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A New Model for the Pharmaceutical Industry: The Institute of OneWorld Health
Schoen, Oliver; Mair, JohannaCase DG-1480-EEntrepreneurship, Innovation and ChangeThis case introduces the Institute of OneWorld Health, a company dedicated to producing drugs for neglected diseases and the first non-profit pharmaceutical company in the world. Founded in 2000 by Dr. Victoria Hale, IOWH took expired and donated patent compounds and developed them through all the stages of clinical testing and approval into drugs to fight the world's most destructive diseases, usually occurring in Third World countries where per...Starting at €8.20
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International Expansion of Escuela Nueva: A Transformative Pedagogy on a Global Scale
Hehenberger, Lisa; Moral, N.; Mair, JohannaCase SM-1556-EEntrepreneurshipThis case study presents the challenging task of expanding the widely successful Escuela Nueva pedagogy on a global scale. Escuela Nueva provides a cost effective, replicable and scalable solution to improve the quality of basic education in low income schools. It started in rural Colombia, but has since expanded principally to a large number of Latin American countries. Evidence shows that wherever Escuela Nueva is implemented, children become ...Starting at €8.20
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Committee for Democracy in Information Technology (CDI)
Vergés S.; Mair, JohannaCase DG-1453-EStrategyThis is the first of a case series on Social Entrepreneurship written in collaboration with the Schwab Foundation for Social Entrepreneurship. The Comite para Democratizaçao da Informática (CDI) was a non-governmental, non-profit organization founded by Rodrigo Baggio in Brazil in 1995. Its mission was to set up schools to teach computer skills to low-income communities so that slum residents could begin to move into the mainstream of society and...Starting at €8.20
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Entropy International. Enabling Businesses to Make a Contribution to Sustainable Development - Teaching Note
Seelos, Christian; Mair, JohannaTeaching Note DGT-33-EStrategyNote prepared as an aid to instructors in the classroom use of case DG-1454-E Entropy International. Enabling Businesses to Make a Contribution to Sustainable Development.Starting at €0.00
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Matching Dell (Spanish version)
Rivkin, Jan W.; Porter, Michael E.Case HBS-702S06StrategyAfter years of success with its vaunted "Direct Model" for computer manufacturing, marketing, and distribution, Dell Computer Corp. faces efforts by competitors to match its strategy. The case 'Matching Dell' describes the evolution of the personal computer industry, Dell's strategy, and efforts by Compaq, IBM, Hewlett-Packard, and Gateway 2000 to capture the benefits of Dell's approach. Students are called on to formulate strategic plans of acti...Starting at €8.20
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Eckerd Corp. (Spanish version)
Porter, Michael E.; Kelleher, John C.Case HBS-716S19StrategyDescribe la historia y la situación actual en la industria de la farmacia al por menor, incluyendo la competencia de nuevos comerciantes y farmacias de Internet. Eckerd, uno de los cuatro principales cadenas de farmacias, debe decidir cómo posicionarse para el futuro.Starting at €8.20
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Nestle's Creating Shared Value Strategy
Porter, Michael E.; Kramer, Mark R.; Herman, Kerry; McAra, SarahCase HBS-716422-EStrategyThis case considers Nestl 's creating shared value (CSV) strategy, which focused on the three categories of nutrition, water, and rural development. In the packaged food and beverage industry, pressure had mounted since the 1990s to improve supply chain sustainability and provide healthier, more natural foods, leading to consolidation and causing sales to decline in the 2010s. With 150 years' experience in the industry, Nestl had transformed i...Starting at €8.20
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Sierra Log Homes, Inc. (B1) (Spanish Version)
Porter, Michael E.Case HBS-308S19StrategyComplementa el caso (A).Starting at €8.20
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Sierra Log Homes, Inc. (B2) (Spanish Version)
Porter, Michael E.Case HBS-308S20StrategyComplementa el caso (A).Starting at €8.20
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General Electric frente a Westinghouse: grandes turbogeneradores (C) (Spanish Version)
Porter, Michael E.Case HBS-309S16StrategyComplementa el caso (A).Starting at €5.74