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Wilderness Safaris: Ecotourism Entrepreneurship
Austin, James E.; Epler Wood, Megan; Leonard, Herman B.Case HBS-318040-EStrategyWilderness Safaris sees itself as a conservation company that is built on a business model of providing high-end, premium-priced wildlife safaris in various locations in Africa. Dependent on functioning, healthy ecosystems for its long-term survivability as a business, it invests heavily in conservation efforts, both directly, with communities and governments, and with partners and competitors. It may be reaching saturation of the high-cost, high...Starting at €8.20
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Wilderness Safaris: Ecotourism Entrepreneurship, Teaching Note
Austin, James E.; Epler Wood, Megan; Leonard, Herman B.Teaching Note HBS-319042-EStrategyTeaching note for case 318040.Starting at €0.00
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Wilderness Safaris: Impact Investing and Ecotourism Conservation in Africa
Austin, James E.; Epler Wood, Megan; Leonard, Herman B.Case HBS-321020-EKnowledge and CommunicationIn 2018 the majority ownership of publicly owned Wilderness Safaris, the leading high-end ecotourism company in Africa with safari operations in eight countries, was acquired by The Rise Fund, one of the world's largest private social impact investing funStarting at €8.20
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Commerce and Justice (Spanish version)
Austin, James E.; Leonard, Herman B.; Quinn, James W.Case HBS-312S08Business Ethics and Corporate Social Responsibilityhow to measure the impact of its social justice activities and how to export its values-based strategy abroad. Focuses on strategic management of a corporate social responsibility (CSR) program. The development of Timberland's innovative commerce and justice strategy sheds light on ways in which strategic alignment can provide energy, synergy, and resources critical to developing a successful CSR program within a for-profit company.Starting at €8.20
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Primark Stores Limited: Low-cost Strategy and Sustainability Initiatives
Arpita Agnihotri; Saurabh BhattacharyaCase IVEY-9B20M059-EStrategyPrimark was a low-cost, fast-fashion clothing retailer headquartered in the United Kingdom. The company’s low-priced clothing enticed consumers, but it also attracted criticism for exploitative labor practices in the low-cost economies where Primark’s manufacturing was outsourced. However, Primark believed that it created jobs in low-cost economies, and its low prices were the result of efficient initiatives such as no online presence and limited...Starting at €8.20
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Marsh USA Inc.: Challenges of Pandemic Insurance in a COVID-19 World
Arpita Agnihotri; Saurabh BhattacharyaCase IVEY-9B21M012-EStrategyIn 2018, Marsh USA Inc. (Marsh), an insurance company based in New York, launched an innovative pandemic insurance product called PathogenRX. However, until the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020, there was no demand for the product. During the pandemic, some US businesses attempted to claim benefits for business interruption losses from their insurers but were denied because their policies did not cover pandemic losses. Unlike other catas...Starting at €8.20
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The WeWork Company: Internationalization of a Born Global Firm
Arpita Agnihotri; Saurabh BhattacharyaCase IVEY-9B20M045-EEntrepreneurship, StrategyThe case discusses the international expansion strategy of The WeWork Company (WeWork), a co-working space company. In the United States and Europe, the expansion of WeWork occurred through greenfield investment; membership focus was on freelancers and entrepreneurs. In Asian markets such as India, where WeWork entered through a joint venture, enterprise customers were the revenue generators. In June 2019, a co-founder of WeWork considered buying...Starting at €8.20
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India Post
Arpita Agnihotri; Saurabh BhattacharyaCase IVEY-9B13M119-EStrategyThe advent of the world wide web and the entry of private players in India’s post-liberalization era resulted in India Post losing a substantial volume of its business to e-mails, faxes, short-message services and private-courier-service providers. Additionally, government policies regarding India Post had long remained unchanged. As a consequence, India Post was caught up in a vicious cycle of decreasing mail traffic, low levels of technology in...Starting at €8.20
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Grand Circle Travel: Where Risk Comes with the Territory
Leonard, Herman B.Case HBS-311105-EA worldwide travel company is intrinsically exposed to risks of natural and man-made disasters. How do you organize a business for success when it must on a nearly daily basis cope with hazards ranging from minor mishaps to large-scale catastrophes? Alan and Harriet Lewis have built a successful travel company based on their idea of "extreme competitive advantage" -- and one of their core skills has to be quick and effective response when the tra...Starting at €8.20
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Global Capitalism at Risk: What Are You Doing About It
Bower, Joseph L.; Leonard, Herman B.; Paine, Lynn S.Article HBS-R1109H-EMarket capitalism, a system that has proven to be a remarkable engine of wealth creation, is poised for a breakdown. That sounds dire, and it is. Increasing income inequality, migration, weaknesses in the global financial system, environmental degradation, and inadequate government and international institutions are just a few of the forces that threaten to disrupt global market capitalism in the decades ahead. In conversations with business lead...Starting at €8.20