Emerging Market Finance - Publications - Faculty & Research

17 Jun 2025
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Alumni in Climate Networking Series: San Francisco - Addressing Extreme Weather, Climate Risk, and Resilience

the insurance market in the face of worsening climate events and called attention to the increasing number of U.S. regions becoming "uninsurable." Jones advocated for integrating risk-reducing investments—such as forest management and... View Details

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Zayed Muhammed Yasin

Zayed Yasin spent his summer internship in a location most people would envy: Mayaguana, a small island in the Bahamas. Unfortunately, he was too absorbed in constructing an emergency services site—a project that combined his... View Details

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Tariro Goronga

dimension.” His engineering background proved to be the bridge. At British Petroleum, Tariro was assigned to a finance team to bring the engineering perspective they needed. As his colleagues considered potential investments, he evaluated... View Details

Keywords: Manufacturing/Energy

19 Nov 2015
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What to Expect During Your Second Year at HBS

classes became the first order of difficult business. Should I take classes along my career track? Oh wait, I don’t have one just yet. Should I continue my foray into accounting and finance classes? Practice makes perfect, I’m told, and I... View Details

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Preface - Coin and Conscience – Baker Library | Bloomberg Center, Historical Collections

sixteenth to the nineteenth century. It is divided into the following general subject categories: views of stock exchanges, banks, mints, and treasuries; portraits of bankers, statesmen, and financiers; political and personal satires; national View Details

08 Mar 2016
Research & Ideas

Solving an Economic Mystery Surrounding Argentina and Chile

history that year was Dr. Andrea Lluch, from Argentina. This was the origins of a research program and conference series which led to this collaborative volume, and the Creating Emerging Markets oral history... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne

25 Aug 2022
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Labs Enable Large-scale Research

and respond more quickly to emerging issues in the business world. REINVENTING THE FUTURE OF BUSINESS READ MORE STORIES REINVENTING THE FUTURE OF BUSINESS READ MORE STORIES The launch of the Institute in July marked the opening of 12... View Details

01 Oct 2024
Research & Ideas

How Politics Drives Business Decisions in a Polarized Nation

How politics cuts across business Written with Margarita Tsoutsoura, an associate professor of finance at Washington University in St. Louis, the analysis draws from data such as executive surveys, voter registration lists, campaign... View Details

Keywords: by Jay Fitzgerald

01 Dec 2011
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Reimagining the MBA

specific new product- or service-development project that would be their focus for the next 12 weeks. As these students are experiencing firsthand, it’s one thing to hypothesize about product development in an emerging market. It’s quite... View Details

Keywords: Roger Thompson; FIELD program; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services

Jon Staff

Point Foundation mentor, and a Harvard Business School Entrepreneur-in-Residence. He earned his AB and MBA from Harvard University and lives in Brooklyn and Boston with his husband, Michael. Jon can be particularly helpful with: - Brick-and-mortar businesses -... View Details

November 2024
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Price Discounts and Cheapflation During the Post-Pandemic Inflation Surge

By: Alberto Cavallo and Oleksiy Kryvtsov

We study how within-store price variation changes with inflation, and whether households exploit it to attenuate the inflation burden. We use micro price data for food products sold by 91 large multi-channel retailers in ten countries between 2018 and 2024. Measuring... View Details

Keywords: Macroeconomics; Inflation and Deflation; Price; Consumer Behavior; Personal Finance; Product Positioning

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01 Mar 2005
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Women Entrepreneurs Share Insights at WSA Conference

the conference attracted more than 800 women to the HBS campus. The panel on entrepreneurship at which Shukla spoke was moderated by HBS professor Lynda Applegate. It focused on the unique challenges women face in starting a company, particularly in getting View Details

Keywords: Margie Kelley; Corporate Services; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services

01 Mar 2011
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Noted & Quoted

with stories of humble beginnings and noble struggles against overpowering adversaries, providing underdog narratives for consumers.” — HBS assistant professor Anat Keinan describing the market power of “challenger brands.” (Financial... View Details

Keywords: Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services

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Background Note

Note on Pricing Strategies for Industrial Products

Used as a background reading for a course or course module on pricing, this note describes the several basic parameters relevant for price determination. Provides a conceptual approach to formulating pricing strategy, dealing with such topics as skimming versus... View Details

Keywords: Price; Product Marketing; Industrial Products Industry

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01 Sep 2006
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Faculty Books

consumers. Comparing eight areas of policy — product liability law, product safety standards and recall, misleading advertising, comparative product tests, product labeling, quality standards, consumer contracts, and pricing — Trumbull shows that different conceptions... View Details

Keywords: Business Schools & Computer & Management Training; Educational Services

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Analyst Rules Mean More Disclosure, But Less Information | Working Knowledge

Finance and Investing Analyst Rules Mean More Disclosure, But Less Information Featuring Yuan Zou . By Rachel Layne on July 21, 2025 . When analysts meet with companies and let the markets know, the effects... View Details

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Staff Directory | Baker Library

Curriculum & Learning Services Colette Ciregna Director Administration & Finance Areas of Expertise: Finance, Accounting, Staff relations, HR, Operations, French Patrick Clapp Information Research Specialist Baker Research & Data Services... View Details

01 Dec 2008
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A U.S. Turnaround?

During the 1960s and 1970s, U.S. textile, apparel, and shoe manufacturing migrated to Latin America and Asia. By 1990 many products formerly manufactured in the United States were being produced abroad. In addition, foreign automakers were taking View Details

Keywords: Byron Wien; Performing Arts, Spectator Sports, and Related Industries; Arts, Entertainment; Computer and Electronic Product Manufacturing; Manufacturing; Transportation Equipment Manufacturing; Manufacturing; Electric Power Generation, Transmission, Distribution; Utilities

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Introduction - Georges F. Doriot : Educating Leaders, Building Companies, Baker Library, Harvard Business School

Education Alumni Baker Library Historical Collections MORE EXHIBITS HISTORICAL COLLECTIONS RESEARCH LINKS SITE CREDITS GEORGES F. DORIOT Introduction EDUCATION Early Years at HBS Educating Leaders INNOVATION & VC Wartime Innovation ARD DEC View Details

01 Apr 1999
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AASU Looks Ahead

meeting titled "How Will We Maintain Unity as a Race in the New Millennium?" Six panel discussions took on issues that ranged from global capitalism to emerging high-tech opportunities to balancing work, home, and community... View Details

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