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Ropes & Gray LLP in Boston. He is a veteran of the United States Navy, in which he was an officer on a guided-missile frigate in the Middle East force in the early 1990s. Adam Friedman MD ‘09, Harvard... View Details
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Global
Understanding a rapidly changing, Dynamic world Global Research MBA 2025 Guangzhou City, People's Republic of China Ken Zeng 38% of our Class of 2024 MBA students are international. The MBA Experience Regional Activities Africa Asia Pacific Europe Japan Latin America... View Details
- 2024
- Report
Overcoming Barriers to Resolving Gaza and Beyond
As of early January 2024, discussion of the Gaza war heavily focuses on its humanitarian costs, cease fire possibilities, hostage prospects, and “day after” options. Yet what longer-term strategy guides actions on these vital issues while offering a more positive... View Details
Sebenius, James K. "Overcoming Barriers to Resolving Gaza and Beyond." Report, Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs, January 2024.
- 2009
- Working Paper
Negotiating the Path of Abraham
By: Kimberlyn Leary, James K. Sebenius and Joshua Weiss
In the face of daunting barriers, the Abraham Path Initiative envisions uncovering and revitalizing a route of cultural tourism that follows the path of Abraham and his family some 4,000 years ago across the Middle East. It begins in the ancient ruins of Harran, in... View Details
Keywords: Development Economics; Social Entrepreneurship; Negotiation; Business and Community Relations; Business and Government Relations; Religion; Environmental Sustainability; Tourism Industry; Middle East
Leary, Kimberlyn, James K. Sebenius, and Joshua Weiss. "Negotiating the Path of Abraham." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 10-049, December 2009.
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Global Research Centers - Faculty & Research
Africa Research Center Johannesburg, Lagos, Nairobi Asia-Pacific Research Center Hong Kong, Shanghai, Singapore California Research Center Silicon Valley Europe Research Center Paris India Research Center Mumbai Israel Research Office Tel Aviv Japan Research Center... View Details
- September 2022
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Drivers of Philanthropic Foundations in Emerging Markets: Family, Values and Spirituality
By: Valeria Giacomin and Geoffrey Jones
This article discusses the ethics and drivers of philanthropic foundations in emerging markets. A foundation organizes assets to invest in philanthropic initiatives. Previous scholarship has largely focused on developed countries, especially the United States, and has... View Details
Keywords: Philanthropy; Foundations; Spirituality; Philanthropy and Charitable Giving; Social Enterprise; Emerging Markets; Values and Beliefs; Africa; Asia; Latin America; Middle East
Giacomin, Valeria, and Geoffrey Jones. "Drivers of Philanthropic Foundations in Emerging Markets: Family, Values and Spirituality." Journal of Business Ethics 180, no. 1 (September 2022): 263–282. (https://doi.org/10.1007/s10551-021-04875-4.)
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Creating Emerging Markets
Thriving in Growth & Turbulence The Creating Emerging Markets project provides a unique research and teaching resource on business leadership in Africa, Asia, Latin America and the Middle East over recent... View Details
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Executive Education - Global
Africa, and throughout the world. Annually, more than 10,000 senior executives take advantage of an open-enrollment or custom program to transform their leadership and their global companies. China Europe India Africa Middle View Details
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Fatima Albassam
In 2017, when Fatima Albassam was working in her home country of Saudi Arabia as a business development analyst for Saudi Aramco, she began making volunteer service trips to Jordan to support Syrian refugees. “While there,” Fatima says, “the camp director asked me what... View Details
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MBA Experience - Global
Australian & New Zealand Club Canadian Club Central & Eastern European Club European Club Global Business Club Greater China Club LatAm Club Middle East & North Africa Club South Asian Business Association... View Details
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Strategy - Faculty & Research
Development ; Beauty and Cosmetics Industry ; Retail Industry ; Kuwait ; Saudi Arabia ; Middle East ; North Africa Citation Related Alcacer, Juan, and Noor Al Qadhi. "Boutiqaat: Influencing Retail in MENA."... View Details
- 04 Feb 2002
- Research & Ideas
How To Do Business in Islamic Countries
almost a "third sex," since most companies send men on the assumption that men will be more acceptable. "Women seem to be able to get to people quicker than the men can," he observed. Forward And Back Membership in the World Trade Organization... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
V.G. Narayanan
Professor Narayanan is the Thomas D. Casserly, Jr. Professor of Business Administration, and Senior Associate Dean of Executive Education and HBS Online. His research focuses on management accounting with an interest in performance evaluation and incentives... View Details
- September 2018 (Revised November 2018)
- Case
Careem: Base Camp or Mountain Peak? Designing an OS for Scaling
By: Shikhar Ghosh, Gamze Yucaoglu and Alpana Thapar
This case focuses on designing a fast growing organization. It is part of a two-case set that is taught together to cover the scaling journey.
Careem, a Dubai-based ride-hailing service aimed to ‘simplify and improve the lives of people, and build an awesome... View Details
Careem, a Dubai-based ride-hailing service aimed to ‘simplify and improve the lives of people, and build an awesome... View Details
Keywords: Scale; Values; Rights; Operating Systems; Business Startup; Transportation; Organizational Design; Entrepreneurship; Information Technology; Organizational Culture; Values and Beliefs; Decision Making; Managerial Roles; Dubai; United Arab Emirates; Middle East
Ghosh, Shikhar, Gamze Yucaoglu, and Alpana Thapar. "Careem: Base Camp or Mountain Peak? Designing an OS for Scaling." Harvard Business School Case 819-049, September 2018. (Revised November 2018.)
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Entrepreneurship - Recruiting
HBS 30% Summer between 1st Year & 2nd Year 21% Locations United States: 78% Mid-Atlantic 1% Midwest 3% Northeast 50% Other United States 1% South 4% Southwest 7% West 13% International: 23% Asia 9% Canada 3% Europe 4% Latin America 3% View Details
- 07 Oct 2014
- First Look
First Look: October 7
Business School Case 914-049 YAAS's Service Center This case is about a compensation change at an automotive service company in the Middle East. The case allows investigation and analysis of many issues related to compensation design and... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
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Great American Business Leaders of the 20th Century - Leadership
Fisher Body Company, 1908–1926 Herman G. Fisher Fisher-Price Toy Company, 1930–1966 Donald V. Fites Caterpillar Tractor Company, 1990–1999 Henry M. Flagler Florida East Coast Railway, 1886–1913 Henry Ford II Ford Motor Company, 1945–1979... View Details
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Africa - Global
while our Middle East and North Africa (MENA) Research Center based in Istanbul, plays this same role for North African countries. Support for HBS engagement and activities across the school are enabled by... View Details
Dennis Campbell
Dennis W. Campbell is currently the Dwight P. Robinson Jr. Professor of Business Administration at Harvard Business School. His research and teaching activities focus broadly on how management control systems can be designed to balance short-term strategy execution... View Details
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Employment Data Trends
<1% Other Latin America <1% <1% <1% <1% <1% Middle East & North Africa <1% <1% 1% 1% <1% Sub-Saharan Africa <1% <1% <1% <1% 0% United States 85% 87% 91% 89% 88% International 15% 13% 9% 11% 12% Insights &... View Details