Developing Countries And Economies - Publications - Faculty & Research

14 Mar 2023
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How I Spent My 2+2 Deferral: Dyllan Muller

Unilever, for the first time in my life I felt the freedom to put my own personal development ahead of my academic and career aspirations. What did I eventually decide to do? I became a digital nomad. I took... View Details

29 Jan 2018
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How 'Teaming' Saved 33 Lives in the Chilean Mining Disaster

Workers test the NASA-engineered capsule used to lift trapped miners to the surface. Hugo Infante/Government of Chile via Wikimedia Commons (Editor's Note: Amy Edmondson advises managers to think of teams as a verb, "teaming," which means to proactively build View Details

Keywords: by Amy C. Edmondson; Mining

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Faculty & Researchers - Managing the Future of Work

School, 2014. William R. Kerr Dimitri V. D'Arbeloff - MBA Class of 1955 Professor of Business Administration William Kerr is the D’Arbeloff Professor of Business Administration at Harvard Business School. Bill is Senior Associate Dean for Faculty View Details

04 Nov 2008
First Look

First Look: November 4, 2008

case permits the exploration of how and when companies in developing countries can leverage their domestic markets to build capabilities to serve global customers, by using... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

16 Mar 2023
Research & Ideas

Why Business Travel Still Matters in a Zoom World

Business School Associate Professor Prithwiraj Choudhury examined how, when, and whether nonstop flights could spark an increase in new ideas. In a broad examination of flight and patent data, Choudhury... View Details

Keywords: by Kara Baskin; Air Transportation

19 Apr 2010
Research & Ideas

The History of Beauty

Beauty Imagined: A History of the Global Beauty Industry is the first serious attempt to trace the history of the $330 billion global beauty industry and its large collection of fascinating entrepreneurs through View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne; Beauty & Cosmetics

25 Apr 2024
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Origin Stories

American Petroleum Institute. At Harvard and Harvard Business School, Hess learned the language of business and the languages of the countries where Hess did business,... View Details

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Online Business Strategy Course | HBS Online

Professionals General Managers Consultants and Investors Develop a powerful, value-based strategy to achieve greater success for your team and organization. Participating in... View Details

09 Feb 2009
Research & Ideas

Uncompromising Leadership in Tough Times

develop the organization and its people. So they do not cut all training and education. Nor do they cut employment without a lot of open communication about why they are doing... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace

03 Oct 2007
Research & Ideas

Dealing with the ‘Irrational’ Negotiator

aid and increased support for poor farmers in developing countries) instead created a predicament. If the nonprofits supported the legislation, they would be severing ties with their long-standing coalition... View Details

Keywords: by Deepak Malhotra & Max H. Bazerman

19 Sep 2023
Blog Post

2023 Summer Internships in Business & Environment

breakthrough technology and innovative business models. Audrey's role prior to HBS was a Senior Manager and Acting Zambia Country Director at One Acre Fund. Aman Baboolal (MBA... View Details

17 Jun 2015
Lessons from the Classroom

Excellence Comes From Saying No

capital firm Polaris Partners, and former executive at Pfizer, Schulman has worked in some 90 countries around the world. "The key to creating collaborative teams within diverse environments, is to find... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding

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1.19 Immersive Field Courses (IFC) - MBA

allows second-year students to apply the knowledge and skills gained from their on-campus MBA coursework first-hand. A cornerstone of these courses is the expertise of faculty, who develop course content... View Details

06 Oct 2003
Research & Ideas

The Problem with Hedge Funds

developing problem. Yet years later the quality of the information available to the government to avoid even larger crises has not improved at all, although the number of hedge funds and their significance... View Details

Keywords: by D. Quinn Mills

02 Apr 2001
Research & Ideas

Not All M&As Are Alike—and That Matters

acquisitions and geographic roll-ups consolidate businesses, they can be difficult to tell apart except on a case-by-case basis. However, they vary in some fundamental ways. For one thing, their strategic rationales differ. Roll-ups are... View Details

Keywords: by Joseph L. Bower

06 Jul 2017
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How to teach civics in school

17 Dec 2020
News

Making Club History in Japan; Startup Accelerator Case Goes Virtual in Atlanta

making the HBS Club of Japan a source of inspiration and connection for alumni.” According to Tanaka, Japan ranks the lowest among developed countries in the World Economic... View Details

Keywords: Margie Kelley

February 2021
Case

Yellow Digital Retailers: Providing Solar Electricity to Transform Rural Africa

By: Lynda M. Applegate, Frank V. Cespedes and Michael Norris

In 2020, Mike Heyink and Maya Stewart, co-founders of the Pay-as-you-Go Solar company Yellow were considering how to grow their startup. They had achieved some success in their first market, Malawi, and had recently entered Uganda, where business was slower. What did... View Details

Keywords: Solar Energy; Business Model; Business Startups; Developing Countries and Economies; Alternative Energy; Renewable Energy; Social Entrepreneurship; Green Technology; Salesforce Management; Diversification; Expansion; Energy Industry; Africa; South Africa; Malawi; Uganda

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How Can I Prepare to Apply for Financial Aid at HBS? - MBA

Blog Blog MBA Voices Filter Results Arrow Down Arrow Up Read posts from Author Alumni Author Career and Professional Development Staff Author HBS Community Author HBS Faculty Author MBA Admissions Author MBA... View Details

16 Dec 2008
First Look

First Look: December 16, 2008

individuals in MBA and Executive MBA programs. Our third study developed survey measures of the six implicit voice theories identified in the prior two studies in a new sample of 265 adults with diverse work... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

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