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HN Agri Serve: Growing Prosperity
Alvarez, Jose B.; Raina, Anjali; Chawla, RachnaCase HBS-515006-EEntrepreneurshipIn 2014, Khuram Mir, CEO of HN Agri Serve, an innovative apple orchard company in the Kashmir region of Northern India, wonders about the best growth strategy for his company.Starting at €8.20
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Gotong Royong: Toward Sustainable Palm Oil
Henderson, Rebecca M.; Yew, Hann-Shuin; Baraldi, MonicaCase HBS-316124-EKnowledge and CommunicationIn late 2015, Jeff Seabright, Chief Sustainability Officer at Unilever, had to report to Unilever CEO Paul Polman on the effort to transform the cultivation of oil palm. Historically, palm oil was produced using unsustainable methods that included burningStarting at €8.20
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Mahindra Lifespace Developers' Venture into Affordable Housing, Teaching Note
Fuller, Joseph B.; Baraldi, MonicaTeaching Note HBS-317029-EEntrepreneurshipTeaching note for case 315082.Starting at €0.00
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Governing the "Chinese Dream": Corruption, Inequality and the Rule of Law
Di Tella, Rafael; Rithmire, Meg; Szydlowski, KaitlynCase HBS-715023-EEconomicsXi Jinping assumed his position as head of China's fifth generation of leaders in 2012. Xi was head of both the People's Republic of China and the Chinese Communist Party, which had ruled China since 1949. Xi inherited a country far more unequal than the one that Mao Zedong, Communist China's first leader, had left behind in 1978. The growth of markets had made China much wealthier, but also generated many social problems, including inequality, c...Starting at €8.20
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Capitalism and the Party-State: The People's Republic of China at 70
Rithmire, Meg; Han, CourtneyCase HBS-721040-EEconomicsFor Asian Agri and other Indonesian palm oil producers, the future promised rising demand from fast-growing Asian populations, but also intensifying criticism from environmental groups. With the highest yield and lowest production cost of any edible oil, palm oil constituted an abundant, inexpensive source of food for Asian and, to a lesser extent, international markets. Its production had soared from 1970 to 2010, sparking concern from environme...Starting at €8.20
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Aadhaar: From Voluntary to Mandatory
Khanna, Tarun; Raina, Anjali; Chawla, RachnaCase HBS-717512-EStrategyApproximately 1.1 billion residents of India (99% of the population) had a unique biometric identity-Aadhaar-by 2017. In six years, the Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) had achieved an unprecedented milestone in emerging and developed markets. The stated objective was to create a corruption-proof social security infrastructure that enables the disenfranchised to access benefits without any diversion to middlemen and unscrupulous e...Starting at €8.20
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Chinese Infrastructure Investments in Sri Lanka: A Pearl or a Teardrop on the Belt and Road
Rithmire, Meg; Li, YihaoCase HBS-719046-EIn 2015, a surprise presidential election result seemed to imperil Chinese investments in Sri Lanka, which were associated with China's Belt and Road Initiative to build global infrastructure. In the previous decade, China had undertaken two major projects in the country: the construction of a port in the poor district of Hambantota (also the previous president's hometown), for which Sri Lanka borrowed 1.2 bn USD from the China Ex-Im bank, and a ...Starting at €8.20
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Corruption, Inequality and the Rule of Law (Spanish version)
Di Tella, Rafael; Rithmire, Meg; Szydlowski, KaitlynCase HBS-716S18EconomicsXi Jinping assumed his position as head of China's fifth generation of leaders in 2012. Xi was head of both the People's Republic of China and the Chinese Communist Party, which had ruled China since 1949. Xi inherited a country far more unequal than the one that Mao Zedong, Communist China's first leader, had left behind in 1978. The growth of markets had made China much wealthier, but also generated many social problems, including inequality, c...Starting at €8.20
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Philippines: From Sick Man to Strong Man
Rithmire, Meg; Lau, DawnCase HBS-717058-EEconomicsStarting at €8.20
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Godrej Agrovet Ltd (GAVL)
Alvarez, Jose B.; Raina, Anjali; Chawla, RachnaCase HBS-517014-EMarketingNadir Godrej Chairman and B Yadav MD, Godrej Agrovet Ltd ( GAVL) grapple with the challenge of growing their cattle feed business - should they integrate vertically despite the challenges ofthe dairy industry, and risk the profitability of the current business ? The ban on cow slaughter in India adds to the dilemma.Starting at €8.20