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Naguib Sawiris

Naguib Sawiris, Chairman of Orascom TMT Investments, describes a high-stakes acquisition in Europe as he transformed the third-largest telecom operator in Italy, replacing public-sector management with private-sector efficiency. View Details

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Dr. Ahmed Heikal

Dr. Ahmed Heikal, Chaiman and Founder of Qalaa Holdings, speaks about the firm's foundation, in addition to outlining other education and development programs instituted by subsidiaries such as ERC (Egyptian Refining Company). View Details

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Dr. Ahmed Heikal

Dr. Ahmed Heikal, Chairman and Founder of Qalaa Holdings, describes how the initial capital raised to start the firm was applied to profitable investments in cement and construction companies. View Details

02 Dec 2017
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A Leveraged Investment

Omar, Hesham (OPM 37, 2008), Adlina (OPM 46, 2015), and Adam Hafez Hesham Hafez, who was born in Egypt and grew up in Austria, launched the Paper Distribution International Group in Dubai while in his 30s, and within a decade he had grown... View Details

March 2024 (Revised June 2024)
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Kashat: Navigating the Uncertainties of the Egyptian Fintech Market

By: Paul A. Gompers and Ahmed Dahawy

Karim Nour, the founder of Kashat, an Egyptian nano-lending fintech company, is contemplating how to manage the growth of his startup. Over the summer of 2022, Kashat's loan disbursements had grown by nearly 40%, fueled by macroeconomic instability in Egypt. However,... View Details

Keywords: Fintech; Business Model; Developing Countries and Economies; Acquisition; Business Exit or Shutdown; Mobile and Wireless Technology; Business Growth and Maturation; Business Startups; Financing and Loans; Capital; Financial Services Industry; Banking Industry; Egypt

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May 2007 (Revised May 2008)
Teaching Note

CEMEX: Rewarding Egyptian Retailers (TN)

By: Francisco de Asis Martinez-Jerez

Teaching note to 106065. View Details

Keywords: Sales; Egypt

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March 2006 (Revised January 2011)
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CEMEX: Rewarding the Egyptian Retailers

CEMEX has pursued an aggressive decommoditization strategy focused on its relationship with small Egyptian retailers. In particular, the strategic role and effectiveness of the Rewards Program, a tournament that rewarded the sales performance of the retailers, was... View Details

Keywords: Marketing Strategy; Performance Improvement; Sales; Motivation and Incentives; Construction Industry; Egypt

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April 2024
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Loneliness and Emotion Regulation in Daily Life

By: Lameese Eldesouky, Amit Goldenberg and Kate Ellis

There is a growing understanding that emotion regulation (ER) abilities can be an important buffer for loneliness. However, most of this research is cross-sectional. Thus, it is unknown whether loneliness is associated with ER in momentary evaluations and can predict... View Details

Keywords: Interpersonal Communication; Emotions; Attitudes; Egypt

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01 Apr 2002
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Insights into Business in Islamic World

quite diverse. Saudi Arabia and Pakistan, for example, are countries noted for application of Islamic law beyond religious and family life to civic, financial, and commercial affairs, he said. Since the 1970s, other nations such as Jordan, Iran, and View Details

Keywords: Islam; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services

25 May 2010
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Commencement and the Winds of Change

2006, addressed graduating HBS students at this year’s Class Day. Born in Cairo, Cohen was 11 when he and his family, along with other Jewish residents, were forced to leave Egypt by the country’s government after the Suez Canal crisis in... View Details

Keywords: Garry Emmons; Finance

01 Sep 2013
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The New Tech Meccas

When author and start-up vet Chris Schroeder (MBA 1992) attended a regional entrepreneurship conference in Dubai in 2010, the energy of the crowd was a revelation. "I could not get my head around the idea that this was coming from places like Mubarak's Egypt—places... View Details

Keywords: Management, Scientific, and Technical Consulting Services; Professional Services; News, Library, Internet, and Other Services; Information

October 2021 (Revised February 2022)
Case

Hospital 57357: Aligning Performance Towards a Vision of a Cancer-Free Childhood

By: Susanna Gallani and Youssef Abdel Aal

The case follows the Children Cancer Hospital in Egypt, also known as Hospital 57357, as it goes through the roll-out of a new performance management system, which Dr. Sherif Abouel Naga, founder and CEO of the hospital, had championed. This was a critical juncture as... View Details

Keywords: Healthcare; Performance Management; Performance Incentives; Strategic Alignment; Health Care and Treatment; Nonprofit Organizations; Strategy; Alignment; Performance Evaluation; Mission and Purpose; Change Management; Health Industry; Egypt; Middle East

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01 Dec 2006
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HBS Honors Four Alumni

former chairman of London-based Apax Partners, one of the world’s leading venture-capital and private-equity firms, Ronnie Cohen and his parents emigrated, with virtually no possessions, to England from Egypt in 1956. Often said to be the... View Details

Keywords: Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services

01 Dec 2020
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AI Enhances Diagnostic Care

radiology. “Our goal is to offer best-in-class medical service that is unparalleled across Egypt and Africa,” she notes. MRC has recently installed the first PET/MRI machine in Egypt, other African nations, and the Middle East to better... View Details

Keywords: Jennifer Gillespie

25 Aug 2022
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Ink: The Three-Step Startup

challenging way of teaching, you know. When I first went to Egypt to teach a group of executives, one said to me, “Wow, this case-study approach is nothing that I’ve experienced before, and I really like it. It’s like jazz. We’re used to... View Details

Keywords: Jill Radsken; Business Schools & Computer & Management Training; Educational Services

15 Oct 2019
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Fellowship Enables Opportunity in Africa

Recent Class of 2019 graduates Katharine Bodnar, Doha Tantawy, and Ike Kyei, with Tuyee Yeboah (not pictured) from the Class of 2018, are the first recipients of the GO: Africa Fellowship. (photo by Susan Young) Recent Class of 2019 graduates Katharine Bodnar, Doha... View Details

04 Oct 2016
First Look

October 4, 2016

income. By the end of the revolution in 2014, Hassab Labs was among the top five chains in the country. In October 2014, Seha partially exited Hassab Labs in a sale to an African conglomerate, SAHAM Group. At the same time, Azab learned that foreign investors in a... View Details

23 Jul 2020
Research & Ideas

How Countries Use Financial Policy to Fight COVID-19

developed nations accounted for 5.43 percent of GDP, whereas in developing nations the total was far less at 3.30 percent. South Korea came in at 15.05 percent of GDP, the United States at 12.42 percent, and Canada 8.81 percent. Ethiopia, by contrast, came in at 1.98... View Details

Keywords: by Rachel Layne

03 Mar 2011
Research & Ideas

HBS Faculty on Revolution in the Middle East and North Africa

similarities in the uprisings that have gripped the region, every country is unique. The histories, perspectives, and needs of people across the region differ, and we need to tailor our approach country by country. For example, too strong a hand in the case of View Details

Keywords: Re: Deepak Malhotra; Energy; Utilities

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