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  • 06 Aug 2024
  • Op-Ed

What the World Could Learn from America's Immigration Backlash—100 Years Ago

mobs rose up against migrants from other parts of Africa in March 2023, a few weeks after President Kais Saied delivered an inflammatory speech blaming the Black foreign-born population for bringing crime to the country View Details
Keywords: by Marco Tabellini
  • 28 Jul 2016
  • Blog Post

Why I’m Not Changing Careers after Business School

business in a new environment is among the best ways to build a greater understanding of global markets. My time on the continent also included visits to six other African countries and added to a number of... View Details
  • 16 Sep 2014
  • First Look

First Look: September 16

multinational investment in host economies, and this chapter reviews this research. The focus is primarily on developing country host economies... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 02 Dec 2019
  • News

A Long-Standing Commitment to Global Understanding

executive of the Rockefeller family’s global investment company. Intent on narrowing his international focus and extending his impact, Barry founded Zephyr Management in 1994. The firm invests in small and... View Details
  • 11 Dec 2012
  • First Look

First Look: Dec. 11

aid-distortions that steer aid away from achieving economic development in the recipient country. As it turns out, none of these solutions can shield foreign aid from the heavy hand of politics. Developing... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 01 Dec 2018
  • News

Averting Crisis

A decade ago, the global economy nearly collapsed entirely, bringing down with it some of the biggest banks and the livelihoods of countless individuals in lost jobs, savings, View Details
  • 06 Apr 2020
  • Research & Ideas

Where Do Workers Go When the Robots Arrive?

develop as they had in areas where jobs were lost to China. Without new jobs requiring higher skills, like computer science, people didn't move to the area, population didn't rise, and the View Details
Keywords: by Rachel Layne; Manufacturing
  • 21 Feb 2012
  • First Look

First Look: Feb. 21

comparative perspective on the development of public primary education in four of the largest developing economies circa 1910: Brazil, Russia, India, View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 04 Jan 2012
  • What Do You Think?

Income Inequality: What’s the Right Amount?

children to school and get them vaccinated. For whatever reason, the concentration of wealth is much lower in Brazil than in Chile. But these countries represent two of the few bright spots among the world's... View Details
Keywords: by Jim Heskett
  • Profile

Philipp Schäelli

worked in Pakistan, Chile and China before school, I wanted to go back to another developing market to broaden my understanding for the world. Nigeria for me was the most exciting place to go as it is the... View Details
Keywords: Venture Capital / Private Equity; Financial Services
  • 24 Sep 2020
  • Research & Ideas

Financial Meltdowns Are More Predictable Than We Thought

the business R-zone will confront a major financial crisis within three years is 45 percent, based on the team’s research. Countries that fall into the household R-zone—when personal credit and home prices... View Details
Keywords: by Danielle Kost; Financial Services
  • 01 Dec 2006
  • News

Quelch in Vietnam

HBS professor and senior associate dean John Quelch met with Vietnamese Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung at a reception in Hanoi in September. The prime minister briefed Quelch on his country’s economic situation, outlined its ongoing View Details
Keywords: Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools
  • 2014
  • Other Article

A Place for Emotion: How Space Structures Nurse-Parent Interactions in West African Pediatric Wards

By: Ryann Manning
Keywords: Healthcare; Emotion; Emotions; Nursing; Africa; Organization; Hospital; Space; Place; Health; Health Care and Treatment; Culture; Organizations; Developing Countries and Economies; Health Industry; Africa
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  • 25 Mar 2014
  • First Look

First Look: March 25

  Publications August 2013 Palgrave Macmillan The Political Economy of Empire in the Early Modern World By: Reinert, Sophus A., and Pernille Røge, eds. Abstract—This volume recasts our understanding of the... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • November 1999 (Revised April 2003)
  • Case

Financing the Mozal Project

By: Benjamin C. Esty and Fuaad Qureshi
It is June 1997, and a team from the International Finance Corp. (IFC) is recommending that the board approve a $120 million investment in a $1.4 billion aluminum smelter in Mozambique, known as the Mozal project. Four factors make the investment controversial: it... View Details
Keywords: Investment; Capital Markets; Emerging Markets; Projects; Financial Management; Risk and Uncertainty; Developing Countries and Economies; Metals and Minerals; Financial Strategy; Government and Politics; International Finance; Infrastructure; Mozambique
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  • 13 Jul 2011
  • News

China Boot Camp

export-driven economy to one centered around knowledge industries and services and a growing consumer class. “It took a week or so to recover afterward, but I wouldn’t have... View Details
Keywords: Julia Hanna; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools
  • March 1997
  • Case

Stone Container in Honduras (C)

By: James K. Sebenius and Hannah Bowles
Supplements the (A) case. View Details
Keywords: Negotiation Preparation; Negotiation Types; Environmental Sustainability; Conflict of Interests; Globalized Firms and Management; Developing Countries and Economies; Government and Politics; Pulp and Paper Industry; Pulp and Paper Industry; Honduras; Chicago
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  • January 2007
  • Case

Robert E. Rubin (A)

By: Nitin Nohria, Robert Steven Kaplan and Nicole Davison
Bob Rubin was a businessman given the task of setting up and running the National Economic Council for the Clinton Administration. Unfamiliar with management in a political climate, Rubin worked hard to design, staff, and position the Council to make better economic... View Details
Keywords: Personal Development and Career; Government and Politics; Managerial Roles; Macroeconomics; Organizational Design; Economy
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  • 29 Sep 2015
  • First Look

September 29, 2015

Firm-Level Analysis By: Alfaro, Laura, Pol Antràs, Davin Chor, and Paola Conconi Abstract—In recent decades, technological progress in information and communication technology View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 19 May 2009
  • First Look

First Look: May 19, 2009

certain developing countries because the countries failed to meet certain standards for political stability, human rights, market regulation, etc. The new principles-based... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace