Cases June 30, 2007
City Water Tanzania
Case Abstract The first part of the case examines how the Tanzanian government intends to address a pressing deterioration in the infrastructure and services of Dar es Salaam’s Water and […]
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Cases June 30, 2006
Kimpton Hotels: Balancing Strategy and Environmental Sustainability
Case Abstract Michael Pace faced a dilemma. He was Kimpton Hotels’ West Coast Director of Operations and Environmental Programs, General Manager of its Villa Florence Hotel in San Francisco, and […]
Cases June 30, 2006
Purchasing Strategies and Sustainability: The Migros Palm Oil
Case Abstract In 1999, a specific theme began to emerge in the Swiss media: the role of the palm oil industry in the deforestation of the rainforest. Given this development […]
Cases June 30, 2006
Hindustan Lever: Leaping a Millennium
Case Abstract Sharat Dhall was on his way to his senior colleagues to deliver a progress report on his most recent activities and the project in general. As a sequel […]
Cases June 30, 2006
Care Kenya: Making Social Enterprise Sustainable
Case Abstract CARE’s Rural Entrepreneurship and Agribusiness Promotion project is a new, market-driven approach to development in Kenya. While the project has been successful from a development standpoint, it is […]
Cases June 30, 2005
Building a Sustainable Venture: The Mountain’s Institutes Earth Brick Machine
Case Abstract The Mountain Institute (TMI), a Washington, D.C.-based non-profit organisation, received a patent for a machine that makes environmentally friendly bricks from dirt, allowing for low cost construction […]
Cases June 30, 2005
The Fair Trade Story
Case Abstract This case traces the evolution of fair trade, from ‘charity trade’, i.e. the sale of objects produced in developing countries with little functional value to the sale of […]
Cases June 30, 2005
Phoenix Organic: Valuing Sustainability While Desiring Growth
Case Abstract This case traces the development of the organic juice company Phoenix Organic from a bathtub operation producing ginger fizz to a sustainable and successful juice company achieving market […]
Cases June 30, 2005
Aiming Toward a Hydrogen Economy: Icelandic New Energy Ltd.
Case Abstract In June 2004, Icelandic New Energy (INE) Limited, a research and development consortium based in Reykjavik, Iceland, is considering what future direction to take. The two-person team made […]
Cases June 30, 2005
Catamount Energy and the Glebe Mountain Windfarm: Clean Energy vs. NIMBY
Case Abstract The case presents the arguments both pro and against wind generated electricity, or turbine wind farms. The environmental and economic arguments made in favour of this alternative energy […]