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- Jul 2008
- Other Presentation
Competitiveness: Creating a Rwandan Economic Strategy
Competitiveness presentation delivered in Kigali, Rwanda. View Details
Porter, Michael E. "Competitiveness: Creating a Rwandan Economic Strategy." Institute for Strategy and Competitiveness, Kigali, Rwanda, July 2008.
- July 2007
- Teaching Note
Rwanda: National Economic Transformation (TN)
By: Michael E. Porter and Michael Patrick McCreless
Teaching Note to 706491. View Details
- 01 Dec 2004
- News
Class of 2004 Gives Fellowship
J raised the most money, an obvious illustration of respect for Su, their sectionmate. For the third year in a row, the School’s graduating class has made a substantial gift to HBS. For her part, Shariff is grateful to the Class of 2004 for easing her financial burden.... View Details
- Profile
John Smith-Ricco
experienced." Sustainable ambitions During January term, John returned to Africa via the Rwanda IXP, focused on "enterprise and nation-building in a post-conflict society." John and three other HBS colleagues worked with an... View Details
- October 5, 2023
- Column
A Smarter Way to Design Business Strategies to Serve the Poor
By: Bhavani Shanker Uppari, Ioanna Popescu, Serguei Netessine and Rowan P. Clarke
Keywords: Poverty Reduction; Technology; Business Model; Strategy; Renewable Energy; Consumer Behavior; Developing Countries and Economies; Poverty; Africa; Rwanda
Uppari, Bhavani Shanker, Ioanna Popescu, Serguei Netessine, and Rowan P. Clarke. "A Smarter Way to Design Business Strategies to Serve the Poor." INSEAD Knowledge (October 5, 2023).
- Profile
Benjamin Wells
It's made me think about how we teach kids in middle and high schools, where they get talked to rather than talked with. It makes me wonder if we should reconsider our learning model." Confidence in the unknown The Rwanda IXP, says... View Details
- 02 Dec 2016
- News
The Story Behind the Stories
worse. And I just, really believed that entrepreneurship and job creation was one path to creating hope and opportunity. And that was something I really wanted to learn about and be able to talk about. And so, I really went on a flyer to View Details
- Profile
Tawanda Sibanda
Now that he’s at HBS, Tawanda has gone full circle and returned to the Africa Business Conference, this time as conference co-chair, “as a way for me to give back.” Tawanda also returned to Africa as part of the Rwanda IXP. “The... View Details
- Profile
Amy Sennett
rewarding opportunities in the developing world or in unconventional investments.” In January, Amy participated in the first Rwanda IXP where she worked with a consulting group helping a furniture manufacturer redesign its layout for... View Details
- 01 Mar 2013
- News
Making Change
Since 2009, HBS has given special recognition to seven social-impact organizations by awarding Social Entrepreneurship Fellowships (SEF) to their young alumni founders. Here's a status report on how the fellows and their ventures are doing. Brian Elliot (MBA 2008)... View Details
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Jenny Tison
HBS has helped me to express cogent opinions fast, and back them persuasively.” Infrastructure of leadership In the Rwanda IXP, Jenny worked within a team of six HBS students “to help farmers grow chili peppers as an alternative cash crop... View Details
- 2015
- Case
Advanced Leadership Pathways: Robert Meaney and Technology for Agriculture in Sub-Saharan Africa
By: Rosabeth Moss Kanter and Renee Vuillaume
Two Valmont Industries (an international leader in infrastructure products and services) colleagues, Robert (Bob) Meaney and Richard Berkland hoped to improve the lives of small and medium-sized farmers in the developing world through modern irrigation technology. In... View Details
Keywords: Developing World; Farm; Farming; Small-scale Farmers; Agriculture; Agricultural Production; Water Management; Water; Leadership Skills; Agribusiness; Information Technology; Technology Adoption; Leadership; Development Economics; Developing Countries and Economies; Agriculture and Agribusiness Industry; Africa; Ghana; Tanzania; Rwanda
Kanter, Rosabeth Moss, and Renee Vuillaume. "Advanced Leadership Pathways: Robert Meaney and Technology for Agriculture in Sub-Saharan Africa." Harvard Business Publishing Case 316-059, 2015. (Harvard Advanced Leadership Initiative.)
- 04 Aug 2009
- First Look
First Look: August 4
macroeconomy. Can Denmark keep its borders open to the free movement of goods, services, and labor while also sustaining the breadth of its welfare offerings? Purchase this case: http://cb.hbsp.harvard.edu/cb/product/709015-PDF-ENG Partners in Health: HIV Care in View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
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Jeff Nelson
that granted $10,000 to a local educational organization, Public Learning Media Labs. On the Rwanda IXP, an experience Jeff describes as one “that will knock the wind out of you,” he worked with Millennium Promise on two innovative... View Details
- Student-Profile
Talia Gillis
decision-making played a key role in how law is created and understanding law in action. My time as a clerk at the International Criminal Tribunal of Rwanda and at the Israel Supreme Court exposed me to judicial decision-making processes.... View Details
- 25 Apr 2018
- Blog Post
Policy, Practice, Leadership & Impact: Making a Difference with the HBS/HKS Joint Degree
used my first summer internship to put my newly acquired skills to use. That summer, I worked at the Rwanda Development Board, a government agency whose mandate is to facilitate private investment into the country. While there I analyzed... View Details
Keywords: Nonprofit / Government
- 01 Sep 2017
- News
A Jolt for the African Coffee Industry
Illustration by Jonathan Bartlett In an era of artisanal coffee bars blossoming in neighborhoods worldwide, how could a producer of award-winning beans be struggling to stay afloat? That was the puzzle confronting Chijioke Dozie (MBA 2008) when he cofounded Kaizen... View Details
- 01 Jun 2011
- News
New Program Helps Restless Alums Answer the Question, ‘What’s Next?’
Stirring up nutritious meals: On one of his frequent trips to Rwanda, Bill Wyman participates in a class that teaches mothers how to prepare healthy meals for their children. Photo courtesy Bill and Ro Wyman Other Newsmakers Bob Gannon (OPM 16, 1990) Diana ("Dido")... View Details
- 03 Apr 2018
- News
Taking Frontier Markets to the Next Level
Jake Cusack (MBA 2012) is cofounder of CrossBoundary, an investment firm that helps companies explore business opportunities in frontier and developing markets. In this interview, he explains how he and his partners focus their efforts on locations that make solid... View Details
- 19 Apr 2018
- Blog Post
Policy, Practice, Leadership & Impact: Making a Difference with the HBS/HKS Joint Degree
to economic growth and used my first summer internship to put my newly acquired skills to use. That summer, I worked at the Rwanda Development Board, a government agency whose mandate is to facilitate private investment into the country.... View Details