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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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City Water Tanzania (C): The Private Sector Experiment
Oana Branzei; Kevin McKagueCase IVEY-9B07M027A-EStrategyThis is a supplement to City Water Tanzania (A): Water Partnerships for Dar es Salaam, product #9B07M025 and is a two-part role-play. In this part (A) role-play, students take the position of Edward Lowassa, Tanzania's Minister of Water.Starting at €5.74
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City Water Tanzania (C): Striking a Deal
Oana Branzei; Kevin McKagueCase IVEY-9B07M027B-EStrategyThis is a supplement to City Water Tanzania (A): Water Partnerships for Dar es Salaam, product #9B07M025 and is a two-part role-play. In this part (B) role-play, students take the position of Cliff Stone, Biwater's former director of sales for Africa and now chief executive officer of City Water's management.Starting at €5.74
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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
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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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Social Enterprise Under Adversity: Bridge EXP in Kibera (A)
Oana Branzei; Eduardo ZarateCase IVEY-9B09M050-EEntrepreneurship, Marketing, StrategyThe case illustrates the opportunities, challenges and trade-offs involved in developing a pro-social business venture in emerging economies by outlining the interplay between a Nairobi-based venture by Insta Products (Insta) and a Toronto-based non-profit volunteering consultancy for sustainable new ventures with a high potential to accelerate local development. The case is set in the midst of social unrest in the spring of 2008, as the consulti...Starting at €8.20
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City Water Tanzania (B): Privatizing Dar es Salaam's Water Utility
Oana Branzei; Kevin McKagueCase IVEY-9B07M026-EStrategyThis is a supplement to City Water Tanzania (A): Water Partnerships for Dar es Salaam, product #9B07M025. It details the terms of the lease contract with an international operator, Biwater, and discusses the alternatives that were considered and discarded, the bidding process, and the roles and motivations of the parties. The key questions revolve around a) the adequacy of the decision, b) the responsibility for the next steps and c) the mileston...Starting at €5.74
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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 (B): Opportunity Knocks
Oana Branzei; Michael ValenteCase IVEY-9B07M023-EEntrepreneurship, StrategyThis is a supplement to Honey Care Africa (A): A Different Business Model.Starting at €5.74
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Honey Care Africa (C): Growth Alternatives
Oana Branzei; Michael ValenteCase IVEY-9B07M024-EEntrepreneurship, StrategyThis is a supplement to Honey Care Africa (A): A Different Business Model.Starting at €5.74