• August 2023 (Revised April 2024)
• Case

eBee: Affordable Mobility for Africa

By: Ramon Casadesus-Masanell and Gamze Yucaoglu

The case opens in March 2023, as Sten van der Ham and Jaap Maljers, CEO and co-founder of eBee, an electric bike (e-bike) company in Africa, are contemplating the different avenues for growth and path to profitability for the young and ambitious company. In 2023, the... View Details

Keywords: Business Model; Business Startups; Growth and Development Strategy; Business Strategy; Bicycle Industry; Africa; Kenya

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Casadesus-Masanell, Ramon, and Gamze Yucaoglu. "eBee: Affordable Mobility for Africa." Harvard Business School Case 724-360, August 2023. (Revised April 2024.)

• February 2022 (Revised July 2022)
• Supplement

InstaDeep: AI Innovation Born in Africa (B)

By: Shikhar Ghosh and Esel Çekin

Karim Beguir and Zohra Slim were the co-founders of InstaDeep, a deep tech startup focusing on artificial intelligence (AI) solutions. Instadeep was one of the few companies globally that were partnering with DeepMind, an AI subsidiary of Google [Alphabet Inc.].... View Details

Keywords: AI; Artificial Intelligence; Entrepreneurship; Operations; Business Subsidiaries; Brands and Branding; Innovation and Invention; Growth and Development Strategy; AI and Machine Learning; Technology Industry; Africa

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Ghosh, Shikhar, and Esel Çekin. "InstaDeep: AI Innovation Born in Africa (B)." Harvard Business School Supplement 822-105, February 2022. (Revised July 2022.)

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Documenting the Wartime Effort | Baker Library | Bloomberg Center | Harvard Business School

celebrated the role of private industry in winning the conflict. Together, text and images emphasized the patriotic rather than profiteering motives of a corporation that stood at attention to meet wartime demands. As Irving S. Olds, CEO and chairman of the View Details

• 23 May 2018
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Carla A. Harris, MBA 1987

attended a Martin Luther King Jr. celebration hosted by Walmart, on whose board she sits. While all the remarks were powerful, it was an essay written by an 11-year-old boy that stuck with Harris. “Here’s this kid telling us that we have... View Details

Keywords: Susan Young

• 03 Nov 2023
• News

Global Networking Night; Sweden Club Holds Climate Forum

Clubs News Clubs News Global Networking Night 2023 Another successful Global Networking Night (GNN) is in the books, after alumni around the world held nearly 60 separate events on October 25. The annual GNN features alumni gatherings—some in person, some... View Details

Keywords: Margie Kelley

• 28 May 2019
• Research & Ideas

Investor Lawsuits Against Auditors Are Falling, and That's Bad News for Capital Markets

system. We can strengthen other aspects. One source of investor protection is the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (PCAOB). One can make the case that the monitoring of auditors has greatly increased since the PCAOB was created... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace; Financial Services; Accounting

• 17 Jan 2012
• First Look

First Look: January 17

decisions now facing its board as it encounters investor pressure to improve performance. Purchase this case:http://cb.hbsp.harvard.edu/cb/product/112040-PDF-ENG Boeing 737 Industrial Footprint: The Wichita Decision Willy Shih and... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

• 01 Nov 2011
• First Look

First Look: Nov. 1

Chancery Court was considering a suit claiming that Del Monte board members had breached their fiduciary duty to shareholders by not pursuing the best transaction for Del Monte. In the course of the discovery phase of the trial, the... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

• 21 Feb 2005
• Op-Ed

Is Business Management a Profession?

epidemic of business scandals would be to speak of a widespread failure among CEOs and other senior executives (along with board members, auditors, financial analysts, and others) to uphold their professional obligations. To speak of the... View Details

Keywords: by Rakesh Khurana, Nitin Nohria & Daniel Penrice

• 14 Jan 2022
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Nohria’s Next Move

continue to play the role of teacher and mentor that is so meaningful to me.” (See the company’s announcement.) Nohria will remain engaged at Harvard University as the chair of the board of the Harvard Allston Land Company and teaching in... View Details

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Design Thinking Course | HBS Online

Networking Group and gain exclusive access to events and other networking opportunities. Description of silent animated video above: Learner types an answer in the discussion board in response to a peer's question Immerse yourself in... View Details

• 21 Apr 2015
• First Look

First Look: April 21

the founder is still in control of the board of directors and/or the CEO position are significantly less valuable than those in which the founder has given up control. On average, each additional level of founder control (i.e.,... View Details

Keywords: Carmen Nobel & Sean Silverthorne

• 28 Oct 2022
• Blog Post

Latina Women in Leadership: Shirley Verónica Cardona (MBA 2012)

product marketing. Tell us about your involvement with HBSLAA. While I was deeply involved in LASO as a student, it is my experience on the HBS Latino Alumni Association (HBSLAA) Board that I am most proud of. After serving on the View Details