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- February 2021
- Teaching Note
Satrix: Competing in the Passive Asset Management Industry in South Africa
By: Mark Egan
- 19 Dec 2005
- Research & Ideas
Public Education Goes to School
Can the art and science of management help public schools improve student performance? In the fall of 2001, faculty and staff from the Harvard Business School (HBS) and the Harvard Graduate School of View Details
- 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
- 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
- 01 Mar 2017
- News
What’s New in Educational Innovation? A Few Highlights
experience in the classroom. Alumni annual giving to the HBS Fund for Leadership and Innovation enables the School to continually innovate in its educational programs. View Details
- June 2009 (Revised October 2009)
- Case
SABIS—A Global Educational Venture From Lebanon
Carl Bistany is struggling with how the global educational management company, SABIS, can grow 100-fold in the coming twelve years. Founded in 1886 in Lebanon, SABIS is the world's largest and only global education management organization (EMO), with schools in the US,... View Details
Keywords: Globalized Firms and Management; Entrepreneurship; Business Education; Growth and Development Strategy; Education Industry; Lebanon
Isenberg, Daniel J. "SABIS—A Global Educational Venture From Lebanon." Harvard Business School Case 809-167, June 2009. (Revised October 2009.)
- June 2002 (Revised November 2005)
- Case
Life, Death, and Property Rights: The Pharmaceutical Industry Faces AIDS in Africa
By: Debora L. Spar
In the final years of the 20th century, the world was hit by a plague of epidemic proportions--AIDS, a life-threatening disease that remained stubbornly immune to any cure or vaccine. In the developed nations of the West, AIDS was slowly brought under control through a... View Details
Keywords: Patents; Health Pandemics; Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact; Pharmaceutical Industry; Africa
Spar, Debora L., and Nick Bartlett. "Life, Death, and Property Rights: The Pharmaceutical Industry Faces AIDS in Africa." Harvard Business School Case 702-049, June 2002. (Revised November 2005.)
- 27 Jun 2023
HBS Perspectives from Africa
Join us in this virtual event to meet Harvard Business School students from Africa and learn more about our MBA Program from their perspective. We look forward to seeing you there! View Details
- 29 Apr 2010
- Working Paper Summaries
The Great Leap Forward: The Political Economy of Education in Brazil, 1889-1930
- 04 Apr 2016
- Blog Post
Meet the Middle East & North Africa Club
The Middle East and North Africa (MENA) Club at HBS aims to strengthen the ties between MENA club members and increase awareness about the MENA region on campus. In addition, the club strives to connect MENA... View Details
- June 2025
- Teaching Note
InstaDeep: AI Innovation Born in Africa (A) and (B)
By: Shikhar Ghosh and Shweta Bagai
- 12 Mar 2019
- Blog Post
What I Learned in the Africa Rising Short Intensive Program
Kosaluchi (Luchi) Nwokeneche-Mmegwa (MBA '20) is from Lagos, Nigeria and graduated with a degree in Public Policy from Princeton University. Prior to HBS, Luchi worked in investment banking and private... View Details
- July 2008 (Revised January 2009)
- Case
Londolozi: Towards a Sustainable Business Model and Ecological Integrity in Southern Africa
By: Rawi E. Abdelal and Thomas Koelble
The Londolozi game viewing reserve in South Africa became a defining icon of ecotourism during the 1990s and early 2000s-that is, a tourist business promoting ecological land management and, at the same time, local economic development. The reserve was in a region in... View Details
Keywords: Developing Countries and Economies; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Business and Community Relations; Business and Government Relations; Environmental Sustainability; Tourism Industry; South Africa
Abdelal, Rawi E., and Thomas Koelble. "Londolozi: Towards a Sustainable Business Model and Ecological Integrity in Southern Africa." Harvard Business School Case 709-001, July 2008. (Revised January 2009.)
- 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
Summit TV, South Africa
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
- 20 Apr 2018
- Working Paper Summaries
Executive Education in the Digital Vortex: The Disruption of the Supply Landscape
Executive Education in the Digital Matrix: The Disruption of the Supply Landscape
Even as the demand for managerial skills continues to grow, executive education worldwide has entered a period of disruption caused by the digitalization of content, connectivity, and communication. The current offerings of many executive education program providers... View Details
- 20 Nov 2018
- Podcast
23. Disruptive Innovation in Action: Reinventing Higher Education
We sat down with Dr. Paul LeBlanc, President of Southern New Hampshire University, to discuss disruptive innovation in higher education. Our conversation touches on Paul’s own background, students’ jobs to be done, competency-based learning, SNHU’s work in refugee... View Details
- 19 Oct 2021
MBA Tour: South Africa
Join Harvard Business School as we take part in the MBA Tour. The MBA Tour events will introduce you to admissions representatives, students, and alumni from a wide variety of schools. Our HBS team will be online and looking forward to... View Details