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Glovo: Expanding Quick Commerce
Moreno, Antonio; Barnett, JamesCase HBS-621094-EService and Operations ManagementIn March 2021, delivery app CEO Oscar Pierre and his team consider strategies to grow Glovo's quick commerce delivery service and to approach their expansion in Kenya.Starting at €8.20
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CFWshops
Friedman, Jared; Mungai, Edward; Rosenmöller, MagdaCase P-1104-EService and Operations ManagementCFWshops is a network of pharmacy franchises in Kenya, managed by the Sustainable Healthcare Foundation (SHF). The parent company of SHF is the Healthstore Foundation based in Minnesota, US. The non-profit HealthStore Foundation (HS) (formerly Sustainable Healthcare Enterprise Foundation) was founded in 1997 by Scott Hillstrom to ¿prevent needless death and illness by improving access to essential medicines in a sustainable way¿. Based on the bas...Starting at €8.20
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AGROESSA: An LP Optimization Model for Coffee Sales in La Esperanza AgroIndustrial
de Waal P. N.; Baucells Alibés, ManelCase AD-299-EService and Operations ManagementRufino Herrera, the president of AGROESSA, was pondering the implications of the recommendations which came out of the work of Nico de Waal, an MBA student who worked for AGROESSA as a summer intern in 2004. The recommendations focussed on AGROESSA's cash flow management during the coffee harversting season. It was argued that AGROESSA could improve its profits by carefully considering when and to which market it should sell its coffee production...Starting at €8.20
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Be Clear About How Your Team Works: Foster the Right Team Culture-Why Effective Team Management Is Key to Becoming a Great Boss
Hill, Linda A.; Lineback, KentBook Chapter HBS-7323BC-EKnowledge and CommunicationYour team's culture, like the infrastructure of a society, makes productive work possible. If you get the culture wrong, nothing your team undertakes is likely to go smoothly. In this chapter, authors Linda Hill and Kent Lineback describe four critical elements of team culture that you, as a good boss striving to be a great one, must make sure your team clearly understands: 1) Individual roles-who does what, and how each role contributes to your ...Starting at €8.20
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Helio Polymer Enterprises
Nicole R.D. Haggerty; Juma Wagoki; Clarke Eaton; Wesley Hunt; Matthew SmartCase IVEY-9B14D002-EEntrepreneurship, Service and Operations Management, StrategyHelio Polymer Enterprises, located in Nakuru, Kenya, is a company that manufactures synthetic polymer gunny bags used in the transportation and handling of animal feed. The owner wants to expand her business operations so she can serve more clients. She has three options: to add a night shift, buy a new printing machine or start producing laminate gunny bags for other markets. Before she makes the decision, she must understand her current operati...Starting at €8.20
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Bharti Airtel in Africa
Palepu, Krishna G.; Bijlani, TanyaCase HBS-112096-EKnowledge and CommunicationIn June 2010, Bharti Airtel, India's largest mobile services operator, acquired the African assets of Bahrain-based Zain Telecom for $10.7 billion-the largest ever cross-border deal in emerging markets. Bharti's executives envisioned that they would repliStarting at €8.20
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The Social Purpose of the Firm
Spar, Debora L.; Comeau, JuliaCase HBS-323051-EKnowledge and CommunicationThe Social Purpose of the Firm (SPF) is a short module designed to explore how, and under what circumstances, business leaders can harness the power of capitalism and markets to "make a difference in the world" - that is, to address a significant societal problem as a commercial endeavor. This Module Note summarizes the cases and themes discussed in SPF. Together, the cases are designed to study entrepreneurs and business leaders who are tackling...Starting at €8.20
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The Accidental Statesman: General Petraeus and the City of Mosul, Iraq, Abridged
Lundberg, Kirsten; Bowles, Hannah Riley; Zimmerman, PeterCase HBS-HKS098-EService and Operations ManagementThis case (1834.0 and related epilogue 1834.1 and abridged case 1834.3) tells the story of Major General David Petraeus and the US Army's 101st Airborne Division in the months following the March 2003 invasion of Iraq, the fall of Baghdad, and collapse of Saddam Hussein's government. Having completed their combat mission, and with just a few days notice, the 101st is ordered to Mosul, Iraq's third largest city and the capital of Nineveh provinc...Starting at €8.20
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The Accidental Statesman: General Petraeus and the City of Mosul, Iraq: Teaching Note
Zimmerman, PeterTeaching Note HBS-HKS569-EService and Operations ManagementThis case (1834.0 and related epilogue 1834.1 and abridged case 1834.3) tells the story of Major General David Petraeus and the US Army's 101st Airborne Division in the months following the March 2003 invasion of Iraq, the fall of Baghdad, and collapse of Saddam Hussein's government. Having completed their combat mission, and with just a few days notice, the 101st is ordered to Mosul, Iraq's third largest city and the capital of Nineveh provinc...Starting at €0.00