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Helmy Abouleish
Helmy Abouleish, CEO of the SEKEM Initiative, shares how the group worked with the Egyptian Ministry of Agriculture during the early 1990’s to drastically reduce the use of hazardous pesticides in the Nile Delta region. View Details
- 28 Jun 2021
- Video
Ouided Bouchamaoui
Ouided Bouchamaoui, the Nobel Prize winning co-founder of the Tunisian National Dialogue Quartet and CEO of Hédi Bouchamaoui Group, discusses the challenges faced by business in Tunisia under the presidency of Ben Ali (1987-2011) and subsequent challenges of... View Details
- 14 Apr 2023
- Blog Post
New MBA Course Asks Students: What’s More Important—Purpose or Profits?
specifically written for the course: Microsoft: Responsible Artificial Intelligence Northvolt: Building Batteries to Fight Climate Change ‘A Marshall Plan for Africa’: James Mwangi and Equity Group Holdings The Dutch East India Company... View Details
- 01 Mar 2004
- News
HBS Alumni Explore Tanzania
Welcome to Tanzania, the self-described “home of the safari” situated on the Indian Ocean in East Africa. Visitors come to see Mount Kilimanjaro, the highest freestanding peak in the world; the Serengeti National Park; the Ngorongoro... View Details
- 06 Dec 2021
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Leadership in the Digital Age
the Africa Research Center and Middle East and North Africa Research Center highlighted the importance of building the infrastructure necessary to undertake digital... View Details
Keywords: April White
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Career Journey | MBA
1% Europe 5% Latin America 1% Middle East / North Africa < 1% United States 88% Class of 2024 who actively sought and accepted full-time roles after graduation. Industry Consulting 18% Consumer Products 3%... View Details
- October 2021 (Revised February 2022)
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Hospital 57357: Aligning Performance Towards a Vision of a Cancer-Free Childhood
By: Susanna Gallani and Youssef Abdel Aal
The case follows the Children Cancer Hospital in Egypt, also known as Hospital 57357, as it goes through the roll-out of a new performance management system, which Dr. Sherif Abouel Naga, founder and CEO of the hospital, had championed. This was a critical juncture as... View Details
Keywords: Healthcare; Performance Management; Performance Incentives; Strategic Alignment; Health Care and Treatment; Nonprofit Organizations; Strategy; Alignment; Performance Evaluation; Mission and Purpose; Change Management; Health Industry; Egypt; Middle East
Gallani, Susanna, and Youssef Abdel Aal. "Hospital 57357: Aligning Performance Towards a Vision of a Cancer-Free Childhood." Harvard Business School Case 122-041, October 2021. (Revised February 2022.)
- September 2022
- Article
Drivers of Philanthropic Foundations in Emerging Markets: Family, Values and Spirituality
By: Valeria Giacomin and Geoffrey Jones
This article discusses the ethics and drivers of philanthropic foundations in emerging markets. A foundation organizes assets to invest in philanthropic initiatives. Previous scholarship has largely focused on developed countries, especially the United States, and has... View Details
Keywords: Philanthropy; Foundations; Spirituality; Philanthropy and Charitable Giving; Social Enterprise; Emerging Markets; Values and Beliefs; Africa; Asia; Latin America; Middle East
Giacomin, Valeria, and Geoffrey Jones. "Drivers of Philanthropic Foundations in Emerging Markets: Family, Values and Spirituality." Journal of Business Ethics 180, no. 1 (September 2022): 263–282. (https://doi.org/10.1007/s10551-021-04875-4.)
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Rawiah Abdallah
Why was getting a business education important to you? Getting a business education among people with diverse backgrounds exposes you to many different skills and opportunities. After working for four years, it has been a great time to reflect on the kind of business... View Details
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March Bishop
Why was earning your MBA at HBS important to you? I anticipated that my career would be internationally-oriented and I knew that it needed to have an altruistic component, but beyond that I needed help. The HBS experience, starting with the application for admission,... View Details
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Ebru Dorman
Ebru Dorman (MBA 1999) is deputy CEO of the largest private health care provider in Turkey, focused on improving the patient experience. She is also working to introduce the “softer skills” into the primary school curriculum. View Details
- 24 Sep 2024
- Blog Post
Climate Finance in Africa: Health, Self-Interest, Avoided Future Cost
and Climate Change.” This winter, HBS researchers and I canvassed investors, funders, and businesses in East Africa on this topic, which I presented to colleagues at the Harvard Salata Institute for Climate... View Details
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Hani Berzi
Hani Berzi, founder and CEO of Egypt-based Edita Food Industries, explains the positioning of Edita’s packed croissants ‘Molto’ as a mass product in the Egyptian market. View Details
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Hani Berzi
Hani Berzi, founder and CEO of Egypt-based Edita Food Industries, discusses his company’s multi-price-point strategy for navigating high inflation in Egypt. View Details
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Neveen El Tahri
Neveen El Tahri, Chairperson of Delta Shield for Investment, describes an increased interest in entrepreneurship among youth in the country particularly since the 2011 Egyptian revolution. View Details
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Helmy Abouleish
Helmy Abouleish, CEO of the SEKEM Initiative, outlines the principles of biodynamic farming and how they relate to sustainable economic, ecological, social, and cultural development. View Details
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Helmy Abouleish
Helmy Abouleish, CEO of the SEKEM Initiative, describes the group’s early days as his father first established the groundwork for biodynamic agriculture and an “economy of love” in the Egyptian desert. View Details
- 12 Aug 2021
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Ouided Bouchamaoui
Ouided Bouchamaoui, the Nobel Prize winning co-founder of the Tunisian National Dialogue Quartet and CEO of Hédi Bouchamaoui Group, explains how she was able to improve the relationship between the Tunisian Confederation of Industry, Trade, and Handicrafts and the... View Details
- 04 Aug 2021
- Video
Ouided Bouchamaoui
Ouided Bouchamaoui, the Nobel Prize winning co-founder of the Tunisian National Dialogue Quartet and CEO of Hédi Bouchamaoui Group, discusses the influence her father, who founded Hédi Bouchamaoui & Sons, a family business focused on oil and gas exploration, had on her... View Details