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- 16 May 2005
- Research & Ideas
Nonprofit Networking: The New Way to Grow
organization needed to now manage and coordinate operations across multiple locations. Wei-Skillern's research on nonprofit growth evolved into a focus on multisite nonprofits and the advantages and disadvantages of various multisite structures. "I decided to... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 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
Ofek, Elie, and Lia Weiner. "Israelis, Palestinians and the Technology Bridge Between Them: A Work in Progress." Harvard Business School Case 521-046, October 2020.
- 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
Wells, John R., and Galen Danskin. "Babcock International Plc." Harvard Business School Case 714-496, March 2014.
- Teaching Interest
Overview
Launching Technology Ventures
Launching Technology Ventures (LTV) is designed for students who are actively working on their own startups or who will work at early-stage startups. The course material is, in particular, focused on new businesses in the... View Details
- 2021
- Chapter
Multinationals' Need for State Protection: The Creation of the Swiss Investment Risk Guarantee in the 1960s
By: Sabine Pitteloud
This chapter focuses on the role of Industrie-Holding, the Federation of Swiss Industrial Multinational Companies, in the introduction of an investment risk guarantee during the 1960s. The chapter therefore contributes to a) the growing body of literature on how... View Details
Keywords: Investments; Multinational Companies; Political Risk; Business ＆ Government Relations; Investment; Multinational Firms and Management; Risk and Uncertainty; Business and Government Relations; Switzerland
Pitteloud, Sabine. "Multinationals' Need for State Protection: The Creation of the Swiss Investment Risk Guarantee in the 1960s." In Security and Insecurity in Business History: Case Studies in the Perception and Negotiation of Threats, edited by Mark Jakob, Nina Kleinöder, and Christian Kleinschmidt, 111–134. Baden-Baden: Nomos Verlagsgesellschaft, 2021.
- May 2022
- Article
Strengthening Digital Infrastructure: A Policy Agenda for Free and Open Source Software
By: Frank Nagle
While there is little debate that digital forces are playing an increasingly crucial role in the economy, there
is limited understanding of the importance of the digital infrastructure that underlies this role. Much of the
discussion around digital infrastructure has... View Details
Nagle, Frank. "Strengthening Digital Infrastructure: A Policy Agenda for Free and Open Source Software." Brookings Series: Reimagining Modern-day Markets and Regulations (May 2022).
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Positions
dollarDEX (1998-2007)
Retired chief executive, non-executive chairman
One of world's top 30 in online finance (Institutional Investor, March 2003). Wealth management firm in Asia, and has... View Details
- 14 Apr 2022
- Op-Ed
Let’s Move Forward from COVID—Without Forgetting What We’ve Learned
quickly allows employees to assess their options and find new opportunities within the industry, pivoting to another sector or starting an entrepreneurial venture to find more meaningful work. Two things companies should be doing now:... View Details
Keywords: by Hise O. Gibson and MaShon Wilson
- 04 Feb 2022
- Book
Beyond the Cold War: Reinventing Socialism in 5 Countries
Although many view socialism through the rigid lens of Soviet orthodoxy, it has always been a work in progress and an evolving and adaptable ideology on a global scale, says Harvard Business School Marvin Bower Associate Professor Jeremy Friedman. In his new book, Ripe... View Details
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman
- 20 Mar 2024
The Value of an MBA in Professional Services: Consulting, Financial Services, and Private Equity
For professionals in the realms of consulting, finance, or private equity or for those aspiring to careers in these areas, we extend an invitation to join a compelling panel discussion featuring HBS students and alumni. Discover how diverse experiences in these dynamic... View Details
- 21 Oct 2015
- Research & Ideas
How to Predict if a New Business Idea is Any Good
the researchers drilled down into the data, however, they found some marked differences in the ability to forecast success based on the industry of the proposed idea. Expert interest was highly predictive of success in sectors that were... View Details
- April 2011 (Revised February 2016)
- Case
Jamaica's Anemic Growth: The IMF, China and the Debt(th) Trap
By: Rafael Di Tella and Natalie Kindred
This case describes the economic development problems faced by the small Caribbean-island country of Jamaica over most of the past half-century. The Jamaican economy showed relatively strong growth in the 1960s but stagnated in the 1970s. By the end of that decade,... View Details
Keywords: Government Administration; Economic Slowdown and Stagnation; International Finance; Crime and Corruption; Poverty; Private Sector; Insolvency and Bankruptcy; Economy; Developing Countries and Economies; Borrowing and Debt; Jamaica
Di Tella, Rafael, and Natalie Kindred. "Jamaica's Anemic Growth: The IMF, China and the Debt(th) Trap." Harvard Business School Case 711-031, April 2011. (Revised February 2016.)
- 20 Mar 2024
The Value of an MBA in Technology, Entrepreneurship, and Venture Capital
dynamic sectors enrich the HBS classroom, and explore the game-changing impact of an MBA on forging successful careers in technology, entrepreneurship, and venture capital. View Details
- 01 Jan 2011
- News
Karen Gordon Mills, MBA 1977
"For most of the eighties," recalls the unflappable mother of three and wife of a college president, "I was pregnant, walking through steel mills, and buying companies." Now working with small business owners on a national scale, she believes their job-producing View Details
- 08 Nov 2021
- Blog Post
4 Ways the MS/MBA is Preparing Me for a Career in Health Care and the Life Sciences
health care value chain in Israel and Western Europe, an experience that culminated in supporting the COVID-19 vaccine response as part of the McKinsey Social Sector Hub in Geneva. Why the MS/MBA Biotechnology: Life Sciences degree?... View Details
- 12 Nov 2021
- News
Alumni Business Leaders on Confronting the Climate Change Challenge
critical role in global society. In the lead-up to COP26, the Business & Environment Initiative asked HBS alumni business leaders from a wide range of sectors and disciplines what they see as the role of business and business leaders in... View Details
- 15 Mar 2017
- Lessons from the Classroom
More Than 900 Examples of How Climate Change Affects Business
This word cloud is composed of blog posts by more than 900 students describing how individual organizations are likely to be affected by climate change. Image by Patrick Clapp Last fall, first-year MBA students at Harvard Business School received a new assignment in... View Details
- 13 Mar 2005
- Research & Ideas
The Tricky Business of Nonprofit Brands
organizations face a similar set of challenging questions as they enter the twenty-first century. How should they respond to the increasing number of complex emergencies? To what extent should they cooperate with national governments and the private View Details
Keywords: by Manda Salls
- 15 Nov 2018
- Book
Can the Global Food Industry Overcome Public Distrust?
JamesBrey Food is the largest segment of the global economy. It is also widely recognized as more critical for human health than any pharmaceutical drug on the planet. But significant changes in the industry are making people lose trust in many institutions involved in... View Details
- 14 Jun 2010
- Research & Ideas
The Hard Work of Measuring Social Impact
developing some very different approaches to measuring social performance," he says. "That suggests we might not see agreement on a common set of metrics in the social sector for a while. What we could see instead is convergence on what... View Details
Keywords: by Julia Hanna