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Blockchain and the Movement of Value in Africa
Macomber, John D.; Wu, Liang; Folea, InaCase HBS-219084-EEconomicsThis technical note discusses the potential of Blockchain technologies in Africa, particularly to overcome institutional voids in trust and transactions.Starting at €8.20
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Kibera and the Kenya Slum Upgrading Project (A)
Segel, Arthur I; Retsinas, Nicolas P.; Diaz, Marc; Shepherd, JohnCase HBS-207017-EEconomicsKenya's Minister of Housing faces tremendous pressures in dealing with the pervasive housing troubles in his country. Kibera is the largest slum in Africa and home to over 800,000 residents, yet only measures two square kilometers, roughly half the size of Manhattan's Central Park. Most homes are single-story structures and the density is 3,000 persons per hectare (compared to 43 in London, 100 in New York City, and 143 in Tokyo), making this one...Starting at €8.20
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Strategies That Fit Emerging Markets (Spanish version)
Khanna, Tarun; Palepu, Krishna G.; Sinha, JayantArticle HBS-R0506CEconomicsThey lack specialized intermediaries, regulatory systems, and contract-enforcing methods. These gaps have made it difficult for multinationals to succeed in developing nations; thus, many companies have resisted investing there. That may be a mistake. If Western companies don't come up with good strategies for engaging with emerging markets, they are unlikely to remain competitive. Many firms choose their markets and strategies for the wrong rea...Starting at €8.20
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The Pharmaceutical Industry Faces AIDS in Africa (Spanish version)
Bartlett, Nicholas; Spar, Debora L.Case HBS-712S18EconomicsIn the final years of the 20th century, the world was hit by a plague of epidemic proportions--AIDS, a life-threatening disease that remained stubbornly immune to any cure or vaccine. In the developed nations of the West, AIDS was slowly brought under control through a combination of education, prevention, and cutting-edge medicines. But in the developing world, where health care expenditures were often paltry, AIDS continued to rampage. By the y...Starting at €8.20
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Angola and the Resource Curse (Spanish version)
Musacchio, Aldo; Werker, Eric; Schlefer, JonathanCase HBS-714S10Economicsimmense inequality, low life expectancy, a non-diversified economy, and constant grumblings of corruption. The global financial crisis and subsequent fall in state oil revenue drives a loan-seeking Angola towards either the IMF, who demand extensive reforms, or the Chinese, who seek to take a direct stake in the nation's recovery. The case explores the dynamics of post-conflict recovery as well as the challenges associated with a reliance on oil...Starting at €8.20
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MasterCard: Driving Financial Inclusion, Teaching Note
Gupta, SunilTeaching Note HBS-516068-EEconomicsTeaching note for case 515035. Since joining MasterCard (MC) in 2010, CEO Ajay Banga had made advancing financial inclusion (FI)-bringing formal financial services to marginalized populations-an important goal for the company. In 2014, MC had entered a number of partnerships with governments and banks to issue MC-branded debit cards to millions of individuals, including those in South Africa and Nigeria. But Banga's emphasis on FI also raised que...Starting at €0.00
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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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Veracity Worldwide: Evaluating FCPA-Related Risks in West Africa
Musacchio, AldoCase HBS-712010-EEconomicsThis case addresses corruption, reputation, and expropriation risks associated with a potential mining play in West Africa. Mine Master, a US-based multinational mining company, was considering investing in a zinc concession in a post-conflict West African country. Its potential partner, UK-based Megametals, had acquired the rights to the operation in question in 2005, at the end of the country's civil war and in circumstances that raised potenti...Starting at €8.20
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Foreign Direct Investment and South Africa (B)
Werker, Eric; Cornell, Ian McKownCase HBS-712054-EEconomicsIncoming and outgoing foreign direct investment in an environment of politics, geography, globalization, and history. Since the end of apartheid, South Africa had undertaken substantial economic reforms in order to attract more foreign direct investment, but it was slow in coming. At the same time, South African firms had become major players in sub-Saharan Africa and beyond. Collectively, these investment decisions could have a major long-run im...Starting at €5.74
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Privatization of the Power Sector in Nigeria (B)
Werker, Eric; Ezekwueche, Onyechi; Igun, Olatomiwa; Wei, AliceCase HBS-713043-EEconomicsSupplement for case 713042Starting at €5.74