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      Teresa Clarke: An Advocate for Education in South Africa
      Another in a series of occasional articles on HBS graduates who have taken a leave from their careers to explore nonbusiness endeavors. It’s no...
      The Great Convergence: Skill Accumulation and Mass Education in Africa and Asia, 1870-2010
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      • November 2020 (Revised January 2021)
      • Supplement

      Bridge International Academies in 2020: Battling Headwinds to Solve Africa’s Education Problems

      By: Caroline M. Elkins, Tarun Khanna and Joyce J. Kim
      By 2020, Bridge International Academies and its "school in a box" model had achieved great scale. By leveraging digital technology and public-private partnerships, they had reached one million children across Africa and India through hundreds of schools. However, the...  View Details
      Keywords: Entrepreneurship In Africa; Entrepreneurship In Emerging Markets; education; Bottom Of The Pyramid; Education In Africa; Scale; Partnerships; education; Entrepreneurship; Emerging Markets; Health Pandemics; Problems And Challenges; education Industry; africa
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      Elkins, Caroline M., Tarun Khanna, and Joyce J. Kim. "Bridge International Academies in 2020: Battling Headwinds to Solve Africa’s Education Problems." Harvard Business School Supplement 521-048, November 2020. (Revised January 2021.)
      • October 2020 (Revised December 2020)
      • Case

      AfricInvest: A Pan-African Investment Platform

      By: Victoria Ivashina and Youssef Abdel Aal
      The case is set in December 2018, when Ziad Oueslati, co-managing director and co-founder of AfricInvest, a leading pan-African private equity firm headquartered in Tunisia, was reflecting on the future direction of his firm. AfricInvest started as a traditional small...  View Details
      Keywords: Finance; Private Equity; Venture Capital; Strategy; Governance; Financial Services Industry; Tunisia; africa; Middle East
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      Ivashina, Victoria, and Youssef Abdel Aal. "AfricInvest: A Pan-African Investment Platform." Harvard Business School Case 221-037, October 2020. (Revised December 2020.)
      • October 2020 (Revised November 2020)
      • Case

      Wilderness Safaris: Impact Investing and Ecotourism Conservation in Africa

      By: James E. Austin, Megan Epler Wood and Herman B. "Dutch" Leonard
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      Austin, James E., Megan Epler Wood, and Herman B. "Dutch" Leonard. "Wilderness Safaris: Impact Investing and Ecotourism Conservation in Africa." Harvard Business School Case 321-020, October 2020. (Revised November 2020.)
      • September 2020 (Revised December 2020)
      • Case

      Siba Mtongana: A Pioneering Chef in South Africa

      By: Boris Groysberg, Susan Seligson, Katherine Connolly Baden and Robin Abrahams
      For Siba Mtongana, South African celebrity chef, the year 2020 was fraught with challenges and unknowns. Her brand was strong and she was certain it would survive. But as she fine-tuned her growth and innovation strategy in a shaky, unpredictable economy in the midst...  View Details
      Keywords: Food; Crisis Management; Health Pandemics; Growth And Development Strategy; Food And Beverage Industry; South africa
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      Groysberg, Boris, Susan Seligson, Katherine Connolly Baden, and Robin Abrahams. "Siba Mtongana: A Pioneering Chef in South Africa." Harvard Business School Case 421-026, September 2020. (Revised December 2020.)
      • September 15, 2020
      • Article

      Moving the Financing of Graduate Medical Education Into the 21st Century

      By: Justin A. Grischkan, Ari B. Friedman and Amitabh Chandra
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      Grischkan, Justin A., Ari B. Friedman, and Amitabh Chandra. "Moving the Financing of Graduate Medical Education Into the 21st Century." JAMA, the Journal of the American Medical Association 324, no. 11 (September 15, 2020).
      • September 2020
      • Article

      Community-Level Postmaterialism and Anti-Migrant Attitudes:: An Original Survey on Opposition to Sub-Saharan African Migrants in the Middle East

      By: Matt Buehler, Kristin Fabbe and Kyung Joon Han
      Why do native citizens of the Middle East and North Africa express greater opposition to certain types of migrants, refugees, and displaced persons? Why, particularly, do they express greater opposition to sub-Saharan African migrants? This article investigates these...  View Details
      Keywords: Postmaterialism; Immigration; Attitudes; Prejudice And Bias; Surveys; africa; Middle East
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      Buehler, Matt, Kristin Fabbe, and Kyung Joon Han. "Community-Level Postmaterialism and Anti-Migrant Attitudes: An Original Survey on Opposition to Sub-Saharan African Migrants in the Middle East." International Studies Quarterly 64, no. 3 (September 2020): 669–683.
      • August 2020 (Revised December 2020)
      • Case

      Satrix: Competing in the Passive Asset Management Industry in South Africa

      By: Mark Egan, Pippa Tubman Armerding and Dilyana Karadzhova Botha
      In late 2017, Satrix, one of the largest passive asset management firms in South Africa and a pioneer in the industry since 2000, had to decide its strategy going forward in a market where passive asset management had become increasingly commoditized and...  View Details
      Keywords: Asset Management; Investment Funds; Competition; Competitive Strategy; Financial Services Industry; South africa; africa
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      Egan, Mark, Pippa Tubman Armerding, and Dilyana Karadzhova Botha. "Satrix: Competing in the Passive Asset Management Industry in South Africa." Harvard Business School Case 221-020, August 2020. (Revised December 2020.)
      • 2019
      • Working Paper

      The Great Convergence: Skill Accumulation and Mass Education in Africa and Asia, 1870-2010

      By: Ewout Frankema and Marlous van Waijenburg
      While human capital has gained prominence in new vintages of growth theory, economists have struggled to find the positive externalities of mass education in developing economies. We shed new light on the economic significance of the global 'schooling revolution' by...  View Details
      Keywords: Mass Education; Skill Premium; History; Human Capital; education; Competency And Skills; Labor; Cost; africa; Asia
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      Frankema, Ewout, and Marlous van Waijenburg. "The Great Convergence: Skill Accumulation and Mass Education in Africa and Asia, 1870-2010." Centre for Economic Policy Research (CEPR) Discussion Paper, No. 14150, November 2019.
      • July 2020
      • Article

      Healthy Business? Managerial Education and Management in Healthcare

      By: Nicholas Bloom, Raffaella Sadun, Renata Lemos and John Van Reenen
      We investigate the link between hospital performance and managerial education by collecting a large database of management practices and skills in hospitals across nine countries. We find that hospitals that are closer to universities offering both medical education...  View Details
      Keywords: Management; Hospitals; Mortality; education; Health Care And Treatment; Performance Improvement; Business education; Management Practices And Processes
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      Bloom, Nicholas, Raffaella Sadun, Renata Lemos, and John Van Reenen. "Healthy Business? Managerial Education and Management in Healthcare." Review of Economics and Statistics 102, no. 3 (July 2020): 506–517.
      • Jun 2020
      • Panel Discussion

      COVID-19 in Africa: Reflections, Challenges and Next Steps

      By: John D. Macomber, Mattias Fibiger, Hakeem Belo-Osagie, Shikhar Ghosh, Anywhere Sikochi, Laura Alfaro, Euvin Naidoo and Suraj Srinivasan
      In June 2020, the Africa Research Center hosted a four-part webinar series titled COVID-19: Reflections, Challenges and Next Steps. The series brought together alumni and friends from across Africa and provided the opportunity to get to know HBS professors who are...  View Details
      Keywords: Covid-19; Health Pandemics; Macroeconomics; Leadership; Strategy; africa
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      Macomber, John D., Mattias Fibiger, Hakeem Belo-Osagie, Shikhar Ghosh, Anywhere Sikochi, Laura Alfaro, Euvin Naidoo, and Suraj Srinivasan. "COVID-19 in Africa: Reflections, Challenges and Next Steps." Harvard Business School Africa Research Center, June 2020.
      • May 2020
      • Article

      Value-Based Health Care in Undergraduate Medical Education

      By: Jessica N. Holtzman, Bhushan R. Deshpande, Jessica C. Stuart, Thomas W. Feeley, Mary Witkowski, Edward M. Hundert and Jennifer Kasper
      Problem: Value-based health care (VBHC) is an innovative framework for redesigning care delivery to achieve better outcomes for patients and reduce cost; however, providing students with the skills to understand and engage with these topics is a challenge to...  View Details
      Keywords: Value-based Health Care; Health Care And Treatment; Higher education; Curriculum And Courses
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      Holtzman, Jessica N., Bhushan R. Deshpande, Jessica C. Stuart, Thomas W. Feeley, Mary Witkowski, Edward M. Hundert, and Jennifer Kasper. "Value-Based Health Care in Undergraduate Medical Education." Academic Medicine 95, no. 5 (May 2020): 740–743.
      • 2019
      • Chapter

      From Coast to Hinterland: Fiscal State Formation in British and French West Africa, c. 1880–1960

      By: Ewout Frankema and Marlous van Waijenburg
      This chapter contrasts and compares the ways different colonial states in West Africa developed local fiscal capacity. We show that per capita revenues were higher in the more commercialised coastal export economies than in remote parts of the interior. We argue that...  View Details
      Keywords: Fiscal Capacity; Public Debt; French West Africa; British West Africa; Geography; History; africa
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      Frankema, Ewout, and Marlous van Waijenburg. "From Coast to Hinterland: Fiscal State Formation in British and French West Africa, c. 1880–1960." In Fiscal Capacity and the Colonial State in Africa and Asia, c. 1850–1960, edited by Ewout Frankema and Anne Booth, 161–192. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2019.
      • 2019
      • Working Paper

      Why Does Business Invest in Education in Emerging Markets? Why Does It Matter?

      By: Valeria Giacomin, G. Jones and Erica Salvaj
      This working paper examines why a significant number of businesses have made non-profit investments in education in emerging markets between the 1960s and the present day. Using a sample of 110 interviews with business leaders from an oral history database at the...  View Details
      Keywords: Philanthropy; Csr; Oral History; Emerging Markets; education; Reputation; Philanthropy And Charitable Giving; Corporate Social Responsibility And Impact; Business History
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      Giacomin, Valeria, G. Jones, and Erica Salvaj. "Why Does Business Invest in Education in Emerging Markets? Why Does It Matter?" Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 20-039, October 2019.
      • September 2019 (Revised June 2020)
      • Background Note

      African American Inequality in the United States

      By: Janice H. Hammond, A. Kamau Massey and Mayra G. Garza
      This note describes how historical and on-going policies and practices that discriminate against African Americans led to present-day inequality. Topics include slavery, segregation, Jim Crow laws, “black codes,” and policies and practices relating to criminal justice,...  View Details
      Keywords: African Americans; Justice; Slavery; Discrimination; Race; Equality And Inequality; Prejudice And Bias; Policy; History; United States
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      Hammond, Janice H., A. Kamau Massey, and Mayra G. Garza. "African American Inequality in the United States." Harvard Business School Background Note 620-046, September 2019. (Revised June 2020.)
      • March 2019
      • Supplement

      KITEA (F): Expanding in Africa

      By: Ramon Casadesus-Masanell and Gamze Yucaoglu
      he case opens in 2018 after KITEA has recorded two years of double-digit sales growth following IKEA’s entry into the Moroccan market. It then traces the factors that contributed to KITEA’s success and that led Tana Africa Capital Limited to acquire a minority stake in...  View Details
      Keywords: Retail; Kitea; Ikea; Furniture; Furniture Industry; Entry Strategy; Responding To Entry; Localization; Competitive Interaction; Private Sector; For-profit Firms; Business Strategy; Strategic Planning; Competitive Strategy; Competitive Advantage; Adaptation; Corporate Strategy; Success; Expansion; Strategy; Retail Industry; africa; North africa; Morocco
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      Casadesus-Masanell, Ramon, and Gamze Yucaoglu. "KITEA (F): Expanding in Africa." Harvard Business School Supplement 719-423, March 2019.
      • March 2019
      • Article

      The New Silk Road: Implications for Higher Education in China and the West?

      By: William C. Kirby and Marijk C. van der Wende
      Recent geopolitical events, such as Brexit and the retreat from multilateral trade and cooperation by the USA, have created waves of uncertainty, especially in the field of higher education, regarding international cooperation. Meanwhile, China is publicly seeking to...  View Details
      Keywords: New Silk Road; Globalization; Higher education; Global Range; International Relations; Cooperation
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      Kirby, William C., and Marijk C. van der Wende. "The New Silk Road: Implications for Higher Education in China and the West?" Cambridge Journal of Regions, Economy and Society 12, no. 1 (March 2019): 127–144.
      • January 2019 (Revised December 2020)
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      Angola Starts Now

      By: Jeremy Friedman and Sophus A. Reinert
      After five centuries of colonialism, four decades of civil war, an extended experiment with Marxism-Leninism, and nearly four decades of rule by a single man, José Eduardo Dos Santos, Angola finally has a chance to realize its enormous economic potential. A country...  View Details
      Keywords: Development Economics; Government And Politics; History; Governing Rules, Regulations, And Reforms; Social Issues; Angola
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      Friedman, Jeremy, and Sophus A. Reinert. "Angola Starts Now." Harvard Business School Case 719-007, January 2019. (Revised December 2020.)
      • January 2019
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      Blockchain and the Movement of Value in Africa

      By: John D. Macomber
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      Macomber, John D. "Blockchain and the Movement of Value in Africa." Harvard Business School Teaching Plan 219-085, January 2019.
      • January 2019
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      Blockchain and the Movement of Value in Africa

      By: John D. Macomber, Liang Wu and Ina Folea
      This technical note discusses the potential of Blockchain technologies in Africa, particularly to overcome institutional voids in trust and transactions.  View Details
      Keywords: Blockchain; Technological Innovation; Value; Trust; africa
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      Macomber, John D., Liang Wu, and Ina Folea. "Blockchain and the Movement of Value in Africa." Harvard Business School Background Note 219-084, January 2019.
      • 11 Nov 2018
      • Interview

      Investment in South Africa [eNCA interview]

      By: Euvin Naidoo
      Partner and MD at Venture University and VU Fund, Euvin Naidoo, discusses the impact innovation can have on the growth of the South African economy.  View Details
      Keywords: Investment; Innovation And Invention; Economic Growth; South africa
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      Naidoo, Euvin. "Investment in South Africa [eNCA interview]." Modise Network, eNCA (eNews Channel Africa), November 11, 2018.
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      Teresa Clarke: An Advocate for Education in South Africa
      Another in a series of occasional articles on HBS graduates who have taken a leave from their careers to explore nonbusiness endeavors. It’s no...
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