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- 09 Jul 2001
- Research & Ideas
Does Misery Love Companies? How Social Performance Pays Off
Africa. Even more broadly, one is left with aggregate statistics that both inform and numb. . . . Living in the United States, we may be shocked to learn that so many people in the world live on less than $2.00 per day, or that a quarter of the children in Bangladesh...
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by Joshua D. Margolis & James P. Walsh
- 17 Aug 2015
- News
The Play Alchemist
born in the United States to Nigerian parents, has dual citizenship to both countries. She has spent a considerable amount of time in Nigeria visiting family. In 2013 the Nigerian government named her Ambassador of Entrepreneurship, an...
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Constantine von Hoffman
- July 2015
- Case
Uncharted Play (A)
By: Shikhar Ghosh and Ali Huberlie
The case recounts the process of launching an early stage venture, from idea conception through initial efforts to validate the concept, followed by product launch, and fund raising. It emphasizes the Customer Value Proposition of the business model, and asks – Who is...
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Early Stage;
Female Protagonist;
Value Proposition;
Team Building;
Founders' Agreements;
Start-up;
Entrepreneurship;
Business Model;
Business Startups;
Sports;
United States;
North America;
Nigeria;
Africa
Ghosh, Shikhar, and Ali Huberlie. "Uncharted Play (A)." Harvard Business School Case 816-018, July 2015.
- 19 Jul 2021
- Blog Post
Building a Powerful Network of Talent at American Tower
Graham Sinars (MBA 2019). For Nyanteki-Owusu, her summer internship experience working at a fintech startup in Nigeria reinforced her interest in building her career on the continent in the short to long term. In addition, Nyantekyi-Owusu...
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- 07 Jan 2015
- News
The Type of Innovation That Builds Nations
- 01 Mar 2015
- News
A Boomtown's Echo
single resource into having another kind of economy. Whether you’re talking about a nation with the oil curse like a Venezuela or a Nigeria or a region like northern Maine or northern New Hampshire with the timber industry. Sometimes...
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- 21 Mar 2017
- First Look
First Look at New Research, March 21
including its rise to popularity in the United States in the 1800s, and examines the factors that led to its decline in the 20th and 21st centuries. Purchase this case:https://cb.hbsp.harvard.edu/cbmp/product/717444-PDF-ENG Harvard Business School Case 716-073 View Details
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Sean Silverthorne
- 22 Jul 2014
- First Look
First Look: July 22
whether to locate a packaging industry new business in his native Malawi or in the larger market of Nigeria is examined. Conflicting opinions on the case are offered by businesspeople with experience in Africa. Publisher's link:...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 19 Jul 2011
- First Look
First Look: July 19
Business School Case 311-084 In November 2010, WikiLeaks began releasing the first of hundreds of thousands of U.S. diplomatic cables that it had obtained. Among the thousands of cables published by early 2011 were several that shed light on Royal Dutch Shell's...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 28 Sep 2015
- Research & Ideas
Six Lessons from Mobile Money Ventures in Developing Countries
and Globe Telecom GCASH in the Philippines. He also reviewed five less stellar deployments: Vodacom M-Pesa in South Africa, MTN m-money in Uganda, Eko Financial Services in India, and the broader situations in Nigeria and Brazil. Lesson...
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- 10 Jul 2018
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, July 10, 2018
gap” was a problem in Nigeria as in many parts of the world. Infrastructure projects like power plants and dams were very large capital investments that could generate long-term consistent cash flows, but their financing and delivery...
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Dina Gerdeman
- Web
Annual Report 2019 - Annual Report 2019
opportunity, Dialogue spurred imagination about the case method at scale and how to engage emerging and established thought leaders with the School. More about the event Immersion in Africa Twenty-six faculty members spent a week in View Details
- 01 Dec 2004
- News
Retirement's Changing Face
the ABTI-American University in Nigeria to offer advice on fostering entrepreneurship.) During his travels, Adams found himself wishing he could stay more connected with friends and business contacts who were equally peripatetic in their...
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Personal Services
- 16 Oct 2012
- First Look
First Look: October 16
and shows that effects of a similar size can be achieved by holding people accountable through feedback text messages, without any meetings or peer pressure. Download the paper: https://pubwww.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=42103 Cases & Course MaterialsAlbert 'Jack'...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 10 Apr 2018
- First Look
First Look at New Research, April 10, 2018
https://cb.hbsp.harvard.edu/cbmp/product/318019 Harvard Business School Case 718-027 Kickstarting Tomato Jos in Nigeria In the spring of 2016, Mira Mehta (HBS 2014), faced a difficult decision. Following a successful Kickstarter campaign...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 15 Feb 2017
- Op-Ed
What Africa Can Teach the United States About Funding Infrastructure Projects
to capture fares and tariffs more completely. Firms like MasterCard and M-Pesa are starting to make this happen today in Africa, from Nigeria to Kenya and from Cairo to Capetown. These tools can apply to stretch the throughput of existing...
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- September 2022 (Revised December 2022)
- Case
QED Invests in Africa
By: Álvaro Rodríguez Arregui and James Barnett
In March 2022, investors at venture capital firm QED consider strategy for establishing business in Africa.
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Analysis;
Investment;
Geography;
Markets;
Operations;
Strategic Planning;
Strategy;
Financial Services Industry;
Africa;
Nigeria;
North America;
Canada;
Europe;
Asia;
Latin America
Rodríguez Arregui, Álvaro, and James Barnett. "QED Invests in Africa." Harvard Business School Case 823-003, September 2022. (Revised December 2022.)
- Teaching Interest
Globalization and Emerging Markets
Globalization and Emerging Markets is designed for students who will be investing, managing a business or nonprofit, or working for a government in an emerging market. The unit of analysis of the course ranges from countries to multinational and domestic companies... View Details
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Emerging Market;
Globalization;
BRICS;
N11;
Resource Allocation;
Pakistan;
Angola;
Dubai;
South Korea;
South Africa;
Turkey;
Liberia;
China;
Brazil;
Nigeria
- January 2024
- Case
Mariam Braimah: Designing a Career in Tech
By: Lakshmi Ramarajan, Hannah Riley Bowles and Michael Norris
In 2022, Mariam Braimah, a digital designer working at Netflix, is considering the next move in her career. She has spent several years at Netflix, and in her spare time, using her savings, has founded a design-focused fellowship program and a consumer insights company...
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- 23 May 2019
- Book
These Entrepreneurs Take a Pragmatic Approach to Solving Social Problems
ventures. “In Nigeria and across West Africa, there are tremendous opportunities to transform the agricultural landscape,” the Nwunelis said. Kola Masha (MBA 2006) sees smallholder agriculture as the key to tackling poverty and preventing...
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