Case 5- Decoupling Questions
- What is decoupling? Why is decoupling an urgent concern?
- How are trade and decoupling related? What are some business opportunities related to decoupling issues?
- What are some major obstacles faced by decoupling?
- What roles do cities play in decoupling?
- What are some of the challenges that remain to be addressed?
It’s essential to apply the international business theories and demonstrate your critical thinking and constructive recommendation to the case study firm.
Case Study Reference
Case 5: Fischer-Kowalski, M & Swilling, M 2011, Decoupling: natural resource use and environmental impacts from economic growth, Report Number. 928073167X, United Nations Environment Programme.
Must have the following
• Writing demonstrates a sophisticated clarity, conciseness, and correctness; includes thorough details and relevant data and information.
• Extremely well-organized.
• Uses Harvard style guidelines accurately and consistently to cite sources.
• Presents an outstanding, insightful and thorough analysis of all issues identified.
• Makes appropriate and powerful connections between the issues identified and the concepts studied in the reading.
• Demonstrates complete command of the concepts and analytical tools and models studied.
• Supplements case study with accurate, interesting, relevant and extensive research into the present situation of the company.
• Clearly and thoroughly documents all sources of information.
• Clearly and thoroughly integrated the case issues and relevant IB theories.
• Presents outstanding detailed, realistic, and appropriate recommendations clearly supported by the information presented and concepts from the reading.
• Length of Case study must be 2,500 words
