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FIELD Global Immersion Resources: Colombia

Where can I find country, industry and market information and news about Colombia to help me with FIELD Global Immersion?

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01 Sep 2010
News

Noted & Quoted

90 and 95 percent of all the residential mortgages this year have been insured by, guaranteed by, or securitized by the government.” — HBS senior lecturer Nicolas Retsinas noting that the government has kept the residential housing View Details

Keywords: Securities, Commodities, and Other Financial Investments; Finance; Hospitals; Health, Social Assistance

02 Jul 2015
Op-Ed

The Future of the Greek Economy

The view that "monetary sovereignty" independence could be used wisely does not take into account that the type of government that has driven Greece to the edge of the cliff is not the type of View Details

Keywords: by Laura Alfaro, Dante Roscini & George Serafeim; Banking

23 Sep 2010
News

A Firm Hand and Fewer Delays

Keywords: Professor David Scharfstein, Harvard professor of economics Jeremy Stein; capital regulation; Government; Government; Government

August 2011 (Revised February 2012)
Background Note

A Note on Water

By: Robert G. Eccles, Amy C. Edmondson, George Serafeim and Sarah E. Farrell

This note provides background on the complex issues regarding the supply and consumption of water and how this natural resource is at increasing risk, resulting in significant economic, political and environmental issues. View Details

Keywords: Economics; Government and Politics; Demand and Consumers; Supply and Industry; Risk and Uncertainty; Natural Environment; Pollutants; Environmental Sustainability

01 Jun 2009
News

Alumni Books

The People Factor: Strengthening America by Investing in Public Service by Linda J. Bilmes (MBA ’84) and W. Scott Gould (Brookings Institution Press) The authors argue that the federal government can achieve the same gains as the best... View Details

Keywords: Publishing Industries (except Internet); Information

01 Jun 2015
News

The Military and the MBA: Richard Kondo (MBA 1999)

“My most rewarding mission.” —Blending military leadership and private industry best practices Richard Kondo (MBA 1999) served as a US Navy Submarine Officer in Japan and later pursued a medical device career in marketing and business... View Details

Keywords: Government; Government

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Improving the Local & Regional Business Environment - Institute For Strategy And Competitiveness

HBS ISC Creating Shared Value CSV Creating Shared Value CSV Explained Emerging Topics CSV in Practice Published CSV Cases CSV Explained CSV Explained The Three Levels of CSV Adding a Social Dimension to Strategy Redefining Capitalism The New Role for View Details

05 May 2003
Research & Ideas

SEC Commissioner Sees “Healing and Reform”

point to history to make their case. The country's first major financial crisis—the Great Depression—led to the Securities Acts of 1933 and 1934, which effectively regulated the stock market for nearly seventy years, noted Goldschmid.... View Details

Keywords: by Catherine Walsh

08 Apr 2011
Research & Ideas

Will the Japan Disaster Remake the Landscape for Green Energy in Asia?

Even before the recent earthquake, tsunami, and nuclear meltdown in Japan, many parts of Asia had already begun investing in "green" energy. But the disaster has certainly upped the urgency of the discussions. “It's driven a lot of people to have a bit of a... View Details

Keywords: by Dennis Fisher; Energy; Utilities

winter 2005
Article

An Experimental Analysis of Ending Rules in Internet Auctions

By: Dan Ariely, Axel Ockenfels and A. E. Roth

Keywords: Theory; Governing Rules, Regulations, and Reforms; Internet and the Web; Auctions

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28 May 2007
Research & Ideas

How Property Ownership Changes Your World View

a home, and achieve some level of success, security, and happiness. But how does this vision change in parts of the world where property rights, if they are present at all, are threatened by weak law enforcement, corruption, crime, and arbitrary View Details

Keywords: by Julia Hanna

01 Mar 2016
News

Off Script

red tape to approve drugs? What is the drug industry’s own view on why there is this constant inflation in the cost of prescription drugs? —Etienne Locoh-Donou (MBA 2002) HASSAN: Governments are not good at managing View Details

Keywords: Insurance Carriers and Related Activities; Finance

October 2008 (Revised November 2009)
Case

Obama versus Clinton: The YouTube Primary

By: John A. Deighton and Leora Kornfeld

What was the role of the Internet in the contest for the Democratic presidential nomination between Senators Obama and Clinton? How does the role change in the shift from the Primary to the National election? The case examines media and content choices by each... View Details

Keywords: Political Elections; Knowledge Use and Leverage; Marketing Channels; Media; Internet; United States

August 2017 (Revised August 2018)
Case

Veracity Worldwide: Evaluating FCPA-Related Risks in West Africa

By: Aldo Musacchio and Sophus A. Reinert

Keywords: Risk and Uncertainty; Business and Government Relations; Crime and Corruption; Emerging Markets; Africa

September 2011
Case

Veracity Worldwide: Evaluating FCPA-Related Risks in West Africa

By: Aldo Musacchio

Keywords: Risk and Uncertainty; Business and Government Relations; Crime and Corruption; Emerging Markets; Africa

July 2004 (Revised September 2004)
Case

China and the WTO: Doing the Right Thing? (Abridged)

In late 2001, the People's Republic of China joined the World Trade Organization (WTO). Sets the terms of China's accession agreement against its compliance record some two years later. Discusses why key actors, such as business, organized labor, and other governments,... View Details

Keywords: History; International Relations; Judgments; Trade; Business and Government Relations; Development Economics; Governance Compliance; Emerging Markets; Economic Growth; Global Strategy; China