Publications

June 2000 (Revised February 2003)
Case

Must Zee TV

By: Bharat N. Anand and Tarun Khanna

Explores issues related to (1) the vertical boundaries of the firm in an emerging-economy context, especially the effects of lack of intellectual property rights and lack of contract enforcement on both industry structure and boundaries of the firm; and (2) the extent... View Details

Keywords: Corporate Strategy; Multinational Firms and Management; Developing Countries and Economies; Copyright; Media and Broadcasting Industry; Entertainment and Recreation Industry

Educators

1997
Chapter

Intercultural Connections and Chinese Development: External and Internal Spheres of Modern China's Foreign Relations

By: William C. Kirby

Keywords: Cross-Cultural and Cross-Border Issues; International Relations; Developing Countries and Economies; Globalized Economies and Regions; China

Keywords: Professor Bill George; Professor Joseph L. Bower; Professor Herman B. Leonard; Professor Lynn S. Paine; Professor Howard Stevenson; Professor Noam Wasserman; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services

26 Jul 2010
Research & Ideas

Yes, You Can Raise Prices in a Downturn

As economic turmoil continues, many companies are reconsidering their strategies with an eye toward going lean and slashing prices. And that might work for a few companies—but very few. Instead, companies should compete "on the basis... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne; Retail; Consumer Products

01 Mar 2012
News

Faculty Books

True North Groups: A Powerful Path to Personal and Leadership Development by Bill George and Doug Baker (Berrett-Koehler Publishers) Incorporating recent research in psychology and sociology, George and his coauthor explain why a True... View Details

March 2016
Teaching Note

MasterCard: Driving Financial Inclusion

By: Sunil Gupta

Since joining MasterCard (MC) in 2010, CEO Ajay Banga had made advancing financial inclusion (FI)—bringing formal financial services to marginalized populations—an important goal for the company. In 2014, MC had entered a number of partnerships with governments and... View Details

Keywords: Financial Inclusion; Banking; Equality and Inequality; Credit Cards; Developing Countries and Economies; Banking Industry; South Africa; Nigeria

1983
Book

Third World Multinationals

By: L. T. Wells Jr.

Keywords: Developing Countries and Economies; Multinational Firms and Management

Career Coach

Pamela Harder

Pam (HBS / HKS ‘13, Stanford ‘08 Economics) has spent the last 12 years working at the nexus of business and government. Currently, she runs Virginia's state-wide economic development talent investment... View Details

Keywords: Consulting; Education; Emerging Markets; Government; Social Enterprise; Venture Capital; Financial Services (All); Energy; Consumer Finance; Financial Services (All); Impact Investing; Financial Services (All)

2007
Other Unpublished Work

A Private Sector without Prerequisites: Ordered Uncertainty in Vietnam and China

By: Regina M. Abrami

Keywords: Private Sector; Developing Countries and Economies; Risk and Uncertainty; China

08 Mar 2017
Blog Post

Education Sector Opportunities at HBS

Education Network, the Gates Foundation, New Schools Venture Fund, and the Harlem Children's Zone have in common? Our HBS friends work there. The education sector needs talent and expertise from a variety of different fields with a variety of different perspectives.... View Details

Spring 2012
Article

The Roadmap for Private Equity, Venture Capital and Hedge Funds in Mexico: Alternative Assets as an Accelerator of Credit to Firms in Emerging Markets

By: Roberto Charvel

This article shows how alternative assets could be a good way for banks to start providing more loans to firms in emerging markets and finance growth, while giving local institutional investors access to new asset types. View Details

2004
Other Unpublished Work

Just Jobs? China and the Geopolitics of Virtuous Production

Keywords: Developing Countries and Economies; Production; Globalized Economies and Regions; International Relations; Trade; China

01 Mar 2018
What Do You Think?

Two Decades Later, is the 'New Economy' Finally Here?

are driving the shift from bricks (“atoms”) to clicks (“bits”), the economics of “free, perfect, and instant,” and the development of platforms (think “digital environments” such as Amazon Web Services)... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett

November 2006 (Revised August 2009)
Case

Malaysia: Halfway to 2020

By: Richard H.K. Vietor

This country case on Malaysia extends forward by seven years the case “Malaysia: Capital and Control” (702-040). It is based on Malaysia's ninth plan, which took effect in 2006. The ninth plan proposed five thrusts—moving the economy to higher value-added goods and... View Details

Keywords: Developing Countries and Economies; Growth and Development Strategy; Strategic Planning; Welfare; Equality and Inequality; Malaysia

Educators

May 2020
Article

Negotiating a Better Future: How Interpersonal Skills Facilitate Inter-Generational Investment

By: Nava Ashraf, Natalie Bau, Corinne Low and Kathleen McGinn

Using a randomized control trial, we examine whether offering adolescent girls nonmaterial resources—specifically, negotiation skills—can improve educational outcomes in a low-income country. In so doing, we provide the first evidence on the effects of an intervention... View Details

Keywords: Negotiation; Competency and Skills; Training; Age; Gender; Education; Investment; Outcome or Result; Developing Countries and Economies

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June 2002 (Revised August 2002)
Case

"One Country, Two Systems"? Italy and the Mezzogiorno (A)

By: Bruce R. Scott and Jamie Matthews

GDP per person in northern Italy caught up with average incomes in Britain, France, and Germany in the 1970s, but incomes in southern Italy (the Mezzogiorno) fell further behind. This was partly due to cultural and societal differences that dated to the Renaissance,... View Details

Keywords: History; Development Economics; Crime and Corruption; Social Issues; Economy; Government and Politics; Macroeconomics; Italy

Educators

02 Jun 2011
What Do You Think?

Is it Time for a National Bankruptcy?

involved a developed economy, "That would (suggest) a new type of fourth world country, a developed economy which just turned into a developing one." Should world... View Details

Keywords: by Jim Heskett

August 1996 (Revised December 1996)
Case

Veraguas (A): System of Poverty

By: George C. Lodge

Keywords: Poverty; Change Management; Development Economics; Panama