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- 18 Oct 2017
- Research & Ideas
How Economic Clusters Drive Globalization
investment as it once was—to palm oil. Unilever, the largest private holder and buyer of palm oil (an ingredient used in its famous “Sunlight Soap” and other products), diversified its holdings from the crop’s native West View Details
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Abena Nyantekyi-Owusu
that contribute to development and are crucial for growth.” Abena began with GE’s medical and health care device divisions, serving as a business analyst responsible for “increasing growth and market share” in West & Central Africa....
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Fola Folowosele
Latin America. HBS played an integral role in securing both internships. Firstly, it was while organizing a sports panel for the Africa Business Conference in my RC (required curriculum) year that I met my future boss, who I invited to...
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Tawanda Sibanda
lasting value with a long-term strategy and mission.” After nearly five years in engineering, Tawanda felt a need for general management skills and believed an MBA would be the best way to acquire them. “I want to return to Africa one...
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- 23 Mar 2003
- Research & Ideas
AIDS in Africa—What’s the Solution?
5th Annual Africa Business Conference at Harvard Business School on March 8. Much of the debate over AIDS in Africa has surrounded the high cost of the drugs that have turned the deadly disease into one that...
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Tomiwa Igun
electricity supply in Nigeria. Boundless opportunities exist if businesses can be unshackled from exorbitant costs of self-generated electricity. Imagine Nigeria — electrified. All of West Africa — powered....
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- 2022
- Article
Alleviating Time Poverty Among the Working Poor: A Pre-Registered Longitudinal Field Experiment
By: A.V. Whillans and Colin West
Poverty entails more than a scarcity of material resources—it also involves a shortage of time. To examine the causal benefits of reducing time poverty, we conducted a longitudinal feld experiment over six consecutive weeks in an urban slum in Kenya with a sample of...
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Time;
Subjective Well Being;
Administrative Costs;
Friction;
Poverty;
Well-being;
Money;
Perception;
Kenya
Whillans, A.V., and Colin West. "Alleviating Time Poverty Among the Working Poor: A Pre-Registered Longitudinal Field Experiment." Art. 719. Scientific Reports 12 (2022).
- 29 Jul 2013
- News
Opening New Markets for Black South African Winemakers
Selena Cuffe On a trip to South Africa in 2005, Selena Cuffe (MBA 2003) happened across an advertisement promoting the first Soweto Wine Festival. Cuffe, the director of an exchange-student nonprofit, didn't know a lot about wine. Yet the...
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- 10 Feb 2016
- News
Putting Faith in a Good Education
“The lack of access to good education in developing countries is one of the greatest problems in the world today,” says Chris Crane (MBA 1976), who founded and leads Edify, a nonprofit that furnishes micro-enterprise loans and business training to Christian schools in...
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Riding the WAVE | Social Enterprise | Harvard Business School
people are included in the labor market today,” says Rewane. “This is not just a West Africa problem—it’s a global problem. We’re learning from on-the-ground implementation, looking to work in partnership...
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Mina Park
I by no means had a typical, average life, and yet I still hesitate to be different. Even the slightest deviation from average discomforted me. I spent endless hours trying to fix my British English because the standard English taught in...
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Thomas Weisel | Baker Library | Bloomberg Center | Harvard Business School
Skip to Main Content HBS Entrepreneurs Collection Profiles About This Collection Contact Us Special Collections Search Paul Baier PurchasingCenter.com/Excara Frank Batten Weather Channel Steven B. Belkin Trans National Group (TNG) Hakeem Belo-Osagie United Bank for...
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- 01 Jun 2014
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alumni.hbs.edu/bulletin Great application of dedication, common sense, and perseverance. If Nigeria can be turned around, perhaps there may be hope for the remainder of Africa and its people. —Fred Brodsky (OPM 27, 1999) via...
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- 01 Jun 2012
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Think Locally, Act Globally
As for the cultural issue, Mittal notes that India and Africa have a shared past—in trade relations and, in the diplomatic realm, cooperation during the heyday of the Non-Aligned Movement—that has helped build trust and familiarity. And...
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William H. Draper, III | Baker Library | Bloomberg Center | Harvard Business School
Skip to Main Content HBS Entrepreneurs Collection Profiles About This Collection Contact Us Special Collections Search Paul Baier PurchasingCenter.com/Excara Frank Batten Weather Channel Steven B. Belkin Trans National Group (TNG) Hakeem Belo-Osagie United Bank for...
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Discovery Process
South and the British West Indies. I describe how all kinds of sophisticated quantitative management practices thrived under the circumstances of slavery. Before my year at HBS, I thought of my audience as...
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Global Activities 2020-2021 - Global Activities 2021
Nigeria, saw how Ebola ravaged West Africa from 2014 to 2016, which prompted her to think about how she could have an impact in Africa when macro shocks occurred. The crisis...
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- 17 Sep 2024
- Blog Post
The International Experience at HBS: Zoe Sun (MBA 2024)
Zoe Sun (MBA 2024) is a recent graduate from China. Prior to HBS, she worked at an Asia-focused private equity fund in Hong Kong. At HBS, she was Co-Chief Admissions Ambassador and Social Chair for Greater China Club. She is a recipient of the Global Opportunity...
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Research Links: Records of Railroad Companies & Personal Papers - Railroads and the Transformation of Capitalism | Harvard Business School
HBS Quick Links MBA Executive Education Doctoral Programs Faculty and Research Alumni HBS Publishing Site Index HBS Home Contact Us Map/Directions Railroads: The Transformation of Capitalism Introduction The Pre-Industrial Era The First Big Business View Details
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Laying Down the Principles: Management - Railroads and the Transformation of Capitalism | Harvard Business School/title>
HBS Quick Links MBA Executive Education Doctoral Programs Faculty and Research Alumni HBS Publishing Site Index HBS Home Contact Us Map/Directions Railroads: The Transformation of Capitalism Introduction The Pre-Industrial Era The First Big Business View Details