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Doubling Down on Women’s Health Innovation and Leveraging the Private Sector in a Post-Roe v. Wade Era - Blog: Health Supplement
capital to fill the gaps In the past few weeks, we have seen numerous guides on where to donate, protest and take political action, as well as appeals for philanthropic capital to continue abortion access. As impact investors, we’re... View Details
- December 2018
- Case
DraftKings and the Future of Fantasy Sports
By: Robert F. Higgins and Julia Kelley
Founded in 2012, DraftKings helped change the fantasy sports landscape by popularizing daily fantasy sports (DFS), or short-term fantasy sports tournaments that offered big cash prizes to winners. The company’s valuation exceeded $1 billion by 2015, but DraftKings soon... View Details
Keywords: Fantasy Sports; Daily Fantasy Sports; DraftKings; FanDuel; Supreme Court; Sports Betting; Sports Gambling; Sports; Business Model; Government Legislation; Lawsuits and Litigation; Laws and Statutes; Business Strategy; Internet and the Web; Mobile and Wireless Technology; Games, Gaming, and Gambling; Sports Industry; Entertainment and Recreation Industry; United States; Massachusetts; Boston
Higgins, Robert F., and Julia Kelley. "DraftKings and the Future of Fantasy Sports." Harvard Business School Case 819-074, December 2018.
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Strategy Awards & Honors - Faculty & Research
Economic Performance at the London School of Economics and Political Science in 2009. 2008 David J. Collis : Selected as the Outstanding Reviewer for Business Policy and Strategy Division of the Academy of Management in 2008. Ashish Nanda... View Details
- 11 May 2022
- Blog Post
MoMBAs: The Inspiring Student Mothers of HBS
mothers on par with student fathers. Female professors on par with male professors. A female dean. Even more diversity of race, political thought, socioeconomic upbringing, among many other areas of difference and perspective. Our... View Details
- 21 Feb 2013
- Working Paper Summaries
Developing the Guts of a GUT (Grand Unified Theory): Elite Commitment and Inclusive Growth
Keywords: by Lant Pritchett & Eric D. Werker
- 06 Feb 2013
- What Do You Think?
Is ‘Conscious Capitalism’ an Antidote to Income Inequality?
Summing Up Can "Conscious Capitalism" Become a Viable Antidote to Income Inequality? Conscious capitalism as an antidote to income inequality apparently is an idea that attracts the attention of a diverse community, judging from respondents to this month's column. It... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- January 2021 (Revised July 2022)
- Case
Snapp: Scaling Under Sanctions in Iran (A)
By: Meg Rithmire and Gamze Yucaoglu
The case opens in November 2019 as Eyad Alkassar and Mahmoud Fouz, co-founders of Iran’s first and leading ride-hailing platform, Snapp, find out about Apple’s and Google’s decisions to remove all Iranian apps from their respective application stores.
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Keywords: Sanctions; Change Management; Disruption; Volatility; Decision Choices and Conditions; Cross-Cultural and Cross-Border Issues; Government and Politics; International Relations; National Security; Risk Management; Crisis Management; Transportation Industry; Iran; Middle East
Rithmire, Meg, and Gamze Yucaoglu. "Snapp: Scaling Under Sanctions in Iran (A)." Harvard Business School Case 721-020, January 2021. (Revised July 2022.)
- November 2023
- Case
Gabon Special Economic Zone
By: John Macomber and Wale Lawal
Tropical rain forest covers about 80% of the West African nation of Gabon, part of the Congo Basin and the "lungs of the world." Gabon is one of the first nations to earn revenue from carbon sequestration...as long as the rain forest remains intact. There are... View Details
Keywords: Economic Development; Forestry; Wood; Carbon Credits; Supply Chain; Economic Growth; Developing Countries and Economies; Climate Change; Environmental Sustainability; Government Administration; Business and Government Relations; Strategy; Forest Products Industry; Africa; Gabon
Macomber, John, and Wale Lawal. "Gabon Special Economic Zone." Harvard Business School Case 224-012, November 2023.
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2021 Virtual Presentations - Alumni
also profound—and where it has been more muted. There is only one inescapable conclusion: It is not just about the money. Those who perceive that they’ve been left behind feel that they have lost respect and dignity. In this session, Professor Abdelal will explore how... View Details
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Faculty - Race, Gender & Equity
Management Unit at Harvard Business School. Anke’s areas of research include economic development, political economy, economics of gender, and behavioral economics. Her recent work... John Beshears Albert J. Weatherhead, Jr. Professor of... View Details
- 08 Nov 2021
- Blog Post
4 Ways the MS/MBA is Preparing Me for a Career in Health Care and the Life Sciences
Nigeria, discussing Middle East politics with Syrian and Lebanese classmates, hiking in Arizona with close friends, or treasuring the sunny Boston days on the beautiful HBS campus. How is the MS/MBA preparing you for a career in health... View Details
- March 2017 (Revised December 2019)
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Boris Berezovsky, Vladimir Putin and the Russian Oligarchs
By: Geoffrey Jones, Rachael Comunale and Kate Lazaroff-Puck
This case examines the career of the Russian business oligarch Boris Berezovsky. Berezovsky was one of a small group of business tycoons that became fabulously rich after the collapse of the Soviet Union in 1991, as the new Russian government, advised by prominent... View Details
Keywords: Business & Government Relations; Government and Politics; Business History; Business and Government Relations; Privatization; Soviet Union; Russia
Jones, Geoffrey, Rachael Comunale, and Kate Lazaroff-Puck. "Boris Berezovsky, Vladimir Putin and the Russian Oligarchs." Harvard Business School Case 317-005, March 2017. (Revised December 2019.)
- 01 Oct 1996
- News
Trading Up — Kenneth D. Brody (MBA 1971)
dealmaker but something of a kingmaker as well. "When I graduated from college with an engineering degree, I knew nothing about politics and less about investment banking," the tall, trim Brody recalls with a chuckle. "My best friend, an... View Details
Keywords: Garry Emmons
- August 2016 (Revised July 2017)
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Diageo and Mey Icki: Turkish Delight or Turkish Hangover?
By: Dante Roscini and Gamze Yucaoglu
In September 2013, two years after its $2.1 billion acquisition of Mey Icki Sanayi ve Ticaret AS (Mey Icki), the principal spirits company in Turkey specializing in the local beverage, raki, Diageo, the world’s leading premium drinks company, was concerned about new... View Details
Keywords: Foreign Direct Investment; Emerging Markets; Government Legislation; Taxation; Valuation; Business and Government Relations; Government and Politics; Risk Management; Retail Industry; Food and Beverage Industry; Middle East; Turkey
Roscini, Dante, and Gamze Yucaoglu. "Diageo and Mey Icki: Turkish Delight or Turkish Hangover?" Harvard Business School Case 717-005, August 2016. (Revised July 2017.)
- 07 Apr 2014
- Working Paper Summaries
Better Deals Through Level II Strategies: Advance Your Interests by Helping to Solve Their Internal Problems
Keywords: by James K. Sebenius
- 15 Jan 2013
- First Look
First Look: January 15
PublicationsThe Future of Organization Design Authors:Baldwin, Carliss Y. Publication:Journal of Organization Design Abstract The modern corporation has long been the central focus of the field of organization design. Such firms can be likened to nation-states: they... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 18 Apr 2023
- HBS Seminar
Daron Acemoglu, MIT
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General Management Awards & Honors - Faculty & Research
Political Risk in Global Business: Beiersdorf 1914-1990" (March 2012). Rosabeth M. Kanter : Received the 2013 William Foote Whyte Distinguished Career Award from the Sociological Practice and Public Sociology Section of the American... View Details
- December 2023
- Case
TikTok: The Algorithm Will See You Now
By: Shikhar Ghosh and Shweta Bagai
In a world where attention is a scarce commodity, this case explores the meteoric rise of TikTok—an app that transformed from a niche platform for teens into the most visited domain by 2021—surpassing even Google. Its algorithm was a sophisticated mechanism for... View Details
Keywords: Social Media; Applications and Software; Disruptive Innovation; Business and Government Relations; International Relations; Cybersecurity; Culture; Technology Industry; China; United States; India
Ghosh, Shikhar, and Shweta Bagai. "TikTok: The Algorithm Will See You Now." Harvard Business School Case 824-125, December 2023.
- 01 Jun 2008
- News
You Only Thought You Were Republican
treasurer. And I am doing that because — as I will argue on this page — we HBS alums are by now almost all Democrats. (Moderate Dems to be sure, but Democrats.) Some of us (very possibly you, dear reader) just don’t know it. Your View Details