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Feed Green Ethiopia Exports: Stabilizing Product Quality and Price
Nicole R.D. Haggerty; Carmen Leung; Jensen Liu; Katherine TanCase IVEY-9B18M102-EEntrepreneurship, StrategyIn mid-2015, the managing director of Feed Green Ethiopia Exports PLC (FGE), one of Ethiopia's leading export companies, faced a pivotal decision. FGE specialized in herbs and spices, and the price of one of FGE's major products, paprika, had skyrocketed in the past six months. As a result, FGE had sustained a massive loss. This problem had taken a toll on FGE's profitability, and the company's future was on the line. The managing director needed...Starting at €8.20
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What Went Wrong with Boeing's 737 Max (B)
George, William W.; Migdal, AmramCase HBS-321001-EBusiness Ethics and Corporate Social ResponsibilityFollowing the March 10, 2019, crash of Ethiopian Airlines flight 302, en route to Nairobi, Kenya and the October 29, 2018, downing of Lion Air flight 610 as it took off from Jakarta, Indonesia, Boeing's 737 Max jet, the model flown in both instances, wasStarting at €5.74
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Liyu Ethiopia Tours: Growth and Expansion Options
Nicole R.D. Haggerty; Andrew Patton; Desmond Chan; Joseph HoekstraCase IVEY-9B18M076-EEntrepreneurship, StrategyIn late May 2014, the founder of Liyu Ethiopia Tours was considering his options to grow the company. The small but reputable tour company had become successfull in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia in only seven months. The founder, who faced the challenge of continuing to grow the business on a limited budget, was considering several strategic decisions: should he increase the company’s online presence by using the services of Google AdWords or TripAdvisor...Starting at €8.20
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Strategies for Two-Sided Markets
Eisenmann, Thomas R.; Parker, Geoffrey; Van Alstyne, Marshall W.Article HBS-R0610F-EStrategyIf you listed the blockbuster products and services that have redefined the global business landscape, you'd find that many of them tie together two distinct groups of users in a network. Case in point: The most important innovation in financial services since World War II is almost certainly the credit card, which links consumers and merchants. The list would also include newspapers, HMOs, and computer operating systems--all of which serve what ...Starting at €8.20
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Brightwater Ethiopia: Clean Water from Broken Wells
Christopher Williams, Gayle Allard, Atsede TesfayeCase IVEY-W29898-EEntrepreneurship, StrategyIn May 2022, Ethiopian social entrepreneur Berhanu Gebeyehu had to decide on next steps for his clean drinking water business, Brightwater Ethiopia (Brightwater), which he had begun in 2019 in the southern town of Dilla. Ninety-six per cent of Dilla’s households had reported on surveys that the clean water available in the town was inadequate for their needs and that school-aged girls regularly missed class because they bore th...
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