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  • July 2020 (Revised September 2020)
  • Case

Property Finder's Strategy for Online Classifieds in the MENA Region

By: Krishna G. Palepu, Gamze Yucaoglu and Fares Khrais
The case opens in 2020 as Michael Lahyani, founder and CEO of Property Finder, Dubai’s leading online real estate classifieds portal, contemplates the company’s five-year growth strategy.
Since its founding in 2005 in the United Arab Emirates (UAE), Property... View Details
Keywords: General Business; Real Estate; Entrepreneurship; Property; Strategy; Emerging Markets; Growth Management; Online Technology; Real Estate Industry; Technology Industry; United Arab Emirates; Saudi Arabia; Egypt; Turkey
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  • November 2018
  • Case

Yatooq: Longing for Arabic Coffee

By: Mark Roberge, Gamze Yucaoglu and Samer Al-Rachedy
As one of the few female entrepreneurs in Saudi Arabia, Lateefa Alwaalan had been trying to produce the perfect cup of Arabic coffee for over a decade. In 2007, she began testing various coffee blends, which she later branded Yatooq, the Arabic word for “craving” or... View Details
Keywords: Entrepreneurial Sales; Entrepreneurial Selling; Entrepreneurial Marketing; Barrier To Entry; Business Start-ups; Yatooq; Entrepreneurship; Private Sector; For-Profit Firms; Business Strategy; Patents; Business Startups; Strategic Planning; Competitive Strategy; Adaptation; Corporate Entrepreneurship; Corporate Strategy; Food and Beverage Industry; Saudi Arabia; Asia
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  • Winter–Spring 2024
  • Article

Grand Bargain: Negotiating Toward a Better Middle East

By: James K. Sebenius
How can sophisticated negotiation bring about a more peaceful and prosperous Middle East? While a "grand bargain" to accomplish this lofty goal may seem implausible, the potential value of such an agreement would be vast for most Israelis, Palestinians, and key... View Details
Keywords: Negotiation; War; Conflict and Resolution; Israel; West Bank
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  • 10 Aug 2012
  • Working Paper Summaries

Unobserved State Fragility and the Political Transfer Problem

Keywords: by Faisal Z. Ahmed & Eric Werker
  • August 2021 (Revised November 2021)
  • Case

The NCB Capital Turnaround: Waking the Sleeping Giant

By: Sandra J. Sucher, Gamze Yucaoglu, Shalene Gupta and Fares Khrais
The case opens in 2019, five years after, Sarah Al Suhaimi, CEO of NCB Capital (NCBC), the investment arm of Saudi’s largest bank, NCB, took the helm. Having successfully turned the business to make it the market leader, she was contemplating her next steps as... View Details
Keywords: Turnaround; Investment Banking; Financial Institutions; Change Management; Leadership; Business Model; Strategy; Business and Stakeholder Relations; Management Teams; Asset Management; Growth and Development Strategy; Saudi Arabia
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  • January 2022
  • Case

Fueling a Cleaner Future: ACWA Power and Green Hydrogen

By: Dennis Yao and Alpana Thapar
In January 2020, Paddy Padmanathan, president and CEO of ACWA Power, was reflecting on the company’s sixteen-year record of success and thinking about its future growth plans. Founded in 2004, ACWA Power was a Saudi Arabian developer, owner, and operator of power and... View Details
Keywords: Green Hydrogen; Energy; Climate Change; Supply Chain; Business Model; Growth and Development Strategy; Green Technology; Projects; Alliances; Environmental Sustainability; Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact; Energy Industry; Saudi Arabia; Middle East; North Africa
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  • February 2024
  • Case

Tabby: Winning Consumers' Digital Wallets

By: Eva Ascarza and Fares Khrais
Hosam Arab (MBA 2009), cofounder and CEO of Tabby, a Saudi-based fintech startup, raised its Series D funding round in October 2023, four years after its inception, valuing it as a regional unicorn. Tabby's core product, a buy-now-pay-later (BNPL) service, allowed... View Details
Keywords: Business Model; Business Startups; Risk Management; Competitive Strategy; Expansion; Financial Services Industry; Technology Industry; Saudi Arabia
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Middle East & North Africa - Global

Chairman and CEO, Edita Food Industries and Khalid Al Rumaihi , Executive Chairman, Amriya Group W.L.L. MAY 2025 MBA Admissions HBS MBA Admissions Events in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia On May 20th, the MENA... View Details
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Fatima Albassam

In 2017, when Fatima Albassam was working in her home country of Saudi Arabia as a business development analyst for Saudi Aramco, she began making volunteer service trips to... View Details
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Accounting & Management - Faculty & Research

Competitive Strategy ; Competitive Advantage ; Expansion ; Food and Beverage Industry ; Saudi Arabia Citation Educators Related Palepu, Krishna G., and Ahmed Dahawy. "Redefining the Edge: Jahez’s Strategic... View Details
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Executive Education - Global

Saudi Arabia, Saudi Arabia "I was in my comfort zone, using the same old management techniques, and I wanted to deepen my expertise." Zoya Sakr Co-Founder and Group Editor in... View Details
  • Profile

Loujaine AlMoallim

business's factory for the first time. Growing up in a different city in Saudi Arabia meant that I hadn't had many opportunities to witness the inner workings of our family's business. But that day was... View Details
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Drivers of Competitiveness - Institute For Strategy And Competitiveness

Michael E. Porter and Scott Stern 09 Sep 2008 Harvard Business School Publishing On Competition, Updated and Expanded Edition by Michael E. Porter 24 Jan 2012 Global Competitiveness Forum “Entrepreneurship and Competitiveness: Implications for View Details
  • 04 Feb 2002
  • Research & Ideas

How To Do Business in Islamic Countries

foreign arbitration awards. "It's very important to watch how fast Saudi Arabia moves toward WTO membership. It will have a great deal to do with the political stability of the country, its dealing with... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
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National Competitiveness - Institute For Strategy And Competitiveness

Finland France Germany Greece Iceland Ireland Italy Kazakhstan Kyrgyzstan Latvia Luxembourg Macedonia Monaco Netherlands Nordic Region Norway Portugal Romania Russia Spain Sweden Switzerland Turkey United Kingdom Middle East & North Africa Bahrain Egypt Israel Jordan... View Details
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Sample Student Projects - Institute For Strategy And Competitiveness

Lisbon (2017) The Automotive Cluster in Portugal (2007) Romania Romania Apparel Cluster (2010) Russia The Moscow Financial Services Cluster (2012) Moscow Transportation (2006) Saudi Arabia View Details
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Entrepreneurship - Faculty & Research

Business Conglomerates ; Corporate Entrepreneurship ; Innovation Strategy ; Digital Platforms ; Logistics ; Business Strategy ; Competition ; Competitive Strategy ; Competitive Advantage ; Expansion ; Food and Beverage Industry ; Saudi... View Details
  • Web

Request the Data - Leadership

Mexico Monaco Mongolia Mozambique Myanmar (Burma) Namibia Netherlands New Zealand Nicaragua Nigeria Northern Ireland Norway Oman Pakistan Palestine Panama Paraguay Peru Phillippines Poland Portugal Qatar Romania Russia Saudi View Details

    Tarun Khanna

    Tarun Khanna is the Jorge Paulo Lemann Professor at the Harvard Business School. For almost three decades, he has studied entrepreneurship as a means to social and economic development in emerging markets. At HBS since 1993, after obtaining degrees from Princeton... View Details

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    Technology & Innovation - Faculty & Research

    Strategy ; Competitive Advantage ; Expansion ; Food and Beverage Industry ; Saudi Arabia Citation Educators Related Palepu, Krishna G., and Ahmed Dahawy. "Redefining the Edge: Jahez’s Strategic Pivot in... View Details