Publications

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Bob Eccles and George Serafeim Harvard Business School on their investigation into the King Code of Governance and how it has impacted the way corporates do business in South Africa. View Details

24 Jan 2023

HBS Perspectives from Africa

Please join us in this virtual event to meet Harvard Business School students from Africa and learn more about our MBA Program from their perspective. This event will be a panel discussion hosted by a... View Details

September 1998 (Revised September 2001)
Case

IBM's Reinventing Education (A)

By: Rosabeth M. Kanter

Describes IBM's national innovation strategy to transform K-12 public education through new solutions developed by IBM engineers and consultants using information technology. Examples are: data warehousing in Broward County, FL schools, tracking software for the... View Details

Keywords: Social Enterprise; Innovation Strategy; Information Technology; Education; Business and Community Relations; Education Industry; Education Industry; San Jose; Philadelphia; Ohio; Florida

01 Dec 2009
News

Education Revolution

2009) at the premiere of his latest documentary film, Two Million Minutes: The 21st Century Solution, which focuses on a successful charter school in Arizona. His 2007 film, Two Million Minutes: A Global Examination, followed students... View Details

Keywords: charter schools; Educational Services; Educational Services

07 Nov 2014
News

Investing for the Long Term in Education

Kim Lew (MBA 1992) is chief investment officer of the Carnegie Corporation of New York, where she manages $3.2 billion in assets for the corporation. In this interview, Lew discusses how she works to keep... View Details

January 2006 (Revised March 2006)
Teaching Note

Advanced Competitive Strategy, Notes for Educators 2. Integration in Business Education and Research

By: Jan W. Rivkin

November 2003 (Revised December 2003)
Background Note

Note on School Choice in U.S. Public Education

This note surveys school choice in the United States. School choice characterizes the school assignment of approximately 56% of U.S. school-aged children and, in order of popularity, can be categorized into seven types: residential choice, private schools, intra- and... View Details

Keywords: Education; United States

April 2015
Teaching Note

Yara International: Africa Strategy

By: Michael Porter and Jorge Ramirez-Vallejo

Leading fertilizer producer Yara International demonstrates the concept of creating shared value through the Southern Agricultural Corridor of Tanzania (SAGCOT) initiative, which brought together multiple organizations to enhance agricultural development in rural... View Details

Keywords: Shared Value; Tanzania; Agriculture Reform; Africa; Tanzania

April 2013 (Revised March 2017)
Case

The Struggle Over Public Education in Early America

By: David Moss, Amy Smekar and Gregory DiBella

Educators

February 2021
Teaching Note

Satrix: Competing in the Passive Asset Management Industry in South Africa

By: Mark Egan

July 2011 (Revised August 2011)
Supplement

Renewing GE: The Africa Project (B)

By: David A. Thomas and Stephanie J. Creary

This case continues the story of the evolution of GE's business initiatives Africa. Between November 2010 and March 2011 several significant structural changes and leadership appointments were announced at GE, which reflected the company's commitment to global growth... View Details

Keywords: Organizational Change and Adaptation; Restructuring; Multinational Firms and Management; Developing Countries and Economies; Consumer Products Industry; Hong Kong; Africa; Republic of Ireland

01 Jun 2009
News

Africa on the Move

In February, nearly 1,200 participants from twenty countries gathered at HBS for the Africa Business Club’s 11th annual conference, “Africa on the Move: Transforming Quick Wins into Lasting Change.” With... View Details

Keywords: clubs; Information

11 Jul 2014

HBS Africa Business Club Hosted Information Session in Nairobi

This event is an opportunity to hear directly from current students who are members of the HBS Africa Business Club. The students will present about the MBA program and their experiences at HBS. Advance registration is required. View Details

27 Jun 2016
Blog Post

From Africa to HBS

passionate about Africa and I think we all feed off of each other’s energy in terms of our pursuing our ambitions for ourselves and the continent. I am really excited to see what people will do on the... View Details

April 1992 (Revised June 1993)
Case

Otis South Africa (A)

By: Michael Beer

Otis Worldwide CEO, George David, was frustrated with the slow pace of nonwhite advancement within Otis South Africa. After a few years of trying to elicit action from South African management, he decided to send a 28-year old U.S. employee to take over as the human... View Details

Keywords: Business Subsidiaries; Multinational Firms and Management; Race; Operations; Business Headquarters; Performance Improvement; Human Resources; Cross-Cultural and Cross-Border Issues; Industrial Products Industry; South Africa; United States

2015
Chapter

Studying Elites in Institutions of Higher Education

By: Scott Snook and Rakesh Khurana

Keywords: Organizational Research; Research; Organizations

06 Nov 2006
Research & Ideas

How South Africa Challenges Our Thinking on FDI

More than one decade after the fall of apartheid, and despite ambitious economic reforms by the ANC government, foreign direct investment flows into South Africa averaged around two-thirds less than investments View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace

November 2018 (Revised January 2021)
Case

Peak Investment Capital

By: Richard S. Ruback and Royce Yudkoff

Kobbina Awuah (MBA 2014) became intrigued with the possibility of adapting Entrepreneurship through Acquisition in Ghana, where he grew up and where his family still lived. While he knew he could work for a multi-national enterprise located in Ghana, he was confident... View Details

Keywords: Entrepreneurship In Africa; Entrepreneurship Through Acquisition; Entrepreneurship; Acquisition; Ghana

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