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  • 1.  Sustainability and Business

    Posted 09-09-2010 16:59
    Dear BPS-netters:

    I'm looking for a syllabus for a MBA level course to teach "Sustainability and Business".

    By 'sustainability', I mean more than meeting the shareholder's expectation relentlessly and generating economic outcomes continuously. I would like to address the environmental and social concerns in business.

    Perhaps below link would be helpful to understand a course I am trying to design.
    http://program.aomonline.org/2010/submission.asp?mode=ShowSession&SessionID=1032

    If you have such a syllabus, could you please send it to me? Even if it is not a syllabus, is there any book/article you would like to recommend?

    Thank you in advance.

    Sincerely,

    Mina Lee


  • 2.  Sustainability and Business

    Posted 09-12-2010 14:42
    Hi Mina,

    I am sure you must have thought about this one already.

    The Fortune at the Bottom of the Pyramid: Eradicating Poverty Through Profits by C. K. Prahalad is a good read. The book comes with small videos from the cases discussed in the book, a great aid for classroom discussions.

    Best wishes,

    Viraj


    On Thu, Sep 9, 2010 at 4:58 PM, Mina Lee <minalee.bps@gmail.com> wrote:
    Dear BPS-netters:

    I'm looking for a syllabus for a MBA level course to teach "Sustainability and Business".

    By 'sustainability', I mean more than meeting the shareholder's expectation relentlessly and generating economic outcomes continuously. I would like to address the environmental and social concerns in business.

    Perhaps below link would be helpful to understand a course I am trying to design.
    http://program.aomonline.org/2010/submission.asp?mode=ShowSession&SessionID=1032

    If you have such a syllabus, could you please send it to me? Even if it is not a syllabus, is there any book/article you would like to recommend?

    Thank you in advance.

    Sincerely,

    Mina Lee



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  • 3.  Sustainability and Business

    Posted 09-12-2010 23:04
    Mina:
     
    Look at the Tintaya Mine case:  HBSP No. 9-506-023.  (B case: 9-507-030)  Also, check out the Tintaya Mine website to see what has happened since the case set was written: http://www.tintaya.com.pe/content/index.aspx
     
    They have a section on their website telling about their sustainable operation program.
     
    I just used the case in an MBA Social Responsibility course at a South American university, and it worked well.  It provided a good basis for teaching stakeholder theory and doing an exercise in stakeholder analysis.  It also does a good job of portraying the role of international NGO's as facilitators.
     
    Hope this helps.
     
    Jim Biteman
    Tulane University
    -----Original Message-----
    From: Mina Lee [mailto:minalee.bps@GMAIL.COM]
    Sent: Thursday, September 9, 2010 04:58 PM
    To: BPS-NET@AOMLISTS.PACE.EDU
    Subject: Sustainability and Business

    Dear BPS-netters:

    I'm looking for a syllabus for a MBA level course to teach "Sustainability and Business".

    By 'sustainability', I mean more than meeting the shareholder's expectation relentlessly and generating economic outcomes continuously. I would like to address the environmental and social concerns in business.

    Perhaps below link would be helpful to understand a course I am trying to design.
    http://program.aomonline.org/2010/submission.asp?mode=ShowSession&SessionID=1032

    If you have such a syllabus, could you please send it to me? Even if it is not a syllabus, is there any book/article you would like to recommend?

    Thank you in advance.

    Sincerely,

    Mina Lee


  • 4.  Sustainability and Business

    Posted 09-13-2010 05:58
    Do you have English version?
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    Sent: Monday, September 13, 2010 8:33 AM
    Subject: Re: Sustainability and Business

    Mina:
     
    Look at the Tintaya Mine case:  HBSP No. 9-506-023.  (B case: 9-507-030)  Also, check out the Tintaya Mine website to see what has happened since the case set was written: http://www.tintaya.com.pe/content/index.aspx
     
    They have a section on their website telling about their sustainable operation program.
     
    I just used the case in an MBA Social Responsibility course at a South American university, and it worked well.  It provided a good basis for teaching stakeholder theory and doing an exercise in stakeholder analysis.  It also does a good job of portraying the role of international NGO's as facilitators.
     
    Hope this helps.
     
    Jim Biteman
    Tulane University
    -----Original Message-----
    From: Mina Lee [mailto:minalee.bps@GMAIL.COM]
    Sent: Thursday, September 9, 2010 04:58 PM
    To: BPS-NET@AOMLISTS.PACE.EDU
    Subject: Sustainability and Business

    Dear BPS-netters:

    I'm looking for a syllabus for a MBA level course to teach "Sustainability and Business".

    By 'sustainability', I mean more than meeting the shareholder's expectation relentlessly and generating economic outcomes continuously. I would like to address the environmental and social concerns in business.

    Perhaps below link would be helpful to understand a course I am trying to design.
    http://program.aomonline.org/2010/submission..asp?mode=ShowSession&SessionID=1032

    If you have such a syllabus, could you please send it to me? Even if it is not a syllabus, is there any book/article you would like to recommend?

    Thank you in advance.

    Sincerely,

    Mina Lee
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  • 5.  Sustainability and Business

    Posted 09-13-2010 11:09
    Mina...

    I would suggest examining the Organizations and Natural Environment (ONE) literature for sustainability and management. There has been extensive research in sustainability and strategy along with the other functional levels of business. The ONE webpage on the AOM website includes syllabi and other resources. In order for me to integrate sustainability into my capstone strategic management courses, I wrote "Sustainable Strategic Management" (ME Sharpe 2004) which provides a conceptual framework for doing so. In fact, my publisher wants a new edition of it, but I have been reluctant to do so since demand has been relatively weak from the traditional strategy folks. The third edition of our book, "Management for a Small Planet," (ME Sharpe 2009) provides a broader perspective on sustainability and business.

    Best wishes for a successful course!

    Jean Garner Stead, Ph.D.
    Professor of Strategic Management
    College of Business and Technology
    East Tennessee State University
    Email: steadj@etsu.edu
    Website: steadandstead.com
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    From: Business Policy and Strategy List [BPS-NET@AOMLISTS.PACE.EDU] on behalf of Mina Lee [minalee.bps@GMAIL.COM]
    Sent: Thursday, September 09, 2010 4:58 PM
    To: BPS-NET@AOMLISTS.PACE.EDU
    Subject: Sustainability and Business

    Dear BPS-netters:

    I'm looking for a syllabus for a MBA level course to teach "Sustainability and Business".

    By 'sustainability', I mean more than meeting the shareholder's expectation relentlessly and generating economic outcomes continuously. I would like to address the environmental and social concerns in business.

    Perhaps below link would be helpful to understand a course I am trying to design.
    http://program.aomonline.org/2010/submission.asp?mode=ShowSession&SessionID=1032

    If you have such a syllabus, could you please send it to me? Even if it is not a syllabus, is there any book/article you would like to recommend?

    Thank you in advance.

    Sincerely,

    Mina Lee


  • 6.  Sustainability and Business

    Posted 09-13-2010 17:49
    For syllabus on sustainability check Beyond Grey Pinstripes of the Aspen Institute http://www.beyondgreypinstripes.org/index.cfm
    Best
    Alvaro

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    Subject: Re: Sustainability and Business

    Mina:

    Look at the Tintaya Mine case: HBSP No. 9-506-023. (B case: 9-507-030) Also, check out the Tintaya Mine website to see what has happened since the case set was written: http://www.tintaya.com.pe/content/index.aspx

    They have a section on their website telling about their sustainable operation program.

    I just used the case in an MBA Social Responsibility course at a South American university, and it worked well. It provided a good basis for teaching stakeholder theory and doing an exercise in stakeholder analysis. It also does a good job of portraying the role of international NGO's as facilitators.

    Hope this helps.

    Jim Biteman
    Tulane University
    -----Original Message-----
    From: Mina Lee [mailto:minalee.bps@GMAIL.COM]
    Sent: Thursday, September 9, 2010 04:58 PM
    To: BPS-NET@AOMLISTS.PACE.EDU
    Subject: Sustainability and Business

    Dear BPS-netters:

    I'm looking for a syllabus for a MBA level course to teach "Sustainability and Business".

    By 'sustainability', I mean more than meeting the shareholder's expectation relentlessly and generating economic outcomes continuously. I would like to address the environmental and social concerns in business.

    Perhaps below link would be helpful to understand a course I am trying to design.
    http://program.aomonline.org/2010/submission.asp?mode=ShowSession&SessionID=1032

    If you have such a syllabus, could you please send it to me? Even if it is not a syllabus, is there any book/article you would like to recommend?

    Thank you in advance.

    Sincerely,

    Mina Lee


  • 7.  Sustainability and Business

    Posted 09-13-2010 23:08

    A word of caution when using cases from the Prahlad book. Most of the cases are flawed as an example of economically sustainable business or do not address the poor at all. In the first case they have a business model that depends only on philanthropy and paying employees a pittance. In the second case they sell products and services at high prices to the middle class who can afford it rather than the poor.

    The exception in the book - a sustainable business that serves the poor without overcharging the middle class - is the Aravind Eye Hospital which is large and efficient enough to charge middle class patients well below market rates and still generate enough surplus to treat twice the number of poor patients for free (a cross-subsidy form of philantrophy that is sustainable as long as the ratio is maintained).

    Overall, the fortune is in being efficient in serving the middle class and is not at the bottom of the pyramid!   

    Ganesh N Prabhu
    Indian Institute of Management Bangalore

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    Subject: Re: Sustainability and Business

    Hi Mina,

    I am sure you must have thought about this one already.


    The Fortune at the Bottom of the Pyramid: Eradicating Poverty Through Profits by C. K. Prahalad is a good read. The book comes with small videos from the cases discussed in the book, a great aid for classroom discussions.

    Best wishes,

    Viraj



    On Thu, Sep 9, 2010 at 4:58 PM, Mina Lee <minalee.bps@gmail.com> wrote:


            Dear BPS-netters:
           
           
            I'm looking for a syllabus for a MBA level course to teach "Sustainability and Business".

            By 'sustainability', I mean more than meeting the shareholder's expectation relentlessly and generating economic outcomes continuously. I would like to address the environmental and social concerns in business.
           
            Perhaps below link would be helpful to understand a course I am trying to design.
            http://program.aomonline.org/2010/submission.asp?mode=ShowSession&SessionID=1032
           
            If you have such a syllabus, could you please send it to me? Even if it is not a syllabus, is there any book/article you would like to recommend?
           
            Thank you in advance.
           
            Sincerely,
           
            Mina Lee
           




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  • 8.  Sustainability and Business

    Posted 09-15-2010 02:36
    On this note, you may want to check the following reference:
     
    A. Karnani, B Garrette «Challenges in Marketing Socially Useful Goods to the Poor», California Management Review, Summer 2010, vol. 52, n° 4

    On Tue, Sep 14, 2010 at 5:07 AM, Ganesh N Prabhu <gprabhu@iimb.ernet.in> wrote:

    A word of caution when using cases from the Prahlad book. Most of the cases are flawed as an example of economically sustainable business or do not address the poor at all. In the first case they have a business model that depends only on philanthropy and paying employees a pittance. In the second case they sell products and services at high prices to the middle class who can afford it rather than the poor.

    The exception in the book - a sustainable business that serves the poor without overcharging the middle class - is the Aravind Eye Hospital which is large and efficient enough to charge middle class patients well below market rates and still generate enough surplus to treat twice the number of poor patients for free (a cross-subsidy form of philantrophy that is sustainable as long as the ratio is maintained).

    Overall, the fortune is in being efficient in serving the middle class and is not at the bottom of the pyramid!   

    Ganesh N Prabhu
    Indian Institute of Management Bangalore



    ----- Original Message -----
    From: Business Policy and Strategy List <BPS-NET@AOMLISTS.PACE.EDU>
    To: BPS-NET@AOMLISTS.PACE.EDU <BPS-NET@AOMLISTS.PACE.EDU>
    Sent: Mon Sep 13 00:12:05 2010
    Subject: Re: Sustainability and Business

    Hi Mina,

    I am sure you must have thought about this one already.


    The Fortune at the Bottom of the Pyramid: Eradicating Poverty Through Profits by C. K. Prahalad is a good read. The book comes with small videos from the cases discussed in the book, a great aid for classroom discussions.

    Best wishes,

    Viraj



    On Thu, Sep 9, 2010 at 4:58 PM, Mina Lee <minalee.bps@gmail.com> wrote:


            Dear BPS-netters:
           
           
            I'm looking for a syllabus for a MBA level course to teach "Sustainability and Business".

            By 'sustainability', I mean more than meeting the shareholder's expectation relentlessly and generating economic outcomes continuously. I would like to address the environmental and social concerns in business.
           
            Perhaps below link would be helpful to understand a course I am trying to design.
            http://program.aomonline.org/2010/submission.asp?mode=ShowSession&SessionID=1032
           
            If you have such a syllabus, could you please send it to me? Even if it is not a syllabus, is there any book/article you would like to recommend?
           
            Thank you in advance.
           
            Sincerely,
           
            Mina Lee
           




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