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Transparency International Ukraine
Lucas Monzani; Andrew Rozhdestvensky; Lindsay BirbragerCase IVEY-9B19C026-ELeadership and People Management, StrategyThe overarching vision of the global nongovernmental organization Transparency International was to free the world from corruption. Transparency International Ukraine (TIU) was founded in 2014, after three failed attempts, to tackle the high level of corrStarting at €8.20
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Wakaliwood: The Hollywood of Uganda
Marcus M. Larsen; Rebecca NamatovuCase IVEY-9B20M184-EEntrepreneurship, StrategyIn early 2020, the founder and operator of Ramon Film Productions—known familiarly as Wakaliwood—needed to manage the tensions of operating as an informal movie production company in a slum in Uganda's capital of Kampala. Although Ramon Film Productions hStarting at €8.20
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Part II: Uber in London
Callander, Steven; Orleans, AmadeusCase SGSB-P81B-EEconomicsThis case recounts Uber’s experience in four cities at different points in time. This approach offers a way to examine Uber’s strategy for market entry and evaluate the performance of that strategy in these four cities, as well as elsewhere in the world. The cases included here help frame the discussion on the future of Uber’s expansion, and extract lessons for how a firm can successfully navigate the beyond-market business environment.Starting at €8.20
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Ukraine: On the Border of Europe and Eurasia
Abdelal, Rawi; Di Tella, Rafael; Tarontsi, SogomonCase HBS-714042-EEconomicsIn the fall of 2013, the people of Ukraine disagreed passionately whether their country should intensify ties with the European Union or Russia. After President Yanukovych rejected the free trade agreement with the EU in November, thousands of Ukrainians peacefully protested. But the protest movement morphed into a violent, deadly confrontation in January, culminating in February in mass slaughter, an overthrow of government, foreign invasion, an...Starting at €8.20
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Evaluating the Impact of Solar Lamps in Uganda
Datla, Anjani; Levy, DanCase HBS-KS1294-EEconomicsIDinsight, an evaluation company founded by graduates of the Harvard Kennedy School, designs and conducts evaluations that best suit the needs of clients across the developing world, offering timely and rigorous evidence to help decision making. In 2014, USAID approached IDinsight to conduct an evaluation of an affordable solar lantern developed by another social organization, d.light. IDinisght would have to assess whether d.light's innovation ...Starting at €8.20
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Evaluating the Impact of Solar Lamps in Uganda, Teaching Plan
Levy, DanTeaching Note HBS-KS1297-EEconomicsTeaching plan for case KS1294Starting at €0.00
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Modern Family Planning: The Business of Circle Surrogacy
Casadesus-Masanell, Ramon; Landro, BlakeCase HBS-714418-EStrategyTo maximize their effectiveness, color cases should be printed in color. The business of surrogacy, a boutique practice with client costs upwards of $100,000, allowed couples and individuals from a variety of backgrounds, ages, and sexual orientations to build families. This case examines Circle Surrogacy (CS), one of the premier surrogacy agencies in the world, as its president and founder, John Weltman, was about to share an executive presentat...Starting at €8.20
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Europe, Russia, and the Age of Gas Revolution
Abdelal, Rawi; Maugeri, Leonardo; Tarontsi, SogomonCase HBS-715006-EEconomicsThe 2014 Ukraine crisis once again exposed the mutually limiting knot-a web of commercial relationships and oil and gas pipelines-that historically tied the European Union and Russia closely. In this crisis, a familiar conundrum preoccupied minds in the corridors of power in Western capitals: how to compel Russia to respect the Western geopolitical preferences without harming European allies? The answer, as in the past, pointed to the lack of via...Starting at €8.20
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The Ministry of Defence of Ukraine: The Role of Character in Reform
Gerard Seijts; Yaryna Boychuk; Liudmyla Kryzhanovska; Sophia Opatska; Andrew RozhdestvenskyCase IVEY-9B17C042-ELeadership and People Management, StrategyIn late 2014, the deputy minister of Ukraine’s Ministry of Defence joined the public service, six months after Ukraine’s revolution and change of government. He joined the ministry as part of the new government’s attempt to reform a bureaucracy crippled by corruption, inefficiencies, and dysfunction. In six months, he had already made notable changes. However, by March 2015, the changes were not resulting in better outcomes where they were urgent...Starting at €8.20
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Managing a Severe Crisis: PharmaCorp in Ukraine
Phillip C. Nell; Renate Kratochvil; Patricia KlopfCase IVEY-9B17M085-EStrategyIn early 2015, the newly appointed country head of PharmaCorp’s operating unit in Ukraine faced internal and external challenges in managing the global pharmaceutical company’s operations in the crisis-ridden country. Since November 2013, Ukraine had undergone massive disruptions, including riots in Kiev, the annexation of Crimea by Russia, and a war in its easternmost region. Amid these economic and political turbulences, PharmaCorp Ukraine expe...Starting at €8.20