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Business Tapped Out of the Climate Fight. Here’s How to Get Back In.
Lobbying Digital ArticleFour strategies to drive real progress. -
The Benefits of Innovation That Isn’t Disruptive
Disruptive innovation Digital ArticleFinding entirely new opportunities for growth has four clear advantages. -
Corporate Advocacy in a Time of Social Outrage
Age and generational issues Big IdeaBusinesses can’t weigh in on every issue that employees care about. But they can create a culture of open dialogue and ethical transparency. -
To Prove Your Company Isn’t Greenwashing, Endorse Smart Regulation
Advertising Digital ArticleIt’s the best way to show consumers that you practice what you preach. -
How ENGOs Can Support Corporate Climate Change Efforts
Business and society Digital ArticleThey provide independent and deep expertise to make significant strides toward urgent climate goals. -
The New Era of Industrial Policy Is Here
Government Magazine ArticleAre you prepared? -
The Evolving Role of Chief Sustainability Officers
Corporate social responsibility Magazine ArticleThey once focused on optics and reputation. Today many are interacting with investors and helping set strategy. -
How — and When — Should Companies Engage in the Political Process?
Business and society Digital ArticleA new set of principles to encourage responsibility, legitimacy, accountability, and transparency. -
Why Business Leaders Must Resist the Anti-ESG Movement
Business and society Digital ArticleRetreat isn’t just inadvisable; it’s dangerous. -
Designing a Climate Advocacy Strategy
Business and society Digital ArticleBusinesses must use their power and influence to push for the systemic changes required to meet climate targets. -
A Guide to Achieving Net Zero Emissions
Sustainable business practices Digital ArticleIt’s about ambition, action, advocacy, and accountability. -
How Companies Can Be Proactive — Not Reactive — on Social Issues
Business and society Digital ArticleFour steps to operationalize your values. -
Corporate Action on Climate Change Has to Include Lobbying
Climate change Digital ArticleTo solve the problem, we need government action. -
Lobbying Is Not Enough to Build Influence Among U.S. Lawmakers
Brand management Digital ArticleYour company needs a DC brand. -
Research: Who’s Lobbying Congress on Climate Change
Climate change ResearchThe highest and lowest emitters are both engaged. -
Evidence That Lobbying Is Paying Off for Corporations
Finance & Accounting VideoSome firms are spending almost as much on it as they are on capital expenses. -
The Climate Movement Needs More Corporate Lobbyists
Global Business Digital ArticleThe fossil fuel industry has too much influence. -
U.S. Trade Lobbying Strategy for the 21st Century
Government Digital ArticleIt is rare to find an American company that is not developing a market strategy to benefit from the rapid growth of emerging markets such as Brazil, India, and China. Yet when it comes to the international nonmarket rules for business, American firms have disengaged just at the time when these emerging markets are asserting […]
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Purdue Pharma and the Opioid Addiction Crisis
Management Case Study11.95View Details By the time Purdue Pharma filed for bankruptcy in 2019, OxyContin had accumulated $35 billion in sales. In a few short years before the bankruptcy filing,... -
"The Status Quo Is Unacceptable": Walmart and the Debate on Gun Control
Strategy & Execution Case Study11.95View Details This case focuses on the rising trend of CEO activism, especially as it relates to business extending its impact on democracy. The case centers on the... -
Strategic Moves and Tough Choices: The Campaign Behind New Jersey's 'Ban the Box' Law
Global Business Case Study11.95View Details In 2012, the New Jersey Institute for Social Justice-an NGO dedicated, in large part, to criminal justice reform-led a campaign to enact a new state law... -
The Politics Industry: How Political Innovation Can Break Partisan Gridlock and Save Our Democracy
30.00View Details Our political system in America is broken, right? Wrong. The truth is, the American political system is working exactly how it is designed to work, and... -
Briefing Sheet on Common Biases in Group Decision Making
Leadership & Managing People Case Study11.95View Details Democratic institutions and other important decision-making processes in society have long been designed around the assumption that groups are better... -
At a Crossroads: General Motors and the Trump Administration's Fuel Economy Standards
Strategy & Execution Case Study11.95View Details This case focuses on the introduction of the Safer Affordable Fuel-Efficient (SAFE) Vehicles Rule in 2018 and General Motors' (GM's) challenge regarding... -
Tariffed!
Global Business Case Study11.95View Details This case describes President Donald Trump's steel and aluminum tariffs of 2018. The case covers the recent history of U.S. trade protectionism in these... -
Sunrun in 2017: Net Metering in Nevada (B)
Global Business Case Study5.00View Details Supplement to case P93A. In 2015, the Nevada Public Utility Commission (PUC) passed a ruling that essentially eliminated net metering, dramatically reducing... -
Sunrun in 2017: Net Metering in Nevada (A)
Global Business Case Study11.95View Details In 2015, the Nevada Public Utility Commission (PUC) passed a ruling that essentially eliminated net metering, dramatically reducing the compensation rate... -
Uber in Colorado: Seeking Regulatory Certainty
Global Business Case Study11.95View Details This case study details the issues and challenges that faced ride-sharing company Uber following its arrival in the state of Colorado as a new alternative... -
Cameron Trebbi at Taylor Lowell, LLP
Leadership & Managing People Case Study11.95View Details Cameron Trebbi is a senior executive overseeing accounting policy at a large global auditing firm. His role is to lobby the firm's position with various... -
Lobbying at eCab
Finance & Accounting Case Study11.95View Details Erin Jones' ridesharing startup in her mid-sized hometown is finally picking up. She's hoping to reach a sustainable scale so that she can sell to a large... -
Wal-Mart's Global Women's Economic Empowerment Initiative
Sales & Marketing Case Study11.95View Details This case focuses on Wal-Mart's Global Women's Economic Empowerment Initiative (GWEEI) that was launched in September 2011. The case examines GWEEI's... -
Wal-Mart's Global Women's Economic Empowerment Initiative Exhibit - Supplement
Sales & Marketing Case Study5.00View Details Supplement for B5792. This case focuses on Wal-Mart's Global Women's Economic Empowerment Initiative (GWEEI) that was launched in September 2011. The... -
Wal-Mart Lobbying in India?
Global Business Case Study11.95View Details In 2012, as part of a routine disclosure under U.S. law, Wal-Mart revealed it had spent $25 million since 2008 on lobbying to "enhance market access for... -
Collaborating for Growth: Duane Morris in a Turbulent Legal Sector
Leadership & Managing People Case Study11.95View Details By the late 2000s, the law firm Duane Morris had transformed itself from a growing U.S. law firm to a significant global player. The firm's uniquely collaborative... -
Altius Golf and the Fighter Brand
Sales & Marketing Case Study8.95View Details Altius Golf is the clear leader in the golf ball market despite a long-term decline in the number of golfers and a drop in sales following the financial... -
Ibrahim Dabdoub at the National Bank of Kuwait
Strategy & Execution Case Study11.95View Details Ibrahim Dabdoub, the Group chief executive of the National Bank of Kuwait (NBK), reflects on his past 30 years at the helm of the Bank. Under his leadership,... -
Business and Government: Campaign Contributions and Lobbying in the United States
Leadership & Managing People Case Study8.95View Details This note on business-government relations introduces students to the state of campaign contributions and lobbying by corporations in the United States.... -
The Private Company Council
Finance & Accounting Case Study11.95View Details Financial Accounting Foundation chairman Jack Brennan is under pressure from private-company interests to set up a new body-the Private Company Council-to...