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  • October 1994
  • Teaching Note

Fleetwood Enterprises, Inc.,1990 (TN)

By: Timothy A. Luehrman
Teaching Note for (9-293-013). View Details
Keywords: Manufacturing Industry; Iraq; Kuwait
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Luehrman, Timothy A. "Fleetwood Enterprises, Inc.,1990 (TN)." Harvard Business School Teaching Note 295-054, October 1994.
  • June 2019 (Revised July 2019)
  • Case

Building a Meritocracy at Alghanim Industries

By: Paul M. Healy, Susanna Gallani and Esel Çekin
Building on his father’s legacy, Omar Alghanim (MBA 2002) had been working on strengthening a performance-driven culture based on meritocracy in the family business, Alghanim Industries. The task had been particularly challenging because of traditional Middle East... View Details
Keywords: Meritocracy; Social Norms; Family Business; Organizational Culture; Performance; Diversity; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Middle East; Kuwait
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Healy, Paul M., Susanna Gallani, and Esel Çekin. "Building a Meritocracy at Alghanim Industries." Harvard Business School Case 119-019, June 2019. (Revised July 2019.)
  • June 2014 (Revised January 2017)
  • Supplement

YAAS's Service Center (B)

By: Brian Hall and Sara del Nido
This case is about a compensation change at an automotive service company in the Middle East. The case allows investigation and analysis of many issues related to compensation design and human resource management, and even change management. The focus of the case is... View Details
Keywords: Compensation; Emotions; Values; Human Resources; Labor; Negotiation; Organizations; Social Psychology; Value Creation; Motivation and Incentives; Auto Industry; Service Industry; Kuwait; Middle East
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Hall, Brian, and Sara del Nido. "YAAS's Service Center (B)." Harvard Business School Supplement 914-050, June 2014. (Revised January 2017.)
  • 01 May 2014
  • News

Talent Show

  • July 2009
  • Teaching Note

Khosla Ventures: Biofuels Strategy (TN)

By: Joseph B. Lassiter III
Teaching Note for [809004]. View Details
Keywords: Partners and Partnerships; Growth and Development; Financing and Loans; Investment; Emerging Markets; Renewable Energy; Biotechnology Industry; Energy Industry; Singapore; Kuwait; China
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Lassiter, Joseph B., III. "Khosla Ventures: Biofuels Strategy (TN)." Harvard Business School Teaching Note 810-015, July 2009.
  • November 2008
  • Teaching Note

Crossing Borders: MTC's Journey through Africa (TN)

By: Tarun Khanna
Teaching Note for [708477]. View Details
Keywords: Growth and Development; Monopoly; Strategic Planning; Mergers and Acquisitions; Leadership; Cross-Cultural and Cross-Border Issues; Competition; Developing Countries and Economies; Brands and Branding; Culture; Telecommunications Industry; Kuwait; Africa
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Khanna, Tarun. "Crossing Borders: MTC's Journey through Africa (TN)." Harvard Business School Teaching Note 709-453, November 2008.
  • March 2008 (Revised October 2009)
  • Case

Crossing Borders: MTC's Journey through Africa

By: Tarun Khanna and Ayesha Khan
This is the story of MTC, a Kuwaiti telecom company that has grown from a sleepy, state monopoly to become one of the fastest growing telecom companies in the world, with the largest regional footprint across the Middle East and Africa. The CEO of the company, Dr. Saad... View Details
Keywords: Mergers and Acquisitions; Cross-Cultural and Cross-Border Issues; Global Strategy; Globalized Firms and Management; Growth and Development Strategy; Emerging Markets; Telecommunications Industry; Africa; Kuwait
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Khanna, Tarun, and Ayesha Khan. "Crossing Borders: MTC's Journey through Africa." Harvard Business School Case 708-477, March 2008. (Revised October 2009.)
  • 30 Oct 2019
  • Video

Kutayba Alghanim

Kutayba Alghanim, Chairman of Kuwait-based Alghanim Industries, a highly diversified business group, talks of his activities facilitating education, including his involvement with the US non-profit organization... View Details
  • 30 Oct 2019
  • Video

Kutayba Alghanim

Kutayba Alghanim, Chairman of Kuwait-based Alghanim Industries, a highly diversified business group, discusses how to create a corporate culture which motivates employees of many different nationalities to be... View Details
  • 22 Feb 2022
  • News

Turning Point: Ready or Not

and is an adjunct faculty member teaching digital marketing at NYU and Rutgers. He has shared stories of growing up in Dubai and Kuwait on RISK! and The Moth Radio Hour. View Details
Keywords: reflection; life experience; leadership
  • 01 Dec 2015
  • News

Ink

the Startup Grind in Kuwait City Verses Please come right in and take a seat We’re very glad you’re here! Can’t wait to tell you all the things we’re planning for the year. The sign-in sheet is going ‘round; make sure your name is clear... View Details
  • June 2014 (Revised January 2017)
  • Supplement

YAAS's Service Center (C)

By: Brian Hall and Sara del Nido
This case is about a compensation change at an automotive service company in the Middle East. The case allows investigation and analysis of many issues related to compensation design and human resource management, and even change management. The focus of the case is... View Details
Keywords: Compensation; Emotions; Values; Human Resources; Labor; Negotiation; Organizations; Social Psychology; Value Creation; Motivation and Incentives; Auto Industry; Service Industry; Kuwait; Middle East
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Hall, Brian, and Sara del Nido. "YAAS's Service Center (C)." Harvard Business School Supplement 914-051, June 2014. (Revised January 2017.)
  • May 2025
  • Teaching Note

Boutiqaat: Influencing Retail in MENA

By: Juan Alcacer and Noor Al Qadhi
Boutiqaat, a Kuwait-based e-commerce platform, scaled an influencer-driven beauty retail model across MENA and now faces critical strategic choices about offline expansion and globalization. Founded in 2015, Boutiqaat combined social commerce, localized logistics, and... View Details
Keywords: Emerging Markets; Digital Strategy; Growth and Development; Beauty and Cosmetics Industry; Retail Industry; Kuwait; Saudi Arabia; Middle East; North Africa
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Alcacer, Juan, and Noor Al Qadhi. "Boutiqaat: Influencing Retail in MENA." Harvard Business School Teaching Note 725-463, May 2025.
  • 22 Nov 2011
  • First Look

First Look: November 22

case:http://cb.hbsp.harvard.edu/cb/product/511137-PDF-ENG The K-Dow Petrochemicals Joint Venture Guhan Subramanian, James K. Sebenius, Phillip Andrews, and Rhea GhoshHarvard Business School Case 912-002 In 2007, the Dow Chemical Company and the View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • May 2025
  • Case

Boutiqaat: Influencing Retail in MENA

By: Juan Alcacer and Noor Al Qadhi
Boutiqaat, a Kuwait-based e-commerce platform, scaled an influencer-driven beauty retail model across MENA and now faces critical strategic choices about offline expansion and globalization. Founded in 2015, Boutiqaat combined social commerce, localized logistics, and... View Details
Keywords: Emerging Markets; Digital Strategy; Growth and Development; Beauty and Cosmetics Industry; Retail Industry; Kuwait; Saudi Arabia; Middle East; North Africa
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Alcacer, Juan, and Noor Al Qadhi. "Boutiqaat: Influencing Retail in MENA." Harvard Business School Case 725-462, May 2025.
  • 03 Mar 2014
  • News

A Life Transformed

in Kuwait against nearly 2,000 other applicants. It was there that Parija came to the attention of two high-level executives who were HBS alumni—Aubyn Hill (MBA 1978) and Amal Wahab (MBA 1987). "I was extremely impressed with these two... View Details
Keywords: Robert S. Benchley; Finance; Transportation
  • 1987
  • Book

Banking and Oil

By: Geoffrey Jones
This is the second of two volumes of a business history of a major British bank in the Middle East. Volume 1 traces the history of the bank from its foundation in 1889 as The Imperial Bank of Persia, through the years it was the state bank of Iran, and its... View Details
Keywords: Mergers and Acquisitions; Economics; Banks and Banking; Government and Politics; Growth and Development; Business History; Problems and Challenges; Iran; Jordan; Kuwait; Oman; Dubai
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Jones, Geoffrey. Banking and Oil. Vol. 2, History of the British Bank of the Middle East. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1987.
  • 16 Jul 2013
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First Look: July 16

http://hbr.org/search/613053-PDF-ENG Harvard Business School Case 413-107 Ibrahim Dabdoub at the National Bank of Kuwait Ibrahim Dabdoub, the group chief executive of the National Bank of Kuwait (NBK),... View Details
Keywords: Anna Secino
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