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      • January 2021
      • Case

      mPharma (A)

      By: Rembrand Koning, John D. Macomber, Pippa Tubman Armerding and Wale Lawal
      mPharma pioneered electronic prescriptions in Ghana, and aimed to increase drug affordability and accessibility in Africa, but the company remained unprofitable. Following investor concerns about mPharma's business, CEO Gregory Rockson considered alternative business...  View Details
      Keywords: Strategy; Entrepreneurship; Acquisition; Health; Business Model; Health Industry; Technology Industry; ghana
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      Koning, Rembrand, John D. Macomber, Pippa Tubman Armerding, and Wale Lawal. "mPharma (A)." Harvard Business School Case 721-428, January 2021.
      • January 2021
      • Supplement

      mPharma (B)

      By: Rembrand Koning, John D. Macomber, Pippa Tubman Armerding and Wale Lawal
      mPharma pioneered electronic prescriptions in Ghana, and aimed to increase drug affordability and accessibility in Africa, but the company remained unprofitable. Following investor concerns about mPharma's business, CEO Gregory Rockson considered alternative business...  View Details
      Keywords: Strategy; Health; Entrepreneurship; Business Model; Health Industry; Technology Industry; ghana
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      Koning, Rembrand, John D. Macomber, Pippa Tubman Armerding, and Wale Lawal. "mPharma (B)." Harvard Business School Supplement 721-429, January 2021.
      • November 2020 (Revised January 2021)
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      Zipline: The World's Largest Drone Delivery Network

      By: Tarun Khanna and George Gonzalez
      Zipline established the world's largest logistics network in Rwanda and Ghana by delivering medical supplies to hospitals via automated drones. The company is now looking to expand in the U.S. and partnered with Walmart to expand into home delivery. Zipline must...  View Details
      Keywords: Drones; Business Startups; Expansion; Growth And Development Strategy; Governing Rules, Regulations, And Reforms; United States; Africa
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      Khanna, Tarun, and George Gonzalez. "Zipline: The World's Largest Drone Delivery Network." Harvard Business School Case 721-366, November 2020. (Revised January 2021.)
      • September 2020
      • Teaching Note

      Uber: Competing Globally

      By: Alexander J. MacKay
      Teaching Note for HBS Case No. 720-404.  View Details
      Keywords: Business Ventures; Business Growth And Maturation; Business Model; Geography; Geographic Location; Geographic Scope; Global Strategy; Globalization; Multinational Firms And Management; Globalized Markets And Industries; Governance; Governance Controls; Governing Rules, Regulations, And Reforms; Innovation And Invention; Disruptive Innovation; Innovation Strategy; Law; Management; Growth And Development; Growth Management; Markets; Demand And Consumers; Consumer Behavior; Network Effects; Emerging Markets; Market Design; Market Entry And Exit; Market Participation; Supply And Industry; Industry Structures; Planning; Strategic Planning; Relationships; Business And Community Relations; Business And Government Relations; Business And Stakeholder Relations; Labor And Management Relations; Networks; Adaptation; Strategy; Business Strategy; Competition; Competitive Advantage; Competitive Strategy; Expansion; Technology; Mobile Technology; Technology Platform; Transportation Networks; Transportation; Transportation Industry; Technology Industry; Africa; ghana; Asia; China; Shanghai; Shanghai Shi; India; New Delhi; Europe; United Kingdom; London; England; Latin America; North And Central America; United States; New York (city, Ny); New York (state, Us); South America; Colombia
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      MacKay, Alexander J. "Uber: Competing Globally." Harvard Business School Teaching Note 721-387, September 2020.
      • April 2020 (Revised June 2020)
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      Uber: Competing Globally

      By: Alexander J. MacKay, Amram Migdal and John Masko
      This case describes Uber’s global market entry strategy and responses by regulators and local competitors. It details Uber’s entry into New York City (United States), Bogotá (Colombia), Delhi (India), Shanghai (China), Accra (Ghana), and London (United Kingdom). In...  View Details
      Keywords: Business Ventures; Business Growth And Maturation; Business Model; Geography; Geographic Location; Geographic Scope; Globalization; Global Strategy; Multinational Firms And Management; Globalized Markets And Industries; Governance; Governance Controls; Governing Rules, Regulations, And Reforms; Innovation And Invention; Disruptive Innovation; Innovation Strategy; Law; Management; Growth And Development Strategy; Growth Management; Markets; Demand And Consumers; Consumer Behavior; Network Effects; Emerging Markets; Market Design; Market Entry And Exit; Market Participation; Supply And Industry; Industry Structures; Planning; Strategic Planning; Relationships; Business And Community Relations; Business And Government Relations; Business And Stakeholder Relations; Labor And Management Relations; Networks; Strategy; Adaptation; Business Strategy; Competition; Competitive Advantage; Competitive Strategy; Expansion; Technology; Mobile Technology; Technology Platform; Transportation; Transportation Networks; Transportation Industry; Technology Industry; Africa; ghana; Asia; China; Shanghai Shi; Shanghai; India; New Delhi; Europe; United Kingdom; England; London; Latin America; North And Central America; United States; New York (city, Ny); New York (state, Us); South America; Colombia
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      MacKay, Alexander J., Amram Migdal, and John Masko. "Uber: Competing Globally." Harvard Business School Case 720-404, April 2020. (Revised June 2020.)
      • October 2019
      • Case

      Agility Africa

      By: Juan Alcacer, Caroline M. Elkins and Esel Çekin
      This case illustrates the challenge and opportunities that firms face when developing and executing new business models in high-risk, low-infrastructure, low-trust countries. It features a global logistics group, Agility, that aimed to become the leader in supplying...  View Details
      Keywords: Strategy; Business Model; Innovation And Invention; Expansion; Emerging Markets; Decision Choices And Conditions; Real Estate Industry; Distribution Industry; Africa
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      Alcacer, Juan, Caroline M. Elkins, and Esel Çekin. "Agility Africa." Harvard Business School Case 720-357, October 2019.
      • September 2019
      • Article

      Household Matters: Revisiting the Returns to Capital Among Female Microentrepreneurs

      By: Arielle Bernhardt, Erica Field, Rohini Pande and Natalia Rigol
      Multiple field experiments report positive financial returns to capital shocks for male and not female microentrepreneurs. But these analyses overlook the fact that female entrepreneurs often reside with male entrepreneurs. Using data from experiments in India, Sri...  View Details
      Keywords: Capital Return; Entrepreneurship; Gender; Household; Capital
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      Bernhardt, Arielle, Erica Field, Rohini Pande, and Natalia Rigol. "Household Matters: Revisiting the Returns to Capital Among Female Microentrepreneurs." American Economic Review: Insights 1, no. 2 (September 2019): 141–160.
      • January 2019 (Revised December 2019)
      • Case

      CrossBoundary Energy

      By: John Macomber
      Almost 500 million people are without electricity in sub-Saharan Africa. Governments and public utilities are challenged to bring generation and distribution to most of them. Considerable promise exists in “off-grid” or “mini-grid” technologies, notably using renewable...  View Details
      Keywords: Energy Investing; Economic Development; Renewable Energy; Business Growth And Maturation; Developing Countries And Economies; Project Finance; Emerging Markets; Industry Structures; Infrastructure; Segmentation; Private Equity; Decision Choices And Conditions; Energy Industry; Utilities Industry; Africa; Tanzania; ghana
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      Macomber, John. "CrossBoundary Energy." Harvard Business School Case 219-089, January 2019. (Revised December 2019.)
      • November 2018 (Revised January 2021)
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      Peak Investment Capital

      By: Richard S. Ruback and Royce Yudkoff
      Kobbina Awuah (MBA 2014) became intrigued with the possibility of adapting Entrepreneurship through Acquisition in Ghana, where he grew up and where his family still lived. While he knew he could work for a multi-national enterprise located in Ghana, he was confident...  View Details
      Keywords: Entrepreneurship In Africa; Entrepreneurship Through Acquisition; Entrepreneurship; Acquisition; ghana
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      Ruback, Richard S., and Royce Yudkoff. "Peak Investment Capital." Harvard Business School Case 219-061, November 2018. (Revised January 2021.)
      • October 2018
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      Africa Rising? A Historical Perspective

      By: Ewout Frankema and Marlous van Waijenburg
      Sub-Saharan Africa’s recent economic boom has raised hopes and expectations to lift the regions’ ‘bottom millions’ out of poverty by 2030. How realistic is that goal? We approach this question by comparing the experiences of three front-runners of region-specific...  View Details
      Keywords: Economic Growth; Economy; Transformation; Poverty; History; Africa
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      Frankema, Ewout, and Marlous van Waijenburg. "Africa Rising? A Historical Perspective." African Affairs 117, no. 469 (October 2018): 543–568.
      • 2015
      • Case

      Advanced Leadership Pathways: Robert Meaney and Technology for Agriculture in Sub-Saharan Africa

      By: Rosabeth Moss Kanter and Renee Vuillaume
      Two Valmont Industries (an international leader in infrastructure products and services) colleagues, Robert (Bob) Meaney and Richard Berkland hoped to improve the lives of small and medium-sized farmers in the developing world through modern irrigation technology. In...  View Details
      Keywords: Developing World; Farm; Farming; Small-scale Farmers; Agriculture; Agricultural Production; Water Management; Water; Leadership Skills; Agribusiness; Technology; Technology Adoption; Leadership; Development Economics; Developing Countries And Economies; Agriculture And Agribusiness Industry; Africa; ghana; Tanzania; Rwanda
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      Kanter, Rosabeth Moss, and Renee Vuillaume. "Advanced Leadership Pathways: Robert Meaney and Technology for Agriculture in Sub-Saharan Africa." Harvard Business Publishing Case 316-059, 2015. (Harvard Advanced Leadership Initiative.)
      • December 2013 (Revised July 2015)
      • Case

      VP Group: Vegpro Grows Beyond Kenya

      By: Jose Alvarez and Natalie Kindred
      In 2013, Kenyan horticulture producer and exporter VP Group is weighing potential expansion opportunities against the growing risks in its production and export markets. With $121 million in 2012 revenues, VP Group has grown rapidly in recent years by expanding its...  View Details
      Keywords: James Cartwright; Bharat Patel; Umang Patel; Vegpro; Vp Group; Kenya; Nairobi; Africa; Vegetables; Flowers; Marks & Spencer; Sainsbury's; Horticulture; Sugar; Growth; Diversification; Freighting; Agribusiness; Plant-based Agribusiness; Trade; Marketing; Marketing Strategy; Vertical Integration; Supply Chain; Employees; Growth And Development Strategy; Agriculture And Agribusiness Industry; Shipping Industry; Kenya; Nairobi; Africa; United Kingdom; Europe; Ethiopia; ghana
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      Alvarez, Jose, and Natalie Kindred. "VP Group: Vegpro Grows Beyond Kenya." Harvard Business School Case 514-055, December 2013. (Revised July 2015.)
      • September 2012 (Revised September 2015)
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      Doing Business in Ghana

      By: Felix Oberholzer-Gee and Elena Corsi
      An entrepreneur considered investing in tomato paste manufacturing in Ghana, an emerging economy, and pondered the opportunities and challenges of investing here. Ghana's economy had been growing over the last decade, reaching a peak of 14.4% growth rate in 2011. Now a...  View Details
      Keywords: Emergent Countries; Emerging Markets; Strategy; Opportunity Cost; Emerging Markets; Agriculture And Agribusiness Industry; ghana
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      Oberholzer-Gee, Felix, and Elena Corsi. "Doing Business in Ghana." Harvard Business School Case 713-429, September 2012. (Revised September 2015.)
      • February 2012 (Revised October 2013)
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      OpenIDEO

      By: Karim R. Lakhani, Anne-Laure Fayard, Natalia Levina and Stephanie Healy Pokrywa
      The case describes OpenIDEO, an online offshoot of IDEO, one of the world's leading product design firms. OpenIDEO leverages IDEO's innovative design process and an online community to create solutions for social issues. Emphasis is placed on comparing the IDEO and...  View Details
      Keywords: Social Issues; Product Design; Social And Collaborative Networks; Collaborative Innovation And Invention; ghana; New Zealand
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      Lakhani, Karim R., Anne-Laure Fayard, Natalia Levina, and Stephanie Healy Pokrywa. "OpenIDEO." Harvard Business School Case 612-066, February 2012. (Revised October 2013.)
      • July 2009 (Revised May 2010)
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      The Millennium Challenge Corporation and Ghana

      By: Alnoor Ebrahim and V. Kasturi Rangan
      A U.S. government agency, the Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC), provides aid to developing countries, focusing on poverty reduction through economic growth. It measures results through an economic rate of return based on increases in farmer incomes anticipated...  View Details
      Keywords: Developing Countries And Economies; Economic Growth; Investment Return; Measurement And Metrics; Welfare; ghana; United States
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      Ebrahim, Alnoor, and V. Kasturi Rangan. "The Millennium Challenge Corporation and Ghana." Harvard Business School Case 310-025, July 2009. (Revised May 2010.)
      • March 2009 (Revised July 2010)
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      IBM: The Corporate Service Corps

      By: Christopher Marquis and Rosabeth M. Kanter
      Describes the conception, development, and implementation of the Corporate Services Corps (CSC), an international community service assignment for high-potential IBM employees. The year 2008 was the pilot year of the CSC program, and 100 of IBM's best global employees...  View Details
      Keywords: Developing Countries And Economies; Global Strategy; Corporate Social Responsibility And Impact; Mission And Purpose; Organizational Structure; Partners And Partnerships; Non-governmental Organizations
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      Marquis, Christopher, and Rosabeth M. Kanter. "IBM: The Corporate Service Corps." Harvard Business School Case 409-106, March 2009. (Revised July 2010.)
      • April 2006 (Revised April 2012)
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      Ghana: National Economic Strategy

      By: Michael E. Porter and Kjell Ke-Li Carlsson
      Set in the year 2001, as President John Kufuor contemplates a national economic strategy following his election in the first democratic transfer of power in Ghana's history. Focuses on Ghana's long history of poor economic performance and intractable poverty,...  View Details
      Keywords: History; Economic Growth; Government Administration; Developing Countries And Economies; Growth And Development Strategy; ghana
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      Porter, Michael E., and Kjell Ke-Li Carlsson. "Ghana: National Economic Strategy." Harvard Business School Case 706-497, April 2006. (Revised April 2012.)
      • 1992
      • Chapter

      Foreign Investment in Southeast and East Asia: Lessons for Ghana

      By: L. T. Wells Jr.
      Keywords: Foreign Direct Investment; Trade; ghana; Asia
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      Wells, L. T., Jr. "Foreign Investment in Southeast and East Asia: Lessons for Ghana." In Ghana's Development: Strategic Lessons from Asia, edited by Richard H. Goldman, Michael Roemer, Donald R. Snodgrass, and L. T. Wells Jr..Development Discussion Paper. Cambridge: Harvard Institute for International Development, 1992. (Also published as CAER Discussion Paper No. 11, March 1992. Also in Journal of Ghanaian Economic Society (1995))
      • 1969
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      Some Proposals for Ghana's Industrialization Policies

      By: Louis T Wells Jr
      Keywords: Developing Countries And Economies; Policy; ghana
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      Wells, Louis T., Jr. "Some Proposals for Ghana's Industrialization Policies." Economic Development Report, Harvard University, Development Advisory Service, Cambridge, January 1969.
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