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The Oil Shock Is Here. And We’re Just Beginning to Feel It.
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Inside One Bank’s Scenario Planning for War in the Middle East
Business management Agenda NewsletterThe broadening conflict in the Middle East means global businesses must redraw their risk assessments. -
Why CEOs Dive Into Political Controversies
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Rethinking Strategy in a Hyperpolitical World
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The Upside of Opening Up DEI Programs to Everyone
Diversity and inclusion Digital ArticleThere are costs to the decline of targeted diversity programs—but there are also hidden benefits to the new era of universality. -
What SMBs Can Expect from the New Fed Nominee
Economic cycles and trends Agenda NewsletterHow business leaders can start preparing for the potential approval of President Trump’s nominee to head the Federal Reserve, Kevin Warsh. -
“People Need Unifying Messages”
Business and society Agenda NewsletterHow leaders can act with clarity amid rising social and political uncertainty. -
To Compete in the Global Economy, Europe Needs to Boost Its VC Ecosystem
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How Work Changed in 2025, According to HBR Readers
Leadership and managing people Digital ArticleThree major themes stood out this past year. -
15 Reasons to Be Optimistic About Globalization
Globalization Digital ArticleThe evidence suggests that international trade is being reshaped and rebalanced—but isn’t collapsing. -
Why SMBs Are Struggling to Find Talent
Hiring and recruitment Agenda NewsletterTheir difficulties could foreshadow economic trouble in the coming year. -
How to Lead When Things Feel Increasingly Out of Control
Strategy Digital ArticleFive ways to preserve imagination, morale, and momentum through fear and uncertainty. -
The Hidden Driver of Workforce Polarization
Politics Digital ArticleWhile political ideology is often blamed for workplace divides, employees’ moral philosophy is a better predictor of faultlines. -
Lessons from Market Crashes Past
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Is This a Moment for Strategic Hibernation?
Business and society Magazine ArticleA new model for business resilience in a politically turbulent era. -
How Tariffs Are Playing Out So Far
Business and society Agenda NewsletterHow the evolving tariff landscape has shaped the U.S. economy, and what it could mean for businesses in the coming months. -
Is AI a Boom or a Bubble?
Business and society Digital ArticleThe technology is clearly transformative, but it’s also vulnerable to the same excesses that inflated past financial bubbles. -
How SMEs Can Prepare for the EU’s AI Regulations
AI and machine learning Digital ArticleAn increasingly complex regulatory landscape creates opportunities for small and medium-sized businesses to win on compliance. -
Are Companies Actually Scaling Back Their Climate Commitments?
Climate change Digital ArticleA new study found that while most large firms are staying the course, important coalitions are crumbling. -
Running Your Business in a Fractured World
Government Executive LiveA wide-ranging HBR Executive Live conversation with Foreign Affairs editor Daniel Kurtz-Phelan.
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Defying the Odds: Maria Corina Machado and Venezuela's 2024 Election
Business and society Case Study11.95View Details This case examines the strategic choices faced by María Corina Machado and the Venezuelan opposition during the 2024 Venezuelan presidential election.... -
Equality and Growth: The Canadian Case for Gender-Responsive Budgeting
Business and society Case Study11.95View Details This case examines Canada's shift to gender-responsive budgeting (GRB) under Finance Minister Bill Morneau, showing how fiscal policy can be redesigned... -
Carbon Robotics: Weeding Out the Competition
AI and machine learning Case Study11.95View Details Carbon Robotics, founded by technologist Paul Mikesell, rapidly grew from a backyard experiment into a global agricultural robotics company by 2025, driven... -
A New Era for Loan Guarantees: The Digital Transformation of Saudi Arabia's Kafalah
Digital transformation Case Study11.95View Details This case examines how Saudi Arabia's Kafalah program reinvented itself to meet the nation's Vision 2030 goals. Originally a government initiative to... -
National Power and the Structure of Foreign Trade and the New Geoeconomics
International relations Case Study8.95View Details Geoeconomists combine economics and political science to study how governments use their countries' economic strength to exert influence (power) on foreign... -
Is Donald Trump Winning the Trade War?
International relations Case Study11.95View Details By any measure, the trade policy of the second Donald Trump administration surprised many. April 2, 2025, so-called Liberation Day, would not be forgotten... -
The Canada Infrastructure Bank: Charging Ahead
Public-private partnerships Case Study11.95View Details In May 2022, Melissa Chow, director of investments at the Canada Infrastructure Bank, reviewed a funding proposal from ZAP, a Canadian EV charging company... -
"Don't Be a Prick!" DiaMonTech's Go-To-Market Strategy in Europe
Entrepreneurial management Case Study11.95View Details DiaMonTech is a Berlin-based medical technology (medtech) start-up developing a noninvasive glucose monitor. Its first product allows users to monitor... -
Rwanda Trading Company: Navigating Market Frictions and Government Intervention in the Coffee Market
Government Case Study11.95View Details This case examines Rwanda Trading Company (RTC) as it navigated shifting government policy and market dynamics in Rwanda's coffee sector. For eight years,... -
Algoma Steel: Responding to Trump's Tariff Threat
Tariffs Case Study11.95View Details In 2025, Algoma Steel Inc. (Algoma), a leading Canadian steel manufacturer, confronted renewed US tariffs under Section 232 of the Trade Expansion Act... -
Compañía Minera Poderosa and formal, informal, and illegal gold mining in Peru
Business and society Case Study11.95View Details This case examines how Poderosa-a Peruvian family-owned company in the gold mining sector-faces a complex situation in its area of influence, ultimately... -
Amazon Haul and the De Minimis Exemption: Competing with Chinese Platforms amid Policy Uncertainty
Tariffs Case Study11.95View Details Amazon Inc. (Amazon) launched Amazon Haul in November 2024 to respond to the intensifying competition from cross-border platforms such as Temu and Shein.... -
Danec
Environmental sustainability Case Study11.95View Details Eduardo Berg, the general manager of DANEC, a vertically integrated Ecuadorian producer, processor and marketer of palm oil and palm oil-based products,... -
Humo-caro: The Cost of Pollution (ROL 4. COMMUNITY REPRESENTATIVES)
Negotiation strategies Case Study5.00View Details Frequent disagreements between citizens and public authorities have become a constant in Latin American countries. A major issue involves the fact that... -
Humo-caro: The Cost of Pollution (ROL 3. REPRESENTATIVES OF THE MINISTRY OF THE ENVIRONMENT (NATIONAL AND REGIONAL OFFICES))
Negotiation strategies Case Study5.00View Details Frequent disagreements between citizens and public authorities have become a constant in Latin American countries. A major issue involves the fact that... -
Humo-caro: The Cost of Pollution (ROL 1. REPRESENTATIVES OF THE TAGUAN MUNICIPAL GOVERNMENT)
Negotiation strategies Case Study11.95View Details Frequent disagreements between citizens and public authorities have become a constant in Latin American countries. A major issue involves the fact that... -
Humo-caro: The Cost of Pollution (ROL 2. REPRESENTATIVES OF CEMENTOS AZTECA [CEMAZ])
Negotiation strategies Case Study5.00View Details Frequent disagreements between citizens and public authorities have become a constant in Latin American countries. A major issue involves the fact that... -
Does America Need a New Supply Chain?
Supply chain management Case Study11.95View Details In April 2025, Aaron Sneed, founder of Defense Operations & Engineering Solutions Inc. (DOES), confronted a mounting crisis as US-China trade tensions... -
ESG Investing at DWS Asset Management: The Possibilities and Perils of Whistleblowing
Business and society Case Study11.95View Details This case examines the dilemma faced by Desiree Fixler, head of sustainability at DWS Asset Management, in March 2021. As one of Europe's leading asset... -
Stonemaier Games: Treading Water in the Darkest Tariff Timeline
Entrepreneurship Case Study11.95View Details In April 2025, the co-founder and president of board game publisher Stonemaier Games found the industry he had worked in for over a decade upended by...
