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Impact Measurement Inclusive Finance International Development K-12 Education Leadership Fellows Leadership in Challenging Times MBA Programs Microfinance Non Profit Management Nonprofit Supportive Services Public Sector Public-Private... View Details

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Interpreting Interdependence: National Security and the Energy Trade of Russia, Ukraine, and Belarus

By: Rawi Abdelal

Keywords: Energy; Trade; International Relations; National Security; Globalized Economies and Regions; Globalized Markets and Industries; Energy Industry; Russia; Ukraine; Belarus

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February 2023 (Revised February 2024)
Case

Doing Business in Helsinki, Finland

By: Martin A. Sinozich, Lena Duchene, Tonia Labruyere and Daniela Beyersdorfer

This case examines the challenges and opportunities of doing business in Finland. It highlights Finland's economic transformation in the decades leading up to 2024 in the context of its history, culture, and politics. The case gives an overview of some of the main... View Details

Keywords: Business History; Business and Government Relations; Corporate Strategy; Research and Development; Foreign Direct Investment; Crisis Management; Culture; Environmental Sustainability; International Relations; Food and Beverage Industry; Finland; Europe

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1.4.5 Required Internship & Internship Courses | MBA

Harvard International Office approval. Practicum in Experiential Learning in January (PELJ) The Practicum in Experiential Learning in January is like PELT described above, but available to students exploring issues View Details

01 Sep 2003
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Jeff Baron

autobiographical play has struck an international chord; Baron has now watched it performed in Japanese, Greek, French, and German. In addition, he notes with pride, it gave him a ticket back to corporate America — this time as part of a... View Details

Keywords: Susan Young; Performing Arts, Spectator Sports, and Related Industries; Performing Arts, Spectator Sports, and Related Industries

01 Mar 2010
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Analyze This

Story ideas sometimes come from unexpected places. I would hazard to guess that this issue of the Bulletin offers a first in the magazine’s long history. Inspired by a copy of our international mailing list, Senior Associate Editor Garry... View Details

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

01 Apr 2001
News

Professor Thomas Kennedy Remembered

of Tom’s classes could ever forget him.” Kennedy developed an expertise in international labor relations while teaching from 1976 to 1978 in an Executive Education program then offered by HBS in Switzerland.... View Details

Keywords: Business Schools & Computer & Management Training; Educational Services

12 Mar 2018
Op-Ed

Op-Ed: Why BlackRock CEO Larry Fink Is Not a Socialist

the last three years, Exxon continues to invest heavily in capital expenditures around the world to discover and produce more oil and natural gas, yet it is continuously cutting its internal costs to be more efficient. Once companies fall... View Details

Keywords: by Bill George; Banking

Lawrence J. Ellison

Ellison founded the second largest software company in the world – building the first commercially viable relational database. Oracle applications power more business-to-business and administrative systems than any other software... View Details

Keywords: Computers & Electronics

01 Dec 1998
News

Faculty Retirements

for six years. In addition, he chaired Harvard's International Senior Managers Program in Vevey, Switzerland. Over the years, Hayes has consulted for a number of corporations, financial institutions, and government agencies, including the... View Details

01 Oct 2000
News

Three Promoted to Full Professor

Paul A. Gompers Paul Gompers specializes in research on financial issues related to start-up, high-growth, and newly public companies. He holds a joint appointment in the Finance and the Entrepreneurial and Service Management units.... View Details

April 2003 (Revised November 2003)
Case

Creation of the European Union, The

By: J. Gunnar Trumbull

Describes the emergence of the European Union (EU). Focuses on a critical stage in European integration--the period in the early 1990s when member states negotiated the terms of the Maastricht Treaty. This agreement set in motion the project that would eventually lead... View Details

Keywords: International Relations; Alliances; System; Negotiation Participants; Government and Politics; Agreements and Arrangements; Money; Cooperation; European Union

01 Jun 2025
News

Assets: Matchup

Photo: Allison Sepanek Meg Rithmire first visited China in 2001, the summer after her first year of college. “I remember thinking it would be an interesting country to study because it was so hard for me to understand it,” she recalls. “I figured I would never get... View Details

Keywords: collectibles; faculty; China; Chinese leaders

08 Feb 2016
Research & Ideas

The Civic Benefits of Google Street View and Yelp

internal data with government to gain understanding into their employees—providing insight, for example, into health behavior of workers in different neighborhoods. “There is so much data now, it’s exhilarating—and frightening,” says... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding; Consumer Products

July 2016
Supplement

The EC Rains on Oracle/Sun (B)

By: Lena G. Goldberg

Supplements the (A) case. View Details

Keywords: Law; Antitrust; EC Regulation; Mergers and Acquisitions; Multinational Firms and Management; International Relations; Laws and Statutes; Monopoly; Business and Government Relations; Technology Industry; European Union; United States

designated by NASA to manage, promote, and broker research on the International Space Station (ISS) U.S. National Laboratory. Brandon received a B.A. in Economics and International View Details

Keywords: Business Products and Services (B2B)

October 2002 (Revised March 2009)
Background Note

Foreign Direct Investment

By: Laura Alfaro and Esteban Clavell

Briefly reviews motivations and trends behind foreign direct investment and multinational corporations as well as the policy debate that surrounds them. View Details

Keywords: International Finance; Foreign Direct Investment; Multinational Firms and Management; Policy; Business and Government Relations