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Kaweyan: Female Entrepreneurship and the Past and Future of Afghanistan (B)
Jones, Geoffrey G.; Lemmon, Gayle TzemachCase HBS-316070-EEntrepreneurshipThis B case takes up the story of the Afghan female entrepreneur Kamila Sidiqi between 2009 and 2015. The case opens with U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry praising her achievements at a State Department dinner in March 2015 for the newly elected President of Afghanistan, Ashraf Ghani. It describes the growth of her Kaweyan firm, which diversified into dried fruit processing and a cab service, against a background of some economic and social pro...Starting at €5.74
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A Managerial Perspective on Clinical Trials
Daemmrich, Arthur A.Case HBS-709033-EEntrepreneurshipThis note describes the history and regulation of clinical trials, managerial challenges related to pharmaceutical product testing, and current debates regarding prescription drug safety. Since clinical testing takes between five and seven years, and consumes up to 70 percent of a drug's total development costs, pharmaceutical and biotechnology leaders need to understand clinical trial management. Likewise, with a growing variety of new product i...Starting at €8.20
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Arcadia Biosciences: Seeds of Change (Abridged)
Daemmrich, Arthur A.Case HBS-711050-EArcadia Biosciences is seeking to introduce genetically modified rice to China that will lower farmers' costs and generate environmental benefits through reduced greenhouse gas emissions. The case describes challenges facing this small agricultural biotechnology company, notably uneven enforcement of intellectual property in emerging market countries, and uncertainty regarding the provision and market value of carbon credits under international c...Starting at €8.20
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Kaweyan: Female Entrepreneurship and the Past and Future of Afghanistan
Jones, Geoffrey G.; Lemmon, Gayle TzemachCase HBS-811023-EEntrepreneurshipExplores the challenges of female entrepreneurship in Afghanistan through the case of Kemeli Sediqi, who built a business under the Taliban, and founded a consultancy in 2004. The case positions Sediqi's experiences against the background of Afghanistan's turbulent history, with a focus on the contested role of women in Afghani society.Starting at €8.20
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Arcadia Biosciences: Seeds of Change
Daemmrich, Arthur A.; Reinhardt, Forest L.; Shelman, MaryCase HBS-709019-EArcadia Biosciences is an entrepreneurial California agricultural biotech company seeking to earn carbon credits by modifying commodity crops for use in China and India. Eric Rey, Arcadia's CEO, faced a strategic inflection point in early September, 2008. The company had a plan to share carbon credits allocated by the United Nations Clean Development Mechanism Executive Board to China, for use of Arcadia's rice varieties, since they enabled farme...Starting at €8.20
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Arcadia Biosciences: Seeds of Change, Teaching Note
Daemmrich, Arthur A.; Reinhardt, Forest L.Teaching Note HBS-711042-ETeaching Note for 709019.Starting at €0.00