Latin America - Publications - Faculty & Research

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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Human Behavior & Decision-Making - Faculty & Research

Development Strategy ; Strategy ; Business Strategy ; Corporate Strategy ; Banking Industry ; Latin America ; Central America ; South America ;... 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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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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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

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Events - Business History

Los Andes), "Global Development and International Organizations during the Cold War Era: ILO's Management Development Programs in Latin America (1950s-1970s)" 12 pm to 1:30 pm May 14 14 May 2025 Virtual... 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

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

Yifei Wu

Yifei Wu is a doctoral student in the Strategy Unit at Harvard Business School with primary research interests in innovation, entrepreneurship and digitization in emerging markets. She works with impact-driven technology ventures to understand challenges and... View Details

11 Apr 2024
Blog Post

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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Winners & Runners-Up | New Venture Competition

Alumni New Venture Competition Winner: Elisa Transforming child nutrition in Latin America through fresh and additive-free meals. Business Track, 2024 Crop Diagnostix Brandon Chi (MBA 2024) Joseph Swift,... 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

29 Jan 2024
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Do Disasters Rally Support for Climate Action? It's Complicated.

Environmental disasters like wildfires can ignite awareness of climate change and boost eco-friendly politicians’ careers. But do voters perceive a tradeoff between environmental policies and local economic growth? In Brazil, home to a majority of the Amazon tropical... View Details

Keywords: by Rachel Layne

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Social Enterprise - Faculty & Research

prices plummeted and the company’s bank declined to extend its credit, founder and CEO David Griswold was forced to consider selling his company. If Sustainable Harvest ran out of money and defaulted on its contracts, its suppliers — small coffee farmers in South and... View Details

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

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Online Leadership Principles Course | HBS Online

Story Mia in Latin America Show Hide Details Concepts Stepping into a New Leadership Role The Work of Leadership Is Different The Necessary Change Building Self-Awareness Featured Exercises Build a... View Details

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Advisory Board - Entrepreneurship

Hamilton, Bridgewater Associates, The GEM Group, Paradigm Ventures, Pacific Community Ventures, Air America Media and Abbott Laboratories. Bill Sahlman (MBA 1975), Harvard Business School William Sahlman is the Dimitri V. d'Arbeloff Class... View Details

01 Jun 2013
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Building a Better Brazil

Education programs, which annually attract some 10,000 executives from around the world—a substantial proportion of them from Brazil. Esteves, a member of the School's Latin America Advisory Board, and his... View Details

Keywords: Securities, Commodities, and Other Financial Investments; Finance; Paper Manufacturing; Manufacturing

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