Africa - Publications - Faculty & Research

29 Jul 2021
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Support System

their harvest or the ability to move their product beyond Africa to be marketed and sold. The result? They take what they could get from the traders who showed up in the village with trucks from time to time. Through a family line of... View Details

30 Sep 2010
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Can’t We All Just Get Along?

coveted Nobel for his work in ending the hostilities between the province of Aceh and the government of Indonesia, a struggle that had claimed 50,000 lives during a 30-year war. Before that, he was a key figure in negotiating Namibia’s independence from South View Details

Keywords: Nobel Peace Prize; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services; Justice, Public Order, and Safety Activities; Government; National Security and International Affairs; Government

01 Jun 2025
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Forward Thinking

The tallest animal to roam the land, giraffes cast long shadows on the dry savannas and woodlands of sub-Saharan Africa where they live. But their lands are vanishing, with estimates suggesting that 90 percent of their habitat has already... View Details

Keywords: Jen Mcfarland Flint; Illustrations by Maria Jesus Contreras; Animal Production and Aquaculture; Agriculture

16 Dec 2010
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The Emergent Arab World

Last month, the fourth annual “Harvard Arab Weekend” conference was held at venues around the University, including HBS. The theme of the conference was “Leadership in the Private, Social, and Public Sectors” in the Middle East and North View Details

Keywords: Garry Emmons; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services; Government

01 Feb 1999
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HBS Alumni Association Board of Directors: President's Report

hesitate to contact either me or a Board member in your area. Your input means a great deal, and we hope that our work will serve to connect you better to fellow alumni and to the School. Best wishes, and I look forward to seeing many of you in South View Details

01 Feb 2000
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Filling a Vacuum

work force by making them shareholders in the company. "If you own something," Slayton told the Journal, "you take better care of it. Whenever I take over at a company, I make everyone a significant shareholder." Prior to HBS, Slayton spent seven years in Asia and... View Details

15 Dec 2011
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An HBS gift guide

accessible travel easy to find and up to date for people with all kinds of physical challenges.” Help Brehm spread the word Previous Next Supporting African vineyards Selena (MBA 2003) and Khary Cuffe (MBA 2006) Founders, Heritage Link Brands “Our ability to delight... View Details

Keywords: Bulletin Staff; holiday; gift giving; Manufacturing; Retail Trade

01 Dec 2018
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Supporting Global Understanding, Locally

Suzan Sabanci Dincer Suzan Sabanci Dincer has been a key partner with HBS since the opening of the School’s Middle East and North Africa (MENA) Research Center in Istanbul in 2013. “The center is a continuation of HBS’s efforts to build a... View Details

01 Dec 2004
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Ideas: Books

the best location to start a business, assemble the necessary resources, adapt to local environments, and execute for success. Creating Value through International Strategy edited by Africa Arino, Pankaj Ghemawat, and Joan E. Ricart... View Details

Keywords: Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services

25 Jun 2020
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Covering All Corners

the pharmaceutical needs of emerging markets and has a strong presence in more than 40 countries throughout Africa and the Middle East-North Africa region. “We are a very purpose-driven team and believe in... View Details

01 Feb 2001
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Q&A - Dirty Money: Raymond Baker Explores the Free Market's Demimonde

Getting Reality on the Table One of the country's foremost experts on money laundering and illegal flight capital, Raymond W. Baker (MBA '60) set out for Africa one year after graduating from HBS, seeking "a taste of international... View Details

Keywords: Finance; Government

01 Dec 2018
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Action Plan: The Power of Story

you were to where you are.” Henderson brings his story to audiences from LA to South Africa as managing director of the leadership development firm Henderson, Harper & Associates. Its power lies in its truth: From dabbling in marijuana at... View Details

Keywords: Ryan Jones

01 Dec 2017
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The Power of Cultural Understanding

and natural gas company in the Middle East. “When I was at HBS it was clearly the world’s leading business school. What it has become even more today is the leading business school for the world,” says Jafar, who has served on the School’s Middle East and North View Details

20 Jan 2017
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Bringing Power to the People

building a solar plant of 100 megawatts that will supply power to roughly 200,000 people. And it will be at the cheapest price ever in the region. “We are going to build a solar plant in Mozambique. The electrification rights of Africa is... View Details

01 Jun 2002
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Profile: The Invisible Hand - Robert Massie and God's Green Earth

of experience. “Although I was often part of privileged communities, from very early on, I frequently identified with those who were excluded.” Enrolling at Princeton, Massie became an activist, particularly regarding South Africa and... View Details

Keywords: Garry Emmons; management; ethics

01 Dec 2020
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AI Enhances Diagnostic Care

long business manifesto, which is my silver bullet to unlock potential growth across Africa through a holistic, long-term plan,” she explains. Tantawy also credits HBS’s Global Opportunity Fellowship (GO: Africa) she received in 2019 and... View Details

Keywords: Jennifer Gillespie

01 Dec 2013
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14 for '14

three things: the Central African Republic to replace Mali and Somalia as Africa's worst hot spot; the 2016 US presidential race will begin to hog the news and quickly annoy you; and I'll be lost somewhere in the sands of central Africa... View Details

Keywords: Arts, Entertainment; Finance; Government; Information; Retail Trade

01 Jun 2003
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Student Conferences, at a Glance

variety of private, nonprofit, and governmental sources. Foundations are fickle, so always keep more than a few irons in the fundraising fire. Africa Business Conference. Building the African Dream: Defining a New Approach to Success... View Details