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- 2008
- Chapter
Yes, But Weak States Can Be Coaxed Creatively
By: Eric D. Werker
- August 2010 (Revised September 2010)
- Case
Paul Bremer at the Coalition Provisional Authority in Iraq
By: Robert Steven Kaplan and Nicholas Henri Taranto
Since becoming the President's envoy responsible for post-war Iraq, Paul Bremer endured many sleepless nights, struggling with the decision of how to hand over sovereignty to the Iraqi people. Despite daily assassination attempts, tribal warfare, growing violence, and... View Details
Keywords: Government Administration; International Relations; National Security; Leadership; Crisis Management; Iraq; District of Columbia
Kaplan, Robert Steven, and Nicholas Henri Taranto. "Paul Bremer at the Coalition Provisional Authority in Iraq." Harvard Business School Case 411-010, August 2010. (Revised September 2010.)
- 04 Dec 2012
- First Look
First Look: December 4
binding domestic and international legal commitments to protect workers' rights and that have high levels of press freedom and nongovernmental organization activity. Taken together, these findings suggest the importance of multiple,... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 14 Jan 2021
- News
Better Than Cash
Courtesy Ruth Goodwin-Groen Today, 100 million unbanked adults worldwide receive government transfers, wages, or pensions in cash, a payment method that is highly vulnerable to fraud and theft. Furthermore, 1.7 billion adults lack a bank... View Details
- 18 Mar 2008
- First Look
First Look: March 18, 2008
between the structure of a development organization and the architecture of the products that this organization produces. Specifically, products are often said to "mirror" the architectures of the organizations from which they... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 2014
- Case
Tommy Koh and the United States–Singapore Free Trade Agreement (B)
By: James K. Sebenius and Laurence A. Green
This case details the efforts of Singapore Ambassador-At-Large Tommy Koh to forge a free trade agreement between Singapore and the United States following both nations' support for the initiation of negotiations on a USSFTA. Examining the various barriers and fronts of... View Details
Sebenius, James K., and Laurence A. Green. "Tommy Koh and the United States–Singapore Free Trade Agreement (B)." Program on Negotiation at Harvard Law School Case, 2014.
- April 2011
- Course Overview Note
The Energy Business and Geopolitics: Overview
By: Noel Maurer
Maurer, Noel. "The Energy Business and Geopolitics: Overview." Harvard Business School Course Overview Note 711-090, April 2011.
- 01 Mar 2015
- News
Ask the Expert: Inside the Fed
The Fed’s structure The Federal Reserve System is overseen by the Federal Reserve Board of Governors, an independent agency with seven members who are nominated by the President and confirmed by the Senate. The system is composed of 12... View Details
- 29 Mar 2016
- First Look
March 29, 2016
a closer qualitative inspection of the “how-to” micromechanisms, and thereby advance a multidisciplinary research agenda. Publisher's link: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=50833 Surfacing the Submerged State: Operational Transparency Increases Trust in... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- April 2003 (Revised November 2003)
- Case
Creation of the European Union, The
Describes the emergence of the European Union (EU). Focuses on a critical stage in European integration--the period in the early 1990s when member states negotiated the terms of the Maastricht Treaty. This agreement set in motion the project that would eventually lead... View Details
Keywords: International Relations; Alliances; System; Negotiation Participants; Government and Politics; Agreements and Arrangements; Money; Cooperation; European Union
Trumbull, J. Gunnar. "Creation of the European Union, The." Harvard Business School Case 703-032, April 2003. (Revised November 2003.)
- 21 Jul 2011
- News
Social Investing’s Time Has Come
handful more in other locations over the following two years, totaling $100 million in impact investments. Social Finance will work with state and local governments to structure and monitor the funded... View Details
- Web
Blog | Social Enterprise | Harvard Business School
Impact Measurement Inclusive Finance International Development K-12 Education Leadership Fellows Leadership in Challenging Times MBA Programs Microfinance Non Profit Management Nonprofit Supportive Services Public Sector Public-Private... View Details
- October 2007
- Teaching Note
Transforming Korea Inc: Financial Crisis and Institutional Reform (TN)
By: Laura Alfaro and Renee Kim
Teaching Note for 708007. View Details
- 25 Sep 2017
- Research & Ideas
Why Politics is Failing America, and What Business Can Do To Help
business of politics as they would study any company or sector, looking at structural components such as competitors, customers, channels to reach customers, suppliers, and the threat of new entrants into the market using the “five-forces... View Details
Keywords: by Christina Pazzanese, Harvard Gazette
- Web
Global Reach | Baker Library | Bloomberg Center | Harvard Business School
Header Global Reach Global Reach: Quote Businessmen and governments in nearly all countries have recognized the need for capable administrators, trained to act in a complex, fast-changing, and increasingly interdependent world, as the... View Details
- Mar 2012
- Article
The Incentive Bubble
The past three decades have seen American capitalism quietly transformed by a single, powerful idea--that financial markets are a suitable tool for measuring performance and structuring compensation. Stock instruments for managers,... View Details
- 03 Mar 2010
- What Do You Think?
To What Degree Does “Identity” Affect Economic Performance?
the commitment and loyalty of employees who perceive themselves as the most disposable of corporate assets ." What will it take to turn around negative trends in "identity"? Ajay Kumar Gupta suggests that "creation of View Details
Keywords: by Jim Heskett
- 23 Mar 2003
- Research & Ideas
Globalization: Little Impact on the Continent
international business trends until more of its governments set the stage for a fairly competitive environment. "There is a need to create a new class of politicians," Gomes said. Africa needs... View Details
Keywords: by Julie Jette
- 28 Jun 2016
- First Look
June 28, 2016
businesses that scale undergo a graduation process in which they meet the varying expectations of multiple organizational resource providers. At the unit level, they convince established core units that the potential value from combining their resources exceeds the... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Dec 2018
- News
Alumni and Faculty Books for December 2018
life as a trained assassin, working directly for the South African government to take down prominent political players when requested to maintain national security and apparent order. Join the Dots by Patrick Moffett (AMP 111) Vanguard... View Details