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- 24 Feb 2003
- Research & Ideas
In Troubled Africa, Botswana Flowers
Debora L. Spar's research in Africa has looked at the diamond industry, the AIDS crisis, and the democratization of South Africa since apartheid. Now she has turned her attention to Botswana, where an era of sustained growth has been... View Details
Keywords: by Cynthia Churchwell
Philippe van der Beck
Philippe van der Beck is an Assistant Professor in the Finance Unit at Harvard Business School. He teaches the Finance I course in the MBA required curriculum. Philippe’s research interests are in empirical asset pricing, sustainable finance, and structural estimation.... View Details
- 16 Nov 2010
- News
Tesco's Foray Into U.S. Market Hits Snag
Shawn A. Cole
Shawn Cole is the John G. McLean Professor in the Finance Unit at Harvard Business School, where he teaches and conducts research on financial services, impact investing, and Social Enterprise. He serves as faculty chair of the Social Enterprise... View Details
- 07 Oct 2011
- News
After Jobs, questions about Apple's future
- 01 Apr 2013
- News
Cultural Entrepreneurship finalists named
- February 2018 (Revised August 2018)
- Case
Blue Haven Initiative: The PEGAfrica Investment
By: Vikram S. Gandhi, Caitlin Reimers Brumme and Amram Migdal
This case examines Blue Haven Initiative (BHI), an impact investing fund and family office, and one of its investments, PEGAfrica (PEG). BHI founder Liesel Pritzker Simmons’ motivations for using her family wealth to start a family office focused on impact investing,... View Details
Keywords: Impact Investing; Family Office; Development; International Development; International Development Investing; Development Fund; Sustainability; Solar Energy; Solar; Pay As You Go; PAYG; MFI; Social Venture; Business Ventures; Acquisition; Business Growth and Maturation; Business Startups; Economics; Development Economics; Energy; Energy Conservation; Energy Sources; Renewable Energy; Social Entrepreneurship; Finance; Assets; Asset Pricing; Capital; Capital Budgeting; Capital Structure; Venture Capital; Cash; Cash Flow; Currency; Currency Exchange Rate; Equity; Private Equity; Financial Instruments; Debt Securities; Stock Shares; Financing and Loans; Microfinance; International Finance; Investment; Investment Return; Investment Activism; Investment Funds; Investment Portfolio; Price; Geography; Geographic Location; Emerging Markets; Ownership; Ownership Stake; Private Ownership; Social Enterprise; Value; Valuation; Value Creation; Energy Industry; Financial Services Industry; Green Technology Industry; Africa; United States
Gandhi, Vikram S., Caitlin Reimers Brumme, and Amram Migdal. "Blue Haven Initiative: The PEGAfrica Investment." Harvard Business School Case 318-003, February 2018. (Revised August 2018.)
- 10 Jan 2011
- News
Verizon, the iPhone, and the Power of Second Chances
- Research Summary
Research Interests
Sustainability, Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR), Sustainability and Capital Markets, Climate Change and Organizational Incentives, National Institutions and Corporate Social Performance, Stakeholder Engagement, Green Strategies, Business Strategy, Strategy... View Details
- 28 Sep 2011
- Research & Ideas
The Profit Power of Corporate Culture
CEO; it has to be led from the top. If you don't believe it, don't do it. Let the culture shape itself. It will represent just one more 'unknown' to deal with, albeit an important one." Q: Business is becoming more global, certainly.... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- January 2019 (Revised July 2022)
- Case
Jain Irrigation Systems Limited: Continuing a Legacy
By: Forest Reinhardt, Gunnar Trumbull and Mahima Rao-Kachroo
Founded in 1963 by Bhavarlal Jain (Bhau), who believed in “providing solutions for every problem,” Jain Irrigation in 2018 had a global footprint and $1.1 billion in revenue. Bhau had insisted that his business add value to farmers' lives and promote sustainable... View Details
Keywords: Family Business; Mission and Purpose; Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact; Strategic Planning; Problems and Challenges; India
Reinhardt, Forest, Gunnar Trumbull, and Mahima Rao-Kachroo. "Jain Irrigation Systems Limited: Continuing a Legacy." Harvard Business School Case 719-044, January 2019. (Revised July 2022.)
- 28 Jan 2025
- Video
Leading with transparency in a distrustful era
- 29 Jan 2025
- Video
HBS Student Climate Symposium
- 28 Nov 2023
- Video
Making An Impact through Collaboration
- March 2022
- Supplement
Pakistan Rising: Bazaar's Growth Story (B)
By: Paul A. Gompers and Gamze Yucaoglu
The case opens in January 2022 as Hamza Jawaid and Saad Jangda, co-founders of Bazaar technologies (Bazaar), the Pakistani high growth B2B e-commerce marketplace, are looking over the performance of the newly launched “buy now, play later” feature. The traction looks... View Details
Keywords: B2B; Business Model; Emerging Markets; For-Profit Firms; Strategy; Digital Platforms; Information Technology; Value Creation; Globalization; Competition; Expansion; Profit; Resource Allocation; Diversification; Corporate Strategy; Pakistan
Gompers, Paul A., and Gamze Yucaoglu. "Pakistan Rising: Bazaar's Growth Story (B)." Harvard Business School Supplement 822-099, March 2022.
Stuti Agarwal
Stuti is a PhD student in Consumer Behavior at Harvard Business School. She completed her Bachelors in Economics and Psychology from Boston University in 2019 and went on to complete her MPS in Applied Economics and Management from Cornell University in 2020. She... View Details