Traces the history of the joint efforts of an organization to manage a major international development project in the slums of Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. Focuses on the many significant differences that developed a few months into the project between the two principals, an Ethiopian woman who founded the project and the British entrepreneur, who is the coordinator of the donor consortium. Designed to provide 1) an example of entrepreneurship in the nonprofit sector, in particular in the field of international development, 2) the ability to diagnose problems in the working relationship between two people who have very different backgrounds, and 3) the ability to develop plans for each person to take a decision problems. "Hide
by Anne Donnellon, James Reed, Nicholas Richardson Source: Harvard Business School 26 pages. Publication Date: June 29, 1990. Prod. #: 490093-PDF-ENG
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