Geopolitical Units - Publications - Faculty & Research

01 Dec 2008
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Business at the Summit

governance models, and their integrity.” Immelt, CEO of GE, described his outlook as generally optimistic. Once the crisis is resolved (and, he remarked, “the government always wins” in these situations), the United States can expect at... View Details

Keywords: leadership; alumni events; Centennial; Business Schools & Computer & Management Training; Educational Services; Finance; Management

01 Jan 2007
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Hansjörg Wyss, MBA 1965

responds in the negative. "I knew I would be with Synthes for a certain amount of time, because I had some equity in the company and saw there was huge potential for our products in the United States—if we could survive the first five... View Details

15 Jun 2021
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The Path out of Polarization

“Everybody Knows: Russia and the Election,” Professors Rawi Abdelal and Rafael Di Tella examine the shifting media landscape and geopolitics that contributed to this moment. Di Tella is an economist who has studied Latin American... View Details

Keywords: Jen McFarland Flint; Telecommunications; Information

01 Sep 2016
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Code name: Miesiąc

end of World War II, and life under the Polska Zjednoczona Partia Robotnicza, the Communist Polish United Workers’ Party, had been, as Maj recalls now, “ugly,” but his family had not suffered as many others had. Still, he refused the SB’s... View Details

Keywords: April White; photographed by Piotr Malecki

01 Dec 1997
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"Economists are puzzle solvers..."

are born, we need to acquire shelter, we work, we borrow or lend money, we sell things, we retire, etc. Our group takes these functions as our unit of analysis and asks, "At any given time and place, with technology, View Details

21 Dec 2022
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HBS Community Comes Together in Wake of Ukraine Invasion

family or friends passing through Austria., you can reach Herbert at hbleier@icloud.com. MARCH 22 Event: BGIE Faculty Perspectives on the War in Ukraine Monday, March 24, 5:00-6:00pm, Virtual program Three faculty experts from the Business, Government, and... View Details

01 Dec 1999
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The Way You See It

observed that "the automobile has provided the means for people to work collectively and live separately, allowing them to choose where they will live, work, and socialize like no other product does. This independence is a core value in the View Details

Keywords: Garry Emmons. Data collection by Ericka Webb.

01 Jun 2023
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Alumni and Faculty Books

explanations about the development of the United States’ Federal Reserve System, which was created in 1913 in direct response to the Panic of 1907; and an engaging and entertaining account of a fascinating period in financial and economic... View Details

Keywords: Publishing Industries (except Internet); Information

01 Dec 2017
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Alumni and Faculty Books for December 2017

(ForeEdge) The authors tell how an ad hoc, underfunded group of citizens worked together to challenge Boston boosters, the United States Olympic Committee, and the International Olympic Committee and derail Boston’s bid to host the 2024... View Details

01 Jun 2022
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What We’re Reading

important not to forget the humans “on the other side” at a time of heightened geopolitical tensions. —Felix Oberholzer-Gee is the Andreas Andresen Professor of Business Administration in the Strategy Unit... View Details