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  • February 2025
  • Case

Doing Business in Kigali, Rwanda

By: Andy Zelleke, Martin A. Sinozich, Julianne Bliss and Choetsow Tenzin
Rwanda’s transformation from a post-genocide recovery effort to one of Africa’s fastest-growing economies presents a compelling case for investors and business leaders. With an ambitious Vision 2050 strategy, Kigali has emerged as a regional hub for trade, innovation,... View Details
Keywords: Business History; International Relations; Government and Politics; Foreign Direct Investment; Culture; Rwanda
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  • April 2018
  • Case

Wilderness Safaris: Ecotourism Entrepreneurship

By: James E. Austin, Megan Epler Wood and Herman B. "Dutch" Leonard
Wilderness Safaris sees itself as a conservation company that is built on a business model of providing high-end, premium-priced wildlife safaris in various locations in Africa. Dependent on functioning, healthy ecosystems for its long-term survivability as a business,... View Details
Keywords: Sustainability; Conservation Planning; Corporate Social Responsibility; Ecotourism; Strategy; Social Enterprise; Social Entrepreneurship; Environmental Sustainability; Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact; Expansion; Growth and Development Strategy; Tourism Industry; Entertainment and Recreation Industry; Travel Industry; Africa; Botswana
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Employment Data

Finance 38% General Management 13% Marketing 11% Other 5% Strategic Planning 8% Locations United States: 88% Mid-Atlantic 5% Midwest 6% Northeast 49% South 5% Southwest 6% West 17% International: 12% Asia 5% Canada <1% Europe 5% Latin America 1% Middle View Details
  • January 2025 (Revised April 2025)
  • Case

Doing Business in Cairo: Navigating a Path to Economic Resilience

By: A. Zelleke and Ahmed Dahawy
Egypt has long been a pivotal force in the Middle East and North Africa. Located at a crossroads of global trade routes, the country was a strategic partner for numerous regional and global powers. However, a substantial currency devaluation in 2016 brought many... View Details
Keywords: Egypt; Economy; Business; Country; Developing Countries and Economies; Economic Slowdown and Stagnation; Inflation and Deflation; Macroeconomics; Cross-Cultural and Cross-Border Issues; Globalized Economies and Regions; International Relations; Emerging Markets; Risk and Uncertainty; Culture; Egypt
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  • November 2019
  • Case

Edita: Making Choices in Uncertain Times

By: Caroline M. Elkins, Juan Alcácer, Alpana Thapar and Youssef Abdel Aal
After 15 years of steady growth and expansion, Edita, a leading Egyptian snack producer, faced a series of challenges in the wake of the Arab Spring. In January 2011, the Egyptian Revolution sparked political and economic turmoil that reflected the waves of protest and... View Details
Keywords: Decision Making; Developing Countries and Economies; Economy; Business or Company Management; Price; Crisis Management; Growth and Development Strategy; Distribution; Risk and Uncertainty; Business Strategy; Expansion; Currency; Food and Beverage Industry; Egypt; Africa; Middle East
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  • March 2020 (Revised November 2020)
  • Case

FinTech Hive at DIFC: Creating a Fintech Ecosystem in Dubai

By: Marco Di Maggio and Gamze Yucaoglu
The case opens in 2019 as Raja Al Mazrouei, executive vice president of FinTech Hive (the Hive) at the Dubai International Financial Centre (DIFC), the first and largest financial technology accelerator in the Middle East, Africa and South Asia region, contemplates her... View Details
Keywords: Fintech; Emerging Markets; Business Startups; Venture Capital; Management; Information Technology; Growth Management; Financial Markets; Financial Institutions; United Arab Emirates; Middle East; Dubai
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Global

Understanding a rapidly changing, Dynamic world Global Research MBA 2024 Queretaro, Mexico Ernesto Sterling 38% of our Class of 2024 MBA students are international. The MBA Experience Regional Activities Africa Asia Pacific Europe Japan... View Details
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Global Research Centers - Faculty & Research

Africa Research Center Johannesburg, Lagos, Nairobi Asia-Pacific Research Center Hong Kong, Shanghai, Singapore California Research Center Silicon Valley Europe Research Center Paris India Research Center Mumbai Israel Research Office Tel... View Details
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Business Investment in Education in Emerging Markets Since the 1960s

By: Valeria Giacomin, Geoffrey Jones and Erica Salvaj
This article examines non-profit investments by business in education in emerging markets between the 1960s and the present day. Using a sample of 110 interviews with business leaders from an oral history database, the study shows that more than three-quarters of such... View Details
Keywords: Economic History; Oral History; Education; Philanthropy and Charitable Giving; Business History; Emerging Markets; Reputation; Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact; Education Industry; Africa; Asia; Latin America; Middle East; India; Chile; Colombia; Sri Lanka; Kenya
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    Laura Alfaro

    Laura Alfaro is the Warren Alpert Professor of Business Administration. At Harvard since 1999, she served as Minister of National Planning and Economic Policy in Costa Rica from 2010-2012, taking a leave from HBS. She is Co-Editor of the Journal of International... View Details

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    Executive Education - Global

    Africa, and throughout the world. Annually, more than 10,000 senior executives take advantage of an open-enrollment or custom program to transform their leadership and their global companies. China Europe India Africa Middle View Details
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    MBA Experience - Global

    Zealand Club Canadian Club Central & Eastern European Club European Club Global Business Club Greater China Club LatAm Club Middle East & North Africa Club South Asian Business Association Southeast Asia... View Details
    • 31 Mar 2009
    • First Look

    First Look: March 31, 2009

    http://www.hbsp.harvard.edu/b01/en/common/item_detail.jhtml?id=709410 Lapdesk Goes Global—Africa First Harvard Business School Case 809-066 Shane Immelman, founding CEO of the Lapdesk Company of South Africa, is facing a number of challenges in taking Lapdesk from... View Details
    Keywords: Martha Lagace
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    Entrepreneurship - Recruiting

    HBS 30% Summer between 1st Year & 2nd Year 21% Locations United States: 78% Mid-Atlantic 1% Midwest 3% Northeast 50% Other United States 1% South 4% Southwest 7% West 13% International: 23% Asia 9% Canada 3% Europe 4% Latin America 3% Middle 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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      Faculty & Research - Global

      Office Dubai Office Europe Research Center Harvard Center Shanghai India Research Center Japan Research Center Lagos Office Latin America Research Center – Montevideo Latin America Research Center – São Paulo Mexico City Office Mid-US Research Center Middle View Details
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      Connect with Clubs - Recruiting

      Club Co-Presidents Josh Raphaelson jraphaelson@mba2025.hbs.edu Carter Umetsu cumetsu@mba2025.hbs.edu Club Email mccl@studentclubs.hbs.edu Marketing Club President Rachel Oh roh@mba2025.hbs.edu Club Email mktg@studentclubs.hbs.edu Middle View Details
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      About - Global

      Executive Education participants were from outside the U.S., and 32% of MBA alumni were living abroad. 2013 Middle East and North Africa Research Center opens in Istanbul, Turkey. 2012 MBA students travel... View Details

        William R. Kerr

        William Kerr is the D’Arbeloff Professor of Business Administration at Harvard Business School. Bill is Senior Associate Dean for Faculty Development and Research, co-director of Harvard’s Managing the Future of Work initiative, and faculty chair of the... View Details

        Keywords: communications; computer; consulting; high technology; information technology industry; management consulting; manufacturing; telecommunications; venture capital industry
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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 Jordan to support Syrian refugees. “While there,” Fatima says, “the camp director asked me what... View Details