South Africa - Publications - Faculty & Research

Laura Alfaro

Laura Alfaro is the Warren Alpert Professor of Business Administration. At Harvard since 1999, she served as Minister of National Planning and Economic Policy in Costa Rica from 2010-2012, taking a leave from HBS. She is Co-Editor of the Journal of International... View Details

Deepak Malhotra

Deepak Malhotra's teaching, research and advisory work is focused on negotiation, deal-making and conflict resolution. In 2020, Deepak was named MBA Professor of the Year by Poets & Quants. He has won... View Details

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Placement - Doctoral

Placement: Duke University, Fuqua School of Business, Post-Doctoral Fellow (2022-2023); Assistant Professor (2023-) Dissertation: Into the Unknown: Exploring Entrepreneurship and Firm Performance in the Minibus Taxi Industry in South... View Details

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Entrepreneurship - Recruiting

HBS 30% Summer between 1st Year & 2nd Year 21% Locations United States: 78% Mid-Atlantic 1% Midwest 3% Northeast 50% Other United States 1% South 4% Southwest 7% West 13% International: 23% Asia 9% Canada 3% Europe 4% Latin America 3%... View Details

31 Mar 2009
First Look

First Look: March 31, 2009

http://www.hbsp.harvard.edu/b01/en/common/item_detail.jhtml?id=709410 Lapdesk Goes Global—Africa First Harvard Business School Case 809-066 Shane Immelman, founding CEO of the Lapdesk Company of South Africa, is facing a number of... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

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Connect with Clubs - Recruiting

may require yearly sponsorship. Aerospace & Defense Club Co-Presidents James Sorensen jsorensen@mba2026.hbs.edu Ryan Holte rholte@mba2027.hbs.edu Bethany Russell brussell@mba2026.hbs.edu Club Email aero@studentclubs.hbs.edu Africa... View Details

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MBA Experience - Global

Australian & New Zealand Club Canadian Club Central & Eastern European Club European Club Global Business Club Greater China Club LatAm Club Middle East & North Africa Club South Asian Business Association... View Details

2022
Book

Leadership to Last: How Great Leaders Leave Legacies Behind

By: Geoffrey Jones and Tarun Khanna

Society tends to glorify the get-rich-quick entrepreneur who builds a company, takes it public and then (maybe) contributes to charity. In Leadership to Last, Geoffrey Jones and Tarun Khanna discuss the interviews they and other Harvard faculty have undertaken... View Details

Keywords: Innovation; Corruption; Gender; Innovation and Invention; Leadership; Philanthropy and Charitable Giving; Society; India; Pakistan; Bangladesh; Middle East; Africa; Latin America; Philippines

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Employment Data Trends

41% 49% 47% 54% 49% Boston - MA 13% 11% 14% 15% 11% New England (Except Boston) 3% 4% <1% 3% 4% New York - NY 22% 31% 31% 35% 32% Other Northeast 2% 2% 1% 2% 1% South (US) 3% 3% 6% 5% 5% Atlanta - GA 1% 1% <1% 1% <1% Miami - FL 0% 2% 3%... View Details

William R. Kerr

William Kerr is the D’Arbeloff Professor of Business Administration at Harvard Business School. Bill is Senior Associate Dean for Faculty Development and Research, co-director of Harvard’s Managing the Future of Work initiative, and faculty chair of the... View Details

Keywords: communications; computer; consulting; high technology; information technology industry; management consulting; manufacturing; telecommunications; venture capital industry

2013
Working Paper

Entrepreneurs, Firms and Global Wealth since 1850

By: G. Jones

This working paper integrates the role of entrepreneurship and firms into debates on why Asia, Latin America and Africa were slow to catch up with the West following the Industrial Revolution and the advent of modern economic growth. It argues that the currently... View Details

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Sample Student Projects - Institute For Strategy And Competitiveness

Cluster (2016) South Africa The Johannesburg Software Cluster (2017) South Africa Iron Ore Cluster (2013) South... View Details

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About - Global

been a leader in developing field-based research for management education around the world. 2022 Senior Researcher hired in Nairobi to provide research support for the Africa Research Center and growing faculty interest in the region.... View Details

05 Sep 2014
News

Keeping Education in Check

lessons he brought to Bronx Community Elementary School 70. (The children went on to win the state championship, but they also started to perform better in the classroom.) Together, MacEnulty and Berman headed to South View Details

Keywords: Maureen Harmon

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All Locations - Recruiting

Employment Data All Locations Employment Data All Locations All Locations Select a Location to Access Additional Detail Pages: All Locations All Locations Mid-Atlantic (US) Midwest (US) Northeast (US) South (US) Southwest (US) West (US)... View Details

09 Dec 2002
Research & Ideas

Unilever—A Case Study

animal feeds. In Europe, its food business spanned all stages of the industry, from fishing fleets to retail shops. Among its range of ancillary services were shipping, paper, packaging, plastics, and advertising and market research. Unilever also owned a trading... View Details

Keywords: by Geoffrey Jones; Consumer Products; Entertainment & Recreation; Food & Beverage; Manufacturing; Retail

12 Apr 2022
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Racism, Colonialism, and Britain's Legacy of Violence

Britain’s 20th century empire was the largest in human history, with a quarter of the world’s land and nearly 700 million people. Yet the empire drew its strength from violence. That’s the conclusion Harvard Business School Professor Caroline Elkins draws in her new... View Details

Keywords: by Avery Forman

Rosabeth M. Kanter

Rosabeth Moss Kanter holds the Ernest L. Arbuckle Professorship at Harvard Business School, specializing in strategy, innovation, and leadership for change. Her strategic and practical insights guide leaders worldwide through teaching, writing, and direct... View Details

Keywords: accounting industry; advertising; airline; apparel; arts; automobiles; banking; beauty products; beverage; biotechnology; broadcasting; chemical; clothing; communications; computer; consulting; consumer products; e-commerce industry; education industry; electrical equipment; electronics; entertainment; fashion; fast food; federal government; financial services; food; food processing; grocery; health care; high technology; hotels ＆ motels; industrial goods; information; information technology industry; insurance industry; internet; legal services; management consulting; manufacturing; medical supplies; nonprofit industry; oil ＆ gas; petroleum; pharmaceuticals; professional services; publishing industry; real estate; recreation; restaurant; retail financial services; retailing; semiconductor; soft drink; software; sports; state government; telecommunications; textiles; tourism; toy; transportation; travel; utilities; wine

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Entrepreneurship - Faculty & Research

Information Technology Industry ; Technology Industry ; Africa ; Nigeria ; South Africa ; Kenya ; Uganda ; California ; San Francisco Citation Educators Purchase Related... View Details

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National Competitiveness - Institute For Strategy And Competitiveness

Tunisia United Arab Emirates North America Canada Mexico United States Sub-Saharan Africa Botswana Ghana Kenya Madagascar Mauritius Nigeria Rwanda South Africa Tanzania Uganda... View Details

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