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- March 2025
- Case
The Changing Climate on Wall Street
By: Clayton S. Rose, Maxim Pike Harrell and Michael Norris
Increasing and conflicting regulatory requirements and political pressures regarding climate change tested the leaders of U.S. financial institutions, as they struggled to determine how best to comply while managing their business and its risks.
In October 2024,... View Details
Keywords: Change; Disruption; Competency and Skills; Decision Making; Cost vs Benefits; Ethics; Governance; Corporate Accountability; Leadership; Management; Risk Management; Organizations; Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact; Mission and Purpose; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Organizational Culture; Society; Civil Society or Community; Social Issues; Strategy; Adaptation; Banking Industry; Banking Industry; Banking Industry; United States; Europe
- Winter–Spring 2024
- Article
Grand Bargain: Negotiating Toward a Better Middle East
How can sophisticated negotiation bring about a more peaceful and prosperous Middle East? While a "grand bargain" to accomplish this lofty goal may seem implausible, the potential value of such an agreement would be vast for most Israelis, Palestinians, and key... 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
- May 20, 2016
- Comment
World Health Organization Lacks Leadership to Combat Pandemics
By: John A. Quelch
When it comes to emergency preparedness for pandemics, the World Health Organization is falling short. It has not provided prompt and clear leadership to the world in combating either the Ebola or Zika viruses. Its leadership has been low energy, its representatives... View Details
Keywords: Global Health; World Health Organization; World Bank; Pandemics; Emergency Preparedness; Experience and Expertise; Decisions; Forecasting and Prediction; Communication Strategy; Nonverbal Communication; Framework; Governance; Government and Politics; Health; Management; Practice; Problems and Challenges; Projects; Risk and Uncertainty; Human Needs; Civil Society or Community; Social Issues; Welfare or Wellbeing; Biotechnology Industry; Health Industry; Journalism and News Industry; Medical Devices and Supplies Industry; Public Administration Industry; Tourism Industry; Transportation Industry; Travel Industry; Africa; Asia; Europe; Latin America; North and Central America; South America; West Indies
- 2014
- Working Paper
Adding Value Through Venture Capital in Latin America and the Caribbean
By: Josh Lerner, Ann Leamon, James Tighe and Susana Garcia-Robles
Venture capital (VC) investment has long been recognized as an engine for economic growth and development. Unlike bank loans, where the entrepreneur receives money and is left alone as long as the payments arrive on the pre-arranged schedule, venture capital... View Details
- 2013
- Book
Entrepreneurship and Multinationals: Global Business and the Making of the Modern World
By: Geoffrey Jones
This book examines the history of entrepreneurship and multinationals in the making of the modern world. In recent years economists, historians, and political scientists have written extensively on the history of globalization and patterns of global wealth and poverty,... View Details
Keywords: FDI; Economic History; Business History; Industrial Organization; Chinitz; Agglomeration; Clusters; Cities; Mines; Globalization; Entrepreneurship; Government and Politics; Banking Industry; Banking Industry; Banking Industry; Banking Industry; Banking Industry; Africa; Asia; Europe; Latin America; Middle East; North and Central America; South America
- September 2013 (Revised August 2015)
- Background Note
Leadership and Teaming
By: Ethan Bernstein
Small differences in the leadership of teams can have large consequences for the success of their efforts. Many initiatives fail not because of a fatal error in judgment or insufficient ideas, knowledge, motivation, or capabilities to deliver a solution. They fail... View Details
Keywords: Teams; Teaming; Leadership And Managing People; Leadership; Team Effectiveness; Team Performance; Team Design; Team Leadership; Teamwork; Team Process; Team Function; Team Launch; 60/30/10 Rule; Team Boundary; Distribution Of Leadership Authority; Self-Managed Teams; Virtual Teams; Unbounded Teams; Acts Of Leadership; Execution Teams; Decision Making Teams; Creativity Teams; Team Size; Task Design; Team Timeline; Team Roles; Team Representation; Diversity; Team Familiarity; Collective Intelligence; Team Stages Of Development; Team Coaching; Performance Pressure; X-Teams; Team Focus; Interaction; Management Teams; Managerial Roles; Management Systems; Management Style; Management Skills; Management Practices and Processes; Organizational Design; Organizational Structure; Performance Effectiveness; Performance Efficiency; Performance Productivity; Groups and Teams; Networks; Social Psychology; Behavior; Conflict and Resolution; Creativity; Social and Collaborative Networks; Satisfaction; Prejudice and Bias; Power and Influence; Personal Characteristics; Familiarity; Cognition and Thinking; Attitudes; Projects; Organizational Culture; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Leadership Development; Leadership Style; Leading Change; Knowledge Use and Leverage; Knowledge Sharing; Collaborative Innovation and Invention; Innovation and Management; Innovation Leadership; Design; Interpersonal Communication; Banking Industry; Banking Industry; Banking Industry; Banking Industry; Banking Industry; Banking Industry; Banking Industry; Banking Industry; Banking Industry; Banking Industry; Banking Industry; Banking Industry; Banking Industry; Banking Industry; Banking Industry; Banking Industry; Banking Industry; Banking Industry; Banking Industry; Banking Industry; Banking Industry; Banking Industry; Banking Industry; Banking Industry; Banking Industry; Banking Industry; Banking Industry; Banking Industry; Banking Industry; Banking Industry; Banking Industry; Banking Industry; Banking Industry; Banking Industry; Banking Industry; Banking Industry; Banking Industry; Banking Industry; Banking Industry; Banking Industry; Banking Industry; Banking Industry; Banking Industry; Banking Industry; Banking Industry; Banking Industry; Banking Industry; Banking Industry; Banking Industry; Banking Industry; Banking Industry; Banking Industry; Banking Industry; Banking Industry; Banking Industry; Banking Industry; Banking Industry; Banking Industry; Banking Industry; Banking Industry; Banking Industry; Banking Industry; Banking Industry; Banking Industry; Banking Industry; Banking Industry; Banking Industry; Banking Industry; Asia; North and Central America; South America; Atlantic Ocean; Central Asia; Europe; Latin America; Middle East; Oceania; West Indies
- June 2013 (Revised August 2020)
- Case
Rawabi
By: Arthur I. Segel, Sarika Agrawal, Nimrod Brandt, Daniel Kuhagen, Thomas Reithinger and Margot Eiran
Bashar Masri is developing the first new stand-alone Palestinian city 25 kilometers north of Jerusalem and 9 kilometers north of Ramallah in the West Bank on 6300 dunams (1556 acres) for 40,000 people with financial support from the Qatari investment authority and... View Details
- August 2003 (Revised June 2005)
- Case
Royal Bank of Scotland, The: Masters of Integration
By: Nitin Nohria and James Weber
Describes the acquisition of Nat West by Royal Bank of Scotland. Describes the strategic rationale for the acquisition and the process by which the integration of the two banks was accomplished. The acquisition is remarkable for how successful it was, given the typical... View Details
- January 1999 (Revised July 2003)
- Case
Shady Trail
By: Arthur I Segel
Holt Lunsford was intrigued by the packet of papers that lay in front of him. The papers comprised a brochure that Lonestar Bank had put together in an effort to sell the Shady Trail Distribution Center in Dallas, Texas. Shady Hill was a five-year-old,... View Details
- December 1980 (Revised January 1992)
- Case
Savannah West
By: William J. Poorvu and John H. Vogel Jr.
Allison Porter, a loan officer for Chemical Bank, must decide whether to make a construction loan on a 216-unit apartment building to be built in Savannah, Georgia. In teaching this case, one begins by looking at the economics, marketing data, etc., of the proposed... View Details