Publications

21 Jan 2009
First Look

First Look: January 21, 2009

http://www.hbs.edu/research/pdf/06-007.pdf Sweatshop Labor Is Wrong Unless the Jeans Are Cute: Motivated Moral Disengagement Authors:Neeru Paharia and Rohit Deshpandé Abstract While many consumers say they care about issues such as sweatshop labor, the existence of a... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

01 Mar 2007
News

The Plight of the Global Poor

growth and with the top tiers in emerging markets relatively small, business is beginning to eye this huge population at the bottom of the pyramid (BOP) as a viable and essential market. Indeed, it is only... View Details

Keywords: Garry Emmons; bottom of the pyramid (BOP); Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services; Social Assistance; Health, Social Assistance

24 Apr 2014
News

In the business of empowering women entrepreneurs

As a cofounder and managing director of the Women’s Venture Capital Fund (WVCF), Monica Dodi (MBA 1984) backs female-led, early-stage ventures in digital media and sustainable products and services. Dodi says these emerging consumer View Details

17 Apr 2015
News

A Driving Force for a Sustainable World

comprised only a fifth of the entire student body (at 22 years old, she was also one of the youngest). “Because there were so few of us, it was easier to catch the attention of whichever professor, to have the chance to speak when we raised our hand,” she says. In her... View Details

Keywords: Jill Radsken; Finance; Finance; Finance; Finance

23 May 2019
News

Álvaro Rodríguez Arregui, MBA 1995

serve the emerging middle class in Mexico. IGNIA represents Rodríguez’s commitment to his homeland as well as his belief in tackling social problems with market solutions. “We support entrepreneurs because... View Details

Keywords: Susan Young

04 Apr 2007
Research & Ideas

The Business of Global Poverty

in emerging markets relatively small, business is beginning to eye this huge population at the bottom of the pyramid (BOP) as a viable and essential market. Indeed, it is only in the last decade, thanks in... View Details

Keywords: by Garry Emmons

Web

Investment Strategies - Course Catalog

pay heed to the signals they are sending. Investment Strategies is most directly applicable to students interested in pursuing careers in finance including mutual funds, hedge funds, pension funds, endowments, wealth management, financial... View Details

02 Nov 2010
First Look

First Look: November 2, 2010

Steel, India's largest private sector steel company, as it transitions from Indian GAAP to IFRS. It first describes those challenges in the context of the institutional voids that make IFRS adoption difficult in India. The case then focuses on how companies in View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

15 Sep 2003
Research & Ideas

The Lessons of New-Market Disruption

Kittyhawk team had to weigh its market options: Sell the disk drive to DMD's existing customers, who were manufacturing increasingly portable computing devices, or explore emerging opportunities elsewhere. A... View Details

Keywords: by Clark Gilbert; Technology

30 Sep 2010
News

Diversifying the Nigerian Economy

Keywords: Finance; Finance; Finance

19 Nov 2018
Sharpening Your Skills

E-Santa: Is Retail Ready for Digital Christmas?

increasingly important tool in the online retailer's marketing arsenal, but profit is lost when not done right. Research Papers Opportunistic Returns and Dynamic Pricing: Empirical Evidence from Online Retailing in View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne; Retail

04 Apr 2018
Op-Ed

Op-Ed: Why Private Investors Must Fund 'New Nuclear' Power Right Now

markets choose the winners, not government officials—no matter how well-intentioned. No politician seeks public financing for a specific competitor without threat of voter reaction. In short, competition... View Details

Keywords: by Joseph Lassiter; Energy; Green Technology

01 Jun 2010
News

Faculty Books

Business Press) Professors Khanna and Palepu argue that the main exploitable characteristic of emerging markets is the lack of institutions (credit-card systems, intellectualproperty adjudication, data... View Details

Keywords: Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services; Management

January 2019 (Revised December 2019)
Case

CrossBoundary Energy

By: John Macomber

Almost 500 million people are without electricity in sub-Saharan Africa. Governments and public utilities are challenged to bring generation and distribution to most of them. Considerable promise exists in “off-grid” or “mini-grid” technologies, notably using renewable... View Details

Keywords: Energy Investing; Economic Development; Renewable Energy; Business Growth and Maturation; Developing Countries and Economies; Project Finance; Emerging Markets; Industry Structures; Infrastructure; Segmentation; Private Equity; Decision Choices and Conditions; Energy Industry; Utilities Industry; Africa; Tanzania; Ghana

November 1999
Case

net.Genesis, Inc.

By: Robert J. Dolan, Rajiv Lal and Perry Fagan

Net.Genesis is planning a strategy for the developing Internet market. In particular, it is creating the category of e-business intelligence and striving to be the brand leader in it. View Details

Keywords: Emerging Markets; Strategic Planning; Expansion; Brands and Branding; Knowledge Use and Leverage; Marketing Communications; Internet and the Web; Change Management

March 1995 (Revised December 1995)
Case

Dividend Policy at FPL Group, Inc. (A)

By: Benjamin C. Esty and Craig F Schreiber

A Wall Street analyst has just learned that FPL (the holding company for Florida's largest electric utility) may cut its dividend in several days despite a 47-year streak of consecutive dividend increases. In response to the deregulation of the electric utility... View Details

Keywords: Investment Return; Corporate Strategy; Policy; Competitive Strategy; Financial Strategy; Fluctuation; Energy Sources; Emerging Markets; Utilities Industry; Energy Industry; Florida