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ServiceForce: Scaling up Financing
Hitesh J Shukla; Ashutosh DashCase IVEY-9B13N019-EEntrepreneurship, FinanceThe founder of ServiceForce, a company that provides repair and maintenance for motorized two-wheel vehicles in India, has a dilemma about whether he should sell the rights of his franchisee business, join hands with a venture capitalist, borrow money for capacity building or see the business grow through franchising. The start-up was initiated with his own money and family investment. A mere 18 months has shown great success with two service sta...Starting at €8.20
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Joe Gifford in Tal Afar, Iraq (A)
Badaracco, Joseph L., Jr.; Burgess, Richard , Jr.; Carpio, Robert , III; Wheeler, WilliamCase HBS-311085-ELeadership and People ManagementTo maximize their effectiveness, color cases should be printed in color. A Lieutenant leading a platoon in Iraq must make a complex ethical, military, and leadership decision: whether to risk his life and that of other soldiers to reenter a home rigged with an explosive and save three Iraqis.Starting at €8.20
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Nuclear Power & the Language of Diplomacy: Negotiating a Game-Changing Nuclear Trade Agreement with India Sequel
Burns, R. Nicholas; Varley, PamelaCase HBS-HKS891-ESupplement for HKS890Starting at €8.20
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Measured Approach: TEGV Assesses its Performance & Impact, Teaching Plan
Laidler-Kylander, Nathalie; Varley, PamelaTeaching Note HBS-KS1043-ETeaching plan for KS1042.Starting at €0.00
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Nilco Pvt. Limited — The Technology Selection Process (A)
Jitendar Khatri Bittoo; Ashutosh DashCase IVEY-9B14M068-EEntrepreneurship, StrategyBy 2009, since the introduction of liberal economic policies by the government of India in 1991, many Indian companies manufacturing leather cloth were closing down due to cheap imports from China and Taiwan. There had been no new investment or expansion in this field at all. In such a business environment and against the advice of many trade analysts, the chief executive officer of Northern India Leather Cloth Manufacturing Company Pvt. Ltd., ba...Starting at €8.20
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Namo Alloys Pvt. Ltd. - A Drive to Sustainable Investment Decision
Jitendar Khatri Bittoo; Ashutosh DashCase IVEY-9B13D022-EService and Operations ManagementNamo Alloys, a medium-size, secondary-metal manufacturing firm, is seeking to expand by investing in new technology. The co-founder’s challenge is to select a technology that aligns with the company’s sustainable manufacturing philosophy by creating not only economic value but also sustainable societal and environmental values that will ensure triple bottom line value creation for all company stakeholders.Starting at €8.20
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Nilco Pvt. Limited — The Technology Selection Process (B)
Jitendar Khatri Bittoo; Ashutosh DashCase IVEY-9B14M069-EEntrepreneurship, StrategyIn this, the B case, the chief executive officer wonders how to enlist and prioritize important qualitative factors, along with financial factors in evaluating the shortlisted technologies from which he must choose. He consults a leading industrial pundit for his advice on multi-criteria decision-making techniques used by many practitioners in industry. They decide to use the analytic hierarchy process methodology, which had gained huge popularit...Starting at €5.74
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Joe Gifford in Tal Afar, Iraq (B)
Badaracco, Joseph L., Jr.; Burgess, Richard , Jr.; Carpio, Robert , III; Wheeler, WilliamCase HBS-311086-ELeadership and People ManagementTo maximize their effectiveness, color cases should be printed in color. A Lieutenant leading a platoon in Iraq must make a complex ethical, military, and leadership decision: whether to risk his life and that of other soldiers to reenter a home rigged with an explosive and save three Iraqis. The (B) case describes the decision made and the rational behind it.Starting at €5.74
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Nuclear Power & the Language of Diplomacy: Negotiating a Game-Changing Nuclear Trade Agreement with India
Varley, Pamela; Burns, R. NicholasCase HBS-HKS890-EThis decision-forcing case focuses on a diplomatic challenge faced by US Undersecretary of State for Political Affairs Nicholas Burns and Indian Foreign Secretary Shyam Saran between April and July 2005: the writing of a 400-word joint statement and framework agreement that-if they were successful--would be the first step in a very complex negotiation between the United States and India to establish a civil nuclear trade pact. The bulk of the ca...Starting at €8.20
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Measured Approach: TEGV Assesses its Performance & Impact on Educational Enrichment Programs
Varley, Pamela; Laidler-Kylander, NathalieCase HBS-KS1042-EThis case traces the evolution of thinking about, and the implementation of, performance assessment at one of Turkey's largest and most respected nonprofit organizations, the Educational Volunteers Foundation of Turkey (TEGV). TEGV delivers a broad array of educational enrichment programs to low income children across Turkey through a team of volunteers. In contrast to many non-governmental organizations (NGOs) across the world, which have adopte...Starting at €8.20