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- February 2023 (Revised June 2023)
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Doing Business in São Paulo, Brazil
By: Hise O. Gibson, Leonard A. Schlesinger, Ruth Costas and Pedro Levindo
The case uses the example of a large investment made by French retail group Carrefour in Brazil to discuss the opportunities and challenges of doing business in the country. It gives readers an overview of Brazil’s economic transformation since its colonial years until...
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Keywords:
Business Cycles;
Development Economics;
Developing Countries and Economies;
Economic Growth;
Economic Sectors;
Economy;
Macroeconomics;
Business History;
Brazil;
Latin America
Gibson, Hise O., Leonard A. Schlesinger, Ruth Costas, and Pedro Levindo. "Doing Business in São Paulo, Brazil." Harvard Business School Case 323-084, February 2023. (Revised June 2023.)
- 24 Aug 2012
- News
As Marketers Stick With Cyclist, New Deals Are Unlikely
- 14 Nov 2011
- Research & Ideas
Creating a Global Business Code
Phases After publishing the final results of the multinational survey, the team plans to explore more focused research on companies headquartered in emerging markets such as Brazil, India, China, and Russia. In the meantime, the Global...
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by Carmen Nobel
- 12 Jan 2006
- News
What Do 'Hot Mamas' Want? Access to Capital, Markets
- March 2023
- Article
Reaching for Rigor and Relevance: Better Marketing Research for a Better World
By: Shilpa Madan, Gita Venkataramani Johar, Jonah Berger, Pierre Chandon, Rajesh Chandy, Rebecca Hamilton, Leslie John, Aparna Labroo, Peggy J. Liu, John G. Lynch, Nina Mazar, Nicole Mead, Vikas Mittal, Christine Moorman, Michael I. Norton, John Roberts, Dilip Soman, Madhu Viswanathan and Katherine White
Over the past several decades, scholars have highlighted the obligations and opportunities for marketing as a discipline to play a role in creating a better world — or risk becoming irrelevant for the largest problems facing consumers and society. Climate change,...
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Keywords:
COVID-19 Pandemic;
Marketing;
Social Issues;
Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact;
Business and Community Relations;
Research
Madan, Shilpa, Gita Venkataramani Johar, Jonah Berger, Pierre Chandon, Rajesh Chandy, Rebecca Hamilton, Leslie John, Aparna Labroo, Peggy J. Liu, John G. Lynch, Nina Mazar, Nicole Mead, Vikas Mittal, Christine Moorman, Michael I. Norton, John Roberts, Dilip Soman, Madhu Viswanathan, and Katherine White. "Reaching for Rigor and Relevance: Better Marketing Research for a Better World." Marketing Letters 34, no. 1 (March 2023): 1–12.
- February 2002 (Revised August 2002)
- Case
Inhale Therapeutics: Executing and Growing the Business Model
Inhale is about to bring a novel technology to market that uses inhalation to administer drugs that formerly required injection. Inhale must now decide which way to evolve its business model. This will determine the future direction of growth for the company.
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Keywords:
Business Model;
Technological Innovation;
Health Care and Treatment;
Growth and Development Strategy;
Medical Devices and Supplies Industry
Chesbrough, Henry W., and Gillian Morris. "Inhale Therapeutics: Executing and Growing the Business Model." Harvard Business School Case 602-132, February 2002. (Revised August 2002.)
- May 2003 (Revised October 2003)
- Case
BEA Systems, Inc.: Constant Reinvention to Cope with Market Waves
Developed in 1995 as a specialist software vendor, BEA Systems, Inc. had already transformed itself twice from a transaction processing product company to a server application provider. By July 2002, it had become the fastest company in history to reach $1 billion in...
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Keywords:
Organizational Change and Adaptation;
Digital Platforms;
Business Growth and Maturation;
Management Practices and Processes;
Applications and Software;
Entrepreneurship;
Organizational Culture;
Web Services Industry;
Information Technology Industry
Sull, Donald N., Ramiro Montealegre, and Jeannette Dale. "BEA Systems, Inc.: Constant Reinvention to Cope with Market Waves." Harvard Business School Case 803-118, May 2003. (Revised October 2003.)
- March 2024
- Case
Doing Business in São Paulo, Brazil
The case gives readers an overview of key factors of doing business in Brazil, including Brazil’s economic transformation since its colonial years until 2023, when leftist President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva was sworn in for his third term, after the most polarized...
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Keywords:
Business Cycles;
Developing Countries and Economies;
Economic Growth;
Economic Sectors;
Economy;
Macroeconomics;
Business History;
International Relations;
Political Elections;
Taxation;
Consumer Behavior;
Brazil;
Latin America;
Sao Paulo
Alfaro, Laura, Hise O. Gibson, Leonard A. Schlesinger, and Pedro Levindo. "Doing Business in São Paulo, Brazil." Harvard Business School Case 324-079, March 2024.
- 17 Jul 2017
- Working Paper Summaries
The Relevance of Broker Networks for Information Diffusion in the Stock Market
- 09 Mar 2003
- Research & Ideas
Six Keys to Building New Markets by Unleashing Disruptive Innovation
attacks. 2. Disruptive businesses either create new markets or take the low end of an established market. There are two distinct types of disruptive innovations. The first type creates a new View Details
- 05 Nov 2019
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Best Business Books 2019: Strategy
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Online Digital Marketing Strategy Course | HBS Online
which marketing funnel stage to prioritize given key business objectives 5 hrs Module 3 Acquiring Customers, Part 1: Paid Media Learn the differences between paid, owned, and earned media and how and when to...
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- 23 Mar 2011
- Working Paper Summaries
Do US Market Interactions Affect CEO Pay? Evidence from UK Companies
- 17 Dec 2001
- Research & Ideas
Venture Capital: Hot Markets and Current Industry Trends
Although plenty has changed for venture capitalists with the slowing of the economy and market upheavals, there are still plenty of opportunities for entrepreneurs and those who fund them, said panelists at the 2001 Harvard View Details
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by Julia Hanna
- 2023
- Working Paper
When Insurers Exit: Climate Losses, Fragile Insurers, and Mortgage Markets
By: Pari Sastry, Ishita Sen and Ana-Maria Tenekedjieva
This paper studies how homeowners insurance markets respond to growing climate losses and how this impacts mortgage market dynamics. Using Florida as a case study, we show that traditional insurers are exiting high risk areas, and new lower quality insurers are...
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Insurance;
Natural Disasters;
Governing Rules, Regulations, and Reforms;
Insurance Industry;
Florida
Sastry, Pari, Ishita Sen, and Ana-Maria Tenekedjieva. "When Insurers Exit: Climate Losses, Fragile Insurers, and Mortgage Markets." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 24-051, February 2024. (SSRN Working Paper Series, No. 4674279, December 2023.)
- Web
Our Curriculum - Business History
Courses Our Curriculum HBS has been offering business history courses since 1927. There are three business history courses currently taught in the MBA curriculum: The Coming of Managerial Capitalism,...
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- May 2010
- Article
Does Product Market Competition Lead Firms to Decentralize?
By: Nicholas Bloom, Raffaella Sadun and John Van Reenen
There is a widespread sense that over the last two decades firms have been decentralizing decisions to employees further down the managerial hierarchy. Economists have developed a range of theories to account for delegation, but there is less empirical evidence,...
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Keywords:
Product;
Markets;
Competition;
Business Ventures;
Geographic Location;
Employees;
Research;
Programs;
Decisions
Bloom, Nicholas, Raffaella Sadun, and John Van Reenen. "Does Product Market Competition Lead Firms to Decentralize?" American Economic Review: Papers and Proceedings 100, no. 2 (May 2010): 434–438.
- April 1983
- Article
The Market for Corporate Control: The Scientific Evidence
By: M. C. Jensen and R. S. Ruback
Keywords:
Business Ventures
Jensen, M. C., and R. S. Ruback. "The Market for Corporate Control: The Scientific Evidence." Journal of Financial Economics 11, nos. 1-4 (April 1983): 5–50. (Reprinted in The Modern Theory of Corporate Finance, edited by M.C. Jensen and C. W. Smith. New York: McGraw-Hill Book Company, 1984.)
- January 1983 (Revised September 1983)
- Case
E.T. Phone Home, Inc.: Forecasting Business Demand
By: John F. Cady and Frank V. Cespedes
Describes a process for forecasting market demand for an emerging technology--cellular radio. The student must critically evaluate the demand model and the market estimates, and modify them as appropriate in order to develop a marketing plan and budget.
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Keywords:
Budgets and Budgeting;
Forecasting and Prediction;
Marketing Strategy;
Demand and Consumers;
Business Processes;
Technology
Cady, John F., and Frank V. Cespedes. "E.T. Phone Home, Inc.: Forecasting Business Demand." Harvard Business School Case 583-121, January 1983. (Revised September 1983.)
- Web
EMIS (Emerging Markets Information System) | Baker Library
EMIS (Emerging Markets Information System) Country and company information on Africa, Asia, Australia, Europe, and the Middle East. Read More Includes country profiles; macroeconomic statistics, forecasts, and analysis; reports on...
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