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Challenging Sports Authority in Puerto Rico
Shirley Ann Molina; Valerie Rivera Lozada; Victor QuiñonesCase IVEY-9B15A024-EEntrepreneurship, Marketing, StrategyIn 2014, Shooting & Outdoor Distributor (SOD) was a Puerto Rican family-owned wholesale business selling sporting goods for hunting and fishing. After a year of working for the company, the operations manager was confronted with the arrival of a U.S. retail chain, Sports Authority (SA), to the Puerto Rican market. SA carried many sporting goods sold by SOD, as well as a number of brands under exclusive distribution agreements between SOD and its ...Starting at €8.20
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Wal-Mart Puerto Rico: Promoting Development Through a Public-Private Partnership
Myrna Comas; Julia SagebienCase IVEY-9B10M024-EEntrepreneurship, Marketing, StrategySowing the Development of the Country (SDC) was a public-private partnership between Wal-Mart Puerto Rico (Wal-Mart PR), the island's Department of Agriculture as well as its Economic Development Bank (EDB), two NGOs Caborroje's Pro Salud y Ambiente (Caborroje's Pro Health and Environment) and ConectaRSE (a corporate social responsibility (CSR) promotion non-governmental organization(NGO)), and a group of local farmers. The objective of the proje...Starting at €8.20
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Sapientis and the Launch of CECE
Lastra-Anadon, Carlos; Brown, DavidCase HBS-HKS689-EStrategyThis case invites students to grapple with the dilemmas faced by Laura Lopez, the new Executive Director of a Puerto Rican educational advocacy NGO called Sapientis. Six months ago, Sapientis gained national visibility when its national coalition for educational reform and excellence (CECE) achieved a breakthrough by gaining government support for major educational reform. But, in the ensuing months, a variety of events have raised questions abou...Starting at €8.20
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Trouble in Paradise: Stakeholder Conflict in the Paseo Caribe Project (Spanish version)
Gwendolyn ToroCase IVEY-9B10MS18Entrepreneurship, StrategyEl caso trato con respecto a las muchas controversias que rodean el proyecto de desarrollo en San Juan, el capital de las propiedades inmobiliarias de Paseo Caribe de Puerto Rico. Los reveladores del proyecto tuvieron que soportar con demostraciones grandes, desobediencia civil, la intervención del Gobierno, procesos jurídicos y retardos costosos como resultado de alegaciones que había habido irregularidades múltiples en los procesos de permitir-...Starting at €8.20
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Trouble in Paradise: Stakeholder Conflict in the Paseo Caribe Project
Gwendolyn Toro; Julia Sagebien; Victor QuiñonesCase IVEY-9B10M018-EEntrepreneurship, StrategyThe case centres on the many controversies surrounding the Paseo Caribe real estate development project in San Juan, the capital of Puerto Rico. The project developers had to contend with large demonstrations, civil disobedience, government intervention, legal proceedings and costly delays as a result of allegations that there had been multiple irregularities in the permit-granting processes and that the project had been built on public domain la...Starting at €8.20
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From Patrimonio Hoy to Arte en Concreto: Tailoring a Social Responsibility Program at CEMEX Puerto Rico
Myrna Comas; Circe Niezen; Julia SagebienCase IVEY-9B09M083-EEntrepreneurship, StrategyThis case examines how CEMEX adapted its flagship corporate social responsibility (CSR) program (Patrimonio Hoy) to the specific socio-economic realities of Puerto Rico - Fundacion Arte en Concreto (the Foundation). The Foundation was a partnership between a number of entities in the private, public and not for profit sector. For CEMEX, the main partner and founder, Arte en Concreto provided a way to promote concrete as an art form while contribu...Starting at €8.20