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21st Century Food: NüFood
Arriola Ordónez, Estefanía; García Caffaro, Isabella; Velásquez, Teresa; Coma, Pablo; Castillo, Sofía; Figueredo, AlvaroCase INCAE-31361_E-EEntrepreneurshipEntrepreneurs saw a window of opportunity in the production of Soldier Fly Black protein as a sustainable source of protein for animals. They had an established business plan, with the production of NüContainers for lower-middle-income communities and a production plant to serve companies, but this was questioned when they got allies from different industries who believed that their market niche should be different from the previously established...Starting at €8.20
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Farmacias Similares: Private and Public Health Care for the Base of the Pyramid in Mexico
Chu, Michael; Garcia-Cuellar, ReginaCase HBS-307092-EThis case should be printed in color. Farmacias Similares, serving Mexico's low-income sector, grew to $600 million sales and 3,400 drugstores while deep reforms to help the poor swept the public health system. Adjacent to each store, for $2 per visit, medical clinics provided access to doctors for 2.3 million people a month. Narrates the growth of the chain, examines the reasons for its success, and projects a pro forma of the company's financia...Starting at €8.20
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Patrimonio Hoy (Spanish version)
Segel, Arthur I; Chu, Michael; Herrero, Gustavo A.Case HBS-811S14EntrepreneurshipPatrimonio Hoy es un programa dirigido a las necesidades de vivienda de la población de bajos ingresos por CEMEX, empresa mexicana importante y líder en la producción mundial de cemento. Originalmente concebido como un proyecto para comprender los clientes en el segmento de la autoconstrucción mejor, un componente principal de la casa reconocimiento de la capacidad concentrada en barrios de bajos ingresos, Patrimonio Hoy ha generado mexicana y la...Starting at €8.20
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A Financial Perspective (Spanish version)
Segel, Arthur I; Chu, Michael; Herrero, Gustavo A.Case HBS-208S15EntrepreneurshipPatrimonio Hoy, a program targeting the housing needs of low-income families launched by CEMEX, a major Mexican corporation and a leading global cement company, has gone from a market research project to a highly visible initiative in 22 cities and has earned public recognition. The president of Cemex North America must decide whether it is corporate social responsibility or a new business line. In the process, it allows analysis of the Patrimoni...Starting at €8.20
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CloneTech: Start-up and University Collaboration in IoT Precision Agriculture
Figueredo, Alvaro; Coma, Pablo; Castillo, Sofía; Arriola, Estefanía; García Caffaro, Isabella; Velásquez, TeresaCase INCAE-31365_E-EInformation TechnologiesCloneTech is a Costa Rican startup in agricultural technologies that collaborated with the Universidad del Valle de Guatemala. We explored the process through which CloneTech established and consolidated itself as a company, how it came to collaborate with a Guatemalan university and, finally, the implications and impact of this collaboration. It was necessary to form a multidisciplinary group to develop the project, given that it united the tech...Starting at €8.20
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GENTERA: Facing the Digital Age
Chu, Michael; Larangeira, CarlaCase HBS-319092-EStrategyAfter long dominating Mexican microfinance, Compartamos Banco faces the emergence of fintech, just as for the first time its loan portfolio and clients have declined. Enrique Maj s, CEO of GENTERA, the bank s parent company, is keenly aware of the profound changes since the Compartamos IPO in April 2007, when it was valued at $1.5 billion and became the first bank wholly dedicated to microfinance to be quoted in a major stock exchange. Since th...Starting at €8.20
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Nubank: Democratizing Financial Services
Chu, Michael; Larangeira, Carla; Levindo, PedroCase HBS-321068-EEntrepreneurship"Nubank, a wholly-digital solution created to disrupt Brazilian banking, with 6 million clients and a $4 billion valuation after five years, must decide whether to expand to Mexico. The company was founded in S o Paulo in 2013 by Colombian-born David VStarting at €8.20
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Biofuels and Circular Economy in Developing Countries: Technology Transfer in Guatemala
Velásquez Ceballos, Teresa; Figueredo, Alvaro; Arriola Ordónez, Estefanía; García Caffaro, Isabella; Coma, PabloCase INCAE-31369_E-EDecision AnalysisIn this case study, a project to develop biodiesel as an alternative energy source in a Guatemalan university was chosen as an example of how technology transfer between academia and industry is not only possible, but can also make a real impact. The leading actor, an academic who developed a succesful biofuel production plant is faced with a decision whether he should continue the project as academic or leave it open to scale up with an industri...Starting at €8.20
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Alimento del siglo XXI: NüFood
Arriola Ordónez, Estefanía; García Caffaro, Isabella; Velásquez, Teresa; Coma, Pablo; Castillo, Sofía; Figueredo, AlvaroCase INCAE-31361_SEntrepreneurshipLos emprendedores vieron una ventana de oportunidad en la producción de proteína de Mosca Soldado Negra como una fuente sustentable de proteína para animales. Tenían un plan de negocio establecido, con la producción de NüContainers para comunidades de ingresos medio-bajos y una planta de producción para atender a empresas, pero este se vio puesto en duda cuando consiguieron aliados de distintas industrias que opinaban que su nicho de mercado debe...Starting at €8.20