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Human Behavior & Decision-Making - Faculty & Research

Industry ; Education Industry ; Energy Industry ; Industrial Products Industry ; Manufacturing Industry ; Steel Industry ; Europe ; Italy ; Latin America ; North and Central View Details

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Events - Creating Emerging Markets

At this online conference, speakers shared their experiences using CEM transcripts and video materials for teaching in different institutional contexts in Europe, India, Latin America and the United States.... View Details

James E. Austin

Dr. Austin holds the Eliot I. Snider and Family Professor of Business Administration, Emeritus at the Harvard Business School. Previously he held the John G. McLean Professorship and the Richard P. Chapman Professorship. He has been a member of the Harvard... View Details

Keywords: agribusiness

22 Feb 2008
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Consumer Demand for Prize-Linked Savings: A Preliminary Analysis

Keywords: by Peter Tufano, Nick Maynard & Jan-Emmanuel De Neve; Financial Services

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Research Resources - Doctoral

Global Research Activities Africa Asia-Pacific California Europe Japan Latin America Middle East & North Africa South Asia Harvard University Harvard University Libraries HBS Doctoral students have access to... View Details

Sophus A. Reinert

Sophus Reinert is T.J. Dermot Dunphy Professor of Business Administration and of History in the Business, Government, and the International Economy Unit at Harvard Business School and in the History Department and Harvard University. He has won numerous awards... View Details

Keywords: banking; defense; education industry; fashion; food; manufacturing; wine

29 Aug 2005
Research & Ideas

How Organizations Create Social Value

Success in Social Enterprise," ending August 1. This two-year study was the second carried out by SEKN since it was founded in 2001 as a research partnership between HBS and leading business schools in Latin View Details

Keywords: by Manda Salls

20 Dec 2010
Research & Ideas

Panama Canal: Troubled History, Astounding Turnaround

A favorite topic of historians and palindrome fans alike, the Panama Canal has perpetually changed the international trade business. In their new book, The Big Ditch: How America Took, Built, Ran, and Ultimately Gave Away the Panama Canal... View Details

Keywords: by Sarah Jane Gilbert; Transportation

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Partners - Case Method Project

FL 16 of 37 Ashley Forystek Positive Pathways Transition Center Orlando, FL FL 17 of 37 Julie Giordano Sebring High School Sebring, FL Subjects: Grade 10 pre-IB U.S. History/Economics/Government, Grade 11 and 12 IB History of the Americas... View Details

June 2014
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Starbucks Coffee Company: Transformation and Renewal

By: Nancy F. Koehn, Kelly McNamara, Nora N. Khan and Elizabeth Legris

Starbucks Coffee Company: Transformation and Renewal analyzes the turnaround and reconstruction of Starbucks Coffee Company from 2008 to 2014 as led by CEO and co-founder Howard Schultz. The case offers executives and students an opportunity to examine in depth how... View Details

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Teacher Profiles - Case Method Project

MN Win Anderson Sauk Rapids Rice High School Sauk Rapids, MN WA Ed Anegon Jenkins Jr/Sr High School Chewelah, WA NM Joshua Arbogast Capital High School Santa Fe, NM MS Amber Armstrong Northwest Rankin High School Flowood, MS Subjects: US History (1877-present) MA Cate... View Details

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Events - Business History

Virtual Seminar Andrea Lluch (CONICET; National University of Los Andes), "Global Development and International Organizations during the Cold War Era: ILO's Management Development Programs in Latin America... View Details

March 2022 (Revised February 2024)
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El Salvador: Launching Bitcoin as Legal Tender

By: Laura Alfaro, Carla Larangeira and Ruth Costas

In June 2021, Nayib Bukele, El Salvador’s president, surprised the world with the announcement that the country would adopt bitcoin as legal tender, becoming the first nation to do so. Bitcoin was mostly used for trading and had one of the most volatile track records... View Details

Keywords: Bitcoin; Cryptocurrency; Currency; Financial Strategy; Economic Growth; Governance; Macroeconomics; Assets; Latin America; El Salvador

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21 May 2024
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What the Rise of Far-Right Politics Says About the Economy in an Election Year

As more than 50 countries hold elections in 2024, far-right politicians and policies look poised to gain ground, continuing a years-long trend evident in Europe, the United States, and South America. These movements often stoke grievances about international trade,... View Details

Keywords: by Rachel Layne

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Globalization - Faculty & Research

; Italy ; Latin America ; North and Central America ; Mexico ; North America ; United States ; South America ;... View Details

25 Jun 2020
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Harvard Business School Class of 2021 Student Profiles

Education Club, Latin America Club Adriana Garcia Ceja As Adriana makes plans for her future – “growing a business through operations and investments” – she reflects on the key leadership insight she has... View Details

19 Apr 2010
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The History of Beauty

Beauty Imagined: A History of the Global Beauty Industry is the first serious attempt to trace the history of the $330 billion global beauty industry and its large collection of fascinating entrepreneurs through countries including France, the United States, Japan, and... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne; Beauty & Cosmetics

Dante Roscini

Dante Roscini holds the Professor of Management Practice Chair endowed by the MBA Class of 1952 at Harvard Business School. He joined the faculty in 2008 after a two-decades-long career in finance. He currently teaches the course Business, Government, and the... View Details

11 Apr 2024
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Climate Stories: Water Series - Episode #17: Leni Peterson Redondo (HBS MS/MBA 2023), Founder & CEO of Celeste

a platform designed to collect and clarify data about clients’ water usage in their supply chains. “This is the moment to be building a water company,” Leni said in an interview with Climate Stories. Leni and Taryn named the company after Celeste, from the View Details

01 Sep 2023
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Global Outposts Expand HBS’s Intellectual Footprint

Mitsuharu’s long-term goal of improving the quality of the Japanese sweets, made from azuki bean paste and sugar, and expanding the company’s client base to reach global customers be in line with Toraya’s well-being? LATIN View Details

Keywords: Jennifer Gillespie

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