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Closed Loop PET Recycling in Malta: The Economics of Circularity

By Atalay Atasu, Luk Van Wassenhove, Lisa Simone Duke

What does it take to build the infrastructure to recycle plastic bottles that is economically viable? The case looks at the economics of the circular economy, focusing on the development of a business case for a beverage producer to create a closed-loop PET bottle recycling facility on the island of Malta.

Published 06 Jul 2021

Reference 6673

Topic Responsibility

Industry Retail

Region Europe

Closed Loop PET Recycling in Malta: The Economics of Circularity

By Atalay Atasu, Luk Van Wassenhove, Lisa Simone Duke
Published 06 Jul 2021
Reference 6673
Topic Responsibility
Region Europe
Industry Retail

What does it take to build the infrastructure to recycle plastic bottles that is economically viable? The case looks at the economics of the circular economy, focusing on the development of a business case for a beverage producer to create a closed-loop PET bottle recycling facility on the island of Malta.

Does Sustainability Pay? Barry Callebaut's Sustainability Improvement Loan

By Lucie Tepla, Lisa Simone Duke

In June 2017, Barry Callebaut, the largest B2B cocoa and chocolate company in the world renewed its revolving credit facility (RCF) introducing a novel feature suggested by the Dutch bank ING: the margin on the RCF would be tied to the company’s ESG score from Sustainalytics, a leading sustainability agency, as a way to “make sustainability truly pay”.

Published 13 Oct 2020

Reference 6539

Topic Economics & Finance

Region Europe

Does Sustainability Pay? Barry Callebaut's Sustainability Improvement Loan

By Lucie Tepla, Lisa Simone Duke
Published 13 Oct 2020
Reference 6539
Topic Economics & Finance
Region Europe

In June 2017, Barry Callebaut, the largest B2B cocoa and chocolate company in the world renewed its revolving credit facility (RCF) introducing a novel feature suggested by the Dutch bank ING: the margin on the RCF would be tied to the company’s ESG score from Sustainalytics, a leading sustainability agency, as a way to “make sustainability truly pay”.

Barry Callebaut: Forever Chocolate

By N. Craig Smith, Lisa Simone Duke

Without action on sustainability, the supply of cocoa beans – and hence chocolate - cannot be maintained. Barry Callebaut (BC), the world’s largest B2B cocoa and chocolate company, has gone from taking little interest in “sustainable cocoa production” to embracing it fully.

Published 01 Jun 2020

Reference 6512

Topic Responsibility

Region Africa

Barry Callebaut: Forever Chocolate

By N. Craig Smith, Lisa Simone Duke
Published 01 Jun 2020
Reference 6512
Topic Responsibility
Region Africa

Without action on sustainability, the supply of cocoa beans – and hence chocolate - cannot be maintained. Barry Callebaut (BC), the world’s largest B2B cocoa and chocolate company, has gone from taking little interest in “sustainable cocoa production” to embracing it fully.

ObEN PAI: Building a World of Personal AI Avatars

By Peter Zemsky, Pavel Kireyev, Lisa Simone Duke

The case charts the creation and development of ObEN, a Los Angeles start-up that offers two kinds of personal artificial intelligence avatars – consumer avatars that can be created by individuals on their smartphones, and avatars that recreate a celebrity persona (requiring more data).

Published 19 Mar 2020

Reference 6562

Industry Computer Software

Region North America

ObEN PAI: Building a World of Personal AI Avatars

By Peter Zemsky, Pavel Kireyev, Lisa Simone Duke
Published 19 Mar 2020
Reference 6562
Topic Strategy
Region North America
Industry Computer Software

The case charts the creation and development of ObEN, a Los Angeles start-up that offers two kinds of personal artificial intelligence avatars – consumer avatars that can be created by individuals on their smartphones, and avatars that recreate a celebrity persona (requiring more data).

Building Uber's Product: The Human Challenge of Product Management

By Noah Askin, Lisa Simone Duke

The case follows Mina Radharkrishnan’s career as a product manager and product executive in various digital environments. She launches her own start-up in 2016 and reflects on the lessons she has primarily learned at Uber, and earlier on at Google, Goldman Sachs, and ModCloth.

Published 26 Jul 2019

Reference 6420

Topic Leadership & Organisations

Region North America

Building Uber's Product: The Human Challenge of Product Management

By Noah Askin, Lisa Simone Duke
Published 26 Jul 2019
Reference 6420
Topic Leadership & Organisations
Region North America

The case follows Mina Radharkrishnan’s career as a product manager and product executive in various digital environments. She launches her own start-up in 2016 and reflects on the lessons she has primarily learned at Uber, and earlier on at Google, Goldman Sachs, and ModCloth.

Barry Callebaut (A): To Follow the Chair?

By N. Craig Smith, Ron Soonieus, Lisa Simone Duke

This case puts participants in the shoes of the directors of Barry Callebaut (BC), a cocoa-sourcing and chocolate manufacturing company. Chairman Andreas Jacobs is passionate about cocoa sustainability in West Africa – ensuring the cocoa crop (endangered by poor farming and climate change) and the farmers who grow it will survive and thrive.

Published 26 Jul 2019

Reference 6440

Topic Responsibility

Industry Food and Beverages Production

Region Africa

Barry Callebaut (A): To Follow the Chair?

By N. Craig Smith, Ron Soonieus, Lisa Simone Duke
Published 26 Jul 2019
Reference 6440
Topic Responsibility
Region Africa
Industry Food and Beverages Production

This case puts participants in the shoes of the directors of Barry Callebaut (BC), a cocoa-sourcing and chocolate manufacturing company. Chairman Andreas Jacobs is passionate about cocoa sustainability in West Africa – ensuring the cocoa crop (endangered by poor farming and climate change) and the farmers who grow it will survive and thrive.

Barry Callebaut (B): To Follow the Chair?

By N. Craig Smith, Ron Soonieus, Lisa Simone Duke

This case puts participants in the shoes of the directors of Barry Callebaut (BC), a cocoa-sourcing and chocolate manufacturing company. Chairman Andreas Jacobs is passionate about cocoa sustainability in West Africa – ensuring the cocoa crop (endangered by poor farming and climate change) and the farmers who grow it will survive and thrive.

Published 26 Jul 2019

Reference 6440

Topic Responsibility

Industry Food and Beverages Production

Region Africa

Barry Callebaut (B): To Follow the Chair?

By N. Craig Smith, Ron Soonieus, Lisa Simone Duke
Published 26 Jul 2019
Reference 6440
Topic Responsibility
Region Africa
Industry Food and Beverages Production

This case puts participants in the shoes of the directors of Barry Callebaut (BC), a cocoa-sourcing and chocolate manufacturing company. Chairman Andreas Jacobs is passionate about cocoa sustainability in West Africa – ensuring the cocoa crop (endangered by poor farming and climate change) and the farmers who grow it will survive and thrive.

Kuoni: Missing the Digital Boat - The Downfall of an Icon in the Travel Industry

By Joerg Niessing, Jan Sedlacek, Lisa Simone Duke

!!!Supporting slides are available for instructors under the “Teaching note" button!!!

Published 21 Feb 2019

Reference 6427

Topic Marketing

Industry Leisure, Travel and Tourism

Kuoni: Missing the Digital Boat - The Downfall of an Icon in the Travel Industry

By Joerg Niessing, Jan Sedlacek, Lisa Simone Duke
Published 21 Feb 2019
Reference 6427
Topic Marketing
Industry Leisure, Travel and Tourism

!!!Supporting slides are available for instructors under the “Teaching note" button!!!

Longfor: A Non-Traditional Company in China ("When in Rome, do not do as the Romans")

By Quy Huy, Zhixing Xiao, Yidi Guo, Lisa Simone Duke

Longfor, a real estate company in China, treats every customer as an individual with distinctive tastes, preferences and needs; the homes it designs emphasize aesthetics, comfort, landscaping and lifestyle in a holistic way. Likewise, its organizational culture emphasizes equality and professionalism in a country where hierarchy and deference to authority are the norm.

Published 30 Oct 2017

Reference 6179

Industry Real Estate

Region Asia

Longfor: A Non-Traditional Company in China ("When in Rome, do not do as the Romans")

By Quy Huy, Zhixing Xiao, Yidi Guo, Lisa Simone Duke
Published 30 Oct 2017
Reference 6179
Topic Strategy
Region Asia
Industry Real Estate

Longfor, a real estate company in China, treats every customer as an individual with distinctive tastes, preferences and needs; the homes it designs emphasize aesthetics, comfort, landscaping and lifestyle in a holistic way. Likewise, its organizational culture emphasizes equality and professionalism in a country where hierarchy and deference to authority are the norm.

Nokia: The Inside Story of the Rise and Fall of a Technology Giant

By Quy Huy, Timo O. Vuori, Lisa Simone Duke

The case examines the downward spiral of Nokia, the mobile technology giant that once conquered the world, seen from the perspective of ‘insiders’ – based on interviews with Nokia executives at top and middle management level.

Published 26 Sep 2016

Reference 6160

Topic Leadership & Organisations

Industry Telecommunications

Region Global

Nokia: The Inside Story of the Rise and Fall of a Technology Giant

By Quy Huy, Timo O. Vuori, Lisa Simone Duke
Published 26 Sep 2016
Reference 6160
Topic Leadership & Organisations
Region Global
Industry Telecommunications

The case examines the downward spiral of Nokia, the mobile technology giant that once conquered the world, seen from the perspective of ‘insiders’ – based on interviews with Nokia executives at top and middle management level.

Fairphone 3: Commercializing Radical Sustainability

By N. Craig Smith, Lisa Simone Duke

The mobile phone industry is notorious for its lack of sustainability. Fairphone started as a campaign to draw attention to ‘conflict minerals’ and the plight of tantalum miners. It became a social enterprise by launching its first ‘fair phone’, the FP1, with conflict-free tantalum.

Published 20 Dec 2022

Reference 6585

Topic Responsibility

Industry Telecommunications

Region Europe

Fairphone 3: Commercializing Radical Sustainability

By N. Craig Smith, Lisa Simone Duke
Published 20 Dec 2022
Reference 6585
Topic Responsibility
Region Europe
Industry Telecommunications

The mobile phone industry is notorious for its lack of sustainability. Fairphone started as a campaign to draw attention to ‘conflict minerals’ and the plight of tantalum miners. It became a social enterprise by launching its first ‘fair phone’, the FP1, with conflict-free tantalum.

Developing a Sustainable Ecosystem Community: The Port of Antwerp

By Gabriel Szulanski, Lisa Simone Duke

In 2017 the Port of Antwerp is capacity constrained. Capacity will improve dramatically in 2028 with the construction of a new terminal. However, in the meantime, a variety of issues make the problem acute and critical for the competitiveness of the port, as otherwise clients migrate to other ports and use other means to reach inland Europe.

Published 26 Jan 2022

Reference 6686

Industry Maritime

Region Europe

Developing a Sustainable Ecosystem Community: The Port of Antwerp

By Gabriel Szulanski, Lisa Simone Duke
Published 26 Jan 2022
Reference 6686
Topic Strategy
Region Europe
Industry Maritime

In 2017 the Port of Antwerp is capacity constrained. Capacity will improve dramatically in 2028 with the construction of a new terminal. However, in the meantime, a variety of issues make the problem acute and critical for the competitiveness of the port, as otherwise clients migrate to other ports and use other means to reach inland Europe.

Alcatel, Lucent…Nokia: On the Road from 3 to 1 - The Leadership Challenges of Strategic Change

By Charles Galunic, Javier Gimeno, Lisa Simone Duke

The telecommunications manufacturing industry has seen massive consolidation in the past 10 years. This is the story of how two major telecom providers, Alcatel and Lucent, merged and positioned themselves for the future. It focuses on the leadership challenges of the final years, just before the company was sold.

Published 24 Feb 2016

Reference 6169

Industry Telecommunications, Wireless

Region Global

Alcatel, Lucent…Nokia: On the Road from 3 to 1 - The Leadership Challenges of Strategic Change

By Charles Galunic, Javier Gimeno, Lisa Simone Duke
Published 24 Feb 2016
Reference 6169
Topic Strategy
Region Global
Industry Telecommunications, Wireless

The telecommunications manufacturing industry has seen massive consolidation in the past 10 years. This is the story of how two major telecom providers, Alcatel and Lucent, merged and positioned themselves for the future. It focuses on the leadership challenges of the final years, just before the company was sold.

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