation leads to new...Starting at €8.20
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Atam: innovando en el sector social (A)
Elvira, Marta; Prats, Mª Julia; Plaza López, LuisCase DPO-244Business Ethics and Corporate Social Responsibility, Entrepreneurship, Innovation and ChangeAtam es una asociación del Grupo Telefónica que nace en 1973 para la atención de personas con discapacidad y mayores dependientes, fruto de un acuerdo entre la empresa y sus sindicatos. Es una entidad sin ánimo de lucro, de ámbito nacional y declarada de utilidad pública, que posee 60.000 socios pertenecientes a veintiocho empresas del Grupo. Atam cuenta con tres grandes campos de acción: ayudas económicas individuales; equipamientos de atención ...Starting at €8.20