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- August 2020 (Revised December 2020)
- Case
Satrix: Competing in the Passive Asset Management Industry in South Africa
By: Mark Egan, Pippa Tubman Armerding and Dilyana Karadzhova Botha
In late 2017, Satrix, one of the largest passive asset management firms in South Africa and a pioneer in the industry since 2000, had to decide its strategy going forward in a market where passive asset management had become increasingly commoditized and... View Details
Keywords: Asset Management; Investment Funds; Competition; Competitive Strategy; Financial Services Industry; South Africa; Africa
Egan, Mark, Pippa Tubman Armerding, and Dilyana Karadzhova Botha. "Satrix: Competing in the Passive Asset Management Industry in South Africa." Harvard Business School Case 221-020, August 2020. (Revised December 2020.)
- 13 Jan 2020
- Interview
Cas Coovadia, Managing Director, The Banking Association South Africa
By: Cassim Coovadia and Euvin Naidoo
"Cas Coovadia, Managing Director, The Banking Association South Africa." Creating Emerging Markets: Interviews, Harvard Business School and Baker Library, January 13, 2020. (Interviewed by Euvin Naidoo in Johannesburg, South Africa.)
- August 2012
- Teaching Plan
Nike Football: World Cup 2010 South Africa (TP)
By: Elie Ofek and Ryan Johnson
Ofek, Elie, and Ryan Johnson. "Nike Football: World Cup 2010 South Africa (TP) ." Harvard Business School Teaching Plan 513-033, August 2012.
- November 2017
- Teaching Plan
Goldfinger: Charles W. Engelhard Jr. and Apartheid-era South Africa
By: Geoffrey Jones and Valeria Giacomin
- 2007
- Talk
Why Invest in Africa
By: Euvin Naidoo
South African investment banker Euvin Naidoo explains why investing in Africa can make great business sense. View Details
Naidoo, Euvin. "Why Invest in Africa." TEDGlobal, TED, 2007.
- February 2021
- Teaching Note
Satrix: Competing in the Passive Asset Management Industry in South Africa
By: Mark Egan
- 2006
- Working Paper
A Gentler Capitalism: Black Business Leadership in the New South Africa
By: Linda Hill and Maria T. Farkas
Hill, Linda, and Maria T. Farkas. "A Gentler Capitalism: Black Business Leadership in the New South Africa." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 06-057, June 2006.
- December 2008 (Revised June 2009)
- Case
Lapdesk Goes Global - Africa First
Shane Immelman, founding CEO of the Lapdesk Company of South Africa, is facing a number of challenges in taking Lapdesk from South Africa and into the rest of the African continent. How should the African strategy be different from that of South Africa? What is the... View Details
Isenberg, Daniel J. "Lapdesk Goes Global - Africa First." Harvard Business School Case 809-066, December 2008. (Revised June 2009.)
- February 2000 (Revised April 2005)
- Case
Gray Security: Building a South African Services Firm
Describes Gray Security Services, an entrepreneurial South African firm that has recently gone through a financial restructuring with the help of Brait Capital Partners, a private equity firm. Gray provides complete security services to companies in South Africa, other... View Details
Keywords: Initial Public Offering; Entrepreneurship; Equity; Growth and Development Strategy; Service Industry; South Africa
Kuemmerle, Walter, William J. Coughlin Jr., and Chad S Ellis. "Gray Security: Building a South African Services Firm." Harvard Business School Case 800-193, February 2000. (Revised April 2005.)
- February 2007
- Case
South African Airways (A)
By: Joshua D. Margolis, Laura Morgan Roberts and Laura Winig
Amid efforts to engineer a turnaround at South African Airways (SAA), the CEO confronts an impending strike at the struggling company. How should the company address questions of distributive and procedural justice in post-Apartheid South Africa, and how should the CEO... View Details
Keywords: Fairness; Crisis Management; Employees; Employment; Growth and Development; Developing Countries and Economies; Air Transportation Industry; South Africa
Margolis, Joshua D., Laura Morgan Roberts, and Laura Winig. "South African Airways (A)." Harvard Business School Case 407-014, February 2007.
- 25 Jun 2011
- News
It's Africa calling for mobile operators
- August 2003 (Revised January 2013)
- Case
Multinational Corporations in Apartheid-era South Africa: The Issue of Reparations
By: Geoffrey Jones and Cate Reavis
Considers the lawsuits filed on behalf of victims of apartheid against multinationals who operated in South Africa prior to 1994. Reviews the debates about divestment from and sanctions against South Africa from the 1950s. Includes case studies of companies that... View Details
Keywords: Ethics; Multinational Firms and Management; Government Legislation; Lawsuits and Litigation; Business and Government Relations; Prejudice and Bias; South Africa
Jones, Geoffrey, and Cate Reavis. "Multinational Corporations in Apartheid-era South Africa: The Issue of Reparations." Harvard Business School Case 804-027, August 2003. (Revised January 2013.)
- October 2022
- Case
Afrigen Biologics: Vaccines for the Global South
By: Debora L. Spar and Julia Comeau
The majority of vaccines used on the continent of Africa (99%) are produced offshore. This makes African nations reliant on the West for major health care needs, a problem which was exacerbated by the COVID-19 pandemic. Afrigen Biologics (in partnership with the WHO)... View Details
Keywords: Vaccination; Vaccine; mRNA; COVID; COVID-19; Inequity; Hub-and-spoke; Health Care and Treatment; Health Pandemics; Production; Social Issues; Business and Government Relations; South Africa; Africa
Spar, Debora L., and Julia Comeau. "Afrigen Biologics: Vaccines for the Global South." Harvard Business School Case 323-030, October 2022.
- August 1997 (Revised September 2004)
- Case
South Africa: Getting in GEAR
In 1997, Thabo Mbeki is contemplating South Africa's performance since the end of Apartheid in 1994. The economy has done fairly well, but the government's macroeconomic strategy calls for higher growth and employment creation. The case describes the country's history,... View Details
Vietor, Richard H.K. "South Africa: Getting in GEAR." Harvard Business School Case 798-012, August 1997. (Revised September 2004.)
- 13 May 2014
- News
Inside Africa
school, she found a better fit at HBS. There she learned the transactional skills that she thrives on: structuring deals and making things happen. Clarke’s interest in Africa started during a visit to South... View Details
Keywords: Constantine von Hoffman
- Web
Africa - Global
Africa Research Center in Johannesburg, South Africa in 2017 followed by an office in Lagos, Nigeria in 2019, and an office in Nairobi, Kenya in 2022. This center plays an... View Details
- 27 Jun 2016
- Blog Post
From Africa to HBS
Humbulani Dombo (MBA 2016) was born and raised in a small town in South Africa. Growing up in a remote part of the country fueled her curiosity about the world, and sparked a desire to explore as much of it as she could. After graduating... View Details
- February 2013
- Case
New Earth Mining, Inc.
By: William E. Fruhan and Wei Wang
New Earth Mining is one of the largest producers of precious metals in the U.S. While the firm operates mines primarily in the U.S. and Canada, it has also made substantial investments in gold exploration projects in Australia and Chile. New Earth has been very... View Details
Keywords: South Africa; Capital Budgeting; International Business; Return On Investment; Mining; Risk and Uncertainty; Risk Management; Valuation; Investment; Diversification; Mining Industry; Australia; South Africa; Chile; Canada; United States
Fruhan, William E., and Wei Wang. "New Earth Mining, Inc." Harvard Business School Brief Case 913-548, February 2013.
- March 2016 (Revised September 2021)
- Case
South Africa: A Fractured Rainbow?
By: Richard H.K. Vietor and Haviland Sheldahl-Thomason
Twenty years after the end of Apartheid, South Africa's democracy persists, albeit with problems. A tripartite coalition — the African National Congress, the labor unions, and the Communist Party — still controls the political system but with diminishing economic... View Details
Keywords: Politics; Development; Productivity; Labor; Labor Unions; Infrastructure; Government and Politics; Economic Growth; Performance Productivity; Economy; Social Issues; South Africa
Vietor, Richard H.K., and Haviland Sheldahl-Thomason. "South Africa: A Fractured Rainbow?" Harvard Business School Case 716-069, March 2016. (Revised September 2021.)