Publications

Educators

10 Jul 2000
Research & Ideas

Entrepreneurship in Europe

overcome the different bureaucracies we find in different countries," said Krone. "This sort of business has to be reconstructed in Europe according to the development of the markets and the new economy. "If we're not... View Details

Keywords: by Kenneth Liss

Research Summary

The Profits of Power: Energy Politics in Russia and Europe

By: Rawi E. Abdelal

In this project, Abdelal explores the rise and ultimate decline of the Russian-European energy relationship. View Details

Keywords: Russia; Europe; Energy; Geopolitics

April 1997 (Revised February 2002)
Case

Europe in 1996

By: Huw Pill and Effie Anagnostopoulos

Describes the process of economic and political integration in Europe in the period since 1945. The main issues discussed are: the common market; the single market; economic and monetary union; EU enlargement encompassing the former centrally planned economies; and EU... View Details

Keywords: Integration; Trade; Macroeconomics; Europe

Awards

INQUIRE Europe Research Grant

By: Ishita Sen

Received an INQUIRE Europe Research Grant in 2021. View Details

April 2010
Background Note

Central Europe after the Crash: Between Europe and the Euro

By: Diego A. Comin, Dante Roscini and Elisa Farri

This note briefly reviews the financial crisis in central Europe in late 2008, and summarizes how four central European countries—Poland, the Czech Republic, Hungary, and Slovakia—have coped with the economic downturn. View Details

Keywords: Economic Slowdown and Stagnation; Financial Crisis; Financial Strategy; Czech Republic; Hungary; Poland; Slovakia

01 Jun 2015
News

Rebooting Europe

For centuries, Europe has been at the forefront of innovation: the Greek and Roman architects, the Renaissance inventors, the intrepid navigators in the Age of Exploration. Even in more recent history, View Details

Keywords: Janelle Nanos; European Union; Government; Health, Social Assistance

16 Feb 2004
Research & Ideas

HBS Center Focuses on Europe

The Europe Research Center (ERC) is the newest of Harvard Business School's Global Initiative research centers, having opened its doors in July 2002. With the political and economic currents now affecting relations between the United... View Details

Keywords: by Cynthia Churchwell

November 2001 (Revised May 2002)
Supplement

Whirlpool Europe

By: Richard S. Ruback

May 1989 (Revised May 1993)
Case

Europe 1992

Web

Europe - Global

Europe Paris HBS opened the Europe Research Center (ERC) in Paris in 2003, to help HBS develop and strengthen relationships with European business and academic leaders. The ERC enables HBS faculty to study... View Details

August 2002 (Revised December 2002)
Case

AOL Europe vs. Freeserve (A)

By: David B. Yoffie and Mary Kwak

AOL Europe must decide how to respond to Freeserve, a free Internet Service Provider (ISP) that has signed up 1.6 million British customers in its first six months. After becoming the leading ISP in the United States, AOL has formed a joint venture with Bertelsmann to... View Details

Keywords: Competition; Internet; Web Services Industry; Telecommunications Industry; France; Germany; United Kingdom; United States

Educators

December 1994
Case

Snack Ventures Europe

By: Ray A. Goldberg and Don Daniels

Keywords: Food and Beverage Industry; Europe

March 2004 (Revised May 2005)
Case

Shurgard Self-Storage: Expansion to Europe

By: Richard G. Hamermesh and Indra Reinbergs

Shurgard, a U.S.-based firm that rents storage facilities to consumers and small businesses, is considering financing options for rapid expansion of its European operations. Five years after entering Europe, Shurgard Europe has opened 17 facilities in Belgium, France,... View Details

Keywords: Private Equity; Valuation; Business Model; Governing and Advisory Boards; Entrepreneurship; Cross-Cultural and Cross-Border Issues; Service Industry; Belgium; France; Sweden; United States; Europe

Educators

24 Mar 2022

MBA Tour: Europe

Join Harvard Business School as we take part in the MBA Tour. The MBA Tour events will introduce you to admissions representatives, students and alumni from a wide variety of schools. Our HBS team will be online and looking forward to meeting you to discuss our MBA... View Details

July 1986 (Revised March 1988)
Case

IBM Europe Headquarters

May 2013
Supplement

Studio Moderna—A Venture in Eastern Europe

By: Jim Sharpe

This is the Spreadsheet Supplement for Studio Moderna—A Venture in Eastern Europe (HBS Case #808110). Includes Exhibit 3a, Exhibit 3b, Exhibit 5, and Exhibit 6. View Details