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Sanofi Pasteur: The Dengue Vaccine Dilemma
Rangan, V. Kasturi; Bloom, David E.; Dessain, Vincent; Billaud, EmilieCase HBS-514074-EIn 2012, Sanofi Pasteur was racing to develop a vaccine against dengue, a mosquito-borne disease, and was evaluating this product in a Phase IIb trial conducted with school children in Thailand. But while the candidate vaccine met the high safety expectations and a good balanced immune answer, it had a proof of efficacy of only 30%, far below the 70% mark the company had targeted. Guillaume Leroy, vice president of the Dengue Company at Sanofi Pa...Starting at €8.20
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Conoco's "Green" Oil Strategy (A) (Spanish version)
Salter, Malcolm S.; Hall, Susan E.A.Case HBS-321S07Business Ethics and Corporate Social ResponsibilityConoco's attempted to win an oil development contract in Ecuador's tropical rain forest. The case discusses government perspectives, environmental perspectives, and indigenous people's perspectives. Allows role playing in a "negotiating forum" set up by Conoco to get their developing plan in the various interest groups. This oil development contract is key to Conoco's Latin American E&D strategy.Starting at €8.20
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Adroliv S.A. ¿Del Exito al Fracaso?
Chandi Agama, Luis Salomón; Cátedra René Morales Carazo de Emprendimiento; Schill, RyanCase INCAE-31258_SFinanceMateo Armando Quito, joven creativo y socio fundador de una agencia de publicidad dedicada a la realización de campañas publicitarias en Ecuador, que había ganado varios premios nacionales e internacionales con la campaña que el Gobierno de Ecuador había lanzado en 2014 “All you need is Ecuador”, esperaba solitario en la sala de juntas a sus socios para la reunión trimestral de Junta de Accionistas, la cual se convocó para determinar el futuro de...Starting at €8.20
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JOG Sports: Sports Apparel and Ice Hockey in Thailand
Andrew Karl DeliosCase IVEY-9B13M138-EEntrepreneurship, StrategyJOG Sports, a sports apparel and sports marketing business, has crossed the psychologically important threshold of $1 million in annual sales. Although the company was started as a hobby and side interest of the chief executive officer (CEO) and main founder, management of the company soon became his only occupation. The scale of the company increased quickly, with the sports apparel business growing in product lines, geographic scope of sales an...Starting at €8.20
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Flotel Orellana
Riverola, JosepCase P-928-EService and Operations ManagementThe case describes the operations involved in running the Flotel Orellana, a floating hotel operating in the Amazon jungle. It allows for analysis of the relationship between the structure of operations and the environment in which they take place.Starting at €8.20
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Petrobras in Ecuador (B)
Musacchio, Aldo; Goldberg, Lena G.; Reisen de Pinho, RicardoCase HBS-309108-EStarting at €5.74
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Ministry of Finance, Japan
David M. Currie; Laurel AdamsCase IVEY-9B08M013-EStrategyIn June 1997, the Bank of Thailand must decide whether to continue or to abandon the peg of the baht to the U.S dollar. Recent economic performance in Thailand has caused speculation that the central bank will abandon the currency peg, but the bank's stated policy for many years has been that it will maintain the peg. Background about the Thai economy is presented in the core case, product 9B01M025. Other cases enable students to play roles of im...Starting at €8.20
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Petrobras in Ecuador (A)
Musacchio, Aldo; Goldberg, Lena G.; Reisen de Pinho, RicardoCase HBS-309107-EOn October 18, 2007, Ecuador's President Rafael Correa announced his intention to migrate Petrobras' existing participation contracts to exploit oil reserves in Ecuador's Blocks 18 and 31 to servicing agreements under which Petrobras would be paid a production fee and reimbursed for investment costs but all recovered oil would belong to the government. Correa also announced a dramatic increase in corporate taxes and changes to other contracts to ...Starting at €8.20
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IEC in Sports
Singfat Chu; Josh BurackCase IVEY-9B11E039-ECorporate Governance, StrategyA Stockholm-based sports broadcasting firm with five international offices is facing uncertain contract renewals by its current clients from several geographic territories. It must determine the likelihood of profitability if it purchases the global broadcasting rights of the Portuguese Soccer League (Liga Zon Sagres) for the upcoming 2011-2012 season.Starting at €8.20
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Shrimp Farming in Ecuador
David W. ConklinCase IVEY-9A97H005-EStrategyThe primary decision maker operated an extensive shrimp farming business in Ecuador. The shrimp value chain consisted of many activities that culminated in the preparation of a wide variety of frozen appetizers and dinners. In order to increase profitability, the company faced the challenges of moving up the value chain. Meanwhile, global consumption of shrimp value-added products was increasing rapidly. Foreign food processors and retailers had ...Starting at €8.20