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Aravind Eye Care System (Spanish)
Janeiro Dias, A.; Viassa Monteiro, EugénioCase AESE-DG-A-503-ESEn 1976, el médico cirujano oftalmólogo Dr. G. Venkataswami (Dr. V.) cuando se jubiló, con 58 años de edad, de Profesor de Oftalmología en la Universidad de Madurai (sur de India), creó una pequeña clínica con 11 camas, invitando a su hermana y marido (también médicos cirujanos oftalmólogos) a unirse a la nueva aventura. La clínica tuvo éxito y luego en el año siguiente instalaron otra con 30 plazas, para personas pobres que no podían pagar. Poc...Starting at €8.20
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China Environment Fund: Doing Well by Doing Good, Teaching Note
Marquis, Christopher; Comings, AlisonTeaching Note HBS-411098-ELeadership and People ManagementTeaching Note for 410142.Starting at €0.00
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The "Jaipur foot"
de Matos, Luis; Viassa Monteiro, EugénioCase AESE-DG-A-773(I)-EEntrepreneurship, Innovation and ChangeThe case presents a new business model to produce low cost prosthesis, made and adapted in less than a day and with no need of maintenance for several years. Also, the low cost makes the prosthesis accessible to just about anybody.The case describes a company which produces and places foot or leg prosthesis, as a way to alleviate people suffering from a deficiency which seriously impairs their quality of life. They are people who for some reason ...Starting at €8.20
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TerraPower
Sahlman, William A.; Nanda, Ramana; Lassiter, Joseph B.; McQuade, JamesCase HBS-813108-EEntrepreneurshipJohn Gilleland, CEO of TerraPower, returned to his office after a lengthy meeting with potential investors. It was October 2012, and TerraPower was in the process of raising a $200M Series C round to finance the ongoing development of its next-generation nuclear reactor. Though early in the fundraising process, Gilleland noted that this most recent conversation was similar to conversations with other interested cleantech growth equity investors. ...Starting at €8.20
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Carbon Engineering
Lassiter, Joseph B.; Misra, SidCase HBS-814040-EEntrepreneurshipDr. David Keith, President of Carbon Engineering, a company based in Calgary, Alberta, is commercializing a technology to capture carbon dioxide (CO2) from the atmosphere. The company plans to market the captured CO2 to produce low carbon transportation fuels in markets such as California where regulation, derived from a state law designed to manage climate change, restricts the maximum carbon intensity of transportation fuel.Starting at €8.20
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Husk Power: Scaling the Venture
Roth, Benjamin N.; Lassiter, Joseph B.; Rigol, NataliaCase HBS-819069-EEntrepreneurshipIn January 2018, Husk Power had just raised $20 million to scale operations for a second time. From 2007 through 2013, Husk built 80 biomass waste (primarily rice husk from rice mills) plants that provided electricity to 250,000 villagers and shop owners spread across 350 villages in India and Africa.
By 2015, Husk underwent a major pivot. Rather than a rural electrification vision aimed at providing power to rural households through biomass...Starting at €8.20
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Swire Beverages: Implementing CSR in China, Teaching Note
Marquis, Christopher; Comings, Alison; Thomason, BobbiTeaching Note HBS-410129-EService and Operations ManagementTeaching Note for [410021].Starting at €0.00
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State Grid: Corporate Social Responsibility, Teaching Note
Marquis, Christopher; Comings, AlisonTeaching Note HBS-412006-ELeadership and People ManagementTeaching Note for 410141.Starting at €0.00
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V. Kurien e a revolução do leite na India
Miranda Colaço, Carlos Filipe; Viassa Monteiro, EugénioCase AESE-FH-A-1264-PPStrategyVerghese Kurien regressou dos EUA após concluir o MSc em Engenharia e foi trabalhar para a Cooperativa de Anand, como contra-prestação da sua bolsa de estudos nos EUA. Após o tempo estipulado continuou o seu trabalho em Anand, no movimento cooperativo lançado por Tribhuvandas Patel, para a comercialização do leite dos cooperantes do distrito de Kaira, Gujarat. Mercê do sucesso do movimento cooperativo no distrito, orientado por Kurien, é-lhe pedi...Starting at €8.20
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Husk Power
Lassiter, Joseph B.; Misra, SidCase HBS-815023-EEntrepreneurshipIn late 2013, Husk Power Systems found itself falling further and further behind plan. The founding CEO had decided to resign. His co-founder is faced with the decision of quitting his corporate job in the US to head to India and help form a new management team. Husk is an Indian startup founded in 2007 with the goal of global rural electrification. The company has decided to pivot from operating biomass gasification plants towards developing sol...Starting at €8.20