Business Model Innovation for Sustainability _______________ Karan GIROTRA Serguei NETESSINE 2013/64/TOM Business Model Innovation for Sustainability Karan Girotra* Serguei Netessine** * Assistant Professor of Technology and Operations Management at INSEAD‚ Boulevard de Constance 77305 Fontainebleau Cedex‚ France. Email: karan.girotra@insead.edu ** The Timken Chaired Professor of Global Technology and Innovation‚ Professor of Technology and Operations Management at
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TERM ASSIGNMENT #2: Environmental Sustainability And Economic Development Environmental sustainability and economic development can be considered contending imperatives. We as humans have a burning desire for economic growth and prosperity‚ while at the same time we have a need for the resources the planet provides us. Typically in order to grow our economy it requires that we deplete natural resources such as lumber‚ oil and minerals by means of deforestation‚ drilling and mining
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To what extent was the League a success? The League of Nations was a group setup to maintain peace throughout the world‚ without using violence etc. and was created during the Paris peace conference although the president of the United States of America Woodrow Wilson originally thought it up. The Leagues main objectives were to unite all nations in a parliament style meeting to discuss the independence of countries and to protect their borders‚ to protect the citizen’s lives and working conditions
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Fallacies What are assumptions? How do you think assumptions might interfere with critical thinking? What might you do to avoid making assumptions in your thinking? * An assumption is something we take for granted. We assume our beliefs to be true and use them to interpret the world about us. We humans naturally and regularly use our beliefs as assumptions and make inferences based on those assumptions. We must do so to make sense of where we are‚ what we are about‚ and what is happening
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To what extent was the League of Nations a success? In 1914 war broke out in Europe. The war ended in 1918 and Germany solely blamed. The end of the war was signed with the treaty of Versailles. From the war was born the League of Nations; who helped nations resolve disputes peacefully without going to war. When the League was formed‚ the defeated nations were not invited to join. The League originally had forty-two members. All forty-two members made up the assembly‚ who met once a year. As incidents
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Innovation: The Key to Achieve Organizational Sustainability Introduction Currently‚ the theory of sustainability has gained an international popularity not only in the more macro social and ecological level‚ but also in the relatively micro organizational level. To be more specific‚ now it has become the primary goal of an organization to sustain a healthy and long-term development‚ or sustainable development. The role of innovation in the organizational sustainability‚ however‚ is not yet decided partly
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accountability and participation (Hofkes 1996‚ p. 342).These three aspects of sustainability make the originally simple definition of economic development more complicated or more precise‚ in other words. Sustainability from an economic perspective Despite on these complications‚ three principles‚ outlined above have resonance at a common-sense level. According to viewpoint of neo-classical economic theory‚ sustainability can be defined in terms of the maximization of welfare over time (Sabau 2010
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As the Earth becomes more populated and humans experience increased life expectancy‚ there has also been an increase in carelessness. As far as concerns for the environment‚ humans have been lacking in the practice of sustainability‚ recycling‚ and self-sufficiency‚ and this has become a major issue. Due to these deficiencies‚ humans have drastically lost their intimate connections with the planet’s natural materials and geographical landmarks. That being said‚ it is crucial that the public starts
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What might be done to encourage more people to vote in elections? Firstly in this essay I would like to say why voting is relatively important nowadays‚ the second thing I will discuss is why the public tends to avoid voting on elections‚ third thing will be an issue of how to encourage more people to vote and lastly I will conclude with my opinion. Nowadays‚ in our society‚ which is mostly democratic‚ everyone tends to participate in politics. Participation in politics can also be seen as the
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Given that sustainability reporting is not currently required of companies‚ what do you see as the possible benefits and disadvantages of sustainability reporting? Using the information in the case‚ the summary data reported in Tables 4 and 5‚ and Johnson & Johnson’s most recent sustainability report (available at http://www.jnj.com/connect/caring/?flash=true)‚ what aspects of sustainability reporting seem to be a priority for the company‚ and why? Provide examples from the 2008 sustainability report
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