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Marketing Complex Financial Products in Emerging Markets: Evidence from Rainfall Insurance in India

By: Sarthak Gaurav, Shawn A. Cole and Jeremy Tobacman
Recent financial liberalization in emerging economies has led to the rapid introduction of new financial products. Lack of experience with financial products, low levels of education, and low financial literacy may slow adoption of these products. This article reports... View Details
Keywords: Literacy; Insurance; Marketing; Decisions; Demand and Consumers; Financial Instruments; Emerging Markets; Education; Personal Finance; Agribusiness; Developing Countries and Economies; Innovation and Invention; Gujarat
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Gaurav, Sarthak, Shawn A. Cole, and Jeremy Tobacman. "Marketing Complex Financial Products in Emerging Markets: Evidence from Rainfall Insurance in India." Journal of Marketing Research (JMR) 48, no. SPL (November 2011): S150–S162.
  • January 2000 (Revised November 2001)
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Mavesa (A): Business Strategy Amid Economic and Political Turmoil

Examines Mavesa's response to external liberalization in 1989. The consumer packaged goods firm, which had been extensively vertically integrated, completely revamps its business strategy in the 1990s. View Details
Keywords: Risk and Uncertainty; Economy; Business Strategy; Government and Politics
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Kennedy, Robert E., and Brian Irwin. "Mavesa (A): Business Strategy Amid Economic and Political Turmoil." Harvard Business School Case 700-041, January 2000. (Revised November 2001.)
  • 08 Nov 2010
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Spreading the wealth

  • 15 May 2015
  • Blog Post

2+2: A "Liberating and Life-Altering" Choice

I first learned about the 2+2 Program after an older friend from Vanderbilt, my undergraduate college, applied and was accepted into the inaugural class in 2008. My undergraduate background was in political science and human and... View Details

    Mattias E. Fibiger

    Mattias Fibiger is the Poronui Associate Professor of Business Administration in the Business, Government, and International Economy (BGIE) Unit. A historian by training, he conducts research on Asia's twentieth century. He teaches in the Business, Government, and... 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
      • March 2006 (Revised November 2006)
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      China: To Float or Not To Float? (D)- Bank of America's Strategic Investment in China Construction Bank

      By: Laura Alfaro, Rafael M. Di Tella and Ingrid Vogel
      With its $3 billion investment in Chinese state bank China Construction Bank, Bank of America--the second U.S. bank behind Citigroup in terms of assets and market capitalization--was one of several foreign banks directly participating in China's banking sector reform.... View Details
      Keywords: Currency Exchange Rate; Banks and Banking; Foreign Direct Investment; International Relations; Banking Industry; China; United States
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      Alfaro, Laura, Rafael M. Di Tella, and Ingrid Vogel. "China: To Float or Not To Float? (D)- Bank of America's Strategic Investment in China Construction Bank." Harvard Business School Case 706-031, March 2006. (Revised November 2006.)
      • December 12, 2009
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      The Transformation of India: Incumbent Control, Reforms, and Newcomers

      By: Laura Alfaro and Anusha Chari
      What microeconomic forces drove the structural transformation of India's economy in recent decades? This column studies firm-level data and portrays a dynamic economy driven by the growth of private and foreign firms. But the Indian economy did not go through an... View Details
      Keywords: Transformation; Microeconomics; India
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      Alfaro, Laura, and Anusha Chari. "The Transformation of India: Incumbent Control, Reforms, and Newcomers." Vox, CEPR Policy Portal (December 12, 2009).
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      Making 'Green Giants': Environment Sustainability in the German Chemical Industry, 1950s–1980s

      By: Geoffrey Jones and Christina Lubinski
      This article examines the evolution of corporate environmentalism in the West German chemical industry between the 1950s and the 1980s. It focuses on two companies, Bayer and Henkel, that have been identified as "green giants," and traces the evolution of their... View Details
      Keywords: Business History; Green Business; Regional Strategy; Pollution; Henkel; Bayer; Globalization; History; Chemical Industry; Germany; United States
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      Jones, Geoffrey, and Christina Lubinski. "Making 'Green Giants': Environment Sustainability in the German Chemical Industry, 1950s–1980s." Business History 56, no. 4 (July 2014): 623–649.

        Paula C. Rettl

        Paula Rettl is an Assistant Professor in the Business, Government, and International Economy Unit at Harvard Business School. Her primary areas of expertise are comparative politics, political economy and political behavior, with a focus on Latin America and... View Details

        • October 2015
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        After the Arab Spring: Are Secular Parties the Answer?

        By: Mieczysław Boduszyński, Kristin Fabbe and Christopher Lamont
        After the "Arab Spring" and the initial democratic reforms in Turkey under the Justice and Development Party (AKP), why has democratic progress remained so elusive in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA)? In recent years, that question has preoccupied numerous... View Details
        Keywords: Religion; Government and Politics; Business and Government Relations; North Africa; Egypt; Middle East; Turkey
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        Boduszyński, Mieczysław, Kristin Fabbe, and Christopher Lamont. "After the Arab Spring: Are Secular Parties the Answer?" Journal of Democracy 26, no. 4 (October 2015): 125–139.
        • 09 Aug 2010
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        Another View: It's Time to Invest in America

        • May 2007
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        Capital Flows and Capital Goods

        By: Laura Alfaro and Eliza Hammel
        Studying the relation between equity market liberalization and imports of capital goods, we examine one channel through which international financial integration can promote growth. For the period 1980–1997, we find that after controlling for other policies and... View Details
        Keywords: Cash Flow; Equity; Financial Markets; Economy; Distribution Channels; Machinery and Machining; Capital
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        Alfaro, Laura, and Eliza Hammel. "Capital Flows and Capital Goods." Journal of International Economics 72, no. 1 (May 2007): 128–150. (Link to working paper version.)
        • 13 Jul 2022
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        Reimagining the Economy: What Would It Take to Put People First?

        • 05 Sep 2006
        • Working Paper Summaries

        International Financial Integration and Entrepreneurship

        Keywords: by Laura Alfaro & Andrew Charlton
        • 20 Oct 2016
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        Quinn Slobodian, Wellesley College

        • 08 Oct 2020
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        Marlous van Waijenburg Appointed AAAS Affiliate Faculty

        • 17 Aug 2009
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        Quantifying the Economic Impact of the Internet

        hours a month on the Internet. A conservative valuation of this time is an estimated $680 billion. The advertising-supported Internet also helps the economy by fostering innovation, entrepreneurship, and... View Details
        Keywords: by John Quelch; Advertising; Publishing

          Jaya Y. Wen

          Jaya Wen is an Assistant Professor in the Business, Government and the International Economy Unit at Harvard Business School. Her research focuses on issues in development economics, political economy, and firm behavior.

          Professor Wen has a Ph.D. in Economics... View Details

          • March 2018 (Revised March 2019)
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          Gender and Free Speech at Google (A)

          By: Nien-hê Hsieh, Martha J. Crawford and Sarah Mehta
          In August 2017, Google fired James Damore, a 28-year-old software engineer who had been employed by the company since 2013. The move came after Damore penned an internal company memo titled “Google’s Ideological Echo Chamber,” which posited that innate biological... View Details
          Keywords: Free Speech; Representation; Diversity; Gender; Race; Human Resources; Employees; Employee Relationship Management; Recruitment; Selection and Staffing; Labor; Employment; Lawsuits and Litigation; Organizational Culture; Technology Industry; United States; California
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          Hsieh, Nien-hê, Martha J. Crawford, and Sarah Mehta. "Gender and Free Speech at Google (A)." Harvard Business School Case 318-085, March 2018. (Revised March 2019.)
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