MIT Sloan Sustainability Case Studies

Focuses on the role of the learning curve in building competitive advantage, asking how SunPower can compete against rivals that are many times larger in an industry that is almost certainly subject to significant learning effects; and introduce students to the challenges inherent in investing in al...

The Climate Action Simulation is a group role playing simulation where participants test out a mix of policies and strategies that could address climate change. In a large group setting, participants play business, civil society, and government leaders representing different sectors that have conven...

In this live, web-based simulation, participants play the role of the founder of a new startup company in the exciting and competitive clean tech sector. Can you develop your technology into a successful company? Each quarter you must set prices, decide how many engineers and sales people to hire, a...

Drives data-rich discussion of value creation and capture relative to peers, enables discussion of competitive moats and sustainability of competitive advantage, covers industry structure and the impact of electric vehicles and new entrants, evaluate future growth opportunities.

Explores the role of an index tool as a vehicle for making products more sustainable.

Fishbanks（鱼行）是一款多人参与的网上模拟游戏，游戏参与者扮演渔民的角色，在游戏中与其他玩家竞争并应对鱼类资源储量和捕获量上的变化，最终达到将自身的净值最大化的目标。参与者需要购买、出售和建造船只，决定捕鱼地点并互相协商。游戏还为讲师提供了政策上的选择，包括拍卖新船、发放许可证以及实施配额。

Illustrates the challenges of pricing in a commodity market with variable demand.

Energía Mundial es una simulación grupal de representación donde los participantes ponen a prueba una combinación de políticas y estrategias que puedan abordar el tema del cambio climático. En un entorno grupal grande, los participantes juegan el papel de empresarios, asociaciones civiles y líderes ...

Discusses where a firm making solar panels has competitive advantage by looking at its costs and customers’ willingness to pay. Investigates whether such an advantage can be maintained in the face of substantial market shifts. Illustrates the complexity of the energy industry, particularly PV solar ...

Fishbanks is a multiplayer web-based simulation in which participants play the role of fishers and seek to maximize their net worth as they compete against other players and deal with variations in fish stocks and their catch. Participants buy, sell, and build ships; decide where to fish; and negoti...