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Said Darwazah
Said Darwazah, Executive Chairman and CEO of Hikma Pharmaceuticals PLC, argues that transitioning to a publicly held company ensures the continuity of a previously family-owned business. View Details
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Ghassan E. Nuqul
Ghassan E. Nuqul, Chairman of the Nuqul Group, explains the origins of the Elia Nuqul Foundation in 2008, and discusses the group’s CSR projects in Jordan and elsewhere in MENA. View Details
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Ghassan E. Nuqul
Ghassan E. Nuqul, Chairman of the Nuqul Group, discusses the energy-efficient technologies and investments in renewable forestry that form part of his group’s commitment to sustainable business. View Details
- 04 Feb 2020
- Video
Güler Sabancı
Güler Sabancı, head of the Turkey-based diversified business group Sabancı Holding, discusses her strategy of managing risk when doing business in another country by focusing on having a local partner,... View Details
- 15 Jan 2020
- Video
Cem Boyner
Cem Boyner, Chair of Boyner Holdings, one of the largest retail groups in Turkey, discusses the introduction of his company's innovative Advantage card and how this increased the consumer's ability to spend more. View Details
- 15 Jan 2020
- Video
Rahmi M. Koç
Rahmi Koç, former Chair of of Koç Holding, the largest diversified business group in Turkey, relates how difficult it is to bring foreign investments to Turkey, in part due to its location in a volatile region... View Details
- 05 Sep 2014
- Blog Post
CPD on the Road in Manila
is the largest English-speaking online market in East Asia. According to Kleiner Perkins’ 2014 recent Internet Trends Report, the Philippines is one of the world’s top 5 fastest growing internet markets, with 18% growth in 2012 and 27%... View Details
- Portrait Project
Amer M. Lahham
I am standing on a Jerusalem hilltop, moments from signing the treaty of peace in the Middle East. I look east and I see Palestine, I look west and I see Israel. Accord is finally here. This moment has been... View Details
- Web
Global Activities 2020-2021 - Global Activities 2021
it with the earned-income component it needed to scale. HBS Online Blog Post Middle East and North Africa Helping Leaders Chart an Ethical Path Professor Nien-hê Hsieh wrote the case “Cedar Environmental:... View Details
- Research Summary
Overview
By: Shikhar Ghosh
I am focused on exploring the human side of developing early stage entrepreneurial ventures. These enterprises are characterized by the pursuit of opportunity, shortage of resources to pursue their goals and uncertainty at every step of the journey. Some of the... View Details
- September 2018 (Revised November 2018)
- Case
From Beirut With Love (A)
By: Christina R. Wing, Esel Y. Cekin and Samer Al-Rachedy
This case describes how Robert Fadel, CEO and chairman of ABC, one of Lebanon’s leading retail and real estate groups, professionalized the family business. Robert was the second son of the company’s founder, Maurice Fadel, who had run it single-handedly. Concerned... View Details
Keywords: Family Conflicts; Sibling Rivalry; Second-generation; Foundation; Trust; Work-life Balance; Succession Planning; Corporate Culture; Shareholders; Board Of Directors; Retail; Department Store; Shopping Mall; Real Estate; Growth; Non-executive Chairman; Sustainability; Family Business; Conflict Management; Management Succession; Governance; Leadership; Transformation; Leading Change; Organizational Structure; Management; Growth and Development; Retail Industry; Real Estate Industry; Lebanon; Middle East
Wing, Christina R., Esel Y. Cekin, and Samer Al-Rachedy. "From Beirut With Love (A)." Harvard Business School Case 619-024, September 2018. (Revised November 2018.)
- September 2017 (Revised February 2018)
- Case
Becton Dickinson: Global Health Strategy
By: Mark R. Kramer and Sarah Mehta
Becton, Dickinson and Company (BD) was a medical technology firm headquartered in Franklin Lakes, New Jersey, with 43,000 employees and 2016 revenues of $12.5 billion. For several years, the company had pursued developing products that created shared value, defined as... View Details
Keywords: Shared Value; Creating Shared Value; Odon Device; Medical Technology; Value Creation; Values and Beliefs; Philanthropy and Charitable Giving; Health; Health Care and Treatment; Health Testing and Trials; Emerging Markets; Social Issues; Competitive Strategy; Medical Devices and Supplies Industry; Africa; Asia; Middle East
Kramer, Mark R., and Sarah Mehta. "Becton Dickinson: Global Health Strategy." Harvard Business School Case 718-406, September 2017. (Revised February 2018.)
- March 2021 (Revised December 2021)
- Case
Cedar Environmental: Innovation vs. Corruption in Lebanon?
By: Nien-hê Hsieh and Youssef Abdel Aal
The case follows Ziad Abi Chaker, founder and CEO of Cedar Environmental, as he weighs options for how to grow the company in the face of growing economic and political instability in Lebanon in 2019.
Founded after the Lebanese civil war, Cedar... View Details
Founded after the Lebanese civil war, Cedar... View Details
Keywords: Waste Management; Recycling; Corruption; Leadership & Corporate Accountability; Business And Government; Social Entrepreneurship; Environmental Sustainability; Green Technology; Pollution; Entrepreneurship; Business and Government Relations; Crime and Corruption; Technological Innovation; Growth and Development Strategy; Business Strategy; Expansion; Corporate Accountability; Green Technology Industry; Middle East; Lebanon
Hsieh, Nien-hê, and Youssef Abdel Aal. "Cedar Environmental: Innovation vs. Corruption in Lebanon?" Harvard Business School Case 321-114, March 2021. (Revised December 2021.)
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Adib AlZamil
Adib AlZamil, CEO of Zamil Group Holding Company, describes a rising workforce participation rate among Saudi women and explains his views on the factors which led to this change. View Details
- November 2018 (Revised April 2019)
- Technical Note
Saudi Arabia: A Brief Background
By: Kristin Fabbe, Natalie Kindred and Safwan Al-Amin
This note provides a brief overview of the history of Saudi Arabia as well as the economic and political context in 2018. The note is an essential supplement to the case “Almarai Company: Milk and Modernization in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia,” HBS No. 719-020, but is... View Details
Keywords: Kingdom Of Saudi Arabia; Public Policy; Economic Development; Monarchy; Islam; Gulf; GCC; Business And Government; Vision 2030; National Strategy; Economic Diversification; OPEC; Oil; Energy Policy; Strategy; Government and Politics; Policy; Diversification; Economy; Energy; History; Saudi Arabia; Middle East
Fabbe, Kristin, Natalie Kindred, and Safwan Al-Amin. "Saudi Arabia: A Brief Background." Harvard Business School Technical Note 719-043, November 2018. (Revised April 2019.)
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Hani Berzi
Hani Berzi, founder and CEO of Egypt-based Edita Food Industries, explains the positioning of Edita’s packed croissants ‘Molto’ as a mass product in the Egyptian market. View Details
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Hani Berzi
Hani Berzi, founder and CEO of Egypt-based Edita Food Industries, discusses his company’s multi-price-point strategy for navigating high inflation in Egypt. View Details
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Neveen El Tahri
Neveen El Tahri, Chairperson of Delta Shield for Investment, describes an increased interest in entrepreneurship among youth in the country particularly since the 2011 Egyptian revolution. View Details
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Helmy Abouleish
Helmy Abouleish, CEO of the SEKEM Initiative, outlines the principles of biodynamic farming and how they relate to sustainable economic, ecological, social, and cultural development. View Details