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Londolozi: Towards a Sustainable Business Model and Ecological Integrity in Southern Africa
Abdelal, Rawi; Koelble, ThomasCase HBS-709001-ETo maximize their effectiveness, color cases should be printed in color. The Londolozi game viewing reserve in South Africa became a defining icon of ecotourism during the 1990s and early 2000s--that is, a tourist business promoting ecological land management and, at the same time, local economic development. The reserve was in a region in the northeastern part of the country, not far from Mozambique, that sorely called out for progress in both t...Starting at €8.20
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Fundrr: Growth through Resourcefulness
Jeff Yu-Jen Chen; Cara Bouwer; Given RamadzangaCase IVEY-W28451-EEntrepreneurship, StrategyFundrr was a South Africa-based alternative funding business that launched in 2018. The business’s goal had been to disrupt the South African business lending landscape, specifically at the small- to medium-sized enterprise (SME) level where the majority (about 71 per cent) of SMEs generated annual revenues of less than R200,000 and employed between two and five people. Reflecting on the company’s journey in October 2021, the company’s founders r...Starting at €8.20
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Investec South Africa CSI: Harnessing Crisis to Scale Up Delivery and Impact
Dr. Jill Bogie; Cara BouwerCase IVEY-W26005-EStrategyIn April 2020, the head of the corporate social investments (CSI) division of Investec South Africa (Investec SA), was working to ensure that Investec SA CSI could continue to create opportunities for young people to become active economic participants in society while it also salvaged the school year for students already enrolled in its flagship education program, Promaths. To save the school year, he would have to shift the entire curriculum on...Starting at €8.20