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ideaForge: Mechanical Charger
Authors: Adhikari, Atanu; Deshmukh, Rama
Product Type: Cases
Source: Richard Ivey School of Business
Publication Year: 2012
ideaForge manufactured and sold two types of products: mechanical chargers and other conventional chargers such as bike chargers. The company faced two major challenges while running the business: how to market this innovative product to customers used to traditional mobile phone chargers, and whether the company should increase the product range or concentrate on existing products...
Infant HIV Diagnostics: Supply Chain in Sub-Saharan Africa
Authors: Deo, Sarang; Ben-Har, Avidan; Shields, Bill; Naware, Mihir
Product Type: Cases
Source: Kellogg School of Management
Publication Year: 2012
Roger Osayende, a former management consultant, must advise the Ministry of Health of Ektu, a fictional country in Central Africa, on how to implement a new point-of-care diagnostic test for infants with HIV. A new point-of-care device was about to be introduced, which would obviate the need for this centralized processing and the resulting diagnostic delay. The key decision under consideration is where to place the devices to maximize their effectiveness...
Monsanto Inc. - Doing Business in India
Authors: Klassen, Robert; Chandrasekhar, Ramasastry
Product Type: Cases
Source: Richard Ivey School of Business
Publication Year: 2012
The executive vice president of sustainability and corporate affairs at Monsanto was facing a difficult situation that could dramatically reshape the firm’s business. A decade earlier, the firm had introduced into India, through a joint venture, the first in-the-seed cotton trait biotechnology. Subsequently, three Indian state governments imposed a price ceiling on these biotech seeds. How should a technology innovator such as Monsanto deal with an unpredictable regulatory approval process in an increasingly competitive marketplace?
Filling the Institutional Voids in Indonesia: Jababeka's Foray into Infrastructure
Author: Dieleman, Marleen
Product Type: Cases
Source: Richard Ivey School of Business
Publication Year: 2012
Due to infrastructure and logistics bottlenecks in Indonesia, the company moved into various infrastructure projects, including a power plant and a port. Even though the company had identified substantial business opportunities in the form of a captive market of industrial estate tenants, both projects suffered from delays due to regulatory complexity. The case illustrates the opportunities and risks of emerging market infrastructure projects...
El Paso's Sale to Kinder Morgan
Authors: Coates, John; Rose, Clayton; Lane, David
Product Type: Cases
Source: Harvard Business School
Publication Year: 2012
On October 16, 2011, El Paso agreed to sell itself to Kinder Morgan for just over $21 billion. Shareholders filed suit, arguing that the process was tainted by conflict and that a higher price could be obtained...
Barclays Capital and the Sale of Del Monte Foods
Authors: Coates, John; Rose, Clayton; Lane, David
Product Type: Cases
Source: Harvard Business School
Publication Year: 2012
This case explores the reputational and legal issues that arise as Barclays Capital attempted to manage client conflicts by following established industry practice in the face of changing legal norms...
School House
Author: Leipziger, Deborah
Product Type: Cases
Source: The Aspen Institute Business and Society Program
Publication Year: 2012
Rachel Weeks knew that she had what it takes to be an entrepreneur. She had the vision, guts, intelligence, and ability to work hard. Most of all she had a very good idea: to create School House, a clothing company that would pay workers a living wage. After several years of partnership with suppliers in Sri Lanka, School House faced severe challenges. Rachel decided to manufacture all of the School House product line in the United States. Will School House be able to continue its policy of paying a living wage in U.S.-based factories?
Sarvajal: Water for All
Authors: Macomber, John D.; Sinha, Mona
Product Type: Cases
Source: Harvard Business School
Publication Year: 2012
The company seeks to provide potable water services to rural and urban India where the public infrastructure does not exist. Using a franchising model that relies on seasoned local entrepreneurs, communication technology that monitors flows and quality, payment technology that takes cash out of the equation, and a "capital light" leasing model, the company hopes to create and share a new business model.
Boardroom Battle Behind Bars: Gome Electrical Appliances Holdings -- A Corporate Governance Drama
Authors: Kirby, William C.; Manty, Tracy Yuen
Product Type: Cases
Source: Harvard Business School
Publication Year: 2012
Despite widespread news of the incarceration of Gome Electronics' CEO, Huang Guangyu, Bain Capital felt they carefully undertook due diligence before making a significant investment in the company. The venture capital firm was confident that it and the current management could work together to revamp the fortunes of China's leading electronic retailer. However, it did not anticipate the power Huang had behind bars…
Arbor Days: Trumann Landscaping and ACCION USA
Authors: Fairchild, Gregory B.; Race, Natalie
Product Type: Cases
Source: Darden School of Business
Publication Year: 2012
Trumann Landscaping is environmentally sustainable, experienced, and interested in growth. Sarah Gomez at ACCION USA must evaluate their small business loan application...
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