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The Ministry of Defence of Ukraine: The Role of Character in Reform
Gerard Seijts; Yaryna Boychuk; Liudmyla Kryzhanovska; Sophia Opatska; Andrew RozhdestvenskyCase IVEY-9B17C042-ELeadership and People Management, StrategyIn late 2014, the deputy minister of Ukraine’s Ministry of Defence joined the public service, six months after Ukraine’s revolution and change of government. He joined the ministry as part of the new government’s attempt to reform a bureaucracy crippled by corruption, inefficiencies, and dysfunction. In six months, he had already made notable changes. However, by March 2015, the changes were not resulting in better outcomes where they were urgent...Starting at €8.20
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City Water Tanzania (C): The Private Sector Experiment
Oana Branzei; Kevin McKagueCase IVEY-9B07M027A-EStrategyThis is a supplement to City Water Tanzania (A): Water Partnerships for Dar es Salaam, product #9B07M025 and is a two-part role-play. In this part (A) role-play, students take the position of Edward Lowassa, Tanzania's Minister of Water.Starting at €5.74
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City Water Tanzania (C): Striking a Deal
Oana Branzei; Kevin McKagueCase IVEY-9B07M027B-EStrategyThis is a supplement to City Water Tanzania (A): Water Partnerships for Dar es Salaam, product #9B07M025 and is a two-part role-play. In this part (B) role-play, students take the position of Cliff Stone, Biwater's former director of sales for Africa and now chief executive officer of City Water's management.Starting at €5.74
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Honey Care Africa: A Tripartite Model For Sustainable Beekeeping
Oana Branzei; Michael ValenteCase IVEY-9B07M060-EEntrepreneurship, StrategyThe director and co-founder of Honey Care Africa (Honey Care) looks back over the six years of operations and describes the original business model and several sequential changes based on feedback from rural communities, partner organizations, and learning by doing through field operations. Increasing international recognition highlights the potential impact of the model on inspiring sustainable grassroots ventures in the agriculture sector in Ke...Starting at €8.20
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Ebola: Managing to Save Lives
IESE InsightArticle ART-2676-EService and Operations ManagementA year after the outbreak of Ebola in West Africa in March 2014, health-care experts are cautiously optimistic that the epidemic appears to be slowing. Although the outlook is brighter than a year ago when the first case was detected in Guinea, there is still a long way to go and many lessons to be learned in managing a crisis of this scale, related to institutional shortfalls, international coordination, engagement with local stakeholders and, m...Starting at €8.20
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Transparency International Ukraine
Lucas Monzani; Andrew Rozhdestvensky; Lindsay BirbragerCase IVEY-9B19C026-ELeadership and People Management, StrategyThe overarching vision of the global nongovernmental organization Transparency International was to free the world from corruption. Transparency International Ukraine (TIU) was founded in 2014, after three failed attempts, to tackle the high level of corrStarting at €8.20
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Ruaha Farm (T) Ltd: Engaging Local Beekeeping Communities in Tanzania
Wim Vanhaverbeke; Nicholaus Tutuba; Jasinta Msamula; Pulkeria Pascoe; Jerum Kilumile; Hawa Petro TunduiCase IVEY-9B20M220-EStrategyThe chief executive officer of Ruaha Farm (T) Ltd (Ruaha Farm), in Iringa, Tanzania, established his honey business, in 2012. The company’s business model relied on the engagement and empowerment of neighbouring communities of low-income beekeepers, creating mutually beneficial relationships with local beekeeping communities in the Iringa region. The business model was unique, asset-light, and scalable. In contrast with an integrated business mod...Starting at €8.20
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Gazprom (A): energéticos y estrategia en la historia de Rusia
Abdelal, Rawi; Tarontsi, Sogomon; Jorov, AlexanderCase HBS-711S28EconomicsLos críticos han acusado a Gazprom, el mayor productor de gas natural del mundo, de las evitando los principios del mercado a favor de las prioridades de política exterior del gobierno ruso, desde el corte gigante de la energía el suministro a Ucrania en enero de 2006. El motivo pretendido para la decisión sin embargo, parece indicar lo contrario: la empresa alegó que no tenía otra opción porque las partes no pudieron llegar a la conclusión de un...Starting at €8.20
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Ukraine: On the Border of Europe and Eurasia
Abdelal, Rawi; Di Tella, Rafael; Tarontsi, SogomonCase HBS-714042-EEconomicsIn the fall of 2013, the people of Ukraine disagreed passionately whether their country should intensify ties with the European Union or Russia. After President Yanukovych rejected the free trade agreement with the EU in November, thousands of Ukrainians peacefully protested. But the protest movement morphed into a violent, deadly confrontation in January, culminating in February in mass slaughter, an overthrow of government, foreign invasion, an...Starting at €8.20
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Yara International: Africa Strategy, Teaching Note
Porter, Michael E.; Ramirez-Vallejo, JorgeTeaching Note HBS-715461-ELeading fertilizer producer Yara International demonstrates the concept of creating shared value through the Southern Agricultural Corridor of Tanzania (SAGCOT) initiative, which brought together multiple organizations to enhance agricultural development in rural regions. Teaching note for case 715402.Starting at €0.00