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  • June 2009
  • Case

The Rise of President Barack Hussein Obama

By: David A. Thomas, Laura Morgan Roberts and Stephanie Creary
This case profiles President Barack Hussein Obama's rise to the presidency as an "improbable candidate." The case illustrates the ways in which he overcame criticism from those who questioned his credibility and his values, and skepticism from those who were unsure... View Details
Keywords: Ethnicity; Race; Political Elections; Leadership; Personal Development and Career; Creativity; Trust
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  • January 2007 (Revised February 2010)
  • Case

Afghanistan 2006: Building a Brand New State

By: Noel Maurer, Debora L. Spar and J. Gunnar Trumbull
In 2006, Afghanistan remains a country in turmoil. It has a newly elected democratic government, a rebounding economy, and considerable economic potential. But the country is still torn by rival factions and dominated by the opium trade. Explores how Afghanistan has... View Details
Keywords: Developing Countries and Economies; Economic Growth; Policy; Government and Politics; Political Elections; Organizations; Outcome or Result; Afghanistan
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    Leslie K. John

    Leslie K. John is a Professor of Business Administration at Harvard Business School. Currently, she teaches on the topics of Negotiation, Marketing and Behavioral Economics in various Executive Education courses, including in the Program for Leadership Development.... View Details

    Keywords: diet services; health care; internet; marketing industry

      Bharat N. Anand

      Bharat N. Anand is the Vice Provost for Advances in Learning at Harvard University, and the Henry R. Byers Professor of Business Administration at Harvard Business School.

      Professor Anand is an expert in digital strategy, media and... View Details

      Keywords: broadcasting; entertainment; information; media; motion pictures; music; publishing industry; sports; television

        Charles C.Y. Wang

        Charles C.Y. Wang is the Tandon Family Professor of Business Administration at Harvard Business School. He is a research member of the European Corporate Governance Institute (ECGI) and an associate editor of Management Science and Journal of Accounting Research,... View Details

        • Article

        Affording to Wait: Medicare Initiation and the Use of Health Care

        By: Guy David, Philip Saynisch, Victoria Acevado-Perez and Mark D. Neuman
        Delays in receipt of necessary diagnostic and therapeutic medical procedures related to the timing of Medicare initiation at age 65 years have potentially broad welfare implications. We use 2005–2007 data from Florida and North Carolina to estimate the effect of... View Details
        Keywords: Medicare; Behavior; Insurance; Health Care and Treatment; Insurance Industry; Public Administration Industry; Health Industry; North Carolina; Florida
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        • 30 Oct 2012
        • News

        Q&A: U.S. Should Focus on Fostering the Right Kind of Manufacturing

        • 16 Dec 2016
        • News

        Make America's workforce great again by revamping education

        • Teaching Interest

        Overview

        By: Frank Nagle
        Prof. Nagle has taught a wide variety of topics to various types of students including everything from computer programming and e-commerce for undergraduates to cyber security for the FBI and HBS Executive Education participants to innovation and technology management... View Details
        • February 2016 (Revised July 2017)
        • Case

        A Nation Divided: The United States and the Challenge of Secession

        By: David Moss and Marc Campasano
        Americans elected Abraham Lincoln as the nation's first Republican president in November of 1860. Northern political leaders had formed the Republican Party only a few years before, in large measure to combat the spread of slavery. Southerners had long been wary of... View Details
        Keywords: Governance; War; Government and Politics; History; United States
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          Amitabh Chandra

          Amitabh Chandra is the Henry and Allison McCance Family Professor of Business Administration at Harvard Business School where he is the Faculty Chair of the joint View Details

            Juan Alcacer

            Juan Alcacer is the James J. Hill Professor of Business Administration at Harvard Business School. He joined HBS in 2007 and has taught the required MBA strategy course, an elective on Global Strategy and PhD courses in Strategy and International Business. Within... View Details

            Keywords: consulting; management consulting; telecommunications
            • 21 Nov 2013
            • Working Paper Summaries

            Path-Breakers: How Does Women’s Political Participation Respond to Electoral Success?

            Keywords: by Sonia Bhalotra, Irma Clots-Figueras & Lakshmi Iyer
            • January 2023 (Revised June 2024)
            • Case

            Zaoui & Co. (A): Consigliere for High Stakes M&A Transactions

            By: Ashish Nanda, Alex Kitsberg and Zack Kurtovich
            In September 2019, Zaoui & Co.’s close-knit team of professionals convened for their annual off-site. In its nine years of operation, the boutique investment bank founded by the brothers Michael (HBS ’83) and Yoel Zaoui (Stanford GSB ’88), had garnered a track record... View Details
            Keywords: Professional Service Firm; Entrepreneurship; Finance; Strategy; Investment Banking; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Growth and Development Strategy; Europe; United Kingdom
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            • 20 Apr 2012
            • News

            The American Connection

            • November 2010
            • Case

            Children's Hospital Boston (A)

            By: Scott A. Snook and Jeffrey C. Connor
            Five year old Matty died at Children's Hospital Boston as a result of elective neurosurgery to "cure" his epilepsy. The organizational system, not the surgery, had failed. During post-operative recovery, he experienced a prolonged seizure that resulted in his death.... View Details
            Keywords: Health Care and Treatment; Leadership; Managerial Roles; Organizational Structure; Management Systems; Management Teams; Health Industry
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              C. Fritz Foley

              C. Fritz Foley is the Andre R. Jakurski Professor of Business Administration and Senior Associate Dean (SAD) for External Relations. As SAD, Foley works with ER to enhance alumni engagement, expand opportunities for lifelong learning, and develop fundraising... View Details

                Julian De Freitas

                Julian De Freitas is an Assistant Professor of Business Administration in the Marketing Unit, and Director of the Ethical Intelligence Lab, at Harvard Business School. He earned his PhD in psychology from Harvard, masters from Oxford, and BA from Yale. He teaches... View Details

                Keywords: advertising; automotive; consumer products; e-commerce industry; insurance industry; marketing industry; nonprofit industry; software; transportation; video games

                  Eric J. Van den Steen

                  Eric Van den Steen is a Professor of Business Administration at HBS, where he teaches strategy. He holds the Roy Little chair, established in honor of the founder of Textron. 

                  Professor Van den Steen's research studies the fundamentals of strategy and... View Details

                    Andy Zelleke

                    Andy Zelleke is the MBA Class of 1962 Senior Lecturer of Business Administration. A member of the General Management unit, he is the Faculty Chair of HBS’ Middle East & North Africa Research Center.

                    Since Spring 2021, Dr. Zelleke has taught “Unpacking... View Details

                    Keywords: federal government; professional services; defense; financial services