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Lapdesk Goes Global - Africa First
Isenberg, Daniel J.Caso HBS-809066-EIniciativa emprendedoraShane Immelman, founding CEO of the Lapdesk Company of South Africa, is facing a number of challenges in taking Lapdesk from South Africa and into the rest of the African continent. How should the African strategy be different from that of South Africa? What is the appropriate structure?Desde 8,20 €
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wetlandPOOLS: Wetlands and Blue Oceans
Gavin PriceCaso IVEY-9B16M167-EDirección estratégicaIn 2011, the sole proprietor of wetlandPOOLS, a specialist installer of non-chemical swimming pools based in Johannesburg, South Africa, was looking at the design of his latest creation. He was satisfied with the work he had done, yet frustrated that it had taken so long to complete the project. His company had been in existence for 10 years. During that time, wetlandPOOLS had grown organically by taking on new projects as they arose. This approa...Desde 8,20 €
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Afrigen Biologics: Vaccines for the Global South, Teaching Note
Spar, Debora L.; Comeau, JuliaNota del Instructor HBS-323098-EEconomíaTeaching note to case 323030Desde 0,00 €
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MasterCard: Driving Financial Inclusion, Teaching Note
Gupta, SunilNota del Instructor HBS-516068-EEconomíaTeaching note for case 515035. Since joining MasterCard (MC) in 2010, CEO Ajay Banga had made advancing financial inclusion (FI)-bringing formal financial services to marginalized populations-an important goal for the company. In 2014, MC had entered a number of partnerships with governments and banks to issue MC-branded debit cards to millions of individuals, including those in South Africa and Nigeria. But Banga's emphasis on FI also raised que...Desde 0,00 €
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ActionAid International: Globalizing Governance, Localizing Accountability
Ebrahim, Alnoor; Gordon, RachelCaso HBS-311004-EAs a global NGO working in 45 countries, ActionAid International aims to eradicate poverty by addressing its underlying causes such as injustice and inequality. This case follows a series of radical transformations implemented by the organization's CEO, Ramesh Singh--a power shift from its headquarters in London to an international secretariat in Johannesburg; a new federated governance structure that increases the influence of units in Africa an...Desde 8,20 €
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Con Roux Construction (Pty) Ltd. (A)
Ferreira, Anton; Miller, PaddyCaso DG-990-ELiderazgo y Dirección de personasCon Roux Construction covers a period of 4 years, 1987-1991 in which the company undergoes a change of management, introduces radically different management systems and, in the process, is awarded a gold medal from the National Productivity Institute of South Africa. The issue that faces the new management is how to sustain this process into the 90s while trying to survive in a declining market.Desde 8,20 €
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The Rhinoceros Horn Trade: Considering Legalization
Kent Walker; Kara KristofCaso IVEY-9B19M099-EDirección estratégicaThe international demand for rhinoceros (rhino) horns was driving the species to near extinction. But an international ban on trading the horns made it lucrative to illegally kill rhinos for their horns, which were traded on the black market. One hotly deDesde 8,20 €
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Donovan Marks: Shifting Entrepreneur Motivations
Albert WöckeCaso IVEY-9B15M001-EDirección estratégica, Iniciativa emprendedoraThe entrepreneur owner of Proof Engineering is facing a difficult decision: whether to sell his family business to a large corporation and shift to a corporate career or abandon the deal and continue as an entrepreneur. Following a setback from a previous deal in which he sold 50 per cent of his company, the entrepreneur has managed to grow Proof Engineering into a successful international enterprise. However, this second offer presents many pote...Desde 8,20 €
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StratAFin Inc.: Auditing Change
Verity Hawarden; Margaret Sutherland; Mandla AdonisiCaso IVEY-9B12C006-EDirección estratégica, Liderazgo y Dirección de personasThis case focuses on organizational transformation in an accounting firm in South Africa. It describes how the impact of both globalization and the transformation that the country had undergone since the advent of democracy in 1994 steered StratAFin Inc. towards a process of building a new identity. The firm’s senior management realized the need for transformation based on the many new challenges in the changing environment. Change was experience...Desde 8,20 €
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Foreign Direct Investment and South Africa (B)
Werker, Eric; Cornell, Ian McKownCaso HBS-712054-EEconomíaIncoming and outgoing foreign direct investment in an environment of politics, geography, globalization, and history. Since the end of apartheid, South Africa had undertaken substantial economic reforms in order to attract more foreign direct investment, but it was slow in coming. At the same time, South African firms had become major players in sub-Saharan Africa and beyond. Collectively, these investment decisions could have a major long-run im...Desde 5,74 €