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4 Areas of Cyber Risk That Boards Need to Address
Technology & Operations Digital ArticleHow companies can build a long-term strategy that will keep them secure. -
How Brands Can Sell to Environmentally Conscious Nonconsumers
Organizational Development Digital ArticleThere is an undeniable gap between what consumers say they want and what they are actually putting in their baskets. -
The Dark Side of Solar Power
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Your Rainbow Logo Doesn’t Make You an Ally
LGBT rights Digital ArticleHere’s how to materially benefit LGBTQ+ communities year-round instead. -
Company Culture Is Everyone's Responsibility
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A More Sustainable Supply Chain
Technology & Operations Magazine ArticleIncreasingly, multinational corporations (MNCs) are pledging to procure the materials and services they need from companies committed to fair labor practices... -
Creating Shared Value
Strategy & Execution Magazine ArticleThe capitalist system is under siege. Recently business has been criticized as a major cause of social, environmental, and economic problems. Companies... -
The Elusive Green Consumer
Consumer behavior Magazine ArticlePeople say they want sustainable products, but they don’t tend to buy them. Here’s how to change that. -
Why Business Leaders Must Resist the Anti-ESG Movement
Leadership & Managing People Digital ArticleRetreat isn't just inadvisable; it's dangerous. -
An Inconvenient Truth About ESG Investing
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The C-Suite Skills That Matter Most
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The Truth About CSR
Strategy & Execution Magazine ArticleDespite the widely accepted ideal of "shared value," research led by Harvard Business School's Kasturi Rangan suggests that this is not the norm--and... -
The Circular Business Model
Organizational Development Magazine ArticleMore and more manufacturing companies are talking about what's often called the circular economy--in which businesses can create supply chains that recover... -
Social-Impact Efforts That Create Real Value
Sustainable business practices SpotlightThey must be woven into your strategy and differentiate your company. -
10 ESG Questions Companies Need to Answer
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How Brands Can Follow Through on the Values They’re Selling
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First, Let’s Fire All the Managers
Corporate governance Magazine ArticleMorning Star, a leading food processor, demonstrates how to create an organization that combines managerial discipline and market-centric flexibility—without bosses, titles, or promotions. -
The Case for Hiring Older Workers
Leadership & Managing People Digital ArticleMany companies consider age a competitive disadvantage. Here's why they're wrong. -
A New Model for Ethical Leadership
Leadership & Managing People Magazine ArticleRather than try to follow a set of simple rules ("Don't lie." "Don't cheat."), leaders and managers seeking to be more ethical should focus on creating... -
Why Incentive Plans Cannot Work
Employee incentives Magazine ArticleWhen reward systems fail, don’t blame the program—look at the premise behind it.
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Incubators and their Role in Growing Entrepreneurial Ecosystems
Organizational Development Case Study8.95View Details The rise of incubator programs has been a feature of the recent surge in tech entrepreneurship. These programs are designed to help early-stage startups... -
Regional Development in the Chinese Mainland
Global Business Case Study8.95View Details China's economic rise became one of the most important stories in the world economy once the Chinese economy began to open to the rest of the world in... -
Unilever in Vietnam: The "Perfect Village" Initiative
Leadership & Managing People Case Study8.95View Details Unilever Sustainable Living Plan (USLP) is a global initiative integrating Unilever's commercial and sustainability-related agenda. In this context, Unilever... -
Ethical Dimensions of Competitive Analysis
Strategy & Execution Case Study8.95View Details Presents some of the dilemmas of gathering competitive information and the appropriate limits for competitive analysis. Raises the issues involved and... -
Joeone Company Ltd.: Business Model Innovation in the Chinese Fashion Industry
Strategy & Execution Case Study8.95View Details From its humble beginnings as a start-up in China's Jinjiang County in 1989, Joeone Company Ltd. (Joeone) had grown to become the country's best-selling... -
Clover Food Lab: Sustainability as Competitive Advantage
Leadership & Managing People Case Study8.95View Details By July 2012, the founder of Clover Food Lab (Clover) had created a profitable business that served locally sourced, organic, vegetarian fast food. Over... -
Board Director Dilemmas-New Year, New Timing
Leadership & Managing People Case Study8.95View Details This case focuses on a junior partner at a private equity (PE) firm who sits on the board of one of the firm's portfolio companies. In the case, the board... -
Alessi: Evolution of an Italian Design Factory (A), Chinese Version
Sales & Marketing Case Study15.05View Details Alessio Alessi, head of distribution at family-run Alessi S.p.A., is facing price and brand confusion among customers and is considering reorganizing... -
Cameco in Kyrgyzstan: Corporate Social Responsibility Abroad
Leadership & Managing People Case Study8.95View Details Based in Saskatoon, Canada, Cameco was the world's largest uranium mining company. It had developed its policy for corporate social responsibility in... -
Dow Corning Corp.: Business Conduct and Global Values (B)
Leadership & Managing People Case Study5.00View Details Assumes that the reader has also read Dow Corning Corp. (A). Presents two difficult decisions faced by Dow Corning's Business Conduct Committee. A rewritten... -
Winds of Change at Hero Honda
Management Case Study8.95View Details Pawan Munjal, the CEO of Hero Honda, started a media briefing in December 2010 with the statement: "This is the most important announcement I have made... -
Playgrounds and Performance: Results Management at KaBOOM! (A)
Strategy & Execution Case Study6.95View Details KaBOOM!, a successful playground-building social enterprise funded through corporate partnerships, wants to develop a performance measurement system that... -
Tom Tierney at Bain & Co. (B)
Technology & Operations Case Study5.00View Details Supplements the (A) case. -
Sustainability at IKEA Group, Japanese Version
Strategy & Execution Case Study8.95View Details By 2014, IKEA Group was the largest home furnishing company, with EUR28.5 billion of sales, and planned to reach EUR50 billion by 2020, mainly from emerging... -
August Berg: Promoting an Accessible Luxury Watch via Social Media
Sales & Marketing Case Study8.95View Details Set in September 2020, the case talks about marketing an accessible (affordable) luxury watch brand, 'August Berg', by a luxury-product distribution company,... -
Coco-Mat: The Spartan Mattress Revolution
Innovation & Entrepreneurship Case Study8.95View Details The Coco-Mat case tracks the development of the bedding brand from its initial concept in 1989 to the iconic status it had achieved by 2016. During that... -
Diamond Foods, Inc. (B)
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Central European Distribution Corporation: Hostile Takeover, Bankruptcy Makeover
Finance & Accounting Case Study8.95View Details In early 2013, CEDC, a large publicly-traded producer and distributer of vodka and spirits in Eastern and Central Europe, has suffered significant declines... -
Mariwala's Family Entrepreneurship Challenges (B)
Management Case Study5.00View Details This case discusses the dilemma faced by Harsh Mariwala, the business leader who relinquished the CEO position of Marico Limited, his family-owned fast-moving... -
The Zuellig Family Foundation: A Bridge to a Better Future
Leadership & Managing People Case Study8.95View Details In 2008, the chairman of the Zuellig Family Foundation and former Secretary of Foreign Affairs for the Philippines, asked the foundation's president to...
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4 Areas of Cyber Risk That Boards Need to Address
Technology & Operations Digital ArticleHow companies can build a long-term strategy that will keep them secure. -
How Brands Can Sell to Environmentally Conscious Nonconsumers
Organizational Development Digital ArticleThere is an undeniable gap between what consumers say they want and what they are actually putting in their baskets. -
The Dark Side of Solar Power
Organizational Development Digital ArticleAs interest in clean energy surges, used solar panels are going straight into landfill. -
Your Rainbow Logo Doesn’t Make You an Ally
LGBT rights Digital ArticleHere’s how to materially benefit LGBTQ+ communities year-round instead. -
Company Culture Is Everyone's Responsibility
Organizational Development Digital ArticleA top-down approach doesn't work anymore. -
A More Sustainable Supply Chain
Technology & Operations Magazine ArticleIncreasingly, multinational corporations (MNCs) are pledging to procure the materials and services they need from companies committed to fair labor practices... -
Creating Shared Value
Strategy & Execution Magazine ArticleThe capitalist system is under siege. Recently business has been criticized as a major cause of social, environmental, and economic problems. Companies... -
The Elusive Green Consumer
Consumer behavior Magazine ArticlePeople say they want sustainable products, but they don’t tend to buy them. Here’s how to change that. -
Why Business Leaders Must Resist the Anti-ESG Movement
Leadership & Managing People Digital ArticleRetreat isn't just inadvisable; it's dangerous. -
An Inconvenient Truth About ESG Investing
Investment management Digital ArticleIt might not actually work.