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Cultivating Social Enterprise in Peru: A Portfolio Approach
Oana Branzei; Jan DutkiewiczCase IVEY-9B08M047-EEntrepreneurship, StrategyA consultant with CARE Enterprise Partners (CEP) is tasked to provide consulting for three social enterprises in different stages of development, each benefiting from CEP funding and support. CONASE - an oatmeal manufacturer selling to the government's vaso de leche free breakfast program - asked for advice on strategic analysis and creative approaches to customer relations. Seviagro - a market linkage social enterprise aggregating produce from s...Starting at €8.20
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Biofuels: the Green Dream
Faces, Fernando; Ocaña Derqui, GloriaCase IIST-ASEI-5-E-EEconomicsProfessor Manuel Ribera was asked by the Instituto Internacional San Telmo to prepare a document on the Biofuels sector, to serve as a basis for debate in a meeting to be held with entrepreneurs and CEOs from various sectors which have been affected by the arrival of the new green energy. After analysing the available documentation and interviewing the major figures in the sectors concerned (public administration, university specialists, business...Starting at €8.20
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Caffeine with a Conscience
Wicks, Andrew C.; Mead, JennyCase DARDEN-E-0327-EBusiness Ethics and Corporate Social ResponsibilityIs "Fair Trade" really fair? This case examines the concept, history, and logistics of the Fair Trade movement, specifically for coffee. Fair Trade began as an attempt to ensure farmers received fair compensation for their crops and credit when needed. Fair Trade also provided opportunities to help coffee growers learn best practices and sustainable farming methods (minimal damage to the environment, for example). But Fair Trade had its critics, ...Starting at €8.20
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The e-Choupal Initiative
Horniman, Alexander B.; Venkataraman, S.; Thiemele, Anne-Laure; Mead, JennyCase DARDEN-E-0343-EBusiness Ethics and Corporate Social ResponsibilityAn international corporation’s agricultural business division reviews its seven-year-old IT initiative among rural Indian farmers. Suitable for learners at all levels, the case is ideal for modules on strategic change, transformational change in a value chain, and development at the bottom of the pyramid. It also provides excellent insight into how corporations can improve both profits and lifestyles in developing nations while bolstering their w...Starting at €8.20
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Cherries With Charm: Turkey's Alara Agri
Michael R. Pearce; Jordan MitchellCase IVEY-9B09A019-EEntrepreneurship, Marketing, StrategyThe chief executive officer (CEO) and owner of Alara Agri, a major Turkish cherry and fig producer, wants to convince retailers in Belgium and Germany (and, later, other parts of Europe) to change cherries from a bulk product to a higher-end luxury product packaged in small carry bags. The move from bulk to small packages has been highly successful in the United Kingdom where retailers reduced waste and increased margins. The German and Belgian r...Starting at €8.20
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Chiquita in Colombia
Wicks, Andrew C.; Mead, JennyCase DARDEN-E-0346-EBusiness Ethics and Corporate Social ResponsibilityShould an international company operating in a violent nation pay a paramilitary group to keep its employees from harm? Executives at Chiquita Brands' Banadex subsidiary in Colombia faced a dilemma in 1997. Carlos Castano, the leader of the Autodefensas Unidas de Colombia, a paramilitary group, was demanding payment in return for not harming Banadex's employees or operations. The executives must weigh the various options including, among others, ...Starting at €8.20
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Social Entrepreneurship and Sustainable Farming in Indonesia
Ilan Alon; Everlyne MisatiCase IVEY-9B11A022-EEntrepreneurship, Marketing, StrategyOded Carmi was a social entrepreneur striving for a “green Bali.” He started Sari Organik as a model farm intended to grow according to market demands and to benefit the local community while serving as an educational centre for small-scale farmers in the region. Thirteen years later, the idea was not as well embraced as he had hoped. The case discusses some of the challenges the entrepreneur was facing as the founder and owner of Sari Organik fa...Starting at €8.20
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Double E Grain Corporation: Where To From Here
Donald W. Barclay; Jessica KellyCase IVEY-9B11M122-EStrategyIt was mid-January 2011 and Elmer Enns, sole owner of Double E Grain Corporation, a 6600-acre farm in Saskatchewan, Canada, was reflecting on the past year, during which he had completed the canola harvest ahead of schedule. Helped by strong commodity prices, Double E had experienced successive years of prosperity (as shown by the financial statements in the case). Elmer, in his mid-50s, was optimistic about the industry and content with the curr...Starting at €8.20
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Value Chain Development: Care Kenya’s Challenge to Make Markets Work for the Poor (A)
Kevin McKagueCase IVEY-9B12M033-EEntrepreneurship, StrategyThis case examines how CARE, a non-profit international development organization, begins to pursue a market-based approach to meeting its poverty-reduction mission. Specifically, a CARE project manager explores how previous work with low-income livestock herders in drought-prone eastern Kenya might offer an opportunity to work with value chain actors to improve access to markets and increase farmers’ incomes.With the Kenyan livestock project as t...Starting at €8.20
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Value Chain Development: Care Kenya’s Challenge to Make Markets Work for the Poor (B)
Kevin McKagueCase IVEY-9B12M034-EEntrepreneurship, StrategyThis case is a supplement to Value Chain Development: Care Kenya’s Challenge to Make Markets Work for the Poor (A).Starting at €5.74