INCAE (Costa Rica - Nicaragua)
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Tecnosol 2016
Cifuentes, Martha Sofía; Pérez Pineda, FelipeCase INCAE-12525-EStrategyThis case presents Tecnosol, a firm dedicated to the sale and installation of solar panels for both the rural and urban markets. The firm had begun in Nicaragua in 1998 and by 2016 had expanded to three other countries in Central America. Its inclusive business model catered especially to the rural and remote communities with no access to electricity. The company was facing challenges related to financing and updating its expansion strategy in or...Starting at €8.20
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Concentrix Nicaragua: The New and Growing Focal Point in Latin America
Rodríguez Redondo, Carlos; Torres Cóndor, JoséCase INCAE-31335_E-EStrategyEn abril de 2017, Javier Hugentobler recibió una propuesta para aceptar un nuevo cliente para la subsidiaria de Concentrix en Nicaragua, en un área de tecnología, la cual es nueva para la operación nicaraguense. La propuesta incluía un cliente muy importante, una empresa llamada FT100, en referencia a una de las 100 mayores empresas del mundo según el ranquin del Financial Times, en un área de tecnología, la cual no había sido desarrollada en Ni...Starting at €8.20
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Quetsol: Energy and Development
Majano Guerrero, Ana María; Pérez Pineda, Felipe; Blanco, Juan PabloCase INCAE-31012E-EEconomicsThe Quetsol case is about two young Guatemalan entrepreneurs who enter the renewable energy business, providing low-cost photovoltaic solutions to poor rural families without access to electricity. The case describes the development of the company, the business context, the building of partnerships with microfinance institutions and community organizations, and the way the company designs a strategy to face the challenges of competition. The case...Starting at €8.20
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Rice in Costa Rica: Policies, Interests, Commitments and Coherence with Sustainable Development
Umaña, Víctor; Trejos, AlbertoCase INCAE-31242_E-EEconomicsThe case depicts the circumstances faced by the Costa Rican government in 2010 where the country was exposed to serious penalties by the World Trade Organization (WTO) due to subsidies awarded by the government to the production of rice. Moreover, a newly elected government had taken power, and established new sustainable development goals for the country. Against this background, rice production became a critical agenda for the central governmen...Starting at €8.20
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Concentrix Nicaragua: Expanding its Service Footprint in a Non-Traditional Location (B)
Rodríguez Redondo, Carlos; Torres Cóndor, JoséCase INCAE-31336_E-EStrategyEn abril de 2017, Javier Hugentobler recibió una propuesta para aceptar un nuevo cliente para la subsidiaria de Concentrix en Nicaragua, en un área de tecnología, la cual es nueva para la operación nicaraguense. La propuesta incluía un cliente muy importante, una empresa llamada FT100, en referencia a una de las 100 mayores empresas del mundo según el ranquin del Financial Times, en un área de tecnología, la cual no había sido desarrollada en Ni...Starting at €5.74
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Biotor Labs
Alzate, Emiliano; Ketelhohn, Niels; Cátedra René Morales Carazo de EmprendimientoCase INCAE-12563_E-EStrategyBiotor Labs es una empresa que se dedica a la producción y ventas de productos de control biológico para la agricultura. La empresa importa la materia prima (hongos Trichoderma Asperellum y Pochonia Chlamydosporia) de un centro de investigación en Cuba, y los reproduce en sus laboratorios en Nicaragua. Su cliente y único distribuidor, Agricenter, es una empresa costarricense que acaba de ser adquirida por la multinacional AMVAC. el caso inicia cu...Starting at €8.20
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The Ministry of Health in Costa Rica, 2014
Nataren, David; Rodríguez Redondo, Carlos Adrián; Ketelhohn, NielsCase INCAE-12449_E-EEconomicsWhat should the Ministry of Health do to recover its leading role in the Costa Rican Health Sector? wondered Priscilla Herrera MD, General Director of the Costa Rican Ministry of Health (MOH). Dr. Herrera, who had held the position for just six months, was responsible to lead a team of nearly five thousand people with a mission to "promote the overall health of human beings" for 4.5 million Costa Ricans. The Costa Rican health system was consider...Starting at €8.20