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  • 2020
  • Chapter

Islamic Capitalism and the Rise of Religious-Conservative Big Business

By: Kristin Fabbe, Űmit Őzlale and Efe Murat Balikçioğlu
This chapter argues that the rise of “Islamic capitalism” and the country’s so-called “conservative bourgeoisie” owes much to the pragmatism and agility of Islamic actors who are quick to seize upon new economic and political opportunities by leveraging religious... View Details
Keywords: Islamic Capitalism; Economic Systems; Religion; Values and Beliefs; Government and Politics; Power and Influence; Turkey
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Islamic Financing Practices

By: Samuel L. Hayes
Samuel L. Hayes III is examining (with faculty of Harvard University's Law School and Center for Middle Eastern Studies) Islamic banking and investment practices. Because the Koran prohibits the payment of fixed interest and guarantees on funds invested either with... View Details
  • 2020
  • Chapter

Business, Ethics and Institutions. The Evolution of Turkish Capitalism in a Comparative Perspective

By: Asli M. Colpan and Geoffrey Jones
This chapter offers a survey of the evolution of Turkish capitalism from the 19th century Ottoman Empire until the present day. It shows that Turkish business over the last century and a half was shaped in an institutional context similar to those in many developing... View Details
Keywords: Business Groups; Capitalism; Entrepreneurship; Ethics; Government and Politics; History; Religion; Business History; Turkey; Central Asia; Middle East
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  • November 2008 (Revised January 2009)
  • Case

Arcapita - 2002

In 2002, Arcapita Bank, B.S.C., then known as First Islamic Investment Bank, or FIIB, faced a liquidity crunch. Aracapita offered Islamic-compliant private equity, real estate, and venture capital products. In the wake of the 9/11 terrorist attack, however, Islamic... View Details
Keywords: Business Model; Private Equity; Financial Liquidity; Investment; Globalized Firms and Management; National Security; Religion; Financial Services Industry
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  • 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
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    Samuel L. Hayes

    Samuel L. Hayes holds the Jacob H. Schiff Chair in Investment Banking Emeritus, at the Harvard Business School.  He has taught at the School since 1970, prior to which he was a tenured member of the faculty of the Columbia University Graduate School of Business. He... View Details

      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
      • Web

      Connect with Clubs - Recruiting

      invest@studentclubs.hbs.edu Islamic Society Co-Presidents Youssef Abouelnour yabouelnour@mba2026.hbs.edu Malek Sarhan msarhan@mba2026.hbs.edu Omar Hamade ohamade@mba2026.hbs.edu Club Email islm@studentclubs.hbs.edu Jewish Students... View Details
      • 01 Sep 2022
      • What Do You Think?

      Is It Time to Consider Lifting Tariffs on Chinese Imports?

      into your work, realizing you are serving something bigger than yourself, your employer, peers, etc. that shows in your work and can positively impact others. Brian Thatcher said, “I am for maximizing both profitability and human capital... View Details
      Keywords: Re: James L. Heskett
      • 01 Apr 1998
      • News

      New Releases

      capital that is in Muslim hands and the inescapable requirements of dealing in our modern, integrated financial and business world, there is a pressing need to develop procedures that meet the religious requirements of View Details
      • Web

      Student Clubs | MBA

      Club Government & Public Policy Club Greater China Club H HBS Show Health & Wellness Club Health Care Club Heard on the Street Hospitality & Travel Club I Impact Investing Club Infrastructure Club Investment Club Islamic Society Israel... View Details
      • 01 Dec 1998
      • News

      Faculty Retirements

      Samuel Hayes and Hugo Uyterhoeven, two longtime HBS faculty members, retired in June. Summaries of their distinguished careers follow. Samuel L. Hayes, III, the Jacob H. Schiff Professor of Investment Banking, joined the HBS faculty in 1972. An expert on View Details
      • 23 Jun 2016
      • Op-Ed

      Brexit: Should Britain Stay or Go?

      Harvard Business School faculty offer their views: Isidor Straus Professor of Business History Geoff Jones, who researches the evolution, impact, and responsibility of global business and has authored numerous books on these topics, including Multinationals and Global... View Details
      Keywords: by Geoffrey G. Jones & Dante Roscini
      • 01 Oct 2002
      • News

      Sam Hayes

      Samuel L. Hayes, III (MBA '61, DBA '66), the Jacob H. Schiff Professor of Investment Banking, Emeritus, is a widely recognized authority on capital markets, Wall Street, and the corporate interface with the securities markets. He takes a... View Details
      Keywords: Garry Emmons
      • 01 Dec 2010
      • News

      Additional alumni books for your consideration.

      by John T. Reed (MBA ’77) (John T. Reed Publishing) Gulf Capital and Islamic Finance: The Rise of the New Global Players by Aamir Rehman (MBA ’04) (McGraw-Hill) Doing Both: How Cisco Captures Today's Profit... View Details
      Keywords: Funds, Trusts, and Other Financial Vehicles; Finance
      • 05 Feb 2014
      • Research & Ideas

      Can Putin Score Olympic Gold?

      A pall hangs over Sochi. Not since the bribery scandal overshadowed the 2002 Games in Salt Lake City has an Olympic Winter Games been so fraught with controversy. Fears of a terrorist attack by Islamic extremists; outrage over Russia's... View Details
      Keywords: by Michael Blanding; Sports; Advertising
      • 01 Sep 2007
      • News

      Getting Security Right

      on emerging geopolitical and economic trends, and on vital lessons from military history. You argue that it is not the war in Iraq or Islamic extremists who pose the greatest challenge to U.S. leadership in the coming decades, but rather... View Details
      Keywords: National Security and International Affairs; Government; Publishing Industries (except Internet); Information
      • 04 Dec 2013
      • Research & Ideas

      The Fantastic Horizon: How to Invest in a New City

      These are not short view real estate traders. Key Lessons What can we learn from these two projects, joined in common purpose but separated by 10,000 kilometers, Islam and Buddhism, and 70 inches of annual rainfall? What is the urban... View Details
      Keywords: by John Macomber; Construction; Real Estate
      • 03 Feb 2009
      • First Look

      First Look: February 3, 2009

      faced a liquidity crunch. Aracapita offered Islamic-compliant private equity, real estate, and venture capital products. In the wake of the 9/11 terrorist attack, however, Islamic banking was an endangered... View Details
      Keywords: Martha Lagace
      • 14 Nov 2019
      • Book

      Lifting the Lid on Turkey's Hidden Business History

      Turkey’s economic development story has always been something of a black box for scholars to understand, perhaps in part because many of the most successful business enterprises there have been in family hands and largely closed to public scrutiny. The authors of a new... View Details
      Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne