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El capitalismo fugitivo
Meyer, Christopher; Kirby, JuliaArticle HBS-R1201CEconomicsEl capitalismo sigue siendo el sistema más potente, flexible y robusta para la conducción de la prosperidad de amplia base y la mejora de la calidad de vida. Pero mantener el capitalismo en la pista dependerá de nuestra capacidad para replantearse las prioridades que guía cada uno en el sistema, desde los empresarios a los reguladores a los inversores. En particular, tendremos que desacelerar las actividades precipitados de la competencia y el RO...Starting at €8.20
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Uptake of Malaria Rapid Diagnostic Tests
Ashraf, Nava; Kindred, Natalie; Sedlmayr, RichardCase HBS-911007-ETo maximize their effectiveness, color cases should be printed in color. This case describes barriers to adoption of malaria rapid diagnostic tests in Zambia and highlights the importance of understanding end users in promoting product adoption. Rapid diagnostic tests (RDTs) are simple, easy-to-use tools that provide a relatively reliable, inexpensive way to confirm diagnoses of malaria. In addition to ensuring that patients' febrile illnesses ar...Starting at €8.20
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Community Health Workers in Zambia: Incentive Design and Management, Teaching Note
Ashraf, Nava; Johnson, KristinTeaching Note HBS-914024-ETeaching Note for 910030.Starting at €0.00
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The Economics of Well-Being
Fox, JustinArticle HBS-R1201D-EGross domestic product has long been the chief measure of national success. But there's been a lot of talk lately about changing that, from economists and world leaders alike. GDP is under siege for three main reasons. First, it is flawed even on its own terms: It misses lots of economic activity (unpaid household work, for example) and, as a single-number representation of vast, complex systems, is inevitably skewed. Second, it fails to account ...Starting at €8.20
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Goodbye IMF Conditions, Hello Chinese Capital: Zambia's Copper Industry and Africa's Break with Its Colonial Past, Teaching Note
Di Tella, Rafael; Pons, Vincent; Mehta, Sarah; Lane, DavidTeaching Note HBS-717055-EEconomicsTeaching note for case 717034.Starting at €0.00
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Bhutan: Governing for Happiness
Reinert, Sophus A.; Humphrey, Thomas; Safran, BenjaminCase HBS-715024-EEconomicsUnique among the world's countries, the Himalayan Kingdom of Bhutan had abandoned the traditional policy goal of increasing Gross Domestic Product (GDP) in favor of pursuing Gross National Happiness (GNH). Famously, Bhutan ranked highly on lists of the happiest countries in spite of a tumultuous history, a low life expectancy, a dismal literacy rate, a small and undiversified economy, and low GDP per capita. Everyone, it seemed, from tourists and...Starting at €8.20
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Bharti Airtel in Africa
Palepu, Krishna G.; Bijlani, TanyaCase HBS-112096-EKnowledge and CommunicationIn June 2010, Bharti Airtel, India's largest mobile services operator, acquired the African assets of Bahrain-based Zain Telecom for $10.7 billion-the largest ever cross-border deal in emerging markets. Bharti's executives envisioned that they would repliStarting at €8.20
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Making Impact Investing Markets: IFC (A)
Cole, Shawn; Masko, John; Zochowski, T. RobertCase HBS-221061-EFinanceIn 2017, the International Finance Corporation (IFC) faced the first big investment decision in its new Scaling Solar project. Founded in 1956, IFC was an international investment body with national governments as shareholders, whose mission was to promotStarting at €8.20
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Congo River Basin Project: Role for Dr. Campos
McGinn, Kathleen L.; Kolb, Deborah M.; Acosta, Anne Starks; Hammer, Cailin B.Case HBS-909040-EThe director of a research coalition and the founder/coordinator of an NGO consortium meet to discuss the possibility of jointly drafting a proposal for an integrated research and development project in the Congo River basin. Approved projects will receive an annual operating budget of $2 million. Together they must develop a joint plan for how the money should be spent.Starting at €8.20
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Community Health Workers in Zambia: Incentive Design and Management
Ashraf, Nava; Kindred, NatalieCase HBS-910030-EThis case examines the various considerations relevant to selecting and compensating workers in a context where their work involves a pro-social component. This is relevant to not only health care in Zambia, but to NGO and public sector workers who are both motivated by the mission of their positions and the remuneration. Zambia was facing a healthcare human resource crisis with less than half of the healthcare workers needed to meet health needs...Starting at €8.20