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LPP Reserved: Growth Strategies of a Fashion Retailer in Central and Eastern Europe
Renart, Lluís G.Case M-1213-ECorporate GovernanceIn 1989 two Polish entrepreneurs set up a company to import clothing. From 1999 they began to open their own retail stores. In 2001 the company went public on the Warsaw Stock Exchange. By 2007 it had three fashion retail chains with a total of 345 stores, a turnover of nearly ¿400m and profits of about ¿40m. In March 2008 the management was looking at the issue of how to continue growing, and in particular whether or not to buy another Polish fa...Starting at €8.20
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Poland: The transition to a free economy (A)
Gual, Jordi; Mech C.Case ASE-253-EEconomicsStarting at €8.20
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Publicizing Know-How: DGA's Initial Public Offering
Moszoro, MarianCase F-853-ECorporate Governance, FinanceThe case presents the initial public offering of DGA ¿ a relatively small consulting firm, but at the same time the first in Central & Eastern Europe and one of a few in the world to go public. The reader stands over the decision-maker¿s dilemma, whether entering the stock exchange is a proper way for the development of a company which is heavily dependent on specific human assets in the form of know-how of key managers, and which revenues are su...Starting at €8.20
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The African Safari: Managing a Team in Crisis (A)
Mayank Dayal; Raes, AnneloesCase DPO-763-ELeadership and People ManagementProject leader Nimesh Kumar is facing a tough decision after his expat software development team is robbed from all their equipment. Should he abandon the project and return home to avoid the ongoing security threat, or stay in Kenya to finish the project and help their client and Kenya´s agricultural sector? Team members are divided into two groups, one group comprised of experienced team members aged in their late 30s and 40s who want to return...Starting at €8.20
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Strategies That Go the Distance in Africa
Ariño Martín, AfricaArticle ART-2671-EStrategyWhat do you need to know to expand your operations across the African continent? Quantitative data and statistical analyses are meaningless unless they go hand-in-hand with a deeper understanding and appreciation of the non-traditional factors that make growing a business there possible. This article shares the collective wisdom of African business leaders on the do's and don'ts of internationalizing in Africa, based on first-person interviews th...Starting at €8.20
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What Kind of Leader Will Thrive in Africa?
Ovadje, FrancaArticle ART-2672-ELeadership and People ManagementThis article discusses the context-specific factors that leaders must take into account when managing people and doing business in Africa, mainly sub-Saharan Africa and in particular, Nigeria. The author draws on several studies she has done as director of the Center for Research in Leadership and Ethics at Lagos Business School. First, she describes the general sociocultural context of sub-Saharan Africa. Then, she highlights the appropriate lea...Starting at €8.20
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Peepoople Kibera: Providing Sanitation Through Social Business
Obst, Nicole; Moreno, Victoria; Rosenberg, MikeCase SM-1606-EEntrepreneurship, MarketingIn Nairobi's Kibera slum, a small Swedish company with a social mission and a business mindset is attempting nothing less than solving one of the biggest problems worldwide: insufficient sanitation. Their proposal is simple yet genius, and possibly too radical in terms of classic NGO thinking: a self-sanitizing and biodegradable personal toilet. The solution includes its own sales and waste-collection systems, providing slum dwellers with much-ne...Starting at €8.20
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Dowry: A Price for a Bride
Olale, Esther; Ribera, AlbertoCase DPO-294-ELeadership and People ManagementWhile studying for an MBA in Washington, D.C., a Kenyan woman falls in love with a classmate from the United States. Eventually they get engaged and decide to marry and live in Nairobi, where she plans to take over her father's business. When the groom arrives in Nairobi to meet her fiancée's family, she explains to him that her family expects to receive a dowry, consisting of some gifts and cash, in keeping with the tradition of their tribe.Starting at €8.20
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RMS Teleinformatics' CEO - Between the Devil and the Deep Blue Sea: When the Interest of Shareholders and the Company Are at Odds
Moszoro, Marian; Jamro, KonradCase E-140-ECorporate GovernanceRMS Teleinformatics is a high-tech, privately owned company which has been active in the Polish market for 18 years, with over 40 million EUR of revenue. Its CEO wants to grow the company and ensure a better future. He therefore negotiates an investment from a private equity fund (PE). However, the owner of the company and the main shareholder (98% of shares) are against PE, because, according to the five-year projections, the company will be bet...Starting at €8.20
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CFWshops
Friedman, Jared; Mungai, Edward; Rosenmöller, MagdaCase P-1104-EService and Operations ManagementCFWshops is a network of pharmacy franchises in Kenya, managed by the Sustainable Healthcare Foundation (SHF). The parent company of SHF is the Healthstore Foundation based in Minnesota, US. The non-profit HealthStore Foundation (HS) (formerly Sustainable Healthcare Enterprise Foundation) was founded in 1997 by Scott Hillstrom to ¿prevent needless death and illness by improving access to essential medicines in a sustainable way¿. Based on the bas...Starting at €8.20