Publications

07 Mar 2011
News

Adventure Travel in China

Keywords: Accommodation; Hospitality

September 2016 (Revised February 2017)
Technical Note

Real Estate in China: A Technical Note for SOHO China

By: Charles F. Wu

A technical note on the state of Chinese commercial real estate and the effects of China's slowing growth. This note was written in conjunction with the case study "SOHO China: Transformation in Progress." View Details

Keywords: China; Real Estate; Commercial Real Estate; Beijing; Shanghai; REIT; Gdp; Economic Growth; Real Estate Industry; Shanghai; Beijing

3 Jul 2007
Other Presentation

Creating A Competitive South Africa

By: Michael E. Porter

Competitiveness presentation delivered in Johannesburg, South Africa View Details

Keywords: Economics; South Africa

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June 1982
Case

Polaroid in South Africa (A), Supplement

By: Christopher A. Bartlett

Keywords: Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact; Social Issues; South Africa

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February 2022 (Revised September 2022)
Case

InstaDeep: AI Innovation Born in Africa (A)

By: Shikhar Ghosh and Esel Çekin

Karim Beguir and Zohra Slim were the co-founders of InstaDeep, a deep tech startup focusing on artificial intelligence (AI) solutions. Instadeep was one of the few companies globally that were partnering with DeepMind, an AI subsidiary of Google [Alphabet Inc.].... View Details

Keywords: AI; Artificial Intelligence; Entrepreneurship; Operations; Business Subsidiaries; Brands and Branding; Innovation and Invention; Growth and Development Strategy; AI and Machine Learning; Technology Industry; Africa

25 Sep 2017 - 27 Sep 2017
Lecture

Three-Day Series on Innovation and Entrepreneurship in Africa

By: Euvin Naidoo

Africa and the 4th Industrial Revolution: Innovation, leapfrogging and the promise and challenges of the Demographic Dividend Optional pre-seminar viewing: 2017 MasterClass on Digital Innovation and the Fourth Industrial Revolution Monday, September 25, ... View Details

Keywords: Entrepreneurship; Innovation and Invention; Africa

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2017
Other Unpublished Work

Improving Financial Inclusion in South Africa

By: Klaus Kessler, Adam Ikdal, Euvin Naidoo, Adrien Portafaix, Joshua Hendrickson, Alex Boje and Darryn Rabec

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25 Nov 2013
News

Jumia Pioneers Online Retailing in Africa

Keywords: Nonstore Retailers; Retail Trade

November 2015 (Revised November 2016)
Case

Huaxia: Building a U.S.-Style Dairy in China

By: Tarun Khanna, Nancy Hua Dai and Juan Ma

In 2015, Charles Shao, chairman of Huaxia, considered the alternatives to ensure sustainable growth of Huaxia and rebuild the overall health of China's dairy industry. He came to China in 2004 and set up Huaxia dairy farm with the goal to build a world-class dairy farm... View Details

Keywords: Entrepreneurship; Strategy; Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact; Emerging Markets; Agribusiness; Agriculture and Agribusiness Industry; China

07 Oct 2010
News

Why Wal-Mart Went Shopping in Africa

Keywords: Professor Rajiv Lal; Miscellaneous Store Retailers; Retail Trade

29 Jun 2019
News

Building an Entrepreneurial Ecosystem in Africa

a different Africa, and a transformed Africa, and an Africa that performs better, and that surely rises in every sense of the term. One of the reasons I decided to come to HBS was the strong emphasis on the... View Details

14 Jul 2017

Africa MBA Indaba Conference in Johannesburg

This two-day conference brings together alumni from prestigious business schools that are making a big impact across Africa. You will have the opportunity to connect with HBS Alumni at the Business School Expo on July 14th and 15th. Use promo code "HARVARD" for a... View Details

11 Nov 2018
Interview

Investment in South Africa [eNCA interview]

By: Euvin Naidoo

Partner and MD at Venture University and VU Fund, Euvin Naidoo, discusses the impact innovation can have on the growth of the South African economy. View Details

Keywords: Investment; Innovation and Invention; Economic Growth; South Africa

October 2021 (Revised May 2023)
Case

Project Maji: Pricing Water in Sub-Saharan Africa

By: Elie Ofek, Marco Bertini, Dilyana Karadzhova Botha and Esel Çekin

In July 2021, Sunil Lalvani, founder and CEO of Project Maji, a non-profit social enterprise headquartered in Dubai that had already provided sustainable, clean water solutions to 80,000 people living in rural communities across Ghana and Kenya, was facing an important... View Details

Keywords: Water; Pricing; Nonprofit Organizations; Projects; Price; Decision Making; Social Enterprise; Growth and Development Strategy; Equity; Green Technology; Social and Collaborative Networks; Africa; Dubai

21 Apr 2016
Working Paper Summaries

The Perils of Building Democracy in Africa

Keywords: by Benjamin Marx, Vincent Pons, and Tavneet Suri

December 2010 (Revised February 2012)
Case

Yum! China

By: David E. Bell and Mary Shelman

Since the first KFC opened in China in 1987, Yum--under Sam Su's leadership--had built the largest restaurant company by far in mainland China. Averaging one new restaurant opening a day for the past five years, in 2010 Yum ran over 3,600 restaurants in 650 cities and... View Details

Keywords: Business Processes; Business or Company Management; Growth and Development Strategy; Strategy; Business Strategy; Food and Beverage Industry; Beijing Shi