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- 13 Oct 2015
- Research & Ideas
Does Business Get Done the Same Way in Emerging and Developed Countries?
On September 12, 1980, the military launched a coup on the government in Turkey. For many executives, such instability is the worst nightmare of doing business in a developing country. But for Turkish entrepreneur Hamdi Akin, usually on the outside looking in, suddenly...
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by Sean Silverthorne
- 20 Nov 2017
- Blog Post
A Summer Internship with the International Rescue Committee
emotional journeys as well as their physical ones. After we had met with dozens of individuals across the country, hailing from Bhutan, Syria, Congo, Iraq and beyond, we began our synthesis phase, deconstructing all of our conversations...
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- 01 Jun 2011
- News
Alumni Books
for Kibera (CFK), a pioneer in participatory development showing how with the right kind of support, people in desperate places will take charge of their lives and create change. Later, serving as a human intelligence officer in Iraq and...
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- 21 Mar 2019
- News
Helping Veterans Build Careers
program,” he says, “every $516 places a vet in a job.” Goldenberg’s path to the Endowment began in 2008 when he was working at the consulting firm Frost & Sullivan. As the financial crisis hit that year, he witnessed sailors who were returning from Afghanistan and...
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Jill Radsken
- 14 Jan 2015
- Research & Ideas
Thriving in the Turbulence of Emerging Markets
The growth and competiveness of emerging markets is a fundamental reality in global business today. Yet it is often forgotten just how much these countries have changed in a short period of time, how challenging their business environments were even two decades ago,...
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- 08 Aug 2006
- Working Paper Summaries
Managing Governments: Unilever in India and Turkey, 1950–1980
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by Geoffrey G. Jones
- 01 Dec 2006
- News
MBA vs. MBA
undergraduate alma mater. While the Taylor campaign portrays Edwards as too liberal for the district, the incumbent calls himself “independent-minded.” “Voters in this district split the ticket a lot,” he adds. While the war in Iraq and...
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- 09 Nov 2017
- News
Paving the Way for Veterans to Serve in Congress
because they have been out of their home districts while serving our country,” says Shultz, himself a Marine Corps veteran. Other members of With Honor’s advisory board include next-generation veteran Nate Fick (MBA 2008), whose story of being a young lieutenant during...
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Ralph Ranalli
- 17 May 2018
- Blog Post
HBS/HKS Alum Regan Turner on Empowering Veterans
into to affect positive change.” Do you apply some of what you learned in the military to The Mission Continues? If so, can you tell us how? “Absolutely. Going to a community meeting in Los Angeles, Phoenix, or Seattle is not at all unlike meeting with tribal leaders...
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- 04 Sep 2012
- Research & Ideas
Book Excerpt: Indispensable: When Leaders Really Matter
clear that this is the case, and it is certainly not clear that every leader matters. Sometimes leaders have no choice. No president could have avoided declaring war on Japan after Pearl Harbor. But a president other than George W. Bush might not have taken the country...
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- 20 Sep 2004
- Research & Ideas
How Consumers Value Global Brands
anti-American sentiment in many nations was rising because of the Iraq war. Most of the consumers were like the South African who candidly said, "I hate the country, but I love their products." A Filipino confessed: "I used...
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- 01 Dec 2002
- News
Mary Callahan Erdoes
danger zone for the foreseeable future. How would a U.S. invasion of Iraq influence your investment advice? Every decision we make for clients today takes that into account as a what-if scenario, but there's no formula that can predict...
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Deborah Blagg
- 01 Dec 2005
- News
A Matter of Opinion
Christopher Hitchens, a surprising Iraq war advocate, quit in a huff in 2002, accusing the magazine of being soft on Saddam. Firebrand columnist Alexander Cockburn remains on board, but derides The Nation as only “slightly left of center...
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- 01 Sep 2005
- News
One-on-One with Thomas Riley
in the other direction. What are Morocco’s major differences with the United States? As with most Arab nations, many people are not happy with the situation in Iraq and the Middle East peace process. Officially, we are on very good terms...
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- 01 Sep 2004
- News
One-on-One with Robert McNamara
the inevitable question: Is Iraq in 2004 another Vietnam? “In every large institution,” he replies, “fundamental but highly controversial issues often are not surfaced, and debate at the highest levels is not forced, because it’s...
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Garry Emmons
- 01 Dec 2011
- News
Making the Case for Leadership
and staff officer during the Iraq War. Reaching the rank of captain while serving as a battalion adjutant in charge of all personnel matters, Johnson won raves from superiors and subordinates alike. Whether leading soldiers or civilians,...
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- 26 Aug 2016
- News
Connecting with the Past
Conference Palace in Baghdad, built for the Conference of the Non-Aligned Movement. When Iraq went to war with Iran, the conference moved to India and the palace sat unused until the United States destroyed it during the 1990–1991 Gulf...
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Jill Radsken
- 01 Dec 2009
- News
Robert Goodwin
Borders, and Goodwin led a group of his classmates to make the dream a reality. Why did you decide to become the CEO of Executives Without Borders? In my time overseas, I witnessed extreme poverty but saw few working on solutions that addressed its root causes....
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- 19 Dec 2012
- Research & Ideas
Affordable Housing: Israel and the United States
Housing costs too much for working-class families. Young adults are forced to live with parents, or cram together. Households spend more money on housing than they can afford. For Americans, the news is depressingly familiar. Israel, a land that outsiders see only as...
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Commencement 2016 Address | About
Business School directly from their military service, which in recent years has often included tours of Iraq or Afghanistan. We have more than 50 of these students graduating today. They talk about honoring their country by their...
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