emerging economies - Publications - Faculty & Research

Felix Oberholzer-Gee

Felix Oberholzer-Gee is the Andreas Andresen Professor of Business Administration at Harvard Business School. An award-winning instructor, his academic work and consulting are focused on competitive strategy and the effects of digital technology on corporate... View Details

Keywords: media; professional services; manufacturing; advertising

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Podcast - Business & Environment

and other non-state actors on how to credibly use carbon credits as part of their climate commitments. He discusses the current challenges and opportunities in voluntary carbon markets, the role of businesses and governments in ensuring integrity, and how View Details

01 Apr 2024
In Practice

Navigating the Mood of Customers Weary of Price Hikes

goods in the aftermath of the COVID-19 pandemic presents a complex landscape shaped by a blend of inflationary pressures, changing consumer behaviors, and adaptive strategies by both consumers and companies. As we navigate through this evolving scenario, several trends... View Details

Keywords: by Rachel Layne; Retail; Consumer Products

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Named Fellowship Funds - Alumni

professor at Stanford University School of Medicine and a physician in the Stanford Hospital Emergency Department. In addition, he is medical director for Stanford Life Flight and multiple fire departments in Santa Clara County. Peter... View Details

18 Dec 2007
First Look

First Look: December 18, 2007

the risk-adjusted balance sheet, which shows the sensitivity of the enterprise's assets and liabilities to external "shocks." At the national level, the sectors of an economy are viewed as interconnected portfolios of assets,... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

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Business History - Faculty & Research

application of machine learning to undertake facial and text analysis of CEM interviews. Keywords: Emerging Economies ; Oral History ; Emerging Markets ; Business History ;... View Details

03 Jul 2018
First Look

New Research and Ideas, July 3, 2018

emerging economies. However, microlevel product development processes in these economies are relatively unexplored, and the mechanisms by which the emerging View Details

Keywords: Dina Gerdeman

12 Apr 2022
Book

Racism, Colonialism, and Britain's Legacy of Violence

Britain’s 20th century empire was the largest in human history, with a quarter of the world’s land and nearly 700 million people. Yet the empire drew its strength from violence. That’s the conclusion Harvard Business School Professor Caroline Elkins draws in her new... View Details

Keywords: by Avery Forman

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About - Business & Environment

emerging markets, including looking at how digitalization drives sustainability. Tom Clay (MBA 1997), CEO, Xtalic Corporation Tom Clay is collaborating with Josh Krieger and Jim Matheson on the MBA Elective Curriculum course Tough Tech... View Details

24 Jul 2007
First Look

First Look: July 24, 2007

the study of corporate strategy, while providing an overview framework for understanding international strategy. Focuses on questions of scope and ownership. Examines both horizontal and vertical integration. Underscores the point that View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

2012
Working Paper

Clear and Present Danger: Planning and New Venture Survival Amid Political and Civil Violence

By: Shon Hiatt and Wesley Sine

Although entrepreneurs constitute a key economic driving force for many emerging economies, they often face unstable environments due to the failure of governments to maintain civil and political order. Yet, we know very little about how environments characterized by... View Details

Keywords: Entrepreneurship; Business Startups; Developing Countries and Economies; Government and Politics; Crime and Corruption; Balance and Stability; Strategic Planning

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Faculty & Research - Business History

Business History in Emerging Markets By: Geoffrey Jones This article describes the motivation, structure and use of the Creating Emerging Markets (CEM) oral history-based project at the Harvard Business... View Details

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General Management - Faculty & Research

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 in Latin America. During the first global economy before 1929,... View Details

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Faculty & Research - Global

in emerging economies who want to be trained in interactive methods of teaching and learning. GloColl comprises a seven-day session held on the HBS campus, followed by a three-day session held in two cities... View Details

2013
Working Paper

International Health Economics

By: Mark Egan and Tomas J. Philipson

Perhaps because health care is a local service sector, health economists have paid little attention to international linkages between domestic health care economies. However, the growth in domestic health care sectors is often attributed to medical innovations whose... View Details

Keywords: Health Care and Treatment; Innovation and Invention; Global Range; Economics

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Fellowships - Business History

and pedagogical efforts such as the Creating Emerging Markets (CEM) Project, outstanding archival services through the Baker Library Special Collections, and a wonderful atmosphere of collegiality...HBS provided the perfect setting to... View Details

27 Jun 2005
Research & Ideas

Asian and American Leadership Styles: How Are They Unique?

economy first by undermining the trust that is required for transactions to occur, and by distorting the economic calculus that underlies sensible business decisions. As it continues, graft destroys the national political entity.... View Details

Keywords: by D. Quinn Mills

14 Feb 2023
HBS Case

Is Sweden Still 'Sweden'? A Liberal Utopia Grapples with an Identity Crisis

Crossroads.” HBS research associate Julia M. Comeau contributed to the study, along with the School’s Europe Research Center. While the country’s well-paid, high-tech economy is humming, and the country continues to generate an outsized... View Details

Keywords: by Lane Lambert

16 Feb 2024
Research & Ideas

As AI Upends Recruiting, Job Seekers Need a Waze App for Careers

low-wage jobs, the authors note. Those workers, along with younger first-time job seekers and adults reentering the workforce, are an untapped resource in the labor market. Many have the “soft skills” to complement emerging technologies,... View Details

Keywords: by Rachel Layne; Information Technology; Technology

23 May 2005
Research & Ideas

What Could Bring Globalization Down?

that our current international economy has similarities to the economic dynamics of ninety years ago. Recently, Ferguson took time to expand upon the ideas expressed in his article "Sinking Globalization," which appeared in the... View Details

Keywords: by Cynthia Churchwell

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