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| Raphael Davies and Arthur Barke |
| This is the first of a two-case series (406-010-1 and 406-011-1). Raphael Davies has worked in YANGO Bank for nine years and has been a principal manager for six. He has desired, for at least four years, to become an assistant general manager. For wha |
| REVAMPING A FAMILY BUSINESS: ROSAAB INDUSTRIAL DESIGNS |
| A young man came back from England to work in his father’s business. He was quick to see an urgent need for change in the way the company was run. The number of family members working in the company created an unprofessional atmosphere leading to in |
| Rewarding employees at Data Ltd |
| Data Ltd (the name of the company has been disguised) has been very successful. In just ten years, it has attained industry leadership. Performance during the current year was spectacular. The company faces the challenge of sustaining the industry lea |
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| Riders for health: health care distribution solutions in Sub-Saharan Africa |
| In 1996, Andrea and Barry Coleman launched Riders for Health, a United Kingdom-based non-profit dedicated to the improvement of transportation systems for health workers in Africa. The non-profit's main program, Transportation Resource Management, inv |
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| Room 7 |
| Zainab is at a company retreat with her colleagues. She is asthmatic. As her group settles down to have a meeting, they realise the room is stuffy. Everyone is uncomfortable but no one (including Zainab) clearly complains about the situation or sugges |
| Ruff 'n Tumble |
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| Ruff 'n Tumble |
| Ruff 'n' Tumble had definitely come a long way since Nike Ogunlesi, Ruff 'n' Tumble's founder, started out making pyjamas for her children. It had taken years of hard work to build a reputation for being one of the best manufacturers of children's clo |
| Rwanda & David Cechetto |
| Dr David Cechetto, a University of Western Ontario (UWO) medical professor, left Rwanda after a distressing week. Having seen first-hand the impact of the 1994 genocide and the HIV / AIDS pandemic, Cechetto committed himself to accept the request from |
| Rwanda & David Cechetto |
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| SABMILLER's human capital proposition: institutionalizing a performance culture |
| This case is about SABMiller and its unique human capital proposition (HCP), which fostered a unique performance culture at SABMiller. Analysts opined that SABMiller seemed to have transformed itself from a South African company into a successful glob |
| SABMILLER's human capital proposition: institutionalizing a performance culture |
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| SA Home Loans: bank bashing is good for business! |
| Simon Stockley, SA Home Loans' CEO, was a lawyer by education but an entrepreneur by nature; his colourful, non-conformist socks epitomised his character. The first person in South Africa to build a business based around the concept of securitisation, |
| SAI LIMITED - A SOUTH AFRICAN COMPANY GOING GLOBAL |
| The case study enables students to study the globalisation strategy of a pulp and paper manufacturer. It discusses the global pulp and paper industry and chronicles the development of this industry in South Africa between 1920 and 1998. The case also |
| Sakhizwe Con Roux Construction: building the nation (1965-2004) |
| After thirty-nine years in business Con Roux Construction (CRC) finally collapsed in 2004. Over a period of a dozen years this company had been tracked through a series of IESE case studies. The period covered was the first decade of the transition fr |
| Sakhizwe Con Roux Construction: building the nation (1965-2004) |
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| SALIENT FEATURES OF A MANAGEMENT BUYOUT (MBO) Background note |
| A management buyout (MBO) involves the purchase of an existing business by its senior management team. It has proved itself to be an attractive vehicle for management, who can accumulate wealth in the form of an equity participation in their company. |
| Sally Williams Fine Foods: getting to market |
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| Sally Williams Fine Foods: To Market, To Market ... |
| Dries Pretorius, national sales manager of Sally Williams Fine Foods, a small manufacturer of luxury nougat, was furious. It was May 2007, four years since Sally Williams had first appointed its distributor and the thermostat at the distributor’s wa |
| Sandton City: Looking for a Sustainable Power Solution |
| In May 2008, Johannesburg’s Sandton City shopping complex was on the road to recovery from its experience that January, when it was hit hardest of all shopping centres in the country by Eskom’s random power cuts. Sandton City general manager, Gary |
| Santa Val |
| This is the first of a three-case series (806-052-1 to 806-054-1). It was January 2003 and Charles Ntuko, the Managing Director of Amex Brown, a marketing company was at a crossroad. He had to decide which direction his company must take following the |
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| Sensational Foods (SF) |
| The Sensational Foods (SF) business is about a small entrepreneurial restaurant that had grown over the years into 12 outlets largely through the proceeds from the business and commitment of the owner-manager. The unique nature of the business rested |
| Sensational Foods (SF) |
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| SHANGHAI BAOSTEEL GROUP CORPORATION |
| Shanghai Baosteel Group Corporation or Baosteel was set up by the Chinese government near the Shanghai port in 1978, when Deng Xiaoping initiated the transformation of the Chinese economy from a rigid centrally-planned economy to a market-oriented eco |
| Shoprite: South African retailer's growth strategies |
| Started in the late 1970s with a chain of eight supermarkets in South Africa, Shoprite Holdings Ltd (Shoprite), by 2004, has become Africa's largest food retailer with more than 900 outlets and a customer base of 10 million people. Having operations a |
| Social entrepreneurship: The Alicia Polak way |
| The case discusses the social entrepreneurship initiatives by Alicia Polak in South Africa. Alicia Polak, was an Investment Banker with Merrill Lynch and Company in New York, who started a small business venture in the slums of South Africa. The ventu |
| Social entrepreneurship: The Alicia Polak way |
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| Software Technologies Limited (STL) |
| One of the AABS Case Study Competition Winners of 2008.
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