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Committee for Democracy in Information Technology (CDI)
Vergés S.; Mair, JohannaCase DG-1453-EStrategyThis is the first of a case series on Social Entrepreneurship written in collaboration with the Schwab Foundation for Social Entrepreneurship. The Comite para Democratizaçao da Informática (CDI) was a non-governmental, non-profit organization founded by Rodrigo Baggio in Brazil in 1995. Its mission was to set up schools to teach computer skills to low-income communities so that slum residents could begin to move into the mainstream of society and...Starting at €8.20
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The Political Economy of Ethanol Policy in the U.S. and Brazil
Casey, Katherine; Johnson, ChristyCase SGSB-P103-EStrategyThis case focuses on the political economy of ethanol policy in the United States and Brazil. The cases outlines policies put in place by the governments of the United States and Brazil to bolster the ethanol industry and the role of politics and interest groups.Starting at €8.20
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Developing the health services purchasing function in the Sao Paulo Health Secretariat
Vicente R.; García Prat, AntoniCase P-1041-EService and Operations ManagementAfter the initial stages of implementation of an innovative solution to solve the problem of launching several new hospitals under severe labor hiring constraints (achieved through new legal entities using the framework of the Philanthropic Organizations), the Health State Secretary faces new challenges: how to consolidate the different contracts of the Organizaciones Sociales de Salud, how to advance in the existing payment systems, and how to c...Starting at €8.20
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El desarrollo de la función de compra de servicios de salud en la Secretaría de Estado de Salud de Sao Paulo
Vicente R.; García Prat, AntoniCase P-1041Service and Operations ManagementTras una primera etapa de implementación de una solución novedosa para conseguir poner en marcha un conjunto de hospitales en un entorno de restricciones de contratación de personal (realizado a través de unas nuevas entidades jurídicas dentro del marco de las Entidades Filantrópicas), el Secretario de Estado de Salud se cuestiona cómo resolver los nuevos problemas creados: la necesidad de homogeneizar la contratación de las Organizaciones Social...Starting at €8.20
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Fazenda Diamantina: ESG Dilemmas of a Brazilian Coffee Farm
Azevedo, Leonardo; Palencia, LuisCase ASN-96-EAccounting and Control, Business Ethics and Corporate Social ResponsibilityIn 2022, two coffee growers in Matas de Minas, Brazil, were at a crossroads about the future of their coffee farm. Their original goal was to create an environmentally and socially responsible (ESG) coffee farm. However, due to low profitability and other challenges, they began to consider several alternatives. The options on the table included i) divesting from the farm altogether and returning to their corporate roles, ii) partially divesting t...Starting at €8.20