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Yogurt Mamas: Probiotics in Tanzania
Oana Branzei; David J. Sharp; Jessica Kelly; Osama SiddiquiCase IVEY-9B09M051-EEntrepreneurship, Marketing, StrategyThis case illustrates a grassroots enterprise's path to self-sufficiency in a subsistence market context. It explores the gradual evolution of a business model with strong social mandates (pro-health, pro-women) and asks which growth options best marry profitability and positive social change. The Mwanza, Tanzania-based Yogurt Mamas emerge as entrepreneurial role models in their communities, with funds from Western donors and an exciting new tech...Starting at €8.20
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SEWA (A): Ela Bhatt
Sonia Mehrotra; Oana BranzeiCase IVEY-9B14C018-EEntrepreneurship, Leadership and People Management, StrategyAWARD WINNING CASE - Responsible Leadership category, 2014 European Foundation for Management Development (EFMD) Case Writing Competition. In February 2014, a McKinsey Global Institute report proposed tracking an empowerment line that could enable India’s citizens to get out of poverty by providing the resources they needed to build better lives. This prompted Ela Bhatt, founder of the India-based Self-Employed Women’s Association, to take stock ...Starting at €8.20
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Competing for Development (B4): International Lifeline Fund
Oana Branzei; Samer AbdelnourCase IVEY-9B08M062D-EStrategyThis a role play supplement to Competing for Development (A): Fuel Efficient Stoves for Darfur, product # 9B08M061. The role plays feature additional background, motivations and decision priorities from the key local and international players in Darfur's fuel efficient stove interventions, including the Intermediate Technology Group , renamed to Practical Action in 2005 (ITDG/PA), the Lawrence Berkeley National Lab, Aprovecho, the International L...Starting at €8.20
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City Water Tanzania (D): Things Fall Apart
Oana Branzei; Kevin McKagueCase IVEY-9B07M028-EStrategyThis is a supplement to City Water Tanzania (A): Water Partnerships for Dar es Salaam, product #9B07M025. This case summarizes the decision of the negotiation: the break up of City Water Tanzania and its aftermath, including litigation and forgone opportunities to meet the needs of the local residents.Starting at €5.74
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Honey Care Africa (A): A Different Business Model
Oana Branzei; Michael ValenteCase IVEY-9B07M022-EEntrepreneurship, StrategyThe founding entrepreneur of Honey Care Africa revitalized Kenya’s national honey industry by focusing on small-holder farmers across the country. Central to success was an innovative business model: a synergistic partnership between the development sector, the private sector, and rural communities that drew on the core competencies of each party as well as their complementary roles. This tripartite model was combined with local manufacturing of ...Starting at €8.20
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Veja: Sneakers With a Conscience
Oana Branzei; Kim PoldnerCase IVEY-9B10M089-EEntrepreneurship, StrategyAWARD WINNING CASE - Latin American Business Cases Award, 2012 European Foundation for Management Development (EFMD) Case Writing Competition. This case illustrates the founding and growth of Veja, the first eco-sneaker company in the world, in the broader context of the evolution of the fashion industry and the emergence of the eco-fashion movement. By September 2010, the five-year old venture had become a reference in ethical fashion, and an in...Starting at €8.20
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NPI in China: Organizing for Social Good
Oana Branzei; Yanfei HuCase IVEY-9B13M122-EEntrepreneurship, StrategyNPI is a Shanghai-based social venture that actively promotes social innovation and cultivates social entrepreneurs by granting crucial support to start-up and small- to medium-sized grassroots non-profit and non-governmental organizations. The company was founded in 2006 when the Chinese government had loosened its restrictions on private donations to charitable causes and cautiously welcomed private non-profit organizations to enter the social ...Starting at €8.20
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Bayer CropScience in India (B): Value-Driven Strategy
Charles Dhanaraj; Oana Branzei; Satyajeet SubramanianCase IVEY-9B10M062-ELeadership and People Management, Marketing, StrategyThis supplement to Bayer CropScience in India (A): Against Child Labor focuses on Bayer’s formulation of a value-driven strategy with three pillars: communication, implementation, and education.Starting at €5.74
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StormFisher (A): Power with Purpose
Oana Branzei; Stewart Thornhill; Adam ReedsCase IVEY-9B08M092-EEntrepreneurship, StrategyThe case illustrates the tensions, trade-offs and adaptation challenges involved in designing a clean technology venture in a changing regulatory, funding and competitive context (Ontario, Canada, 2006-2008). The multiple decision points in the case have the students critically and iteratively assess the prospects of clean technology ventures and the evolving interface between technology and strategy in Canada's emerging clean energy sector. Beyo...Starting at €8.20
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Honey Care Africa: A Tripartite Model For Sustainable Beekeeping
Oana Branzei; Michael ValenteCase IVEY-9B07M060-EEntrepreneurship, StrategyThe director and co-founder of Honey Care Africa (Honey Care) looks back over the six years of operations and describes the original business model and several sequential changes based on feedback from rural communities, partner organizations, and learning by doing through field operations. Increasing international recognition highlights the potential impact of the model on inspiring sustainable grassroots ventures in the agriculture sector in Ke...Starting at €8.20