Syria - Publications - Faculty & Research

25 Aug 2014
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'Atlantic' Publisher Had Role in Brokering US Hostage’s Release

Keywords: Publishing Industries (except Internet); Information

01 Dec 2017
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Examining the Magnitude of Syria’s Refugee Crisis

The flow of refugees from Syria following years of civil war has been called the worst humanitarian crisis in modern times. Working in collaboration with HBS’s global research centers, two HBS professors have brought a better... View Details

30 Jan 2017
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HBS Deans' Message on White House Travel Ban

executive order that restricts entry, including reentry, into the U.S. for citizens and nationals of Iran, Iraq, Libya, Somalia, Sudan, Syria and Yemen on both immigrant (permanent residence or green card) and non-immigrant visas. Foreign... View Details

21 Jun 2016
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Rescuing Families from ISIS-Led Genocide

partner of a tech firm in Winnipeg to help Yazidis leave refugee camps in Syria and Turkey to start new lives in Canada. Five hundred members of this ancient ethno-religious minority were killed by ISIS in the 2014 onslaught. Women and... View Details

01 Mar 2010
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Analyze This

and China (937). What about the Middle East? Answer: Iran (4), Israel (225), Jordan (11), Lebanon (31), Pakistan (74), Saudi Arabia (103), Syria (1), Turkey (135), and the United Arab Emirates (127). No copies ship to Iraq or Afghanistan.... View Details

Keywords: Roger Thompson; Data Processing, Hosting, and Related Services; Information

14 Dec 2015
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Building Platforms of Life for the World’s Poorest Children

the primary humanitarian emergencies. I myself have been to Lebanon and Jordan, sitting and meeting with refugees. We are engaged with these refugees who are moving from the Syria area into Europe these days. I was this month in... View Details

31 Jan 2019
News

A Global Mission

currently focused on recruiting students from Syria and northern Iraq. Elsewhere, DeFehr has developed an idea for an overland shipping route in southern Mexico to rival the Panama Canal. Business opportunities in that part of the world,... View Details

Keywords: April White; human rights

01 Dec 2020
News

New Releases: Alumni and Faculty Books

Tzemach Lemmon (MBA 2006) Penguin Press In 2014, northeastern Syria might have been the last place you would expect to find a revolution centered on women's rights. But that year, an all-female militia faced off against ISIS in a little... View Details

Keywords: Margie Kelley

01 Mar 2017
News

The Realities of the Refugee Crisis

and opportunity here is Afghanistan. Syria is a relatively small pool of migrants. In Afghanistan, you have a potentially enormous pool of refugees who could arrive at any moment in Europe. One of the things that Europe is starting to... View Details

Keywords: April White

December 2011
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Negotiating the Path of Abraham

By: James K. Sebenius and Kimberlyn Leary

The Abraham Path Initiative board faces strategic and negotiating challenges in revitalizing a route of Middle East cultural tourism following Abraham's path 4000 years ago. The Path begins in the ancient ruins of Harran, in modern-day Turkey, where Abraham first heard... View Details

Keywords: Nonprofit Organizations; Governing and Advisory Boards; Partners and Partnerships; Negotiation; Social Entrepreneurship; Religion; Culture; Tourism Industry; Israel; Syria; Middle East; Turkey; Jordan

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Middle East & North Africa - Global Activities 2021

Mission to Improve the Health Care System Nora Rabah (MS/MBA 2022), a fellowship recipient who emigrated from Syria at age five, is a member of the first cohort of the MS/MBA in Biotechnology: Life Sciences joint degree program. She is... View Details

10 Dec 2014
News

Front-Row Seat

says Bradley. Freeing Gillis and Foley had taken six weeks; when Foley’s parents asked Bradley to help again, he agreed. “But Syria is not Libya. Syria is heartbreak. Syria is... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna; digital media; Corporate, Subsidiary, and Regional Managing Offices; Management

24 Mar 2023
News

Exploring Talent Markets; Aid for Turkey

that personal dialogue. It felt like a true fireside chat." Approximate areas significantly impacted by the February 6 earthquakes In Wake of Earthquakes, Alumni in Turkey Share Stories and Ask for Help When two devastating earthquakes and numerous aftershocks struck... View Details

Keywords: Margie Kelley

10 Mar 2021
News

Sister Soldier

depicted in the book were reconstructed from interviews, using the perspectives of multiple people. I made seven reporting trips to northeastern Syria in all, between 2017 and 2020, along with conducting more than 100 hours of interviews... View Details

14 Oct 2013
Research & Ideas

Time that Government Reopens for Business

process? I think that these sorts of scenarios, along with doubts about the effectiveness of recent US foreign policy decisions regarding Syria and Iran, have had a negative effect on how we're viewed by business and government leaders in... View Details

Keywords: by Jim Aisner

14 Nov 2019
Book

Lifting the Lid on Turkey's Hidden Business History

going forward is whether this location is going to present more opportunities than challenges. The current turbulence in Iraq and Syria points to the latter. Turkey has almost four million Syrian refugees at the moment, and an on-going... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne

04 Dec 2018
First Look

New Research and Ideas, December 4, 2018

cope with the Arab Spring, with war in Syria and Yemen, as well as the threats from Iran and ISIS and continuing friction between Palestinians and Israelis. The key to these issues is Vision 2030—the plan his son, the Crown Prince, has... View Details

Keywords: Dina Gerdeman

05 Feb 2019
First Look

New Research and Ideas, February 5, 2019

refugees view the politics of postconflict reconciliation and reconstruction. We find that refugees desire peace in Syria more than anything else, yet they also desire harsh punishments for the perpetrators of violence, especially against... View Details