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South Africa: A Fractured Rainbow, Teaching Note
Vietor, Richard H.K.Teaching Note HBS-717040-EEconomicsTeaching note for case 716069.Starting at €0.00
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South Africa (A): Stuck in the Middle
Vietor, Richard H.K.; Comin, DiegoCase HBS-711084-EEconomicsFifteen years after ending apartheid, formal unemployment in South Africa was still at 24%. While the country had grown at 4 to 5% annually during the 2000s, the financial crisis set it back by 1 million more unemployed. Moreover, it seemed as if the nation were stuck between low wage and fully developed competitors. The government of Jacob Zuma has just adopted a "New Growth Path," hoping to create several million jobs over the next few years. B...Starting at €8.20
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South Africa: A Fractured Rainbow
Vietor, Richard H.K.; Sheldahl-Thomason, HavilandCase HBS-716069-EEconomicsTwenty years after the end of Apartheid, South Africa's democracy persists, albeit with problems. A tripartite coalition-the African National Congress, the labor unions, and the Communist Party-still controls the political system but with diminishing economic results and authority. Since 2010, the economy has grown at 1.4% annually, with unemployment at 25%. Several national plans have been initiated but none with success. Most recently, the Nati...Starting at €8.20
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Sudáfrica (A): Atascados en el medio
Vietor, Richard H.K.; Comin, DiegoCase HBS-712S09EconomicsQuince años después de poner fin al apartheid, el desempleo formal en Sudáfrica aún estaba en el 24%. Si bien el país había crecido a 4 a 5% anual durante la década de 2000, la crisis financiera fijarlo de nuevo en 1 millón de parados más. Por otra parte, parecía como si la nación se quedaron atrapados entre los bajos salarios y los competidores plenamente desarrollados. El gobierno de Jacob Zuma acaba de adoptar un "camino nuevo crecimiento", co...Starting at €8.20
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Sudáfrica (B): Desatascándose
Vietor, Richard H.K.; Comin, DiegoCase HBS-712S10Economics15 años después de poner fin al apartheid, el desempleo formal en Sudáfrica aún estaba en el 24%. Si bien el país había crecido a 4 a 5% anual durante la década de 2000, la crisis financiera fijarlo de nuevo en 1 millón de parados más. Por otra parte, parecía como si la nación se quedaron atrapados entre los bajos salarios y los competidores plenamente desarrollados. El gobierno de Jacob Zuma acaba de adoptar un "camino nuevo crecimiento", con la...Starting at €5.74
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Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation: Shaping the Vaccine Manufacturing Ecosystem (Abridged)
Shih, WillyCase HBS-620071-EService and Operations ManagementThis case describes the efforts of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation to lower the cost of production of vaccines to prevent polio infections. It is an abridged version of Case No. 620-021 with less emphasis on comparison between traditional and the new compact modular process developed with the Foundation's funding. It focuses more on the lowering of entry barriers to vaccine manufacture and some of the perceived risks associated with that.Starting at €8.20
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South Africa (B): Getting Unstuck
Vietor, Richard H.K.; Comin, DiegoCase HBS-711085-EEconomics15 years after ending apartheid, formal unemployment in South Africa was still at 24%. While the country had grown at 4 to 5% annually during the 2000s, the financial crisis set it back by 1 million more unemployed. Moreover, it seemed as if the nation were stuck between low wage and fully developed competitors. The government of Jacob Zuma has just adopted a "New Growth Path," hoping to create several million jobs over the next few years. Both t...Starting at €5.74