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- March 2022
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In Data We Trust: Be Mobile Africa and Furthering Financial Inclusion Across the African Continent
By: Lauren Cohen, Grace Headinger and Pierre Marchesseault
To Cédric Jeannot, leveraging technology to promote financial inclusion was personal. After no established financial institution would accept his technology platform to lower transaction costs for free, Jeannot launched FinTech company Be Mobile Africa in May 2020.... View Details
Keywords: Finance; Fintech; Emerging Market; Fundraising; Financial Inclusion; Strategy; Expansion; Management; Entrepreneurship; Personal Finance; Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact; Growth and Development Strategy; Financial Services Industry; Banking Industry; Africa; Togo; Nigeria; Ghana
Cohen, Lauren, Grace Headinger, and Pierre Marchesseault. "In Data We Trust: Be Mobile Africa and Furthering Financial Inclusion Across the African Continent." Harvard Business School Case 222-073, March 2022.
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Fit In Stand Out: Mastering the FISO Factor, The Key to Leadership Effectiveness in Business and Life
By: Blythe J. McGarvie
While studying and practicing business effectiveness, leadership expert Blythe McGarvie uncovered a vital lesson: successful leaders are systems thinkers. Two forces power business systems: integration (Fit In) and transformation (Stand Out). By mastering the FISO... View Details
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I study how people collaborate with each other as they define, change, and solve problems while working on creativity and innovation projects in organizations.
Conference Proceedings:
Cromwell, J. & Gardner, H. 2017. High-stakes innovation: When... View Details
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Cromwell, J. & Gardner, H. 2017. High-stakes innovation: When... View Details
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Buy Now, Pay Later: Credit, Information, and the Courts
publications could be prosecuted, and at least a dozen rival firms came and went by the end of the century. Merchants themselves were more apt to sue if the Agency gave them advice about prospective trading... View Details
- 15 Nov 2023
The MBA Tour: Spotlight on Black, Hispanic, and Native MBAs
Interested in learning more about the Harvard MBA? Join us on November 15th at The MBA Tour: Spotlight on Black, Hispanic, and Native MBAs hosted by GMAC. This virtual event is a great opportunity to View Details
- 23 Jan 2023
2+2 Program and Admissions Virtual Info Session for Amherst College
Do you know where an MBA can take you? Open your mind to the breadth of career opportunities available in business and learn how an MBA in general management can open new doors for your professional View Details
- 25 Jan 2019
- Blog Post
Not Waiting for Progress: Diversity and Inclusion in the Film Industry
corporate world, Diamond recognized an opportunity “to add to the texture of a village of creative artists who have the power to influence a huge global audience.” A year later, with Blackhouse cofounders Ryan Tarpley and Carol Ann Shine,... View Details
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4.5 University-Wide Statement on Rights and Responsibilities | MBA
the rights of individuals or of the community as a whole. Moreover, it is the responsibility of all members of the academic community to maintain an atmosphere in which violations of rights are unlikely to occur and to View Details
- 07 Oct 2013
- Research & Ideas
The Case for Combating Climate Change with Nuclear Power and Fracking
If you ask any given environmentalist to identify the biggest threat to the planet, you may expect to hear about man-made climate change, consumerism, or overpopulation. But if you ask Harvard Business School's Joseph B. Lassiter, he'll toss in another: single-issue... View Details
- 10 Sep 2018
- Research & Ideas
Celebrating 'The Men and Women of the Corporation' 40 Years Later
the book? How did your writing of the book unfold? Kanter: There were a couple of things that led to Men and Women of the Corporation. First of all, almost as soon as I began working in a faculty position in the late 1960s, I wanted to... View Details
Keywords: by Robin J. Ely
- 20 Oct 2022
- News
Lebanon Alumni Host US Ambassador for Dinner and Discussion
Reinert studies the global histories of business, capitalism, and political economy from the Middle Ages to today’s emerging markets, focusing on international competition and the role played by governments... View Details
Keywords: Margie Kelley
- 21 Nov 2019
- Blog Post
Finding My North Star at the Crossroads of Profit and Purpose
learned how large companies think about sustaining businesses for decades, and what it means to manage shareholder value while thinking about its people, their families, and... View Details
- 09 Sep 2024
- HBS Case
McDonald’s and the Post #MeToo Rules of Sex in the Workplace
now expected to monitor corporate culture and take action if they learn that employees are being sexually harassed. “A board’s oversight over culture and respect in the... View Details
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Digital Innovation and Transformation: Resources useful for Course Assignments
black; border-left:none" valign="top"> Reports on major economic, scientific, and technological developments in industrial, pharmaceutical, and... View Details
- 16 Mar 2009
- Working Paper Summaries
Running Out of Numbers: Scarcity of IP Addresses and What To Do About It
- 26 Oct 2018
HBS Information Session at Haverford College and Bryn Mawr College
Join us to learn more about Harvard Business School and the 2+2 admissions process to the MBA at HBS. The event will include a presentation about our college programs and an... View Details
- 2009
- Working Paper
Assess, Don't Assume, Part II: Negotiating Implications of Cross-Border Differences in Decision Making, Governance, and Political Economy
When facing a cross-border negotiation, the standard preparatory assessments—of the parties, their interests, their no-deal options, opportunities for and barriers to creating and claiming value, the most promising sequence and process design, etc.—should be... View Details
Keywords: Decision Making; Cross-Cultural and Cross-Border Issues; Corporate Governance; Negotiation Process; Organizational Culture; Business and Government Relations
Sebenius, James K. "Assess, Don't Assume, Part II: Negotiating Implications of Cross-Border Differences in Decision Making, Governance, and Political Economy." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 10-050, December 2009.
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Tony He
Through these experiences, I learned how excited I am about international development and the way that firms can organize to combine profit with purpose. After graduation, I... View Details
Keywords: Nonprofit / Government