Publications

31 Jan 2017
Research & Ideas

Why These Business School Professors Oppose Trump's Executive Order on Immigration

obtain permanent entry for their work. Countries such as Canada and Chile actively courted those with U.S. visa troubles, including taking out billboard advertisements along highways in the Bay Area. But the troubles with the US... View Details

Keywords: by Staff

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Democratizing development: Inequality in Latin America | Institute for Business in Global Society

públicas, sugerindo papéis para as empresas na resolução desses problemas. Case studies Participants at the BiGS 2023 Global Leadership Roundtable in Latin America used these three case studies to debate business's role in addressing economic inequality. Beyond the... View Details

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Lena teaches the required first year MBA course on Leadership and Corporate Accountability, an elective second year MBA course on Law, Management and Entrepreurship, and an elective second year MBA course on Challenges and Opportunities in the Restaurant Industry. View Details

March 2007 (Revised August 2009)
Case

Will RacingThePlanet Ltd. Reach the Finish Line?

Mary Gadams, founder and CEO of RacingThePlanet is facing one of the many logistical crises that her young Hong Kong-based venture faces as it stages its popular 4Deserts(tm) adventure marathon series in Atacama Chile, Gobi Desert Mongolia, Sahara Desert Egypt, and... View Details

Keywords: Global Range; Business or Company Management; Logistics; Entrepreneurship; Globalization; Sports Industry; Entertainment and Recreation Industry; Hong Kong; Egypt; Mongolia; Chile; Antarctica

23 Oct 2007
First Look

First Look: October 23, 2007

http://www.hbsp.harvard.edu/b01/en/common/item_detail.jhtml?id=208029 Chile: The Conundrum of Inequality Harvard Business School Case 907-411 Following the violent overthrow of the Allende regime, Chile embarked on economic reforms that... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

08 May 2018
First Look

First Look at New Research and Ideas, May 8, 2018

and when should Cumplo begin to expand beyond Chile to other countries in Latin America? The company raised $1.4 million in its first three years, mainly from individual investors, and then issued new shares for $3 million in 2015. By... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

01 Feb 1999
News

All in the Family

global with its family business initiative. In Latin America, HBS has teamed up with Chile's Universidad Adolfo Ibáñez to offer a version of the Executive Education program titled "Perpetuating the Successful Family Company." Piloted in 1997, the program is now offered... View Details

Keywords: Marguerite Rigoglioso

08 Nov 2016
First Look

November 8, 2016

hectares of land in Chile and Argentina that he converted to protected areas and national parks. The Chouinard strategy represented best practice green entrepreneurship, which if widely adopted might markedly reduce the environmental... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

March 2021 (Revised June 2021)
Case

Scale and Scope at Drake Real Estate Partners

By: Christina R. Wing and David Lane

Realizing in early 2021 that their pending real estate investment fund would likely be oversubscribed, Drake Real Estate Partners co-founders Nicolás Ibáñez and David Cotterman were considering how best to continue to diversify their investor base and how to optimize... View Details

Keywords: Business Growth and Maturation; Family Business; Investment; Ownership; Value Creation; Financial Services Industry; Real Estate Industry; United States; Latin America; Chile

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

16 Jul 2013
First Look

First Look: July 16

Leadership Lessons from the Chilean Mine Rescue By: Rashid, Faaiza, Amy C. Edmondson, and Herman B. Leonard Abstract—Three years ago, when a cave-in at the San José mine in Chile trapped 33 men under 700,000 metric tons of rock, experts... View Details

Keywords: Anna Secino

30 Sep 2008
First Look

First Look: September 30, 2008

economies. Purchase this case: http://harvardbusinessonline.hbsp.harvard.edu/ b01/en/common/item_detail.jhtml?id=708486 Power Across Latin America: Endesa de Chile Harvard Business School Case 799-015 Endesa, a privatized Chilean... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

01 Dec 2012
News

FIELD Updates Greet Class of 2014

TATA IN TIP-TOP SHAPE: Members of the HBS community gathered on September 24 for a "topping off" ceremony to celebrate placement of the final steel beam in Tata Hall's ongoing construction. In his remarks, Dean Nitin Nohria recognized the efforts of the many... View Details

Keywords: FIELD program; Construction of Buildings; Construction

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

31 May 2016
First Look

May 31, 2016

https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=50189 Saving More in Groups: Field Experimental Evidence from Chile By: Kast, Felipe, Stephan Meier, and Dina Pomeranz Abstract—We test the impact of a peer group savings program on... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

10 Jan 2005
Research & Ideas

Motivation and the Cross-Sector Alliance

medicines. Furthermore, Chile offers no reimbursements for pharmaceutical expenses, so this tends to add to customers' negative disposition." To respond to this situation, FASA considered a possible collaboration with the Fundación... View Details

Keywords: by James Austin, Ezequiel Reficco & SEKN research team

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