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Nova Pioneer in 2019: Becoming a Pan-African School System
Ciesinski, Stephen; Rosen, Howard; Kavanaugh, BlakeCase SGSB-E706-EEntrepreneurshipNova Pioneer was a private school system in South Africa and Kenya that offered preschool through secondary education for students ranging in age from 3 to 19. The earliest of Nova Pioneer’s precursors was Pioneer Academies, founded in South Africa by Chinezi Chijioke in 2013. Pioneer was started to offer the affordable, quality education needed to develop Africa’s next generation of leaders and innovators. In 2015, Pioneer Academies merged with ...Starting at €8.20
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Inverroche Gin: Taking African Sophistication Global
Albert Wöcke; Danie PetzerCase IVEY-9B19M009-EEntrepreneurship, StrategyThe owner of Inverroche Distillery established a viable business incorporating fynbos, the unique flora growing around the remote community of Still Bay, South Africa, into her premium gins. She grew Inverroche Distillery into the dominant brand in the artisanal gin segment of the South African gin market and beyond. In 2018, she was facing key decisions about taking her business forward. Should she grow Inverroche Distillery by actively focusing...Starting at €8.20
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Fancam: A New Channel Management Strategy
Michael Goldman; Maximillian DuranCase IVEY-9B19A037-EEntrepreneurship, Marketing, StrategyIn its first four years, Fancam Pty Ltd. (Fancam), a high-definition, 360-degree crowd-imaging business based in Cape Town, South Africa, had enjoyed considerable growth that was driven in part by its network of resellers around the world. However, the stStarting at €8.20
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Haboydem: A Social Enterprise in the Holy Land
Mark S. SchwartzCase IVEY-9B20M121-EEntrepreneurship, StrategyHaboydem was a second hand clothing store in Jerusalem that operated as a social enterprise by hiring and training individuals who were living with mental illness. The two store locations had successfully trained workers, and 70 per cent were able to findStarting at €8.20
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Carmién Tea South Africa: International Entrepreneurship in a Born-Global Firm
Caren Scheepers; Marianne Matthee; Lize Du PreezCase IVEY-9B20M103-EEntrepreneurship, StrategyIn September 2019, the founder of Carmién Tea, based in South Africa’s Western Cape province, faced a dilemma. Her company, founded in 1998, was a producer and supplier rooibos tea, which was unique to the mountainous area north of Cape Town. After a newStarting at €8.20
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La flor y el volcán: cómo el Eyjafjallajökull alteró la industria keniata de las flores
Chaturvedi, Aadhaar; Martínez de Albéniz, VictorCase P-1106Service and Operations ManagementEn la mañana del 19 de abril de 2010, el señor Eduard Ngugi, gerente de la finca de rosas Uraidi, se planteaba qué hacer con las rosas que, durante dos días ya, colmaban la cámara frigorífica. Para entonces, las flores, sedentes en aquel cuarto frío situado a orillas del keniata lago Naivasha, debían estar en camino hacia los hogares de los clientes de Europa occidental. Sin embargo, la erupción explosiva del volcán islandés Eyjafjallajökull, ac...Starting at €8.20
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Zebra Medical Vision (Spanish version)
Greenstein, Shane; Gulick, SarahCase HBS-620S05EntrepreneurshipWhat should they do next at Zebra? Should they work on the accuracy of the already-developed algorithms, or continue to develop many new tools? If they chose to develop new products, which applications should they address? And how should they go to market?Starting at €8.20
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Living on the Razor's Edge (Spanish version)
Wasserman, NoamCase HBS-813S11EntrepreneurshipDescribes the issues facing a founder-CEO regarding building a board of directors, assembling an executive team, managing tension between co-founders, and outsourcing system development work.Starting at €8.20
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Ockham Technologies (B): Building the Board (Spanish Version)
Wasserman, NoamCase HBS-814S11EntrepreneurshipDescribe los problemas que enfrenta el fundador-director general en relación con la construcción de un tablero, el montaje de un equipo ejecutivo, la gestión de tensión entre los co-fundadores, y la externalización de trabajo de desarrollo.Starting at €5.74
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Off Grid Electric: Strategic Financing For Growth
Siegelman, R; McAteer, ECase SGSB-E556-EEntrepreneurshipThe Off Grid Electric case focuses on the creation, growth, and financing of the company from 2011 through the middle of 2014. The three cofounders saw an opportunity to provide solar electricity to much of Africa through their solar-as-a-service solution, which they launched in Tanzania in 2012. The Off Grid Electric business model was very capital intensive, and the new venture had several risks from the perspective of investors: market, busi...Starting at €8.20