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- February 2004
- Case
Aspire Public Schools
Set in the fall of 2003, covers managerial challenges facing the CEO and COO of Aspire Public Schools, a nonprofit charter school management company. In operation since 1999 and funded by prominent national foundations and venture philanthropies, Aspire operates 10...
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Keywords:
Business Model;
Business or Company Management;
Expansion;
Social Entrepreneurship;
Education;
Education Industry;
California
Leschly, Stig. "Aspire Public Schools." Harvard Business School Case 804-114, February 2004.
- 12 Jul 2016
- News
Public programs are ‘good economic bets’
- March 2021
- Case
Founders Factory
By: Jeffrey F. Rayport and James Barnett
In January 2020, Founders Factory (FF) Executive Chairman Brent Hoberman and CEO Henry Lane Fox were considering FF’s expansion strategy. FF operated as a venture capital (VC) fund built around an accelerator and incubator, and organized around sectors within...
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Keywords:
Entrepreneurship;
Markets;
Planning;
Expansion;
Global Range;
Business Model;
Talent and Talent Management;
Experience and Expertise;
Corporate Entrepreneurship;
Global Strategy;
Innovation Strategy;
Growth and Development Strategy;
Management Teams;
Organizational Change and Adaptation;
Partners and Partnerships;
Internet and the Web;
Mobile and Wireless Technology;
Technology Industry;
Africa;
South Africa;
Johannesburg;
Europe;
France;
Paris;
United Kingdom;
England;
London;
United States;
New York (city, NY)
Rayport, Jeffrey F., and James Barnett. "Founders Factory." Harvard Business School Case 821-009, March 2021.
- May 2019
- Background Note
Sources of Capital for Black Entrepreneurs
By: Steven Rogers, Stanley Onuoha and Kayin Barclay
This note was written primarily for black entrepreneurs in order to help them raise capital. The second objective was to recognize the capital providers who are part of the solution to the problem of less than 2% of private equity capital and 1.7% of debt capital in...
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Rogers, Steven, Stanley Onuoha, and Kayin Barclay. "Sources of Capital for Black Entrepreneurs." Harvard Business School Background Note 319-117, May 2019.
- Video
Badreddine Ouali
Badreddine Ouali, Founder and Co-CEO of Vermeg, details critical moments in his career which led him to start a banking software company in Tunisia.
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- Research Summary
Overview
Chu's research is focused on business and low income sectors, particularly in the use of commercial platforms to deliver what has traditionally been considered public responsibilities. In the last three decades, business models have emerged to meet the underserved...
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Keywords:
Impact Investing;
Microfinance;
Base Of The Pyramid;
Role Of Profit And Social Impact;
Private Sector Development;
Emerging Markets;
Business Ventures;
Health Care and Treatment;
Management;
Social Enterprise;
Strategy;
Financial Services Industry;
Banking Industry;
Health Industry;
Latin America;
North and Central America;
Asia;
Africa
- 2018
- The Significance of Race Research in the 21st Century
Sankofa: Learning about and from Black experiences of Leadership, Race and Work
- Career Coach
Lisa Li
Lisa is excited to help students who are navigating the consulting recruiting process as well as current consultants who may be looking for career transitions into investing or operating roles. She is most experienced in the biotech and...
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- 29 Jul 2020
- Video
Savannah Maziya
Savannah Maziya, the founder of South Africa-based Bunengi Holdings, describes attracting international investment despite continuing reputational liabilities of being based in Africa.
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- 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.)
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Badreddine Ouali
Badreddine Ouali, Founder and Co-CEO of Vermeg, explains why he reestablished his banking software company in the Netherlands, while keeping its back office in Tunisia.
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- 11 Sep 2020
- Video
James Mwangi
James Mwangi, CEO of Kenya’s Equity Bank, which has one of the largest customer bases of any bank in Africa, argues that the lack of financial literacy posed a far bigger challenge to the bank in Kenya than problems of corruption.
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- December 2019 (Revised August 2022)
- Exercise
Janet Ames (C)
By: Brian Trelstad and Brian Trelstad
The series of Janet Ames cases follow a fictional alumna of Harvard Business School into her consulting career in Boston. Over the series of cases, Ames is first offered the opportunity to join the board of a Boston-based non-profit organization, which offers students...
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Keywords:
Philanthropy;
Board;
Non-profit Management;
Career Changes And Transitions;
Evaluation;
Philanthropy and Charitable Giving;
Governing and Advisory Boards;
Social Enterprise;
Social Entrepreneurship;
Nonprofit Organizations;
Management;
Personal Development and Career;
United States
Trelstad, Brian. "Janet Ames (C)." Harvard Business School Exercise 320-078, December 2019. (Revised August 2022.)
- 15 Jun 2021
- Blog Post
Aisha Fatima Dozie is Igniting Confidence as the Founder of Bossy Cosmetics
trouble.” A Rapid Rise, and a Sudden Change of Course With that mindset, Dozie ventured outside of banking for her first role post HBS and joined the Nigerian federal government. “My future boss was attending a program at HBS. In one of...
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Entrepreneurship
- 19 Sep 2012
- News
A hybrid innovation model that stays the course
- July 2021 (Revised October 2023)
- Case
K.C. Li: The Tungsten King
By: Geoffrey Jones and Casey Verkamp
This case examines the business career of Kuo-Ching Li, who was born in China in 1892, and built a successful minerals trading business called Wah Chang in the United States during the interwar years. He acquired a prominent role in tungsten, the strongest natural...
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Keywords:
Immigration Acts;
Racial Bias;
Globalization;
Government and Politics;
Business History;
Entrepreneurship;
Business and Government Relations;
Mining Industry;
China;
United States;
Latin America
Jones, Geoffrey, and Casey Verkamp. "K.C. Li: The Tungsten King." Harvard Business School Case 322-024, July 2021. (Revised October 2023.)
- 22 May 2007
- Working Paper Summaries
The Speed of New Ideas: Trust, Institutions and the Diffusion of New Products
Keywords:
by Felix Oberholzer-Gee & Joel Waldfogel
- 02 Jul 2014
- What Do You Think?
Are Today’s Business Heroes Challenging Our Ideas About Leadership?
addressed a couple of these points when she said, "The fact that we can name so few leaders as readily as the ones cited in the article is because they are exceptions. There is no question that brilliant, strongly mission-driven...
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by James Heskett
- December 2014
- Case
DaVita HealthCare Partners and the Denver Public Schools: Creating Connections
By: John J-H Kim and Christine S. An
In 2011, DaVita HealthCare Partners (DaVita)—a Fortune 500 healthcare services company specializing in kidney dialysis services—and the Denver Public Schools (DPS)—the largest school district in Colorado—forged a plan to incorporate greater intentional focus on culture...
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Keywords:
Corporate-community Partnerships;
K-12;
School Districts;
DaVita;
Kent Thiry;
Tom Boasberg;
Denver Public Schools;
Wisdom Team;
DaVita Way;
Creating Connections;
Social Enterprise;
Community Impact;
Education Reform;
Public Schools;
Leadership Development;
Partners and Partnerships;
Social Entrepreneurship;
Education;
Business and Community Relations;
Culture;
Education Industry;
Health Industry;
Colorado
Kim, John J-H, and Christine S. An. "DaVita HealthCare Partners and the Denver Public Schools: Creating Connections." Harvard Business School Case 315-047, December 2014.