Entrepreneurship In Africa - Publications - Faculty & Research

March 2023
Teaching Note

ALDDN: Advancing Local Dairy Development in Nigeria

By: Meg Rithmire

Teaching Note for HBS No. 721-026. View Details

Keywords: Agriculture and Agribusiness Industry; Africa; Nigeria

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22 Sep 2015
News

Investing in Scalable Impact on K-12 Education

Vivian Wu (MBA 2000) manages Zuckerberg Education Ventures, an impact investing initiative that supports education entrepreneurs who are developing scalable businesses that will improve learning outcomes and increase access to high-quality education for large numbers... View Details

01 Mar 2023
News

Elevator Pitch: Spread the Wealth

Illustration by Drue Wagner Illustration by Drue Wagner Sabine Tejerina (MBA 2009) Cofounder and COO, Upstreet Concept: Launched in 2020, Upstreet makes it easier and more economical for companies to reward employees and customers with... View Details

Keywords: entrepreneurship; stock ownership; customer rewards; employee retention; financial literacy; Securities, Commodities, and Other Financial Investments; Finance

15 Dec 2023
News

Exploring Business Opportunities in Africa; Alumni Grapple with Plastic Waste Problem

Clubs News Clubs News Webinar illuminates broad array of business opportunities across Africa On December 5th, the HBS African-American Alumni Association (HBSAAA) hosted ‘Doing Business in Africa: From Opportunity to Action’, a webinar panel of HBS alumni who shared... View Details

Keywords: Margie Kelley

16 Feb 2016
Working Paper Summaries

Diversity and Team Performance in a Kenyan Organization

Keywords: by Benjamin Marx, Vincent Pons, and Tavneet Suri; Public Administration; Public Relations

24 Apr 2014
News

Transforming the landscape of agriculture in Nigeria

Mezuo Nwuneli (MBA 2003) is focused on improving the quality of food, its production, and its distribution in his native Nigeria. Nwuneli is cofounder of AACE Food Processing & Distribution, a company he launched View Details

06 Mar 2017
News

Leading in the Community and the Boardroom

Benaree Pratt Wiley (MBA 1972) has gathered many takeaways over a long career that has spanned consulting, the nonprofit sector, and entrepreneurship, but one in particular has had lasting resonance: Success is personal. “It’s easy to get... View Details

16 Mar 2015
News

Cooking Up New Opportunities in New Orleans

Carol Ahn Markowitz (MBA 2003) gave up a safe life in corporate finance to head to New Orleans following Hurricane Katrina. She now leads a $33.5 million culinary institute start-up. It’s been a bumpy road. Markowitz couldn’t find a job... View Details

02 May 2016
News

Creating Common Ground in Communities of Conflict

Umaimah Mendhro (MBA 2009) was visiting her native village in Pakistan in 2007 when she got the idea to found the Dreamfly, a global initiative designed to educate, expose, and empower people living View Details

Research Summary

How and When Does Hierarchy Emerge in Firms?

Despite understanding that formal structure within firms is crucial for maintaining coordination and control as young firms grow, relatively little is systematically known about the initial formation of hierarchy in firms. By exploiting access to a dataset of all... View Details

Keywords: Organization Design; Start-up Growth; Startup Management; Organizational Design; Entrepreneurship; Brazil

15 Nov 2020
News

Fostering Innovation in Social Enterprise Across Harvard

leaders an opportunity to explore social entrepreneurship and test ideas for social innovation in a rigorous yet supportive environment.” This year, the $75,000 Peter M. Sacerdote Grand Prize was awarded to... View Details

22 Oct 2014
News

HarvardX course closes in on global view

December 2022
Article

Shaping Nascent Industries: Innovation Strategy and Regulatory Uncertainty in Personal Genomics

By: Cheng Gao and Rory McDonald

In nascent industries—whose new technologies are often poorly understood by regulators—contending with regulatory uncertainty can be crucial to organizational survival and growth. Prior research on nonmarket strategy has largely focused on established firms in mature... View Details

Keywords: Technological Change; Innovation; Qualitative Methods; New Categories; Entrepreneurship; Technological Innovation; Governing Rules, Regulations, and Reforms; Risk and Uncertainty; Strategy

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22 Apr 2014
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Find your passion in business and beyond

Adrian Beer (OPM 31, 2002), CEO of GrupoBeer, talks about finding balance between building your business and benefitting society. (Published April 2014) View Details

April 2003 (Revised February 2008)
Teaching Note

Botswana: A Diamond in the Rough (TN)

By: Laura Alfaro

Teaching Note for (9-703-027). View Details

Keywords: Botswana

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01 Oct 2000
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Linda B. Kanner: All in the Family

When Linda Kanner arrived at HBS in 1973, she had two sons: Adam, three, and Ben, one. Her husband, a doctor, was moonlighting in local emergency rooms while studying for his own MBA degree at MIT's Sloan... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna

24 Mar 2014
News

Birchbox Finds Beauty in Bricks and Mortar

Keywords: Nonstore Retailers; Retail Trade

10 Mar 2016
News

In the Spotlight: Jeff Walker (MBA 1981)

Keywords: Securities, Commodities, and Other Financial Investments; Finance

October 2020
Case

Israelis, Palestinians and the Technology Bridge Between Them: A Work in Progress

By: Elie Ofek and Lia Weiner

In Israel of 2020 the demand for software engineers was endless. Meanwhile just miles away, Palestinian universities were graduating 3,000 engineers a year, and many of them could not find jobs in the still nascent Palestinian tech sector. Could these dots be... View Details