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- July 2017 (Revised March 2018)
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Magic Bus: From Childhood to Livelihood
By: V. Kasturi Rangan, Vikram Gandhi, Anjali Raina and Rachna Chawla
Founded in 1999 by Matthew Spacie to give poor children an opportunity to play, Magic Bus had evolved to a leading social enterprise engaged in sports for development, holistic childhood development, and livelihood training for youth between the ages of 6 to 18. By...
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Keywords:
Nonprofit Management;
Development;
Growth And Scaling;
Social Entrepreneurship;
Growth and Development Strategy;
Nonprofit Organizations;
Management
Rangan, V. Kasturi, Vikram Gandhi, Anjali Raina, and Rachna Chawla. "Magic Bus: From Childhood to Livelihood." Harvard Business School Case 518-005, July 2017. (Revised March 2018.)
- 11 Jun 2018
- News
How science can bring about a eureka moment for Indian startups
- 26 Nov 2013
- News
The Dark Side of Silicon Valley: Nancy Koehn Looks into the Abyss
- Career Coach
Mo Fong
Mo Fong (HBS ‘02, Stanford ‘95 ChemE, ‘96 MA Education ) Mo is currently the Executive Director at Stanford Technology Ventures Program in the School of Management and Engineering focusing on View Details
- 03 Jun 2022
- Blog Post
HiHome Sweet HiHome
The story of HiHome is really the story of all the resources available to students at the Harvard John A. Paulson School of Engineering (SEAS). Co-founders James Parker and Tony Shu met at a SEAS event in 2019. Parker was View Details
- March 2019
- Supplement
KITEA (D): Further Changes
By: Ramon Casadesus-Masanell and Gamze Yucaoglu
The case opens in February 2016, when the official date of IKEA’s store opening (March 16, 2016) is announced after a five-month delay. It reviews the changes that Amine and Othman Benkirane had made to KITEA’s workforce in the extra five months afforded by the delay...
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Keywords:
Private Sector;
For-Profit Firms;
Business Strategy;
Strategic Planning;
Competitive Strategy;
Competitive Advantage;
Corporate Strategy;
Organizational Change and Adaptation;
Retail Industry;
Africa;
North Africa;
Morocco
Casadesus-Masanell, Ramon, and Gamze Yucaoglu. "KITEA (D): Further Changes." Harvard Business School Supplement 719-489, March 2019.
- 2012
- Case
Advanced Leadership Pathways: Richard Fahey and Robert Saudek (A): Lighting Liberia
By: Rosabeth M. Kanter and Anne Arlinghaus
After successful careers as lawyers Richard Fahey and Robert Saudek set out to tackle a large-scale infrastructure challenge in a complex environment by increasing Liberian citizens’ access to lighting solutions. They developed the Liberian Energy Network, which aimed...
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Keywords:
Solar;
Solar Power;
Electricity;
Clean Technology;
Scaling-up;
Economic Development;
Partnerships;
Sustainability;
Innovation;
Leadership Skills;
Renewable Energy;
Energy;
Infrastructure;
Information Technology;
Economy;
Partners and Partnerships;
Distribution;
Innovation Leadership;
Leadership;
Energy Industry;
Africa;
Liberia
Kanter, Rosabeth M., and Anne Arlinghaus. "Advanced Leadership Pathways: Richard Fahey and Robert Saudek (A): Lighting Liberia." Harvard Business School Case 313-032, 2012. (Advanced Leadership Initiative.)
- 02 Jan 2015
- News
Endangered Species: Young U.S. Entrepreneurs
- March 2005 (Revised April 2005)
- Case
Ocean & Oil Holdings and the Leveraged Buyout of Agip Nigeria (A)
In 2001, a Nigerian holding company was deciding how much to pay for a major Nigerian oil marketing firm. Explores the challenges facing a fast-growing, leveraged buyout firm operating in a global economy but constrained by imperfect local financial and legal...
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Hecht, Peter A., and Onche Ugbabe. "Ocean & Oil Holdings and the Leveraged Buyout of Agip Nigeria (A)." Harvard Business School Case 205-043, March 2005. (Revised April 2005.)
- September 2016 (Revised April 2018)
- Case
Western Technology Investment
By: Ramana Nanda, William A. Sahlman and Nicole Keller
Based in Portola Valley, California, Western Technology Investment (WTI) specialized in a hybrid form of debt and equity financing for early-stage companies. Like traditional venture capital and private equity firms, WTI raised funds from institutional investors and...
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Keywords:
Entrepreneurial Finance;
Equity;
Finance;
Venture Capital;
Entrepreneurship;
Financing and Loans;
California
Nanda, Ramana, William A. Sahlman, and Nicole Keller. "Western Technology Investment." Harvard Business School Case 817-019, September 2016. (Revised April 2018.)
- 27 Nov 2012
- Working Paper Summaries
No Margin, No Mission? A Field Experiment on Incentives for Pro-Social Tasks
- 24 Apr 2019
- News
HBS New Venture Competition Features World Changing Ideas
- Article
Evolution and the Growth Process: Natural Selection of Entrepreneurial Traits
By: Stelios Michalopoulos and Oded Galor
This research suggests that a Darwinian evolution of entrepreneurial spirit played a significant role in the process of economic development and the dynamics of inequality within and across societies. The study argues that entrepreneurial spirit evolved...
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Michalopoulos, Stelios, and Oded Galor. "Evolution and the Growth Process: Natural Selection of Entrepreneurial Traits." Journal of Economic Theory 147, no. 2 (March 2012): 759–780.
- February 2021 (Revised August 2021)
- Case
Equity Bank: Challenging a Giant
By: Lauren H. Cohen, Michael Chitavi and Spencer C. N. Hagist
Equity Bank and CEO Dr. James Mwangi must find a way to advance from their hard-fought ascension to second largest bank in Kenya by toppling financial giant Safaricom. Doing so means developing a new strategy and tackling technological frontiers no institution in the...
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Cohen, Lauren H., Michael Chitavi, and Spencer C. N. Hagist. "Equity Bank: Challenging a Giant." Harvard Business School Case 221-080, February 2021. (Revised August 2021.)
- 2013
- Working Paper
Learning from Double-Digit Growth Experiences
By: Eric D. Werker
This extended memorandum identifies episodes of sustained double-digit growth in real GDP, defined as a compound annual growth rate of 10 percent or more over a period of 8 years or longer. Using a measure of real GDP reported in the World Development Indicators, we...
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Werker, Eric D. "Learning from Double-Digit Growth Experiences." International Growth Centre Working Paper, April 2013.
- September 2024
- Case
InfraCredit and the Project Inception Facility
By: John Macomber, Namrata Arora and Maagatha Kalavadakken
Around the world, large infrastructure projects are frequently stymied by the high cost and high uncertainty of the project inception phase: the research and engineering and planning prior to financial close and start of construction. Could there be a new kind of...
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- 19 Sep 2012
- News
A hybrid innovation model that stays the course
- September 1998 (Revised June 1999)
- Case
Discovery Health (A)
A South African health insurance company undertakes a redesign of its prescription drug coverage policy in light of its experiences with Prozac.
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Keywords:
Motivation and Incentives;
Service Delivery;
Insurance;
Health Care and Treatment;
Insurance Industry;
South Africa
Chun, Samuel S., and Shaun Matisson. "Discovery Health (A)." Harvard Business School Case 599-046, September 1998. (Revised June 1999.)