HBSP (USA)
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Richard Fahey and Robert Saudek (B): Overcoming Crises and Growing the Liberian Energy Network
Kanter, Rosabeth Moss; Paul, Joseph A.Case HBS-ALI025-EAfter a challenging start to the Liberian Energy Network, Richard Fahey and Robert Saudek, together with their Liberian counterpart Abu Sherif, set out to realign the company business plan, grow LEN, and bring light to even more Liberians. They formed new partnerships, identified new business opportunities, and persevered through a series of hurdles.Starting at €5.74
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Hopital Universitaire de Mirebalais, Partners In Health in Haiti
Kaplan, Robert S.; Mistry, Bipin; Bertrand, KarlaCase HBS-116041-EAccounting and ControlThe case describes the application of time-driven activity-based costing (TDABC) at a new tertiary hospital operated by Partners-in-Health in Mirebelais, Haiti. A project team mapped the clinical processes for use in estimating the direct costs of personnel, equipment, and facilities for obstetric and breast cancer care. The accurate cost information revealed opportunities to optimize resource-utilization and reduce costs by establishing more eff...Starting at €8.20
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Partners In Health: Costing Primary Care in Haiti
Kaplan, Robert S.; Shah, Mahek A.Case HBS-118051-EAccounting and ControlPartners in Health, a global NGO focused on delivering health care to residents of rural underserved communities, conducts a project on the cost of primary care at five sites in the Central Highlands of Haiti. It devises a simple approach for tracking the resources used by patients being treated for diverse medical conditions, as an input to a time-driven activity-based costing model. The results show considerable cost diversity across the five s...Starting at €8.20
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Mission in Flux: Michigan National Guard in Liberia
Howitt, Arnold M.; Lundberg, KirstenCase HBS-KS1242-EIn summer and fall of 2014, thousands of individuals in Liberia, Sierra Leone, and Guinea contracted the Ebola virus. This outbreak of the deadly disease, which until then had been highly uncommon in West Africa, prompted a major (albeit delayed) public health response on the part of the international community, including an unprecedented commitment made by the United States, which sent almost 3,000 active military soldiers to Liberia. "Mission i...Starting at €8.20
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Mission in Flux: Michigan National Guard in Liberia, Epilogue
Howitt, Arnold M.; Lundberg, KirstenCase HBS-KS1252-EEpilogue to case KS1242. In summer and fall of 2014, thousands of individuals in Liberia, Sierra Leone, and Guinea contracted the Ebola virus. This outbreak of the deadly disease, which until then had been highly uncommon in West Africa, prompted a major (albeit delayed) public health response on the part of the international community, including an unprecedented commitment made by the United States, which sent almost 3,000 active military soldie...Starting at €8.20
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Managing a Security Response to the Ebola Epidemic in Liberia (Epilogue)
Bourdeaux, Margaret; Kayyem, JulietteCase HBS-KS1309-EOn August 19, 2014, Liberia President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf was faced with an agonizing decision: should she quarantine a densely populated township of Monrovia to halt the spread of the Ebola virus disease? The disease had been ravaging the Republic of Liberia for months but until now, had been isolated in the countryside. Now, the deadly virus was spreading, unchecked, and threatened the 1 million inhabitants of Monrovia, the capital city of th...Starting at €8.20
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Managing a Security Response to the Ebola Epidemic in Liberia (B)
Bourdeaux, Margaret; Kayyem, JulietteCase HBS-KS1310-EOn August 19, 2014, Liberia President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf was faced with an agonizing decision: should she quarantine a densely populated township of Monrovia to halt the spread of the Ebola virus disease? The disease had been ravaging the Republic of Liberia for months but until now, had been isolated in the countryside. Now, the deadly virus was spreading, unchecked, and threatened the 1 million inhabitants of Monrovia, the capital city of th...Starting at €5.74
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Richard Fahey and Robert Saudek (A): Lighting Liberia
Kanter, Rosabeth Moss; Arlinghaus, AnneCase HBS-313032-EAfter successful careers as lawyers Richard Fahey and Robert Saudek set out to tackle a large-scale infrastructure challenge in a complex environment by increasing Liberian citizens' access to lighting solutions. They developed the Liberian Energy Network, which aimed to distribute solar light fixtures to citizens across the country, including some of the most remote regions. Working in Liberia presented a large set of challenges and difficulties...Starting at €8.20
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Vivian Lowery Derryck and African Governance
Kanter, Rosabeth Moss; Stine-Rowe, KelsiCase HBS-ALI002-EAs a veteran international development specialist, Vivian Lowery Derryck spent 35 years trying to influence governments in Africa by working with State Department and United States Agency for International Development (USAID) officials, African heads of state, and non-profit leaders across the continent. She believed the right outside pressure and expert collaboration could meaningfully shape U.S. foreign policy toward Africa and improve democrac...Starting at €8.20
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Managing a Security Response to the Ebola Epidemic in Liberia (A)
Bourdeaux, Margaret; Kayyem, JulietteCase HBS-KS1308-EOn August 19, 2014, Liberia President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf was faced with an agonizing decision: should she quarantine a densely populated township of Monrovia to halt the spread of the Ebola virus disease? The disease had been ravaging the Republic of Liberia for months but until now, had been isolated in the countryside. Now, the deadly virus was spreading, unchecked, and threatened the 1 million inhabitants of Monrovia, the capital city of th...Starting at €8.20