In the study, entrepreneurs asked high-quality, strategic business questions of the sort that would place in the top decile at Harvard Business School, such as: 'I have a fast food joint adjacent to a matatu terminus with stiff competition—how can I overcome this?' and 'I wash cars and motorbikes alone and find it tiresome; how do I hire staff and monitor them to maximize profit?' These questions demonstrate that entrepreneurs in emerging markets have genuine, sophisticated business challenges, not trivial ones.

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“I have a fast food joint that I run adjacent to a matatu terminus... How can I overcome the competitive business environment and be ahead of the rest of the pack? ... This is like a strategy final exam question.”

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The Disruptive Potential of GenAI for Emerging Markets | Rem Koning | Leading with AI— Harvard Business School AI Institute
Created: 8/12/2026, 6:32:49 PM

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