Publications

01 Oct 2000
News

Mario A. Corti: Global Reconnaissance

economic battlefield, emerging markets like Russia -- where Nestlé is active -- represent valuable new territory for the highly competitive consumer foods business. Nestlé, the world's largest packaged-food company, has always emphasized... View Details

Keywords: Garry Emmons

26 Apr 2011
First Look

First Look: April 26

School Case 711-026 Russian and German energy firms initiated the Nord Stream natural gas pipeline project with strong political support from their home governments but encountered resistance from other states. Although the pipeline would connect View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

21 Dec 2022
News

HBS Community Comes Together in Wake of Ukraine Invasion

iStock MESSAGE FROM DEAN SRIKANT DATAR On February 27, Dean Srikant Datar sent a message to the HBS community regarding the invasion of Ukraine, noting the resources available to those looking to offer support and highlighting learning opportunities available at HBS.... View Details

April 3, 2018
Article

Insight on Syria: What Are Putin's Motives?

By: Rawi Abdelal and Alexandra Vacroux

Russia’s direct entry into the Syrian conflict in September 2015 was spurred by a plethora of motivations. Russian scholars Rawi Abdelal and Alexandra Vacroux unpack the various rationales. View Details

Keywords: Syrian Civil War; Vladimir Putin; War; International Relations; Russia; Syria

Read Now

January 2017 (Revised December 2020)
Case

Turkey and Russia: Dangerous Liaisons

By: Rawi Abdelal, Esel Çekin, Eren Kuzucu and Gamze Yucaoglu

The case opens in November 2015, after the Turkish military’s shooting down of a Russian military airplane over the Turkish-Syrian border. The incident threatened to undermine the countries’ political and economic ties, and starting from late 2015, the dialogue between... View Details

Keywords: Business ＆ Government Relations; Politics; Natural Gas; Natural Resources; Nuclear Power; Business and Government Relations; Energy Policy; Infrastructure; Energy; Strategy; International Relations; Russia; Turkey

September 2006 (Revised November 2006)
Supplement

SUN Brewing (A) (CW)

The Khemka family of India--founders, managers, and majority owners of Russia-based SUN Brewing--faces a difficult decision in 1998. Following the ruble's massive devaluation in August 1998, the stock price of SUN brewing, which is publicly listed on the Luxemburg... View Details

Keywords: Financial Crisis; Emerging Markets; Family Business; Financing and Loans; Capital Markets; Decision Choices and Conditions; Food and Beverage Industry; India; Russia

June 2023
Case

Russia's Invasion of Ukraine in 2022: Consequences for Agriculture

By: José B. Alvarez and Natalie Kindred

Russia's brutal full-scale invasion of Ukraine that begain in February 2022 caused major destruction to Ukraine's agriculture sector, one of the most productive and important in the world. This note provides a brief overview of certain singificant moments and moments... View Details

Keywords: Food; Agribusiness; War; Disruption; Food and Beverage Industry; Agriculture and Agribusiness Industry; Shipping Industry; Ukraine; Russia

March 2022
Supplement

Ukraine: On the Border of Europe and Eurasia (B)

By: Rawi Abdelal, Jonathan Schlefer and Cressida Arkwright

Supplements the (A) case. Russia’s invasion of Ukraine in February 2022 raised questions about democratization and a possible reshaping of the global order. It arose from deep roots in the history of both nations but also turned on contingent decisions by their... View Details

Keywords: Global Order; Social Issues; Government Administration; History; War; Ukraine; Russia

16 Sep 2015
Op-Ed

The Real Duty of the Board of Directors

liability, separate corporate personhood, and the primacy of directors’ duty to the corporation are universal. From Russia to China to Brazil to India to the United Kingdom, the notion of directors’ duty to shareholders is always separate... View Details

Keywords: by Robert G. Eccles & Tim Youmans

June 2003 (Revised April 2004)
Supplement

Russia: The End of the Time of Troubles? Supplement

By: Rawi E. Abdelal and Emily Thompson

Supplements (9-701-076). View Details

Keywords: Russia

2005
Article

Charting the Evolution of Russian Firms from Soviet 'Producer Orientation' to Contemporary 'Market Orientation'

By: John U. Farley and Rohit Deshpandé

Keywords: Change; Business Ventures; Markets; Russia

Find at Harvard

13 Jun 2011
News

Welcoming Foreign Investors

Keywords: Finance; Administration of Economic Programs; Government

Profile

Evgeny Koudryavtsev

Moscow in 2008. "It was a super-exciting time," Evgeny says. "I loved the entrepreneurial environment in the office and learned a lot from the exceptionally smart people I worked with. As TPG was the only large-cap private-equity firm with presence in... View Details

01 Mar 2010
News

Analyze This

different ways to parse the numbers. Some examples: How many copies go to major Western European nations? Answer: France (1,029), Germany (785), Italy (336), Spain (334), and the United Kingdom (3,231). How many go to the fast-growing BRIC countries? Answer: Brazil... View Details

Keywords: Roger Thompson; Data Processing, Hosting, and Related Services; Information

Web

Europe - Global Activities 2020

found itself “in a world of politically independent yet economically interdependent states,” the case explains. The country was on track to join the European Union (EU), but it also had ties with Russia and China. “Brnabic maintained,... View Details

November 2010 (Revised February 2013)
Supplement

Energy Security in Europe (B): The Southern Corridor

By: Rawi E. Abdelal and Sogomon Tarontsi

Nabucco natural gas pipeline, initiated by a group of European energy companies, was intended to connect the broad gas-rich region of the Middle East and Central Asia to Europe for the first time, which would diversify supply sources. At the same time, an... View Details

Keywords: Non-Renewable Energy; Governing Rules, Regulations, and Reforms; Policy; Distribution; Business and Government Relations; Conflict and Resolution; Energy Industry; Russia; European Union

15 Jun 2021
News

The Path out of Polarization

“Everybody Knows: Russia and the Election,” Professors Rawi Abdelal and Rafael Di Tella examine the shifting media landscape and geopolitics that contributed to this moment. Di Tella is an economist who has studied Latin American... View Details

Keywords: Jen McFarland Flint; Telecommunications; Information

22 Oct 2012
Research & Ideas

Not Your Father’s State-Run Capitalism

Once upon a time, there were two kinds of businesses. On the one hand, there were public and privately owned companies such as those that existed in Western-style democracies, which had boards of directors and accountability to shareholders, and competed openly in the... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding

August 2006 (Revised June 2010)
Case

SUN Brewing (A)

The Khemka family of India, founders, managers, and majority owners of Russia-based SUN Brewing, faces a difficult decision in 1998. Following the rouble's massive devaluation in August 1998, the stock price of SUN Brewing, which is publicly listed on the Luxemburg... View Details

Keywords: Family Business; Decision Choices and Conditions; Capital Markets; Financing and Loans; Emerging Markets; India; Russia