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- 15 Mar 2010
- HBS Case
Developing Asia’s Largest Slum
and improved services in the same area. Written with the assistance of Namrata Arora, a research associate at the HBS India Research Center, the case considers the potential risks and rewards of approaching an area like Dharavi with a new... View Details
- January 2006 (Revised July 2006)
- Case
Drug Testing in Nigeria (A)
By: Debora L. Spar
In 1996, a meningitis epidemic swept across Nigeria. Thousands of children were struck and, lacking appropriate medicine, were liable to die from the disease. Doctors at Pfizer had an antibiotic that could probably save most of these children's lives. The drug was new,... View Details
Keywords: Risk and Uncertainty; Health Pandemics; Health Testing and Trials; Developing Countries and Economies; Pharmaceutical Industry; Nigeria
Spar, Debora L., and Adam Day. "Drug Testing in Nigeria (A)." Harvard Business School Case 706-033, January 2006. (Revised July 2006.)
- 30 Nov 2018
- What Do You Think?
What’s the Best Administrative Approach to Climate Change?
Summing Up: Should a 'Montreal Protocol' for Administering Global Warming Be Pursued? Climate change and how to manage it is a daunting subject. Nevertheless, several readers of this month’s column were willing to venture a model or two for administering a system... View Details
- 06 Dec 2011
- Op-Ed
Greater Fiscal Integration Best Solution for Euro Crisis
few months ago, has since been openly considered by many. It would carry traumatic and long-lasting consequences. The crisis has already had a profound political impact, sweeping aside leaders in no fewer than five member countries of the... View Details
Keywords: by Dante Roscini
- 2007
- Other Unpublished Work
A Private Sector without Prerequisites: Ordered Uncertainty in Vietnam and China
By: Regina M. Abrami
- 31 Jan 2017
- Research & Ideas
Why These Business School Professors Oppose Trump's Executive Order on Immigration
Editor’s note: Last Friday, President Donald Trump signed an Executive Order indefinitely preventing Syrian refugees from entering the United States, suspending all refugee admission for 120 days, and blocking all citizens of seven predominantly Muslim View Details
Keywords: by Staff
- March 2012 (Revised October 2012)
- Case
Against the Grain: Jim Teague in Tanzania (A)
By: Karthik Ramanna
Loan officer Jim Teague discovers his agro-processor client has a serious health-code violation just days before a disbursement is due. Proceeding with the loan could jeopardize the health of thousands of customers and put his employer at serious risk. But withholding... View Details
Keywords: Agribusiness; Financing and Loans; Health; Risk Management; Developing Countries and Economies; Agriculture and Agribusiness Industry; Tanzania
Ramanna, Karthik. "Against the Grain: Jim Teague in Tanzania (A)." Harvard Business School Case 112-069, March 2012. (Revised October 2012.)
- 27 Oct 2009
- First Look
First Look: October 27
in Developing Countries Authors: Diego Comin, Norman Loayza, Farooq Pasha, and Luis Serven Abstract We build a two-country asymmetric DSGE model with two features: (1) a product cycle structure determines the range of intermediate goods... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 23 Jul 2024
- In Practice
The New Rules of Trade with China: Navigating Tariffs, Turmoil, and Opportunities
transit countries or all Chinese-owned firms. When weighing these options, we recommend policymakers leverage rich new sources of microdata, which can paint a different picture from aggregate statistics. “Businesses hoping to hedge... View Details
- 20 Sep 2016
- First Look
September 20, 2016
countries with higher nominal bond-stock betas have significantly larger nominal bond risk premia and borrow less in local currency. Download working paper:... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 27 Mar 2012
- First Look
First Look: March 27
leading cause of failure in startups. This book offers solutions. Purchase the book: http://www.amazon.com/Founders-Dilemmas-Anticipating-Foundation-Entrepreneurship/dp/0691149135/ The Organization of Firms Across Countries... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 08 Apr 2011
- Research & Ideas
Will the Japan Disaster Remake the Landscape for Green Energy in Asia?
relatively cost efficient and scalable source of electricity. The reviews will happen across the world and each country will consider their own energy mix characteristics together with local sentiment." Todd was one of several... View Details
- 2005
- Working Paper
Nominal versus Indexed Debt: A Quantitative Horse Race
By: Laura Alfaro and Fabio Kanczuk
The main arguments in favor of and against nominal and indexed debt are the incentive to default through inflation versus hedging against unforeseen shocks. We model and calibrate these arguments to assess their quantitative importance. We use a dynamic equilibrium... View Details
Keywords: Borrowing and Debt; Taxation; Risk and Uncertainty; Inflation and Deflation; System Shocks; Developing Countries and Economies; Mathematical Methods
Alfaro, Laura, and Fabio Kanczuk. "Nominal versus Indexed Debt: A Quantitative Horse Race." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 05-053, January 2005. (Revised March 2010. Also NBER Working Paper No. 13131.)
- 12 Sep 2016
- Research & Ideas
What Brands Can Do to Monitor Factory Conditions of Suppliers
freedom in the country where the factory was located. Factories in countries with greater press freedom were substantially likelier to improve. “Factories in countries with... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding
- 15 Nov 2016
- First Look
November 15, 2016
Fall 2016 Journal of Economic Perspectives Global Talent Flows By: Kerr, William R., Sari Pekkala Kerr, and Çağlar Özden Abstract—The global distribution of talent is highly skewed and the resources available to countries to develop and... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 18 Sep 2000
- Research & Ideas
Big Deals: Financing Large-Scale Investments
and destroyed much of the country's infrastructure, Mozambique presented formidable risks as a project site. The cost of the plant, which was approximately equal to the country's gross domestic product, made the investment decision even... View Details
Keywords: by Julia Hanna
- 12 Mar 2006
- Research & Ideas
Global Poverty Needs a Global Answer
from the UN and the World Bank. Trying a few projects and seeing how they worked would risk little. Q: You have had a long-time interest in studying developing countries and the international economy. What... View Details
Keywords: by Cynthia Churchwell
- 09 Jan 2014
- Research & Ideas
The Entrepreneurs Who Invented Economic Forecasting
economic future, and in essence moderate the risk of investing in capitalistic ventures. “Forecasters found a ready audience during a time of social and economic turbulence” In his book Fortune Tellers: The Story of America's First... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- 18 Mar 2014
- First Look
First Look: March 18
anticorruption ratings are domiciled in countries with low corruption risk ratings and strong anticorruption enforcement, operate in high corruption risk industries, have... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 27 May 2008
- Sharpening Your Skills
Sharpening Your Skills: Thinking About Global
Sharpening Your Skills dives into the HBS Working Knowledge archives to bring together articles on ways to improve your business skills. Questions To Be Answered Are global brands effective? How should I think about strategy in a flat world? Which View Details