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Method: Sustainable Design for the Home as Corporate Strategy
Larson, Andrea; York, JeffCase DARDEN-ENT-0094-EEntrepreneurshipThis minicase is one of 10 in a series written to illustrate the business benefits companies realize through adopting sustainable business strategies. Method is a successful startup firm in San Francisco that has made sustainable design principles a guiding force its strategy. Unlike other firms, however, Method sells its products on performance, price, and aesthetics; health and environment are simply built into the design from the outset. Backe...Starting at €8.20
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Shaw Industries: EcoWorx and Cradle-to-Cradle Innovation in Carpet Tile
Larson, Andrea; York, JeffCase DARDEN-ENT-0095-EEntrepreneurshipThis is a minicase, one of 10 in a set of short cases written to illustrate the business benefits companies realize through adopting sustainable business strategies. This minicase documents the technology and systems innovations behind Shaw's successful introduction of closed loop recyclable carpet tiles (EcoWorx), a disruptive innovation in the flooring industry.Starting at €8.20
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Corporate Greenhouse Gas Accounting: Carbon Footprint Analysis
Larson, Andrea; Teichman, WilliamTechnical Note DARDEN-ENT-0113-EEntrepreneurshipStakeholder climate change actions worldwide have prompted companies to measure their greenhouse gas emissions and reduce their carbon footprints by decreasing energy and fuel use. In the process, they are cutting costs, decreasing exposure to severe weather, reducing energy vulnerability, and potentially opening up revenue sources for carbon credit sales in the emerging markets for carbon trading. This note is effective in MBA, undergraduate and...Starting at €8.20
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Sustainability and Innovation: Frameworks, Concepts, and Tools for Product and Strategy Redesign
Larson, AndreaTechnical Note DARDEN-ENT-0138-EEntrepreneurshipThis technical note introduces the concepts and terms entrepreneurial innovators use in addressing sustainability. It explores the evolution of such terms as sustainable development, environmental justice, earth systems engineering, sustainable science, the Natural Step framework, industrial ecology, and biomimicry. It also explores how paradigms are created and replaced.Starting at €8.20
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B Corporation: A New Sustainable Business Model
Meier, Mark; Larson, AndreaTechnical Note DARDEN-ENT-0155-EEntrepreneurshipThis note provides background on a new certification process for B Corporations that enables companies to assess, compare, and protect the sustainability practices they integrate into corporate strategy. B Corporation status explicitly acknowledges stakeholder strategies and helps companies preserve triple bottom line accountability when and if they are sold/acquired.Starting at €8.20
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REI: Sustainability Strategy and Innovation in the Outdoor Gear and Apparel Industry
Larson, Andrea; Meier, MarkCase DARDEN-ENT-0162-EEntrepreneurshipMany companies view financial variables independently from ecological and social variables. Is it possible to hold one's organization equally accountable for financial performance and social responsibility? This field-based case is suitable for MBA and undergraduate courses or modules in sustainability and innovation, ethics, and corporate social responsibility. For REI, an outdoor gear and apparel manufacturer, the challenge lies in how to expan...Starting at €8.20
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Indona, S.A. (A)
Gallo, Miguel Ángel; Regueras E.; Ricart, Joan Enric; Ruiz, AntonioCase DG-1159StrategyEl sector del automóvil está pasando por intensos cambios: dificultades en el conocimiento en la Unión Europea; necesidades de reducción de costes y aumento de la fiabilidad; globalización, etc. La empresa, líder europea en tapacubos con un 26% del mercado, se enfrentó con la necesidad de implantar una estrategia de globalización, incrementar el servicio de diseño e industrialización al fabricante, y dar énfasis en el desarrollo de una nueva unid...Starting at €8.20
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Estrategia de negocio
Franquesa, J.; Ricart, Joan EnricTechnical Note DGN-442StrategyEsta nota describe los principales elementos que deben tomarse en cuenta para la formulación de estrategias de negocio, y detalla sus principales instrumentos de análisis. Se incluyen, además, algunas consideraciones finales sobre el proceso de formulación de la estrategia. Pretende servir de hilo conductor para el estudio de este tema, introduciendo al lector a otras notas técnicas del IESE, sobre aspectos específicos del proceso de formulación,...Starting at €8.20
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Fremap
Andreu i Civit, Rafael; Ricart, Joan EnricCase DG-1127StrategyEl caso presenta a una mutua de accidentes laborales, donde el director general logra cambiar la organización para conseguir una mayor motivación y un desarrollo personal y profesional de los empleados. La idea principal era dotarles de una mayor capacidad de decisión, como consecuencia del mayor grado de responsabilidad que se les daba. De una situación de burocracia y excesiva especialización por parte de los empleados, se pasa a una situación ...Starting at €8.20
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Mango, Socializing Fashion
Kordecka, Izabela; Ricart, Joan EnricCase SM-1547-EStrategyMango, a clothing company with a large presence in Spain and the rest of the world, decides to enter new industry segments in order to broaden its main target market, strengthen its brand and drive purchases of its products. Mango's main customers until now have been modern, avant-garde young women in their 20s to 40s. However, success in the women's fashion segment has persuaded the company that in order to continue to succeed in this industry a...Starting at €8.20