Publications

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

January 2010 (Revised August 2010)
Background Note

Advanced Leadership Note: An Institutional Perspective and Framework for Managing and Leading

By: Rosabeth M. Kanter and Rakesh Khurana

Large-scale societal issues increasingly appear on the agenda of business leaders, including poverty, health, education, business-government relations, and the degradation of the environment. These problems are not entirely new, but the forces of globalization and the... View Details

Keywords: Change Management; Framework; Global Range; Leadership; Business and Stakeholder Relations; Social Enterprise; Social Issues; Complexity

26 Mar 2014
HBS Seminar

Brian Kahin, MIT

11 Mar 2001
Research & Ideas

Merchants to Multinationals: British Trading Companies in the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries

1880s, and in 1914 four-fifths of registered joint stock companies were private 4 — but the merchants were certainly among the most reluctant sectors to abandon partnerships and family control. View Details

Keywords: by Geoffrey Jones

26 Mar 2024
Blog Post

IFC India: Financing the Climate Transition in India

provide USD 6.6 trillion, leaving a substantial investment gap of USD 3.5 trillion. To bridge this gap, India requires investment support worth USD 1.4 trillion until 2070, with an annual average of USD 28 billion over the next 50 years. Key View Details

21 May 2021
Blog Post

Alumni Spotlight: Cissy Chen (MBA 2019)

wanted to leverage my knowledge & experience in finance to focus on making a difference in my home region of Asia through impact investing. In China, for example, the sector lacks quite a bit with regards to human capital and... View Details

15 Jun 2021
News

Zone Defense

defense sector in the mid-2010s. Ryan had been persuaded to join the endeavor after hearing the enthusiasm of the scores of potential users Brandon interviewed prior to launch. But the pair did not initially encounter the same positive... View Details

Keywords: April White; drone technology; military; security; entrepreneurship; leadership; Air Transportation; Transportation

29 Oct 2020
Blog Post

Delving Deeper into Development with the MBA/MPA-ID Program – a Q+A with Zainab Raji (MBA/MPA-ID 2022)

broadly, I gained a deeper appreciation of the role that private sector growth plays in economic prosperity in developing countries. I also enjoyed getting exposed to and supporting a wide array of companies in Africa and South Asia. I... View Details

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Climate Impact - Business & Environment

Street Energy is a private equity firm focused on deploying capital into the North American energy transition. Our current focus is on decarbonization of the power grid, with an eye on the eventual electrification of sectors that have... View Details

24 Sep 2019
Blog Post

Launching a Career in Clean Energy

mission to help commercial & industrial customers get to zero net energy. From my experience in the energy industry, the commercial & industrial sector is a very hard nut to crack. Energy is a really complex world, and my... View Details

Profile

Shira Asa-El

Why did you choose this path at this point in time? After over seven years of military service, going to business school was a step toward my ultimate transition to the private sector as well as an opportunity to live in a foreign country... View Details

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Banking System - Behavioral Finance & Financial Stability

Data Banking Sector Data Download Data Set in Excel Banking Sector Size The total assets of the banking sector, as a fraction of GDP, increased steadily between 1990 and 2008, before plateauing in recent... View Details

07 May 2020
Research & Ideas

The One Good Thing Caused by COVID-19: Innovation

groceries have expanded to takeout and deliveries, and face-to-face meetings have been replaced by video conferences across many sectors of the economy. In China, which is ahead of the curve both in terms of the outbreak and the... View Details

Keywords: by Hong Luo and Alberto Galasso

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The 20th Century Zeitgeist - Leadership

numbers Influence: Medium-Low 80 1980 s 19 Air traffic controllers' union dismantled Union representation drops Information technology redistributes job functions Influence: Low 90 1990 s Reengineering Record high employment Service View Details

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Electricity - Business & Environment

Confronting Climate Change Electricity Renewables, nuclear, and carbon capture offer massive market potential The combustion of fossil fuels to generate electricity is the largest source of greenhouse gas emissions and the largest contributor to climate change. [18]... View Details

01 Sep 2023
News

Global Outposts Expand HBS’s Intellectual Footprint

HBS European Alumni Summit in Paris last fall attended by 250 participants, including Senior Lecturer Brian Trelstad and Professor Gunnar Trumbull. The conference, titled “Re.Invent: Leadership for a Sustainable Future,” featured leaders and experts from industry,... View Details

Keywords: Jennifer Gillespie

October 2020
Case

Israelis, Palestinians and the Technology Bridge Between Them: A Work in Progress

By: Elie Ofek and Lia Weiner

In Israel of 2020 the demand for software engineers was endless. Meanwhile just miles away, Palestinian universities were graduating 3,000 engineers a year, and many of them could not find jobs in the still nascent Palestinian tech sector. Could these dots be... View Details

Keywords: Geopolitics; Technology Ecosystem; Software Engineers; Information Technology; Applications and Software; Business Startups; International Relations; Cooperation; Opportunities; Problems and Challenges; Technology Industry; Israel; Palestinian state

March 2014
Case

Babcock International Plc

By: John R. Wells and Galen Danskin

In 2013, Babcock International Plc (Babcock) was the largest engineering services provider in the UK with sales of over £3 billion. Under the leadership of CEO Peter Rogers, Babcock had grown revenues and profits nearly tenfold over the previous decade as it benefited... View Details

Keywords: Strategic Change; Strategy And Leadership; Diversification; United Kingdom; Military; Nuclear Power; Nuclear; Engineering And Construction; Conglomerates; Strategic Planning; Competitive Strategy; Global Strategy; Corporate Strategy; Construction Industry; Energy Industry; United Kingdom