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Globalization and Emerging Markets - Course Catalog

currently developed countries when they first emerged. The course should, in short, appeal to anyone considering spending part of their career working, investing, or thinking outside of the major developed markets. Educational Objectives... View Details
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Global Opportunity Fellowship GO: ASIA - Alumni

countries and territories in Asia designated by the World Bank as Low Income, Low Middle Income or Upper Middle Income (view complete list: World Bank Country and Lending Groups ). Award amounts are designed... View Details
  • 19 Apr 2018
  • Blog Post

Policy, Practice, Leadership & Impact: Making a Difference with the HBS/HKS Joint Degree

felt incredibly passionate about the work and strongly believed in its impact, I also began to observe the risks, limitations, and skewed incentives foreign aid creates within local governments. I began taking a longer-term view of the View Details
  • 16 Jun 2003
  • Research & Ideas

Peeling Back the Global Brand

moment.) Why detergent? Why Europe? In Europe, consumers in individual countries may cling to a long-standing loyalty to certain beloved products: so-called heritage brands. In Europe, sometimes the same product is offered in different... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace; Consumer Products; Retail
  • 07 Dec 2018
  • Working Paper Summaries

Oral History and Writing the Business History of Emerging Markets

Keywords: by Geoffrey Jones and Rachael Comunale
  • 24 Oct 2012
  • Research & Ideas

Want People to Save More? Send a Text

Dina Pomeranz's interest in helping people build a savings cushion for difficult economic times emerged during a summer internship in Cameroon, where a woman she lived with shared how worried and anxious she was about her financial future. "She told me how she... View Details
Keywords: by Kim Girard
  • March 2023 (Revised January 2024)
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Nigeria: Africa's Giant

By: Marlous van Waijenburg
"Nigeria: Africa’s Giant" delves into the economic development and state building record of Africa’s most populous country. Despite being one of the continent’s largest oil-exporters, Nigeria’s economy has been struggling, and poverty is widespread. The country’s... View Details
Keywords: Crime and Corruption; Developing Countries and Economies; Government Administration; Poverty; Africa; Nigeria
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  • 16 Oct 2019
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The Road to Impact

When he turned 50, David Offensend (MBA 1977) decided to make a change. He’d had a successful career in finance but had always dreamed of working in the nonprofit sector. In 2003, he recalls, “I made this leap of faith, that if I could find a management position in the... View Details
  • 09 Jul 2019
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The Road to Impact

When he turned 50, David Offensend (MBA 1977) decided to make a change. He’d had a successful career in finance, but ever since his undergraduate days of studying public and international affairs at Princeton, Offensend planned that, one day, he’d go into the nonprofit... View Details
Keywords: Lisa Scanlon Mogolov; Educational Support Services; Educational Services; Ambulatory Health Care Services; Health, Social Assistance
  • 01 Mar 2015
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Fıelds of Gold

Growth Market: Afghan saffron has also attracted the attention of MBA classmates Ben Bines, Kimberly Jung, KinYan Chew, and Emily Miller (all HBS 2015), who founded Rumi Spice with a mission similar to Earth2Globe’s. (©Majid Saeedi/Thinkstock) Hay-scented saffron is... View Details
Keywords: April White; Support Activities for Agriculture and Forestry; Agriculture
  • 12 Mar 2013
  • First Look

First Look: March 12

technology is revolutionizing the global banking and payment industry. It offers new opportunities for banks to provide added convenience to their existing customers in developed countries and reach a large population of unbanked... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • May 2024
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Refugees Are Hosted in Highly Vulnerable Communities

By: C. Austin Davis, Paula Lopez-Peña, A. Mushfiq Mobarak and Jaya Y. Wen
Low- and middle-income nations host 76 percent of the world's refugees. This study uses original data to explore within-country spatial variability in refugee-hosting responsibilities. We find that hosting responsibilities for the displaced Rohingya people in... View Details
Keywords: Refugees; Political Elections; Equality and Inequality; Immigration; Developing Countries and Economies; Income
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  • June 2021 (Revised November 2021)
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Equity Bank: Charting the Future

By: Lauren Cohen, Michael Chitavi and Spencer C. N. Hagist
After climbing the ranks among Kenya's financial institutions from 66th to 1st, and toppling a quarter of the market share held by mobile money giant Safaricom, CEO James Mwangi must now guide Equity Bank into its next stage of development beyond "Equity 3.0." Should... View Details
Keywords: Growth and Development Strategy; Leadership; Decision Making; Market Entry and Exit; Developing Countries and Economies; Financial Institutions; Economics; Kenya
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  • May 2011
  • Supplement

Dharavi: Developing Asia's Largest Slum (B)

By: Lakshmi Iyer and John Macomber
In July 2009, as investors prepared to submit financial bids for the $3 billion Dharavi slum redevelopment project, considerable economic and political risks remained. View Details
Keywords: Risk and Uncertainty; Private Equity; Social Issues; Investment; Developing Countries and Economies; Business and Government Relations; Financial Services Industry; Real Estate Industry; Mumbai
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  • 30 Oct 2019
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Creating Agents of Change

Susana Eshleman (MBA 1998) is president and CEO of Children International. In this interview she talks about the goals and benefits of running an international nonprofit organization. “Children International is a global nonprofit organization. We invest in children and... View Details
  • 24 Apr 2014
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The 'multiplier effect' of supporting education

which has a multiplier effect. We helped the British School of Rio; we donated buildings, labs, and a theater.” Maria notes, “Education for us is number one. Since we’ve been together we believe that living in a country like Brazil you... View Details

    Frank A. Vanderlip

    United States bank, National City’s branch in Buenos Aires, and to the creation of the banking conglomerate American International Corporation, which had operations in 17 countries by 1918. Because of Vanderlip’s leadership, National City... View Details
    Keywords: Finance

      David Sarnoff

      across the country to form one nationwide network. Sarnoff also founded the National Broadcasting Company as a subsidiary of RCA, and, while he was still a young scientist, Sarnoff helped create one of the first radio boxes, RCA’s... View Details
      Keywords: Entertainment & Broadcast Media

        Harry Chandler

        Times led all other American newspapers in advertising space and amount of classified ads. Under Chandler’s leadership, the Times was also the first newspaper in the country to establish a personnel department, and one of the first to... View Details
        Keywords: Publishing & Print Media
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        International Students | MBA

        of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) Sanctions: Lenders based in the United States (including the Harvard University Employees Credit Union) may not be able or willing to make loans to students from countries subject to the United States... View Details