Publications

01 Dec 2015
News

Complements to the Case Method

productive,” says former student Nami Singhal (MBA 2013), now an associate at asset management firm AQR Capital Management. Singhal’s team made a bet that Argentina would default during its debt crisis; they were eventually proved right.... View Details

19 Jul 2015
News

Horacio Rodríguez Larreta Wins Buenos Aires Mayoral Election

Keywords: Government

September 1995 (Revised March 1998)
Supplement

Argentina's YPF Sociedad Anonima (B-1)

By: Michael Y. Yoshino and Carin-Isabel Knoop

Supplements the (B) case. View Details

Keywords: United States; Argentina

16 Apr 2001
Research & Ideas

Making the Most of Government Upheaval

According to Oliva and Suarez, YPF, Argentina's formerly state-owned oil company, is one example of a company's transformation following economic reform. Unlike Chile, which modified its economic policies gradually under the Pinochet regime, View Details

Keywords: by Nancy O. Perry

July 2020
Case

Karen Bruck: Growing Managers at MercadoLibre

By: Joshua D. Margolis, Fernanda Miguel and Mariana Cal

Karen Bruck, Corporate Sales Director at MercadoLibre, Latin America's largest e-commerce platform, needs to make a decision about one of her managers, who, while analytically savvy, has an approach that does not fit in with the company's culture. View Details

Keywords: Performance Evaluation; Employee Relationship Management; Decision Making; Interpersonal Communication; Organizational Culture; Retail Industry; Latin America; Argentina

December 2018
Case

Soybean Production in Argentina: The Duhau Group

By: José B. Alvarez and Mariana Cal

Crop-planning was affected by macroeconomic factors including international disputes, commodity prices, local tax, and agricultural policies, etc. Enrique and Alejandro Duhau, co-owners of the Duhau Group, analyzed these factors, as well as technical and financial... View Details

Keywords: Trade Negotiations; Soybeans; Production; Trading; Agribusiness; Decision Making; Plant-Based Agribusiness; Decision Choices and Conditions; Decisions; Economics; Macroeconomics; Goods and Commodities; Government and Politics; International Relations; Trade; Agriculture and Agribusiness Industry; South America; Argentina

Article

Online and Official Price Indexes: Measuring Argentina's Inflation

By: Alberto Cavallo

Prices collected from online retailers can be used to construct daily price indexes that complement official statistics. This paper studies their ability to match official inflation estimates in five Latin American countries, with a focus on Argentina, where official... View Details

Keywords: Inflation; Online Price Index; Economics; Macroeconomics; Inflation and Deflation; Price; Latin America; Argentina

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January 2015 (Revised November 2016)
Case

La Martina: Leveraging Polo's Luxury Lifestyle

By: Anat Keinan, Maria Fernanda Miguel and Sandrine Crener

Founded in 1984 in Buenos Aires, Argentina, La Martina has grown from a high-end polo equipment company into a global fashion brand with operations in 56 countries. Polo, which is not only a sport but also a way of life, is at the core of the brand DNA. Polo is a... View Details

October 1999
Case

Argentina's YFP Sociedad Anonima (E): A New Era

By: Michael Y. Yoshino, Carin-Isabel Knoop and Cate Reavis

In June 1999, Spain's former state-owned oil giant Repsol, acquired 97% of YPF, despite opposition from YPF management. The case describes the status of the two companies at the time of the acquisition and highlights concerns expressed by industry analysts on the deal. View Details

Keywords: Non-Renewable Energy; State Ownership; Acquisition; Decisions; Profit; Privatization; Corporate Strategy; Mining Industry; Energy Industry; Argentina; Spain

01 Dec 2002
News

Building a Network for Social Enterprise in Latin America

Consortium between Universidad de San Andrés, Universidad Torcuato Di Tella, and CEDES (a public policy think tank), Argentina Faculdade de Economia, Universidade de São Paulo, Brazil The HBS Initiative on Social Enterprise (ISE) was... View Details

05 Apr 2016
Blog Post

Summer Internships in the JD/MBA Program

for two years. During this time, I spent approximately three weeks out of every month traveling to Mexico, Brazil, Argentina and other countries throughout the region. This was a tremendous opportunity for me as I enjoy traveling, but... View Details

19 Jul 2016
First Look

July 19, 2016

well as theory and empirical research on the organizational outcomes of private political activism for social change. Download working paper: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=51347 The Costs of Sovereign Default: Evidence from View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

08 Dec 2015
First Look

December 8, 2015

2015 Northampton, MA: Edward Elgar Publishing The Impact of Globalization on Argentina and Chile: Business Enterprises and Entrepreneurship By: Jones, G. Abstract—This book compares the effects of globalization on two Latin American... 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

March 1993 (Revised January 1998)
Case

Gallo Rice

By: John A. Quelch

Describes a company marketing branded rice products to three different countries--Italy, Argentina, and Poland. Explores the differences and similarities between the countries in terms of consumers, competition, products, and margins. View Details

Keywords: Food; Brands and Branding; Food and Beverage Industry; Italy; Poland; Argentina

01 Sep 2020
News

Navigating the Populism Phenomenon

Juan Perón served as president of Argentina from 1946 to 1955, then again from 1973 to 1974. Photo credit: Keystone/Getty Images Rafael Di Tella Photo credit: Neal Hamburg Rafael Di Tella Photo credit: Neal Hamburg Vincent Pons Photo... View Details

Keywords: April White

01 Aug 2002
News

HBS Alumni Association Board of Directors: President's Report

conference with the hope of returning to the country when the situation there is stabilized. We offer our most sincere thanks to members of the organizing committee in Argentina that worked so tirelessly in support of the conference and,... View Details

Web

Hands-on Learning About Global Markets | MBA

around the world, the biggest takeaway was the importance of refining one’s global perspective to suit a particular environment. “Being on the ground is critical,” he observes. “Even with my global experience, there was still that level of learning that I needed to... View Details

April 2013 (Revised October 2014)
Case

SaferTaxi: Connecting Taxis and Passengers in South America

By: Peter Coles and Benjamin Edelman

SaferTaxi, a taxi booking service in South America must develop its mobilization strategy; that is, it must attract enough passengers and drivers to make its service worthwhile for all. Drivers hesitate to pay for SaferTaxi's smartphones and service unless these will... View Details

Keywords: Taxi Booking; Smartphone; Transportation Networks; Network Effects; Laws and Statutes; South America; Argentina; Brazil; Chile