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Karatu Coffee Company in Tanzania: What Strategy Next?
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In 2018, the founder and owner of the Karatu Coffee Company needed to decide what to do next with his company. He was considering several options: increasing the tourism part of the business, growing the original farm, pursuing a property development project in the capital city, or simply selling out and walking away. The company, located in Tanzania, began as a coffee farm, expanded into tourism with a remote, idyllic coffee lodge, and then brought coffee and tourism together with a bustling inner-city coffee house, which also housed a boutique hotel. The final phase of expansion included the purchase of high-quality coffee equipment and highly-prized roasting facilities to capture a larger share of the coffee value chain. The owner's decision would require insights into both the coffee industry and Tanzania itself.
學習目標
The case is best suited to international business and strategic management courses. The role of the emerging economy and the limited scope of the company lend themselves to early use in undergraduate- and graduate-level courses. After working through the case and assignment questions, students will be able to<ul><li>undertake a strategic assessment of the alternatives facing a mature small- or medium-sized enterprise;</li><li>understand the coffee industry value chain and its vertical integration;</li><li>learn about doing business in an emerging economy; and</li><li>undertake a risk assessment at the country and industry levels.</li></ul>