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MIA: Profit at the Base of the Pyramid
Applegate, Lynda M.; Davila Castilla, Jose Antonio; Mehta, Sarah; Sesia, AldoCase HBS-817073-EIn January 2016, Guillermo Jaime had just returned home to Mexico City after attending a Harvard Business School executive education program. Jaime was the founder and CEO of Mejoramiento Integral Asistido (MIA), a company providing affordable housing to low-income Mexicans living at the base of the pyramid (BOP), defined as those living on less than $10 per day. Since its launch in 2009, MIA had built nearly 25,000 homes-which provided safe shel...Starting at €8.20
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Magic Timber and Steel: Investment Evaluation with Net Present Value
Scott McCarthyCase IVEY-9B16N010-EFinanceMagic Timber and Steel (Magic) was formed in Caloundra, a community on Queensland, Australia’s Sunshine Coast. Magic’s business peaked in terms of sales revenue in about 2011 and went on to experience a steady decrease in turnover that was attributed to a number of causes, including infrastructure issues on the coast and a drop in tourism. Hoping to reinvigorate the business in early 2015, Magic’s owner believed his company required an investment...Starting at €8.20
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Magic Timber and Steel: Investment Evaluation with Net Present Value (Spanish version)
Scott McCarthyCase IVEY-9B16NS010FinanceMagic Timber and Steel (Magic) was formed in Caloundra, a community on Queensland, Australia’s Sunshine Coast. Magic’s business peaked in terms of sales revenue in about 2011 and went on to experience a steady decrease in turnover that was attributed to a number of causes, including infrastructure issues on the coast and a drop in tourism. Hoping to reinvigorate the business in early 2015, Magic’s owner believed his company required an investment...Starting at €8.20
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Zeta Mining: Walking the Dragline
Scott McCarthyCase IVEY-9B13N025-EFinance, StrategyZeta Mining, one of the world's largest producers of metallurgical coal, operates a number of mines in the Bowen Basin, Central Queensland, Australia. The company has invested about AU$8 billion in the region. Before extracting the coal, the overburden of dirt, rock and other geological waste has to be removed, and this is usually done by draglines, which are imported from the United States and constructed on site, requiring a significant investm...Starting at €8.20