Emerging Economies - Publications - Faculty & Research

12 Sep 2017
First Look

First Look at New Research and Ideas, September 12, 2017

actions with social or future benefits. Download working paper: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=53178 A Historical Approach to Clustering in Emerging Economies By: Giacomin, Valeria... View Details

Keywords: Carmen Nobel

01 Jun 2006
News

India Arrives

says. “Now manufacturing is back. We can compete with the best in the world because we tightened our belts during a difficult time.” “The economy has truly opened up,” Mittal remarks. “The main challenge of operating in India today is to... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna

01 Jun 2012
News

Around the World

considerable research attention from several HBS faculty members, including Bob Hayes and Kim Clark. And as developing economies took off, “students could no longer be counted on to spend their entire professional careers in the United... View Details

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

01 Dec 1999
News

Water, Water Everywhere

both domestically and in emerging markets, looks favorable. "This is a business that has been primarily government-controlled without significant economies of scale," Mark said. "The ownership and operation... View Details

Profile

Evgeny Koudryavtsev

in 2009, understanding what the financial crisis meant for the future of economies in emerging Europe was absolutely critical" says Evgeny. "I spent a few weeks on macroeconomic analysis, so that... View Details

06 Dec 2011
Op-Ed

Greater Fiscal Integration Best Solution for Euro Crisis

unelected, "technocratic" national emergency governments. If after Greece, Portugal and Ireland, Italy were to fall into the debt spiral, it might be the domino piece that could bring down the entire European Monetary Union... View Details

Keywords: by Dante Roscini

01 Mar 2017
News

Ask the Expert: Capital Architect

Brunell spent five years helping Vietnam transition to a market economy, instituting government transparency measures and a national competitiveness index. (© Whitehotpix/ZUMAPRESS.com) David Brunell (MBA 1962) is a master at making markets. For 25 years, he has... View Details

18 Feb 2014
News

Stick with Plan A

Ezuza, Inc., a Mexico City-based mobile payments company she launched in 2007 that focuses primarily on the unbanked and under-banked in emerging markets. Zuza means "gain" in Zulu; the e stands for "electronic." "Ezuza is interested in... View Details

Keywords: Robert S. Benchley; Waleed Iskandar (MBA 1993); Telecommunications

01 Jan 2008
News

James D. Wolfensohn, MBA 1959

endeavors to nurture businesses in emerging economies and promote sustainable sources of energy, show his continuing determination to bridge the gap between policies and people. In the course of one two-week... View Details

01 Sep 2018
News

An SUV Built for African Roads—by African Workers

loads, and a price tag that starts at US$13,000—about the equivalent of a seven-year-old imported sedan. “At Mobius, we get to play a part in the emergence of a stronger manufacturing base.” “At Mobius, we get to play a part in the View Details

Keywords: Amy Yee

05 Aug 2024
Research & Ideas

Watching for the Next Economic Downturn? Follow Corporate Debt

Global Credit Project to analyze the impact of corporate debt in more than 100 advanced and emerging economies in the credit booms that typically precede financial crises. The data overlaps with 87 systemic... View Details

Keywords: by Rachel Layne

February 2004 (Revised March 2010)
Case

Brazil 2003: Inflation Targeting and Debt Dynamics

By: Laura Alfaro, Rafael M. Di Tella and Ingrid Vogel

In October 2002, Brazilians elected a left-wing president, Luis Inacio Lula da Silva, for the first time in that country's history. As markets faltered in response, Lula sought to reaffirm his commitment to fiscal discipline, a floating exchange rate, and inflation... View Details

Keywords: Economy; Inflation and Deflation; Money; Borrowing and Debt; Policy; Emerging Markets; Brazil

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09 Mar 2010
First Look

First Look: March 9

governance in the important emerging economy of India turn critically on whether one does a simultaneous economic analysis of business strategy and corporate governance. We find in contrast to prior views... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

01 Oct 1996
News

"Service-Profit Chain" Links Members of Service Management Unit

increased competition or Booz, Allen & Hamilton's emergence into the world market, HBS professor Leonard A. Schlesinger, who is chair of the unit, notes that "the course material is immediately useful to our students. It involves people... View Details

Keywords: Susan Young

21 Apr 2003
Research & Ideas

Will American Brands Be a Casualty of War?

upper Amazon, they brought people a taste of America, along with the promise of freedom and prosperity. The end of the Cold War signaled victory for Brand America. As closed economies opened up to foreign trade and investment, Brand... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne

01 Jun 2015
News

India Research Center: Connecting HBS to South Asia

Executive Director of HBS’s India Research Center With the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund predicting that India will overtake China as the fastest-growing major economy within two years, HBS’s presence in this dynamic... View Details

01 Dec 2019
News

Capitalizing the Corner Shop

engineering consulting company, and his mother started four businesses, ranging from a video game store to a bakery—Kehinde was exposed early on to the pains of capital constraints. “I grew up seeing how difficult it is,” he says. Working in an View Details

Keywords: Dan Morrell

23 May 2019
News

Álvaro Rodríguez Arregui, MBA 1995

Gentera into the largest microfinance firm in the Americas. Rodríguez’s interest in using microloans to invest in developing economies was first sparked at HBS in 1994 when he helped organize the Latin American Conference. Through a... View Details