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Hoja de ruta para emprendedores pioneros
Prats Moreno, Mª Julia; Sosna, Marc; Sysko-Romanczuk , SylwiaArticle ART-2592Entrepreneurship, Innovation and Change, StrategyTras la caída del Muro de Berlín, muchos emprendedores de la Europa del Este fundaron empresas y se expandieron por todo el mundo, abriendo camino en los mercados internacionales para otros emprendedores. En este artículo, los autores ilustran con la trayectoria de esos pioneros cómo sortear estructuras demasiado rígidas y caducas gracias a nuevas dinámicas, una redefinición de la creación de valor y un cambio de mentalidad. Sus lecciones son esp...Starting at €8.20
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Nuevas lentes para ver los mercados emergentes
Khanna, Tarun; Palepu, KrishnaArticle ART-2385StrategyCuando se habla de mercados emergentes, pensamos inmediatamente en los BRIC. Esta simplificación ha llevado a ver estas economías como un conjunto homogéneo, cuando la realidad es justamente la contraria. En lugar de apresurarse a elaborar una estrategia para Brasil, Rusia, India o China, a las empresas les convendría estudiar en qué aspectos es emergente cada país en concreto. Puede que se lleven una sorpresa. En este artículo, los autores resum...Starting at €8.20
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Emerging Markets: Look Before You Leap
Khanna, Tarun; Palepu, KrishnaArticle ART-2385-EStrategyThink "emerging markets," and most people think BRICs. The problem with this approach is that it is too simplistic and tends to treat emerging markets as one homogeneous whole, when the exact opposite is true. Instead of asking, "What's my emerging market strategy for Brazil, Russia, India or China?" companies should ask themselves, "In which ways is this particular market emerging?" Viewed this way, the answer may surprise them. The authors synt...Starting at €8.20
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Learning From the Entrepreneurial Icebreakers
Prats Moreno, Mª Julia; Sosna, Marc; Sysko-Romanczuk , SylwiaArticle ART-2592-EEntrepreneurship, Innovation and Change, StrategyThis article shares the insights of "entrepreneurial icebreakers" -- business pioneers who launched private companies in Central and Eastern Europe after the fall of the Berlin Wall and who expanded beyond national borders by clearing pathways for themselves and others into international markets around the globe. In documenting the obstacles they had to cut through to get to where they are today, we show the path to break inflexible, outdated str...Starting at €8.20
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Partners In Health: HIV Care in Rwanda
Porter, Michael E.; Lee, Scott; Rhatigan, Joseph; Kim, Jim YongCase HBS-709474-EStrategyIn 2005, Partners In Health (PIH) was invited by the Rwandan Ministry of Health to assume responsibility for the management of public health care in two rural districts in Eastern Rwanda and create an HIV treatment program at these sites. PIH successfully implemented a comprehensive program focusing on 4 principles: health systems improvement, HIV prevention and care, accompaniment, and social and economic support. By January 2007, the Rwinkwavu ...Starting at €8.20
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Doing Business in Kigali, Rwanda
Zelleke, Andy; Schlesinger, Leonard A.; Armerding, Pippa Tubman; Lawal, WaleCase HBS-323089-EKnowledge and CommunicationThis case examines the challenges and opportunities of doing business in Rwanda. It highlights Rwanda's economic transformation in the decades leading up to 2023 in the context of its history, culture, and politics. The case gives an overview of some of the main obstacles faced by businesses operating in the country, high transportation costs, some of the most expensive electricity tariffs in sub-Saharan Africa and high levels of government burea...Starting at €8.20
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Porto Adriatico, Teaching Note
Segel, Arthur ITeaching Note HBS-214053-EFinanceTeaching Note to the Porto Adriatico Case, HBS No. 213024.Starting at €0.00
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African Entrepreneurship: Weighing Adventure Travel Business Opportunities
Shreshthi Mehta, Marilyn AnthonyCase IVEY-W31908-EEntrepreneurship, StrategyIt was June 2021 and the international tourism industry was beginning to show signs of revival after the COVID-19 global pandemic. Small business owner Tony Byarugaba was surveying the scenic grounds surrounding his tourist lodge in Uganda. Byarugaba had built his enterprise by offering international clients a superior African vacation that included Uganda and the neighbouring countries of Rwanda, Kenya, Tanzania, and the Democratic Republic of t...Starting at €8.20
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Sawdust, Co.
Nicole R.D. Haggerty; Murty S. Kopparthi; Chris Janssen; Salima Ladhani; Jamie McKeownCase IVEY-9B15M034-EEntrepreneurship, StrategyIn May 2013, the owner of Sawdust, Co., a small woodworking business outside Kigali, Rwanda, has to decide on a new strategic direction for his company while not compromising its past success. He had started the company in 2007 with the goal of revolutionizing the sawdust industry in his country while also promoting social welfare in the region by offering employment to both survivors and perpetrators of the 1994 genocide. Although the company ha...Starting at €8.20
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The Indego Africa Project
McGinn, Kathleen L.; Gordon, RachelCase HBS-911011-ETwo young attorneys found and begin to build the Indego Africa Project, an NGO partnering with women's cooperatives in Rwanda. Indego connects the cooperatives to the international retail market for handmade artisan products, helps the cooperatives build their business capacity, and develops and delivers classroom training in life and business skills for the cooperative members. At the time of the case, Indego is partnering with three cooperative...Starting at €8.20