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ExtraCarbon: Working for a Cleaner Future
Rakesh Gupta; Lubna Nafees; Saumyajit GuhaCase IVEY-9B20M044-EEntrepreneurship, StrategyExtraCarbon was a company focused on the sorting stage of India’s unorganized waste management industry. The company was founded in 2013 with owners’ capital and some investments from friends and family. In October 2018, one of these friend investors expressed a desire to exit the venture. Although ExtraCarbon had made steady progress since its founding, the company did not have enough money to buy out the investor’s stake, and the company’s valu...Starting at €8.20
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Pharmeasy: Expansion Dilemma Amidst Regulatory Uncertainties
Rakesh Gupta; Lubna NafeesCase IVEY-9B20M090-EEntrepreneurship, StrategyThe two co-founders of PharmEasy, an online medical store and pharmacy website launched in 2015, faced a new challenge in December 2018. Recent judgments by the Madras and Delhi High Courts had suspended the operations of India’s more than 250 online pharStarting at €8.20
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India 2014: The Challenges of Governance
Iyer, Lakshmi; Vietor, Richard H.K.Case HBS-712038-EEconomicsIn January 2012, the government of India faced significant challenges to achieving three key objectives of high growth, inclusive development, and improved governance. The economy was experiencing a growth slowdown, persistently high inflation, and infrastructure and energy deficits. Policy reforms were hampered by several recent corruption scandals, widespread citizen protests against corruption, and disagreements with coalition partners. Could ...Starting at €8.20
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Indonesia's OJK: Building Financial Stability
Iyer, Lakshmi; Lane, DavidCase HBS-713003-EEconomicsIn 2013, a new financial services authority, the Otoritas Jasa Keuangan (OJK), took over responsibility for regulating capital markets and non-bank financial institutions in Indonesia. OJK was scheduled to take over bank regulation and supervision from the central bank, Bank Indonesia, in 2014. At a time when there was no global consensus on the optimality of separating monetary policy from bank supervision, the creation of the OJK raised many qu...Starting at €8.20
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Urbanizing China, Teaching Note
Iyer, LakshmiTeaching Note HBS-714037-ETeaching Note for 713037.Starting at €0.00
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India 2014: The Challenges of Governance, Teaching Note
Iyer, LakshmiTeaching Note HBS-714038-EEconomicsTeaching Note for 712038.Starting at €0.00
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Indonesia's OJK: Building Financial Stability, Teaching Note
Iyer, LakshmiTeaching Note HBS-714046-EEconomicsTeaching Note for 713003.Starting at €0.00
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Indonesia: Growth and Stability in a Global Economy, Teaching Note
Iyer, LakshmiTeaching Note HBS-716063-EEconomicsTeaching note for case 715002. This country case on Indonesia is designed to enable a discussion of the potential risks in financial globalization. The country suffered a severe economic crisis in 1997-98 when global capital withdrew from many Asian countries. A significant currency depreciation of 21 percent during 2013 raised the possibility of another crisis, but Indonesia's economy weathered this change extremely well. The case enables studen...Starting at €0.00
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Special Economic Zones in India: Public Purpose and Private Property (A)
Alfaro, Laura; Iyer, LakshmiCase HBS-709027-EEconomicsIn 2005, the government of India enacted the Special Economic Zones (SEZ) Act in order to attract investment, generate export revenues, and create manufacturing jobs. However, several planned projects faced difficulties in acquiring land for setting up the SEZ. In December 2007, the government introduced a new piece of legislation, which proposed to extend the power of eminent domain to allow the government to acquire land for SEZs. Was this the ...Starting at €8.20
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Public Purpose and Private Property (A) and (B), Teaching Note
Alfaro, Laura; Iyer, LakshmiTeaching Note HBS-709028-EEconomicsTeaching Note for [709027] and [709029].Starting at €0.00