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  • January 2016 (Revised May 2016)
  • Case

IKEA in Saudi Arabia (A)

By: Karthik Ramanna, Jérôme Lenhardt and Marc Homsy
A Swedish newspaper reveals that IKEA has erased all images of women from its catalog for Saudi Arabia. The article sparks criticism of IKEA from the Swedish government and its customers in the West. Critics contend that IKEA is not living up to its own commitments to... View Details
Keywords: Corporate Values; Islam; Multinationals; Globalization; Leadership; Equality and Inequality; Multinational Firms and Management; Religion; Organizational Culture; Gender; Consumer Products Industry; Saudi Arabia; Sweden
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  • November 2018 (Revised May 2019)
  • Case

Almarai Company: Milk and Modernization in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia

By: Kristin Fabbe, Safwan Al-Amin, Esel Cekin and Natalie Kindred
With SAR 14 billion ($3.7 billion) in 2017 revenues, Almarai was Saudi Arabia’s largest dairy producer, distributor, and marketer, with a large portfolio of branded dairy products, juices, bakery goods, and infant formula and a sales presence across the Gulf region,... View Details
Keywords: Dairy; Agriculture; Kingdom Of Saudi Arabia; Almarai; Schorderet; Food Security; Public Policy; Self Sufficiency; Gulf; GCC; Business And Government; Agribusiness; Marketing; Distribution; Change Management; Leading Change; Strategy; Government and Politics; Policy; Diversification; Integration; Horizontal Integration; Vertical Integration; Food; Brands and Branding; Growth and Development Strategy; Business and Government Relations; Agriculture and Agribusiness Industry; Food and Beverage Industry; Consumer Products Industry; Saudi Arabia; Middle East
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  • February 2024 (Revised July 2024)
  • Case

Taffi: Entrepreneurship in Saudi Arabia

By: Paul A. Gompers and Fares Khrais
Taffi was a tech-enabled fashion styling startup founded by Shahad Geoffrey in Saudi Arabia in 2020. Within three years of operating, Geoffrey had pivoted the business multiple times. In 2023, Geoffrey was attempting the business’s most ambitious pivot yet, shifting... View Details
Keywords: Business Startups; Disruption; Entrepreneurship; Venture Capital; Investment; Growth and Development Strategy; Business Strategy; AI and Machine Learning; Fashion Industry; Technology Industry; Saudi Arabia; Arabian Peninsula
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  • February 1987
  • Case

Saudi Arabia (C)

By: Bruce R. Scott
Keywords: Saudi Arabia
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  • February 1987
  • Case

Saudi Arabia (B)

By: Bruce R. Scott
Keywords: Saudi Arabia
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  • July 1981 (Revised January 1987)
  • Case

Saudi Arabia (A)

By: Bruce R. Scott
Keywords: Saudi Arabia
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  • 26 Jan 2010
  • Other Presentation

Regions and Competitiveness: Implications for Saudi Arabia

By: Michael E. Porter
Competitiveness presentation delivered at the Global Competitiveness Forum, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. View Details
Keywords: Economics; Saudi Arabia
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  • January 2016 (Revised May 2016)
  • Supplement

IKEA in Saudi Arabia (C)

By: Karthik Ramanna, Jerome Lenhardt and Marc Homsy
Supplements the (A) Case. View Details
Keywords: Corporate Values; Islam; Multinationals; Globalization; Leadership; Equality and Inequality; Multinational Firms and Management; Religion; Organizational Culture; Gender; Consumer Products Industry; Saudi Arabia; Sweden
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  • January 2016 (Revised May 2016)
  • Supplement

IKEA in Saudi Arabia (B)

By: Karthik Ramanna, Jerome Lenhardt and Marc Homsy
Supplements the (A) case. View Details
Keywords: Corporate Values; Islam; Multinationals; Globalization; Leadership; Equality and Inequality; Multinational Firms and Management; Religion; Organizational Culture; Gender; Consumer Products Industry; Saudi Arabia; Sweden
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  • 01 Jan 2001
  • Conference Presentation

Attracting Foreign Investment to Saudi Arabia

By: Louis T Wells Jr
Keywords: Foreign Direct Investment; Saudi Arabia
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  • June 2009 (Revised July 2009)
  • Case

Mrs. Ebtissam Algosaibi: An Entrepreneur in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia

Mrs. Ebtissam Algosaibi has created the leading high end jewelry company in the Middle East, Erum Jewelry, based in her home town of Alkhobar, Saudi Arabia. She believes Erum has the potential to be a world player similar to Cartier and Chopard. How should she expand... View Details
Keywords: Gender Characteristics; Entrepreneurship; Global Strategy; Problems and Challenges; Opportunities; Expansion; Apparel and Accessories Industry; Al-Khubar; Middle East
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  • November 2018 (Revised April 2019)
  • Technical Note

Saudi Arabia: A Brief Background

By: Kristin Fabbe, Natalie Kindred and Safwan Al-Amin
This note provides a brief overview of the history of Saudi Arabia as well as the economic and political context in 2018. The note is an essential supplement to the case “Almarai Company: Milk and Modernization in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia,” HBS No. 719-020, but is... View Details
Keywords: Kingdom Of Saudi Arabia; Public Policy; Economic Development; Monarchy; Islam; Gulf; GCC; Business And Government; Vision 2030; National Strategy; Economic Diversification; OPEC; Oil; Energy Policy; Strategy; Government and Politics; Policy; Diversification; Economy; Energy; History; Saudi Arabia; Middle East
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  • 24 Jan 2012
  • Other Presentation

Entrepreneurship and Competitiveness: Implications for Saudi Arabia

By: Michael E. Porter
This presentation draws on ideas from Professor Porter's articles and books, in particular, The Competitive Advantage of Nations (The Free Press, 1990), "Building the Microeconomic Foundations of Competitiveness," in The Global Competitiveness Report... View Details
Keywords: Economics; Saudi Arabia
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  • June 2016
  • Teaching Note

IKEA in Saudi Arabia (A), (B), (C)

By: Karthik Ramanna
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  • 27 Jan 2009
  • Other Presentation

Competitiveness and the State of Entrepreneurship in Saudi Arabia

By: Michael E. Porter
Presentation on entrepreneurship and competitiveness View Details
Keywords: Economics; Saudi Arabia
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  • Jan 2011
  • Other Presentation

Innovation and Competitiveness: Implications for Policy and Saudi Arabia

By: Michael E. Porter
Keywords: Economics; Saudi Arabia
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  • 15 Dec 2020

Geographic Regions Webinar Series: Alumni Perspectives from Saudi Arabia

Join the HBS Middle East & North Africa (MENA) Research Center as they moderate a panel of fellow alumni discussing their MBA experiences and the incredible HBS network in Saudi Arabia. View Details
  • February 2019
  • Teaching Note

Almarai Company: Milk and Modernization in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia

By: Kristin Fabbe and Natalie Kindred
Teaching Note for HBS No. 719-020. View Details
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  • 21 Jan 2008
  • Other Presentation

Competitiveness as an Engine for Economic Growth: Implications for Saudi Arabia

By: Michael E. Porter
This presentation draws on ideas from Professor Porter's articles and books, in particular, The Competitive Advantage of Nations (The Free Press, 1990), "Building the Microeconomic Foundations of Competitiveness," in The Global Competitiveness Report 2006 (World... View Details
Keywords: Economics; Saudi Arabia
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  • February 2023 (Revised March 2024)
  • Case

Saudi Arabia: A Vision in Progress

By: Kristin Fabbe, Adel Hamaizia and Tom Quinn
In 2016, when Saudi Arabian Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman announced a long-range economic and social transformation plan called Vision 2030, he faced Western skepticism about how the oil-rich and religiously conservative country would accomplish its ambitious goals.... View Details
Keywords: Economic Growth; Cross-Cultural and Cross-Border Issues; Globalized Economies and Regions; Government Administration; International Relations; Leading Change; Privatization; Religion; Public Opinion; Saudi Arabia
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