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- Fall 2022
- Article
Are the West’s Sanctions on Russia Working?
By: Rawi Abdelal and Alexandra Vacroux
Russia invaded Ukraine, first in 2014 and then again in February 2022. The United States and Europe—the West—imposed waves of sanctions on Russian individuals, firms, and the country itself. Six months into the West’s efforts to isolate Russia, it is reasonable to ask... View Details
Keywords: Russia; Sanctions; War; International Relations; Trade; Russia; Ukraine; Europe; United States
Abdelal, Rawi, and Alexandra Vacroux. "Are the West’s Sanctions on Russia Working?" Just Money Roundtables (Fall 2022).
- 2014
- Working Paper
Savings in Transnational Households: A Field Experiment Among Migrants from El Salvador
By: Nava Ashraf, Diego Aycinena, Claudia Martinez A. and Dean Yang
While remittance flows to developing countries are very large, it is unknown whether migrants desire more control over how remittances are used. This research uses a randomized field experiment to investigate the importance of migrant control over the use of... View Details
Keywords: Migration; Remittances; Intrahousehold Allocation; Savings; Immigration; Diasporas; International Finance; El Salvador
Ashraf, Nava, Diego Aycinena, Claudia Martinez A., and Dean Yang. "Savings in Transnational Households: A Field Experiment Among Migrants from El Salvador." NBER Working Paper Series, No. 20024, March 2014. (Review of Economics and Statistics, accepted.)
- Profile
Mallika Ahluwalia
school system, Mallika accepted her first international development challenge. Working in a small team, Mallika helped run a United Nations World Food Program project in Namibia that fed 90,000 AIDS-affected orphans. "I got closely... View Details
- 1995
- Chapter
Overcoming Obstacles to a Successful Climate Convention
Sebenius, James K. "Overcoming Obstacles to a Successful Climate Convention." In Shaping National Responses to Global Climate Change: A Post-Rio Guide, edited by Henry Lee, 41–79. Washington, D.C.: Island Press, 1995.
- 26 Jun 2000
- Research & Ideas
Three Countries, Three Choices in Post-Soviet Eurasia
Texas to Lithuania's West Virginia) and in economic might (second only to Russia in the region) has tried to tread—apparently with ambivalence—a middle ground between Russia and the West. As Abdelal points out, the choices of these post-Soviet View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 2023
- Chapter
Discussion of Geoeconomic Fragmentation and the Future of Multilateralism
By: Laura Alfaro
Keywords: Global Range; Economics; Globalized Economies and Regions; Globalization; International Relations; Policy
Alfaro, Laura. "Discussion of Geoeconomic Fragmentation and the Future of Multilateralism." Chap. 2 in Geoeconomic Fragmentation: The Economic Risks from a Fractured World Economy, by Shekhar Aliyar, Andrea Presbitero, and Michele Ruta, 19–25. Centre for Economic Policy Research (CEPR), 2023.
- 01 Dec 1999
- News
South Africa's Lucille Meyer: Shaping a Practical Presidency
aware that combining career, family, and school may be too much. In addition to working in several other government positions, Meyer previously served as chief director of management and executive services when Mbeki was deputy president,... View Details
Keywords: Morgan Baker
- 21 Jun 2016
- News
Rescuing Families from ISIS-Led Genocide
Aziza’s main tasks have been fundraising and working with community and government officials to create a process that will facilitate the sponsorship of more families. “We’d love to have the funds to do something on a larger scale,” says... View Details
- Web
Launching Global Ventures - Course Catalog
Students will acquire frameworks to enable them: Analyze strategic gains and tradeoffs from globalization Balance scale and location-specificity Evaluate and maximize the value of strategic international partnerships Cultivate powerful... View Details
- 26 Sep 2013
- Research & Ideas
Behind India’s Economic and Political Woes
party currently in power, Congress, in the form of the government of Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, does not have a clear successor PM-candidate. Parties are preoccupied with their own internal affairs and... View Details
Keywords: by Zeenat Potia
- January 2011 (Revised July 2011)
- Case
Accounting for Catastrophes: BP PLC and Union Carbide Corporation (A)
By: David F. Hawkins
The IASB and FASB propose new contingency loss recognition, measurement, and disclosure rules (A case). The B and C cases apply these proposals to British Petroleum's Mexican Gulf oil spill and Union Carbide's Bhophal gas discharge. View Details
Keywords: Financial Reporting; International Accounting; Trade; International Finance; Standards; Strength and Weakness; Natural Disasters; Crisis Management; Governance Controls; Governing Rules, Regulations, and Reforms; Energy Industry; India
Hawkins, David F. "Accounting for Catastrophes: BP PLC and Union Carbide Corporation (A)." Harvard Business School Case 111-062, January 2011. (Revised July 2011.)
- 15 Nov 2016
- News
Enabling the Dream of Building A Healthy Future for India
attend HBS. Earning her MBA, she says, will enable her “to look at myself and my home country from a very different perspective.” In the first-year Required Curriculum, she found Business, Government, and the International Economy to be... View Details
- 01 Jun 2009
- News
Too Big To Fail
Illustration by David Plunkert Here’s a really scary thought. Now that the federal government has poured hundreds of billions of dollars into saving financial institutions deemed “too big to fail,” hasn’t it implicitly guaranteed similar... View Details
- 01 Mar 2004
- News
Ex-Con Talks Ethics with HBS Students
80240ad2c5f43acc66f13dc5e89928ff There’s not much room for theory when Patrick Kuhse talks about business ethics. A successful stockbroker and entrepreneur, Kuhse became an international fugitive after being charged in 1994 with 32 counts... View Details
- 22 Apr 2015
- Op-Ed
Reforming Greece: Myths and Truths
totaling 950 million euros to the International Monetary Fund by May 12. However, major confusion exists about what has happened in this period and why we are still talking about Greece being at the Eurozone's exit door and at the brink... View Details
Keywords: by George Serafeim
- October 2014 (Revised February 2017)
- Case
Europe, Russia, and the Age of Gas Revolution
By: Rawi Abdelal, Leonardo Maugeri and Sogomon Tarontsi
The 2014 Ukraine crisis once again exposed the mutually limiting knot—a web of commercial relationships and oil and gas pipelines—that historically tied the European Union and Russia closely. In this crisis, a familiar conundrum preoccupied minds in the corridors of... View Details
Keywords: International Relations; Business and Government Relations; Energy Sources; Energy Industry; European Union; Russia; Ukraine
Abdelal, Rawi, Leonardo Maugeri, and Sogomon Tarontsi. "Europe, Russia, and the Age of Gas Revolution." Harvard Business School Case 715-006, October 2014. (Revised February 2017.)
- January 2003 (Revised December 2003)
- Case
Financial Performance Reporting
By: David F. Hawkins
Students must evaluate the Financial Accounting Standards Board/International Accounting Standards Board's tentative decisions on comprehensive income statements. View Details
Keywords: International Accounting; Income; Decision Making; Financial Reporting; Corporate Governance; Accounting Industry
Hawkins, David F. "Financial Performance Reporting." Harvard Business School Case 103-046, January 2003. (Revised December 2003.)
- 2007
- Chapter
Capital Flows in a Globalized World: The Role of Policies and Institutions
By: Laura Alfaro, Sebnem Kalemli-Ozcan and Vadym Volosovych.
Alfaro, Laura, Sebnem Kalemli-Ozcan, and Vadym Volosovych. "Capital Flows in a Globalized World: The Role of Policies and Institutions." In Capital Controls and Capital Flows in Emerging Economies: Policies, Practices, and Consequences, edited by Sebastian Edwards. National Bureau of Economic Research Conference Report. University of Chicago Press, 2007. (Also NBER Working Paper No. 11696.)
- 01 Jun 2025
- News
Assets: Matchup
Business, Government, and International Economy (BGIE) unit, Rithmire has taught the required BGIE course but now heads Managing International Trade and Investment, a second-year course that considers the... View Details