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Melek El Nimer
Melek El Nimer, founder of the Social Support Society and Unite Lebanon Youth Project in Lebanon, outlines the strategies her organization has employed to allow for more of their female students to pursue higher education abroad. View Details
- 21 Jan 2021
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Sunil Bharti Mittal
Sunil Bharti Mittal, Founder and Chairman of Bharti Enterprises, describes instilling a culture of entrepreneurial professionalism within the company, which was influenced by working with large companies and his formative exposures to Japan, Korea, and Taiwan. View Details
- 15 Sep 2021
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Okechukwu "Okey" Enelamah
Okey Enelamah, the former Nigerian Minister of Industry, Trade, and Investment (2015-2019) and Founder of African Capital Alliance, discusses the importance of creating the correct environment to encourage the development of economies throughout Africa. View Details
- November 1991 (Revised July 1995)
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Body Shop International
Describes the start-up and rapid growth of a company whose founder holds strong, non-traditional beliefs about the role of the corporation and its responsibility to society. After profiling Anita Roddick as a person, the case describes the anti-mainstream approach she... View Details
Keywords: Business Startups; Business Growth and Maturation; Leadership Style; Management Succession; Management Teams; Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact; Values and Beliefs; Global Strategy; Beauty and Cosmetics Industry
Bartlett, Christopher A. "Body Shop International." Harvard Business School Case 392-032, November 1991. (Revised July 1995.)
- November 2014 (Revised January 2017)
- Case
Micromax: Scaling the Largest Indian Mobile Handset Company
By: Ranjay Gulati, Rachna Tahilyani and Alicia DeSantola
It is January 2014 and Rahul Sharma, cofounder of Micromax Informatics (Micromax), the largest Indian mobile handset company, is preparing for an emergency conference call with his private equity investors. In the last six years, Micromax had grown its annual product... View Details
Keywords: Mobile; Scaling; Indian Software Development; Consumer Behavior; Management Turnover; Mobile and Wireless Technology; Management; E-commerce; Technology Industry; Telecommunications Industry; India
Gulati, Ranjay, Rachna Tahilyani, and Alicia DeSantola. "Micromax: Scaling the Largest Indian Mobile Handset Company." Harvard Business School Case 415-034, November 2014. (Revised January 2017.)
- January 2004 (Revised April 2004)
- Case
Excel Academy Charter Middle School, The
This case is set in the summer of 2002 in a recently approved charter middle school in Boston. The school's founders face a choice of compensation plans as they finalize the initial teaching team in the school. In particular, the founders are actively considering two... View Details
Leschly, Stig. "Excel Academy Charter Middle School, The." Harvard Business School Case 804-113, January 2004. (Revised April 2004.)
- January 2015
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The Blonde Salad
By: Anat Keinan, Kristina Maslauskaite, Sandrine Crener and Vincent Dessain
In 2014, Chiara Ferragni, a globe-trotting founder of the world's most popular fashion blog The Blonde Salad, and Riccardo Pozzoli, her co-founder and business partner, had to decide how to best monetize her blog as well as her shoe line called the "Chiara Ferragni... View Details
Keywords: Social Media; Digital Influencers; Fashion Blogger; Brand Authenticity; Digital Marketing; Brands; Start-up; Fashion; Shoe; Chiara Ferragni; Celebrity Endorsement; Celebrity Management; Lifestyle Brand; Digital Brand; New Brand Development; Branding; Instagram; Online Followers; Fashion Blog; Marketing Partnerships; Brand Portfolio; Luxury Brand; Louis Vuitton; Dior; Designer Brands; Authenticity; Luxury; Blogs; Product Positioning; Commercialization; Consolidation; Brands and Branding; Entrepreneurship; Business Model; Fashion Industry; Apparel and Accessories Industry; Publishing Industry
Keinan, Anat, Kristina Maslauskaite, Sandrine Crener, and Vincent Dessain. "The Blonde Salad." Harvard Business School Case 515-074, January 2015.
- 14 Feb 2020
- Video
Hamdi Akın
Hamdi Akın, founder of Akfen Holding, an infrastructure investment firm in Turkey, relates the creation of the airport management company, TAV, and its growth from a local concern to a global one.
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Melek El Nimer
Melek El Nimer, founder of the Social Support Society and Unite Lebanon Youth Project in Lebanon, describes the state of Palestinian refugee camps when she first started visiting them in the 1980's. View Details
- 01 May 2019
- News
Getting Personal With Precision Medicine
- 25 Mar 2016
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Katie Rae, Managing Director, Project 11 Ventures
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Lilian Simbaqueba
Lilian Simbaqueba, the founder of LiSim, one of Colombia’s first microfinance companies, discusses the start-up of her venture in 1996, including the challenges of transferring a credit... View Details
- 15 Nov 2017
- Research & Ideas
How Does a Social Startup Decide to Commercialize? It May Depend on the Founder's Gender
organizations: Businesses focus on commerce, while charities engage in activities that support social welfare. Increasingly, however, founders of social ventures interested in improving society are pursuing hybrid business models, which... View Details
Keywords: by Carmen Nobel
- 15 Jan 2020
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Suresh Krishna
Suresh Krishna, founder of the largest manufacturer of industrial fasteners for the auto industry in India, explains his “dharma of business”: to lift as many people out of poverty as he can while also running... View Details
- 25 Apr 2023
- Cold Call Podcast
Using Design Thinking to Invent a Low-Cost Prosthesis for Land Mine Victims
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Brinda Somaya
Brinda Somaya, founder and principal architect of Somaya and Kalappa Consultants, discusses redesigning shops for the flower sellers of the Ganeshpuri temple, emphasizing the importance of understanding the needs of the client and end users. View Details
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Brinda Somaya
Brinda Somaya, founder and principal architect of Somaya and Kalappa Consultants, explains how conservation became a part of her architectural practice and narrates the story of her first conservation project, the NRK House in Mumbai. View Details
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Hüsnü Özyeğin
Hüsnü Özyeğin, the founder of one of Turkey’s largest financial services groups, expresses the view that corporate culture is key in banking, and explains how he delegated responsibility to his future successor... View Details
- 14 Oct 2022
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