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  • March 2024 (Revised February 2025)
  • Case

Doing Business in São Paulo, Brazil

By: Laura Alfaro, Hise O. Gibson, Leonard A. Schlesinger and Pedro Levindo
The case gives readers an overview of key factors of doing business in Brazil, including Brazil’s economic transformation since its colonial years until 2023, when leftist President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva was sworn in for his third term, after the most polarized... View Details
Keywords: Business Cycles; Developing Countries and Economies; Economic Growth; Economic Sectors; Economy; Macroeconomics; Business History; International Relations; Political Elections; Taxation; Consumer Behavior; Brazil; Latin America; Sao Paulo
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Alfaro, Laura, Hise O. Gibson, Leonard A. Schlesinger, and Pedro Levindo. "Doing Business in São Paulo, Brazil." Harvard Business School Case 324-079, March 2024. (Revised February 2025.)
  • 16 Aug 2016
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August 16, 2016

firm’s net protection sellers. Capital fluctuations of sellers account for 10% of the time-series variation in spread changes, a significant amount given that observable firm and macroeconomic factors account for less than 16% of... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • October 2024 (Revised January 2025)
  • Case

Citizens of the World: The International Legacy of Gloria von Thurn und Taxis

By: Lauren Cohen, Maximilian Form and Sophia Pan
When her husband passed away and inheritance taxes struck, Princess Gloria von Thurn und Taxis took decisive action to preserve her family’s fortune and legacy. The Thurn und Taxis family, one of Europe’s oldest aristocratic dynasties, had built their wealth through... View Details
Keywords: Family Office; Real Estate; Legacy; International Business; Family Business; Economy; Macroeconomics; Financial Crisis; Financial Liquidity; Investment; Global Strategy; Reputation; Diversification; Wealth; Taxation; Germany
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Cohen, Lauren, Maximilian Form, and Sophia Pan. "Citizens of the World: The International Legacy of Gloria von Thurn und Taxis." Harvard Business School Case 225-038, October 2024. (Revised January 2025.)
  • June 2016
  • Supplement

FANUC Corporation: Reassessing the Firm's Governance and Financial Policies Spreadsheet Supplement

By: Benjamin C. Esty and Akiko Kanno
In February 2015, Daniel Loeb (a US-based activist investor) announced his firm had a large investment in FANUC Corporation, a leading producer of industrial robots and software for machine tools. Loeb was demanding that the Japanese firm change its financial and... View Details
Keywords: Financial Management; Valuation; Investment Funds; Policy; Corporate Governance; Macroeconomics; Investment Activism; Change Management; Financial Strategy; Cross-Cultural and Cross-Border Issues; Japan; United States
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Esty, Benjamin C., and Akiko Kanno. "FANUC Corporation: Reassessing the Firm's Governance and Financial Policies Spreadsheet Supplement." Harvard Business School Spreadsheet Supplement 216-714, June 2016.
  • 21 Aug 2006
  • Research & Ideas

How Europe Wrote the Rules of Global Finance

and 1950s capital controls were perfectly orthodox tools of macroeconomic management. And forty years before that, prior to the outbreak of World War I in 1914, capital controls had then been heretical. The big, unanswered question was:... View Details
Keywords: by Ann Cullen
  • 22 Jan 2007
  • Research & Ideas

The Immigrant Technologist: Studying Technology Transfer with China

sample to quantify correctly the overall importance of these networks. The Silicon Valley Chinese are a very special case, and my work seeks to understand the larger benefit these networks provide throughout the global economy. These View Details
Keywords: Re: William R. Kerr; Technology; Computer
  • 25 Mar 2014
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First Look: March 25

bonds to the stock market has moved considerably over time. While it was slightly positive on average in the period 1960-2011, it was unusually high in the 1980s and negative in the 2000s, a period during which Treasury bonds enabled investors to hedge View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 2007
  • Working Paper

Facts and Fallacies about U.S. FDI in China

By: Lee Branstetter and C. Fritz Foley
Despite the rapid expansion of U.S.-China trade ties, the increase in U.S. FDI in China, and the expanding amount of economic research exploring these developments, a number of misconceptions distort the popular understanding of U.S. multinationals in China. In this... View Details
Keywords: Macroeconomics; Trade; Foreign Direct Investment; Multinational Firms and Management; Expansion; China; United States
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Branstetter, Lee, and C. Fritz Foley. "Facts and Fallacies about U.S. FDI in China." NBER Working Paper Series, No. 13470, October 2007.
  • 06 Jan 2003
  • What Do You Think?

China: The Next Big Market Opportunity or the Next Big Bubble?

overestimating the speed and magnitude of possible investment returns. First, what's the amount of risk at the macroeconomic level? Wenbin Guo suggests that it is lower than most people think, primarily because of the vast, diverse nature... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
  • 01 Dec 2015
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December 1, 2015

https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=50046 The Probability of Rare Disasters: Estimation and Implications By: Siriwardane, Emil Abstract—I analyze a rare disasters economy that yields a measure of the risk neutral probability of a View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 08 Oct 2013
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First Look: October 8

over time. While it was slightly positive on average in the period 1960-2011, it was unusually high in the 1980s and negative in the 2000s, a period during which Treasury bonds enabled investors to hedge macroeconomic risks. This paper... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 11 Dec 2018
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New Research and Ideas, December 11, 2018

activity. When our measure is high, safe bonds fall in value and risky assets rally, forecasting a boom in investment. Risk appetite is closely linked to investors’ expectations of future risk and rises following positive macroeconomic... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
  • 10 Feb 2009
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First Look: February 10, 2009

http://harvardbusinessonline.hbsp.harvard.edu/ b01/en/common/item_detail.jhtml?id=509004 The Great Moderation Harvard Business School Note 709-023 The Great Moderation is a significant decline in the volatility of fluctuations in most View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • December 2020 (Revised April 2021)
  • Case

Arcos Dorados: A QSR Recovery Plan

By: Forest Reinhardt, José B. Alvarez, Jenyfeer Martinez Buitrago and Mariana Cal
Arcos Dorados—McDonald’s largest independent franchisee, covering Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC)—faced a pandemic that was disrupting the entire consumer foodservice business in 2020. With the exclusive right to own, operate, and sub-franchise McDonald’s... View Details
Keywords: Agribusiness; Animal-Based Agribusiness; Plant-Based Agribusiness; Customer Value and Value Chain; Income; Macroeconomics; Environmental Management; Environmental Sustainability; Cross-Cultural and Cross-Border Issues; Food; Health Pandemics; Crisis Management; Logistics; Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact; Strategic Planning; Food and Beverage Industry; Agriculture and Agribusiness Industry; Retail Industry; Latin America; Aruba; Guadeloupe; Martinique; Mexico; Panama; Costa Rica; Argentina; Brazil; Chile; Colombia; Ecuador; French Guiana; Peru; Uruguay; Venezuela; Puerto Rico; Trinidad and Tobago
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Reinhardt, Forest, José B. Alvarez, Jenyfeer Martinez Buitrago, and Mariana Cal. "Arcos Dorados: A QSR Recovery Plan." Harvard Business School Case 721-023, December 2020. (Revised April 2021.)
  • 17 May 2016
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May 17, 2016

Publisher's link: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=51066 2016 Antonio Serra and the Economics of Good Government Authority and Expertise at the Origins of Macroeconomics By: Reinert, Sophus A. Abstract—No abstract available.... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • July 2005 (Revised December 2006)
  • Case

Japan: Deficits, Demography, and Deflation

By: Richard H.K. Vietor
By 2005, Japan's debt had risen to 163% of GDP. For more than a decade, the government had run huge deficits, trying unsuccessfully to stimulate economic growth. Interest rates, meanwhile, had been zero for years. But with slow growth and banks in crisis, nothing had... View Details
Keywords: Economy; Economic Growth; Demographics; Financial Condition; Inflation and Deflation; Banks and Banking; Borrowing and Debt; Macroeconomics; Policy; Government and Politics; Welfare; Health Care and Treatment; Japan
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Vietor, Richard H.K. "Japan: Deficits, Demography, and Deflation." Harvard Business School Case 706-004, July 2005. (Revised December 2006.)
  • 27 Jun 2007
  • Lessons from the Classroom

Learning to Make the Move to CEO

macroeconomic view of world regions so that participants have a clear sense of how various economic and sociopolitical factors will affect their businesses. The heart of the program, however, centers on strategy formation and... View Details
Keywords: by Julia Hanna; Education
  • 07 Feb 2007
  • Research & Ideas

Dividends from Schumpeter’s Noble Failure

page the ghost of that policy looks over the shoulder of the analyst, frames his assumptions, guides his pen." Overall, says Schumpeter, "the capitalist process is essentially a process of change of the type which is being assumed away in this book." In... View Details
Keywords: by Thomas K. McCraw
  • 29 Apr 2014
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First Look: April 29

of U.S. Treasury bonds to the stock market has moved considerably over time. While it was slightly positive on average in the period 1960-2011, it was unusually high in the 1980s and negative in the 2000s, a period during which Treasury bonds enabled investors to hedge... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • May 2015
  • Teaching Note

The United Kingdom and the Means to Prosperity

By: Laura Alfaro, Lakshmi Iyer and Hilary White
After struggling through the country's longest recession since 2008, the U.K. was expected to grow faster than any other G7 nation in 2014. Analysts wondered whether the return to growth was because, or in spite of, Prime Minister David Cameron's controversial £113... View Details
Keywords: United Kingdom; Austerity; Fiscal Deficits; Fiscal Policy; Keynesian Multiplier; Government; Government Policy; Recessions; Depression; Inequality; Government Intervention In The Markets; Stagnation; Public Finance; Economics; Macroeconomics; Government Administration; Business and Government Relations; Economic Growth; Economic Slowdown and Stagnation; Public Sector; Economy; Financial Crisis; Taxation; Government and Politics; United Kingdom
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Alfaro, Laura, Lakshmi Iyer, and Hilary White. "The United Kingdom and the Means to Prosperity." Harvard Business School Teaching Note 715-055, May 2015.
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