Elin Williams

This case follows the development of the AstraZeneca–Oxford vaccine from its origins in an Oxford University laboratory, through an accelerated series of trials (and tribulations), to becoming the Covid-19 jab that saved more lives than any other vaccine.

Published 16 Jun 2025

Reference 6945

Topic Responsibility

Industry Pharmaceuticals

Region Global

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The case describes the events leading up to the arrest at a French airport, in August 2024, of Pavel Durov, owner and CEO of Telegram, a social media platform. Using published sources, including interviews with Durov, it tells the story of Telegram and its enigmatic founder, setting them in the context of the wider tech industry, past and present.

Published 23 May 2025

Reference 6941

Topic Responsibility

Industry Online Media

Region Global

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Schneider Electric was considered a leader in sustainability by 2022, and was one of the first companies to have its net-zero targets validated by the Science Based Targets Initiative (SBTi). It had significantly reduced Scopes 1 and 2 carbon emissions and had harvested the ‘low-hanging fruit’ of Scope 3.

Published 15 May 2025

Reference 6955

Topic Strategy

Industry Computer Software Electrical/Electronic Manufacturing

Region Global

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“Turning the Tide in Mozambique” explores the efforts of a new expatriate CEO to improve gender balance at a technologically advanced transportation hub in southern Africa that he is hired to run for a conglomerate headquartered in the Middle East. His goal is to increase the number of female staff and create a more inclusive culture.

Published 11 Dec 2023

Reference 6713

Topic Leadership & Organisations

Industry Logistics and Supply Chain

Region Africa

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The case describes how the Greek oil-spill specialist Polygreen diversified into municipal waste management and turned the Aegean paradise of Tilos into the world’s first zero-waste island. Focusing on the company’s charismatic CEO, Athanasios Polychronopoulos, the case follows the implementation of a business model based on the principles of the circular economy.

Published 27 Nov 2023

Reference 6841

Topic Operations

Industry Utilities

Region Europe

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This short case study is a snapshot of the ethical challenges faced by members of a supply chain as they work on an apparently fictional high-rise renovation project. Although the story is set in the construction sector, it is relevant to any supply chain in any industry or any set of individuals working on a business project with real-world consequences.

Published 20 Nov 2023

Reference 6783

Topic Responsibility

Industry Architecture & Planning Construction

Region Europe

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This short case study is a snapshot of the ethical challenges faced by members of a supply chain as they work on an apparently fictional high-rise renovation project. Although the story is set in the construction sector, it is relevant to any supply chain in any industry or any set of individuals working on a business project with real-world consequences.

Published 20 Nov 2023

Reference 6783

Topic Responsibility

Industry Architecture & Planning Construction

Region Europe

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The case follows the story of Brazilian business leader, Ricardo Semler, who took the family marine-pump business, Semco, to multi-national, multi-sector success. To do so, Ricardo Semler dramatically changed his own leadership style by relinquishing control and working less hard, and subsequently transformed the culture at Semco via a radical process of workplace democratisation.

Published 26 May 2023

Reference 5982

Topic Leadership & Organisations

Industry Education Management Leisure, Travel and Tourism Banking

Region South America

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Crisis at MIAM Group is a fictional board simulation about a global European food company in crisis. It is designed to be used in groups of about nine participants, each playing a gender-neutral role for which an individual, detailed description is provided.*

Published 22 Apr 2022

Reference 6715

Topic Leadership & Organisations

Industry Food and Beverages Production

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Crisis at MIAM Group is a fictional board simulation about a global European food company in crisis. It is designed to be used in groups of about nine participants, each playing a gender-neutral role for which an individual, detailed description is provided.*

Published 22 Apr 2022

Reference 6715

Topic Leadership & Organisations

Industry Food and Beverages Production

Region Europe

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Recent MBA graduate Majed finds his dream job: high-tech, entrepreneurial, senior, social – contributing to the economy of Palestine, a cause close to his heart. But the new CEO of WebTeb, an online medical information service in Arabic, finds it more challenging than expected. Recruiting IT talent in Palestine is particularly tough.

Published 28 May 2018

Reference 6343

Topic Responsibility

Industry Wireless Medical Practice Information Services

Region Middle-East

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