Founded in 2018 in Hanoi, Vietnam, Selex Motors emerged with a vision to propel Vietnam toward sustainable development through electric motorbikes and renewable energy. The company’s founder and co-founders aimed to overcome the challenges of electric vehicle (EV) ownership—mainly charging inconvenience and high costs—by introducing an innovative ecosystem comprising electric motorbikes, compatible battery packs, battery swapping stations, and an .....more

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In May 2022, amid the transformative currents of their industry, Kalpesh Shah and Paresh Shah of Ramson Industries (Ramson) confronted the reality that their traditional business model, which was historically heavily reliant on distributors, was facing stagnation. Having partially pivoted to a direct-to-consumer (D2C) strategy during the pandemic, the Shah brothers now considered whether to more fully embrace this new direction. Despite the potential .....more

Teaching note for product W40082.

In June 2022, the chief executive officer (CEO) of Worn Again Technologies (Worn Again), a polymer recycling technology company based in London, United Kingdom, was examining the way forward with a new technology that the company had developed and fine-tuned. The technology had been tested successfully at the company’s demonstration plant in Switzerland and was capable of processing fifty thousand tons of material per year. The CEO now needed to find .....more

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If all goes well, a new body within existing accounting standards institutions will soon drive standardized approaches in sustainability reporting in Canada. There are some important challenges and critical questions that need to be addressed when forming the Canadian Sustainability Standards Board (CSSB) and defining its focus, composition, and mandate. The authors identify the following major questions that the committee should consider as it contemplates .....more

In May 2019, a Vietnam-based entrepreneur was wondering which strategy would work best to sell nipa honey, the first product launched by his nipa palm products company, Viet Nam Nipa Development Company Limited (Viet Nipa). The product was launched in February 2019 and the entrepreneur had been selling the nipa honey at trade fairs, through partnerships with three popular resorts in his home district, and on a sales platform on Viet Nipa’s Facebook .....more

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