Publications

2025
Working Paper

Antitrust Platform Regulation and Entrepreneurship: Evidence from China

By: Ke Rong, D. Daniel Sokol, Di Zhou and Feng Zhu

Many jurisdictions have launched antitrust enforcement and brought in regulation of large tech platforms. The swift and strict implementation of China’s Anti-Monopoly Guidelines for the Platform Economy (Platform Guidelines) provides a quasi-natural experiment... View Details

Keywords: Platform; Antitrust; Regulation; Entrepreneurship; Governing Rules, Regulations, and Reforms; Competition; Venture Capital; Market Entry and Exit; Supply and Industry; China

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2017
Chapter

Multinational Activity in Emerging Markets: How and When Does Foreign Direct Investment Promote Growth?

By: Laura Alfaro

Among the prominent economic trends in recent decades is the exponential increase in flows of goods and capital driven by technological progress and a falling number of restrictions. A key driver of this phenomenon has been the cross-border production, foreign... View Details

Keywords: Multinational Activity; Growth; Spillovers; Complementarities; Foreign Direct Investment; Emerging Markets; Growth and Development; Multinational Firms and Management

May 2000
Article

Business Groups and Social Welfare in Emerging Markets: Existing Evidence and Unanswered Questions

By: T. Khanna

Keywords: Groups and Teams; Welfare; Markets

27 Feb 2017
Research & Ideas

Reputation is Vital to Survival in Turbulent Markets

Emerging Markets series at HBS. We asked Jones and Khanna to discuss the importance of reputation and resilience in building long-term business success. Sean Silverthorne: How do you define “reputation” in... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne

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Marketing Awards & Honors - Faculty & Research

Inflation” (HBS Case 522-087, March 2022) with Jeremy Yang and Das Narayandas. Ayelet Israeli : Finalist for the 2024 Erin Anderson Award for Emerging Female Marketing Scholar and Mentor from the American... View Details

21 Jan 2015
Lessons from the Classroom

Managing the Family Business: Market Basket’s Lessons About Buyouts

family and business. And when buyouts do happen, they usually come late. "Buyouts of family owners rarely happen—even when it is clearly a good option" The Case Of Market Basket Market Basket, a... View Details

Keywords: Retail

October 2024
Case

Ranger Energy Services: Bridging Public & Private Markets

By: Joseph Pacelli, Ravi Ramniklal Gondalia and James Weber

In August of 2017, CSL Capital, a private equity fund founded and operated by Charlie Leykum (HBS ’04), was deciding to take one of its portfolio companies, Ranger Energy Services, public. Founded in 2014, Ranger Energy was an oilfield service company providing... View Details

Keywords: Entrepreneurship; Initial Public Offering; Financial Strategy; Valuation; Private Equity; Business Strategy; Investment Portfolio; Investment Return; Financial Services Industry; Energy Industry; United States

Educators

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Innovation and Entrepreneurship - Edwin H. Land & Polaroid | Harvard Business School

Clubs Faculty & Research Business & Environment Business History Christensen Center for Teaching & Learning Entrepreneurship Faculty & Research Global Healthcare HBS Working Knowledge Institute for Strategy & Competitiveness Leadership... View Details

October 2011 (Revised September 2014)
Case

Paddle8: Painting a New Picture of the Art Market

By: Mukti Khaire

The Paddle8 case is a short case that presents the idea for a new business in the global art market and asks students to evaluate whether it will work, given the structure and unique workings of the art market. Paddle8 is a New York-based startup that partners with... View Details

Keywords: Arts; Business Plan; Business Startups; Corporate Entrepreneurship; Internet and the Web; Trade; Fine Arts Industry; New York (city, NY)

Educators

November 2020
Article

Tackling Youth Unemployment: Evidence from a Labor Market Experiment in Uganda

By: Livia Alfonsi, Oriana Bandiera, Vittorio Bassi, Robin Burgess, Imran Rasul, Munshi Sulaiman and Anna Vitali

We design a labor market experiment to compare demand- and supply-side policies to tackle youth unemployment, a key issue in low-income countries. The experiment tracks 1700 workers and 1500 firms over four years to compare the effect of offering workers either... View Details

Keywords: Employment; Training; Competency and Skills; Developing Countries and Economies

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Online Entrepreneurial Marketing Course | HBS Online

This course is part of the Entrepreneurship & Innovation track. Introduction to Entrepreneurial Marketing ENROLL NOW No application needed for our certificate programs. Start your journey today!... View Details

May 1995 (Revised September 1997)
Case

Internationalizing the Cola Wars (A): The Battle for China and Asian Markets

By: David B. Yoffie

Analyzes the strategies pursued by Coke and Pepsi in the emerging Asian soft drink market. Analyzes the tactical battle of the cola giants in China specifically. View Details

Keywords: Trade; Emerging Markets; Corporate Strategy; Competition; Globalized Firms and Management; Food and Beverage Industry; China; Asia

Educators

April 2000
Article

Is Group Affiliation Profitable in Emerging Markets? An Analysis of Diversified Indian Business Groups

By: Tarun Khanna and Krishna G. Palepu

Keywords: Groups and Teams; Profit; Emerging Markets; Theory; India

2011
Teaching Note

UFIDA (E) (TN)

By: F. Warren McFarlan, Donghong Li and Lijuan Liu

In 2004, China's largest management software provider UFIDA began internationalization. In the subsequent 6 years, UFIDA entered Hong Kong, Singapore, Japan, Thailand, Vietnam and other overseas Asian markets. Nonetheless, UFIDA's overseas business footprint was still... View Details

Keywords: Computer Software; Corporate Strategy; Emerging Markets; Globalization; China; Applications and Software; China

June 2015
Supplement

TAV Airports Holding (B)

By: Juan Alcácer and Esel Çekin

This case explores the strategic options available to TAV Airports Holding, a Turkish firm, after it withdraws from a bid to build Istanbul's newest airport. The new airport would eventually replace Istanbul Atatürk Airport, where TAV makes 43% of its current revenue,... View Details

Keywords: Strategy; Corporate Strategy; International Expansion; Infrastructure; Emerging Markets; Horizontal Integration; Expansion; Vertical Integration; Globalization

14 Dec 2015
Working Paper Summaries

Business Groups Exist in Developed Markets Also: Britain Since 1850

Keywords: by Geoffrey Jones

03 Apr 2018
News

Taking Frontier Markets to the Next Level

CrossBoundary Advisory as we graduated business school, five years ago. Frontier markets are the next tier beyond emerging markets, places such as Kenya, Ethiopia, Rwanda, Nigeria, Ghana––a lot of these... View Details

16 Jun 2009
Research Event

Business Summit: The Future of Market Capitalism

agonizing dilemma: Wealth creation comes from market capitalism, yet the market system has been hard for many parts of society, resulting in insecurities and inequalities. Under political pressure to make... View Details

Keywords: Re: Michael E. Porter

March 2009
Journal Article

Does Individual Performance Affect Entrepreneurial Mobility? Empirical Evidence from the Financial Analysis Market

By: Boris Groysberg, Ashish Nanda and M. Julia Prats

Our paper contributes to the studies on the relationship between workers' human capital and their decision to become self-employed as well as their probability to survive as entrepreneurs. Analysis from a panel data set of research analysts in investment banks over... View Details

Keywords: Entrepreneurship; Investment Banking; Retention; Human Capital; Performance Effectiveness; Banking Industry