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Nneka Ezeigwe

'Where are you from?' is a question I struggle to answer. I pause when asked, and finally mumble a response that feels roughly accurate. Truth is: I'm part tourist, part native in many places. I'm frequently described as 'lucky' to have... View Details

22 Sep 2003
Research & Ideas

How Businesses Can Respond to AIDS

Much like how disruptive technologies can threaten established businesses, the growing epidemic of AIDS has the power to blindside and possibly topple companies who choose to ignore the threat, participants concluded at a Harvard Business School conference.... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace

20 Jan 2017
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Bringing Power to the People

building a solar plant of 100 megawatts that will supply power to roughly 200,000 people. And it will be at the cheapest price ever in the region. “We are going to build a solar plant in Mozambique. The... View Details

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AllWorld Network - Institute For Strategy And Competitiveness

founded in 2011. The organization’s mission is make visible the scalable growth entrepreneurs of the emerging world, creating the largest information system and network of growth entrepreneurs. Expanding the world’s entrepreneurial... View Details

17 Jul 2020
News

Support System

of their harvest or the ability to move their product beyond Africa to be marketed and sold. The result? They take what they could get from the traders who showed up in the village with trucks from time to... View Details

Keywords: Maureen Harmon

01 Jun 2017
News

Supercharged

promise of better charging infrastructure, and evolving trends in foreign markets all indicate that EVs are approaching a global tipping point. But with political winds imperiling government incentives in... View Details

Keywords: Alexander Gelfand; illustrations by Tavis Coburn

01 Dec 2017
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The Power of Cultural Understanding

and natural gas company in the Middle East. “When I was at HBS it was clearly the world’s leading business school. What it has become even more today is the leading business school for the world,” says Jafar, who has served on the... View Details

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Hakeem Belo-Osagie | Baker Library

Hakeem Belo-Osagie MBA 1980, United Bank for Africa Play Video duration: 40:14 Hakeem Belo-Osagie, HBS 1980. Interview conducted in March 2002 Hakeem Belo-Osagie, HBS 1980, grew up View Details

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Resources on Indian Business History - Creating Emerging Markets

of Entrepreneurs: How China and India Are Reshaping Their Futures -- and Yours Tarun Khanna Scholarly Articles Apr 2014 Business History Review Special Edition 88, no. 1 Business, Networks, and the State in... View Details

24 Apr 2014
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Dreaming big for Africa’s future

and power generation. Helios also annually contributes a fixed percentage of its gross fee income to nonprofit groups and programs in Africa that improve access to education and health care for the... View Details

01 Dec 2018
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Action Plan: The Power of Story

you were to where you are.” Henderson brings his story to audiences from LA to South Africa as managing director of the leadership development firm Henderson, Harper & Associates. Its power lies in its... View Details

Keywords: Ryan Jones

15 Apr 2014
Research & Ideas

Calderón: Economic Arguments Needed to Fight Climate Change

What do Chinese coal plants and the American legislative branch have in common? They are both major adversaries in the fight against climate change, according to former President of Mexico Felipe Calderón. "The most serious problem is in the United States... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel; Manufacturing

10 Feb 2016
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Helping Young African MBAs Go Home

As a student member of the Africa Business Club, Tomiwa Igun (MBA 2012) learned how companies on the continent are struggling to find experienced managers to lead their organizations—and also how many young Africans are leaving their... View Details

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Nathalie duPreez

disadvantage. It's the fact that their parents often do not have the resources to inspire them to achieve their dreams. For generations, structural change in Africa has seemed impossible. But while she is a... View Details

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Mi Zhou

dinners with my sectionmates; intimate, small-group gatherings.” For her summer internship, Mi will invest her time in Hong Kong, where she will conduct equity research. “I eventually want to work in View Details

30 Sep 2015
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The Power of Service

explains Reilly, who cofounded City Year in Boston in 1988 with Harvard friends Michael Brown (HLS 1988), Alan Khazei (HLS 1987), and Neil Silverston (HBS 1987). At the quarter-century mark, the nonprofit... View Details

13 Sep 2016
First Look

September 13, 2016

Ning Tang, founder and CEO, chart the future strategic direction of CreditEase? Purchase this case: https://cb.hbsp.harvard.edu/cbmp/product/316151-PDF-ENG Harvard Business School Case 316-185 Augustine Heard & Co.: Building a Family Business View Details

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Caterpillar Tractor Co. - Photography Collections - Historical Collections

construction. Letters from sales representatives detailing their experiences, for example, in remote towns and villages of Africa or Asia, accompany some of the images. Copyright © Presidents and Fellows of... View Details

20 May 2016
Op-Ed

World Health Organization Lacks Leadership to Combat Pandemics

When it comes to emergency preparedness for pandemics, the World Health Organization is falling short. It has not provided prompt and clear leadership to the world in combating either the Ebola or Zika viruses. Its leadership has been low... View Details

Keywords: by John Quelch; Health

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Adil Seetal

Before he even made the move from his home in Mauritius to Oxford University, Adil Seetal had already established his major: engineering. While he liked the analytical part of engineering, Adil "missed the interaction with people. I... View Details

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