This case examines Nova Post's strategic response to the challenges posed by the Russian full-scale military invasion into Ukraine in 2022, focusing on its expansion into the European market. As Ukraine's leading postal and express delivery service, Nova Post faced a dramatic decline in business at the onset of the war, prompting a reassessment of its operational and strategic direction. The case explores the company's journey from its inception as a small startup to becoming a national logistics giant, and its pivot during the crisis to adapt and explore new markets.Students are challenged to analyze the organizational issues surrounding expanding to other countries and strategies for doing so.

The past few decades have seen an increasing role for the private sector in poverty alleviation. The variety of names used to describe these initiatives-corporate social responsibility, social enterprise, base of the pyramid, impact investing, not-for-loss business, and corporate philanthropy-obscures the similarity among them: they all sacrifice economic profits in return for social impact. This article uses economic theory to develop a cost-based taxonomy of private sector initiatives in poverty alleviation by taking into consideration which costs are being subsidized. This highlights the incentive effects, allowing the donor to increase the efficiency and impact of the initiative.

Make mistakes faster. This slogan, and others like it, can be seen prominently displayed on posters throughout Menlo's office, a software-development company known for its casual Mondays and extreme interviews. Menlo's founders are considering opening a new branch to keep up with the demand for Menlo's services, but wonder if they can preserve the culture they have so carefully cultivated within the walls of their Ann Arbor, Michigan office and transfer it to another location. This case studies the work culture of a highly unorthodox company that designs very usable, practical software.

Aravind, a network of hospitals in India, is the largest provider of eye care in the world. Aravind performs approximately 270,000 surgeries per year and serves over 2 million patients. Aravind's leadership has set the goal of one million surgeries and 100 hospitals by 2015. This case asks students to evaluate Aravind's history, strategy, organizational structure, etc. to determine what steps it needs to take to reach that goal. Particular questions are focused on human resources, process standardization, and business model development.