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Sombrero: Proposed Fruit Juice Outlet
John McLellanCase IVEY-9B09B001-EAccounting and Control, Entrepreneurship, StrategyAn entrepreneur must decide whether to proceed with the business plan for his startup business. This mini case exercise presents all startup costs to open a fruit juice outlet in a mall in Al Ain, Abu Dhabi Emirate, United Arab Emirates.Starting at €8.20
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Fetchr: A New Way of Last Mile Delivery
Narayanan, V.G.; Kuzucu, ErenCase HBS-119018-EAccounting and ControlBy mid-2016, five years of aggressive growth had transformed Fetchr from a small logistics startup to a 1,000-employee, full-fledged last-mile delivery company operating across four countries in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA). Already beneficiaries of the largest Series A round to the Middle East from an American firm, CEO Idriss Al Rifai and the Fetchr team had ambitions of raising another $40 million in Series B and deliberated continu...Starting at €8.20
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Yalla Momos: Expansion Dilemmas of a Small Business
Anupam Mehta; Vimi JhamCase IVEY-9B17B020-EAccounting and Control, Entrepreneurship, StrategyIn 2015, the owner and the founder of a restaurant business in Dubai was concerned about the company's future expansion and growth. Although it was doing well in terms of profitability, a financial forecast was required for the following year, particularly in light of tough competition in the restaurant business in Dubai.Starting at €8.20
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T-Systems South Africa: Contextual Leadership of Shared Value
Caren Scheepers; Abdullah Verachia; Sheila MotsepeCase IVEY-9B18C024-EAccounting and ControlIn June 2017, the managing director of T-Systems South Africa (TSSA) was considering how best to inspire stakeholders to join his movement towards contributing positively to nation building in South Africa. TSSA had experienced some success in setting up information and communication technology systems and academies to create jobs and to create shared value, but it needed to overcome a threshold to exert its influence over a broader level within ...Starting at €8.20
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Allied Electronics Corporation Ltd: Linking Compensation to Sustainability Metrics
Eccles, Robert G.; Serafeim, George; Li, Shelley Xin; Knight, AlanCase HBS-412075-EAccounting and ControlRobert Venter, second-generation Chief Executive (CE) of family-owned Allied Electronics Corporation Ltd (Altron), considered the pros and cons of more clearly linking the firm's compensation system to sustainability performance. In June 2011, Altron, a conglomerate headquartered in Johannesburg, South Africa, controlled more than 200 companies in Africa, Europe, the US, the UK, Australia, and the Far East. More than 14,000 employees designed, de...Starting at €8.20
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Integrated Reporting in South Africa
Eccles, Robert G.; Serafeim, George; Armbrester, PippaCase HBS-413038-EAccounting and ControlThis case presents a 20-year history of the evolution of corporate governance and corporate reporting in South Africa starting in 1992 with a focus on the three King codes of corporate governance (King I in 1994, King II in 2000, and King III in 2009). From a reporting perspective these reforms culminated in the "apply to explain why not" mandate for integrated reporting by all companies listed on the Johannesburg Stock Exchange.Starting at €8.20
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The Toliza Museum of Art
Bilmes, LindaCase HBS-KS1124-EAccounting and ControlJuan Antonio Jimenez is the new Executive Director of the Toliza Museum of Art located in Spain. Jimenez is concerned that the museum lost money in 2008 and wants to understand what the financial results for the current year (2009) are likely to be. The museum has an extensive collection of contemporary and classical art which are shown as Regular Exhibits. The museum also hosts travelling Special Exhibits made up of items loaned by other galleri...Starting at €8.20
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Asante Teaching Hospital: Activity-Based Costing
Melissa Jean; Courtney YoungCase IVEY-9B16B012-EAccounting and Control, StrategyIn August 2015, an intern at Asante Teaching Hospital, a prestigious not-for-profit hospital in Johannesburg, South Africa, wanted to organize the cost data she had gathered from staff interviews into clear recommendations for the hospital's chief executive officer. Asante Teaching Hospital's maternity ward competitors had begun offering bundled pricing for natural births, and the intern wondered if Asante Teaching Hospital should do the same. In...Starting at €8.20
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Abu Dhabi National Hotels: What Went Wrong
Anupam MehtaCase IVEY-9B14B016-EAccounting and Control, StrategyIn 2012, Abu Dhabi National Hotels had been struggling and the performance of the company had significantly declined, especially that of its main hotel business. Net profit had been decreasing since 2009 and, with this shrinking profitability, shareholders were losing confidence in the company. The share price of the company had also deteriorated and was expected to decline further. With the drop in net profit year after year, investors were very...Starting at €8.20
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Steinhoff International and the Stock Exchange
Sikochi, Siko; Lim, AustinCase HBS-118066-EAccounting and ControlSteinhoff International Holdings N.V. was a holding company, whose subsidiaries manufactured, distributed and sold furniture and household products. Steinhoff was widely known as a South African company because it first listed on the South African Johannesburg Stock Exchange (JSE) and its global headquarters was in South Africa. However, Steinhoff went on to expand from distribution and manufacturing to retail businesses across 30 countries, empl...Starting at €8.20