Competing for Development (A): Fuel Efficient Stove for Darfur Harvard Case Solution & Analysis

The new director of the country CHF International (CHF), an American organization that initiated operations in Sudan with funding USAID, should review the success of early intervention CHF, and its strategic interest in fuel-efficient stoves projects. Practical solution for the U.S. $ 65,000 investment in local production facilities, which will increase the production of CHF furnace design approved by Lawrence Berkeley National Lab, using local testing of prototypes with the support of USAID.

Students are asked to contemplate whether and how the economies of scale to reduce the cost of a tipping point, when the internally displaced persons (IDP) camps in Darfur could afford the benefits of greater efficiency and convenience. They also have to balance cost reduction considerations with alternative decision criteria for local development: the success of this project depends on the preference of displaced people among alternative providers plate - which includes, in addition to fuel economy, performance furnace itself (that is, quality, fuel efficiency ), public participation in their production, as well as the use and repair of furnaces. Role-playing game supplements M0862A in M0862F will highlight some aspects of the competitive dynamics of the key players. Summary of the dynamic interaction between the players in annex Competition for development (C):. Success, Bittersweet «Hide
by Oana Branzei, Samer Abdelnour Source: Richard Ivey School of Business Foundation 18 pages. Publication Date: September 10, 2008. Prod. #: 908M61-PDF-ENG

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