Publications

November 2008 (Revised December 2008)
Case

Differences at Work: Sameer (A)

By: Sandra J. Sucher and Rachel Gordon

Sameer, an Indian Muslim, is a summer intern in a small firm. Prompted by a conflict in the Middle East, members of the organization make a number of anti-Muslim jokes. Sameer wonders whether he should surface discomfort; he otherwise enjoys the firm, and is hoping to... View Details

Keywords: Prejudice and Bias; Ethnicity; Behavior; Religion; Organizational Culture; Middle East; India

03 May 2024
Blog Post

From Harvard to Miss New Jersey: A Journey of Perseverance and Self-Belief

diversity. The warmth and inclusivity of my classmates and faculty encouraged an environment where diverse perspectives were not just valuable but essential in understanding global business dynamics. I initially thought View Details

April 2013 (Revised April 2014)
Case

Transitions Asia: Managing Across Cultures

By: Roy Y.J. Chua and Dawn H. Lau

The director of an interim executive search firm, Chee Lung Tham, faced a clash of culture and management styles when his mainland Chinese client threatened to fire the American interim manager that Tham had assigned. The client, Wong Lung, ran a family-owned garment... View Details

Keywords: China; Cross-cultural Management; Management Style; Conflict Management; Family Business; Cross-Cultural and Cross-Border Issues; Service Industry; China

01 Nov 2022

Military Explore the HBS Case Method with Professor Jim Matheson

Join Professor Jim Matheson, Faculty Advisor to the Allied Forces Alumni Association, for this highly interactive virtual class as part of HBS Military Virtual Visit. After leading you through a case... View Details

October 1999 (Revised March 2002)
Teaching Note

International Investor, The: Islamic Finance and the Equate Project TN

By: Benjamin C. Esty and Mathew M Millett

Teaching Note for (9-200-012). View Details

Keywords: Investment; International Finance; Middle East

May 1978 (Revised October 1994)
Supplement

Cumberland Metal Industries (C): Model Year 1979 Negotiations with Beta Motors

By: Benson P. Shapiro

Designed as a class hand-out after discussion of the (A) and (B) cases. View Details

Keywords: Auto Industry

06 Mar 2006
What Do You Think?

The China Dilemma for U.S. Firms: Comply, Resist, or Leave?

not see any threat or moral hazard when the service provider makes clear to its customer the potential threat of use or sharing of the information by View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett; Technology

October 11, 2016
Article

Innovation Network

By: Daron Acemoglu, Ufuk Akcigit and William R. Kerr

Technological progress builds upon itself, with the expansion of invention in one domain propelling future work in linked fields. Our analysis uses 1.8 million U.S. patents and their citation properties to map the innovation network and its strength. Past innovation... View Details

Keywords: Innovation and Invention; Networks; Patents

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29 Sep 2015
Blog Post

5 Leadership Lessons from the First Year at HBS

sectionmates volunteer to organize and lead review sessions. It was inspiring to see, for example, people with years of finance experience patiently cover concepts from our Finance I class (often multiple times in a row) to classmates new... View Details

19 Dec 2014
News

Atlanta Alumni Connect Around a 'Vision' for the New HBS

Leo F. Mullin (MBA 1967) delivered remarks at The HBS Campaign Atlanta Regional Event, December 11, 2014. Atlanta-area alumni and friends of Harvard Business School gathered on December 11, 2014 to celebrate and connect with each other as... View Details

01 Jun 2002
News

Up to the Challenge: Lori Schock - Listen and Learn

manufacturing workers on a computer system used for data reconciliation. The assignment proved challenging. “I was a total outsider running a class designed to change the work... View Details

Keywords: Kathleen Brill

18 May 2015
News

The First Five Years: Rena Xu (MBA 2014, MD 2014)

took Bob Higgins’s class on Entrepreneurship in Healthcare IT and got to learn about (and in many cases meet the case protagonists of) a number of companies in the area—... View Details

Keywords: Ambulatory Health Care Services; Health, Social Assistance

27 May 2016
Video

Commencement 2016: Dean Nitin Nohria

22 Apr 2022
Blog Post

Celebrating Earth Day 2022 with the HBS Business and Environment Initiative

The speakers were just as varied, from vegan Olympian Seba Johnson to prominent documentary director of Game Changers, Louie Psihoyos. Read More >> Advice from My HBS Career Journey in Renewable Energy By Alsey Davidson There are so... View Details

2016
Working Paper

Innovation Network

By: Daron Acemoglu, Ufuk Akcigit and William Kerr

Technological progress builds upon itself, with the expansion of invention in one domain propelling future work in linked fields. Our analysis uses 1.8 million U.S. patents and their citation properties to map the innovation network and its strength. Past innovation... View Details

Keywords: Innovation; Growth; Networks; Patents; Industry Growth; Technology Industry

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25 Mar 2021
Research & Ideas

Steer Clear of the Blind Spots That Derail Experiments

look at how companies could more effectively leverage structured, randomized experiments to inform decision-making. His goal: Enable C-suite leaders to avoid the blind spots and blunders that can occur when making decisions based on data... View Details

Keywords: by Danielle Kost

March 2020 (Revised November 2020)
Case

FinTech Hive at DIFC: Creating a Fintech Ecosystem in Dubai

By: Marco Di Maggio and Gamze Yucaoglu

The case opens in 2019 as Raja Al Mazrouei, executive vice president of FinTech Hive (the Hive) at the Dubai International Financial Centre (DIFC), the first and largest financial technology accelerator in the Middle East, Africa and South Asia region, contemplates her... View Details

Keywords: Fintech; Emerging Markets; Business Startups; Venture Capital; Management; Information Technology; Growth Management; Financial Markets; Financial Institutions; United Arab Emirates; Middle East; Dubai