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- January 2014
- Case
Anglo American: Implementing a 'Social Way' for Global Mining
By: Christopher Marquis, David Plumb, Tom Blathwayt and Zoe Yang
The mining giant Anglo American attempts to differentiate itself through its social performance, yet public expectations are still growing. Maintaining a "social license" to operate was increasingly challenging and critical to business success.
The case... View Details
Keywords: Global Mining; Localization; Socioeconomic Issues; Procurement; Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact; Supply Chain Management; Globalization; Reputation; Emerging Markets; Mining Industry; South Africa
Marquis, Christopher, David Plumb, Tom Blathwayt, and Zoe Yang. "Anglo American: Implementing a 'Social Way' for Global Mining." Harvard Business School Case 414-063, January 2014.
- January 2005
- Supplement
Irene Charnley at Johnnic Group (C)
By: Linda A. Hill and Maria Farkas
Supplements the (A) case. View Details
Hill, Linda A., and Maria Farkas. "Irene Charnley at Johnnic Group (C)." Harvard Business School Supplement 405-061, January 2005.
- 28 May 2019
- News
Action Plan: Border Crossing
Rawdon: Fostering a global spirit of cultural connection (photo by Stella Kalinina) Growing up, Leigh Rawdon (MBA 2001) didn’t travel internationally with her family. But she loved to listen to the stories her globe-trotting aunt told of far-off destinations, from... View Details
Keywords: Julia Hanna
- January 2025
- Case
PayJoy: Financing for the Next Billion
By: Boris Groysberg and Sarah L. Abbott
PayJoy, an impact-driven financial technology company founded in 2015, provides smartphone financing and other financial products to customers who lack access to traditional credit products. As of early 2025, PayJoy had issued $2.5 billion in loans to 13 million... View Details
Keywords: Social Impact; Fintech; Underbanked; Algorithm; Data Analysis; Technology; Business Startups; Business Model; Growth and Development; Information Technology; Social Enterprise; Developing Countries and Economies; Credit; Mission and Purpose; Entrepreneurship; Financing and Loans; Financial Services Industry; Technology Industry; South America; South Africa; Asia; Latin America; Africa; Southeast Asia
Groysberg, Boris, and Sarah L. Abbott. "PayJoy: Financing for the Next Billion." Harvard Business School Case 425-036, January 2025.
- 01 Jun 2004
- News
Life Lessons
that drives economic advancement and development. It’s a process she’d eventually like to go home and be part of: “I believe,” she says, “in South Africa and its future.” —GE Rob Sundy Sundy at Harvard... View Details
- February 2014
- Teaching Note
The Slingshot: Improving Water Access
By: John A. Quelch
Entrepreneur Dean Kamen has inked a multimillion dollar partnership with Coca-Cola (CC) to mass produce and distribute the Slingshot, a low energy device that can convert raw sewage into potable water for poor people and communities in developing economies. View Details
- 01 Jun 2015
- News
Ink
wanted to make our time in Africa an adventure. We wanted to explore. We wanted to experience the idiosyncrasies of the local environment and culture. So we did.” —Rick Walleigh (MBA 1974) on his late career change, as recounted in his... View Details
- 01 Dec 2005
- News
Connecting with Clubs
Cooper Until joining the Alumni Board three years ago, clubs were my only connection to HBS and the HBS network. After graduation, I had returned to South Africa and joined the vibrant club in Johannesburg,... View Details
- 01 Jun 2025
- News
Forward Thinking
The tallest animal to roam the land, giraffes cast long shadows on the dry savannas and woodlands of sub-Saharan Africa where they live. But their lands are vanishing, with estimates suggesting that 90 percent of their habitat has already... View Details
- 24 Sep 2024
- Blog Post
Climate Finance in Africa: Health, Self-Interest, Avoided Future Cost
needed. For example, a 2023 report from the Global Center for Adaptation suggests that over $100 billion per year is needed to invest in infrastructure, weather forecasting, and protecting agriculture in Africa to address both poverty and... View Details
- Web
Class Profile | MBA
2026 Enrollment 9,856 Applications received in the 2023–2024 Academic Year 45 % Women 35 % International Primary Citizenship Africa 2% Asia 13% Canada 3% Europe 8% Mexico, Central & South America 5% Middle... View Details
- 16 Nov 2017
- News
The Business of Social Justice
Keeper, a faith-inspired humanitarian organization that partners with South Sudanese women in support of social, political, and economic justice. In 2016, Brooks and a friend spent four days hiking the 26-mile Inca Trail in Peru to... View Details
Keywords: Jennifer Myers
- 07 Apr 2003
- Research & Ideas
Three Steps for Crisis Prevention
South Africa over its attempt to reduce the cost of HIV drugs through parallel importation (buying pharmaceuticals in countries with lower prices and then importing them) and compulsory licensing (requiring... View Details
Keywords: by Michael D. Watkins & Max H. Bazerman
- 29 Sep 2022
- News
Securing a Resilient Future for Senegal
through the ministry’s work, launched a $1.3 billion economic resilience plan, representing 7 percent of GDP, the second largest in Africa (second to South Africa). Senegal was one of the first African... View Details
Keywords: Maureen Harmon
- 01 Dec 1998
- News
HBS Alumni Association Board of Directors: President's Report
year and would be grateful for your input and suggestions; feel free to contact any of the committee chairs. In the meantime, our sights are set on South Africa in the spring. I hope you have made plans to... View Details