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The Quest for Achieving Financial Inclusion: M-Pesa Versus UPI
Winig, Laura; Eaves, DavidCase HBS-KS1304-EInformation TechnologiesIn 2019, World Bank analyst Abebi Eke had a difficult assignment: decide whether to recommend that the World Bank, in line with its commitment to expanding financial inclusion to the world's poor, lend its support to a particular digital payments scheme. Eke was asked to investigate two of the most promising payment systems-UPI in India and M-Pesa in Kenya-and prepare a memo comparing the benefits and drawbacks of each. Eke had discovered that wh...Starting at €8.20
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PharmAccess and the M-TIBA Platform: Leveraging Digital Technology in the Developing World
Schulman, Kevin A; Moodley, Sashidaran; Vasudevan, AnantCase HBS-317103-EEntrepreneurshipPharmAccess is an Amsterdam based NGO working to support the development of the private health care market in Africa. This work is critical as over 50% of care is delivered through the private sector, but well-intentioned efforts to address global health through the public sector have the unintended consequence of crowding-out capital formation in the private sector. PharmaAccess is working to crowd-in funding instead through the development of a...Starting at €8.20
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The Quest for Achieving Financial Inclusion: M-Pesa Versus UPI, Teaching Plan
Eaves, DavidTeaching Note HBS-KS1305-EInformation TechnologiesTeaching plan for case KS1304.Starting at €0.00
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Lastminute.com (C)
Golobardes, Gemma; Bertini, Marco; Nueno, José LuisCase M-1117Information Technologies, MarketingUno de los retos más grandes de la empresa es el mantenimiento y desarrollo de las relaciones con sus proveedores. En este caso se discuten las ventajas y desventajas de implementar un plan que sirva para integrar más y más a los proveedores en la plataforma tecnológica de lastminute.com, estableciendo costes de cambio (switching costs) y asegurando fuentes constantes de inventario.Starting at €5.74
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Lastminute.com (B)
Golobardes, Gemma; Bertini, Marco; Nueno, José LuisCase M-1116Information Technologies, MarketingDescripción de las actividades de lastminute.com desde su salida a bolsa.Starting at €5.74
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Lastminute.com (A)
Bertini, Marco; Nueno, José LuisCase M-1115Information Technologies, MarketingSe analizan distintos aspectos de la empresa Lastminute.com: el incremento en el precio inicial de sus acciones al salir a bolsa; la amenaza de desintermediación; la baja conversión que tienen de subscriptores a clientes activos; y en general la evolución de su modelo de negocios (buscan disminuir ventas de intermediación pura e incrementar la provisión de servicios de valor añadido).Starting at €8.20
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FIAFE: carreras de automóviles que no dejan rastro
Nueno, José Luis; Gabarda, GustavoCase M-1336Entrepreneurship, Innovation and Change, MarketingLa Fórmula E (FE), conocida oficialmente como campeonato FIA Fórmula E, es una categoría de competición automovilística en la que sólo participan vehículos eléctricos. Este campeonato cuenta con la aprobación de la Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile (FIA). La F1 y NASCAR son sectores que siguen la premisa de "el ganador se lo lleva todo" (WTA, por sus siglas en inglés). Estos eventos se caracterizan por sus fuertes barreras de entrada y un...Starting at €8.20
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Lastminute.com (B)
Golobardes, Gemma; Bertini, Marco; Nueno, José LuisCase M-1116-EInformation Technologies, MarketingThe activities of lastminute.com following its IPO are described.Starting at €5.74
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Lastminute.com (C)
Golobardes, Gemma; Bertini, Marco; Nueno, José LuisCase M-1117-EInformation Technologies, MarketingOne of the biggest challenges facing the company is how to maintain and develop its relationships with suppliers. This case offers a discussion of the advantages and disadvantages of implementing a plan to integrate the suppliers into lastminute.com's technology platform, thus creating switching costs and securing a permanent source of inventory.Starting at €5.74
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Lastminute.com (A)
Bertini, Marco; Nueno, José LuisCase M-1115-EInformation Technologies, MarketingVarious aspects of lastminute.com are analysed: the increase in the asking price for the shares just prior to the company's IPO; the threat of disintermediation; the low conversion rate of subscribers into active customers; and the general evolution of its business model (the entrepreneurs are aiming to reduce their dependence on sales of intermediation services and increase their sales of high value added services).Starting at €8.20