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- January 2006 (Revised July 2006)
- Case
Drug Testing in Nigeria (A)
By: Debora L. Spar
In 1996, a meningitis epidemic swept across Nigeria. Thousands of children were struck and, lacking appropriate medicine, were liable to die from the disease. Doctors at Pfizer had an antibiotic that could probably save most of these children's lives. The drug was new,... View Details
Keywords: Risk and Uncertainty; Health Pandemics; Health Testing and Trials; Developing Countries and Economies; Pharmaceutical Industry; Nigeria
Spar, Debora L., and Adam Day. "Drug Testing in Nigeria (A)." Harvard Business School Case 706-033, January 2006. (Revised July 2006.)
- June 2004
- Case
TechnoServe and the Tanzanian Specialty Coffee Industry
In 2003, TechnoServe, a U.S.-based, international, nonprofit organization, was deciding how to structure the capital investments required for Tanzanian business groups to acquire coffee bean central pulperies. This case explores the challenges of capital budgeting and... View Details
Keywords: Small Business; Nonprofit Organizations; Cash Flow; Emerging Markets; Financing and Loans; Capital Budgeting; Tanzania
Hecht, Peter A., and Salim Haji. "TechnoServe and the Tanzanian Specialty Coffee Industry." Harvard Business School Case 204-153, June 2004.
- March 2004 (Revised April 2005)
- Supplement
International Rivers Network and the Bujagali Dam Project (A)
By: Benjamin C. Esty and Aldo Sesia
Spreadsheet to (9-204-083). Download only. View Details
- January 2004
- Teaching Note
Resourcery, Ltd. (TN)
Teaching Note to (9-803-148). View Details
Keywords: Nigeria
- October 2001 (Revised January 2003)
- Teaching Note
Chad-Cameroon Petroleum Development and Pipeline Project (A) and (B), The TN
By: Benjamin C. Esty
Teaching Note for (9-202-010) and (9-202-012). View Details
- December 1999 (Revised April 2004)
- Case
Capital Alliance Private Equity: Creating a Private Equity Leader in Nigeria
Describes the creation of the first private equity fund in Nigeria and the fund's potential first investment in GS Telecom, a Nigerian telecommunication service company. The fund's managers are keenly aware that a bad first investment could create a vicious circle for... View Details
Kuemmerle, Walter, William J. Coughlin Jr., and Chad S Ellis. "Capital Alliance Private Equity: Creating a Private Equity Leader in Nigeria." Harvard Business School Case 800-104, December 1999. (Revised April 2004.)
- November 1999 (Revised March 2002)
- Teaching Note
Financing the Mozal Project TN
By: Benjamin C. Esty
Teaching Note for (9-200-005). View Details
Keywords: Mozambique
- March 1996
- Case
African Communications Group
Describes the opportunities that confront the African Communications Group, an entrepreneurial organization that plans to introduce a wireless pay-phone system in Tanzania. Provides a foundation for the analysis of value creation and of value capture. The possibility... View Details
Keywords: Value Creation; Competition; Entrepreneurship; Forecasting and Prediction; Wireless Technology; Telecommunications Industry; Tanzania
McGahan, Anita M., and Dale Coxe. "African Communications Group." Harvard Business School Case 796-128, March 1996.
- 2006
- Working Paper
Can Higher Prices Stimulate Product Use? Evidence from a Field Experiment in Zambia
By: Nava Ashraf, James Berry and Jesse M. Shapiro
The controversy over whether and how much to charge for health products in the developing world rests, in part, on whether higher prices can increase use, either by targeting distribution to high-use households (a screening effect), or by stimulating use... View Details
Ashraf, Nava, James Berry, and Jesse M. Shapiro. "Can Higher Prices Stimulate Product Use? Evidence from a Field Experiment in Zambia." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 07-034, December 2006. (Forthcoming, American Economic Review.)
- February 1990 (Revised November 1992)
- Case
Ashamu Holdings Ltd. (B) (Abridged)
By: Ray A. Goldberg
Goldberg, Ray A. "Ashamu Holdings Ltd. (B) (Abridged)." Harvard Business School Case 590-062, February 1990. (Revised November 1992.)
- June 1990 (Revised February 1991)
- Case
In the Shadow of the City
Traces the history of a collaborative effort to create an organization to manage a major international development project in the slums of Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. Focuses on a serious set of disagreements which develops several months into the project between the two... View Details
Keywords: Nonprofit Organizations; Conflict and Resolution; Cross-Cultural and Cross-Border Issues; Ethiopia
Donnellon, Anne, and James Reed. "In the Shadow of the City." Harvard Business School Case 490-093, June 1990. (Revised February 1991.)
- February 1999 (Revised April 2001)
- Case
Guaranty Trust Bank PLC Nigeria (C)
By: Lynn S. Paine and Hal Hogan
Supplements the (A) case. View Details
Paine, Lynn S., and Hal Hogan. "Guaranty Trust Bank PLC Nigeria (C)." Harvard Business School Case 399-112, February 1999. (Revised April 2001.)
- March 2021 (Revised May 2021)
- Case
ALDDN: Advancing Local Dairy Development in Nigeria
By: Meg Rithmire and Debora L. Spar
In 2020, Ndidi Nwuneli, founder and CEO of Sahel Consulting in Nigeria, faced a thorny set of problems. Her firm partnered with the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation in a large project to develop the local dairy industry as a way to facilitate equitable growth and... View Details
Keywords: Animal-Based Agribusiness; Food; Rural Scope; Growth and Development; Nonprofit Organizations; Globalized Markets and Industries; Business and Government Relations; Equality and Inequality; Food and Beverage Industry; Consulting Industry; Nigeria
Rithmire, Meg, and Debora L. Spar. "ALDDN: Advancing Local Dairy Development in Nigeria." Harvard Business School Case 721-026, March 2021. (Revised May 2021.)
- 2013
- Chapter
Assessing Potential Carbon Revenues from Reduced Forest Cover Loss in Liberia
By: Jessica Donovan, Keith Lawrence, Christopher Neyor, Eduard Niesten and Eric Werker
We conducted an analysis that explores the merits of a low-carbon development strategy for Liberia. This chapter describes both our cost-benefit analysis initiative and a plausible policy process for Liberia. We proposed a simple approach that models the costs and... View Details
Keywords: Carbon Revenue; Liberia; Deforestation; Climate Change; Environmental Sustainability; Liberia
Donovan, Jessica, Keith Lawrence, Christopher Neyor, Eduard Niesten, and Eric Werker. "Assessing Potential Carbon Revenues from Reduced Forest Cover Loss in Liberia." Chap. 19 in The Globalization of Cost-Benefit Analysis in Environmental Policy, edited by Michael A. Livermore and Richard L. Revesz, 293–304. Oxford University Press, 2013.
- February 1999 (Revised October 2009)
- Supplement
Royal Dutch/Shell in Nigeria (B)
By: Lynn S. Paine and Mihnea C. Moldoveanu
Supplements the (A) case. View Details
Paine, Lynn S., and Mihnea C. Moldoveanu. "Royal Dutch/Shell in Nigeria (B)." Harvard Business School Supplement 399-127, February 1999. (Revised October 2009.)
- 03 Jun 2015
- Video
Hakeem Belo-Osagie
Hakeem Belo-Osagie, former chairman of Nigeria-based United Bank for Africa, discusses the challenge, in African countries, of managing the government and regulatory agencies, as compared to in the United... View Details
- Video
Adenike Ogunlesi
Adenike Ogunlesi, Founder and Chief Responsibility Officer of Ruff 'n' Tumble, addresses the complexities and opportunities for incorporating environmental and social responsibility in businesses, particularly in the context of Nigeria. View Details