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  • 27 May 2021
  • Video

2022 Athens IFC

  • October 2006 (Revised November 2007)
  • Case

Gianna Angelopoulos-Daskalaki and the 2004 Athens Olympic Games (A)

By: Christopher Marquis, Doug Guthrie and Yannis Katsarakis
Gianna Angelopoulous-Daskalaki led the bidding organization that secured the 2004 Olympics for Athens and then later the preparations for those Games. Tracks her leadership style and how she and her team won the bid. After substantial planning problems threatened to... View Details
Keywords: Leadership Style; Bids and Bidding; Planning; Social Enterprise; Sports; Public Administration Industry
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  • 20 Dec 2023

Coffee Chat with Current Student in Athens (1 PM)

Join current HBS student, Alex Angelopoulos, in a casual setting to hear more about life as a full-time MBA student at Harvard Business School. This session will primarily be an informal Q&A, so come prepared with your questions! View Details
  • 20 Dec 2023

Coffee Chat with Current Student in Athens (12 PM)

Join current HBS student, Alex Angelopoulos, in a casual setting to hear more about life as a full-time MBA student at Harvard Business School. This session will primarily be an informal Q&A, so come prepared with your questions! View Details
  • October 2006 (Revised November 2007)
  • Supplement

Gianna Angelopoulos-Daskalaki and the 2004 Athens Olympic Games (B)

By: Christopher Marquis, Doug Guthrie and Yannis Katsarakis
Keywords: Sports; Sports Industry; Greece
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  • November 2007
  • Teaching Note

Gianna Angelopoulos-Daskalaki and the 2004 Athens Olympic Games (TN) (A) & (B)

By: Christopher Marquis and Alison Comings
Keywords: Sports; Sports Industry
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  • 28 Dec 2023

Coffee Chat with Current Student in Athens (5 PM)

Join current HBS student, Theo Margiolas, in a casual setting to hear more about life as a full-time MBA student at Harvard Business School. This session will primarily be an informal Q&A, so come prepared with your questions! View Details
  • 28 Dec 2023

Coffee Chat with Current Student in Athens (4 PM)

Join current HBS student, Theo Margiolas, in a casual setting to hear more about life as a full-time MBA student at Harvard Business School. This session will primarily be an informal Q&A, so come prepared with your questions! View Details
  • 2024
  • Book

When Democracy Breaks: Studies in Democratic Erosion and Collapse, from Ancient Athens to the Present Day

By: Archon Fung, David Moss and Odd Arne Westad
Democracy is often described in two opposite ways, as either wonderfully resilient or dangerously fragile. Curiously, both characterizations can be correct, depending on the context. When Democracy Breaks aims to deepen our understanding of what separates democratic... View Details
Keywords: Government and Politics; History; Culture; Failure
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  • July 2003
  • Case

Day Aristotle Went Missing, The: A Parable

Aristotle disappears during a festival in his honor. The citizens of Athens use various representations of Aristotle to find him. Sets off a discussion of which theories are most realistic, complex, and useful. View Details
Keywords: Management; Theory
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  • 01 Jan 2004
  • News

  • 2020
  • Book

American Business History: A Very Short Introduction

By: Walter Friedman
By the early twentieth century, it became common to describe the United States as a "business civilization." President Coolidge in 1925 said, "The chief business of the American people is business." More recently, historian Sven Beckert characterized Henry Ford's... View Details
Keywords: American Economy; Democratic Capitalism; Business History; Economy; Entrepreneurship; United States
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  • 30 Oct 2019
  • Video

Where are Students Heading for Field Global Immersions?

  • 10 Oct 2007
  • First Look

First Look: First Look: October 10

We investigate these research questions in the context of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's Audit Policy. Download the paper: http://www.hbs.edu/research/pdf/08-021.pdf   Cases & Course MaterialsGianna Angelopoulos-Daskalaki and the 2004 View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace

    George Serafeim

    George Serafeim is the Charles M. Williams Professor of Business Administration at Harvard Business School. He co-leads a Lab, within Harvard's Digital, Data, Design Institute, and serves on the faculty steering commitee of Harvard University's Salata Institute. He... View Details

    Keywords: asset management; insurance industry; automobiles; industrial goods; fashion; food; green technology

      Robert C. Merton

      Robert C. Merton is the School of Management Distinguished Professor of Finance at the MIT Sloan School of Management.

      Merton is University Professor Emeritus at Harvard University and was the George Fisher Baker Professor of... View Details

      Keywords: banking; brokerage; financial services; insurance industry; investment banking industry; retail financial services
      • 24 Feb 2021
      • Lessons from the Classroom

      What History's Biggest Wars Teach Us About Leading in Peace

      leadership, strategy, and negotiations in several conflicts, ranging from the ancient Peloponnesian Wars between Athens and Sparta, to World War I and World War II, to the Korean War and the 1962 Cuban Missile Crisis. While it may sound... View Details
      Keywords: by Lane Lambert
      • 25 Jan 2021
      • Book

      In a Nutshell, Why American Capitalism Succeeded

      How did the United States become the world’s center of business growth following its founding in 1776? Surely a number of nations had powerful natural resources, stable financial and legal institutions, and dynamic entrepreneurs over that same span. Why was American... View Details
      Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne; Manufacturing
      • 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
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      • 31 May 2023
      • News

      Alumni Achievement Awards 2023

      to top Antonis C. Samaras (MBA 1976) Member, Hellenic Parliament Greek Prime Minister, 2012–2015 A different path: “My father, the 11th son of a family of 11, came to Athens from the village of Pylos to become a cardiologist. At Amherst,... View Details
      Keywords: leadership; management; work-life balance