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January 23, 2020
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Sanctions and the End of Trans-Atlanticism: Iran, Russia, and the Unintended Division of the West

By: Rawi Abdelal and Aurélie Bros

Sanctions have become the dominant tool of statecraft in the United States and other Western states, especially the European Union, since the end of the Cold War. But the systematic use of this instrument may produce unintended and somewhat paradoxical geopolitical... View Details

Keywords: Geopolitics; Economic Sanctions; International Relations; United States; Russia; Iran; Europe

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Tommy Koh: Background and Major Accomplishments of the ’Great Negotiator, 2014

Keywords: by James K. Sebenius & Laurence A. Green

01 Dec 2023
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Wide Horizon

There were three critical events that led John Rodakis (MBA 1997) to form the nonprofit N of One in 2014 and ultimately dedicate his life to surfacing breakthrough autism research. The first occurred on Thanksgiving of 2012. He had driven about four hours with his wife... View Details

Keywords: Dan Morrell; Photos by Sarah Wilson

01 Sep 2023
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Action Plan: In Context

States is considered disrespectful in China. “In China, asking minimal questions shows you are in consent.” Read between the lines. Ho explains that the United States is a “low-context” culture—meaning that communication is often direct—but that many View Details

Keywords: April White; communication; manners; business; entrepreneurship; China; human behavior

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Finance - Faculty & Research

U.S. ports with the U.S. credit register to analyze trade and bank credit relationships at the bank-firm level. We show that importers of tariff-hit products from China were more likely to exit relationships with Chinese suppliers and to find new suppliers in other... View Details

04 Mar 2024
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Want to Make Diversity Stick? Break the Cycle of Sameness

number dropped to 45 percent. The researchers also found that judges were replaced by someone from the same specific demographic group. “It’s also a specific race matching—a Black judge is not more likely to be replaced by a Hispanic or View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding

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Case Research & Writing Group - Faculty & Research

concentrations include art history, East Asian studies, electrical engineering, finance, government, history, political science, public policy, and sociology. Additionally, members of the CRG are fluent in Chinese, French, German, Hebrew,... View Details

02 Nov 2023
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Seeding Startups

Shirish Nadkarni (MBA 1987) was the director of product planning for Microsoft’s MSN when he decided he was ready to become an entrepreneur. He had recently led the growing internet portal’s 1997 acquisition of Hotmail, the first free, web-based email solution, and the... View Details

Keywords: April White

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Dean Srikant Datar Statements & Speeches | About

Dean Datar on the shootings in Atlanta and violence against Asian Americans Throughout the day, details of last night’s tragic shootings in Atlanta have been coming into sharper focus. While the motivations of the gunman will take time to... View Details

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Profiles - MBA

afforded. Find Dhilan on LinkedIn . COMPUTER SCIENCE AND EAST ASIAN STUDIES LEVERETT 2024 Cohort 6 Jasmyne Roberts “I'm excited to practice thinking with a business mindset, learn from inspiring guest speakers, and contribute to the... View Details

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HBS - Key Metrics

34% US Race / Ethnicity 1 American Indian / Alaska Native 0% 0% 0% 0% Asian 24% 19% 17% 21% Black / African American 12% 11% 9% 7% Hispanic / Latino / Latinx 11% 9% 11% 8% Multi-Race / Non-Hispanic 4% 6% 5% 3% Native Hawaiian / Other... View Details

28 Nov 2023
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Economic Growth Draws Companies to Asia. Can They Handle Its Authoritarian Regimes?

leaders have no political competition, or open autocracies like that of Russia, Turkey, and Malaysia, which hold elections but may lack safeguards and transparency that keep them fair. The book investigates the relationship between capitalism and the state in three... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne

09 Jun 2022
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The MBA Class of 2022 Looks Back

Student Association, the South Asian Business Association, the Venture Capital & Private Equity Club, the Tech Club, and the Brew Club. She plans on starting a career in venture capital investing. What advice would you give to... View Details

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Bankruptcy | Baker Library | Bloomberg Center | Harvard Business School

rate of return on a fixed schedule) but not its toxic real estate assets, and Nomura announced its purchase of the firm’s Asian and European operations. Leadership Transitions Global Impact of the Collapse [16 ] Erin Callan Montella, Full... View Details

01 Mar 2024
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In My Humble Opinion: Role Model

decided to work, pro bono, at a Washington, DC, casting agency. “I learned what people look for on a résumé and what a professional audition looks like,” she says. The experience also gave her a window into how South Asians were being... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna; acting; theater; diversity; career path; Performing Arts, Spectator Sports, and Related Industries; Arts, Entertainment

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Business, Ethics and Institutions. The Evolution of Turkish Capitalism in a Comparative Perspective

By: Asli M. Colpan and Geoffrey Jones

This chapter offers a survey of the evolution of Turkish capitalism from the 19th century Ottoman Empire until the present day. It shows that Turkish business over the last century and a half was shaped in an institutional context similar to those in many developing... View Details

Keywords: Business Groups; Capitalism; Entrepreneurship; Ethics; Government and Politics; History; Religion; Business History; Turkey; Central Asia; Middle East

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Doing Business with China: Early American Trading Houses - A Chronicle of the China Trade

MA: East Asian Research Center, Harvard University, 1971, p. 115. Yen-P’ing Hao, The Commercial Revolution in Nineteenth-Century China: The Rise of Sino-Western Mercantile Capitalism . Berkeley: University of California Press, 1986, p.... View Details

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Symposium - Race, Gender & Equity

police killings of Black people; the Jan 6th invasion of Congress by election-result deniers, goaded on by our very own former President; the passage of racist voter suppression bills; and increased violence against Asian Americans,... View Details

11 Mar 2024
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In Harmony

Subscribe on iTunes Subscribe on Spotify More Skydeck episodes Hi, my name is Julia Hanna; I’m an associate editor at the HBS Alumni Bulletin. Last November I flew to Seoul, South Korea to interview Michael Kim (MBA 1990) of MBK Partners. Often referred to as one of... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna; photograph by Jun Michael Park

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Diversity and Inclusion - Christensen Center for Teaching & Learning

relevant to such private information—and you call on that student—do not specify the reason for doing so. Assuming that a student belongs to a particular demographic group based on the student’s appearance For example, inferring that a student grew up in Asia because... View Details

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