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      • February 2023 (Revised February 2025)
      • Case

      Doing Business in Athens, Greece

      By: Alan D. MacCormack, Carlota Moniz and Emilie Billaud
      This case examines the challenges and opportunities of doing business in Greece. It highlights Greece's economic transformation in the decades leading up to 2023 in the context of its history, culture, and politics. The case gives an overview of some of the main... View Details
      Keywords: Business and Government Relations; Technological Innovation; Foreign Direct Investment; Economic Growth; Financial Crisis; Technology Industry; Tourism Industry; Shipping Industry; Greece; Athens
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      MacCormack, Alan D., Carlota Moniz, and Emilie Billaud. "Doing Business in Athens, Greece." Harvard Business School Case 323-100, February 2023. (Revised February 2025.)
      • February 2023
      • Supplement

      Astyanax Kanakakis at norbloc: A Founder's Experience with the DIFC Fintech Hive

      By: Linda A. Hill and Lydia Begag
      norbloc was founded in 2016 in Stockholm, Sweden, by Astyanax Kanakakis and his co-founders, Vitalii Demianets and Sam Saatchi. Kanakakis and Demianets got to work to address a key gap in the industry: Know Your Customer (KYC) data sharing. As the first distributed KYC... View Details
      Keywords: Organizational Change and Adaptation; Organizational Design; Organizational Culture; Organizational Structure; Organizations; Leadership; Leadership Development; Leadership Style; Collaborative Innovation and Invention; Digital Transformation; Digital Strategy; Digital Platforms; Technology Adoption; Technological Innovation; Corporate Entrepreneurship; Business and Government Relations; Business Startups; Financial Services Industry; Technology Industry; Banking Industry; Information Technology Industry; Sweden; Europe; Singapore; London; United Arab Emirates; Dubai; Middle East; Athens; Greece
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      Hill, Linda A., and Lydia Begag. "Astyanax Kanakakis at norbloc: A Founder's Experience with the DIFC Fintech Hive." Harvard Business School Supplement 423-066, February 2023.
      • July–August 2022
      • Article

      How Do Disadvantaged Groups Seek Information about Public Services? A Randomized Controlled Trial of Communication Technologies

      By: Katerina Linos, Melissa Carlson, Laura Jakli, Nadia Dalma, Isabelle Cohen, Afroditi Veloudaki and Stavros Nikiforos Spyrellis
      Governments and NGOs are switching to phone- and Internet-based communication technologies to reduce costs and broaden access to public services. However, these technological shifts can backfire if they exacerbate administrative burden in high-need communities. We... View Details
      Keywords: Communication Technology; Income
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      Linos, Katerina, Melissa Carlson, Laura Jakli, Nadia Dalma, Isabelle Cohen, Afroditi Veloudaki, and Stavros Nikiforos Spyrellis. "How Do Disadvantaged Groups Seek Information about Public Services? A Randomized Controlled Trial of Communication Technologies." Public Administration Review 82, no. 4 (July–August 2022): 708–720.
      • June 2021
      • Teaching Note

      Michael Phelps: 'It's Okay to Not Be Okay'

      By: Boris Groysberg, Carin-Isabel Knoop and Michael Norris
      Teaching Note for HBS Case No. 421-044. In 2020, Michael Phelps, the most decorated Olympian of all time, with 28 medals in various swimming events, was now retired. As he looked back on his 20+ year athletic career, he considered what had gone into making him the... View Details
      Keywords: Mental Health; Talent and Talent Management; Training; Health; Success; Performance Improvement; Personal Development and Career; Family and Family Relationships; Sports; Competition; Sports Industry; United States; Baltimore; Arizona; Sydney; Athens; Beijing; London
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      Groysberg, Boris, Carin-Isabel Knoop, and Michael Norris. "Michael Phelps: 'It's Okay to Not Be Okay'." Harvard Business School Teaching Note 421-095, June 2021.
      • 2021
      • Article

      Fundraising for Stigmatized Groups: A Text Message Donation Experiment

      By: Katerina Linos, Laura Jakli and Melissa Carlson
      As government welfare programming contracts and NGOs increasingly assume core aid functions, they must address a long-standing challenge—that people in need often belong to stigmatized groups. To study other-regarding behavior, we fielded an experiment through a... View Details
      Keywords: Demographics; Philanthropy and Charitable Giving; Communication Strategy; Civil Society or Community; Non-Governmental Organizations; Welfare; Greece
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      Linos, Katerina, Laura Jakli, and Melissa Carlson. "Fundraising for Stigmatized Groups: A Text Message Donation Experiment." American Political Science Review 115, no. 1 (2021): 14–30.
      • October 2020
      • Case

      Michael Phelps: 'It's Okay to Not Be Okay'

      By: Boris Groysberg, Carin-Isabel Knoop and Michael Norris
      In 2020, Michael Phelps, the most decorated Olympian of all time, with 28 medals in various swimming events, was now retired. As he looked back on his 20+ year athletic career, he considered what had gone into making him the greatest of all time—the highs and lows,... View Details
      Keywords: Mental Health; Talent and Talent Management; Training; Health; Success; Performance Improvement; Personal Development and Career; Family and Family Relationships; Sports; Competition; Sports Industry; United States; Baltimore; Arizona; Sydney; Athens; Beijing; London
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      Groysberg, Boris, Carin-Isabel Knoop, and Michael Norris. "Michael Phelps: 'It's Okay to Not Be Okay'." Harvard Business School Case 421-044, October 2020.
      • December 2018
      • Case

      OTE: Managing in Times of National Crisis (A)

      By: Juan Alcacer, Jérôme Lenhardt and Emer Moloney
      In late 2010, Michael Tsamaz was appointed CEO and Chairman of Greek telecommunications company OTE. OTE still exhibited many traits of a large incumbent organization, with high personnel costs, crippling bureaucracy, lack of customer-centricity, a dull brand, and... View Details
      Keywords: Leading Change; Transformation; Economy; Crisis Management; Telecommunications Industry; Greece
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      Alcacer, Juan, Jérôme Lenhardt, and Emer Moloney. "OTE: Managing in Times of National Crisis (A)." Harvard Business School Case 719-456, December 2018.
      • September 2018
      • Article

      Rumors and Refugees: How Government-Created Information Vacuums Undermine Effective Crisis Management

      By: Melissa Carlson, Laura Jakli and Katerina Linos
      Although more than 800,000 displaced people arrived in Greece by sea in 2015, fewer than 5 percent applied for asylum in this first country of arrival. Instead, they either traveled northward informally or remained in Greece in legal limbo. The resultant chaotic... View Details
      Keywords: Refugees; Governance Compliance; Knowledge Dissemination; Policy; Crisis Management; Communication; Greece
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      Carlson, Melissa, Laura Jakli, and Katerina Linos. "Rumors and Refugees: How Government-Created Information Vacuums Undermine Effective Crisis Management." International Studies Quarterly 62, no. 3 (September 2018): 671–685.
      • May 24, 2016
      • Editorial

      The EU Has Trust Issues, and It's Taking Down Greece's Economy

      By: George Serafeim
      Keywords: Greece; Europe; European Union; Crisis; Economy; Financial Crisis; European Union; Greece
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      Serafeim, George. "The EU Has Trust Issues, and It's Taking Down Greece's Economy." Fortune.com (May 24, 2016).
      • February 2016 (Revised January 2017)
      • Case

      Bidding for Finansbank

      By: David Scharfstein and Esel Çekin
      Because of the deepening Greek crisis, in October 2015, National Bank of Greece (NBG) was required to sell one of its most valuable assets, Finansbank, the eighth largest Turkish bank. There were three potential buyers: Garanti Bank, Turkey's second largest private... View Details
      Keywords: Banking; Acquisitions; International Acquisition; Cross-border Investment; Bidding; Bidders; Regulations; ROE; Cost Synergies; Regional Growth; Emerging Market; Sales Process; Valuation; Mergers and Acquisitions; Banking Industry; Turkey; Europe
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      Scharfstein, David, and Esel Çekin. "Bidding for Finansbank." Harvard Business School Case 216-040, February 2016. (Revised January 2017.)
      • Editorial

      How to Turn Around a Country

      By: Paul Kazarian and George Serafeim
      Change is hard. Especially trying to change an entire country and its public sector that consists of more than 650,000 employees and has an annual budget of approximately 80 billion euros. This is the case of Greece, once the fastest-growing eurozone country, which has... View Details
      Keywords: Greece; Europe; European Union; Turnaround; Accountability; Sovereign Finance; Leadership; Corporate Accountability; Public Sector; Accounting; Economic Growth; Change; European Union; Greece
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      Kazarian, Paul, and George Serafeim. "How to Turn Around a Country." Kathimerini (January 19, 2016).
      • Editorial

      The Value of Accounting: The Case of Greece

      By: George Serafeim
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      Serafeim, George. "The Value of Accounting: The Case of Greece." IFAC Global Knowledge Gateway (August 25, 2015).
      • Editorial

      Tsipras' Second Chance: Greece to Hold Elections

      By: George Serafeim
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      Serafeim, George. "Tsipras' Second Chance: Greece to Hold Elections." The Conversation (August 24, 2015). (Editorial. Also published as "A 100-day Plan to Get Greece Back on Track" in Australian Outlook on August 24, 2015.)
      • Editorial

      Greece Bailout Includes a €50 Billion Asset Fund. Here's How to Avoid Wasting It

      By: George Serafeim
      Keywords: Europe; Eurozone; Investing; Governance; Privatization; Investment; Corporate Governance; European Union; Europe
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      Serafeim, George. "Greece Bailout Includes a €50 Billion Asset Fund. Here's How to Avoid Wasting It." The Conversation (July 14, 2015). (Editorial.)
      • July 6, 2015
      • Editorial

      Lessons From Greece as Controversial Finance Minister Exits

      By: George Serafeim
      Keywords: Europe; Eurozone; Finance; Sovereign Finance; Leadership; European Union; Greece
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      Serafeim, George. "Lessons From Greece as Controversial Finance Minister Exits." Time.com (July 6, 2015). (Editorial.)
      • June 2015 (Revised January 2017)
      • Case

      Greece's Debt: Sustainable?

      By: George Serafeim
      The case "Greece's Debt: Sustainable?" describes the Greek economic crisis, bailout from the European Union and the International Monetary Fund (IMF), and the debt restructuring that followed. Because of a lack of trust in Greece's ability to repay its debt, two... View Details
      Keywords: Debt Crisis; Accounting; Debt Sustainability; Austerity; Solvency Opinions; Borrowing and Debt; Restructuring; Valuation; Accrual Accounting; Fair Value Accounting; Economy; Greece
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      Serafeim, George. "Greece's Debt: Sustainable?" Harvard Business School Case 115-063, June 2015. (Revised January 2017.)
      • May–June 2015
      • Article

      Dead Weight: How Greece Wound up Trapped in the European Union

      By: Debora L. Spar
      In the early 1990s, Greece fell far afield of the economic criteria laid out by the Maastricht Treaty, the EU's founding document. In 1999, when the European monetary union was launched, Greece failed to meet the criteria again, but managed to squeeze into the body two... View Details
      Keywords: EU; Geopolitics; Economic Conditions; Economy; Financial Crisis; Greece; European Union
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      Spar, Debora L. "Dead Weight: How Greece Wound up Trapped in the European Union." Foreign Policy 212 (May–June 2015).
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      If Greece Embraces Uncertainty, Innovation Will Follow

      By: George Serafeim
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      Serafeim, George. "If Greece Embraces Uncertainty, Innovation Will Follow." Harvard Business Review (website) (March 13, 2015).
      • April 22, 2015
      • Editorial

      One Way To Help Greece Recover: Help Greek Companies Obtain Financing

      By: George Serafeim
      Keywords: Europe; European Union; Eurozone; Politics; Government; Government And Business; Competitiveness; Country Analysis; Country Strategy; Finance; Competition; Financing and Loans; Financial Crisis; Business and Government Relations; European Union; Greece
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      Serafeim, George. "One Way To Help Greece Recover: Help Greek Companies Obtain Financing." Forbes.com (April 22, 2015).
      • 2014
      • Working Paper

      Financial Repression in the European Sovereign Debt Crisis

      By: Bo Becker and Victoria Ivashina
      By the end of 2013, the share of government debt held by the domestic banking sectors of Eurozone countries was more than twice its 2007 level. We show that this type of increasing reliance on the domestic banking sector for absorbing government bonds generates a... View Details
      Keywords: Credit Cycles; Sovereign Debt; Financial Repression; Sovereign Finance; Greece
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      Becker, Bo, and Victoria Ivashina. "Financial Repression in the European Sovereign Debt Crisis." Working Paper, April 2014.
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