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- Winter 2012
- Article
South Sudan: The Birth of an Economy
By: Eric D. Werker, Kelly Wyett and Shannon Ding
We discuss the birth of a new economy in a society that has only recently emerged from a 22-year-long civil war. The pace of growth so far has been fast but uneven. We find that aid and oil money are flowing rapidly into certain sectors, while other... View Details
Keywords: Sudan; Developing Markets; Foreign Aid; Conflict; Oil Prices; Private Sector Development; Emerging Markets; Policy; Developing Countries and Economies; Innovation and Invention; South Sudan
Werker, Eric D., Kelly Wyett, and Shannon Ding. "South Sudan: The Birth of an Economy." Innovations: Technology, Governance, Globalization 7, no. 1 (Winter 2012): 73–90.
- February 2009 (Revised November 2016)
- Exercise
Congo River Basin Project: Role for Dr. Beni
By: Kathleen L. McGinn, Anne Starks Acosta, Deborah M. Kolb and Cailin B. Hammer
The director of a research coalition and the founder/coordinator of an NGO consortium meet to discuss the possibility of jointly drafting a proposal for an integrated research and development project in the Congo River basin. Approved projects will receive an annual... View Details
Keywords: Decision Choices and Conditions; Negotiation Process; Projects; Research and Development; Non-Governmental Organizations; Cooperation; Congo Basin
McGinn, Kathleen L., Anne Starks Acosta, Deborah M. Kolb, and Cailin B. Hammer. "Congo River Basin Project: Role for Dr. Beni." Harvard Business School Exercise 909-041, February 2009. (Revised November 2016.)
- 1992
- Chapter
Foreign Investment in Southeast and East Asia: Lessons for Ghana
By: L. T. Wells Jr.
Wells, L. T., Jr. "Foreign Investment in Southeast and East Asia: Lessons for Ghana." In Ghana's Development: Strategic Lessons from Asia, edited by Richard H. Goldman, Michael Roemer, Donald R. Snodgrass, and L. T. Wells Jr..Development Discussion Paper. Cambridge: Harvard Institute for International Development, 1992. (Also published as CAER Discussion Paper No. 11, March 1992. Also in Journal of Ghanaian Economic Society (1995))
- December 2011
- Article
EXEMPLARY CONTRIBUTION: Transforming Mental Models on Emerging Markets
By: Charles Dhanaraj and Tarun Khanna
Economic growth in the Western world increasingly depends on meaningful engagement with emerging markets such as Brazil, China, India, South Africa, and Turkey. Business schools are responding with increased attention to these markets in their research and curricula.... View Details
Keywords: Emerging Markets; Business Model; Economic Growth; Developing Countries and Economies; Research; Business Education; Learning; Financial Institutions; Framework; Transformation; Perspective; India; China; Brazil; South Africa; Turkey
Dhanaraj, Charles, and Tarun Khanna. "EXEMPLARY CONTRIBUTION: Transforming Mental Models on Emerging Markets." Academy of Management Learning & Education 10, no. 4 (December 2011).
- February 2010 (Revised February 2021)
- Case
The Vitality Group: Paying for Self-Care
Vitality is part of a $2 billion start-up South African and U.K. health insurance firm. It has achieved excellent results in rewarding people for promoting their health. It is now contemplating how to enter the U.S. market. View Details
Herzlinger, Regina E. "The Vitality Group: Paying for Self-Care." Harvard Business School Case 310-071, February 2010. (Revised February 2021.)
- 01 Jun 2017
- Cold Call Podcast
Building India’s First $100 Billion Company
- January 2014
- Case
Entrepreneurial Finance Lab: Scaling an Innovative Start-up Financing Venture
By: Joan Farre-Mensa, William R. Kerr and Alexis Brownell
EFL provides credit-scoring services in developing countries using psychometric assessment, but the potential loss of a large customer makes them reconsider their scaling narrative. View Details
Keywords: Finance; Developing Countries; Lending; Psychometrics; Scaling; Entrepreneurship; Credit; Developing Countries and Economies; Growth and Development Strategy; Financial Services Industry; Banking Industry; Africa; Latin America
Farre-Mensa, Joan, William R. Kerr, and Alexis Brownell. "Entrepreneurial Finance Lab: Scaling an Innovative Start-up Financing Venture." Harvard Business School Case 814-073, January 2014.
- 15 Mar 2010
- News
A Business Ripe for Picking?
- 23 May 2011
- Research & Ideas
Corporate Sustainability Reporting: It’s Effective
greater, he predicts, if countries followed the example of South Africa and France, which recently expanded their mandatory reporting laws to require that companies report their financial and ESG performance in a single integrated annual... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding
- 01 Sep 2009
- News
Ready for Launch
elective taught by faculty adviser and senior lecturer Daniel Isenberg. EGG: Engineering Global Growth. Why Africa? Alla “So many people see Africa as a place of violence and corruption. Having lived there, I see it as a market like any... View Details
- February 2012 (Revised October 2013)
- Case
OpenIDEO
By: Karim R. Lakhani, Anne-Laure Fayard, Natalia Levina and Stephanie Healy Pokrywa
The case describes OpenIDEO, an online offshoot of IDEO, one of the world's leading product design firms. OpenIDEO leverages IDEO's innovative design process and an online community to create solutions for social issues. Emphasis is placed on comparing the IDEO and... View Details
Keywords: Social Issues; Product Design; Social and Collaborative Networks; Collaborative Innovation and Invention; Ghana; New Zealand
Lakhani, Karim R., Anne-Laure Fayard, Natalia Levina, and Stephanie Healy Pokrywa. "OpenIDEO." Harvard Business School Case 612-066, February 2012. (Revised October 2013.)
- December 2010
- Supplement
Urban Water Partners (B) (CW)
By: Karthik Ramanna and George Serafeim
Supplement to 111029 View Details
- November 2009
- Article
Finding Missing Markets (and a Disturbing Epilogue): Evidence from an Export Crop Adoption and Marketing Intervention in Kenya
By: Nava Ashraf, Xavier Gine and Dean Karlan
Farmers may grow crops for local consumption despite more profitable export options. DrumNet, a Kenyan NGO that helps small farmers adopt and market export crops, conducted a randomized trial to evaluate its impact. DrumNet services increased production of export crops... View Details
Keywords: Export Crop; Field Experiment; Food Safety Standards; Plant-Based Agribusiness; Trade; Profit; Marketing; Standards; Failure; Non-Governmental Organizations; Agriculture and Agribusiness Industry; Kenya; European Union
Ashraf, Nava, Xavier Gine, and Dean Karlan. "Finding Missing Markets (and a Disturbing Epilogue): Evidence from an Export Crop Adoption and Marketing Intervention in Kenya." American Journal of Agricultural Economics 91, no. 4 (November 2009): 973–990.
- Video
Badreddine Ouali
Badreddine Ouali, Founder and Co-CEO of Vermeg, outlines principles that have guided hiring decisions at his companies. View Details
- Video
Mostafa Terrab
Mostafa Terrab, Chairman and CEO of Morocco-based OCP Group, contextualizes the company’s activities in the Western Sahara region and addresses criticisms on the subject. View Details
- Video
Dr. Ahmed Heikal
Dr. Ahmed Heikal, Chairman and Founder of Qalaa Holdings, explains how building businesses requires a skillset that involves accounting for external pressures, particularly in the context of emerging markets. View Details
- 05 Jul 2006
- First Look
First Look: July 5, 2006
challenges of economic development in Africa and in other low-income countries. The case provides a brief political and economic history of Rwanda, but focuses on the country before and after the genocide. A description of government... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- Profile
David A. Frankel
his native South Africa as a wealthy young entrepreneur who had already co-founded and sold a hugely successful company that left him, at age 29, “sitting on the floor, bored out of my mind.” Having been accepted to HBS prior to starting... View Details