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CAEI: Driving innvotaion and profitability in the agricultural sector
Villafuerte Martin, Antonio; De Cote, Jose AntonioCase IIST-MI-157-E-EMarketingCAEI is the second largest producer of sugar cane in the Dominican Republic. In 2010, it undertook a strategic business transformation that resulted in CAEI being, by 2017, one of the most profitable and competitive companies in the sugar industry in the Caribbean. This was achieved mainly thanks to the incorporation of new technologies, the innovations introduced in processes, and a radical change in the way employees were treated and motivated....Starting at €8.20
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CAEI: Driving innvotaion and profitability in the agricultural sector. Teaching Note
Villafuerte Martin, Antonio; De Cote, Jose AntonioTeaching Note IIST-MITN-157-E-EMarketingCAEI is the second largest producer of sugar cane in the Dominican Republic. In 2010, it undertook a strategic business transformation that resulted in CAEI being, by 2017, one of the most profitable and competitive companies in the sugar industry in the Caribbean. This was achieved mainly thanks to the incorporation of new technologies, the innovations introduced in processes, and a radical change in the way employees were treated and motivated....Starting at €0.00
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Tiburon
John S. Haywood-Farmer; Sean CautermanCase IVEY-9B09D003-EEntrepreneurship, Service and Operations Management, StrategyIn April, 2008, the president of Tiburon, a manufacturer of camouflage components based in the Dominican Republic, met with Tiburon's parent company and sole customer, GMA. GMA, based in Guelph, Ontario, was an equipment supplier to the United States Army. Tiburon had only been in business one month, and the president was analyzing the current production process in each of the Dominican and Guelph plants. There were noted differences between the ...Starting at €8.20
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Accounting for Political Risk at AES, Teaching Note
Perez Cavazos, Gerardo; Srinivasan, SurajTeaching Note HBS-118032-EAccounting and ControlTeaching note for cases 118023 and 118024.Starting at €0.00
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Piracy in Somalia (A)
Reinert, Sophus A.; Davies, AlissaCase HBS-718018-EEconomicsA Somali fisherman stands on a beach in early 2011, considering his options: should he embark in his tiny fishing vessel, or join a nearby pirate crew? His war-ravaged country, entering its twentieth year of civil war, was in the midst of a famine that had claimed hundreds of thousands of lives, and piracy had recently become the country's greatest claim to fame, securing ransoms to the tune of millions of US dollars in one of the poorest corners...Starting at €8.20
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Piracy in Somalia (B)
Reinert, Sophus A.; Davies, AlissaCase HBS-718019-EEconomicsA Somali fisherman stands on a beach in early 2011, considering his options: should he embark in his tiny fishing vessel, or join a nearby pirate crew? His war-ravaged country, entering its twentieth year of civil war, was in the midst of a famine that had claimed hundreds of thousands of lives, and piracy had recently become the country's greatest claim to fame, securing ransoms to the tune of millions of US dollars in one of the poorest corners...Starting at €5.74
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J. Perez Foods (A), (B) and (C), Teaching Note
Davis, John A.; Sampson, Courtney J.Teaching Note HBS-807134-EEntrepreneurshipTeaching Note to (801-147), (801-148), and (803-163).Starting at €0.00
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Piracy in Somalia (A) and (B), Teaching Note
Reinert, Sophus A.Teaching Note HBS-718043-EEconomicsTeaching note for cases 718018 and 718019.Starting at €0.00
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Al-Shabaab, Gatekeepers, and the Ethics of Humanitarian Aid
Krehbiel, KCase SGSB-ETH01-EBusiness Ethics and Corporate Social ResponsibilityFollowing decades of civil strife among warring clans, and exacerbated by the worst drought in decades (2010-2012), millions of starving dislocated Somalis resided in crowded camps throughout the country. Humanitarian aid organizations made good-faith efforts to distribute food and medical treatment and supplies to those who suffered most. Almost always, however, these nongovernment organizations (NGOs) were thwarted by so-called gatekeepers, w...Starting at €8.20
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Ransom on the High Seas: The Case of Piracy in Somalia
Alvaro Cuervo-Cazurra; Michael Train; Jeanne McNettCase IVEY-9B11M104-ELeadership and People Management, StrategyIn recent years, incidents of piracy have increased dramatically off the coast of the failed state of Somalia. In this case, a group of 14 pirates have hijacked a cargo ship full of machinery, but have yet to make any demands. They hold hostage a multinational crew of 20 (whose captain and two officers are American), the ship, and the cargo. The chief operating officer of an international shipping company must choose among alternative strategies ...Starting at €8.20