This case explores the economic impact of America’s shifting tariff policy on Pittsburgh-based Alcoa, one of the world’s largest producers of aluminium. When Alcoa produces aluminium at its smelters in Canada and imports the metal into the domestic supply chain, it must pay the prevailing tariff rate on those imports.

After nearly two decades of tergiversation, E. I. du Pont de Nemours and Company announced in March 1988 that the production of chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs) would be phased out. This historical decision accelerated industry transformation and eventually contributed to the healing of the ozone layer, documented 30 years later.

For much of 2025, the French Parliament debated a proposed global minimum wealth tax of 2% on ultra-rich individuals residing in France and owning assets worth $100 million or more. It was dubbed the Zucman tax because its main author was the French economist Gabriel Zucman. Ultimately, the proposal was rejected by a majority of deputies in the lower house.

The case is about Exor, the holding company of the Italian Agnelli family, headed by John Elkann, the fifth-generation descendant of the Fiat founder Giovanni Agnelli (1866-1945). Behind the success story is a two-decades long dispute that has pitted John Elkann, along with his two siblings, against their own mother.

In December 2023, contaminated soil weighing two million tons began moving downhill at an old clay pit in the Randers Municipality in East Jutland, Denmark. It was owned by relative newcomer to the area, a waste management firm called Nordic Waste, part of a family-owned holding in Denmark called United Shipping & Trading Company (USTC).

What is the secret of longevity of a high-end Parisian jewellery company nearly 250 years old as it faces a major sea change in consumer preferences? Marie-Étienne Nitot (1750–1809) founded Chaumet in 1780 as a jeweller to the French aristocracy. It went on to provide most of the precious pieces for Napoleon I and jewels for the wife of Napoleon III.

The Tesla case provides multiple opportunities to discuss core strategy and innovation topics, such as:
• Patterns of innovation, e.g., new technologies competing to replace older generations
• Types of disruption, e.g., low-end versus high-end

This case explores the downfall of a century-old family-owned and managed firm in Taiwan called Tatung. It follows its history from a construction company firm with large land holdings in Northern Taiwan to one of the most well-known makers of electronic appliances.

This case explores the downfall of a century-old family-owned and managed firm in Taiwan called Tatung. It follows its history from a construction company firm with large land holdings in Northern Taiwan to one of the most well-known makers of electronic appliances.

This case is about the decision-making process that led André and Rosalie Hoffmann to establish InTent, a non-governmental organization that forges action-based partnerships that fight for sustainable solutions for business, people and planet.