Costa Rica - Publications - Faculty & Research

September 2002
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Pura Vida Coffee

By: James E. Austin and Allen S. Grossman

Tells the story of two HBS graduates who sell gourmet coffee over the Internet to support an outreach ministry in Costa Rica. View Details

Keywords: Social Enterprise; Internet and the Web; Food and Beverage Industry; Costa Rica

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12 Sep 2024
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Jose Vasquez, London School of Economics

March 2023 (Revised May 2023)
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Akamai Technologies: Expanding the Talent Pipeline

By: Christopher Stanton, Lynda M. Applegate, Allison Ciechanover, Emily Grandjean and Sophie Beck

In 2022, senior executives of Cambridge, MA-based Akamai Technologies met to consider whether and how to scale a successful technical training program. The program, Akamai Technical Academy (ATA), was launched in 2016 to address a key challenge at Akamai and in the... View Details

Keywords: Leading Change; Growth and Development Strategy; Diversity; Talent and Talent Management; Technology Industry; United States; Boston

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July 1983 (Revised July 1991)
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Hintz-Kessels-Kohl A.G.

By: Thomas R. Piper

A truck manufacturer must decide whether to bid on the sale of 120 trucks to a private firm in Costa Rica. If a bid is submitted, a decision must be made on whether to protect against the credit, exchange rate, and sovereign risks. View Details

Keywords: Risk Management; Currency Exchange Rate; Truck Transportation; Cross-Cultural and Cross-Border Issues; Manufacturing Industry; Auto Industry; Germany; Costa Rica

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February 2012
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A 'Core Periphery' Framework to Navigate Emerging Market Governments—Qualitative Evidence from a Biotechnology Multinational

By: Prithwiraj Choudhury, James Geraghty and Tarun Khanna

We build on the emerging literature of influence-based models to study how multinational firms can navigate host governments. Our "core-periphery" framework posits that the actions that an MNC takes with actors in what we call the "periphery"—comprised of state,... View Details

Keywords: Emerging Markets; Multinational Firms and Management; Business and Government Relations; Power and Influence; Framework; Biotechnology Industry; Massachusetts; Brazil; China; Costa Rica; France; India

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18 Oct 2017
Research & Ideas

How Economic Clusters Drive Globalization

competitive business conditions. Foreign tourists from Europe and North America, drawn by the promise of a pristine environment, relocated to Costa Rica and launched startups offering lodging and guided... View Details

Keywords: by Julia Hanna; Agriculture & Agribusiness

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Vietnam Central & South America, Caribbean Argentina Brazil Chile Colombia Costa Rica Dominican Republic Ecuador Guatemala Honduras Nicaragua Panama Peru Trinidad and Tobago Asia-Pacific Australia China Hong... View Details

12 Dec 2023
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COVID Tested Global Supply Chains. Here’s How They’ve Adapted

diversification Companies are also starting to recognize—and rediscover, as in the case of Intel Corp.—the benefits of diversifying their global production and supply chains, Alfaro says. The chip manufacturer downsized its plant in Costa... View Details

Keywords: by Scott Van Voorhis

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Sample Student Projects - Institute For Strategy And Competitiveness

Guangdong (2006) Colombia Bogota Software Cluster (2013) The Sugar Cane Cluster in Colombia (2007) Colombia Shrimp Aquaculture (2008) Costa Rica Costa View Details

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Belarus Belgium Belize Bolivia Bosnia-Herzegovina Brazil Brunei Bulgaria Cambodia Cameroon Canada Chile China, People's Republic of Columbia Costa Rica Croatia Cuba Cyprus Czech Republic Denmark Dominican... View Details

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Participating Institutions - Institute For Strategy And Competitiveness

(Bogotá) Costa Rica INCAE (La Garita) Croatia J.J. Strossmayer University of Osijek (Osijek) Czech Republic Tomas Bata University in Zlin (Zlin) Ecuador Catholic University of Santiago de Guayaquil... View Details

27 May 2015
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What is an HBS Section?

Sports (basketball, volleyball, flag football, squash, section Olympics, IM trivia) Group Travel (spring break in Costa Rica and Machu Pichu, long weekends in Iceland and Nashville) Section Retreats (long... View Details

01 Oct 1996
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Mastering the Competition — Michael E. Porter (MBA 1971)

typically hectic month last spring, he taught in three HBS executive education programs, gave several presentations to alumni, and spent a day each in Nicaragua and Costa Rica leading an effort to create an... View Details

Keywords: James E. Aisner

01 Dec 2000
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Q&A: Andrew Kendall

with New Hampshire Audubon to work on global conservation issues in Costa Rica. What are the keys to success in working on environmental issues in a developing country? Costa View Details

Keywords: Deborah Blagg; Management of Companies and Enterprises; Management; Forestry and Logging; Agriculture; Special Design Services; Professional Services; Religious, Grantmaking, Civic, Professional, and Similar Organizations; Personal Services

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Costa Rica Côte d'Ivoire Croatia Cuba Curaçao Cyprus Czechia Denmark Djibouti Dominica Dominican Republic Ecuador Egypt El Salvador Equatorial Guinea Eritrea Estonia Eswatini Ethiopia Falkland Islands... View Details

12 Oct 1999
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Porter’s Perspective: Competing in the Global Economy

true cluster in Costa Rica will take decades to complete, but I'm confident that it will be sustainable because the country offers some unique qualities that are a source of competitive advantage — among... View Details

Keywords: Re: Michael E. Porter

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Credential of Leadership, Impact, and Management in Business | HBS Online

Christmas Island Cocos (Keeling) Islands Colombia Comoros Congo Cook Islands Costa Rica Côte d'Ivoire Croatia Cuba Curaçao Cyprus Czechia Denmark Djibouti Dominica Dominican Republic Ecuador Egypt El... View Details

01 Feb 2001
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The Road Taken: One Family's Worldly Adventure

odyssey of a lifetime. They journeyed with their children to 25 countries in ten months, starting in Costa Rica in November 1999 and ending in Norway last August. The decision to take Alex, Katie, and Ben... View Details

Keywords: Margie Kelley

01 Dec 2002
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Porter Course Goes Abroad

reviews at INCAE and SSE-Riga have been overwhelmingly favorable. “There is intense student interest in taking a course that covers the fundamentals of competitiveness,” says Arturo Condo (DBA '00), a professor and associate dean at INCAE. Condo reports that teaching... View Details