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  • 05 Jul 2023
  • News

GCC Alumni Celebrate Grand Opening of New Club Center

Sinemale, Director of Corporate Relations, Middle East and Africa at HBS; Sarah Shaw, Lead of Athar Program, HBS Club of GCC; and moderator Keshia Pieters, Senior Policy and Strategy Manager, HBS Club of... View Details
Keywords: Margie Kelley
  • 01 Sep 2023
  • News

Startup Success Beyond Silicon Valley

Professor Paul Gompers visited Endeavor Saudi Arabia, a nonprofit that promotes startups in emerging markets. Pictured are Alpana Thapar and Fares Khrais (both of the Middle East and North Africa Research... View Details
Keywords: Jennifer Mele
  • 16 Jun 2023
  • News

On the Move: Adam Laitsas (MBA 2016)

Our “On the Move” series highlights HBS alumni who are taking on new roles and responsibilities. Here we speak with Adam Laitsas (MBA 2016), who was announced as EVP of International Strategy & Business Operations for the Professional Fighters League (PFL) MENA region... View Details
Keywords: marketing; career changes; mixed martial arts; sports; MENA; Performing Arts, Spectator Sports, and Related Industries; Arts, Entertainment
  • November 2018 (Revised May 2019)
  • Case

Almarai Company: Milk and Modernization in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia

By: Kristin Fabbe, Safwan Al-Amin, Esel Cekin and Natalie Kindred
With SAR 14 billion ($3.7 billion) in 2017 revenues, Almarai was Saudi Arabia’s largest dairy producer, distributor, and marketer, with a large portfolio of branded dairy products, juices, bakery goods, and infant formula and a sales presence across the Gulf region,... View Details
Keywords: Dairy; Agriculture; Kingdom Of Saudi Arabia; Almarai; Schorderet; Food Security; Public Policy; Self Sufficiency; Gulf; GCC; Business And Government; Agribusiness; Marketing; Distribution; Change Management; Leading Change; Strategy; Government and Politics; Policy; Diversification; Integration; Horizontal Integration; Vertical Integration; Food; Brands and Branding; Growth and Development Strategy; Business and Government Relations; Agriculture and Agribusiness Industry; Food and Beverage Industry; Consumer Products Industry; Saudi Arabia; Middle East
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Business History - Faculty & Research

also addressing key challenges such as high infrastructure costs, political centralization, and broader social considerations related to governance and civil engagement. Through an analysis of Rwanda’s regulatory framework, investment incentives, and economic... View Details
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National Competitiveness - Institute For Strategy And Competitiveness

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  • 16 Nov 2023
  • News

Dean Datar Meets with Alumni in Boston

Starting last fall and continuing through this coming year, Dean Srikant Datar is traveling to meet with alumni around the world. On November 8, more than 170 alumni and guests gathered in Klarman Hall to hear the dean discuss how the School is addressing today’s... View Details
  • April 2023 (Revised July 2023)
  • Case

Dena Almansoori at e&: Fostering Culture Change at a UAE Telco Transforming to a Global Techco (Abridged)

By: Emily Truelove, Michelle Zhang and Alpana Thapar
Dena Almansoori, the first female and one of the youngest members of the United Arab Emirates-based e&’s leadership team, joined in 2020 just before e& began a strategic transition from being a regional telecommunications company to becoming a global technology... View Details
Keywords: Technology; Telecommunications; Employee Mobility; Leading Change; Human Resources; Organizational Culture; Transformation; Change Management; Employee Relationship Management; Leadership; Talent and Talent Management; Telecommunications Industry; Technology Industry; Middle East; United Arab Emirates
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Events - Business History

organized by the Program on the Study of Capitalism at Harvard University. Oct 16 16 Oct 2017 Business History Seminar Legal Change and Business Enterprise in the Middle East, 1850 to Present Seven Agir, View Details
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Understanding Entrepreneurial Opportunity in Kazakhstan - Global Activities 2020

Middle East & North Africa Understanding Entrepreneurial Opportunity in Kazakhstan Pictured: Mikheil Lomtadze (MBA 2002) returned to the HBS classroom as a case protagonist. In mid-2018, Mikheil Lomtadze... View Details

    Richard H.K. Vietor

    Professor Vietor is Baker Foundation Professor of Business Administration at the Harvard Business School. He teaches courses on the international political economy. Before coming to the Business School in 1978, Professor Vietor held faculty appointments at Virginia... View Details

    Keywords: energy; oil ＆ gas; petroleum; railroad; shipping

      Dante Roscini

      Dante Roscini holds the Professor of Management Practice Chair endowed by the MBA Class of 1952 at Harvard Business School. He joined the faculty in 2008 after a two-decades-long career in finance. He currently teaches the course Business, Government, and the... View Details

      • September 2021
      • Case

      Ensuring Your Family’s Future: The Alagil Family Office

      By: Lauren Cohen, Esel Çekin and Fares Khrais
      Muhammad Alagil was a second-generation leader in the well-known Alagil Family Group of businesses in Saudi Arabia and co-founder and chairman of its family office, Jarir Company for Commercial Investments (Jarir Investments). The case opens in 2021 with Alagil... View Details
      Keywords: Family Office; Second-generation; Third-generation; Investments; Philanthropy; Family Business; Investment; Finance; Financial Markets; Philanthropy and Charitable Giving; Saudi Arabia; Middle East
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      • August 2023
      • Case

      Kariyer.net: Recruiting AI

      By: Shunyuan Zhang, Fares Khrais and Namrata Arora
      In 2017, Fatih Uysal (AMP 2021) became CEO of Kariyer.net. By then, the business was already the industry leading online job board in Turkey. However, faced with stalling growth, a turbulent macroenvironment, and growing competition from international players, Uysal... View Details
      Keywords: Online Technology; Marketing; Websites; Artificial Intelligence; Innovation; Two-sided Platforms; Internet and the Web; Product Launch; Product Positioning; Job Search; Employment; Transformation; Volatility; Innovation and Invention; Disruptive Innovation; Management Practices and Processes; Business Growth and Maturation; Competitive Strategy; Business Startups; Talent and Talent Management; Cost vs Benefits; Macroeconomics; Corporate Entrepreneurship; Emerging Markets; Digital Platforms; Employment Industry; Information Technology Industry; Technology Industry; Middle East; Turkey
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      • 01 Sep 2023
      • News

      Global Outposts Expand HBS’s Intellectual Footprint

      Since taking over as CEO of Tata Steel in 2013, T. V. Narendran had sought to transform India’s oldest steel manufacturing firm to ready it for a rapidly evolving business world. He instilled financial discipline, acquired new businesses, and launched digital... View Details
      Keywords: Jennifer Gillespie
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      Data Privacy Statement (MENA) - Global

      Middle East & North Africa Dubai, Istanbul, Tel Aviv Data Privacy Statement Pursuant to Law No. 6698 on the Protection of Personal Data of Turkey (hereinafter “Law”) entered into force on April 7, 2016 after... View Details
      • October 2020 (Revised December 2020)
      • Case

      AfricInvest: A Pan-African Investment Platform

      By: Victoria Ivashina and Youssef Abdel Aal
      The case is set in December 2018, when Ziad Oueslati, co-managing director and co-founder of AfricInvest, a leading pan-African private equity firm headquartered in Tunisia, was reflecting on the future direction of his firm. AfricInvest started as a traditional small... View Details
      Keywords: Finance; Private Equity; Venture Capital; Strategy; Governance; Financial Services Industry; Tunisia; Africa; Middle East
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      Global Opportunity Fellowship GO: AFRICA - Alumni

      (one of the 54 recognized states in Africa or 10 non-sovereign territories). Applicants who are reside, work, or are based outside of Africa but focus their work on Africa and/or travel to the region regularly for business are ineligible for the fellowship. Are... View Details
      • 2021
      • Book

      The Power of Trust: How Companies Build It, Lose It, Regain It

      By: Sandra J. Sucher and Shalene Gupta
      Trust is the most powerful force underlying the success of every business. Yet it can be shattered in an instant, with a devastating impact on a company’s market cap and reputation. How to build and sustain trust requires fresh insight into why customers, employees,... View Details
      Keywords: Power; Corporate Culture; Future Of Work; Innovation; Technology Strategy; Automation; Stakeholder Engagement; Employee Attitude; Customer Behavior; Shareholder Value; Government And Business; Impact Investing; Corporate Change And Sustainability; Trust; Power and Influence; Globalization; Leadership; Organizational Culture; Innovation and Invention; Human Resources; Information Technology; Strategy; Corporate Accountability; Asia; Europe; South America; Middle East; North and Central America
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      • 01 May 2013
      • News

      Thomas S. Volpe, MBA 1976

      early stages of numerous successful start-ups, including Genentech’s dramatic public launch in 1980. Currently, Volpe continues to invest in entrepreneurial ventures, serves on numerous boards, and travels frequently to the Middle View Details