Latin America - Publications - Faculty & Research

spring 2004
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Multinationals and Linkages: An Empirical Investigation

By: Laura Alfaro and Andres Rodriguez-Clare

Several recent papers have used plant-level data and panel econometric techniques to carefully explore the existence FDI externalities. One conclusion that emerges from this literature is that it is difficult to find evidence of positive externalities from... View Details

Keywords: Foreign Direct Investment; Factories, Labs, and Plants; Relationships; Multinational Firms and Management; Brazil; Chile; Venezuela; Mexico

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Business History - Faculty & Research

America By: Geoffrey Jones 2025 | Chapter | Faculty Research This chapter argues that since the nineteenth century capitalism has created much wealth, but at the cost of massive ecological destruction, which has been particularly severe... View Details

Juan Alcacer

Juan Alcacer is the James J. Hill Professor of Business Administration at Harvard Business School. He joined HBS in 2007 and has taught the required MBA strategy course, an elective on Global Strategy and PhD courses in Strategy and International Business. Within... View Details

Keywords: consulting; management consulting; telecommunications

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Faculty & Research - Business & Environment

alliances mostly focused on financial services firms and 424 major... May 2025 (Revised June 2025) Teaching Material Social Enterprise in Latin America By: Brian L. Trelstad and Karina Souza This research... View Details

05 Jul 2006
Working Paper Summaries

What Roosevelt Took: The Economic Impact of the Panama Canal, 1903-29

Keywords: by Noel Maurer & Carlos Yu

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Latin America Middle East & North Africa Sub-Saharan Africa Career Data Internship Data View: Class of 2024 Class of 2024 Class of 2023 Class of 2022 Class of 2021 Class of 2020 Sort By: A-Z A-Z Highest to... View Details

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Middle East & North Africa - Global

provides a unique research and teaching resource on business leadership in Africa, Asia, Latin America and the Middle East over recent decades. At its core are over 180 interviews by Harvard faculty with... View Details

Ethan S. Bernstein

Ethan Bernstein (@ethanbernstein) is an associate professor in the Organizational Behavior unit at Harvard Business School. He has spent his career researching novel talent management practices and their effect on employee behavior, collaboration, and performance.... View Details

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About the Project - Creating Emerging Markets

About the Project View Video Creating Emerging Markets explores the evolution of business leadership in Africa, Asia, Latin America and the Middle East. At its core are interviews, with leaders or former... View Details

June 2024 (Revised August 2024)
Case

Cementos Argos in the U.S.: Go Big or Go Home?

By: Jorge Tamayo, Ruth Costas, Pedro Levindo and Karina Souza

In April 2011, Colombian group Cementos Argos had to decide on whether to double down its business in the U.S., amidst the U.S. cement industry’s lowest performance in 30 years. Argos— Colombia’s leading cement producer and one of the “jewels” of Grupo GEA, the... View Details

Keywords: Mergers and Acquisitions; Business Organization; Business Subsidiaries; Talent and Talent Management; Cost vs Benefits; Financial Crisis; Cross-Cultural and Cross-Border Issues; Global Strategy; Business Strategy; Construction Industry; Manufacturing Industry; Latin America; South America; North and Central America; United States; Colombia

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22 Aug 2005
Research & Ideas

Restoring a Global Economy, 1950–1980

America. Latin America and Asia had declined very sharply in their relative importance as host economies. By 1980 there was no multinational investment in China, and almost none in India. Even Japan in that... View Details

Keywords: by Geoffrey Jones

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Esteves Hall | About

bachelor’s degree from the Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro and went on to found BTG Pactual, the largest investment bank in Latin America. With roots in Brazil, BTG Pactual has had an impact not only throughout View Details

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Podcast - Business & Environment

Business Administration; Senior Associate Dean for Business and Global Society; Board Director, Thermo Fisher Scientific Bonita Stewart, Board Partner, Gradient Ventures Lauren Taylor Wolfe, Cofounder & Managing Partner, Impactive Capital How Arcos Dorados is... View Details

March 2005 (Revised July 2007)
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Capital Controls in Chile in the 1990s (A)

By: Laura Alfaro, Rafael M. Di Tella and Ingrid Vogel

In 1991, Chile adopted a framework of capital controls focused on reducing the massive flows of foreign investment coming into the country as international interest rates remained low. Capital inflows threatened the Central Bank's ability to manage the exchange rate... View Details

Keywords: Developing Countries and Economies; Economic Growth; Financial Crisis; Capital; Governance Controls; Business and Government Relations; Chile

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Antonio (Toni) Moreno is the Sicupira Family Associate Professor in the Technology and Operations Management Unit. He teaches courses related to technology and operations management in the MBA, executive, and doctoral programs. Before joining HBS, he was an... View Details

Keywords: retailing; internet; e-commerce industry

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Research & Teaching - Creating Emerging Markets

Uses for Research & Teaching Research Guidelines Teaching Guidelines Research Guidelines The Creating Emerging Markets project provides a unique and freely accessible resource for scholars and researchers. In his Oral History in Latin... View Details

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Research Services - Faculty & Research

benchmarking are available for emerging technology and the latest productivity hardware. Cultural expertise Our regional research centers in Latin America , Asia-Pacific , Japan , India , Europe , Shanghai ,... View Details

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relationships with potential FIELD Global Immersion partners. Africa Asia-Pacific California Europe Japan Latin America Middle East & North Africa Mid-US South Asia Baker Library | Bloomberg Center... View Details

December 2006
Case

Southern Company's Investment in CEMIG

In the spring of 1997, Southern Company had the opportunity to acquire a significant portion of the electric utility in the Brazilian state of Minas Gerais. The shares in the utility, CEMIG, were being sold by the state government as part of a comprehensive... View Details

Keywords: Corporate Strategy; Privatization; Investment; Acquisition; Globalized Markets and Industries; Utilities Industry; Brazil

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November 2019 (Revised December 2020)
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Grupo Éxito: Facing Colombia's Competitive Grocery Retail Industry

By: José B. Alvarez, Carla Larangeira, Jenyfeer Martinez Buitrago and Miguel Diaz Moreno

Grupo Éxito, a leading South American retailer, faced declining market shares in Colombia in 2019 with the arrival of low-cost competitors and emerging digital trends. Originally founded in Medellín, Éxito had over the course of its seventy-year history evolved from a... View Details

Keywords: Grocery; Market Share; Information Technology; Trends; Competitive Strategy; Retail Industry; Colombia; Latin America

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