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Yazan Halwani

an opportunity to address “the big questions that drive my interests.” “How do you make art more pervasive, more democratic?” he asks. “How do you reach an audience, even when they pass your art for about 20 seconds on the street?” Reflecting on the needs of View Details

Keywords: Consulting; Entertainment/Media

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Approaching Business with an Artistic Eye - Global Activities 2020

Satchu‐Burgstone Prize, which was split equally between the two winners, helped Darza fund marketing initiatives beyond its base in Lebanon, including Qatar and Kuwait, and expand its delivery coverage. After graduating in May, Halwani returned to View Details

23 Oct 2019
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Designing a More Artful Future for the Middle East

chains. “Fashion is an important form of art, and there are skilled artisans right in Lebanon producing modest, fashionable clothing with embellishments inspired by local culture,” he explains. “Darza is building something that has... View Details

Keywords: Inclusion

July 2019
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Instabeat—One More Lap?

By: Shikhar Ghosh, Nicole Tempest Keller and Alpana Thapar

This case follows Lebanese entrepreneur, Hind Hobeika, an engineer and competitive swimmer who spends seven years trying to launch a wearable heartrate monitor and motion sensor to help swimmers track their performance while swimming. While the Beirut-based... View Details

Keywords: Startup; Manufacturing; Prototyping; Female Protagonist; Business Startups; Decision Making; Entrepreneurship; Information Infrastructure; Information Technology; Design; Organizational Culture; United States; Lebanon

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Global Activities 2020-2021 - Global Activities 2021

industry in Lebanon rife with corruption. Professor Nien-hê Hsieh wrote the case “Cedar Environmental: Innovation vs. Corruption” with HBS’s Middle East and North Africa Research Center to explore the “gray area” of leadership—that... View Details

01 Mar 2013
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Sands of Time

Well before he arrived at HBS, Michel Ray de Carvalho (MBA 1970) had led a charmed life. But it was only destined to get better. Already a veteran child actor at 17, he was tapped to play one of Peter O'Toole's young Arab sidekicks in the film Lawrence of Arabia,... View Details

Keywords: Luge; Memorable partying; Performing Arts, Spectator Sports, and Related Industries; Arts, Entertainment

01 Jun 2002
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Pursuing the Ultimate Deal

to withdraw unilaterally from southern Lebanon in 2000; Ross said that he has come to understand that the withdrawal was “a strategic mistake.” To address the current situation, Ross would first try to “fix the reality on the ground... View Details

Keywords: Garry Emmons; Middle East; peace; Israel; Palestine; policy; Government

01 Jun 2012
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Made in the USA

to know that across the country, the population of ethnic consumers was growing. “I’ve always subscribed to the theory that trends are like horses,” adds Scharfman. “It’s easier to ride them in the direction they’re already going.” Ackawi, a soft, white cheese native... View Details

Keywords: Blagg, Deborah; cheese; lobster fishing; Fishing, Hunting and Trapping; Agriculture; Management of Companies and Enterprises; Management; Food Manufacturing; Manufacturing

November 2024
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Social Enterprise in the MENA Region

By: Brian Trelstad and Ahmed Dahawy

This research note provides an overview of the socio-economic landscape of social enterprise in the Middle East and North Africa. It highlights the diversity of players in the region including social enterprise organizations (in their many forms) and supporting... View Details