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- March 2021
- Supplement
Snapp: Scaling Under Sanctions in Iran (B)
By: Meg Rithmire and Gamze Yucaoglu
The case opens in November 2020 as Eyad Alkassar and Mahmoud Fouz, co-founders of Iran’s first and leading ride-hailing platform, Snapp, eagerly await the results of the U.S. presidential elections.
The case takes us through the challenging times between... View Details
The case takes us through the challenging times between... View Details
Keywords: Sanctions; Change Management; Disruption; Volatility; Decision Choices and Conditions; Cross-Cultural and Cross-Border Issues; Government and Politics; International Relations; National Security; Crisis Management; Risk Management; Health Pandemics; Transportation Industry; Middle East; Iran
Rithmire, Meg, and Gamze Yucaoglu. "Snapp: Scaling Under Sanctions in Iran (B)." Harvard Business School Supplement 721-036, March 2021.
- August 2024
- Case
Coca Cola İçecek—Managing a Sudden Turbulence
By: Felix Oberholzer-Gee, Namrata Arora and Gizem Cihan Dincsoy
In November 2021, Kerem Kerimoğlu, Coca Cola İçecek (CCI) Group Supply Chain Development Director, is alarmed by a news headline revealing a shortage of Turkish truck drivers impacting Europe. This crisis quickly affects CCI's distribution as third-party logistics... View Details
Keywords: Business Strategy; Logistics; Supply Chain Management; Crisis Management; Distribution; Consumer Products Industry; Food and Beverage Industry; Turkey; Central Asia; Middle East
Oberholzer-Gee, Felix, Namrata Arora, and Gizem Cihan Dincsoy. "Coca Cola İçecek—Managing a Sudden Turbulence." Harvard Business School Case 725-368, August 2024.
- 01 Mar 2008
- News
Innovation, Inc.
streamlining management and infrastructure at the corporate level. Finally, he held numerous meetings and discussions with small groups of middle managers about Fuji’s future... View Details
- 19 Aug 2013
- News
Bees Make a Sweet Deal for African Farmers
with a growing middle class in Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania, Rwanda, and Burundi. We hope to become the world's newest 'tiger states.' Bureaucracy and lack of appropriate infrastructure are challenges, but most African countries are now... View Details
- 10 Dec 2014
- News
Front-Row Seat
room of La Brasserie, a Capitol Hill institution for political power lunchers and Hollywood A-listers. Bradley was anticipating a celebration; instead, he was assaulted with a list of 20 complaints about his management style and requests... View Details
- 25 Feb 2020
- News
Q&A: William Kerr and Joseph Fuller
William Kerr and Joseph Fuller at podcast studio in Klarman Hall on HBS campus (photo by Susan Young) HBS launched the Managing the Future of Work project in 2017 to advance research that business and policy leaders can put into action as... View Details
- 17 Sep 2024
- Research & Ideas
Advice for the New CEO: Talk to Your Employees Early and Often
bottom,” she says. Middle managers may fill a critical gap here—especially since the study suggests that they are the ones who often reignite communication after the initial decline. Invest in meaningful... View Details
Keywords: by Ami Albernaz
- Career Coach
Jessica Mbaeliachi
Europe, Latin America, Middle East and Africa. Jessica started her career at GE Healthcare, as a product design engineer. She then went on to join the company's healthcare delivery consulting practice. Upon graduating from HBS, Jessica... View Details
- 13 Oct 2015
- Research & Ideas
Does Business Get Done the Same Way in Emerging and Developed Countries?
interviews, I walked away deeply impressed by the managerial capacity in emerging markets. The domestic firms are very, very capable. Yes, they operate under particular constraints—we do not see the many middle View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Dec 2003
- News
Studying Japan from the Inside
Motor was turned around by Carlos Ghosn. Ghosn was sent from Renault, the French auto company, which acquired management control of the financially distressed Nissan in March 1999. Ghosn motivated Nissan’s View Details
- 12 Sep 2019
- News
Skydeck Voices: Finding My Muse
Okay. I do my best thinking during yoga. It's a time when I quiet the mind, and I think a lot of other times my mind is constantly going with “How do I manage my three children, and my life, and the logistics, and the work, and the eating... View Details
- 01 May 2013
- News
Isik Kececi Asur, MBA 1997
Seeing obstacles women face, particularly in Middle Eastern countries, is what drove Isik Kececi Asur and her husband, Mustafa, to endow an MBA fellowship designated for female entrepreneurs from Turkey and Lebanon. “Supporting women to... View Details
- Web
Global - Global Activities 2020
of HBS faculty interviewing business leaders from Africa, Asia, Latin America, and the Middle East. The five new videos feature South African business leaders in banking (Cas Coovadia), retail (Shirley Zinn), food (Robbie Brozin),... View Details
- 06 Nov 2020
- News
Signal Boost
belong.” LEDA starts inclusion education at a young age, offering programs like Calling All Colors, which allows students in middle and high schools to discuss race in their communities and calls on them to make their schools a welcoming... View Details
Eugene W. Rhodes
Having spent his summers in college working at the Tribune, Rhodes was selected to run the paper in 1922, following the unexpected deaths of both the Tribune’s founder and its managing editor. Despite his youth and lack of experience,... View Details
Keywords: Publishing & Print Media
- 01 Jun 2009
- News
Lewis and Primo Receive Recognition for Achievements
received the groups’ Professional Achievement Award, built Essence magazine into the leading lifestyle publication for African-American women. Primo’s real-estate investment and development firm has over $4 billion under management and... View Details
- 01 Aug 2008
- What Do You Think?
Has the Time Come for “Stretch” in Management?
stretch goal would be a turnover of 10 in five years, with improvements toward that goal recognized and rewarded on a year-to-year basis. One goal of this philosophy was to eliminate the time-wasting annual budgeting game in which middle... View Details
Keywords: by Jim Heskett
- 01 Mar 2008
- News
An American Odyssey
He’s got a superhero’s name, and he’s shining a light on enduring wrongs here at home while confronting challenges in the Third World as well. Meet Richard America, who sees policy analysis and quality management as keys to development... View Details
- 24 Apr 2014
- News
Educating children through inquiry-based learning
industry. In 2004, Frock embarked on what she thought would be a 9-month leave of absence from her high-level job at Corning Inc. to help start ASMS. She ended up staying at the innovative middle school, which is supported in part by... View Details
- 01 Apr 2002
- News
Q&A - Mark Fields
at all levels. It helps people understand our revitalization process, so they can tie their own efforts to it and feel they’re part of the organization’s progress. In the area of productivity and incentives, we’ve linked compensation to individual performance in our... View Details