Mexico - Publications - Faculty & Research

02 Jul 2024
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Climate Story #19: Nicole Neeman Brady (MBA 2008): The Critical Role of Business in Tackling Water Challenges

to the 2017 Oroville Dam tragedy where heavy rains in California caused major dam spillage and forced the evacuation of some 180,000 residents. And, more recently, how millions in Mexico City could run out of water next month on “Day... View Details

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Timeline - Race, Gender & Equity

Million of Its Own Citizens to Mexico During the Great Depression 1933 President Franklin Roosevelt proposes New Deal programs to Congress Franklin Roosevelt and the New Deal Art of the New Deal 1935 National Labor Relations Act and... View Details

20 Jul 2010
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First Look: July 20

anniversary of Mexico's revolution against Spain, President Felipe Calderon hoped he could orchestrate several crucial reforms that Mexico needed. Mexico had not grown much over the course of the last... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

28 May 2019
News

Alumni Achievement Awards 2019

had no idea what microfinance was.” Firestarter: “The Mexico of tomorrow will be built by the entrepreneurs of today. That’s why Michael and I started IGNIA. Today we’re the largest venture capital firm in Mexico, focused on investing in... View Details

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Institutions, Macroeconomics, and the Global Economy - Course Catalog

to the remainder of the course. It investigates the mechanisms underlying recent macroeconomic and financial crises and explores their institutional underpinnings as well as their economic and political consequences. Representative cases include the View Details

22 Nov 2024
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Healthcare Club Hosts its 25th Annual Conference; Alumni Step Out for Global Networking Night; Meet the Club Leader: Andrea Fantacone

from the Harvard Kennedy School, about the US election and its implications on trade, the economy, and Europe’s political landscape. * At its GNN event, the HBS Club of Mexico welcomed HBS MBA candidates from View Details

Keywords: Margie Kelley

September 2024
Case

Topaz: Navigating Governance, Legacy, and Change

By: Christina R. Wing and Carla Larangeira

Since its founding in 2011, the Garza Sada brothers and their father positioned Topaz among leading family offices in Monterrey, Mexico, with several assets under management. Topaz aspired to have a transformative impact across multiple Mexican industries. An industry... View Details

Keywords: Business Conglomerates; Family Business; Governance; Governing and Advisory Boards; Managerial Roles; Management Succession; Family Ownership; Financial Services Industry; Real Estate Industry; Education Industry; Energy Industry; Latin America; Mexico

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October 2015
Case

DPDHL Group: Employee Safety and Wellbeing

By: John A. Quelch and Carin-Isabel Knoop

Management at Deutsche Post DHL Group is designing a three-country test of investment in a new health and wellbeing strategy. View Details

Keywords: Health; Wellbeing; Wellness; Safety; Risk; Employees; Human Resources; Risk Management; Service Industry; China; Mexico; Middle East

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December 2008 (Revised September 2009)
Case

Cola Wars: Going Global

By: Frank V. Cespedes

This case is meant to be used in conjunction with the extant "Cola Wars" case studies. It outlines the global positions of Pepsi and Coca-Cola as of 2008 in the soft drink market, and then provides an overview of their competitive situations in three markets: Mexico,... View Details

Keywords: Global Strategy; Globalized Firms and Management; Industry Structures; Competitive Strategy; Competitive Advantage; Food and Beverage Industry; China; India; Mexico

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17 Dec 2013
First Look

First Look: December 17

from the developed to the developing country and (ii) adjustment costs to investment flows. Consistent with the model, we observe that the flow of technologies from N to S co-moves positively with output in both N and S. After calibrating the model to View Details

Keywords: Carmen Nobel

27 Aug 2013
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First Look: August 27

Publications August 2013 Journal of Financial Economics The Performance of Corporate Alliances: Evidence from Oil and Gas Drilling in the Gulf of Mexico By: Beshears, John Abstract—I use data on oil and gas drilling in the Gulf of View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

27 Oct 2009
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First Look: October 27

investment flow adjustment costs in the developing economy. We calibrate the model to match the Mexico-U.S. trade and FDI flows. The model is able to explain (1) why U.S. shocks have a larger effect on Mexico than in the U.S. and hence... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

January 1995 (Revised April 1995)
Teaching Note

StarKist (A) and (B) TN

By: Forest L. Reinhardt

Teaching Note for (9-794-128) and (9-794-139). View Details

Keywords: United States; Mexico

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April 1994 (Revised January 1995)
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StarKist (B)

By: Richard H.K. Vietor and Forest L. Reinhardt

Set in November 1993. Intended as a follow-up to the (A) case. View Details

Keywords: United States; Mexico

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26 Apr 2011
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First Look: April 26

supplement:http://cb.hbsp.harvard.edu/cb/product/711033-PDF-ENG Primedic—Providing Primary Care in Mexico Richard G. Hamermesh, Regina Garcia Cuellar, and Lauren MarguliesHarvard Business School Case 811-040 Primedic is a Mexican start-up... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

12 Oct 1999
Research & Ideas

Rapid Response: Inside the Retailing Revolution

amenable to rapid replenishment will remain in this country for the near term, while the lower labor costs in nearby Mexico and the Caribbean will favor these areas for the assembly phases of production." Given this scenario and the... View Details

Keywords: by James E. Aisner; Apparel & Accessories; Fashion; Consumer Products; Manufacturing; Retail

Fall 2013
Article

In Strange Company: The Puzzle of Private Investment in State-Controlled Firms

By: Mariana Pargendler, Aldo Musacchio and Sergio G. Lazzarini

A large legal and economic literature describes how state-owned enterprises (SOEs) suffer from a variety of agency and political problems. Less theory and evidence, however, have been generated about the reasons why state-owned enterprises listed in stock markets... View Details

Keywords: State-owned Enterprises; Oil Companies; Corporate Governance; Business and Shareholder Relations; Energy Industry; Brazil; Mexico; Norway

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30 Apr 2001
Research & Ideas

Big Companies, Big Opportunities—Big Questions

regional and local customers. Still, P&G has seen its share of tough times in Latin America. For example, the company had surpassed $1 billion in sales in Mexico in 1993. But after the currency devaluation in 1994, it lost $400... View Details

Keywords: by Julie Jette

12 Mar 2006
Research & Ideas

Global Poverty Needs a Global Answer

and beyond to Indonesia and the Philippines are one half the global average. Poverty in Central Asia is increasing as it is in many countries of Latin America, even those that are relatively prosperous like Mexico and Brazil. The key to... View Details

Keywords: by Cynthia Churchwell