Publications

October 2000
Article

BanCrecen

By: S. Dario, E.L. Montiel and Tatiana Sandino

This case describes the aggressive entry of BanCrecen, an affiliate of the Mexican bank BanCrecer, in Costa Rica in 1994. Its strategy, like that of the Mexican home office, was to focus on personal banking, with the rapid expansion of neighborhood branches and strong... View Details

Keywords: Expansion; Globalization; Banks and Banking; Banking Industry; Costa Rica; Mexico

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January 2004 (Revised December 2012)
Case

Farmington Industries, Inc.: Managing Currency Exposure Risk

By: David F. Hawkins and Jacob Cohen

The December 20, 1994 Mexican devaluation creates U.S. dollar losses for an unprepared U.S. corporation with multiple operations in Mexico. View Details

Keywords: International Finance; Globalized Firms and Management; International Accounting; Currency; United States; Mexico

02 Jul 2024
Blog Post

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
First Look

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

15 Oct 2020
Blog Post

Celebrating Latinx Heritage Month at HBS

Andrea Pimienta, Class of 2021 My family’s life in the U.S. started in 1987, about four years before I was born, when my parents emigrated from Mexico to the U.S. for my father’s new job as the CEO of a company that offered an affinity... View Details

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

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

April 1994 (Revised January 1995)
Supplement

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

August 1995 (Revised October 1996)
Case

Futures on the Mexican Peso

By: Kenneth A. Froot, Matthew McBrady and Mark Seasholes

The Chicago Mercantile Exchange needs to decide how to design, and whether and when to introduce, a futures contract on the Mexican peso. View Details

Keywords: Exchange Rates; Money Markets; Futures Market; Country Analysis; International Finance; Financial Markets; Futures and Commodity Futures; Financial Services Industry; Chicago; Mexico

November 2001 (Revised February 2002)
Case

Resinas Sinteticas, S.A. (B)

By: Lynn S. Paine and Greg Rogers

Supplements the (A) case. View Details

Keywords: Chemical Industry; Mexico; United States; Europe

November 2000 (Revised February 2002)
Case

Resinas Sinteticas, S.A. (A)

By: Lynn S. Paine and Greg Rogers

A recent MBA graduate heads international marketing for his family's Mexico-based rosin supply business, he must decide how to respond to the aggressive tactics of his much larger American competitor. Among other things, the U.S. competitor is spreading false rumors... View Details

Keywords: Family Business; Cross-Cultural and Cross-Border Issues; Competition; Marketing Strategy; Business Strategy; Crime and Corruption; Trade; Chemical Industry; Mexico; United States; Europe

08 Mar 2011
First Look

First Look: March 8

foreign-owned natural resource assets. The literature makes three assertions: the U.S. did not fully back the companies, Mexico did not fully compensate them for the value of their assets, and the oil workers benefited from the... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

28 Sep 2010
First Look

First Look: September 28, 2010

explain the following stylized facts: (1) U.S. and Mexican output co-move more than consumption, (2) U.S. shocks have a larger effect on Mexico than in the U.S., (3) U.S. business cycles lead over medium-term fluctuations in Mexico, and... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

January 2017 (Revised April 2017)
Supplement

Bridj and the Business of Urban Mobility (B): A New Model in Kansas City

By: Rosabeth Moss Kanter and Jonathan Cohen

In late 2016, Bridj was expanding its digital platform to help address urban mobility problems faced by cities across the country and the world. Its founder and CEO, Matt George, weighed up several possible strategies for growth as he aimed to responsibly build the... View Details

February 2025
Case

Hyperscaling Dreams: Ualá’s Path from Startup to Fintech Champion

By: Juan Alcacer and Manuel Franck

Ualá, founded by Pierpaolo Barbieri in 2017, is a fast-growing fintech company on a mission to revolutionize financial services in Latin America. Starting with a 14-person team and a prepaid card linked to a digital app, Ualá rapidly expanded into a comprehensive... View Details

Keywords: Banks and Banking; Leadership; Venture Capital; Talent and Talent Management; Strategy; Credit; Banking Industry; Argentina; Mexico; Colombia; Latin America