South America - Publications - Faculty & Research

01 Sep 2017
News

The Biggest Industry You’ve Never Heard Of

the subculture of competitive gaming and its economic potential came fully into view—first in South Korea. The country’s well-developed internet infrastructure had birthed a vibrant gaming community, and with support from the government... View Details

Keywords: April White; illustration by Brian Stauffer; esports; Twitch; Performing Arts, Spectator Sports, and Related Industries; Arts, Entertainment

19 Jul 2006
Research & Ideas

Political Turmoil and Mexico’s Economy

United States and Mexico have shrunk dramatically, its system is still somewhat foreign to a private businessman from the United States or Western Europe," adds Maurer. "The culture of a country like South Korea may be alien to... View Details

Keywords: by Julia Hanna

02 Jan 2001
Research & Ideas

Gurus in the Garage

"is like any gas that is compressed; it gets hotter." Its tribes overlap socially and professionally based on work discipline (software engineers, for example), organizational affiliation (Hewlett-Packard), or background (Stanford MBAs or View Details

Keywords: by Dorothy Leonard & Walter Swap

24 Jul 2018
Blog Post

The Global Classroom: From Boston to Jakarta

emerging economy. This year, students could choose from the following locations around the world: Europe (Athens, Helsinki), Africa (Casablanca, Johannesburg, Cape Town), South America (Sao Paolo, Bogota,... View Details

18 May 2015
News

Providing broadband to rural communities

As president of the Fiber to the Home Council Americas, Heather Gold (GMP 8, 2010) represents companies that build and operate fiber to the home networks, which will enhance the well-being of rural communities in North and South America.... View Details

01 Sep 2003
News

Dean Clark Reflects on the School’s Key Initiatives

than seventy faculty, deans, and rectors from business schools in Spain, Eastern Europe, Nigeria, South Africa, China, and Latin America for the Colloquium on Participant-Centered Learning, an intensive... View Details

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

26 Apr 2011
News

BioMine Strikes Gold

California/San Diego, Shanghai, South Africa, Toronto, and United Arab Emirates acted as regional hubs, and finalists were chosen in March through contests held around the world. In addition to BioMine, the regional finalists,... View Details

Keywords: Mining (except Oil and Gas); Mining; Management, Scientific, and Technical Consulting Services; Professional Services

Profile

Casey Gerald

cities and towns not (yet) known for entrepreneurship. Throughout the summer of 2013, the MBAs Across America team will travel across country in an RV, making week-long stops to record and promote the stories of local entrepreneurs, to... View Details

Keywords: Entrepreneurship; Retail; Nonprofit / Government

30 Sep 2015
News

The Power of Service

South Africa and the UK. A City Year, Inc. trustee and cochair of its international committee, Reilly says the organization’s current efforts are “laser-focused on helping teachers and public schools address the high-school dropout... View Details

04 May 2017
News

Going the Distance

his photo to each summit. Subsequent climbs were Mt. Aconcagua, in South America (2011); Mt. Everest, in Asia (2011); Mt. Elbrus, in Europe (2012); Carstensz Pyramid, in Indonesia (2012); Mt. Vinson, in... View Details

Keywords: Jill Radsken

26 Jun 2017
News

Behind the Scenes at an HBS Short Program

South African entrepreneur, marketer, and blogger Seth Rotherham recently participated in the week-long program Launching New Ventures and has written about the experience in his blog (complete with behind-the-scenes photos) and in the... View Details

01 Jan 2012
News

Cynthia Carroll, MBA 1989

on the entire mining industry as well. Carroll’s mettle was tested early on when she was visiting South Africa and learned that another death had occurred in a nearby platinum mine. “That’s enough,” she said, and ordered the mine closed,... View Details

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Meet the PRIDE Club - MBA

East and North Africa South America United States Filters Read posts from Author Alumni Author Career and Professional Development Staff Author HBS Community Author HBS Faculty Author MBA Admissions Author... View Details

01 Mar 2005
News

A Dog’s Best Friend: Jim Hawes’s Charles River Rescue

Concurrently, Lewis and I, plus several others, formed the first U.S.-style venture fund in Asia, in Hong Kong, with Lewis as the working M.D., to do startup/early stage investments — usually the transfer of proven success models from North View Details

Keywords: Jim Hawes; heroism; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services

24 Apr 2014
News

Find your passion through purposeful action

Roseann Hassey (MBA 1987) talks about providing service to communities in need in New Orleans, Mexico, South Africa, and Haiti. (Published April 2014) View Details

21 Aug 2018
First Look

New Research and Ideas, August 21, 2018

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America Patient–Physician Gender Concordance and Increased Mortality Among Female Heart Attack Patients By: Greenwood, Brad, Seth Carnahan, and Laura Huang... View Details

Keywords: Dina Gerdeman

01 Dec 2002
News

Teaching Teachers

Casado says, students of fellow CPCL alum Michael T. Bendixen visited the FEA from the Wits Business School in Johannesburg, South Africa, to meet with faculty and graduate students and learn more about the university's approach to... View Details

26 Jan 2004
Research & Ideas

What Developing-World Companies Teach Us About Innovation

When most people think of innovation, they envision developed-world companies such as the U.S.A.'s IBM, Japan's Sony, South Korea's Samsung, Finland's Nokia, or Switzerland's Novartis, technology leaders that have stayed at the cutting... View Details

Keywords: by Donald N. Sull, Alejandro Ruelas-Gossi & Martin Escobari

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Celebrating Socioeconomic Diversity and Inclusion at HBS (Part 2) - MBA