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- March 24, 2014
- Article
Roundtable on Shared Value in Education
By: Mark R. Kramer and Kate Tallant
Seventeen corporate and global education leaders gathered at the World Economic Forum 2014 in Davos, Switzerland, to discuss how they are rethinking the role of business in global education. View Details
Kramer, Mark R., and Kate Tallant. "Roundtable on Shared Value in Education." Stanford Social Innovation Review (website) (March 24, 2014).
- October 2019
- Case
Agility Africa
By: Juan Alcacer, Caroline M. Elkins and Esel Çekin
This case illustrates the challenge and opportunities that firms face when developing and executing new business models in high-risk, low-infrastructure, low-trust countries. It features a global logistics group, Agility, that aimed to become the leader in supplying... View Details
Keywords: Strategy; Business Model; Innovation and Invention; Expansion; Emerging Markets; Decision Choices and Conditions; Real Estate Industry; Distribution Industry; Africa
Alcacer, Juan, Caroline M. Elkins, and Esel Çekin. "Agility Africa." Harvard Business School Case 720-357, October 2019.
- February 2023
- Teaching Note
Harambe: Mobilizing Capital in Africa
By: Anywhere Sikochi
Teaching Note for HBS Case No. 122-021. View Details
- September 2021 (Revised February 2022)
- Case
Sawiris Foundation: Elevating Education in Egypt
By: Brian Trelstad and Alpana Thapar
Founded in 2001 by the Sawiris family, one of the wealthiest families in Egypt, the Sawiris Foundation for Social Development (SFSD) invested in human capital and provision of basic social services for the most marginalized Egyptians. In 2015, Noura Selim’s (MBA 2013)... View Details
Keywords: Sustainable Development; Social Enterprise; Education; Social Issues; Partners and Partnerships; Growth and Development Strategy; Education Industry; Egypt
Trelstad, Brian, and Alpana Thapar. "Sawiris Foundation: Elevating Education in Egypt." Harvard Business School Case 322-023, September 2021. (Revised February 2022.)
- 2010
- Casebook
Transforming Public Education: Cases in Education Entrepreneurship
Based on a popular education entrepreneurship course at Harvard Business School, Transforming Public Education organizes 18 case studies into modules that reflect the predominant opportunities pursued by social entrepreneurs focused on public education in the United... View Details
Childress, Stacey, ed. Transforming Public Education: Cases in Education Entrepreneurship. Cambridge, MA: Harvard Education Press, 2010.
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Education Club
- May 9, 2024
- Article
Business Education Is Broken: Here Are Strategies to Fix It
By: Andrew J. Hoffman
Business schools have lost their way. Students are schooled in a system that, having raised the standard of living for millions of people over centuries, is now facing systemic failures in both the environmental and social domains—failures that market forces cause and,... View Details
Keywords: Education Reform; Business And Society; Climate Change; Equality and Inequality; Environmental Sustainability; Business Education
Hoffman, Andrew J. "Business Education Is Broken: Here Are Strategies to Fix It." Inspiring Minds (May 9, 2024).
- 29 Jun 2019
- News
Building an Entrepreneurial Ecosystem in Africa
employment, to create wealth for themselves, and for their communities, and their families. When a woman makes $1, about 90% of their income is spent on health, education and nutrition. And that same statistic for a man is only about 35%.... View Details
- 25 Sep 2017 - 27 Sep 2017
- Lecture
Three-Day Series on Innovation and Entrepreneurship in Africa
By: Euvin Naidoo
Africa and the 4th Industrial Revolution: Innovation, leapfrogging and the promise and challenges of the Demographic Dividend
Optional pre-seminar viewing: 2017 MasterClass on Digital Innovation and the Fourth Industrial Revolution
Monday, September 25, ... View Details
Naidoo, Euvin. "Three-Day Series on Innovation and Entrepreneurship in Africa." Lecture at the M-RCBG Senior Fellow-Led Study Group, Harvard Kennedy School, Mossavar-Rahmani Center for Business and Government, Cambridge, MA, September 25–27, 2017.
- 07 Oct 2010
- News
Why Wal-Mart Went Shopping in Africa
- March 2022
- Teaching Note
Sawiris Foundation: Elevating Education in Egypt
By: Brian Trelstad and Alpana Thapar
Teaching Note for HBS Case No. 322-023. Founded in 2001 by the Sawiris family, one of the wealthiest families in Egypt, the Sawiris Foundation for Social Development (SFSD) invested in human capital and provision of basic social services for the most marginalized... View Details
- 11 Nov 2018
- Interview
Investment in South Africa [eNCA interview]
By: Euvin Naidoo
Partner and MD at Venture University and VU Fund, Euvin Naidoo, discusses the impact innovation can have on the growth of the South African economy. View Details
Naidoo, Euvin. "Investment in South Africa [eNCA interview]." Modise Network, eNCA (eNews Channel Africa), November 11, 2018.
- 25 May 2016
- Blog Post
Meet the Africa Business Club
community with Harvard Business School. MISSION The HBS Africa Business Club, founded on November 12, 1997, is dedicated to increasing the awareness of business opportunities on the African continent. Our activities are professional,... View Details
Keywords: All Industries
- Feb 26 2020
- Tout
BACARDI
- 2017
- Other Unpublished Work
Improving Financial Inclusion in South Africa
By: Klaus Kessler, Adam Ikdal, Euvin Naidoo, Adrien Portafaix, Joshua Hendrickson, Alex Boje and Darryn Rabec
Kessler, Klaus, Adam Ikdal, Euvin Naidoo, Adrien Portafaix, Joshua Hendrickson, Alex Boje, and Darryn Rabec. "Improving Financial Inclusion in South Africa." Boston Consulting Group (BCG), April 2017.
- 25 Nov 2013
- News
Jumia Pioneers Online Retailing in Africa
- 08 Mar 2016
- Video
Educating Global Leaders in China
- 2016
- Case
Advanced Leadership Pathways: Mahendra Bapna and Technology Education in India
By: Rosabeth Moss Kanter and Pamela Yatsko
Keywords: India; Education; Higher Education; Leadership; Leadership Skills; Technology Education; Tata Motors; Outcome-based Technology Education; OBTE; Indian Institute Of Technology; IIT; Engineering College; Global Management Consulting; University-21; Federation Of Indian Chambers Of Commerce And Industry; FICCI; Indian Economy; Information Technology; Tertiary Education System; University; University Level; Colleges; Institutes Of Technology; Academia; Academia-industry; Technical Institutes; Indian Institute Of Technology Jodhpur; IITJ; IIT Rajasthan; Infrastructure Development; Senior Student Syndrome; Industry Immersion Program; Technology; India
Kanter, Rosabeth Moss, and Pamela Yatsko. "Advanced Leadership Pathways: Mahendra Bapna and Technology Education in India." Harvard Business Publishing Case 316-163, 2016. (Harvard Advanced Leadership Initiative.)