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The Philosopher of Progress and Prosperity
Author: Kleiner, Art
Product Type: Journal Articles
Source: Strategy + Business
Publication Year: 2004
What separates poor nations from wealthy ones is “the mystery of capital,” says Mr. de Soto. To solve that mystery, he argues, one must understand why it is so common for the poor in non-Western countries to be locked inside large, informal, extralegal economies where they are unable to accumulate wealth...
Attracting the Unbanked
Author: Winterboer, Tom
Product Type: Magazine / Newspaper Articles
Source: Africa Investor
Publication Year: 2006
Africa has a massive unbanked rural market, with potential customers in the outer lying areas waiting for the arrival of banks that can overcome the challenges of penetrating areas where there is inadequate infrastructure and minimal distribution networks...
Mad Cows and Sane Minds: Decision-making at Adonis Meat Company
Authors: Jamali, Dima; Sidani, Yusuf M.
Product Type: Cases
Source: The Case Research Journal
Publication Year: 2006
The Adonis Meat Company is expecting a major imported shipment of beef just as the news spread that the government is about to ban all such imports from many European countries because of the fear of mad-cow disease.
The Future of Iraq Project (A, B)
Authors: Maurer, Noel ; Tarontsi, Sogomon
Product Type: Cases
Source: Harvard Business School
Publication Year: 2009
In March 2009, the government of Iraq decided to hold its first oil field auctions. The auctions were for service contracts on the country's southern oil fields; the winner would obtain the right to produce oil above a certain target for a fixed fee.
Shedding Light on the Gulf's Middle Class
Author: Zogby, James J.
Product Type: Journal Articles
Source: The Mckinsey Quarterly
Publication Year: 2007
Little is known about the middle class in the GCC states, but a recent survey illuminates the hopes, fears, and expectations of this important segment...
How Hany El Miniawy Designs Low-cost Homes for Egypt's Poor, One Community at a Time
Author: Knowledge@Wharton
Product Type: Magazine / Newspaper Articles
Source: Arabic Knowledge@Wharton
Publication Year: 2010
Most poor Egyptians live on the peripheries -- in the desert, in villages, on the outskirts of cities. This gives rise to a huge informal housing sector that is built without government permission. El Miniawy founded ADAPT (Appropriate Development Architecture and Planning Technologies) to build low cost homes for poor and marginalized communities in Egypt and Algeria.
Project Experience in Design & Development of Sustainable Business Practices
Author: Drobny, Neil L.
Product Type: Syllabi
Source: Fisher College of Business
Publication Year: 2009
This course is designed to provide students with hands-on experience in the design and development of sustainable business practices to fill a need articulated by an operating public or private organization.
Partnership for Lebanon and Cisco Systems: Promoting Development in a Post-war Context
Author: Jamali, Dima
Product Type: Cases
Source: Richard Ivey School of Business
Publication Year: 2011
The Partnership for Lebanon (PFL), a major partnering initiative in a post war context, was initiated in September 2006 after President George W. Bush called for the assistance of U.S. companies to help in the relief and reconstruction efforts in Lebanon after the 2006 war. The five companies involved were Cisco Systems, Intel Corporation, Ghafari Inc., Occidental Petroleum and Microsoft. They leveraged their core competence under five main work streams namely emergency relief/response, job creation/private sector revival, developing ICT infrastructure, workforce training/education and developing connected communities.
Sekem- Generating Iridescence and Vitality in Egypt
Author: Weatherhead School of Management
Product Type: Mini-Cases
Source: Case Western Reserve University
Publication Year: 2008
Sekem was the first company to develop biodynamic farming methods in Egypt.
How Women Entrepreneurs Are Driving Business in the Middle East
Author:
Product Type: Magazine / Newspaper Articles
Source: Knowledge@Wharton
Publication Year: 2010
Reema Bint Bandar Al Saud is an Arabian princess with an entrepreneurial streak.
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