Publications

26 Sep 2013
Research & Ideas

Behind India’s Economic and Political Woes

Institute at Harvard University and Jorge Paulo Lemann Professor at Harvard Business School, offers some insights into the causes and conditions at play. Zeenat Potia: Can you give some context around the downturn of the Indian economy... View Details

Keywords: by Zeenat Potia

01 Mar 2011
News

The Path to Economic Revival

semiconductor manufacturers’ capabilities. It’s no coincidence that the entire flat-panel display industry emerged from semiconductor industry capabilities. The people who built the factories to make semiconductors used that knowledge to... View Details

Keywords: Roger Thompson; Manufacturing

26 May 2009
Research & Ideas

Improving Market Research in a Recession

Some large multinational marketers, such as Unilever, are shifting research expenditures away from Western Europe and toward emerging markets in Asia and Latin America. Relative to the developed economies, the costs of research in View Details

Keywords: by John Quelch

15 Nov 2016
News

Uncovering The Secrets of Mittelstand Success

emerged that will no doubt make its way into future classroom discussions: how to apply lessons learned from the region to cultures and economies around the world. View Details

24 May 2004
Research & Ideas

When Reputation Trumps Regulation

governance violations were effectively cut off from the global capital markets and lost their future access to outside finance. A more reliable system for disclosure could allow far more firms from emerging View Details

Keywords: by Ann Cullen

January 2012 (Revised June 2013)
Case

Pioneers in Colombia

By: Nicolas P. Retsinas and Lisa Strope

In 2011, Equity International made a $75 million equity investment in Bogota-based real estate company, Terranum Development and became the first institutional real estate investor in Colombia. View Details

Keywords: International Investment; Real Estate; International Finance; Private Equity; Emerging Markets; Investment; Developing Countries and Economies; Real Estate Industry; Colombia

The global economy is in a transitional phase. Being a visiting research fellow at the Harvard Business School provided an exceptional opportunity to meet a diverse range of scholars from around the world to debate the most challenging... View Details

Profile

Tony He

Why was earning your MBA at HBS important to you? Prior to business school, I studied biomedical engineering and worked in health economics research. I learned useful technical skills, but I looked to expand my thinking. Business school was a chance for me to study the... View Details

Keywords: Nonprofit / Government

Web

IFC: Saudi Arabia; Economic Diversification - Course Catalog

the largest economy in the Middle East, is implementing its hugely ambitious Vision 2030 initiative, which aims to transform the nation and diversify its economy away from oil dependency. This transition... View Details

Web

Entrepreneurship and Global Capitalism - Course Catalog

or unproductive ways. Cases of stellar business success are accompanied by cases on morally-challenged figures, and conflicting views on the responsibilities of business are debated in widely differing settings. A highly diverse set of business leaders View Details

01 Jun 1997
News

Short Takes

A summary of selected new research by HBS faculty. Diversification Best Bet in Emerging Markets In today's era of global competitiveness, companies in the industrialized world have slimmed down their operations in order to focus on doing... View Details

Keywords: Judith A. Ross

01 Mar 2007
News

The Plight of the Global Poor

safety net and virtually no hope of moving upward.” “Globalization has helped emerging economies distribute their products and services around the world but there’s been no systematic way to link the extra... View Details

Keywords: Garry Emmons; bottom of the pyramid (BOP); Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services; Social Assistance; Health, Social Assistance

02 Sep 2015
Research & Ideas

Explaining China's Crash

emergency interventions damaged the market’s credibility? A: I believe that the bigger question is if the political leadership will have the courage to move from a command economy to something that looks... View Details

Keywords: by Christina Pazzanese; Financial Services

13 Jun 2017
Research & Ideas

Why Global Investments Are Still a Good Bet

risks of investing abroad.” Home bias is short-sighted In a recently released working paper, however, Viceira argues that such an investment strategy may be unwise for investors in the long run—not to mention damaging to the global View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding; Financial Services

01 Apr 1998
News

Microfinance's Big Payoff: Michael Chu and ACCION International

The emergence of civilian governments and market economies throughout the region presents the opportunity for people to be included in the shaping of their destiny - if they can participate. Microfinance... View Details

April 2008 (Revised December 2008)
Case

North Goes East

By: Nicolas P. Retsinas, Daniela Beyersdorfer and Elena Corsi

In August 2006, Magnus Lofgren and Robert Provine, managing directors and co-founders of the "North Real Estate Opportunities Fund," need to decide which real estate investment the Fund should pursue as its first project. The Fund's target region, Central and Eastern... View Details

Keywords: Developing Countries and Economies; Investment Funds; Risk Management; Emerging Markets; Opportunities; Real Estate Industry; Europe

March 2008 (Revised November 2008)
Case

Databank in Africa

By: Jordan Siegel and Yi Kwan Chu

This case tackles issues of regional strategy and strategic institutional arbitrage. Databank is a financial services firm designing its regional strategy for Africa and seeking to benefit from institutional arbitrage. View Details

Keywords: Developing Countries and Economies; Local Range; Emerging Markets; Service Operations; Business Strategy; Financial Services Industry; Africa