Least Developed Countries - Publications - Faculty & Research

01 Dec 2010
News

Iron Lady

OTEH: “Local and international investors need to understand that things have changed” in Nigeria. On the fiftieth anniversary of Nigeria’s independence, one key player who wants to see the oil-rich country truly fulfill its promise is... View Details

Keywords: Finance

01 Oct 2001
News

A Janus-Faced Reflection

is what 40 used to be," but I nurture the sneaky belief that our future will be at least as interesting as our past. Ours was the first, or nearly the first MBA class made up principally of the Not-Greatest Generation, born between 1946... View Details

Keywords: Walter Kiechel; Publishing Industries (except Internet); Information; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services

02 Jun 2003
Research & Ideas

Why Have Marketers Ignored America’s Man-of-Action Hero?

conformist organization men. Likewise, even the most potent rebel is understood either as a tragic figure (as in the case of Hank Williams) or as a childish Peter Pan (as in the case of Howard Stern). American men find both the breadwinner and the rebel appealing, but... View Details

Keywords: by Manda Salls

19 Aug 2013
News

Bees Make a Sweet Deal for African Farmers

value to their products. At the time, Keshavjee was the head of the Aga Khan Foundation in East Africa, a major development agency, and believed that the best way to sustain health and education initiatives was through income generation... View Details

Keywords: Agriculture; Finance; Health, Social Assistance; Management

April 2005 (Revised November 2005)
Case

Tata Consultancy Services Iberoamerica

By: Michael Chu and Gustavo Herrero

To launch its Latin American operations, the Indian IT giant Tata Consultancy Services recruits a seasoned executive who becomes the only non-Indian member of senior management. Reviews the start-up operations, from the site selection to staffing and training, the... View Details

Keywords: Business Startups; Developing Countries and Economies; Initial Public Offering; Investment; Globalization; Human Resources; Selection and Staffing; Management Teams; Emerging Markets; Problems and Challenges; Consulting Industry; Latin America

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01 Mar 2004
News

Chinese Premier Speaks at HBS

development are linked. He also declared that respect for private property rights is now a fact in both “law and practice.” China, Wen concluded, is “a country in reform and opening up and a rising power... View Details

Keywords: Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services; Executive, Legislative, and Other General Government Support; Government

08 Feb 2018
Op-Ed

What’s Missing From the Debate About Trump’s Tax Plan

those who claim them, while cuts to mortgage interest and state and local tax deductions can be seen as efforts to get the government out of the business of distorting prices. “Discussing values gives the country the opportunity to choose... View Details

Keywords: by Matthew Weinzierl

03 Jun 2016
News

Again in a Great City

history. As the 68-year-old real estate developer navigates the central business district, he sketches an idiosyncratic map of the city—almost three decades of knowledge of what each piece of property used to be, what it could have been,... View Details

Keywords: April White; photographed by Brian Kelly

09 Jan 2020
News

Advancing Change

that change may be taking place somewhere beyond what you currently see. You have to be out there to see it. The new CEO in one of America’s major Fortune 20 companies encourages his executives to do at least one thing that’s new and... View Details

05 Sep 2008
What Do You Think?

Is Case Method Instruction Due for an Overhaul?

Summing Up Is the case method gaining relevance over time? Case method instruction may not be perfect, but to paraphrase Winston Churchill's view of democracy (and Sameer Kamat's response to the column), it's better than the alternatives. At View Details

Keywords: by Jim Heskett; Education

14 Jun 2004
Research & Ideas

The Big Money for Big Projects

alone needs $2 trillion of infrastructure investment over the next ten years to maintain its current standard of living. Yet most developing countries lack the necessary capital and have little ability to... View Details

Keywords: by Ann Cullen; Financial Services

01 Mar 2009
News

Repurposing Leaders to Attack Social Problems

difference.” IBM’s Hans Ulrich Maerki, a Swiss native, commented, “I hope that when we talk about leadership, we talk about globalized leadership between countries and generations.” He added, “Maybe I can bring something to the table, but... View Details

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

01 Oct 2001
News

Q&A: Orin Smith

focused on partnership developments in Europe. We're in most countries in the Asia-Pacific region and the Middle East already — we even have some presence in China, in Beijing, Shanghai, and Hong Kong.... View Details

Keywords: Hanna, Julia; Hospitality; Food and Beverage Stores; Retail Trade

10 Feb 2009
First Look

First Look: February 10, 2009

for fresh fruit and vegetables and a third-party certification system to monitor compliance. By 2008, the GLOBALGAP standard had expanded to cover coffee, tea, livestock, and aquaculture. Over 90,000 producers in 87 countries had been... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

01 Feb 2002
News

Egawa Heads New Research Office in Japan

the country in the 1970s and 1980s - ideas such as lifetime employment, cross-shareholding, and keiretsu (Japanese corporate groupings) - are currently undergoing fundamental changes and offer fascinating research possibilities. With the... View Details

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

30 Jan 2012
News

Shopping Around

Calabrese: "Never mistake motion for action." Courtesy Julia Calabrese A commercial real-estate mogul who quotes Hemingway? That would be Julia Calabrese (OPM 22, 1995), CEO at London-based McArthurGlen Group UK Ltd., a leading owner, manager, and View Details

Keywords: real estate; shopping; Clothing and Clothing Accessories Stores; Retail Trade

30 Nov 2018
What Do You Think?

What’s the Best Administrative Approach to Climate Change?

Summing Up: Should a 'Montreal Protocol' for Administering Global Warming Be Pursued? Climate change and how to manage it is a daunting subject. Nevertheless, several readers of this month’s column were willing to venture a model or two for administering a system... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett; Energy

01 Mar 2012
News

Competitiveness at Risk

Rivkin, the Bruce V. Rauner Professor of Business Administration. Over the coming months, Porter, Rivkin, and a number of HBS faculty involved with the project will participate in a series of alumni events across the country designed to... View Details

Keywords: Roger Thompson; Educational Support Services; Educational Services

July 2001 (Revised February 2004)
Case

Gerdau (A)

By: Joseph L. Bower, Luiz Felipe Monteiro and Sonja Ellingson Hout

Gerdau Group is a family-controlled Brazilian manufacturer and distributor of long steel products. Describes the evolution of the company's strategy, organization, and smart management, making it the No. 2 steel producer in Brazil. The company must decide whether to... View Details

Keywords: Mergers and Acquisitions; Family Business; Decision Choices and Conditions; Developing Countries and Economies; Globalization; Competitive Strategy; Steel Industry; Manufacturing Industry; Brazil; United States