China In Africa - Publications - Faculty & Research

Charles B. Wang

Realizing that most of the software industry’s products were not responsive to the demands of its customers, Wang founded CA in 1976 with the intent to change that. Though Wang has made numerous acquisitions since CA’s inception, he... View Details

Keywords: Services

15 Jun 2021
News

Alumni Achievement Awards 2021

At HBS, I actively engaged in building the Africa Business Club and ramping up the Social Enterprise Initiative. This period really shaped my career focus and propelled my desire to return to Nigeria. Over... View Details

Profile

Amy Sennett

With her undergraduate background in international relations, Amy Sennett’s fellowship at the China Foreign Affairs University, where she taught oral English and current events, was a natural fit for her... View Details

01 Dec 2019
News

Capitalizing the Corner Shop

Valley and other more established global tech meccas; Africa can export great ideas, too, he says. “We’re building world-class technology in emerging markets. So our technology can succeed View Details

Keywords: Dan Morrell

Profile

Lauren Booker

Living a growth story Lauren visited Asia for the first time through the January "Growing Pains on the Mainland" China IXP. "We gained direct exposure to the economic growth story," Lauren says. "We explored... View Details

28 Mar 2011
Research & Ideas

Why Manufacturing Matters

any individual company, it is often better, in the short or intermediate term, to outsource production to an overseas supplier. The company can buy manufacturing services at a much lower rate if it goes to View Details

Keywords: by Roger Thompson; Manufacturing

01 Sep 2004
News

Richard J. Stillman (MBA 1940)

A Michigan native and graduate of the University of Southern California, Richard Stillman served full-time in the U.S. Army from 1942 to 1965. His military career, during which he rose to the rank of colonel and command of the Third... View Details

30 Jun 2008
Research & Ideas

Rethinking Retirement Planning

United Kingdom. So stay tuned. Retirement as we know it is an evolving concept. For one person it may be the classic vision of a condo on a golf course in Florida. For another, a sojourn in View Details

Keywords: by Julia Hanna; Banking; Financial Services

01 Sep 2024
News

The Exchange: Lessons from the Edge

Image by John Ritter Professors Geoff Jones and Tarun Khanna had been toiling away from their respective HBS offices for many years, each of them interested in emerging markets but expressed through different disciplines: Jones, a historian, was studying how the world... View Details

Keywords: Jen McFarland Flint; Educational Support Services; Educational Services

21 Dec 2021
Blog Post

Launch Codes

The first HBS New Venture Competition was held in 1997, in the era of PalmPilot and RealPlayer. And while the tech landscape has changed dramatically since then, many of the core lessons of the... View Details

Keywords: Dan Morrell; illustrations by Alvaro Dominguez

01 Dec 2016
News

Is Cash the Best Form of Charity?

quickly, to more than 200 employees. And GiveDirectly continues to push the envelope, recently announcing a universal basic income pilot in East Africa with the goal of providing regular cash payments to... View Details

Keywords: April White

01 Dec 2017
News

Environmental Impact

received at the School and the impact it has had on my life,” says McCaw. “I’m delighted HBS is taking a more active role in Africa and pleased that we can support that effort.” View Details

21 Mar 2016
Blog Post

MBA/MPA-ID: The Intersection of Policy and Business

honing different and yet comparably important skills for business and policy global leaders. Born and raised in Kampala, Uganda, I was probably predisposed to develop passions contiguous to the phenomenon of development, which arguably... View Details

June 2013
Supplement

Will RacingThePlanet Ltd. Reach the Finish Line? (Spreadsheet Supplement)

This is the spreadsheet supplement for the "Will RacingThePlanet Ltd. Reach the Finish Line?" case #807148. It contains exhibits 4 and 9. View Details

Keywords: Entrepreneurs; Global Ventures; Global Operations; Marathons; Sports Management; Early Stage; Entrepreneurship; Global Strategy; Operations; Sports Industry; Hong Kong; Mongolia; Egypt; Antarctica; Chile

Citation

Purchase

May 2011
Teaching Note

The Dutch Flower Cluster (TN)

By: Jorge Ramirez-Vallejo and Michael E. Porter

Teaching Note for 711507. View Details

Keywords: Customer Value and Value Chain; Auctions; Industry Clusters; Competition; Plant-Based Agribusiness; Netherlands; China; Colombia; Ecuador; Kenya

Citation

Purchase

21 Dec 2017
News

A Decent Place to Live

Tjada D’Oyen McKenna (MBA 2002) is chief operating officer of Habitat for Humanity International. In this interview she talks about the critical importance of providing decent housing for people around the world. “I have the privilege and... View Details

22 Mar 2018
Blog Post

“Mission + Profit: What’s the Balance?” asks SECON 2018

is helping small-holder farmers in sub-Saharan Africa thrive, it was clear that OAF is living up to its mission of putting Farmers First. Over the past 10 years, OAF has grown from operating View Details

Keywords: Manufacturing; Nonprofit / Government; Technology; Entrepreneurship; Health Care

01 Dec 2016
News

Takeaways

make additional efforts to infuse scaling into the DNA of their business models, and institute appropriate strategies for recruiting and retaining talent, leveraging financing and partnerships for scaling impact.” —Ndidi Okonkwo Nwuneli (MBA 1999), Social Innovation... View Details

01 Dec 1999
News

Ceiling Unlimited

Carl Chen (24th OPM) has come a long way. The Long Beach, California, Press-Telegram (September 13, 1999) reported that when Chen was four years old, his family fled mainland China for Taiwan. In 1968, he... View Details

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