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bKash: Financial Technology Innovation for Emerging Markets
Ishtiaq P Mahmood; Marleen Dieleman; Narmin TartilaCase IVEY-9B17M097-EEntrepreneurship, StrategyThe founder of bKash Limited (bKash), a successful mobile financial services (MFS) model pioneered in Bangladesh, built the company from scratch, targeting services at the lower socioeconomic segment of society and eventually acquiring 26 million customers. bKash has had a positive impact on the lives of countless poor people and has gained worldwide recognition for its innovative business model. The model required close collaboration with teleco...Starting at €8.20
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International Rivers Network y el Proyecto de Represa en Bujagali (A)
Esty, Benjamin C.; Sesia, AldoCase HBS-209S20En el verano de 2002, la Red Internacional de Ríos (IRN), una ONG medioambiental ubicada en Berkeley, California, se dedica a lo que parecía ser las últimas horas de una campaña de tres años para detener un proyecto de la presa y la energía hidroeléctrica $ 582 millones a las cataratas de Bujagali en Uganda. La pieza final del rompecabezas de financiación estaba a punto de ser puesto en marcha como el Banco Mundial se estableció para aprobar una ...Starting at €8.20
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Brummer and the bracNet Investment
Ebrahim, Alnoor; Pirson, Michael; Mangas, PatriciaCase HBS-309065-EbracNet, a for-profit/nonprofit partnership, aims to establish Internet connectivity throughout Bangladesh. Venture capitalist Patrik Brummer invested in a first round of funding to connect major cities. Should he invest again, this time in a rural roll-out, which may have lower financial returns but greater social returns?Starting at €8.20
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Doodlage: Toward a Sustainable Future
Swati Singh; Kartikeya SinghCase IVEY-W27322-EEntrepreneurship, MarketingDoodlage Retail LLP (Doodlage), a sustainable fashion brand based in India, was based on an idea that had come to the co-founder while she was interning with export houses. There, she witnessed large-scale discarding of fabric waste, which found its way to landfills and became a major source of pollution. Doodlage utilized the practices of circularity—repairing, reusing, refurbishing, and recycling—to transform industrial waste into women’s appar...Starting at €8.20
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Muhammad Yunus, un liderazgo real
Sánchez, M. J.; Alvarez de Mon, SantiagoCase DPO-59Leadership and People ManagementEl caso recoge la trayectoria vital de Muhammad Yunus, fundador y presidente del Grameen Bank, desde su infancia, años de estudio, estancia en Estados Unidos, primeras iniciativas, etc. El caso analiza la personalidad, proyectos y motivaciones del profesor Yunus, hombre clave en el diseño, desarrollo y consolidación del Grameen Bank.Starting at €8.20
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AGROESSA: An LP Optimization Model for Coffee Sales in La Esperanza AgroIndustrial
de Waal P. N.; Baucells Alibés, ManelCase AD-299-EService and Operations ManagementRufino Herrera, the president of AGROESSA, was pondering the implications of the recommendations which came out of the work of Nico de Waal, an MBA student who worked for AGROESSA as a summer intern in 2004. The recommendations focussed on AGROESSA's cash flow management during the coffee harversting season. It was argued that AGROESSA could improve its profits by carefully considering when and to which market it should sell its coffee production...Starting at €8.20
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J. Perez Foods (A) (Spanish version)
Davis, John A.; Lachapelle, KacieCase HBS-813S13EntrepreneurshipExamines the tensions that occur in family shareholder groups and how to prepare for them and manage them.Starting at €8.20
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CAEI: Impulsando la innovación y la rentabilidad en el sector agrario
Villafuerte Martin, Antonio; De Cote, Jose AntonioCase IIST-MI-157MarketingCAEI es la segunda empresa productora de caña de azúcar de República Dominicana. En 2010 inició un proceso de transformación estratégica del negocio que la ha convertido en 2017 en una de las empresas más rentables y competitivas de la industria azucarera en el Caribe. El caso describe esa transformación, así como los retos a los que se enfrenta la empresa (y el conjunto de la industria) en 2017.Starting at €8.20
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CAEI: Driving innvotaion and profitability in the agricultural sector
Villafuerte Martin, Antonio; De Cote, Jose AntonioCase IIST-MI-157-E-EMarketingCAEI is the second largest producer of sugar cane in the Dominican Republic. In 2010, it undertook a strategic business transformation that resulted in CAEI being, by 2017, one of the most profitable and competitive companies in the sugar industry in the Caribbean. This was achieved mainly thanks to the incorporation of new technologies, the innovations introduced in processes, and a radical change in the way employees were treated and motivated....Starting at €8.20
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Wakaliwood: The Hollywood of Uganda
Marcus M. Larsen; Rebecca NamatovuCase IVEY-9B20M184-EEntrepreneurship, StrategyIn early 2020, the founder and operator of Ramon Film Productions—known familiarly as Wakaliwood—needed to manage the tensions of operating as an informal movie production company in a slum in Uganda's capital of Kampala. Although Ramon Film Productions hStarting at €8.20