Least Developed Countries - Publications - Faculty & Research

01 Mar 2017
News

Alumni and Faculty Books for March 2017

(Baldini & Castoldi) Forchielli offers sardonic advice to Italians, as seen in the book’s blurb in the Italian Amazon: If you are young, quick, just emigrate. Read a lot, especially the foreign press. If you do not know English, at least... View Details

24 Apr 2014
News

Transforming nonprofits with business-oriented insights that scale impact

their capacity and dramatically improve results. “Never, at least in recent history, have there been so many people who have been so engaged in trying to make their communities and the world a better place,” says Tierney, chairman of the... View Details

27 Mar 2012
First Look

First Look: March 27

http://www.hbs.edu/research/pdf/12-081.pdf Brides for Sale: Cross-Border Marriages and Female Immigration Authors:Daiji Kawaguchi and Soohyung Lee Abstract Every year, a large number of women migrate as brides from developing View Details

Keywords: Carmen Nobel

19 Jun 2020
Blog Post

Black MBA Students Pen Letters to the HBS Community: Letter 5/5

Black students in our community have spent the last few weeks grappling with the weight of a devastating truth: that our country and society has undeniably and systemically failed Black communities – and the false narrative that being... View Details

01 Mar 2011
News

The Path to Economic Revival

whether companies here will continue to be competitive in developing flat-panel display innovations. So exporting manufacturing ultimately drains away American innovation? Pisano: Absolutely. That’s the heart of our argument. That’s what... View Details

Keywords: Roger Thompson; Manufacturing

September 2004 (Revised May 2006)
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Bohemian Crowns: Ceskoslovenska Obchodni Banka (A)

By: Rawi E. Abdelal, Vincent Dessain and Monika Stachowiak

Tells the story of the Czech transition from a centrally planned to a free market economy, describing the first economic reforms, the fixed-exchange rate regime, and the voucher privatization. Also explains why, in the middle of the 1990s, the Czech Republic... View Details

Keywords: History; Currency Exchange Rate; Credit; Government Administration; Decisions; Economic Systems; Expansion; Mergers and Acquisitions; Developing Countries and Economies; Banks and Banking; Banking Industry; Czech Republic

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01 Aug 2008
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Has the Time Come for “Stretch” in Management?

mistakes") while attempting to achieve the goals. Joe Violette advised that, in his experience, stretch goals "have only succeeded (when) they are developed by the project team" (vs. management). The downside of stretch as... View Details

Keywords: by Jim Heskett

29 Oct 2020
Research & Ideas

The COVID Gender Gap: Why Fewer Women Are Dying

While all of these countries are part of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development and all have high income per capita and advanced health care systems, each was affected differently by the... View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman; Health

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

18 Apr 2022
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Home Grown

kind of scaling itself up and mobile internet coming to the foray, developing countries will actually kind of rise because you know, now every consumer would have a computing device in their hands. And if... View Details

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Jay Khil

nothing to do with China being the next business leader. It started because I liked Chinese music and pop stars. And if you want to learn the language, it’s best to go to the country itself.” With a [comparable?] appetite for the... View Details

20 Jul 2020
News

Responding to Racism Amid a Pandemic; LGBT Alumni Take Pride Celebration Online

Clubs News Clubs News Webinars Connect Black Alumni Taking Leadership in Turbulent Times Against the backdrop of a global pandemic, a shaky economy, and racial unrest across the country, the HBS African-American Alumni Association (HBSAAA) has quickly View Details

Keywords: Margie Kelley

18 Sep 2000
Research & Ideas

Big Deals: Financing Large-Scale Investments

countries with limited resources, implies that project finance should continue to loom large in the years ahead. Despite the magnitude of annual investment and recent growth, however, there has been relatively little academic work in this... View Details

Keywords: by Julia Hanna

27 Jul 2010
First Look

First Look: July 27

While some countries enjoy the opportunity to serve on this powerful body, most countries rarely, if ever, get that chance. This gives rise to the question: does board membership lead to higher funding from... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

01 Sep 2014
News

HBS Faculty Explore Ideas Around the World

responsibility shared by so many business leaders in countries with great income disparities. Learn more at www.hbs.edu/businesshistory/emerging-markets Global Case Writing Shaped by Faculty Interests Assistant Professor Doug Chung’s... View Details

Keywords: faculty research

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The Coming of Managerial Capitalism - Course Catalog

defined by how business leaders and other stakeholders operate. Course Content and Organization This course offers students an opportunity to explore the historical development of the United States as the View Details

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Arjun Goyal

Coming from a family of doctors, Arjun Goyal anticipated a life in clinical medicine in his home country of Australia. But when his education directed him to a year of research at the University of Oxford in the United Kingdom, where he... View Details

Keywords: Entrepreneurship; Health Care

22 Sep 2016
News

Building a Green Energy Grid

I figured the world didn’t need another wind developer as much as it needed someone who could figure out the transmission problem.” The complexity of expanding the US electric grid becomes clear when Skelly describes Clean Line’s $2.5... View Details

01 Sep 2003
News

Christian Bjelland

to success. “Museums give people a sense of their roots,” he observes, “a chance to look back at their cultural heritage, which is especially important for a small country like ours. But they also give people wings to explore new aspects... View Details

Keywords: Deborah Blagg; Museums, Historical Sites, and Similar Institutions; Arts, Entertainment

03 May 2019
News

Giving Voice to Black and Hispanic Women

investment in terms of making a decision to develop a magazine that will speak volumes about how these two communities, particularly Hispanic women and black women, are going to make a difference in the lives of all of us as we continue... View Details

Keywords: Publishing Industries (except Internet); Information

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