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- March 2022 (Revised April 2022)
- Case
MTN: Unlocking Value While Driving Socioeconomic Progress
By: Benjamin C. Esty, Pippa Tubman Armerding and Dilyana Karadzhova Botha
On March 10, 2021, Ralph Mupita the new CEO of MTN Group, Africa's largest telecommunications company, presented the group’s 2020 annual results and unveiled a new strategy to “drive growth and unlock value.” Despite MTN’s leadership in most of its markets, the... View Details
Keywords: Decision Making; Goals and Objectives; Valuation; Emerging Markets; Business Strategy; Financial Management; Information Technology; Corporate Finance; Telecommunications Industry; Africa; South Africa; Ghana; Nigeria
Esty, Benjamin C., Pippa Tubman Armerding, and Dilyana Karadzhova Botha. "MTN: Unlocking Value While Driving Socioeconomic Progress." Harvard Business School Case 722-371, March 2022. (Revised April 2022.)
- March 2008
- Case
Patel Food and Chemicals Private Limited (A)
By: Felda Hardymon and Ann Leamon
Alok Patel, the founder and chairman of a Gujarat-based, privately held edible oils processor, must decide whether to hire a CFO candidate. Previously, his company's book-keeping has been done by an uncle, who has mentioned that he may retire soon. Patel could hire his... View Details
Keywords: Selection and Staffing; Family Business; Managerial Roles; Emerging Markets; Diversity; Finance; Food and Beverage Industry; Gujarat
Hardymon, Felda, and Ann Leamon. "Patel Food and Chemicals Private Limited (A)." Harvard Business School Case 808-142, March 2008.
- 05 Feb 2019
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, February 5, 2019
7, I argued that sponsors of large technical systems (including platform systems) must manage the modular structure of the system and property rights in a way that solves four inter-related problems: provide all essential functional... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 29 Jun 2015
- HBS Case
Consumer-centered Health Care Depends on Accessible Medical Records
what is clear is that the organization will have to be one that both consumers need and doctors trust, says John A. Quelch, the Charles Edward Wilson Professor of Business Administration at Harvard Business School and Professor in Health Policy and View Details
- 01 Jun 2003
- News
Prize for Nonprofit Paper
“Managing Multi-Site Nonprofits,” by HBS professors Allen S. Grossman and V. Kasturi Rangan, has received the annual Editors’ Prize for the Best Scholarly Paper in the journal Nonprofit Management and Leadership for 2002. This paper View Details
- 01 Dec 1998
- News
New Senior Executive Programme Strengthens African Managerial Leadership
Senior Executive Programme, an initiative developed through the collective efforts of HBS, Wits Business School in Johannesburg, and several other private, public, and international organizations. Designed for the region's experienced and View Details
- 03 Mar 2017
- News
Big Blue’s Big Bet
that we’re smart in the things we’re attacking, and to try to solve real-world problems that make an impact.” Watson General Manager David Kenny (MBA 1986) adds: “The tech sector tends to reward short-term thinking.” But Watson is... View Details
Keywords: Paul Kix; illustrations by Dan Page
- Web
George Pierce Baker Courtyard | About
Dean included the reorganization of the faculty along updated subject areas, revisions in the MBA Program to give more weight to emerging fields of knowledge, the broadening of financial aid, the admission of women as full participants in... View Details
- 01 Jun 2001
- News
Christina Ehrenberg: The Examined Life
by excesses in diet and lifestyle.” Lessons also emerged from “failure.” After weeks of training for a climb to the top of Papua New Guinea’s 14,800-foot Mount Wilhelm, Ehrenberg abandoned her quest within sight of the summit to care for... View Details
- 01 Jun 2001
- News
"Unheard Voices" Brings to Light Three Centuries of American Women at Work
entries in Nathaniel Chamberlain’s account book, this glimpse into 18th-century American domestic life is one of hundreds of stories about women and work that is surfacing thanks to a new initiative at Baker Library. The project, called “Unheard Voices: American Women... View Details
- 29 May 2006
- Research & Ideas
Why CEOs Are Not Plug-and-Play
"Is talent management portable?" That's the question asked and answered in a recent Harvard Business Review article discussing issues surrounding how top managers can transfer their skill sets to a... View Details
- September 1996 (Revised March 1999)
- Case
EMDICO (B)
By: John A. Quelch
Supplements the (A) case. View Details
Keywords: Multinational Firms and Management; Emerging Markets; Product Launch; Brands and Branding; Manufacturing Industry; Consumer Products Industry; Saudi Arabia
Quelch, John A., and Yoshinori Fujikawa. "EMDICO (B)." Harvard Business School Case 597-030, September 1996. (Revised March 1999.)
- 01 Sep 2014
- News
HBS Faculty Explore Ideas Around the World
Building an Evidence Base for Emerging Markets It’s one thing to research the history of companies in Europe, the United States, or Japan, where libraries, archives, and public records are abundant. But what about View Details
Keywords: faculty research
- 14 Oct 2014
- News
Making smart investments in companies that solve critical social needs
Lisa Hall (MBA 1993), managing director of impact investing for Anthos Asset Management, talks about her work overseeing a financial portfolio of social enterprises that guarantee a financial return along with addressing critical social... View Details
- November 2010 (Revised June 2015)
- Teaching Note
B Lab: Building a New Sector of the Economy, B Lab: Can it Scale Business as a Force for Good?
By: Christopher Marquis and Bobbi Thomason
Teaching Note for 411047 and 415080 View Details
- January 2010 (Revised December 2010)
- Supplement
Toward Golden Pond (B)
By: Nicolas P. Retsinas, G.A. Donovan, Nancy Dai and Justin Seth Ginsburgh
Supplements the A case. Provides an additional dilemma for the Rong-D companies with regard to building luxury senior housing in China. View Details
Keywords: Buildings and Facilities; Age; Investment; Housing; Risk Management; Emerging Markets; Business and Government Relations; Luxury; Chengdu
Retsinas, Nicolas P., G.A. Donovan, Nancy Dai, and Justin Seth Ginsburgh. "Toward Golden Pond (B)." Harvard Business School Supplement 210-046, January 2010. (Revised December 2010.)
- 01 Sep 2010
- News
Faculty Books
The New Science of Retailing: How Analytics Are Transforming the Supply Chain and Improving Performance by Marshall Fisher and Ananth Raman (Harvard Business Press) Professor Raman and his coauthor explain how to use analytics to better View Details
- August 2007
- Case
Satelite Distribuidora de Petroleo
By: Lynda M. Applegate and Andrea M.A.F. Minardi
Marcelo Alecrim, the owner of SAT, a gas distribution company in Brazil, envisioned many growth opportunities but lacked financial resources to pursue them. He was approaching an American private equity fund to raise money. Describes Alecrim's challenge in creating SAT... View Details
Keywords: Business Model; Entrepreneurship; Private Equity; Growth and Development Strategy; Emerging Markets; Utilities Industry; Brazil
Applegate, Lynda M., and Andrea M.A.F. Minardi. "Satelite Distribuidora de Petroleo." Harvard Business School Case 808-062, August 2007.
- 01 Sep 2010
- News
Faculty Research Online
The Hard Work of Measuring Social Impact Donors are placing nonprofits on the hot seat to measure social performance. Problem is, there is little agreement on what those metrics should be. Associate Professor Alnoor Ebrahim discusses how nonprofit View Details
- 01 Apr 1998
- News
Plunging Into the Net
almost four decades ago, this change is clearly more evolutionary than revolutionary. During the last five years, the Internet - and more specifically, its most user-friendly thoroughfare, the World Wide Web - has emerged as a preferred... View Details