Publications

Educators

02 Jul 2015
Op-Ed

The Future of the Greek Economy

Editor's note: The economy of Greece is in the depths of despair—a fitting topic for a Greek tragedy. As investor Wilbur Ross (HBS MBA 1961) has poignantly put it, "The country that brought us democracy may now take itself into... View Details

Keywords: by Laura Alfaro, Dante Roscini & George Serafeim; Banking

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

8 May 2003
Other Presentation

The Competitive Advantage of Greece: Moving to the Next Level

By: Michael E. Porter

This presentation draws on ideas from Professor Porter's articles and books, in particular, The Competitive Advantage of Nations (The Free Press, 1990), "Building the Microeconomic Foundations of Competitiveness" in The Global Competitiveness Report 2002, (World... View Details

Keywords: Economics; Greece

December 2011
Teaching Note

The Greek Crisis: Tragedy or Opportunity? (TN)

By: Dante Roscini

Keywords: Financial Crisis; Opportunities; Greece

October 2006 (Revised November 2007)
Supplement

Gianna Angelopoulos-Daskalaki and the 2004 Athens Olympic Games (B)

By: Christopher Marquis, Doug Guthrie and Yannis Katsarakis

Keywords: Sports; Sports Industry; Greece

December 1997 (Revised May 2008)
Supplement

Wolfgang Keller at Konigsbrau-TAK (B)

By: John J. Gabarro

This is the supplement to “Wolfgang Keller at Königsbräu-TAK (A).” This case is a modernized revision of the popular case “Wolfgang Keller at Königsbräu-Hellas (B).” View Details

Keywords: Food and Beverage Industry; Greece

04 Dec 2013
News

A Problem Shared Is a Company Aligned

Keywords: Food Manufacturing; Manufacturing

2014
Working Paper

Financial Repression in the European Sovereign Debt Crisis

By: Bo Becker and Victoria Ivashina

By the end of 2013, the share of government debt held by the domestic banking sectors of Eurozone countries was more than twice its 2007 level. We show that this type of increasing reliance on the domestic banking sector for absorbing government bonds generates a... View Details

Keywords: Credit Cycles; Sovereign Debt; Financial Repression; Sovereign Finance; Greece

SSRN

Portrait Project

Philia Hiotis

them break out of poverty. I want to keep on challenging myself in small or big ways, just as I did years ago when I left Greece for the first time in my life to attend Brown University, or more recently when I overcame my fear of... View Details

September 1970
Case

Classic Greek Explosives Co. (B)

By: Richard F. Meyer

Keywords: Global Range; Greece

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2022
Working Paper

Between Human Dignity and Security: Identifying Citizen and Elite Preferences and Concerns over Refugee Reception

By: Kristin Fabbe, Eleni Kyrkopoulou and Mara Vidali

Under what conditions do citizens and elites support the creation of migrant and refugee hosting facilities in their area, and what types of facilities do they prefer? What types of concerns underlay these preferences and how do they differ by ideology and elite... View Details

Keywords: National Security; Immigration; Refugees; Human Needs; Public Opinion; Greece

December 2018
Case

OTE: Managing in Times of National Crisis (A)

By: Juan Alcacer, Jérôme Lenhardt and Emer Moloney

In late 2010, Michael Tsamaz was appointed CEO and Chairman of Greek telecommunications company OTE. OTE still exhibited many traits of a large incumbent organization, with high personnel costs, crippling bureaucracy, lack of customer-centricity, a dull brand, and... View Details

Keywords: Leading Change; Transformation; Economy; Crisis Management; Telecommunications Industry; Greece

Educators

Profile

Aspa Lekka

Aspa Lekka takes pride in her Greek roots, but her journey does not begin from Olympian heights. "I come from a small city called Ioannina in northwest Greece of ~170,000 people," she explains. "I studied math in one of the... View Details

Keywords: Consulting

2021
Article

Fundraising for Stigmatized Groups: A Text Message Donation Experiment

By: Katerina Linos, Laura Jakli and Melissa Carlson

As government welfare programming contracts and NGOs increasingly assume core aid functions, they must address a long-standing challenge—that people in need often belong to stigmatized groups. To study other-regarding behavior, we fielded an experiment through a... View Details

Keywords: Demographics; Philanthropy and Charitable Giving; Communication Strategy; Civil Society or Community; Non-Governmental Organizations; Welfare; Greece

04 Oct 2019
Blog Post

Finding My Passion in the Startup Space

crazy pace of tech developments and feel the intense energy around you. Unfortunately, the company I worked for eventually shut down. I decided to take a few weeks off and head to Greece on vacation. I felt the uncertainty that comes in... View Details

16 Sep 2019
Blog Post

Finding my Passion in the Startup Space

around you. Unfortunately, the company I worked for eventually shut down. I decided to take a few weeks off and head to Greece on vacation. I felt the uncertainty that comes in pivotal times of your life and the excitement that comes when... View Details

August 13, 2011
Book Review

Inside the Greek Volcano

By: Nancy F. Koehn

Keywords: Greece

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