Pakistan - Publications - Faculty & Research

02 May 2016
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Creating Common Ground in Communities of Conflict

Umaimah Mendhro (MBA 2009) was visiting her native village in Pakistan in 2007 when she got the idea to found the Dreamfly, a global initiative designed to educate, expose, and empower people living in communities of conflict. “We connect... View Details

18 Apr 2015
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Women in Business Q&A: Umaimah Mendhro, Founder & CEO, VIDA

Keywords: mindfulness; Dreamfly; Clothing and Clothing Accessories Stores; Retail Trade; Textile Product Mills; Manufacturing

01 Oct 2002
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New HBSAA Board Members

'63) Oslo, Norway Senior Partner Hoegh Invest A/S Michael C. Kwee (36th PMD) Hong Kong, China Chairman and CEO PAMA Group Sanford J. Sacks (MBA '66) Scarsdale, New York First Vice President Ambac Assurance Corporation Saquib H. Shirazi (MBA '95) Karachi, View Details

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Irtaza Ali

Irtaza started his career in investment banking at Credit Suisse New York, after completing undergrad at Wharton. At Credit Suisse he covered industrials and aerospace & defense companies. He then returned home to Pakistan to join... View Details

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Sundus Husain

My mother has inspired me for all of my life. She aspired to be a fighter pilot. But the closest she got was zooming around the streets of Pakistan in her little blue Suzuki, driving full throttle. Married off at a young age, she never... View Details

June 1993 (Revised December 1994)
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Milkpak Limited.: International Joint Venture

By: John A. Quelch

Considers a Pakistani company's decision to conduct a joint venture with a foreign multinational. In 1987, Milkpak Ltd. had successfully developed a market for sterilized milk and wanted to produce other value-added food products. The company was evaluating the best... View Details

Keywords: Negotiation; Multinational Firms and Management; Joint Ventures; Developing Countries and Economies; Food and Beverage Industry; Pakistan

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September 2011 (Revised July 2013)
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Pakistan: Is Foreign Aid Helping or Hindering Development?

By: Aldo Musacchio, Ada Chu, Shahnawaz Nawabi, Jonathan Schlefer and Emil Staykov

Keywords: Development Economics; Developing Countries and Economies; Foreign Direct Investment; Pakistan

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Umaimah Mendhro

My home-village, Akri, the place my father was born... is where I slept under mosquito net-covered handwoven beds and rode on ox-carts to nearby barren fields. Most in my village in Sindh, Pakistan are not literate. None know a place... View Details

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Harman Kochar

planned. Because if it was, my family would not have been forced to move from (what eventually became) Pakistan to India on a moment's notice, leaving everything behind. Nor could I have planned meeting my mentor while stuck in an... View Details

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Maliha Khan

quality education regardless of my gender, I see in myself the same pioneering spirit that she possessed in abundance. Pakistan is a seeming paradox of a country – it has had a powerful female head of state, yet was recently also declared... View Details

Seema Aziz

Keywords: Education and Retail

19 Nov 2019
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Seema Aziz

Seema Aziz, founder of Sefam, the first high-quality fabric made in Pakistan, and founder of the Care Foundation, discusses her foundation's adoption of poorly performing state schools in Pakistan, against the... View Details

Syed Babar Ali

Keywords: Education; Government

20 Nov 2019
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Seema Aziz

Seema, founder of Sefam, the first high-quality fabric made in Pakistan, and founder of the Care Foundation, discusses the interconnected responsibilities of government and business in educating children.

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20 Nov 2019
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Seema Aziz

Seema Aziz, the founder of Sefam, the first high quality fabric manufacturer in Pakistan, describes her company's strategy to sell fabric in their own shops rather than have a distributor market it through... View Details

20 Nov 2019
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Seema Aziz

Seema Aziz, the founder of Sefam, the first high-quality fabric manufacturer in Pakistan, describes the way her employees have been taught to monitor quality and educate customers.

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16 Feb 2022
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Seema Aziz

Seema Aziz, founder of Sefam, the first high quality fabric manufacturer in Pakistan, describes the beginning of her company's commitment to creating high-quality, 100% cotton cloth, with excellent dyes and... View Details

20 Nov 2019
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Seema Aziz

Seema Aziz, founder of high quality fabrics company Sefam in Pakistan, describes the process of creating a corporate culture of excellence and attention to detail.

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