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21 Jan 2016
News

The perils of building democracy in Africa

01 Apr 2001
News

K.O. Chia: The Voice of Experience

success or disaster. “When I sit on a board, I think of it as mentoring,” says Chia, EVP of Walden International Investment Group in Hong Kong. “I don’t think of myself as a... View Details

Keywords: Alejandro Reyes; Hewlitt-Packard; Apple; Finance; Telecommunications; Information

16 Dec 2002
Research & Ideas

Mentoring—Using the Voice of Experience

much came from business experience. In all but one case, 80 percent or more came from the experiential learning. DL: We also had a four-point scale of novice, apprentice, journeyman, and master. We asked... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne

February 2017 (Revised December 2018)
Case

From Start-Up to Grown-Up Nation: The Future of the Israeli Innovation Ecosystem (Abridged)

By: Elie Ofek and Margot Eiran

In June 2016, Benjamin (Bibi) Netanyahu, Prime Minister of Israel, wrestled with how to sustain Israel’s strong innovation track record and the country’s reputation as the “start-up nation.” Despite the economic miracle the country had wrought since its founding, he... View Details

Keywords: Innovation and Management; Entrepreneurship; Business Startups; Government and Politics; Economy; Equality and Inequality; Israel

November 2017 (Revised September 2020)
Supplement

Miami's Tech Future (D): Developing New Leadership

By: Rosabeth Moss Kanter

Traditional establishment leadership of Miami is increasingly challenged by a rising millennial generation that is more diverse and brings more innovative and entrepreneurial “outside-the-building” approaches, including impatience for change. Leadership succession is... View Details

Keywords: Leaders; Civic Innovation; Change; Change Leadership; Startup; Scaling And Growth; Jurisdictional Disputes; Communication; Community Impact; Community Relations; Leading Change; Leadership; Diversity; Demographics; Entrepreneurship; Business and Community Relations; Miami; Florida

25 Aug 2018
News

Growth of online retail is changing inflation

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the Art of American Advertising - Advertising Products

third of the nineteenth century was even more dramatic than that of the economy in general,” historian Robert Jay explains. “Between the 1870s and 1900, the volume View Details

February 2022
Case

Cleveland Clinic Abu Dhabi: Leading Through the Fog of the COVID-19 Pandemic

By: Linda A. Hill and Emily Tedards

As COVID-19 began to take lives, destroy healthcare systems, and shut down economies across the globe, Dr. Rakesh Suri, Chief Executive Officer of Cleveland Clinic Abu Dhabi, and his executive team adapted their leadership to instill the new levels of agility and... View Details

01 Dec 2009
News

The Story of Israel’s Economic Miracle

Business Plan Contest winner in 2008. With plenty of war stories (literally) and powerful personalities to draw on, Senor and Singer craft an engaging study on the rise of one View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne; National Security and International Affairs; Government

20 Jan 2017
News

The flow of money across borders

19 Nov 2024
News

The Impact of the Chinese Exclusion Act on the Economic Development of the Western U.S.

09 Mar 2022
Research & Ideas

War in Ukraine: Soaring Gas Prices and the Return of Stagflation?

With the global economy still reeling from inflation and supply-chain disruptions, the Russian invasion of Ukraine threatens to further destabilize the world’s fragile recovery from COVID-19. The impact on multinational companies, investors, and consumers is just... View Details

Keywords: by Avery Forman; Energy

06 Oct 2003
Research & Ideas

The Growth of the Social Enterprise

anticipated benefits of geographic expansion failed to materialize, while other benefits seemed to exceed expectations. Economies of scale were... View Details

Keywords: by Carla Tishler

June 1988
Case

Decontrol of Fertilizer Prices in Pakistan

By: Louis T. Wells Jr.

Keywords: Business and Government Relations; Developing Countries and Economies; Price; Pakistan

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19 Jan 2016
News

How Strong is the State of the Union?

May 2014 (Revised March 2016)
Case

Health City Cayman Islands

By: Tarun Khanna and Budhaditya Gupta

Narayana Health (NH) had been successfully delivering affordable high quality tertiary care to the masses in India through its chain of hospitals for over a decade. To encourage the adoption of the NH affordable care delivery model worldwide, Dr. Shetty, Chairman of... View Details

January 2013 (Revised March 2014)
Case

The IASB at a Crossroads: The Future of International Financial Reporting Standards (B)

By: Karthik Ramanna, Karol Misztal and Daniela Beyersdorfer

In late 2012, IASB chair Hans Hoogervorst, just over a year into his term, must address several serious geopolitical challenges that can derail IFRS growth. The SEC has issued a report outlining why the U.S. should not adopt IFRS. Other major economies such as Japan... View Details

Keywords: IASB; IFRS; International Politics; Standard Setting; Accounting; International Accounting; International Relations; Government and Politics; Accounting Industry; Public Administration Industry; China; Europe; United States