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- October 2020
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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.
- 08 Feb 2017
- HBS Seminar
Andrew Mao, Microsoft Research
- 13 Jun 2019
- Blog Post
Expanding My Worldview Through FIELD Global Immersion
civilizations when we visited the 600+ year old Changdeokgung and Gyeongbokgung Palaces nestled in the middle of 20-year-old skyscrapers. South Koreans take tremendous pride in their past and it motivates them to build their country... View Details
- 02 Oct 2006
- Research & Ideas
Negotiating in Three Dimensions
purchasing agent may be motivated by monthly targets and pennies ground out of suppliers. To succeed, the supplier may need to create a more promising set-up with more sympathetic parties involved in the negotiation. When talks stall,... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 31 May 2023
- News
Alumni Achievement Awards 2023
joy that working on Trikafta has given me.” My hero: “Barbara McClintock discovered what’s referred to as ‘jumping genes.’ She has commented how that discovery was enabled by her different outlook as a female scientist. I’m selfishly View Details
- 28 Apr 2014
- Working Paper Summaries
Payout Policy
- 20 Sep 2011
- Working Paper Summaries
Sovereigns, Upstream Capital Flows and Global Imbalances
- 19 Oct 2016
- HBS Seminar
Luís Cabral, NYU Stern School of Business
- 15 Dec 2023
- News
Exploring Business Opportunities in Africa; Alumni Grapple with Plastic Waste Problem
explaining why the club organized the webinar. “Over the next 20 years, it will become the most populous continent, and with the largest youth population that would be 100% digital native. They are smart, highly motivated and, with... View Details
Keywords: Margie Kelley
- 18 Nov 2015
- Research & Ideas
Who Really Determines CEO Salary Packages?
similar from firm to firm. ©iStock/joris484 Ideally, the compensation package motivates the CEO to make decisions that benefit both the executive and the company. Among economic scholars, there’s a whole line of theoretical research... View Details
- 01 Sep 2006
- What Do You Think?
Are We Ready for Self-Management?
Summing Up Predominant reactions to notions of self-management explored in this month's column could perhaps be described best by two words, "enthusiasm" and "skepticism." Many respondents felt that the concepts should be implemented by a broader... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 10 Oct 2023
- Blog Post
Policy Drivers for Environmental Justice: What Businesses Need to Know
facilities like those which have disproportionately polluted low-income communities and communities of color, a contradiction within the EJ motivation for the siting of these facilities. For these practices to be effective in an EJ sense,... View Details
- 02 Aug 2017
- What Do You Think?
Summing Up: Why Can’t Organizations Engage Their Employees?
Engaged workers are more productive. (iStock) iStock SUMMING UP: How Can We Prepare Leaders to Engage Their Associates? This month’s column elicited a number of reasons on why organizations around the world do such a poor job of engaging their employees. The dominant... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 11 Jul 2016
- HBS Case
Neurodiversity: The Benefits of Recruiting Employees with Cognitive Disabilities
There’s a new frontier in diversity programs focused not on race or gender but on cognitive ability. The growing interest in neurodiversity—hiring people with cognitive disabilities like Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD)—is motivated by... View Details
- August 2021 (Revised November 2021)
- Case
The NCB Capital Turnaround: Waking the Sleeping Giant
By: Sandra J. Sucher, Gamze Yucaoglu, Shalene Gupta and Fares Khrais
The case opens in 2019, five years after, Sarah Al Suhaimi, CEO of NCB Capital (NCBC), the investment arm of Saudi’s largest bank, NCB, took the helm. Having successfully turned the business to make it the market leader, she was contemplating her next steps as... View Details
Keywords: Turnaround; Investment Banking; Financial Institutions; Change Management; Leadership; Business Model; Strategy; Business and Stakeholder Relations; Management Teams; Asset Management; Growth and Development Strategy; Saudi Arabia
Sucher, Sandra J., Gamze Yucaoglu, Shalene Gupta, and Fares Khrais. "The NCB Capital Turnaround: Waking the Sleeping Giant." Harvard Business School Case 322-043, August 2021. (Revised November 2021.)
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Strategy Execution Online Course | HBS Online
conserving scarce time and attention. Highlights The Benefits of Diagnostic Control Systems Putting the Three Wheels Back Together - Three Wheels of Profit Planning Schematic A Multidimensional Approach to Measurement Harnessing Human View Details
- 11 May 2009
- Research & Ideas
The IT Leader’s Hero Quest
the writing of popular film scripts like The Matrix or Star Wars. Character behaviors, actions, and motivations hook the interest of readers at all levels, regardless of their professional experience with IT, while the plot sets up a... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- Profile
Philippe Rival
dedicated and motivating leaders in the field. He is also a very kind, wholesome, and hardworking man, and a terrific husband and father to his wife and two sons. What’s the best thing about your hometown? Saint-Germain-en-Laye is a city... View Details
- March 2018
- Case
GiveDirectly
How should nonprofits design compensation systems to attract and retain talent? GiveDirectly is a respected charitable organization with an unconventional approach. Instead of spending on traditional aid programs in areas such as health care and food access in... View Details
Keywords: Nonprofits; Charity; Effective Altruism; International Aid; Compensation; Goals; Bonuses; Incentives; GiveDirectly; Compensation and Benefits; Motivation and Incentives; Goals and Objectives; Recruitment; Philanthropy and Charitable Giving
Beshears, John, Joshua Schwartzstein, Tiffany Y. Chang, and Brian J. Hall. "GiveDirectly." Harvard Business School Case 918-036, March 2018.
- Profile
Prineeta Kulkarni
an Indian pharma, Cipla, that was specifically "focused on access and affordability," says Prineeta. Through her work on the acquisitions team, Prineeta helped Cipla expand access to inexpensive HIV medicine to more countries in East Africa. She was View Details