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DBL Partners: Double Bottom Line Venture Capital, Teaching Note
Kramer, Mark R.; Cole, Shawn; Reimers, CaitlinTeaching Note HBS-219048-EFinanceTeaching note for case 217022.Starting at €0.00
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Exotic Expeditions Tanzania Ltd.: Competing in Highly Saturated Markets
Nicole R.D. Haggerty; Serena Virani; Caroline Wu; Victoria Stopar; Fatima HaqCase IVEY-9B20A006-EEntrepreneurship, Marketing, StrategyBased in Mwanza, Tanzania, family-owned and operated Exotic Expeditions Tanzania Ltd. was a leading tour operator in East Africa. The company was purchased in December 2014 and experienced considerable success the following year. The owners felt that there was an opportunity for growth within the company and believed that the best way to realize this growth was to improve their marketing efforts and service offerings. The family wanted to remain ...Starting at €8.20
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DBL Partners: Double Bottom Line Venture Capital
Cole, Shawn; Kramer, Mark R.; He, TonyCase HBS-217022-EFinanceThis case explores the origins and current practices of DBL, a San Francisco-based venture capital fund and one of the first impact investment funds to achieve significant financial returns to scale. This case allows for a competitive analysis of DBL's inStarting at €8.20
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Gold Crest Hotel: Filling Room Vacancies
Nicole R.D. Haggerty; Mackenzie Schmidt; Matt Bradley; Glen Thomson-Bullock; John Paul BelmonteCase IVEY-9B18A028-EMarketing, StrategyIn 2015, the general manager of the Gold Crest Hotel (Gold Crest) in Mwanza, Tanzania, had only three days to present a compelling marketing strategy for the hotel at the executive board meeting. Though the hotel had recently experienced revenue growth from its conference room bookings, management wanted to increase average yearly hotel occupancy. A new marketing strategy had to include a target consumer segment, a marketing plan, and options tha...Starting at €8.20
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CrossBoundary Energy
Macomber, John D.Case HBS-219089-EFinanceCompany provides renewable energy consulting, investment, and development in sub-Saharan Africa. What nations and what role to play in the value chain? Almost 500 million people are without electricity in sub-Saharan Africa. Governments and public utilities are challenged to bring generation and distribution to most of them. Considerable promise exists in "off-grid" or "mini-grid" technologies, notably using renewable energy from wind and phot...Starting at €8.20