Least Developed Countries - Publications - Faculty & Research

06 Nov 2015
Blog Post

Casey Gerald: Becoming a Leader at HBS

Career and Professional Development “Take ECs to lunch” program, where they gave you meal vouchers to take ECs [second-years] to go to lunch with you. I decided to go through the entire second year resume book to find people that I call... View Details

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FIELD Global Immersion Resources: Ghana

lifestyles and the name of your GEO country (or Mobile and the name of the country) to locate. EMIS Useful for: emerging... View Details

27 Jun 2007
Lessons from the Classroom

Learning to Make the Move to CEO

executives in his classroom. While they come from countries around the world and from a variety of industries, they share a common characteristic. "They're at a point where it's valuable for them to stop and reflect," says... View Details

Keywords: by Julia Hanna; Education

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Leo Markel

Why was earning your MBA at Harvard Business School important to you? I came to Harvard Business School to further develop my leadership ability. While confident in my analytical skills, I recognized that I did not have the leadership... View Details

Keywords: Venture Capital / Private Equity; Financial Services; Other Financial Services; Nonprofit / Government

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FIELD Global Immersion Resources: Chile

results screen to refine your search Country information and data World Development Indicators Economist Intelligence Unit OECD Economic Surveys Chile News Factiva EMIS Alerts available. Click on... View Details

26 Mar 2019
Blog Post

SEI25 Series: Misan Rewane, MBA 2013, CEO, WAVE

relevant connections. How is the organization in which you’re involved pursuing social change? WAVE is currently building a movement of employers committed to hiring for competencies (over credentials) and educators committed to View Details

Keywords: Nonprofit / Government; Entrepreneurship

12 Sep 2016
Research & Ideas

What Brands Can Do to Monitor Factory Conditions of Suppliers

Uncovering Bad Factories All three studies were made possible by a social auditing company providing Toffel with data on more than 40,000 inspections in 66 countries that its auditors had conducted over several years. The first study,... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding

02 May 2008
What Do You Think?

What is the Future of State Capitalism?

shake and shift markets." One advisor to two sovereign funds, Jack Cramer, points out that at least in his experience "the funds are ... in no sense aggressive or eager to lead in a sector. As a rule, they want safe... View Details

Keywords: by Jim Heskett

01 Jun 2007
News

Power Trip

factors in how people gain access to power that have changed in ways that reflect how the country as a whole is evolving.” How did you develop the data that Paths to Power is based on? If you study art,... View Details

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

20 Sep 2018
Cold Call Podcast

Did Entrepreneur Ernesto Tornquist Help or Hurt Argentina?

Keywords: Re: Geoffrey G. Jones; Manufacturing

01 Jun 2016
News

Research Brief: The High Cost of Election Expectations

impact of a robust get out the vote effort. The trio visited the country multiple times to develop and roll out a text message campaign to encourage voting, which ultimately reached 2 million—about 40... View Details

Keywords: Erin Peterson

July 2011 (Revised August 2011)
Supplement

Renewing GE: The Africa Project (B)

By: David A. Thomas and Stephanie J. Creary

This case continues the story of the evolution of GE's business initiatives Africa. Between November 2010 and March 2011 several significant structural changes and leadership appointments were announced at GE, which reflected the company's commitment to global growth... View Details

Keywords: Organizational Change and Adaptation; Restructuring; Multinational Firms and Management; Developing Countries and Economies; Consumer Products Industry; Hong Kong; Africa; Republic of Ireland

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26 Jun 2000
Research & Ideas

Three Countries, Three Choices in Post-Soviet Eurasia

Why have various countries of the former Soviet Union taken such dramatically different economic paths since the Union's breakup? This has been a lingering puzzle of the post-Cold War period. Lithuania, for instance, has turned its... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace

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Strategies for Cross-National Regions - Institute For Strategy And Competitiveness

the pressure of a global economic slowdown, it is critical for nations to work together to develop regional strategies that improve competitiveness across borders. Strategies that coordinate economic policy among neighboring View Details

10 Apr 2023
Blog Post

Creating Emerging Markets Sustainability Series - Innovations to Address the Global Water Crisis

access to basic sanitation.” This stark reality demonstrates an urgent need for action in order to make meaningful progress towards the UN’s Sustainable Development Goal 6 of reaching universal access to drinking water, sanitation and... View Details

24 Oct 2017
Blog Post

The Latin American Community at HBS

Latin American is a state of being, not a regional denomination. Or at least that is what I learned at Harvard Business School. Upon arriving at HBS, members of the Latin American community took conscious steps to get acquainted with... View Details

12 Oct 1999
Research & Ideas

Women Leading Business: A New Kind of Conversation

Education staff.EE: What led you to develop the "Women Leading Business" forum? Hart: I'd observed in the School's Executive Education programs—AMP, PMD, and OPM, for example—that the women attending them loved meeting each... View Details

Keywords: Re: Myra M. Hart & Cynthia A. Montgomery

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Jeremy Andrus

chain, and selling. I worked for a while as a hotel developer for a Marriott franchisee. Before HBS, I was a management consultant at Monitor, which sharpened my perspective on business and industry strategy. I learned a huge amount at... View Details

Keywords: Entrepreneurship; Consumer Products; Entertainment / Media

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Globalization and Emerging Markets - Course Catalog

currently developed countries when they first emerged. The course should, in short, appeal to anyone considering spending part of their career working, investing, or thinking outside of the major View Details

07 Jul 2015
First Look

First Look: July 7, 2015

Successful Products for Emerging Markets By: Winter, Amos, and Vijay Govindarajan Abstract—Multinationals are starting to catch on to the logic of reverse innovation, in which products are designed first for consumers in low-income View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

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