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    Hise O. Gibson

    Hise Gibson graduated from West Point, where he was a member of the Division-1A Army football team. Following graduation, he commissioned in the US Army as an Aviation Officer in the UH60 Blackhawk Helicopter. He served with distinction in various command and staff... View Details

    • 2004
    • Other Teaching and Training Material

    Great Negotiator 2002: Lakhdar Brahimi

    By: James K. Sebenius and Kristin Schneeman

    The Program on Negotiation honored Ambassador Brahimi in events on October 2, 2002. These began with an in-depth faculty-moderated discussion with a group of students, faculty, and guests at Harvard Business School. On the evening of the 2nd, Ambassador Brahimi... View Details

    Keywords: Negotiation; Learning; Strategy; Afghanistan
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    • March 2025
    • Case

    No One Left Behind (D)

    By: Lynn S. Paine, Herman B. "Dutch" Leonard, Max Hancock and David Lane
    In September 2021, the board of directors for the nonprofit No One Left Behind (NOLB) faced a crucial decision. Since its 2013 founding, NOLB had helped resettle in the United States thousands of Afghans and Iraqis who had assisted U.S. forces as combat translators;... View Details
    Keywords: Business Growth and Maturation; Governance; Governing and Advisory Boards; Mission and Purpose; Nonprofit Organizations; Service Industry; Afghanistan; United States
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    • June 2003 (Revised April 2004)
    • Case

    Mercy Corps: Global Social Entrepreneurship (A)

    By: Christopher A. Bartlett and Daniel F. Curran
    Neal Keny-Guyer, CEO of Mercy Corps International, built his organization by following the advice of Theodore Roosevelt: "Be smart enough to hire good people and have sense enough to get out of their way." For eight years, Keny-Guyer helped Mercy Corps grow in size and... View Details
    Keywords: Corporate Entrepreneurship; Globalization; Government and Politics; Selection and Staffing; Leadership; Organizational Structure; Opportunities; Afghanistan; Iraq
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    • March 2025
    • Case

    No One Left Behind (C)

    By: Lynn S. Paine, Herman B. "Dutch" Leonard, Max Hancock and David Lane
    In September 2021, the board of directors for the nonprofit No One Left Behind (NOLB) faced a crucial decision. Since its 2013 founding, NOLB had helped resettle in the United States thousands of Afghans and Iraqis who had assisted U.S. forces as combat translators;... View Details
    Keywords: Business Growth and Maturation; Governance; Governing and Advisory Boards; Mission and Purpose; Nonprofit Organizations; Service Industry; Afghanistan; United States
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    • March 2025
    • Case

    No One Left Behind (B)

    By: Lynn S. Paine, Herman B. "Dutch" Leonard, Max Hancock and David Lane
    In September 2021, the board of directors for the nonprofit No One Left Behind (NOLB) faced a crucial decision. Since its 2013 founding, NOLB had helped resettle in the United States thousands of Afghans and Iraqis who had assisted U.S. forces as combat translators;... View Details
    Keywords: Business Growth and Maturation; Governance; Governing and Advisory Boards; Mission and Purpose; Nonprofit Organizations; Service Industry; Afghanistan; United States
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    • March 2025
    • Case

    No One Left Behind (A)

    By: Lynn S. Paine, Herman B. "Dutch" Leonard, Max Hancock and David Lane
    In September 2021, the board of directors for the nonprofit No One Left Behind (NOLB) faced a crucial decision. Since its 2013 founding, NOLB had helped resettle in the United States thousands of Afghans and Iraqis who had assisted U.S. forces as combat translators;... View Details
    Keywords: Business Growth and Maturation; Governance; Governing and Advisory Boards; Mission and Purpose; Nonprofit Organizations; Service Industry; Afghanistan; United States
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      Tarun Khanna

      Tarun Khanna is the Jorge Paulo Lemann Professor at the Harvard Business School. For almost three decades, he has studied entrepreneurship as a means to social and economic development in emerging markets. At HBS since 1993, after obtaining degrees from Princeton... View Details

      • January 2020
      • Case

      A Tough Call: SEAL Team Leader in Kandahar (A)

      By: George A. Riedel
      The case, which is a disguised version of real events, is set in Kandahar, Afghanistan (2013) during the long running Afghan war. Lt. Paul Rickson, a Navy SEAL Platoon Commander, is leading a team of 30 U.S. and Afghan soldiers on a mission to clear hostile forces in... View Details
      Keywords: War; Leadership; Risk and Uncertainty; Safety; Decision Choices and Conditions; Afghanistan
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      • 2008
      • Case

      Great Negotiator Case Study Package

      By: James K. Sebenius, Jeswald Salacuse, Daniel Curran, Rebecca Hulse and Kristin Schneeman

      This special curriculum package includes the following case studies in the Great Negotiator Case Study Series, each of which features a past recipient of PON's Great Negotiator Award:

      • 2000 PON Great Negotiator: "To Hell with the Future, Let's Get... View Details
      Keywords: Negotiation
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      • 2024
      • Article

      Crucibles, Multiple Sensitive Periods, and Career Progression

      By: Prithwiraj Choudhury, Sunasir Dutta, Hise O. Gibson and Eric Lin
      We study the effects of crucible experiences along multiple sensitive periods on career progression. While prior literature has hinted that individuals can be imprinted during multiple sensitive periods, not just during the early career, there has been scant attention... View Details
      Keywords: Military Service; Personal Development and Career; Transformation; Power and Influence; Learning; Human Capital
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      • 2021
      • Working Paper

      Going to Extremes: Crucibles, Multiple Sensitive Periods, and Career Progression

      By: Prithwiraj Choudhury, Sunasir Dutta, Hise O. Gibson and Eric Lin
      We study the effects of crucible experiences along multiple sensitive periods on career progression. While prior literature has hinted that individuals can be imprinted during multiple sensitive periods, not just during the early career, there has been scant attention... View Details
      Keywords: Jobs and Positions; Personal Development and Career; Management Skills; Human Capital
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      • Web

      General Management - Faculty & Research

      U.S. forces from Afghanistan led to a surge in donations to—and requests for assistance from—NOLB. The heightened pressures created tensions and disagreements among NOLB board members over the scope of the organization’s mission and uses... View Details
      • Web

      South Asia - Global

      interrupted in August 2021 when the withdrawal of U.S. forces from Afghanistan led to a surge in donations to—and requests for assistance from—NOLB. The heightened pressures created tensions and disagreements among NOLB board members over... View Details
      • 06 Jun 2024
      • Research & Ideas

      How Younger Immigrants Gain an Edge in American Business

      For refugees fleeing troubled regions as disparate as Afghanistan and Ukraine, finding meaningful work in the United States is not only key to their own success, but also crucial for businesses navigating labor shortages. New research... View Details
      Keywords: by Rachel Layne
      • Web

      Social Enterprise - Faculty & Research

      organization expanded, the board had sought to professionalize NOLB’s governance, systematize its fundraising, and strengthen the accountability and reporting mechanisms that many donors expected. That effort was interrupted in August 2021 when the withdrawal of U.S.... View Details
      • 01 Dec 2023
      • News

      3-Minute Briefing: Nathaniel Fick (MBA/MPA 2008)

      As a Marine, I led some of the first units in Afghanistan and Iraq. What I loved about that experience was the intersection of a mission with building and leading teams. I came to HBS to develop the tools around that work, but in a very... View Details
      Keywords: Julia Hanna
      • 01 Jun 2023
      • News

      Bridging the ESG Data Gap

      opportunity and responsibility to tackle the most pressing issues of our time,” she states. “Our company empowers venture investors and founders to do just that.” NURTURING BREAKTHROUGH IDEAS An Engine of Innovation From Big Pharma to Startup Cultivating Prosperity in... View Details
      Keywords: Deborah Blagg
      • 29 May 2023
      • News

      Nurturing Breakthrough Ideas

      As a center for creativity where innovation and entrepreneurship are intertwined, the Harvard Innovation Labs ecosystem encourages the development of novel ideas, approaches, and technologies that inspire new ventures or ways of thinking that keep companies relevant.... View Details
      • 01 Jun 2023
      • News

      From Big Pharma to Startup

      RapidSOS safety agents, 911, and first responders globally Trove Health—gathers an individual’s medical records to enable them to earn passive income by choosing what records they want to contribute to medical research Vaxess—transforms the efficacy and access for... View Details
      Keywords: April White