Saudi Arabia - Publications - Faculty & Research

10 Aug 2012
Working Paper Summaries

Unobserved State Fragility and the Political Transfer Problem

Keywords: by Faisal Z. Ahmed & Eric Werker

January 2022
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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
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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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People - MBA

MBA 2025 Chattanooga, Tennessee Taylor Walden MBA 2025 Guangzhou City, People's Republic of China Ken Zeng MBA 2025 Laguna Niguel, CA Sarah Zia MBA 2024 Leesburg, VA Chris Aguemon MBA 2024 Riyadh, Saudi 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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Interviews - Creating Emerging Markets

Download Transcript Saudi Arabia Muhammad Alagil Jarir Marketing (Electronics; office supplies; books; diversified) “We just want to keep developing a good reputation. We want to have exciting time. We want... View Details

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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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Middle East & North Africa - Global

Shield for Investment and Advisory Board Member of the MENA Research Center. MARCH 2024 MBA STUDENTS Student Spotlight: Loujaine AlMoallim Loujaine AlMoallim (MBA 2024) from Saudi Arabia shares her... 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

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Executive Education - Global

something that was just words into a tangible belief deep inside me." Abdulrahman Alkanhal Vice President The Royal Court of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, Saudi Arabia "I was in... 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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Finance - Faculty & Research

Equity ; Investment ; Family Office ; Governance ; Professionalization ; Institutional Development ; Second-generation ; Third-generation ; Transition ; Jordan ; Retail Industry ; Fashion Industry ; Middle East ; United Arab Emirates ; View Details

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Sample Student Projects - Institute For Strategy And Competitiveness

Cluster (2012) Moscow Transportation (2006) Saudi Arabia Saudi Arabia Chemicals Cluster (2016) Singapore Singapore Higher Education (2016)... View Details

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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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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

22 Feb 2024
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GCC Crossroads Aims for a Bright Future; Seattle Alumni Talk Leadership in Tech; Italy Preps for European Alumni Summit

Clubs News Clubs News Crossroads Forum Explores Future of Gulf Region More than 1,300 public and private leaders convened in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia on January 30 and 31 for the Crossroads GCC Future Impact... View Details

Keywords: Margie Kelley

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Propose an Independent Project - MBA

Marino Saudi Arabia Scotland Seychelles Senegal Sierra Leone Singapore Solomon Islands Somalia South Africa Slovenia Slovak Republic Spain Sri Lanka St. Kitts St. Lucia Sudan Surinam Swaziland Sweden... View Details

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Business & Environment - Faculty & Research

Non-Renewable Energy ; Climate Change ; Environmental Sustainability ; Organizational Change and Adaptation ; Energy Industry ; Saudi Arabia Citation Educators Related Khanna, Tarun, and Gizem Cihan Dincsoy.... View Details

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Participating Institutions - Institute For Strategy And Competitiveness

Dublin (Dublin) Italy LIUC - Carlo Cattaneo University (Castellanza) Universita Cattolica del Sacro Cuore (Piacenza) Japan Hitotsubashi University (Tokyo) Kazakhstan Kazakh-British Technical University (Almaty) Kenya Strathmore Business School (Nairobi) Kingdom of... View Details

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