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Pioneers in Colombia
Retsinas, Nicolas P.; Strope, LisaCase HBS-212050-EFinanceIn 2011, Equity International made a $75 million equity investment in Bogota-based real estate company, Terranum Development and became the first institutional real estate investor in Colombia.Starting at €8.20
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Colombia and the Economic Premium of Peace
Vietor, Richard H.K.; White, HilaryCase HBS-715011-EEconomicsColombia, the fastest growing country in Latin America, continues to struggle with productivity. Both labor productivity and total factor productivity have been low for the past decade, despite economic growth of 4.7% annually. Many factors contribute-everything from infrastructure, to banking, to informality. President Santos, one year into his second term, is well aware of these difficulties and has put in place new policies to mitigate them. H...Starting at €8.20
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Uber: Competing Globally
MacKay, Alexander J.; Migdal, Amram; Masko, JohnCase HBS-720404-EStrategyThis case describes Uber's global market entry strategy and responses by regulators and local competitors. It details Uber's entry into New York City (United States), Bogot (Colombia), Delhi (India), Shanghai (China), Accra (Ghana), and London (United Kingdom). In each instance, the case includes information about Uber's strategy in that market, existing regulations on taxis and transportation in each market, the reactions of competitors and re...Starting at €8.20
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Financial Services at Falabella (A)
Foley, C. Fritz; Hurtado, Agustin M.Case HBS-217016-EFinanceIn 2010, the board and senior management team of Falabella, a leading retailer with operations throughout Latin America, faced choices about what to do with its financial services division. More than 4.5 million customers had CMR credit cards that could be used in Falabella stores, and Banco Falabella competed with other banks by offering personal banking services. The case covers many of the key questions the leaders of the firm faced, including...Starting at €8.20
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Colombia: Strong Fundamentals, Global Risk
Musacchio, Aldo; Vietor, Richard H.K.; Schlefer, Jonathan; Camacho, CarolinaCase HBS-710012-EEconomicsBy mid-2009 Colombian President Alvaro Uribe had ended decades of virtual civil war and strengthened the business climate, but he faced tough economic challenges. Though he had instituted prominent market reforms and brought inflation down sharply, Colombia seemed stuck in a middle ground, industrially behind Brazil or Chile but ahead of poorer Latin American countries. Traditional exports--coal, coffee, oil--still comprised more than half the to...Starting at €8.20
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Antanas Mockus: The Prohibition of Fireworks in Bogot
Fung, Archon; Lurye, InessaCase HBS-HKS790-EEconomicsIn 1994, Antanas Mockus, an unlikely politician and former President of the prestigious National University of Colombia, became Bogot 's first independent mayor, bringing with him a unique vision of harmonious citizenship. The city's new leadership under Mockus, unlike in the past, included academics and researchers, who helped create a raft of new initiatives designed to align public behavior with the rule of law, through education and positive...Starting at €8.20
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Antanas Mockus: The Prohibition of Fireworks in Bogot - Sequel
Fung, Archon; Lurye, InessaCase HBS-HKS791-EEconomics"In 1994, Antanas Mockus, an unlikely politician and former President of the prestigious National University of Colombia, became Bogot 's first independent mayor, bringing with him a unique vision of harmonious citizenship. The city's new leadership under Mockus, unlike in the past, included academics and researchers, who helped create a raft of new initiatives designed to align public behavior with the rule of law, through education and positiv...Starting at €8.20
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Devil in the Details: Designing a Social Impact Bond Agreement in Medellin
Varley, Pamela; Levy, DanCase HBS-KS1139-EEconomicsIn July 2012, three freshly-minted Harvard Kennedy School graduates bought one-way tickets to Medellin, Colombia, to launch a nonprofit startup they called Instiglio. Their idea: to bring Social Impact Bonds, still experimental even in affluent nations, to Colombia and other low to middle income countries. This statistics case-one of two nearly identical HKS cases about Instiglio-provides background about the SIB model (a financing mechanism for ...Starting at €8.20
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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