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Soybean Production in Argentina: The Duhau Group
Alvarez, Jose B.; Cal, MarianaCase HBS-519033-EStrategyCrop-planning was affected by macroeconomic factors including international disputes, commodity prices, local tax and agricultural policies, etc. Enrique and Alejandro Duhau, co-owners of the Duhau Group, analyzed these factors, as well as technical and financial aspects, as they planned their 2019/2020 production. The Duhau Group was an agribusiness holding with $112 in revenues for 2018. That year, the Group harvested 112,000 hectares, produced...Starting at €8.20
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The Future of Start-Up Chile
Choudhury, Prithwiraj; Costas, Ruth; Levindo, PedroCase HBS-622080-EEntrepreneurshipIn 2021, public accelerator program Start-Up Chile, which ten years earlier had created a global buzz, might be losing its competitive edge to similar programs or one-year visas for digital nomads offered by other countries. The case follows SUP's CEO, Angeles Romo, as she considers how Chile could remain appealing to world-class entrepreneurs in a post-pandemic world and how to ensure SUP's impact on Chile's economy.Starting at €8.20
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Arcos Dorados: Decarbonizing McDonald's in Latin America
Serafeim, George; Toffel, Michael W.; Buitrago, Jenyfeer Martinez; Cal, MarianaCase HBS-623017-EKnowledge and CommunicationThis case describes the decarbonization strategy of Arcos Dorados-McDonald's largest independent franchisee, operating in 20 countries and territories in Latin America and the Caribbean-and how the company measured its greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, including those generated directly by the company and by all of its suppliers. Set in May 2022, the case also describes the challenges faced by the company to understand the composition of its carbon...Starting at €8.20
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XP: Dual Track Financing Alternatives
Di Maggio, Marco; Levindo, Pedro; Larangeira, CarlaCase HBS-221029-EKnowledge and CommunicationBrazil presented an enormous market opportunity to offer more financial services to millions of new investment clients, but future growth would require additional funding. By the end of 2016, Brazil s stock market began to show signs of recovery after a two-year performance slump, enticing XP to go public. Yet, Martin Escobari-an XP board member and partner at General Atlantic, the firm that owned 49% of the company by then-felt XP should explo...Starting at €8.20
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Arcos Dorados: A QSR Recovery Plan
Reinhardt, Forest L.; Alvarez, Jose B.; Buitrago, Jenyfeer Martinez; Cal, MarianaCase HBS-721023-EEconomicsArcos Dorados-McDonald's largest independent franchisee, covering Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC)-faced a pandemic that was disrupting the entire consumer foodservice business in 2020. With the exclusive right to own, operate, and sub-franchise McDoStarting at €8.20
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Nubank: Democratizing Financial Services
Chu, Michael; Larangeira, Carla; Levindo, PedroCase HBS-321068-EEntrepreneurship"Nubank, a wholly-digital solution created to disrupt Brazilian banking, with 6 million clients and a $4 billion valuation after five years, must decide whether to expand to Mexico. The company was founded in S o Paulo in 2013 by Colombian-born David VStarting at €8.20
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ProdEng: Services for Oil & Gas Extraction
Cespedes, Frank V.; Miguel, Maria Fernanda; Cal, MarianaCase HBS-819003-EEntrepreneurshipIn 2016 unforeseen Oil and Gas industry-wide demand slump drove ProdEng's average service rates down by more than 37%, with EBITDA margins falling from 50% to 24% in the second half of 2016. Although the Partners remained optimistic about ProdEng's long-term fundamentals and management team, the short-term challenges required that they act rapidly. However, they had divergent views on the path forward. Should they stay the course and focus on the...Starting at €8.20
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Molino Ca uelas: Serving Customers from Seed Development to the Kitchen Table (Spanish Version)
Alvarez, Jose B.; Cal, Mariana; Miguel, FernandaCase HBS-518S23Accounting and Controluelas Molino CA fue una empresa de alimentación integrada verticalmente con un sistema de gestión que le permitió innovar y crecer de forma sistemática. Con ventas de $ 2 mil millones en 2016, la empresa no sólo la harina producida, aceite vegetal y productos alimenticios envasados; También era dueño de una terminal portuaria, una planta de envasado y una División de Servicios de Agronegocios para apoyar a más de 8.000 productores agrícolas. CEO ...Starting at €8.20
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Algramo
Chu, Michael; Silva, Monica; Cal, MarianaCase HBS-321079-EFounded in 2013 by Jos Manuel Moller in Chile, Algramo first became known for addressing the "poverty tax" (the surcharge paid by lower income families for staples sold in smaller sizes) through specially-designed dispensers in low-income neighborhood gStarting at €8.20
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Molino Ca uelas: Serving Customers from Seed Development to the Kitchen Table
Alvarez, Jose B.; Cal, Mariana; Miguel, FernandaCase HBS-518046-EAccounting and ControlMolino Ca uelas was a vertically integrated food company with a management system that allowed it to innovate and grow systematically. With sales of $2 billion in 2016, the firm not only produced flour, vegetable oil and packaged food products; it also owned a port terminal, a packaging plant and an Agribusiness Services Division to support over 8,000 agricultural producers. CEO and Chairman Aldo Navilli, who had run the company since 1986 and ...Starting at €8.20