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The Comprehensive Business Case for Sustainability

Harvard Business Review

Flooding in 2011 in Thailand, harmed 160 companies in the textile industry and halted nearly a quarter of the country’s garment production, increasing global prices by 28%. Coca-Cola, for example, faced a water shortage in India that forced it to shut down one of its plants in 2004. Fostering innovation.

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The Dell Deal Explained: What a Successful Turnaround Looks Like

Harvard Business Review

How Dell went from dorm room startup in 1984, to the world''s largest PC maker in 2005, and then saw its stock plummet precipitously the next year, is the subject of a lengthy Harvard Business School case study by HBS professor Jan Rivkin. A Short History of Dell. By the mid 2000s, much of Dell''s competition had faded.

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