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June 2023 (Revised February 2025)
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Doing Business in Lima, Peru

By: Jeffrey T. Polzer, Leonard A. Schlesinger and Max Hancock

This case examines the challenges and opportunities of doing business in Peru. It highlights Peru'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 obstacles... View Details

Keywords: Business History; Business and Government Relations; Corporate Strategy; Mining Industry; Peru; Latin America

12 Feb 2015
Video

The Men Behind the Mayors: How Business Can Impact Government

February 2023 (Revised February 2025)
Case

Doing Business in Athens, Greece

By: Alan D. MacCormack, Carlota Moniz and Emilie Billaud

This case examines the challenges and opportunities of doing business in Greece. It highlights Greece's economic transformation in the decades leading up to 2023 in the context of its history, culture, and politics. The case gives an overview of some of the main... View Details

Keywords: Business and Government Relations; Technological Innovation; Foreign Direct Investment; Economic Growth; Financial Crisis; Technology Industry; Tourism Industry; Shipping Industry; Greece; Athens

12 Nov 2019
News

Harvard Business Review Editors Talk Women and Workplace Conflict at Podcast Taping

2023
Book

The Portfolio Life: How to Future-Proof Your Career, Avoid Burnout, and Build a Life Bigger than Your Business Card

By: Christina Wallace

Pouring yourself into a single full-time job is the riskiest move you can make. Your parents’ advice to focus on one career path? It doesn’t work anymore, for reasons ranging from recessions to student loan debt, the gig economy, climate disasters, and a global... View Details

Keywords: Work-Life Balance; Personal Development and Career

23 Apr 2024
News

Amazon in Seattle: The Role of Business in Causing and Solving a Housing Crisis

December 2011 (Revised October 2014)
Background Note

Business Model Analysis for Entrepreneurs

By: Thomas Eisenmann

This note defines a business model and its major elements: a customer value proposition, a technology and operations management plan, a go-to-market plan, and a profit formula. For each element, the note lists questions that an entrepreneur must address when evaluating... View Details

Keywords: Business Model

2002
Working Paper

The New Operational Dynamics of Business Ecosystems: Implications for Policy, Operations and Technology Strategy

By: Marco Iansiti and Roy Levien

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01 Jun 2015
News

The Harvard Business School Campaign: Regional Events

1972), a vice chair of The Harvard Business School Campaign, delivered remarks to HBS alumni and guests as part of the “A Vision for View Details

08 Feb 2016
News

CEOs Make Room For Bold And Beautiful In Harvard Business Of Entertainment, Media and Sports Course

March 2022 (Revised January 2023)
Case

Clara Wu Tsai and Brooklyn Loan Innovation

By: Archie L. Jones, Jeffrey J. Bussgang and Henry McGee

Philanthropist Clara Wu Tsai is committed to racial equity and investing in Brooklyn-based minority business owners. In the wake of the George Floyd murder, she decides to create a new initiative called the Social Justice Fund and commit an initial $50 million over 10... View Details

Keywords: Minority-owned Businesses; Racial Equity; Entrepreneurship; Race; Values and Beliefs; Small Business; Partners and Partnerships; Social Issues; Investment; Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact; Decision Making; Brooklyn

20 Jul 2010
News

Business School Boost

Keywords: Professor Ben Esty; Educational Support Services; Educational Services

May 1977 (Revised October 1989)
Case

International Business Machines (F): Contracting for the Development and Manufacture of a New Machine

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June 1989
Case

Archeology for Profit: The Business of Treasure

By: Christian Schaack and Arthur Schleifer Jr.

Keywords: Tourism Industry