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Strategies That Fit Emerging Markets
Emerging markets Magazine ArticleFast-growing economies often provide poor soil for profits. The cause? A lack of specialized intermediary firms and regulatory systems on which multinational companies depend. Successful businesses look for those institutional voids and work around them. -
Strategy and Society: The Link Between Competitive Advantage and Corporate Social Responsibility
Social enterprise HBR BestsellerGovernments, activists, and the media have become adept at holding companies to account for the social consequences of their activities. Myriad organizations rank companies on the performance of their corporate social responsibility (CSR), and, despite sometimes questionable methodologies, these rankings attract considerable publicity. As a result, CSR has emerged as an inescapable priority for business […] -
The Challenges Facing E-Commerce Start-ups in Africa
Innovation & Leadership Digital ArticleFrom the postal service to the cost of broadband. -
Information Technology's Dangerous Trend in Africa
Strategy & Execution Digital ArticleFor the past few decades, emerging technologies such as biotechnology, microelectronics, information technology and communications technologies have become... -
Pioneering Distance Education in Africa
Leadership & Managing People Magazine ArticleAfrica has rich business potential, but companies setting up operations there have faced a major obstacle: the population's lack of education. Now the... -
Case Study: Where to Launch in Africa
Innovation & Entrepreneurship Digital ArticleShould an entrepreneur focus on several countries or on the largest one? -
Where Babies Come From: Supply and Demand in an Infant Marketplace
Economics Magazine ArticleThe age-old desire of infertile couples for children has finally found a way to be satisfied—the brave new world of high-tech childbirth. The industry that has sprung into being challenges our ideas about what markets are and can do. -
Smarter Offshoring
Economics Magazine ArticleThe most popular offshore sites for service functions are overheating. Now is the time for companies to explore a world of opportunity beyond those hot spots and to base investment decisions not just on costs but also on talent, markets, strategic aims, and appetite for risk. -
Globalizing the Rest of the World
Global Business Magazine ArticleAlthough they account for 20% of the world's population and a major share of its natural resources, Latin America and Africa have been left out of the... -
Will Africa's Growth Help Africa's People?
Global Business Digital ArticleTurning the continent's resources into prosperity. -
7 Myths About Doing Business in Sub-Saharan Africa
Emerging markets Digital ArticleWhat multinationals need to know. -
Expanding the Reach of Primary Care in Developing Countries
Innovation & Leadership Digital ArticleGetting there will take classic business skills. -
How Africa Is Challenging Marketing
Global Business Digital ArticleAfrican consumer markets offer marketers the chance to reinvent the field. -
Why African Entrepreneurship Is Booming
Innovation & Entrepreneurship Digital ArticleCreative ideas in the right economic conditions. -
Digitizing Africa's Small and Midsize Businesses
Technology & Operations Digital ArticleStudying the offline behaviors of consumers and business owners could help bring this massive market online. -
Celtel’s Founder on Building a Business on the World’s Poorest Continent
International business Magazine ArticlePhotography: Timothy Allen / Redux The Idea: Frustrated by Western ignorance about Africa, Ibrahim decided to take advantage of the continent’s enormous telecom opportunity himself. Among the challenges he faced was creating an infrastructure from scratch. As a native of Sudan who has spent most of my adult life in the West, I’ve always been […] -
How Capitec Became South Africa's Biggest Bank
Strategy & Execution Digital ArticleStrategy lessons from a sector where innovation is rare. -
The Founder of UBI Group on Leading a Transition to Renewable Energy in Africa
Innovation & Leadership Magazine ArticleAfter building the oil and gas distribution company UBI Group in her native Ghana and then selling a majority stake to an international investor, Salma... -
Breakthrough ideas for 2006
Intellectual property Magazine ArticleOur annual survey of emerging ideas considers the single most important trait of future leaders, the marketing potential of digitally split personalities, a challenge tougher than managing risk, and the best hope for oil-importing countries. -
How Multinationals Can Grow in the Middle East and Africa
Emerging markets Digital ArticleThey’re the fastest-growing markets outside of Asia.
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Process Reengineering in Emerging Markets: An Automaker's Experience (B)
Technology & Operations Case Study5.00View Details Supplement to case IMB615. Set in early 2009, Part (A) of the case describes the operational challenges faced by a growing subsidiary firm of a global... -
Celtel International B.V.: June 2004 (B)
Innovation & Entrepreneurship Case Study5.00View Details Supplements the (A) case. A rewritten version of an earlier case. -
MBC Group: Corporate Social Responsibility in the Middle East and North Africa
Global Business Case Study8.95View Details Mariam Farag, Head of Corporate Social Responsibility at MBC Group, a leading media company in the Middle East, seeks to grow her division and effect... -
Abbott and the AIDS Crisis (A)
Leadership & Managing People Case Study8.95View Details In 1999, the 20-year-old AIDS crisis had ravaged many developing countries and, in particular, on the continent of Africa. Of the estimated 33.4 million... -
Designing a Compliance Program at AB InBev, Spanish Version
Leadership & Managing People Case Study15.05View Details Compliance programs help companies align the interests and behavior of employees with external expectations and regulation. The case discusses how ABInBev,... -
Swvl: Smart Mobility for the Masses
Strategy & Execution Case Study8.95View Details "The case focuses on strategy and governance issues at SWVL, a tech-enabled mass mobility marketplace. It describes the journey of CEO and Chairman Mostafa... -
InstaDeep: AI Innovation Born in Africa (B)
Innovation & Entrepreneurship Case Study5.00View Details Karim Beguir and Zohra Slim were the co-founders of InstaDeep, a deep tech startup focusing on artificial intelligence (AI) solutions. Instadeep was one... -
Becton Dickinson: Global Health Strategy
Strategy & Execution Case Study8.95View Details Becton, Dickinson and Company (BD) was a medical technology firm headquartered in Franklin Lakes, New Jersey, with 43,000 employees and 2016 revenues... -
Yellow Digital Retailers: Providing Solar Electricity to Transform Rural Africa
Innovation & Entrepreneurship Case Study8.95View Details In 2020, Mike Heyink and Maya Stewart, co-founders of the Pay-as-you-Go Solar company Yellow were considering how to grow their startup. They had achieved... -
The Indian Tiger Prowls in Africa: Bharti Airtel's Acquisition of Zain Africa
Global Business Case Study8.95View Details On 8 June 2010, India's leading integrated telecom service provider, Bharti Airtel Ltd ("Airtel"), completed its acquisition of the mobile operations... -
Hastening Growth at Swift Mobility
Innovation & Entrepreneurship Case Study8.95View Details In 2018, the founder of Swift Mobility in Nakuru, Kenya, Africa was considering her options for the future of her company, which was a Safaricom Plc dealership.... -
Abbott and the AIDS Crisis (B)
Leadership & Managing People Case Study5.00View Details In 1999 and 2000, Abbott Laboratories' senior management considered a number of philanthropic options that could make a difference and define the focus... -
d.light
Leadership & Managing People Case Study8.95View Details Kenyan off-grid-solar pioneer d.light can power entire homes in rural Africa but must now decide how to fund the growth of its asset-heavy business model.... -
Hub and Spoke, Health Care Global, and Additional Focused Factory Models for Cancer Care
Leadership & Managing People Case Study8.95View Details This case compares and contrasts four different models for delivering cancer care in India and the US. Students are asked to select the best model in... -
The Next Factory of the World: How Chinese Investment Is Reshaping Africa
Global Business Book30.00View Details China is now the biggest foreign player in Africa. It's Africa's largest trade partner, the largest infrastructure financier, and the fastest-growing... -
Wilmar International Limited - Managing Multiple Stakeholders in a Global Palm Oil Agribusiness Group
Strategy & Execution Case Study8.95View Details Established in 1991, Wilmar grew rapidly to become one of the largest palm oil companies in Southeast Asia, with revenue and net profits of US$23.9 billion... -
Boeing and the 737 MAX Crisis
Strategy & Execution Case Study8.95View Details Monday, January 13, 2020, was David Calhoun's first day on the job as President and CEO of Boeing, Incorporated. Prior to Calhoun's first day, two separate... -
Wilderness Safaris: Leveraging Technology for Impact
Leadership & Managing People Case Study8.95View Details Headquartered in Botswana, Wilderness Safaris was an ecotourism operator that organized several camps and mobile safaris in Africa. Recently, Wilderness...
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Strategies That Fit Emerging Markets
Emerging markets Magazine ArticleFast-growing economies often provide poor soil for profits. The cause? A lack of specialized intermediary firms and regulatory systems on which multinational companies depend. Successful businesses look for those institutional voids and work around them. -
Strategy and Society: The Link Between Competitive Advantage and Corporate Social Responsibility
Social enterprise HBR BestsellerGovernments, activists, and the media have become adept at holding companies to account for the social consequences of their activities. Myriad organizations rank companies on the performance of their corporate social responsibility (CSR), and, despite sometimes questionable methodologies, these rankings attract considerable publicity. As a result, CSR has emerged as an inescapable priority for business […] -
Process Reengineering in Emerging Markets: An Automaker's Experience (B)
Technology & Operations Case Study5.00View Details Supplement to case IMB615. Set in early 2009, Part (A) of the case describes the operational challenges faced by a growing subsidiary firm of a global... -
Celtel International B.V.: June 2004 (B)
Innovation & Entrepreneurship Case Study5.00View Details Supplements the (A) case. A rewritten version of an earlier case. -
MBC Group: Corporate Social Responsibility in the Middle East and North Africa
Global Business Case Study8.95View Details Mariam Farag, Head of Corporate Social Responsibility at MBC Group, a leading media company in the Middle East, seeks to grow her division and effect... -
The Challenges Facing E-Commerce Start-ups in Africa
Innovation & Leadership Digital ArticleFrom the postal service to the cost of broadband. -
Abbott and the AIDS Crisis (A)
Leadership & Managing People Case Study8.95View Details In 1999, the 20-year-old AIDS crisis had ravaged many developing countries and, in particular, on the continent of Africa. Of the estimated 33.4 million... -
Information Technology's Dangerous Trend in Africa
Strategy & Execution Digital ArticleFor the past few decades, emerging technologies such as biotechnology, microelectronics, information technology and communications technologies have become... -
Designing a Compliance Program at AB InBev, Spanish Version
Leadership & Managing People Case Study15.05View Details Compliance programs help companies align the interests and behavior of employees with external expectations and regulation. The case discusses how ABInBev,... -
Swvl: Smart Mobility for the Masses
Strategy & Execution Case Study8.95View Details "The case focuses on strategy and governance issues at SWVL, a tech-enabled mass mobility marketplace. It describes the journey of CEO and Chairman Mostafa...