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Latin America Research Centers

The Latin America Research Center (LARC) was opened in Buenos Aires in 2000, to satisfy strong interest on the part of the HBS faculty in this dynamic region. View Details
  • 09 May 2019

Information Session in Buenos Aires

Join us to learn more about the Harvard Business School MBA Program. This event is designed for prospective applicants to learn more about the MBA Program and life at HBS. You will have the opportunity to hear from local alumni about the value of the HBS MBA. View Details
  • 02 Aug 2023

Women's Breakfast in Buenos Aires

Join us before work for a casual breakfast and conversation with local HBS alumnae. This event is designed for prospective students to learn more about the MBA Program, the admissions process, and the community of women at HBS. View Details
  • 21 Jul 2014

HBS Information Session in Buenos Aires

This event is an opportunity to learn more about the MBA program at Harvard Business School. The event will include a presentation from alumni and a member of the MBA Admissions Board. A reception will follow the presentation. Advance registration is required. View Details
  • 02 Aug 2023

HBS Information Session in Buenos Aires

Join us for an in-person information session about the Harvard Business School MBA Program. This event is designed for prospective applicants to learn more about the MBA Program and life at HBS. The event will include an admissions presentation and the opportunity to... View Details
  • 16 Jul 2013

General Outreach Event in Buenos Aires

This event is for prospective students to learn more about the MBA program at Harvard Business School. It will take place from 7:00-9:00pm ART. Registration is required. View Details
  • 22 Aug 2017

HBS Information Session in Buenos Aires

Join us for an information session about the Harvard Business School MBA Program. This event is designed for prospective applicants to learn more about the MBA Program and life at HBS. The event will include an Admissions presentation and a panel discussion with local... View Details
  • 07 Apr 2017
  • News

Transforming the “Misery Towns” of Buenos Aires

When economist Horacio Rodríguez Larreta (MBA 1993) was elected mayor of Argentina’s capital in 2015, he promised to address conditions in the city’s slums, which house about a quarter million of the city’s 3 million people. A recent article in the Financial Times... View Details
Keywords: Administration of Housing Programs, Urban Planning, and Community Development; Government
  • 19 Jul 2015
  • News

Horacio Rodríguez Larreta Wins Buenos Aires Mayoral Election

Keywords: Government
  • 23 Apr 2015

HBS & HKS Information Session in Buenos Aires

This event is designed for prospective applicants to learn more about the graduate programs at Harvard Business School and Harvard Kennedy School. The event will include admissions presentations and the opportunity to ask questions to alumni from each school. A... View Details
  • September 2001 (Revised July 2009)
  • Case

Buenos Aires Embotelladora S.A. (BAESA): A South American Restructuring

By: Stuart C. Gilson and Gustavo A. Herrero
In 1998, BAESA, PepsiCo's largest bottler and distributor outside North America, experienced severe financial difficulty and had to restructure its debt and business operations to avoid bankruptcy or liquidation. Based in Argentina, with operations throughout South... View Details
Keywords: Restructuring; Borrowing and Debt; Insolvency and Bankruptcy; Bonds; Stocks; Multinational Firms and Management; Laws and Statutes; United States; Argentina; Brazil
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  • 08 Aug 2020

Get to Know HBS Series: MBA Tour in Buenos Aires

HBS Admissions staff will be at this virtual MBA Tour stop to meet prospective MBA candidates. View Details
  • 19 Dec 2023

Coffee Chat with Current Student in Buenos Aires (11 AM)

Join current HBS student, Josefina Bouzat, in a casual setting to hear more about life as a full-time MBA student at Harvard Business School. This session will primarily be an informal Q&A, so come prepared with your questions! View Details
  • 19 Dec 2023

Coffee Chat with Current Student in Buenos Aires (10 AM)

Join current HBS student, Josefina Bouzat, in a casual setting to hear more about life as a full-time MBA student at Harvard Business School. This session will primarily be an informal Q&A, so come prepared with your questions! View Details
  • April 2003
  • Article

The Role of Wages and Auditing during a Crackdown on Corruption in the City of Buenos Aires

By: Rafael Di Tella and Ernesto Schargrodsky
We study the prices paid for basic inputs during a crackdown on corruption in the public hospitals of the city of Buenos Aires, Argentina, during 1996 97. We find a well-defined, negative effect on the measures used to capture corruption. Prices paid by hospitals for... View Details
Keywords: Crime and Corruption; Compensation and Benefits; Accounting Audits; Buenos Aires
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  • March 2024 (Revised February 2025)
  • Case

Doing Business in Buenos Aires, Argentina

By: Joseph B. Fuller, Alan D. MacCormack, Nori Gerardo Lietz, Leonard A. Schlesinger, Karina Souza and Zeke Gillman
This case examines the challenges and opportunities of doing business in Argentina. It highlights Argentina's economic and political transformation in the decades leading up to 2024. The case gives an overview of some of the main obstacles faced by businesses operating... View Details
Keywords: Business History; Business and Government Relations; Corporate Strategy; Transformation; Economy; Air Transportation; Air Transportation Industry; Transportation Industry; Argentina; Latin America; Buenos Aires
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  • 2000
  • Working Paper

The Role of Wages and Auditing during a Crackdown on Corruption in the City of Buenos Aires

By: Rafael Di Tella and Ernesto Schargrodsky
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  • 01 Aug 2000
  • Research & Ideas

A Latin American Vision: New HBS Research Center Opens

Fernando de la Rua, the President of Argentina noted, "This is an historic day," about the opening of the School's new Latin America Research Center in Buenos Aires. Speaking as guest of honor at the Center's inaugural dinner on... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
  • March 2005 (Revised August 2007)
  • Case

Aguas Argentinas: Settling a Dispute

By: Louis T. Wells Jr. and Alexandra de Royere
The French-owned Aguas Argentinas faces a demand from the Argentine government that it renegotiate its concession to operate the Buenos Aires water and sewage services. The company must decide whether to continue with efforts to settle on a new contract or to exercise... View Details
Keywords: Foreign Direct Investment; Contracts; Infrastructure; Privatization; Business and Government Relations; Conflict and Resolution; Business Strategy; Utilities Industry; France; Buenos Aires
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  • February 2007
  • Article

The Formation of Beliefs: Evidence from the Allocation of Land Titles to Squatters

By: Rafael Di Tella, Sebastian F. Galiani and Ernesto S. Schargrodsky
We study the formation of beliefs in a squatter settlement in the outskirts of Buenos Aires exploiting a natural experiment that induced an allocation of property rights that is exogenous to the characteristics of the squatters. There are significant differences in the... View Details
Keywords: Values and Beliefs; Property
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