Emerging Market - Publications - Faculty & Research

01 Jun 2012
News

Think Locally, Act Globally

mobile market in the world, with the lowest tariffs globally, a model that has been adopted elsewhere internationally, Mittal notes. Looking ahead, by diversifying into emerging business areas in India’s... View Details

Keywords: Garry Emmons; Telecommunications; Information

25 Jul 2016
Blog Post

Advice on Switching Careers While at HBS

merchandiser did or how to execute a strong digital marketing campaign. “Why would anyone already in retail even talk to me?” I wondered. The good news is there are a multitude of ways to get familiar with your desired industry here at... View Details

01 Apr 1997
News

The Businesslike Gourmet: Karen Page on America's Foodservice Industry

Karen Page (MBA '89) is a consultant to Fortune 500 food companies in marketing strategy, culinary trends, and new product development. With her husband, Andrew Dornenburg, a professional chef, she has written the award-winning Becoming a... View Details

12 Nov 2014
Op-Ed

A Challenge to the New Congress: Pass Housing Finance Reform

from the left and the right, set out to do just that. For the last two and a half years, we co-chaired the Commission's Mortgage Finance Reform Working Group. Remarkably, we saw consensus emerge from both parties on the goals of the new... View Details

Keywords: by Nicolas Retsinas & Rob Couch; Construction; Real Estate

25 Oct 2011
First Look

First Look: October 25

specifically at remedying criticisms leveled at the recent point system proposed by U.S. policymakers. Download the paper: http://www.hbs.edu/research/pdf/12-025.pdf Multi-Sided Platforms Authors:Andrei Hagiu and Julian Wright Abstract The economics of two-sided View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

10 May 2011
First Look

First Look: May 10

GUIDES framework for both developed countries (the OECD) and fast-growing emerging markets (the BRINCS countries). Purchase this note:http://cb.hbsp.harvard.edu/cb/product/711067-PDF-ENG View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

November 2003 (Revised March 2004)
Case

Drilling South: Petrobras Evaluates Pecom

By: Mihir A. Desai and Ricardo Reisen de Pinho

The Brazilian oil company, Petrobras, is evaluating the acquisition of an Argentine oil company, the Perez Companc Group (Pecom). The acquisition would increase Petrobras' oil reserves and expand its interests outside Brazil, a significant step for the largest company... View Details

Keywords: Mergers and Acquisitions; Forecasting and Prediction; Financial Crisis; Non-Renewable Energy; Cross-Cultural and Cross-Border Issues; Corporate Governance; Risk Management; Emerging Markets; State Ownership; Performance Evaluation; Risk and Uncertainty; Valuation; Energy Industry; Argentina; Brazil

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01 Jun 2016
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Alumni and Faculty Books for June 2016

within the confines society imposed. Integral Advantage: Revisiting Emerging Markets and Societies by Ronnie Lessem (MBA 1968) (Routledge) The BRIC countries are heralded for their double-digit economic... View Details

08 Jan 2019
First Look

New Research and Ideas, January 8, 2019

commons, which emerged well after Hardin wrote his seminal article. Unlike the physical world Hardin wrote about, the digital world is essentially infinitely abundant, which leads to a very different tragedy and many new opportunities.... View Details

Keywords: Dina Gerdeman

30 Nov 2016
Op-Ed

Where Could More Regulation Help Small Businesses? Online Lending.

experience. Not to be outdone, incumbents like JPMorgan Chase and Wells Fargo are also moving into online lending, in some cases partnering with emergent fintech players. Taken together, Morgan Stanley estimates online lending to small... View Details

Keywords: by Karen Mills and Brayden McCarthy; Financial Services

01 Mar 2014
News

Case Study: Gazelle's New Predators

million in revenue in 2013, up from $58 million in 2012. And it touts a Net Promoter Score—a customer-satisfaction indicator—in the low 80s, saying it is "significantly higher than Apple and Amazon, and nearly 50 points higher than phone carriers." But naturally, the... View Details

Keywords: ecommerce; Kathy Korman Frey; Telecommunications; Information; News, Library, Internet, and Other Services; Information; Retail Trade

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Digital Exhibits | Baker Library

iconic landscape photographer Ansel Adams. The South Sea Bubble, 1720 Explore one of the most extensive collections in the world relating to the first international stock market crash. An exhibition featuring selections from the... View Details

15 Nov 2024
News

Driving Change

Speaking to nearly 700 alumni at the Women’s Leadership Summit last week, HBS Professor Robin Ely addressed both current and emerging challenges facing women in leadership roles, while emphasizing the critical importance of continued... View Details

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Luciana Baigun

online platform for the economics community at the school – so she built one. Later, as an auction theory analyst with clients all over the world, she was struck by the ubiquity of mobile phones in India and how they allowed farmers to find the best View Details

27 Jul 2019
Op-Ed

Does Facebook's Business Model Threaten Our Elections?

investing billions of dollars and tens of thousands of employees and contractors to implement it. The market capitalization of the company dropped over $100 billion in one day, now roughly back to the pre-crisis level. At the same time,... View Details

Keywords: by George Riedel

25 Jun 2020
News

Covering All Corners

the pharmaceutical needs of emerging markets and has a strong presence in more than 40 countries throughout Africa and the Middle East-North Africa region. “We are a very purpose-driven team and believe in... View Details

01 Dec 2001
News

Q&A: John Quelch

regional business schools. One aspect of this effort is our annual Colloquium on Participant-Centered Learning, which brings faculty and business school leaders from universities in emerging economies to HBS to learn about case and course... View Details

Keywords: Deborah Blagg

15 Jan 2025
Blog Post

Building Bridges to Sustainable Infrastructure with Allied Climate Partners

The summer between my RC and EC years at HBS, I joined Allied Climate Partners (ACP) as a Summer Associate in New York. ACP, a philanthropy-backed investment firm, dedicates itself to catalyzing climate-related infrastructure projects in View Details

10 Jul 2000
Research & Ideas

Entrepreneurship in Europe

in the world is crazy." It's evident in labor markets, where the case of India and the software industry is just one example of how incredibly active things are right now. "Of course, the idea market is what scares us all,"... View Details

Keywords: by Kenneth Liss

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IFC: Japan; Exploring Japan's Innovation Ecosystem - Course Catalog

opportunities of conducting business and introducing innovation in Japan. Secondly, it demonstrates how innovation can emerge and diffuse by combining novel business models and marketing strategies. Thirdly,... View Details

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