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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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Endeavor Kenya: Building an Entrepreneurial Ecosystem
Applegate, Lynda M.; Ghosh, Shikhar; Godwin, ChristianCase HBS-821038-EEntrepreneurshipIn 2016, Fiona Mungai became Endeavor Kenya's first managing director. In this role, she helped the organization build its inaugural board and select its first Endeavor entrepreneur, a fintech company called Cellulant. Throughout this process, Mungai observed the power of personal networks and connections in the development of the company and the creation of an entrepreneurial ecosystem in Kenya. As Endeavor Kenya reaches the end of its first fiv...Starting at €8.20
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Twiga Foods: Revolutionizing African Retail (A)
Ghosh, Shikhar; Armerding, Pippa Tubman; Lawal, WaleCase HBS-821043-EEntrepreneurshipTwiga is a leading agricultural produce supplier in Kenya offering services to mostly informal retailers. Under Peter Njonjo, a co-founder and Twiga's new CEO, the company is considering multiple options for expanding its business, including offering packaged foods and services like insurance. Njonjo must also decide the ideal team and organizational structure for supporting Twiga's growth plans.Starting at €8.20
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PharmAccess and the M-TIBA Platform: Leveraging Digital Technology in the Developing World
Schulman, Kevin A; Moodley, Sashidaran; Vasudevan, AnantCase HBS-317103-EEntrepreneurshipPharmAccess is an Amsterdam based NGO working to support the development of the private health care market in Africa. This work is critical as over 50% of care is delivered through the private sector, but well-intentioned efforts to address global health through the public sector have the unintended consequence of crowding-out capital formation in the private sector. PharmaAccess is working to crowd-in funding instead through the development of a...Starting at €8.20
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Daewoo Shipbuilding and Marine Engineering
Upton, David M.; Kim, BowonCase HBS-609018-EService and Operations ManagementExplores the journey of aggressive learning and capability building in the operations of a major Korean Shipbuilder. While DSHM had once used its superior learning capability to topple its Japanese competition, it now faced the potential for a similar attack from new Chinese competitors. Without outsourcing some of its work to China, DSHM would become uncompetitive. However, in outsourcing the work, some skills would necessarily have to be transf...Starting at €8.20
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King & Miranda: El proyecto Olivetti
Munoz-Seca, Beatriz; Suárez-Cantón N.Case P-814Service and Operations ManagementLa concepción del diseño de un nuevo teclado realizada por dos diseñadores afincados en Italia, trabajando conjuntamente con la empresa Olivetti. El nuevo teclado significaba la ruptura, por un lado, con la forma de utilización tradicional del usuario y, por otro, con la estructura de producción de la empresa. El diseño final surgió, no en base a una necesidad detectada, sino a un análisis y estudio profundo de las razones sociales y técnicas que...Starting at €8.20
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Lamborghini
Díaz, Francisco; Nueno, PedroCase P-821Service and Operations ManagementRecientemente adquirida por Chrysler, Lamborghini tiene problemas relacionados con el desarrollo de producto. El director general de la empresa se plantea la posibilidad de contratar los servicios de una consultora para implantar una metodología de «time-to-market». El equipo directivo se muestra reacio a la entrada de dicha consultora. (Also available in English).Starting at €8.20
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SMR: United against a Global Media Giant
Sanghyeak Yoon; Hyungjin Kim; Young-Gul KimCase IVEY-9B18M090-EEntrepreneurship, StrategyIn 2014, recognizing that their leadership in the online media market was weakening, eight Korean television broadcasters severed their ties with YouTube and formed Smart Media Representative Co. Ltd. (SMR), an alliance to collectively distribute online television content and advertising on behalf of the broadcasters. SMR changed the nature of the online video market in Korea. The rights to advertising sales, programming, and distribution that we...Starting at €8.20
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Enhancing Competitive Strategy at Darling Kenya
Pamela Odhiambo; Nicole R.D. Haggerty; Ali Kanji; Brandon SwartzCase IVEY-9B15A012-EEntrepreneurship, Marketing, StrategyIn September 2013, the managing director of Darling Kenya, a hair care product company headquartered in Nairobi, was pondering his next move. As a leader in the beauty hair care industry in Africa, the company needed to stay a step ahead of increasing competition from both local and multinational firms. With limited room to grow in the industry, he was looking at a set of alternatives to protect Darling’s brand from losing market share. Which opt...Starting at €8.20
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Addiopizzo Travel: Fighting Mafia through market-based strategies
Vaccaro, Antonino; Ramus, Tommaso; La Cara, BarbaraCase BE-188-EBusiness Ethics and Corporate Social Responsibility, EntrepreneurshipAddiopizzo Travel is a travel agency and tour operator that pursues socially responsible tourism in Sicily (Italy) with a special focus on the fight against mafia. The mission of Addiopizzo Travel is to support a clean, anti-mafia economy by attracting non-Sicilian tourists (Italians and foreigners) and directing them to mafia-free facilities, i.e., hotels, restaurants, and other business activities that have obtained Addiopizzo anti-mafia certif...Starting at €8.20