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The Millennium Challenge Corporation and Ghana
Ebrahim, Alnoor; Rangan, V. KasturiCase HBS-310025-EA U.S. government agency, the Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC), provides aid to developing countries, focusing on poverty reduction through economic growth. It measures results through an economic rate of return based on increases in farmer incomes anticipated over twenty years. As MCC and Ghana finalize a $547 million grant for agriculture and transportation infrastructure, they come up against an accountability and measurement problem: ho...Starting at €8.20
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Ring Medical (Spanish version)
Rangan, V. Kasturi; Fay, ChristopherCase HBS-520S11MarketingDescribes the progress of a new product launch (HCS-100, a hospital communication system). Ring Medical has sold only five systems in six months against an annual target of 30. There is a lack of agreement internally on how the new product effort should be organized. In addition, there are differences of opinion on which distribution channels are most appropriate. These issues must be resolved before the board meeting scheduled for the following ...Starting at €8.20
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Communities In Schools (Atlanta): Innovating a College Program
Rangan, V. Kasturi; Applegate, Lynda M.; Lefort, AlexisCase HBS-823070-EEntrepreneurshipFrank Brown, CIS of Atlanta's new Black CEO, was keen to extend CIS's well-honed case management in schools program to youth in college. Founded 50 years ago by Bill Milliken, CIS, a network of 110 affiliates, had built a strong program of assisting and supporting youth in poverty schools to complete their high school education. CIS Atlanta's thrust which would be a new stretch for the network had the strong backing of the network's new national ...Starting at €8.20
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Bridges Ventures
Rangan, V. Kasturi; Appleby, SarahCase HBS-514001-EMarketingTo maximize their effectiveness, color cases should be printed in color. Bridges Ventures, a UK-based impact investor with double-digit returns on its investments, is reflecting on its social impact and pondering its future course.Starting at €8.20
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Repositioning CARE USA
Rangan, V. Kasturi; Lee, KatharineCase HBS-509005-EMarketingTo maximize their effectiveness, color cases should be printed in color. CARE USA, a large ($600 million) international nonprofit/NGO, had recently revamped its external branding and positioning in support of its international development work. The case lays out the challenges facing its new CEO, Helene Gayle, as she manages through the organization's transition.Starting at €8.20
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Root Capital
Rangan, V. Kasturi; Lee, KatharineCase HBS-510035-EEntrepreneurshipTo maximize their effectiveness, color cases should be printed in color. Founded in 1999, Root Capital had loaned $150 million to nearly 250 small and growing businesses, mainly in Latin America. In 2009, as the organization launched a five-year, $55 million capital campaign, it had to determine a strategic path going forward in keeping with its goal of achieving financial sustainability by 2013.Starting at €8.20
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Health Leads: Reaching for Impact, Teaching Plan
Rangan, V. Kasturi; Appleby, Sarah; Kelley, JuliaTeaching Note HBS-520005-EThis teaching plan is designed to be used in conjunction with the case "Health Leads: Reaching for Impact (A)," HBS No. 517-022, and its related products, "Health Leads: Reaching for Impact (B)," HBS No. 517-023, and "Health Leads: Reaching for Impact (Abridged)," HBS No. 517-024, to help faculty deepen students' comprehension of business issues and energize classroom discussion.Starting at €0.00
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Merck: Global Health and Access to Medicines
Rangan, V. Kasturi; Lee, KatharineCase HBS-509048-EMarketingTo maximize their effectiveness, color cases should be printed in color. The case describes the effort of Merck, a global leader in pharmaceuticals, in making available its medicines to the poor. The challenge for the company (or for that matter, any pharmaceutical company) is how to integrate its business strategy with its corporate social responsibility, especially when operating in "lower income" countries.Starting at €8.20
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Segmenting the Base of the Pyramid
Rangan, V. Kasturi; Chu, Michael; Petkoski, DjordjijaArticle HBS-R1106J-EStrategyThe bottom of the economic pyramid is a risky place for business, but decent profits can be made there if companies link their financial success with their constituencies' well-being. To do that effectively, you must understand the nuances of people's daily lives, say Rangan and Chu, of Harvard Business School, and Petkoski, of the World Bank. Start by dividing the base of the pyramid into three segments according to people's earnings and related...Starting at €8.20
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Shaklee Corporation: Corporate Social Responsibility
Marquis, Christopher; Rangan, V. Kasturi; Comings, AlisonCase HBS-509031-EMarketingTo maximize their effectiveness, color cases should be printed in color. Having bought Shaklee Corporation from Yamanouchi, Roger Barnett, its owner and CEO, wrestled with the question of how to grow the company and its reputation for environmental sustainability. In addition to preserving the "network marketing" nature of its sales channel (because it creates jobs and entrepreneurs), Barnett wished to take the business model to sub-Saharan Afric...Starting at €8.20