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Ivan Antic
Zaragoza I.; Chinchilla, NuriaCase DPO-15-ELeadership and People ManagementThe case analyzes the implementation of a development assistance program in a country that has just been through a war. It sets out the problems faced by multinational bodies and NGOs when implementing development programs and considers the most effective organizational structure for this task. It also discusses how to strike the right balance between delegation and control for successful program implementation.Starting at €8.20
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PROTECTA - Promoting Civil Society in Serbia, Teaching Note
Letts, Christine W.; Cornell, IanTeaching Note HBS-HKS558-ETeaching Note for #HKS-124.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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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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PROTECTA - Promoting Civil Society in Serbia
Letts, Christine W.; Cornell, IanCase HBS-HKS124-EIn 1997 three students joined a protest against the electoral victory of Slobodan Milosevic's Serbian Socialist Party. Upon the protest's ultimate defeat, and Milosevic's return to power, the students vowed to continue the struggle for civic activism in Serbia. Their efforts manifested in the creation of the Centre for Civil Society Development PROTECTA, an NGO committed to promoting civic engagement throughout Serbia. Twelve years following the ...Starting at €8.20
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Building a Community Organizing Organization: Serbia on the Move, Teaching Plan
Ganz, MarshallTeaching Note HBS-KS1245-ELeadership and People ManagementTeaching note for case KS1243.Starting at €0.00
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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
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Building a Community Organizing Organization: Serbia on the Move
Winig, Laura; Ganz, MarshallCase HBS-KS1243-ELeadership and People ManagementIn Serbia, citizens are reluctant to become politically active but young leaders Babovi and Stojicic, the case protagonists, are determined to prod their peers into taking a stronger role in the country's government. Using community organizing principles, they launch Serbia on the Move, a nongovernmental organization created to organize and energize citizens to drive change in Serbia. On several occasions, Serbia on the Move's leaders find them...Starting at €8.20