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  • 1989
  • Book

Planning and Power in Iran: Ebtehaj and Economic Development under the Shah

By: Geoffrey Jones
This book provides a biography of Abol Hassan Ebtehaj, who headed Iran's central bank and Plan Organization during the 1940s and 1950s. It provides a wide-ranging survey of the problems of modernization and economic planning in Iran. Ebtehaj was at the center of... View Details
Keywords: Crime and Corruption; Decision Making; Economics; Central Banking; Policy; Political History; Resignation and Termination; Biography; Books; Surveys; Growth and Development Strategy; Planning; Iran
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  • January 2003 (Revised June 2005)
  • Case

Multinationals as Engines of Growth?

By: Geoffrey G. Jones
Reviews the issues surrounding estimating the impact over time of multinationals on host economies. Uses a series of short historical case studies, including the role of United Fruit in the "banana" republics of Central America, oil and banking in Iran before the... View Details
Keywords: Business History; Multinational Firms and Management; Trade; Growth and Development; Corporate Entrepreneurship; Globalized Economies and Regions; Iran; United States; Malaysia; Japan
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  • June 2022
  • Case

Mossadeq’s Gambit: The US, UK, and Iranian Oil Nationalization

By: Jeremy Friedman and Jingyu Liu
Many of the West’s political problems in the Middle East and in Iran in particular can be traced to the overthrow of Prime Minister Mohammad Mossadegh by military forces supported by the American CIA and the British MI6 in August 1953. Mossadegh, at the head of a... View Details
Keywords: Neo-imperialism; History; Conflict Management; War; Globalized Economies and Regions; Natural Resources; National Security; Government and Politics; Globalized Markets and Industries; Middle East; Iran
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Middle East Negotiation Initiative

By: James K. Sebenius
The Middle East Negotiation Initiative is a component of the Harvard Negotiation Project that seeks to analyze and develop grounded analysis and advice for complex negotiations in and around the Middle East.  Its current focus is on the intellectual and study questions... View Details
  • 23 Dec 2021
  • News

Taking Over a State by a Religious Movement Was Basically Inconceivable to Most Outside Observers

  • Web

Great American Business Leaders of the 20th Century - Leadership

mobilization effort Influence: High 60 1960 19 Cold war continues to build Bay of Pigs invasion; Cuban Missile Crisis Vietnam War escalates Influence: Medium-High 70 1970 19 OPEC oil crisis Vietnam War ends Iran hostage crisis Imports... View Details

    Geoffrey G. Jones

    Geoffrey Jones is the Isidor Straus Professor of Business History, and Faculty Chair of the School's Business History Initiative. He holds degrees of BA, MA and PhD from Cambridge University, UK. He has an honorary Doctorate in Economics and Business Administration... View Details

    Keywords: banking; beauty products; construction; consumer products; energy; entertainment; fashion; financial services; food; food processing; green technology; petroleum; service industry
    • Web

    Request the Data - Leadership

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    C. Roland Christensen - Christensen Center for Teaching & Learning

    of South Africa (Pretoria), and the Iran Center for Management (Teheran). In the mid-1950s, he was part of a team of HBS professors whose advice to the top executives of Nestlé S.A. led to the creation of IMEDE (now IMD), the European... View Details
    • 04 Feb 2002
    • Research & Ideas

    How To Do Business in Islamic Countries

    The business scene in the Islamic world may be as complex as its 1.3 billion people, but one rule is nevertheless quite straightforward for Westerners who want to do deals. "One thing you do not bring up is the Palestinian-Israeli situation," advised Samuel... View Details
    Keywords: by Martha Lagace

      Ray A. Goldberg

      A native of North Dakota, Dr. Goldberg received his A.B. from Harvard University in 1948, his MBA from the Harvard Graduate School of Business Administration in 1950 and his Ph.D. in Agricultural Economics from the University of Minnesota in 1952.

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      Keywords: agribusiness; agriculture; fast food; food; food processing; forest products; grocery; high technology; information; restaurant; retailing; soft drink; textiles; tobacco; transportation; wholesale; wine
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      The 20th Century Zeitgeist - Leadership

      Medium-High 70 1970 s 19 OPEC oil crisis Vietnam War ends Iran hostage crisis Imports outpace exports Influence: Medium-High 80 1980 s 19 Berlin wall falls End of cold war Iran-Contra Affair Influence: High 90 1990 s USSR dismantled;... View Details

        Joseph B. Lassiter

        Joe is the Senator John Heinz Professor of Management Practice in Environmental Management, Retired. He focuses on one of the world’s most pressing problems: developing clean, secure and carbon-neutral supplies of reliable, low-cost energy all around the world. He... View Details

        Keywords: green technology; high technology; internet; oil ＆ gas; private equity (LBO funds); utilities; software; energy
        • June 2012 (Revised December 2017)
        • Case

        Marc Rich and Global Commodity Trading

        By: Geoffrey Jones and Espen Storli
        Examines the career of Marc Rich, the world's leading commodity trader before his criminal indictment in the United States in 1983. The case surveys the historical growth of commodity trading, especially in metals, from the late nineteenth century, and its evolving... View Details
        Keywords: Commodity Market; Natural Resources; Metals and Minerals; Business History; Entrepreneurship; Service Industry; Mining Industry; Africa; Europe; Middle East; North and Central America; Israel; South Africa; Iran
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        • 01 Mar 2024
        • News

        Alumni and Faculty Books and Podcasts

        Edited by Margie Kelley Alumni Books You Got This! A Straightforward, No-Nonsense Playbook for Crushing 130+ Workplace Challenges By Heidi Abelli (MBA 1993) Palmetto Publishing Stepping into the corporate world can feel like navigating a labyrinth, especially when... View Details
        Keywords: Publishing Industries (except Internet); Information
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        Request more information | HBS Courses | HBS Online

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        Credential of Leadership, Impact, and Management in Business | HBS Online

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        Charts & Statistics - Leadership

        s 19 Cold war continues to build Bay of Pigs invasion; Cuban Missile Crisis Vietnam War escalates Influence: Medium-High 70 1970 s 19 OPEC oil crisis Vietnam War ends Iran hostage crisis Imports outpace exports Influence: Medium-High 80... View Details
        • Portrait Project

        Rosita Najmi

        family and my faith that I have learned the significance of leading a life of sacrifice and service to others. My mother left her native Iran and escaped the terror of religious persecution for us, her four children. She knew that... View Details
        • 18 May 2016
        • News

        What Does the American Dream Mean in Today’s America?

        boundless compassion, unique talents and selfless generosity; all while maintaining the traditions of their ethnic heritage as they uphold the ideals and spirit of America.” Navab wrote about the honor on KKR’s blog, reflecting on his family’s journey from... View Details