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National Competitiveness - Institute For Strategy And Competitiveness

Tunisia United Arab Emirates North America Canada Mexico United States Sub-Saharan Africa Botswana Ghana Kenya Madagascar Mauritius Nigeria Rwanda South Africa Tanzania Uganda “The fundamental goal of economic policy is to enhance... View Details
  • 2024
  • Working Paper

The Uneven Impact of Generative AI on Entrepreneurial Performance

By: Nicholas G. Otis, Rowan Clarke, Solène Delecourt, David Holtz and Rembrand Koning
Scalable and low-cost AI assistance has the potential to improve firm decision-making and economic performance. However, running a business involves a myriad of open-ended problems, making it difficult to know whether recent AI advances can help business owners make... View Details
Keywords: AI and Machine Learning; Performance Improvement; Small Business; Decision Choices and Conditions; Kenya
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I am currently a Principal or Co-Principal Investigator of five field-based randomized controlled trials, each of which examines the management of lay health workers in developing countries, with an eye toward generating theoretical insights and policy guidance on how... View Details
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Request the Data - Leadership

Germany Ghana Uzbekistan Greece Guatemala Guinea Guyana Honduras Hong Kong Hungary Iceland India Indonesia Iran Iraq Ireland Israel Italy Ivory Coast Jamaica Japan Jordan Kazakhstan Kenya Korea, North Korea, South Kuwait Kyrgyzstan Latvia... View Details
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I am currently a Principal or Co-Principal Investigator of five field-based randomized controlled trials, each of which examines the management of lay health workers in developing countries, with an eye toward generating theoretical insights and policy guidance on how... View Details
Keywords: Development Economics; Policy; Health; Human Resources; Africa; India; United States
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I am currently a Principal or Co-Principal Investigator of five field-based randomized controlled trials, each of which examines the management of lay health workers in developing countries, with an eye toward generating theoretical insights and policy guidance on how... View Details
Keywords: Development Economics; Policy; Health; Human Resources; Africa; India; United States
  • 01 Sep 2023
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Hands-on Learning About Global Markets

Kigali, Rwanda Nairobi, Kenya New Delhi, India São Paulo, Brazil Santiago, Chile Seoul, South Korea * For students who were not able to travel abroad The challenge posed to students in HBS’s FIELD Global Immersion (FGI) course sounds a... View Details
Keywords: Jennifer Gillespie

    Ray A. Goldberg

    A native of North Dakota, Dr. Goldberg received his A.B. from Harvard University in 1948, his MBA from the Harvard Graduate School of Business Administration in 1950 and his Ph.D. in Agricultural Economics from the University of Minnesota in 1952.

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    Keywords: agribusiness; agriculture; fast food; food; food processing; forest products; grocery; high technology; information; restaurant; retailing; soft drink; textiles; tobacco; transportation; wholesale; wine
    • 11 Apr 2023
    • Cold Call Podcast

    A Rose by Any Other Name: Supply Chains and Carbon Emissions in the Flower Industry

    Keywords: Re: Willy C. Shih & Michael W. Toffel; Agriculture & Agribusiness
    • 16 Jun 2020
    • Research & Ideas

    Your Customers Have Changed. Here's How to Engage Them Again.

    countries with expectations the restaurants will likely employ DoorDash in the future. M-Pesa implemented fee-waivers in Kenya and other African countries to encourage use of its financial services and reduce the need for a physical... View Details
    Keywords: by Rohit Deshpandé, Ofer Mintz, and Imran S. Currim; Retail; Service
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    Peggy Mativo-Ochola

    returned to Nairobi, Kenya where she founded and launched Pacemaker International, an educational nonprofit similar to Teach for America. "Kenya is short about 70,000 teachers," says Peggy. "The people most affected by the... View Details
    Keywords: Nonprofit/Government/Education
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    Curriculum - Business & Environment

    Sourcing at Nike This case explores the evolution of Nike's global product sourcing strategy, in particular ongoing efforts to improve working conditions at its suppliers' factories. Sian Flowers: Fresher by Sea? The setting for this case is the Sian Flowers, a company... View Details
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    Participating Institutions - Institute For Strategy And Competitiveness

    College 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... View Details
    • 12 Sep 2023
    • Blog Post

    Harvard Climate Entrepreneurs Circle: Taking Climate Solutions from Idea to Action, Faster

    Egypt, Australia, Ireland, Ecuador, Nigeria, Pakistan, and Kenya among others. Within the U.S, the geographical spread is just as wide, with founders from Boston to Texas. And about two-thirds of Climate Circle teams are led by women or... View Details
    • September 2020 (Revised November 2020)
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    d.light

    By: Michael Chu, Krishna G. Palepu and Dilyana Karadzhova Botha
    Kenyan off-grid-solar pioneer d.light can power entire homes in rural Africa but must now decide how to fund the growth of its asset-heavy business model. Ned Tozun and Sam Goldman founded d.light in 2006 to transform lives through solar solutions enabling access to... View Details
    Keywords: Alternative Energy; Business Model; Capital; Emerging Markets; Expansion; Financial Strategy; Renewable Energy; Strategy; Social Entrepreneurship; Energy Industry; Africa; Kenya; India
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    • 02 Feb 2022
    • Blog Post

    How I Spent My HBS 2+2 Deferral: Nikki Philip

    GMAT, apply to HBS, and receive my acceptance all before moving to Kenya after graduation. The application process was much simpler than it would have been if I was doing it while living in a remote village in rural Kenya. How long did... View Details
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    Business, Government & the International Economy Awards & Honors - Faculty & Research

    Received a Derek C. Bok Award for Excellence in Graduate Student Teaching of Undergraduates, Harvard University, Fall 2007. 2006 Caroline M. Elkins : Finalist for the 2006 Lionel Gelber Prize for Imperial Reckoning: The Untold Story of Britain’s Gulag in View Details
    • November 2022 (Revised October 2024)
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    'A Marshall Plan for Africa': James Mwangi and Equity Group Holdings

    By: Caroline M. Elkins, Debora L. Spar, Zeke Gillman and Julia M. Comeau
    Financial Inclusion. Dignity. Trust. These were the core principles driving James Mwangi’s transformation of Equity Building Society, insolvent in 1991, into what is, today, Equity Group Holdings, East and Central Africa’s largest retail banking institution. Raised in... View Details
    Keywords: Income Inequality; Micro Finance; Microcredit; Microfinance; Banks and Banking; Equality and Inequality; Mission and Purpose; Business Model; Social Entrepreneurship; Banking Industry; Financial Services Industry; Africa; Kenya
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    Request more information | HBS Courses | HBS Online

    Italy Jamaica Japan Jersey Jordan Kazakhstan Kenya Kiribati Korea Korea (Democratic People's Republic of) Kuwait Kyrgyzstan Lao People's Democratic Republic Latvia Lebanon Lesotho Liberia Libya Liechtenstein Lithuania Luxembourg Macao... View Details
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    Credential of Leadership, Impact, and Management in Business | HBS Online

    Kazakhstan Kenya Kiribati Korea Korea (Democratic People's Republic of) Kuwait Kyrgyzstan Lao People's Democratic Republic Latvia Lebanon Lesotho Liberia Libya Liechtenstein Lithuania Luxembourg Macao Madagascar Malawi Malaysia Maldives... View Details