Publications

January 2025 (Revised April 2025)
Case

Mercado Libre: The Best Is Yet to Come

By: Krishna G. Palepu, Fernando Fragueiro, Carla Larangeira and Mariana Cal

In 2024, Marcos Galperín, CEO and co-founder of Mercado Libre, reflected on its 25-year rise as Latin America’s largest marketplace, fintech leader, and most valuable public company. With operations spanning 18 countries and a robust ecosystem combining e-commerce,... View Details

September 1995 (Revised March 1998)
Supplement

Argentina's YPF Sociedad Anonima (B-1)

By: Michael Y. Yoshino and Carin-Isabel Knoop

Supplements the (B) case. View Details

Keywords: United States; Argentina

May 2001 (Revised January 2010)
Case

Submarino.com (A)

By: Lynda M. Applegate, Meredith Collura and Luiz Felipe Monteiro

Enables a thorough analysis of Submarino.com, a B2C e-commerce company with a presence in Brazil, Argentina, Mexico, Spain, and Portugal. Examines the company's global operations as well as its organizational design and operating and management capabilities. Considers... View Details

Keywords: Business Model; Globalized Firms and Management; Operations; Organizational Design; Strategy; Internet; Retail Industry; Portugal; Spain; Mexico; Argentina; Brazil

09 Jan 2007
First Look

First Look: January 9, 2007

Argentina y Americana Doctor Emilio Ravignani 29 (2006) Abstract Durante la segunda mitad del siglo XIX y el primer tercio del XX la expansion agraria desempeñó un papel central en la formación del capitalismo argentino. Articulando este... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

24 Oct 2006
First Look

First Look: October 24, 2006

and environmental standards. Natura began to seek international markets in 1982, but experienced many setbacks until surviving the economic crisis in Argentina in 2001. The company opened operations in France and Mexico in 2005, and the... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

19 Mar 2013
First Look

First Look: March 19

Electronic Monitoring Authors:Di Tella, Rafael, and Ernesto Schargrodsky Publication:Journal of Political Economy Abstract We study criminal recidivism in Argentina by focusing on the re-arrest rates of two groups: individuals released... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

April 2013 (Revised October 2014)
Case

SaferTaxi: Connecting Taxis and Passengers in South America

By: Peter Coles and Benjamin Edelman

SaferTaxi, a taxi booking service in South America must develop its mobilization strategy; that is, it must attract enough passengers and drivers to make its service worthwhile for all. Drivers hesitate to pay for SaferTaxi's smartphones and service unless these will... View Details

Keywords: Taxi Booking; Smartphone; Transportation Networks; Network Effects; Laws and Statutes; South America; Argentina; Brazil; Chile

07 Jun 2011
First Look

First Look: June 7

born in Argentina in 2003 to provide software services to established companies in the developed world. After reaching sales of $57 million in 2010, the company ponders its next steps to achieve $500 million in revenues by 2015. Purchase... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

05 Dec 2017
Research & Ideas

What We've Learned from 101 Entrepreneurs in Emerging Markets

first interviewees in Argentina and Chile were from business cultures which were discrete and did not welcome publicity. Our initial target was to transform research on business in emerging markets by providing a wholly new source of... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne

24 Mar 2015
First Look

First Look: March 24

is the recent expansion of the company into value-added protein products in a division called JBS Foods. Purchase this case: https://cb.hbsp.harvard.edu/cbmp/product/515066-PDF-ENG Harvard Business School Case 515-069 Note on Agriculture in View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

21 Aug 2000
Research & Ideas

Faculty Research Looks to Latin America

you need to be doing." Family Ties Professor Pankaj Ghemawat teaches the elective course Globalization and Strategy. Current research, with Professor Tarun Khanna: "Family Ties and the Management of Business Groups: Evidence from View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace

24 Apr 2018
First Look

First Look at New Research and Ideas, April 24, 2018

more than a material exchange in labor relations). Third, we study survey data for the 1990s on the beliefs of Peronist and non-Peronist voters in Argentina and Democrat and Republican voters in the United States. While income and... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

September 2016
Case

Financial Services at Falabella (A)

By: C. Fritz Foley and Agustin M. Hurtado

In 2010, the board and senior management team of Falabella, a leading retailer with operations throughout Latin America, faced choices about what to do with its financial services division. More than 4.5 million customers had CMR credit cards that could be used in... View Details

Keywords: Consumer Credit; Financial Institutions; Personal Finance; Financial Management; Financial Strategy; Corporate Strategy; Banking Industry; Retail Industry; Latin America; Chile; Argentina; Colombia; Peru

01 Apr 2008
First Look

First Look: April 1, 2008

emerge. Purchase this case: http://www.hbsp.harvard.edu/b01/en/common/item_detail.jhtml?id=308013 Club Atlético Boca Juniors Harvard Business School Case 508-056 Club Atlético Boca Juniors is the most popular soccer club in Argentina and... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

May 2003 (Revised May 2004)
Case

Submarino.com (B)

By: Lynda M. Applegate and Luiz Felipe Monteiro

Supplements the (A) case. View Details

Keywords: Organizational Design; Globalized Firms and Management; Management Skills; Growth Management; Retail Industry; Web Services Industry; Brazil; Argentina; Mexico; Spain; Portugal