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Leadership Execution and Action Planning (LEAP) - Course Catalog

urgency and importance. Successful execution also requires making tradeoffs given constraints of time, capital, talent, and political capital. LEAP will introduce students to several general tactics, common traps, and tools related to... View Details

March 2022 (Revised November 2022)
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When Should CEOs Speak Out Publicly? The 2021 Georgia Voting Law

By: William W. George, Hubert Joly and Amram Migdal

This case describes the March 2021 passage of a voting and elections law in the U.S. state of Georgia and reactions by corporations and corporate leaders to the law. Included are a brief history of voting rights in the United States and Georgia and an overview of the... View Details

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03 Jul 2018
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Should CEO Satya Nadella Cancel Microsoft’s Contract with ICE?

than a yes or no response, particularly in view of his emphasis on organizational culture. For example, Kisiah commented, “Microsoft should not get involved in politics. It does have employees and customers with all types of political... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett; Computer; Technology

01 Dec 2006
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Forestalling Terror

top. A lot of the rhetoric about the need for an “intelligence czar” points in this direction. But we’ve seen in the private sector that, in highly turbulent environments, overly centralized organizations get overwhelmed by the informational burdens placed on them. So... View Details

Keywords: Garry Emmons; Waleed Iskandar; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services

03 Mar 2014
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A Life Transformed

final exams, received a scholarship, and left for college." Parija attended BJB College, a state school with low fees, where he majored in economics and political science, graduating in 1974. He took a clerical job at a local Indian bank... View Details

Keywords: Robert S. Benchley; Finance; Transportation

17 Jun 2020
Blog Post

Black MBA Students Pen Letters to the HBS Community: Letter 2/5

domestic terrorism organization known as the Ku Klux Klan (KKK). White supremacist organizations arose in response to the political empowerment, economic independence, and social revival that was seen in Black communities during... View Details

01 Jun 2010
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$how Me the Money

level, “is when you actually tilt the playing field by influencing the policymaking or contracting process; this is illegal and unfair.” Abdelal says that for many executives, the challenge is managing a business culture in which it is... View Details

Keywords: Garry Emmons; Administration of Economic Programs; Government; Executive, Legislative, and Other General Government Support; Government; Legal Services; Professional Services; Management, Scientific, and Technical Consulting Services; Professional Services

June 2010
Teaching Note

Sheikh Mohammed and the Making of "Dubai, Inc." (TN)

By: Anthony Mayo and Johnathan Cromwell

Teaching Note for 410063. View Details

Keywords: Balance and Stability; Growth and Development; Identity; Government and Politics; Infrastructure; Financial Crisis; Labor; Economic Systems; Culture; Managerial Roles; Local Range; Dubai

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Hispanic and Latinx Heritage Month | Baker Library

Hispanic and Latinx Heritage Month Discover Baker Library resources with a connection to Hispanic and Latinx culture and identity. Want to stay up-to-date on DEI topics? Consider subscribing to our monthly Diversity Equity and Inclusion... View Details

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IFC: Singapore; Shaping a Global Innovation Hub - Course Catalog

highlight both the opportunities and challenges of launching and operating a venture within the region. Experts from Singapore’s private and public sectors will share their insights, offering a balanced perspective. The Fall classes will cover (preliminary): View Details

01 Jun 2018
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June 2018 Alumni and Faculty Books

from some of India’s most respected names in business, public governance, diplomacy, and the intelligentsia. It explains the frequent and vital intersections between government and business, culture and modernity, and demographics and... View Details

13 Dec 2017
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Skydeck Live: What Really Motivates American Voters?

working to understand their motivations and tracking their reactions to cultural and political events. Her unique insights have made her a regular on CNN and a fixture on the pages of the Boston Globe. And... View Details

02 Mar 2017
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Is China About to Overtake the US for World Trade Leadership?

partner rather than a competitor for global trade and resources Dealing with Asia, and especially China, requires a more nuanced point of view because understanding of language, culture and business practice can be easily misunderstood... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett

18 Nov 2020
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Networking Goes Truly Global; Confronting Institutional Racism with Case Method Webinar

to recent political and economic shifts or part of a deeper social and cultural history? What can be done to address this crisis in our criminal justice system? The HBS Association of Boston (HBSAB), in... View Details

Keywords: Margie Kelley

17 Jan 2017
Research & Ideas

Can China Maintain Its Economic Power?

Forward in 1958 triggered a famine that killed 40 million people, and in 1966, Mao’s Cultural Revolution shut down all the universities in the country for 10 years. In terms of education, it was a lost generation. Q: Did you get a sense... View Details

Keywords: by Deborah Blagg

24 May 2011
First Look

First Look: May 24

While the risk functions of some organizations have a culture of quantitative enthusiasm and are dedicated to risk measurement, others, with a culture of quantitative scepticism, take a different path,... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

21 Sep 2009
Research & Ideas

Excessive Executive Pay: What’s the Solution?

In the search for culprits in the global financial meltdown, bloated executive pay and the excessive risk-taking behavior it fueled stand out as prime suspects. Of the two, pay dominates the headlines and provokes the most public and View Details

Keywords: by Roger Thompson

02 Dec 2016
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The Story Behind the Stories

Subscribe on iTunes Subscribe on SoundCloud More Skydeck episodes Gayle Tzemach Lemmon (MBA 2006) is a journalist and author of two New York Times best selling books. She was a political reporter and a TV producer in DC before coming to... View Details

01 Mar 2009
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Buddy, Can You Spare a Trillion

glaring trade imbalances, and soaring political risk, particularly in the economically crucial, oil-exporting regions of the world. The key to this seeming paradox lay in China. Chongqing, on the undulating banks of the mighty earth-brown... View Details

Keywords: Finance; Publishing Industries (except Internet); Information

10 Jun 2002
Research & Ideas

How to Look at Globalization Now

treatment (e.g., "recycled" FDI into—and out of—China and India). And to touch on the final base of the CAGE framework for assessing distance that was introduced in "Distance Still Matters," even cultural distances are... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace

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