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- 21 Mar 2017
- First Look
First Look at New Research, March 21
including its rise to popularity in the United States in the 1800s, and examines the factors that led to its decline in the 20th and 21st centuries. Purchase this case:https://cb.hbsp.harvard.edu/cbmp/product/717444-PDF-ENG Harvard Business School Case 716-073 View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 10 Jul 2018
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, July 10, 2018
gap” was a problem in Nigeria as in many parts of the world. Infrastructure projects like power plants and dams were very large capital investments that could generate long-term consistent cash flows, but their financing and delivery... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 28 Sep 2015
- Research & Ideas
Six Lessons from Mobile Money Ventures in Developing Countries
and Globe Telecom GCASH in the Philippines. He also reviewed five less stellar deployments: Vodacom M-Pesa in South Africa, MTN m-money in Uganda, Eko Financial Services in India, and the broader situations in Nigeria and Brazil. Lesson... View Details
- 23 May 2019
- Book
These Entrepreneurs Take a Pragmatic Approach to Solving Social Problems
ventures. “In Nigeria and across West Africa, there are tremendous opportunities to transform the agricultural landscape,” the Nwunelis said. Kola Masha (MBA 2006) sees smallholder agriculture as the key to tackling poverty and preventing... View Details
- 16 Oct 2012
- First Look
First Look: October 16
and shows that effects of a similar size can be achieved by holding people accountable through feedback text messages, without any meetings or peer pressure. Download the paper: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=42103 Cases & Course MaterialsAlbert 'Jack'... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 15 Feb 2017
- Op-Ed
What Africa Can Teach the United States About Funding Infrastructure Projects
to capture fares and tariffs more completely. Firms like MasterCard and M-Pesa are starting to make this happen today in Africa, from Nigeria to Kenya and from Cairo to Capetown. These tools can apply to stretch the throughput of existing... View Details
- September 2022 (Revised December 2022)
- Case
QED Invests in Africa
By: Álvaro Rodríguez Arregui and James Barnett
In March 2022, investors at venture capital firm QED consider strategy for establishing business in Africa. View Details
Keywords: Analysis; Investment; Geography; Markets; Operations; Strategic Planning; Strategy; Financial Services Industry; Africa; Nigeria; North America; Canada; Europe; Asia; Latin America
Rodríguez Arregui, Álvaro, and James Barnett. "QED Invests in Africa." Harvard Business School Case 823-003, September 2022. (Revised December 2022.)
- 01 Feb 1998
- News
Women at the Top
They came from as far away as Nigeria and as close as Harvard Square, from industries ranging from banking to television. They were entrepreneurs who headed their own companies, senior executives at major corporations, and leaders of... View Details
Keywords: Marguerite Rigoglioso and Susan Young
- 19 Jul 2011
- First Look
First Look: July 19
Business School Case 311-084 In November 2010, WikiLeaks began releasing the first of hundreds of thousands of U.S. diplomatic cables that it had obtained. Among the thousands of cables published by early 2011 were several that shed light on Royal Dutch Shell's... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Sep 2013
- News
Who Are We?
or send them more prepaid airtime directly." With 100,000 unique users in the Ghanaian market, Kourouma hopes to expand soon, eyeing Nigeria as the next potential destination. But ultimately his goal extends beyond the bottom line: "My... View Details
- Teaching Interest
Globalization and Emerging Markets
Globalization and Emerging Markets is designed for students who will be investing, managing a business or nonprofit, or working for a government in an emerging market. The unit of analysis of the course ranges from countries to multinational and domestic companies... View Details
Keywords: Emerging Market; Globalization; BRICS; N11; Resource Allocation; Pakistan; Angola; Dubai; South Korea; South Africa; Turkey; Liberia; China; Brazil; Nigeria
- 01 Dec 2004
- News
Retirement's Changing Face
the ABTI-American University in Nigeria to offer advice on fostering entrepreneurship.) During his travels, Adams found himself wishing he could stay more connected with friends and business contacts who were equally peripatetic in their... View Details
Keywords: Personal Services
- 02 Oct 2018
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, October 2, 2018
70 people) and expanded to four other states in Nigeria and five additional African countries. While both programs were making progress, challenges remained. Sanginga had originally hoped that the agripreneurs program would launch dozens... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- January 2025
- Case
Untapped Global: Financing Africa's Missing Middle
By: Raymond Kluender and Emanuele Colonnelli
In November 2024, Jim Chu, founder and CEO of Untapped Global, faced mounting internal tensions over the company’s strategic direction. Untapped had developed a data-driven revenue-based financing (RBF) model to address the “missing middle” problem—the $5.2 trillion... View Details
Keywords: Social Entrepreneurship; Venture Capital; Working Capital; Private Equity; Financial Strategy; Microfinance; International Finance; Currency Exchange Rate; Profit Sharing; Revenue; Developing Countries and Economies; Economic Growth; Emerging Markets; Mission and Purpose; Small Business; Entrepreneurial Finance; Banking Industry; Financial Services Industry; Information Technology Industry; Technology Industry; Africa; Nigeria; South Africa; Kenya; Uganda; California; San Francisco
Kluender, Raymond, and Emanuele Colonnelli. "Untapped Global: Financing Africa's Missing Middle." Harvard Business School Case 825-056, January 2025.
- 10 Apr 2018
- First Look
First Look at New Research, April 10, 2018
https://cb.hbsp.harvard.edu/cbmp/product/318019 Harvard Business School Case 718-027 Kickstarting Tomato Jos in Nigeria In the spring of 2016, Mira Mehta (HBS 2014), faced a difficult decision. Following a successful Kickstarter campaign... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 22 Jan 2019
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, January 22, 2019
experiencing slowdowns, investors, entrepreneurs, and multinationals are looking elsewhere. They’ve been eyeing frontier economies such as Nigeria and Pakistan with great interest—and enormous trepidation. Can one find serious growth... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 19 Nov 2007
- Lessons from the Classroom
Teaching The Moral Leader
Things Fall Apart, which describes the reactions of an Ibo tribe in Nigeria to the coming of the Christian missionaries and British colonial authorities at the turn of the 20th century. The novel started me thinking about the... View Details
- January 2024
- Case
Mariam Braimah: Designing a Career in Tech
By: Lakshmi Ramarajan, Hannah Riley Bowles and Michael Norris
In 2022, Mariam Braimah, a digital designer working at Netflix, is considering the next move in her career. She has spent several years at Netflix, and in her spare time, using her savings, has founded a design-focused fellowship program and a consumer insights company... View Details
Keywords: Business Startups; Interpersonal Communication; Entrepreneurship; Personal Development and Career; Power and Influence; Technology Industry; Nigeria; United States; New York (city, NY); San Francisco
Ramarajan, Lakshmi, Hannah Riley Bowles, and Michael Norris. "Mariam Braimah: Designing a Career in Tech." Harvard Business School Case 424-030, January 2024.
- Web
Past Issues - Alumni
Food Crisis Just Might Come from Nigeria In one of West Africa's most turbulent countries, HBS alumni entrepreneurs are harnessing the extraordinary power of subsistence farmers. Can they kick-start a green revolution? Complete Table of... View Details
- 12 Jul 2021
- News
Alumni Confront the COVID-19 Crisis
approach to food. We need to think about how we strengthen our SMEs because they are the bedrock of innovation in the ecosystem globally and [in] Nigeria. Nigeria needs to commit to feeding itself and the rest of Africa.” JUNE 22 Among... View Details