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Hassina Sherjan
Authors: Eccles, Robert G.; Serafeim, George; Eccles, Philippa
Product Type: Cases
Source: Harvard Business School
Publication Year: 2011
A trip back to Afghanistan inspired Hassina Sherjan to educate young women through a non-profit organization and to start a for-profit company to create jobs, especially for women, based on traditional Afghani designs and using only locally grown cotton. In order to grow Boumi, Sherjan must confront a number of challenges...
Half the Sky: Turning Oppression into Opportunity for Women Worldwide
Authors: Kristof, Nicholas; WuDunn, Sheryl
Product Type: Books / Book Chapters
Source: Vintage
Publication Year: 2010
Throughout much of the world, the greatest unexploited economic resource is the female half of the population. Kristof and WuDunn show that the key to economic progress lies in unleashing women’s potential.
Low-Wage / Frontline Workers Teaching Materials Portal
Author: The Aspen Institute Center for Business Education
Product Type: Reading Collections
Source: The Aspen Institute Center for Business Education
Publication Year: 2011
This collection is part of our business faculty network on Low-Wage / Frontline Workers. It is designed to provide a repository of teaching materials that incorporate issues of low-wage workers into a business’s core decision-making process.
Danimal in South Africa: Management Innovation at the Bottom of the Pyramid
Authors: Hawarden, Verity; Barnard, Helena
Product Type: Cases
Source: Richard Ivey School of Business
Publication Year: 2011
The case focuses on management innovation in the South African dairy industry, describing how an innovative new yoghurt product, Danimal, was created specifically for the market at the base of the pyramid. It explains how management of the product line embodied the various innovation opportunities and challenges presented.
North American Free Trade Agreement
Authors: Shapiro, Helen; Dininio, Phyllis
Product Type: Cases
Source: Harvard Business School
Publication Year: 1994
Mexico, the United States, and Canada have negotiated a North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) that would create the largest free trade zone in the world. The union would build on the three-year-old Free Trade Agreement between the United States and Canada. Proponents claim that NAFTA is a "win-win-win" situation, but its detractors argue that it would reduce wages, create unemployment, and generate environmental problems.
The Indego Africa Project
Authors: McGinn, Kathleen L.; Gordon, Rachel
Product Type: Cases
Source: Harvard Business School
Publication Year: 2010
Indego connects cooperatives to the international retail market for handmade artisan products, helps those cooperatives build their business capacity, and develops and delivers classroom training in life and business skills for cooperative members.
East of Africa (and West of China): Chinese Business in Africa
Authors: Schuetz, Marcus; Ramon-Berjano, Carola
Product Type: Cases
Source: University of Hong Kong
Publication Year: 2010
This case discusses China's growing business ventures in the African continent. It allows for a discussion about applying business models and strategies in different countries, as well as the risks entailed. This is more relevant in the presence of weak governance, corruption and human rights issues. Issues such as food safety, land outsourcing, and local employment generation versus imported workforce are discussed.
Blueprint for Success: Spend More on Training
Author: Pfeffer, Jeffrey
Product Type: Books / Book Chapters
Source: Harvard Business School
Publication Year: 2007
A country's or a company's competitive advantage in the current global economy depends primarily on its people's skills, talent, and educational attainment.
Inde and the Emprededores Juveniles de Nicaragua
Authors: Azofeifa, Monica; Leguizamon, Francisco
Product Type: Cases
Source: Harvard Business School
Publication Year: 2003
Discusses one social program's difficulties in finding adequate support for their youth entrepreneurship initiatives, and their relationship with donors Texaco, Pizza Hut, and Coca Cola. Examines donor-recipient collaborations that move into strategic alliances, providing greater benefits for both the companies and the organizations.
The Chad-Cameroon Petroleum Development and Pipeline Project (A, B, C, D, E)
Authors: Ferman, Carrie; Esty, Benjamin C.
Product Type: Cases
Source: Harvard Business School Publishing
Publication Year: 2006
On June 6, 2000, the World Bank's and IFC's board of directors was scheduled to vote on whether to approve funding for the $4 billion Chad-Cameroon Petroleum Development and Pipeline project. Although the project presented a unique opportunity to alleviate poverty in Chad, one of the poorest countries in the world, Chad had a president who had been described as a "warlord" and a history of civil war and oppression...
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