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...
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...
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,...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
Case Abstract This case describes the development of a social entrepreneurial venture from its co-operative self-help roots in 1987 until 2002. It examines the choices confronted by the...
Case Abstract It is early 2001 in Brazil and Grupo Orsa has purchased Jari Celulose. By doing so, the group has assumed US$ 415 million in debt that...