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Rawi E. Abdelal

Rawi Abdelal is the Herbert F. Johnson Professor of International Management at Harvard Business School and the Emma Bloomberg Co-Chair of the Bloomberg Harvard City Leadership Initiative.

Professor Abdelal's primary expertise is international political... View Details

14 Oct 2022
Video

Live from Klarman Hall - 10/14/2022 Reunions - Rawi Abdelal

28 Feb 2007
Research & Ideas

Capital Rules: The Tensions of Global Finance

What fuels a global economy? Certainly the easy flow of capital across national boundaries would seem near the top of the list. But financial globalization is not an on/off switch, notes Professor Rawi Abdelal. Different countries and... View Details

Keywords: by Rawi Abdelal

07 Oct 2010
Working Paper Summaries

The Profits of Power: Commercial Realpolitik in Eurasia

Keywords: by Rawi E. Abdelal; Energy; Utilities

23 Jun 2020
Working Paper Summaries

Dignity, Inequality, and the Populist Backlash: Lessons from America and Europe for a Sustainable Globalization

Keywords: by Rawi Abdelal

17 Aug 2020
News

Of Learning and Forgetting: Centrism, Populism, and the Legitimacy Crisis of Globalization

09 Aug 2021
Research & Ideas

OneTen: Creating a New Pathway for Black Talent

dismantle. It’s about thinking creatively in order to bring the best and brightest into your organization. About the Authors Rawi E. Abdelal is the Herbert F. Johnson Professor of International Management at... View Details

Keywords: by Rawi E. Abdelal, Katherine Connolly Baden, and Boris Groysberg

17 Oct 2022
Research & Ideas

Why Quiet Quitters Need More Than Money to Re-Engage

There’s a scene in the drama series Mad Men when junior ad exec Peggy Olson complains to her mercurial boss Don Draper, “You never say thank you.” Don peevishly replies: “That’s what the money is for!” Harvard Business School Professors View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding

16 Jun 2003
Research & Ideas

Historical Perspective: Levitt Shaped the Debate

international, and global markets are critical points to be considered by today's modern manager, Abdelal said. According to the Tedlow and Abdelal paper, "The real reason... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne

17 Nov 2003
Research & Ideas

Lessons from a Nasty Trade Dispute

seems likely that Brazil will work with Canada to arrive at mutually agreeable financing packages to be used by each country. HBS professors Rawi Abdelal and Laura Alfaro... View Details

Keywords: by Cynthia Churchwell

11 May 2020
Video

Pandemonium: Globalization and the Pandemic - AM

14 Jan 2002
Research & Ideas

Countries on the Cusp: The Power of Nationalism

nations must choose their own paths, for better or worse. He later expanded on his ideas in the following interview with HBS Working Knowledge senior editor Martha Lagace. As a student at Cornell, Abdelal said, he became fascinated View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace

21 Aug 2006
Research & Ideas

How Europe Wrote the Rules of Global Finance

The United States has been both credited and criticized for its powerful role in promoting global financial liberalization—the flow of capital across country borders. But research by Harvard Business School Professor View Details

Keywords: by Ann Cullen

11 May 2020
Video

Pandemonium: Globalization and the Pandemic - PM

April 3, 2018
Article

Insight on Syria: What Are Putin's Motives?

By: Rawi Abdelal and Alexandra Vacroux

Russia’s direct entry into the Syrian conflict in September 2015 was spurred by a plethora of motivations. Russian scholars Rawi Abdelal and Alexandra Vacroux unpack the various rationales. View Details

Keywords: Syrian Civil War; Vladimir Putin; War; International Relations; Russia; Syria

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11 Mar 2009
HBS Case

The Energy Politics of Russia vs. Ukraine

part of Gazprom's long-term strategy is "to build up its LNG capacity so it can export to regions it cannot reach by pipeline." Despite these moves, Abdelal downplays fears of Russian expansionism.... View Details

Keywords: by Garry Emmons; Energy; Utilities

01 Jan 2003
News

09 Mar 2022
Research & Ideas

War in Ukraine: Soaring Gas Prices and the Return of Stagflation?

are already seeing higher prices at the pump, for one thing—and in some areas, those prices could spike even higher, says Harvard Business School Professor Rawi Abdelal. Abdelal, HBS’s Herbert F. Johnson Professor of International... View Details

Keywords: by Avery Forman; Energy

23 Apr 2015
News

What’s behind the Gazprom crisis?

26 Jun 2000
Research & Ideas

Three Countries, Three Choices in Post-Soviet Eurasia

Belarus, on the other hand, has tried to draw itself closer than any other former Soviet republic to Russia. Belarus is, as HBS Professor Rawi Abdelal writes in a new working paper, "the quintessential... View Details