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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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Sinpasa (A)
Pons, J. M.; Segarra, José Antonio; Vila, VictorianoCase M-1016MarketingEl nuevo jefe de ventas de la zona norte de España de una empresa de suministros de papelería técnica se plantea cómo preparar su entrada a la vista de unos pobres resultados.Starting at €8.20
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KITEA (E): IKEA's Opening Day
Casadesus-Masanell, Ramon; Yucaoglu, GamzeCase HBS-719422-EStrategyThe case opens in 2016 as Amine Benkirane, CEO of the furniture retailer KITEA, observes KITEA's dormant sales on the day IKEA opens its first store in Morocco. It then provides information on IKEA's Morocco store, as well as a detailed pricing comparison between IKEA products in Morocco and elsewhere and similar products sold by KITEA. The case then asks whether KITEA had any chance to compete with IKEA under the current circumstances, taking in...Starting at €5.74
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The Managerial Dilemma of E-Toll Route Implementation in South Africa
Ntoi, Hlompho; Thomas, Lawrence; Vilà, JoaquimCase SM-1643-EDecision Analysis, Innovation and Change, StrategyIn 2007, South African National Roads Agency Ltd (SANRAL) decided to introduce a radical and advanced urban tolling system called the Gauteng Freeway Improvement Project (GFIP). The project entailed the expansion of the province's single-direction three-lane highways to single-direction five-lane routes. Large toll gantries were to be built in order to process usage data as a means of billing users electronically via a strict user pay system. P...Starting at €8.20
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The Chad-Cameroon Petroleum Development and Pipeline Project (E)
Esty, Benjamin C.; Sesia, AldoCase HBS-209082-EFinanceStarting at €5.74
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Gallina Blanca Star - África: ¿Lanzar o no lanzar una pastilla de caldo fortificada con vitamina A
Szecowka, Bianca; Renart, Lluís G.Case M-1238MarketingA partir de la década de los años setenta, la empresa española Gallina Blanca tiene una importante presencia competitiva en el mercado africano, en el que vende las pastillas de caldo "JUMBO", compitiendo sobre todo con las pastillas de caldo "Maggi" de Nestlé. En octubre de 2007, directivos de Gallina Blanca deben decidir si lanzar o no lanzar en África una pastilla de caldo JUMBO fortificada con vitamina A. En caso de tomar una decisión afirmat...Starting at €8.20
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Apartheid in South Africa
Healy, Paul M.Case HBS-113084-EAccounting and ControlA short history of Apartheid in South Africa.Starting at €8.20
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Gallina Blanca Star- Africa: To Launch or not to Launch a Bouillon Tablet Enriched with Vitamin A
Szecowka, Bianca; Renart, Lluís G.Case M-1238-EMarketingSince the 1970s Spanish company Gallina Blanca has had a substantial competitive presence in the African market, where it sells Jumbo bouillon tablets, competing mainly with Nestlé's "Maggi" line of products. In October 2007 managers at Gallina Blanca must decide whether or not to launch a JUMBO bouillon tablet fortified with vitamin A in Africa. If they decide to go ahead, they will have to determine the details of the launch plan and the forese...Starting at €8.20