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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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Target of Opportunity: South Africa's Western Cape Seeks a Role in the African Oil Boom, Teaching Plan
Hausmann, Ricardo; Varley, PamelaTeaching Note HBS-KS1173-EEconomicsTeaching Note for case HKS771.Starting at €0.00
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The Flower and the Volcano: How Eyajafjallajökull Disrupted Kenya's Flower Industry
Chaturvedi, Aadhaar; Martínez de Albéniz, VictorCase P-1106-EService and Operations ManagementOn the morning of April 19, 2010, Mr. Eduard Ngugi, the manager of the Uraidi rose farm, was considering what to do with the roses that had filled the cold storage for the past 2 days. By this time, the roses, sitting in the cold storage room on the shore of Lake Naivasha, Kenya, should have found their way into the homes of western European customers. However, the explosive eruption in Iceland of the Eyjafjallajökull volcano on April 14 had grou...Starting at €8.20
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Target of Opportunity: South Africa's Western Cape Seeks a Role in the African Oil Boom
Varley, Pamela; Hausmann, RicardoCase HBS-HKS771-EEconomicsThis strategy case describes an initiative in the Western Cape province of South Africa to capitalize on an oil boom off the western coast of Africa by cultivating an industrial "cluster" of complementary businesses with the capacity to service, repair, and build components for oil and gas drilling vessels and equipment. The first half of the case lays out the initial thinking, planning, and strategizing. It includes the motive for launching the ...Starting at €8.20