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The United Fruit Company in Guatemala (Spanish version)
Jones, Geoffrey G.; Bucheli, MarceloCase HBS-807S06EconomicsExamines the overthrow of President Jacobo Arbenz of Guatemala in 1954 in a U.S.-backed coup in support of the United Fruit Co. Over the previous half century, United Fruit had built a large vertically integrated tropical fruit business that owned large banana plantations in the "banana republics" of Central America, including Guatemala. Examines the impact and role of United Fruit in the Guatemalan economy, one of the poorest in the world, and t...Starting at €8.20
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Green Mountain Coffee Roasters, Inc.
Marquis, Christopher; Yang, ZoeCase HBS-414065-EStrategyA company with a strong commitment toward corporate social responsibility since its founding days, Green Mountain faced an ethical decision point in 2007 as new information from the field uncovered a chronic dire problem facing coffee communities-seasonal starvation. Company leaders are driven to re-assess their social impact and address this widespread problem while aligning their efforts with their broader, rapidly expanding business of selling...Starting at €8.20
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Designing Impact Evaluations: Assessing Jamaica's PATH Program, Teaching Note
Levy, DanTeaching Note HBS-HKS622-ELeadership and People ManagementTeaching Note for HKS448.Starting at €0.00
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What Are You Doing About It? (Spanish version)
Bower, Joseph L.; Leonard, Herman B.; Paine, Lynn S.Article HBS-R1109HStrategyMarket capitalism, a system that has proven to be a remarkable engine of wealth creation, is poised for a breakdown. That sounds dire, and it is. Increasing income inequality, migration, weaknesses in the global financial system, environmental degradation, and inadequate government and international institutions are just a few of the forces that threaten to disrupt global market capitalism in the decades ahead. In conversations with business lead...Starting at €8.20
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Jamaica's Anemic Growth: The IMF, China and the Debt(th) Trap
Di Tella, Rafael; Kindred, NatalieCase HBS-711031-EEconomicsThis case describes the economic development problems faced by the small Caribbean-island country of Jamaica over most of the past half-century. The Jamaican economy showed relatively strong growth in the 1960s but stagnated in the 1970s. By the end of that decade, Jamaica was forced to turn to the International Monetary Fund (IMF) for balance-of-payments support. Over the 1980s and early 1990s, the unpopular policy conditions associated with IMF...Starting at €8.20
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The Octopus and the Generals: The United Fruit Company in Guatemala, Teaching Note
Jones, Geoffrey G.; Bucheli, MarceloTeaching Note HBS-809084-EEconomicsTeaching Note for [805146].Starting at €0.00
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The Resource Pathways Framework: Solving the "Build, Borrow, or Buy" Growth Dilemma
Capron, Laurence; Mitchell, WillBook Chapter HBS-9497BC-EKnowledge and CommunicationChapter 1 of "Build, Borrow, or Buy: Solving the Growth Dilemma" lays out a "resource pathways framework" that helps leaders decide whether to build (innovate internally), borrow (enter into contracts, alliances, or joint ventures), or buy (merge or acquire) when they need to obtain new resources for growth. In addition to contrasting two strategies--one successful, one not--used by Compaq and HP, the authors reveal how the framework applies to d...Starting at €8.20
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Designing Impact Evaluations: Assessing Jamaica's PATH Program
Bjorkegren, Daniel; Levy, Dan; McCreless, MichaelCase HBS-HKS448-ELeadership and People ManagementThis case asks participants to put themselves in the position of a government official in charge of selecting an evaluation design to assess the impact of a social program. The goal is to illustrate the tradeoffs that are made in the real world when trying to balance the desire for a rigorous and credible evaluation design with the logistic, political, financial and ethical constraints that so frequently arise in evaluating social programs. Par...Starting at €8.20
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Implementation of a New Country-Wide Social Safety-Net Program: The Jamaica PATH Program Part A
Boatright Wilson, JulieCase HBS-KS1164-EIn 2002 the Jamaican government redesigned its social safety net programs for children and the elderly. Their goal was to simplify and better target support to those individuals most in need. This case examines the new design for the PATH program, a conditional cash transfer program that rewarded mothers for getting the recommended well-child healthcare for their children and for sending their children to school regularly. The program design is c...Starting at €8.20
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Implementation of a New Country-Wide Social Safety-Net Program: The Jamaica PATH Program, Epilogue
Boatright Wilson, JulieCase HBS-KS1225-EThis epilogue accompanies Case Number 2058.0, "Implementation of a New Country-Wide Social Safety-Net Program: The Jamaica PATH Program." In 2002 the Jamaican government redesigned its social safety net programs for children and the elderly. Their goal was to simplify and better target support to those individuals most in need. This case examines the new design for the PATH program, a conditional cash transfer program that rewarded mothers for ge...Starting at €8.20