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Executive Education - Global

my expertise." Zoya Sakr Co-Founder and Group Editor in Chief Online Lifestyle Network (OLN), UAE "The way the professors look at complex issues and draw out applicable lessons is nothing short of magic." Jad Karam Chief Executive Officer... View Details

05 Jul 2023
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GCC Alumni Celebrate Grand Opening of New Club Center

officials and regional business leaders, in addition to HBS alumni. The program featured inaugural remarks by His Excellency Abdullah Bin Touq Al Marri, UAE Minister of Economy. Other speakers included: Lootah; Zaher Al Munajjed (MBA... View Details

Keywords: Margie Kelley

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Sample Student Projects - Institute For Strategy And Competitiveness

Cluster (2012) Turkey Automotive (2011) Turkey & The Construction Services Cluster (2007) Uganda Uganda Fishing Cluster (2010) United Arab Emirates Dubai Logistics Cluster (2015) Abu Dhabi (UAE) Petrochemical Cluster (2012) Dubai (UAE) Tourism (2011) The Transport and... View Details

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Research - Health Care

UAE for fibroids or adenomyosis were captured from electronic health record timestamps and... May 2024 Article Tepid Uptake of Digital Health Technologies in Clinical Trials by Pharmaceutical and Medical Device Firms By: Caroline Marra... View Details

13 Mar 2023
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Career Journey: Karan Khimji, Co-Founder of 44.01

wells and the rate of CO2 injection affect the mineralization process. We’re also working to refine and improve our technology, for example by trialing using seawater at our site in the UAE. Our next two projects – in the UAE and in Oman... View Details

01 Mar 2016
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Maiden Voyage

is the United Arab Emirates, which formally introduced its UAE Space Agency on May 25, 2015, during the fifth Global Space and Satellite Forum in Abu Dhabi. The agency tapped Khaled Al Hashmi (GMP 11, 2011), an aerospace engineer with... View Details

Keywords: Robert S. Benchley; Space Research and Technology; Government

01 May 2018
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First Look at New Research and Ideas, May 1, 2018

globally? Purchase this case: https://cb.hbsp.harvard.edu/cbmp/product/518071 Harvard Business School Case 918-041 Happy UAE This case centers on the United Arab Emirates' (UAE) national goal of raising the happiness of its residents and... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

01 Mar 2016
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A Club for the Cosmos

In May, as Khaled Al-Hashmi (GMP 11, 2011) was introducing the UAE Space Agency at the Global Space and Satellite Forum in Abu Dhabi, another launch was taking place inside the confines of the larger conference. The Harvard Business... View Details

Keywords: Robert S. Benchley

26 Apr 2022
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Leading on Climate Change

discussed the climate change agenda as an opportunity for economic growth, which attracts new skills and new jobs,” says club Saleh Abdullah Lootah (GMP 10). Almheiri emphasized that leaders in the UAE are accessible and caring, and... View Details

Keywords: Margie Kelley

30 Mar 2016
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Alumni in Middle East Connect Around a ‘Vision’ for the New HBS

reception, enabling 150 alumni and guests from the UAE region to reconnect with classmates and meet other alumni in the area, as well as with HBS faculty members and administrators. The evening featured remarks by Dean Nitin Nohria;... View Details

27 Nov 2023
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Creating Emerging Markets Sustainability Series - Opportunities for Green Entrepreneurship in the Face of Policy Inaction

Creating Emerging Markets Sustainability Series –Opportunities for Green Entrepreneurship in the Face of Policy Inaction Cover image features Adenike Ogunlesi This year’s annual UN conference on climate change, COP28, will take place in Dubai, View Details

21 Mar 2024
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IFC India: Renewable Energy - CleanMax

tremendously since then and taken on financing from global investors like Brookfield Asset Management and the International Finance Corporation (IFC). In 2017, the firm expanded operations beyond India into the UAE and Thailand. CleanMax... View Details

14 Aug 2018
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First Look at New Research and Ideas, August 14, 2018

their true purpose decide to found Careem, a Dubai-based ride-hailing service. Following its launch in July 2012, Careem experiences rapid growth of 30% per month in the UAE and other countries in the MENA region, surpassing the... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne

13 Jan 2021
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Silicon Valley’s “Detroit Moment”

speaking with a worker at the BulkWhiz warehouse. Amira Rashad (MBA 1998) Amira Rashad (MBA 1998) Rashad: I am Amira Rashad. I am founder and CEO of BulkWhiz, an online bulk grocery platform based out of Dubai in the UAE and covering the... View Details

13 Feb 2024
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Harvard Students Reflect on COP28

there’s still a long way to go before we achieve what is necessary to ensure that health through decarbonization is achieved.” Hugh Shirley (center) at COP28 Riad El Soufi, Harvard Graduate School of Design “I think it’s very admirable what the COP team was able to... View Details

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Entrepreneurship Outside the Valley - Course Catalog

hailing service in the MENA region, was founded in the UAE in 2012, three years after Uber was started in San Francisco. Similarly, MecadoLibre, an Argentinian-based ecommerce company often called the Amazon of Latin America, was founded... View Details

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Print View - Course Catalog

business model provides a roadmap for what types of opportunities may success. For example, the Saudi-based food delivery startup Jahez was founded in September 2016, three and a half years after Doordash was founded in Palo Alto. Careem, a ride hailing service in the... View Details

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