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International Institute of Tropical Agriculture
Alvarez, Jose B.; Mehta, SarahCase HBS-518034-ELeadership and People ManagementIt is July 2017, and Dr. Nteranya Sanginga, the director general of the Nigeria-based International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA), is making progress toward two of his primary strategic objectives for the nonprofit research Institute: 1) to scale the impact and reach of some of the IITA's most commercially viable products and technologies by working with the private sector, and 2) to address Nigeria's massive youth unemployment problem...Starting at €8.20
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Soybean Production in Argentina: The Duhau Group
Alvarez, Jose B.; Cal, MarianaCase HBS-519033-EStrategyCrop-planning was affected by macroeconomic factors including international disputes, commodity prices, local tax and agricultural policies, etc. Enrique and Alejandro Duhau, co-owners of the Duhau Group, analyzed these factors, as well as technical and financial aspects, as they planned their 2019/2020 production. The Duhau Group was an agribusiness holding with $112 in revenues for 2018. That year, the Group harvested 112,000 hectares, produced...Starting at €8.20
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Mission Produce
Alvarez, Jose B.; Shelman, MaryCase HBS-514023-EMarketingTo maximize their effectiveness, color cases should be printed in color. As the leading distributor of fresh avocados in the U.S., Mission Produce was at a crossroads in late 2013. Avocado consumption was booming and CEO Steve Barnard wanted to acquire additional land in Peru and develop new avocado farms to help fill a projected supply gap. Mission could also buy avocado farms in other countries, expand its international marketing efforts, inves...Starting at €8.20
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In the Cold Light of Day: A Case Study of Argentina's 2001-2002 Economic Crisis, Teaching Note
Walton, Michael; Baumann, ErinTeaching Note HBS-KS1218-EEconomicsArgentina's macroeconomic crisis of 2001-02 is a classic case of the interaction between exchange rate policy, fiscal policy, banking and external finance. It makes for a highly engaging teaching case because of its many layers. It was at one level a product of the hard peg of the Argentine currency to the dollar, and the loss of competitiveness with changing international conditions. The proximate cause of crisis was a run on reserves and bank...Starting at €0.00
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Arcos Dorados: A QSR Recovery Plan
Reinhardt, Forest L.; Alvarez, Jose B.; Buitrago, Jenyfeer Martinez; Cal, MarianaCase HBS-721023-EEconomicsArcos Dorados-McDonald's largest independent franchisee, covering Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC)-faced a pandemic that was disrupting the entire consumer foodservice business in 2020. With the exclusive right to own, operate, and sub-franchise McDoStarting at €8.20
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Grupo xito: Facing Colombia's Competitive Grocery Retail Industry
Alvarez, Jose B.; Larangeira, Carla; Buitrago, Jenyfeer Martinez; Moreno, Miguel DiazCase HBS-520043-ELeadership and People ManagementGrupo xito, a leading South American retailer, faced declining market shares in Colombia in 2019 with the arrival of low-cost competitors and emerging digital trends. Originally founded in Medell n, xito had over the course of its seventy-year historStarting at €8.20
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Molino Ca uelas: Serving Customers from Seed Development to the Kitchen Table (Spanish Version)
Alvarez, Jose B.; Cal, Mariana; Miguel, FernandaCase HBS-518S23Accounting and Controluelas Molino CA fue una empresa de alimentación integrada verticalmente con un sistema de gestión que le permitió innovar y crecer de forma sistemática. Con ventas de $ 2 mil millones en 2016, la empresa no sólo la harina producida, aceite vegetal y productos alimenticios envasados; También era dueño de una terminal portuaria, una planta de envasado y una División de Servicios de Agronegocios para apoyar a más de 8.000 productores agrícolas. CEO ...Starting at €8.20
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Molino Ca uelas: Serving Customers from Seed Development to the Kitchen Table
Alvarez, Jose B.; Cal, Mariana; Miguel, FernandaCase HBS-518046-EAccounting and ControlMolino Ca uelas was a vertically integrated food company with a management system that allowed it to innovate and grow systematically. With sales of $2 billion in 2016, the firm not only produced flour, vegetable oil and packaged food products; it also owned a port terminal, a packaging plant and an Agribusiness Services Division to support over 8,000 agricultural producers. CEO and Chairman Aldo Navilli, who had run the company since 1986 and ...Starting at €8.20