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Africa - Global Activities 2021
Africa Africa Developing the Skills to Drive Change in Africa Pictured: When disease outbreaks and other macro shocks occur, many African nations... View Details
- Web
Executive Education - Global
Looking at it with a fresh pair of eyes was interesting." Gloria Nyambok Managing Director KCB Bank Burundi, Africa "There are many things that need to be done from a leadership point of view, but there is also a lot of opportunity."... View Details
- Research Summary
Incentives and Education
(with Bob Slonim and Eric Bettinger)
No Child Left Behind has created an incentive system for schools to increase test scores as well as attendance figures.... View Details
No Child Left Behind has created an incentive system for schools to increase test scores as well as attendance figures.... View Details
- October 2015 (Revised November 2016)
- Background Note
'World-Class' Universities: Rankings and Reputation in Global Higher Education
By: William C. Kirby and Joycelyn W. Eby
Discussions of "world-class" universities have become an academic cottage industry in the 21st century, and definitions of the term are complex and at times contradictory. This background note traces the origins of university ranking systems and their evolution from a... View Details
Keywords: Rankings; University Faculty; University Curriculum; University Administration; Higher Education; Education Industry
Kirby, William C., and Joycelyn W. Eby. "'World-Class' Universities: Rankings and Reputation in Global Higher Education." Harvard Business School Background Note 316-065, October 2015. (Revised November 2016.)
- 02 Jul 2009
- Research Event
Business Summit: The Role of Social Entrepreneurship in Transforming American Public Education
like lack of political will to drive change. Yet amid these formidable barriers, a set of passionate social entrepreneurs are disrupting the status quo in education with innovative and effective approaches... View Details
Keywords: Education
- December 1995 (Revised February 1997)
- Case
Student Educational Loan Fund, Inc.
By: Peter Tufano
Rick Melnick oversees the Student Educational Loan Fund (SELF), which provides loans to Harvard Business School students. SELF is changing the terms of student loans from variable-rate with semiannual payments to fixed-rate loans with equal monthly payments. Melnick... View Details
Tufano, Peter, and Cameron Poetzscher. "Student Educational Loan Fund, Inc." Harvard Business School Case 296-046, December 1995. (Revised February 1997.)
- 25–26 Mar 2022
- HBS Club Events
HBS Africa Business Conference: Reimagining the Road Ahead
We are pleased to welcome you to the 24th Annual Africa Business Conference. The conference will be held on March 25 and 26, 2022 in Boston. The first day of events will be held on Harvard Business School's campus and will be open to all attendees while Day 2 events... View Details
- February 2017 (Revised October 2017)
- Teaching Note
Inclusive Growth in India: The State and Education
By: Akshay Mangla
- 29 Jul 2008
- News
An Educational Start-Up
entrepreneur in his own right. The program has some 250 alumni from 128 institutions and more than 40 countries. Program classes included “Transforming an Educational Institution—Getting Participant-Centered... View Details
- 05 Aug 2010
- News
Re-mastering business education
- 1996
- Other Unpublished Work
Investment and Growth in the Middle East and North Africa
By: Amer Bisat, Mohamed A. El-Erian, Mahmoud El-Gamal and F. Mongelli
- 19 Jun 2023
- News
Inequality in Africa Has Changed from Pre-colonial Times to Today
- April 2011 (Revised April 2014)
- Case
ASAHI Net: Bringing Innovation to Education
By: Hirotaka Takeuchi
ASAHI Net developed a cloud-based platform for higher education institutions to use in Japan and was wondering if that platform could be accepted in the U.S. as well. View Details
Keywords: Higher Education; Information Management; Innovation and Invention; Knowledge Sharing; Knowledge Use and Leverage; Technology Platform; Education Industry; Education Industry; Japan; United States
Takeuchi, Hirotaka. "ASAHI Net: Bringing Innovation to Education." Harvard Business School Case 711-498, April 2011. (Revised April 2014.)
- 2000
- Other Unpublished Work
Administrative Barriers to Foreign Investment: Reducing Red Tape in Africa
By: L. T. Wells Jr., Timothy S. Buehrer, James J. Emery and Melvin T. Spence Jr.
- Jan 2014
- Case
StriveTogether: Reinventing the Local Education Ecosystem
StriveTogether is building a network of communities that use Collective Impact as a way for the business community and other stakeholders to collaborate to improve public education in a locale. The leaders... View Details
- 2015
- Case
Advanced Leadership Pathways: Beatriz Cardoso and Education in Brazil
By: Rosabeth M. Kanter, Daniella Suarez and Ai-Ling Jamila Malone
Beatriz Cardoso, founder of Laboratório de Educação (Education Laboratory) had a dream to propel Brazilian education. However, challenges in fundraising made it difficult to scale up her project, based on helping adults help children improve their literacy skills. To... View Details
Keywords: Social Enterprise; Education; Business Startups; Information Technology; Leading Change; Brazil
Kanter, Rosabeth M., Daniella Suarez, and Ai-Ling Jamila Malone. "Advanced Leadership Pathways: Beatriz Cardoso and Education in Brazil." Harvard Business Publishing Case, 2015. (Harvard Advanced Leadership Initiative.)
- September 2007
- Article
Relevance and Rigor: Executive Education as a Lever in Shaping Practice and Research
By: Michael L. Tushman, Amy Fenollosa, Dan McGrath, Charles A. O'Reilly and Adam Michael Kleinbaum
As professional schools, business schools aspire to couple research rigor with managerial relevance. There has been, however, a concern that business schools are increasingly uncoupled from practice and that business school research lacks real world relevance. This... View Details
Keywords: Business Education; Executive Education; Learning; Teaching; Management; Practice; Research
Tushman, Michael L., Amy Fenollosa, Dan McGrath, Charles A. O'Reilly, and Adam Michael Kleinbaum. "Relevance and Rigor: Executive Education as a Lever in Shaping Practice and Research." Academy of Management Learning & Education 6, no. 3 (September 2007): 345–365.
- 2018
- Chapter
Introduction: Social Policy in the Middle East and North Africa
By: Kristin Fabbe, Melanie Cammett and Marc Lynch
Fabbe, Kristin, Melanie Cammett, and Marc Lynch. "Introduction: Social Policy in the Middle East and North Africa." In Social Policy in the Middle East and North Africa. No. 31. POMEPS Studies. Washington, DC: Project on Middle East Political Science, 2018. Electronic.
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Africa Business Club | MBA
Africa Business Club All recognized student clubs are part of a 501(c)(3) non-profit tax exempt organization, called Student Clubs of HBS, Inc. Each student club at Harvard Business School (HBS) is open to all matriculated HBS students... View Details