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Woolf Farming and Processing
Authors: Bell, David E.; Winig, Laura; Shelman, Mary
Product Type: Cases
Source: Harvard Business School
Publication Year: 2010
Woolf Farming Company, a privately owned family farming business in California's Central Valley, found its business threatened by a lack of water, brought on by a combination of drought, poor quality well water and unavailability of surface water due to federally imposed pumping restrictions.
Codevasf
Authors: Bell, David E.; Neves, Marcos Fava; Castro, Thome e; Kindred, Natalie
Product Type: Cases
Source: Harvard Business School
Publication Year: 2010
With many countries facing scarcity of freshwater and farmable land, Brazil decided to leverage its wealth of both resources to attract global agribusiness players to the historically poor Sao Francisco Valley (SFV) in the country's northeast.
Old Problems Remain, New Ones Crop Up: Political Risk in the 21st Century
Author: Jakobsen, Jo
Product Type: Journal Articles
Source: Business Horizons
Publication Year: 2010
Despite the fact that most developing countries now generally welcome multinational companies, political risk still represents a huge concern for international business. In fact, multinational companies today probably face a much broader array of risks than during the nationalization wave of the 1960s and 1970s.
Sheikh Mohammed and the Making of 'Dubai, Inc.'
Authors: Mayo, Anthony J.; Nohria, Nitin; Mendhro, Umaimah; Cromwell, Johnathan
Product Type: Cases
Source: Harvard Business School
Publication Year: 2010
Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid AI Maktoum has converted Dubai from a sleepy little coastal village into a world-class city, famous for its ambition, drive, and economic promise.
B Lab: Building a New Sector of the Economy
Authors: Marquis, Christopher; Klaber, Andrew; Thomason, Bobbi
Product Type: Cases
Source: Harvard Business School
Publication Year: 2010
The founders of B Lab are on a mission to build a community of Certified B Corporations (B=Benefit) as part of the emerging asset class of "impact investments."
Tetra Pak Argentina
Authors: Khanna, Tarun; Palepu, Krishna G.; Herrero, Gustavo A.
Product Type: Cases
Source: Harvard Business School
Publication Year: 2007
Deals with the hands-on management of a difficult situation facing the subsidiary of a multinational corporation (Tetra Pak) in a developing country (Argentina). Shows how the foreign firm must cope with difficult domestic situations, where the levers of control are beyond its reach.
U.S. Department of Energy & Recovery Act Funding: Bridging the "Valley of Death"
Authors: Roberts, Michael J.; Lassiter, Joseph B.; Nanda, Ramana
Product Type: Cases
Source: Harvard Business School
Publication Year: 2010
The case focuses on the US Dept. of Energy and the $38 billion dollars of stimulus funding the DOE received to encourage clean tech. They focus on "bridging the valley of death" i.e., helping young, innovative companies finance technically risky and very capital intensive development and commercialization programs.
Mibanco
Authors: Chu, Michael; Herrero, Gustavo A.
Product Type: Cases
Source: Harvard Business School
Publication Year: 2009
Mibanco, Peru's leading microfinance bank, faces intense competition as the banking industry rushes into low income segments. Companion video clips bring into the classroom the contemporary reality of a world-class microfinance institution, where the unpaved streets and cluttered markets of the loan officer coexist with the sophistication of technical financial analysis and premier professional management.
Microfin
Authors: Chu, Michael; Kramer, Enrique
Product Type: Cases
Source: Harvard Business School
Publication Year: 2009
The case presents the management dilemmas of a new institution in an undeveloped microfinance market in Latin America.
The Robin Hood Foundation
Authors: Ebrahim, Alnoor; Ross, Catherine
Product Type: Cases
Source: Harvard Business School
Publication Year: 2010
Created by hedge fund and financial managers, the Robin Hood Foundation fights poverty through grants to nonprofit organizations. As the global financial crisis continues to impact the poor disproportionately, the Foundation needs to ensure that its funds are being spent on the most effective poverty-fighting programs.
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