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  • December 2014 (Revised May 2019)
  • Case

Bhutan: Governing for Happiness

By: Sophus A. Reinert, Thomas Humphrey and Benjamin Safran
Unique among the world’s countries, the Himalayan Kingdom of Bhutan had abandoned the traditional policy goal of increasing Gross Domestic Product (GDP) in favor of pursuing Gross National Happiness (GNH). Famously, Bhutan ranked highly on lists of the happiest... View Details
Keywords: Happiness; Economic Growth; Governance; Cost vs Benefits; Bhutan
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  • 01 Dec 2004
  • News

Himalayan Journey

Visions of Bhutan: October 2004 Bhutan photo gallery Prayer flags fluttering gently in the wind; crystalline alpine air; monks’ robes in glowing red; and everywhere warm faces, people smiling, children waving. This is the remote Himalayan... View Details
Keywords: Janet Sanders; Hospitality
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Australia Austria Azerbaijan Bahamas Bahrain Bangladesh Barbados Belarus Belgium Belize Benin Bermuda Bhutan Bolivia (Plurinational State of) Bonaire Bosnia and Herzegovina Botswana Bouvet Island Brazil British Indian Ocean Territory... View Details
  • March 2015
  • Teaching Note

Bhutan: Governing for Happiness

By: Sophus A. Reinert
Keywords: Bhutan
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  • 24 Apr 2014
  • News

Uniting business, industry, and governments to save the planet

governments like South Africa and Bhutan and even China, investing in sustainability," says Roberts, who hopes to do more to get the US government out of gridlock and into the fight to save the world from climate change and... View Details
  • 01 Sep 2005
  • News

Taking Flight

10,000 known species in the world). A recent trip with his wife to Bhutan and India netted a few rare finds, including a Himalayan monal, which Thayer describes as “a spectacular, pheasant-like bird that almost glows when the sun hits it... View Details
Keywords: Julia Hanna; Finance; Publishing Industries (except Internet); Information; Sporting Goods, Hobby, Musical Instrument, and Book Stores; Retail Trade
  • 03 Mar 2015
  • First Look

First Look: March 3

Business School Case 715-024 Bhutan: Governing for Happiness Unique among the world's countries, the Himalayan Kingdom of Bhutan had abandoned the traditional policy goal of increasing Gross Domestic Product (GDP) in favor of pursuing... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
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Globalization and Emerging Markets - Course Catalog

take the perspective of a large-cap mining firm in Mongolia, a domestic conglomerate in the Philippines, a muckraking foreign-run hedge fund in Russia, or the Prime Minister of Bhutan considering the development of a new hydropower... View Details
  • 08 Oct 2013
  • News

The Green Giant

Coca-Cola and Walmart, and governments like South Africa and Bhutan and even China, investing in sustainability," he says. The 51-year-old Atlanta native is married to Jackie Prince Roberts, director of sustainable technologies, climate... View Details
Keywords: Ralph Ranalli; World Wildlife Fund
  • 01 Dec 2020
  • News

Karmic Kickstart

employees and from a variety of outside parties. We have, of necessity, been continuously involved at all levels, from setting and implementing strategy for the college and its place in Bhutan to negotiating contracts, hiring, updating IT... View Details
Keywords: transitions; higher education; travel; reflection; cancer; Educational Services
  • 01 Mar 2004
  • News

HBS Alumni Explore Tanzania

Alumni Excursions Bhutan Oct 2004 South Africa and Namibia Dec 2004 Swiss Alps Feb 2005 Costa Rica April 2005 Galapagos and Amazon August 2005 New Zealand Dec 2005 For more information, contact alumni_travel@hbs.edu. View the HBS Alumni... View Details
Keywords: Susan Young; Amusement, Gambling, and Recreation Industries; Arts, Entertainment; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services
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Minister of Bhutan considering the development of a new hydropower project. Most of the cases are set beyond the so-called BRICs of Brazil, Russia, India, and China, in today’s “frontier” markets that are only beginning to attract the... View Details