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This critical incident describes Jodi Whalen and Phil Merrick’s decision to go “screen free” by prohibiting use of laptops, iPads, and electronic reading devices at their restaurant, August First

On the flight back to his home station, Captain Jack Thompson pondered his choices. He had to make the decision now because his unit was about to deploy to Afghanistan.

MannKind Corporation is a small biotechnology firm faced with a critical decision to find a partner to market its first product.

Lululemon Athletica, known for high-end yoga apparel, faced a series of bad public relations events starting in 2006 and continuing until 2013.

Danielle O’Reilly was frustrated. She paid for a massage several weeks ago and was really looking forward to it.

This decision case focuses on a consumer products company, Edwards Paper Company (EdCo), as it redesigns its supply chain for poly-wrap.

The economics of medicine was changing and Dr. Mike Waxman was wondering if his medical specialty group, KCPC, would survive.

In the spirit of this journal’s invitation to address the questions What’s so?, So what?, and Now what?, this editorial will comment brie"y on possible responses to these three questions—response

In this article, we review the challenges to the current economic system and then proceed by presenting two competing paradigms—the economistic and humanistic paradigms of business.

Entrepreneurship is increasingly being recognized as a significant conduit for bringing about a transformation towards sustainable products and processes.

Sustainable marketing is one of the main challenges facing firms over the next few years because of its potential impact on both the growth of firms and the image of business people, hence the ne

In a world that is in need of more individuals acting with the social and environmental impact of their decisions in mind, what would it take to develop sustainability-minded leaders?

This article discusses ways in which ICTs contribute to several aspects of global sustainability.

The GSBI originated from the observation that technology innovations bene!ting humanity, such as those honored by The Tech Awards program, rarely achieved meaningful scale.

Social ventures balance the economic and social dimensions of value creation to alleviate the problems created by shared collective issues.

The phenomenal growth of social entrepreneurship over the last decade has ably demonstrated how technology, innovation, and an entrepreneurial spirit can afford better solutions to the vexing soc

The call for global sustainability is echoed by societal, environmental, and economic needs across the globe.

Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) can help social enterprises and other organizations working on global sustainability issues and in the human development sector in general scale t

Grameen Shakti has mastered the art of rural business. Sixteen years ago, the Bangladesh-based renewable energy company was a pioneer in an unexplored market.

In 2008, the authors of this article developed a “sector strategy” for the Global Social Benefit Incubator (GSBI) at Santa Clara University with the purpose of facilitating collaborative learning