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KITEA (A) - (F), Teaching Note
Casadesus-Masanell, Ramon; Elterman, KarenTeaching Note HBS-719490-EStrategyThis teaching note accompanies the KITEA series of cases, which details how the Moroccan furniture company KITEA prepared for the entry of IKEA into the Moroccan market and describes the outcome of that entry.Starting at €0.00
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KITEA (F): Expanding in Africa
Casadesus-Masanell, Ramon; Yucaoglu, GamzeCase HBS-719423-EStrategyThe case opens in 2018 after KITEA has recorded two years of double-digit sales growth following IKEA's entry into the Moroccan market. It then traces the factors that contributed to KITEA' success and that led Tana Africa Capital Limited to acquire a minority stake in the company. In February 2018, following the acquisition, the partners announced plans to create a presence in North and West African countries through KITEA's stores. The case ask...Starting at €5.74
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Adoption of IFRS in Ethiopia, Teaching Note
Hawkins, David F.Teaching Note HBS-114047-EAccounting and ControlTeaching Note for 112010.Starting at €0.00
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Gone Rural
Perold, Andre F.Case HBS-211016-EFinanceGone Rural employs 750 women in rural communities across Swaziland to produce handwoven baskets and other hand-crafted items. The women are mostly grandmothers caring for children orphaned as a result of the country's high AIDS-related death rate. The company has a strong social mission to improve the economic situation of these women and wants to grow rapidly. It has been very successful designing, making, and selling its products in the high-en...Starting at €8.20
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Adoption of IFRS in Ethiopia
Hawkins, David F.; Senbetta, ShaniCase HBS-112010-EAccounting and ControlEthiopia lacks the institutional resources to adopt full IFRS so opts for IFRS for small & medium entities.Starting at €8.20
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The Coronavirus (COVID-19) Pandemic and the Global Economy (A)
Cavallo, Alberto F.; Godwin, ChristianCase HBS-720031-EEconomicsIn April 2020, the world struggled to contain the exponential escalation of the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. Dozens of countries had imposed restrictions on travel, work, and social gatherings. A large share of the global population was under lockdowns and unprecedented supply and demand disruptions crippled the economy. In response, central banks announced massive lending programs to avoid a financial meltdown, and governments were launching...Starting at €8.20
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Hygeia Group: Delivering Quality Care in Nigeria
Higgins, Robert F.; Kuye, Ifedayo O.Case HBS-817088-EEntrepreneurshipFola Laoye is the Group Managing Director of Hygeia Group, a Nigerian healthcare insurer and provider, and she is deciding on the optimal strategy to grow the provider arm of her business. Hygeia Group was founded in the 1980s by her physician parents, and although operating a healthcare company in Nigeria offered challenges particularly in human resources and infrastructure, by 2011, it had expanded to include three hospital and clinic sites and...Starting at €8.20
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Preparing for a Pandemic (Spanish version)
Staples, Jeffrey; Dowell, Scott F.; Bresee, Joseph S.; Nohria, Nitin; Bennis, Warren G.; Fischhoff, Baruch; MacGowan, William; Brilliant, Larry; Susser, Peter; Cooper, Sherry; Dobson, Wendy; Golden, Brian R.Article HBS-F0605AThis month, all of Harvard Business Review's Forethought contributions address avian influenza, its potential to become a pandemic, and the red flags this possibility raises for businesses. Jeffrey Staples warns that the H5N1 strain of the avian flu represents a new class of global threat and urges companies to plan accordingly. Scott F. Dowell and Joseph S. Bresee show how mutations of the virus could boost its ability to spread from person to p...Starting at €8.20
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KITEA: Democratizing Furniture in Morocco, PowerPoint Supplement
Casadesus-Masanell, RamonCase HBS-719807-EStrategyThis PowerPoint accompanies the KITEA cases and the associated teaching note. The KITEA series of cases (A-F) details how the Moroccan furniture company KITEA prepared for the entry of IKEA into the Moroccan market and describes the outcome of that entry.Starting at €8.20
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IESE Insight. Número 10. Tercer trimestre 2011
IESE InsightMagazine REV-10Economics, Finance, Innovation and Change, Knowledge and Communication, Leadership and People Management, Marketing, Service and Operations Management, StrategyHoy, las empresas que piensan en internacionalizarse, innovar y crecer tienen muy claro que deben dirigirse a los mercados que llamábamos emergentes, y que ahora se conocen como de alto crecimiento. Pero las realidades de estos mercados ya no son como hace una década. Los artículos de este número de IESE Insight apuntan algunos aspectos que las empresas harían bien en tener en cuenta. Mauro F. Guillen y Esteban García-Canal repasan la...Starting at €22.00