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- 10 Jan 2005
- What Do You Think?
Public Pension Reform: Does Mexico Have the Answer?
disappointment and dissatisfaction? And yet, the aging workforces of developed countries around the world have created long-term fiscal challenges that are forcing their governments to address this issue... View Details
- 15 May 2015
- Blog Post
2+2: A "Liberating and Life-Altering" Choice
someone with an interest in the intersection of business and policy, particularly as it relates to generating economic development in the south, I soon began to find the opportunities and resources at HBS to be some of the best training... View Details
- 01 Sep 2009
- News
Letters to the Editor
met and conversed with Ted and told him that I had been conducting business with Russia and countries of the Soviet bloc. He was keen to hear about my thirty years of experience in dealing with the Soviets and intrigued to hear my opinion... View Details
- Fast Answer
FIELD Global Immersion Resources: Brazil
href="https://www.library.hbs.edu/Find/Databases/EMIS-Emerging-Markets-Information-System" target="_blank">EMIS ABI/ProQuest Click on Browse at the top of the screen On the next screen click on Business Monitor International (BMI) Industry Reports Click on Browse... View Details
- 24 Mar 2014
- Research & Ideas
The Surprising Link Between Language and Corporate Responsibility
Researchers have long shown that there are differences in how socially responsible companies depend on the culture of their country of origin. Companies located in countries including Germany, Japan, and... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding
- 02 Oct 2000
- What Do You Think?
What Lies Beyond NAFTA?
with the results that NAFTA has produced. But it seems not to have receded in interest among at least one group of readers of this column. The column "What Lies Beyond NAFTA?," with a focus on future responses to issues... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 01 Sep 2009
- News
Read All About It!
American enterprise, Koehn includes more than 100 Times news articles, dating from 1869 to 2003, while developing and analyzing three major themes: The Corporation, The Changing Nature of Work, and Defining Moments in Technology. Excerpts... View Details
- 22 Sep 2015
- News
Putting Entrepreneurial Skills to Work in City Hall
hard to help people, to make a difference in their lives, to make Boston a better place for jobs, a better place for families, and to give chances to kids to reach their full potential. We set, I hope, a bit of a standard for cities around the View Details
- Fast Answer
Water: reserves and usage
production with a thematic focus on different strategic water issues. Selected data tables from World’s Water series by Pacific Institute. AQUASTAT: Water usage database from the FAO (Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations); provides water... View Details
- 05 Oct 2016
- Blog Post
4 Things You Should Know about Entrepreneurship at HBS
startup. I think about at least one of those discussions every single day I’m working on ZipBooks. 4. An MBA from HBS will allow you to take some career risks I did my summer internship between RC and EC year at Google as a product... View Details
- 01 Jun 2006
- News
Chinese CEOs, Professors Study at HBS
needed in today’s global economy.” The GCPC addresses current business and management demands on Chinese CEOs, focusing on the effects of country differences on decision-making and organizational competitiveness. The program aims to... View Details
- October 2001 (Revised January 2002)
- Case
OAO YUKOS Oil Company
By: Malcolm S. Salter and Joshua N. Rosenbaum
This case presents the history and current position of Russia's second-largest oil company, YUKOS, as it seeks listing on the NYSE as an ADR and attempts to rid itself from a punishing "governance discount" by the capital markets. This is a company with a history of... View Details
Keywords: Stocks; Capital Markets; Corporate Governance; Developing Countries and Economies; Energy Sources; Energy Industry; Russia
Salter, Malcolm S., and Joshua N. Rosenbaum. "OAO YUKOS Oil Company." Harvard Business School Case 902-021, October 2001. (Revised January 2002.)
- 28 Jul 2016
- Blog Post
Why I’m Not Changing Careers after Business School
business in a new environment is among the best ways to build a greater understanding of global markets. My time on the continent also included visits to six other African countries and added to a number of other View Details
- February 2003 (Revised March 2006)
- Case
Asociacion Colombiana de Industrias Plasticas (Acoplasticos)
Acoplasticos was established in 1961 as a lobbying group for Colombia's major plastics manufacturing companies. In the early 1980s, the organization shifted its focus toward improving the productivity of the Colombian plastics and rubber cluster, which also included... View Details
Keywords: Cooperation; Information Technology; Alliances; Research and Development; Business and Government Relations; Performance Productivity; Developing Countries and Economies; Manufacturing Industry; Chemical Industry; Colombia
Porter, Michael E., and Willis M. Emmons III. "Asociacion Colombiana de Industrias Plasticas (Acoplasticos)." Harvard Business School Case 703-437, February 2003. (Revised March 2006.)
- 01 Jun 2024
- News
Crash Pad
hosted medical, law, and nonprofit offices. But by 2019, its small suites felt dated, and developers launched a four-year, $58 million project that would bring the building into the 21st century—not as offices, but as luxury apartments... View Details
- 22 Nov 2016
- Blog Post
Memoirs of an International First Year Student
There are going to be some cultural faux pas – at least likely to be, if you have never spent time in the USA or an international setting before. Do not fret over them but do learn from them. As an international student, one must also... View Details
- 20 Sep 2004
- Research & Ideas
How Consumers Value Global Brands
developing countries like China and India as they are in developed countries in Europe. What we didn't find was anti-American sentiment that... View Details
- 02 Jun 2021
- Blog Post
Paul’s Sabbatical Story: Hypothesis-testing by sabbaticals
stress-free time off. But his first real experiment in using time off for hypothesis-testing was going to business school. At HBS, he wanted to test whether he should work in international development and live abroad, or work in... View Details
- 01 Mar 2016
- News
Maiden Voyage
More than 80 countries have national space programs, spending a collective $64.5 billion in 2014, according to Euroconsult, a global consulting firm specializing in space markets. Approximately a dozen countries—if you count the 22... View Details
- January 2025
- Case
PayJoy: Financing for the Next Billion
By: Boris Groysberg and Sarah L. Abbott
PayJoy, an impact-driven financial technology company founded in 2015, provides smartphone financing and other financial products to customers who lack access to traditional credit products. As of early 2025, PayJoy had issued $2.5 billion in loans to 13 million... View Details
Keywords: Social Impact; Fintech; Underbanked; Algorithm; Data Analysis; Technology; Business Startups; Business Model; Growth and Development; Information Technology; Social Enterprise; Developing Countries and Economies; Credit; Mission and Purpose; Entrepreneurship; Financing and Loans; Financial Services Industry; Technology Industry; South America; South Africa; Asia; Latin America; Africa; Southeast Asia
Groysberg, Boris, and Sarah L. Abbott. "PayJoy: Financing for the Next Billion." Harvard Business School Case 425-036, January 2025.