Nexus Market (A): Ukraine War Ripples into Silicon Valley

Name: Nexus Market (A): Ukraine War Ripples into Silicon Valley (English version)
SKU: 423024

Neeley, Tsedal; Huizinga, Jeff

Product #:423024

Supplier:Harvard Business School

Discipline:General Management

Setting:United States, 2022

Details:Case (PDF) • 8 pages • 2023-02-14

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Career advancement Career planning Decision making Information systems Organizational behavior Careers Decision making and problem solving Technology and analytics Organizational culture Leadership and managing people Management

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United States North America

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A Silicon Valley start-up executive must navigate tensions between its Ukrainian and Russian sub-contractors as war between the two countries rages. After war erupts between Ukraine and Russia, a team of subcontracted Ukrainian software developers threatens to cut ties with a venture-backed Silicon Valley startup if the company does not end its relationship with a team of subcontracted Russian developers. The start-up's VP of Product and Engineering works to smooth tensions and find a solution.

Learning Objectives

Students will understand how geopolitical issues, such as wars, can have profound impacts on businesses of all types, and that plotting a course forward can be much more complicated than initially anticipated.