Developing Countries and Economies - Publications - Faculty & Research

February 2025
Teaching Note

India Stack: Digital Public Infrastructure for All

Teaching Note for HBS Case No. 724-371. View Details

Keywords: Digital Transformation; Technology Adoption; Developing Countries and Economies; Economic Growth; Information Technology Industry; Technology Industry; Telecommunications Industry; Asia; South Asia; India

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01 Jul 2021
Office Hours

Readers Ask: Which Companies Are Transforming Work?

affected by COVID positively—namely, Walmart and Amazon. "I know those are not always companies that people view favorably in terms of work, but in the last 10 years, Walmart has been an amazing innovator in the space in terms of skills... View Details

Keywords: by Kristen Senz; Retail; Manufacturing

29 May 2006
What Do You Think?

How Important Is the “Service Sector Effect” on Productivity?

manufacturing. . . . To that extent service sector workers are persuaded, by their own concern for self-respect and appreciation, to perform optimally." Several trends are clear. As economies develop,... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett; Service

29 Jul 2008
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First Look: July 29, 2008

Working PapersTraveling Agents: Political Change and Bureaucratic Turnover in India Authors:Lakshmi Iyer and Anandi Mani Abstract We develop a framework to examine how... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

01 Mar 2017
News

In My Humble Opinion: Arunma Oteh (MBA 1990)

international currencies with special drawing rights for development projects. “We named it for the Chinese woman warrior to signify the World Bank’s focus on gender issues.” One for all: “Last year, donor View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna

18 Jul 2018
Research & Ideas

No More General Tso's? A Threat to 'Knowledge Recombination'

the first patent for the medical use of the herb. “This knowledge had been locked in their home country for decades, if not centuries, and now these skilled ethnic migrants were able to transfer the... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding; Health; Food & Beverage; Accounting

01 Mar 2010
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Sole Mates

make the wrong moves. I have had my share of those. Over the past nine years at my company, we’ve developed a constructive, respectful, and strike-free relationship with our labor partners, which has helped... View Details

Keywords: Garry Emmons; Forestry and Logging; Forestry and Logging; Forestry and Logging; Forestry and Logging; Forestry and Logging; Forestry and Logging

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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01 Jul 2019
Research & Ideas

The Airbnb Lesson for Startups? Success Takes More Than Technology

wealthy tourists. Airbnb remains Y Combinator’s biggest success story, but it was aggressive on-the-ground outreach that helped speed its early growth in key markets. Add in an industry with entrenched leaders and a limp View Details

Keywords: by Danielle Kost; Travel; Tourism

01 Aug 2001
News

George C. Lodge

to HBS to complete his first book, Spearheads of Democracy: Labor in the Developing Countries. He didn't have a graduate degree and never expected to become a professor. But in a remarkable HBS career that... View Details

Keywords: Alumni Achievement Award; Stanley F. Teele; Ezra F. Vogel; John W. Rosenblum

29 Apr 2013
Research & Ideas

Are First-Time Buyers Left Out of Real Estate’s Rebound?

Several factors are generating a tailwind for the recovery, although it varies from market to market. In large measure it has to do with improvement in the economy as a whole, household formation (that is, children moving out of their... View Details

Keywords: Construction; Real Estate

26 Jan 2009
Research & Ideas

Where is Home for the Global Firm?

example, the fragmentation of production around the world, distribution outlets worldwide, and research and development facilities that capitalize on local talent pools. But we... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace

19 Dec 2011
Research & Ideas

Climbing the Great Wall of Trust

economy, it's getting more essential that global executives learn their way around Chinese cultural customs in order to be successful in that country. While every country has its version of the "old boys network" that defines... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding

13 Jan 2021
News

Silicon Valley’s “Detroit Moment”

Haryopratomo: I don't think it's just Silicon Valley against the world or frontier markets. I actually think every country has a slightly different culture and you have to embrace what is strong about their... View Details

08 Feb 2018
Op-Ed

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

the free market should be given greater room to run unfettered, while the government’s role in the economy should be diminished. Trimming taxes on high-income households, minimizing the estate tax, and... View Details

Keywords: by Matthew Weinzierl

12 Dec 2012
Research & Ideas

Power to the People: The Unexpected Influence of Small Coalitions

interview. "The start of properly regulating the economy is to understand how regulation is made, and this means forgetting what we thought we knew about the weakness of groups." A consumer policy expert,... View Details

Keywords: by Kim Girard

28 Feb 2012
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First Look: Feb. 28

Se Yan Abstract Our paper provides a comparative perspective on the development of public primary education in four of the largest developing economies circa 1910: Brazil,... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

23 Jan 2007
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First Look: January 23, 2007

http://www.hbsp.harvard.edu/b01/en/common/item_detail.jhtml?id=407028 Embrapa Harvard Business School Case 507-019 Brazil's national agricultural research corporation, Embrapa, has developed an integrated crop View Details