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- 01 Sep 2004
- News
Books
biases that make predictable what otherwise so commonly emerge as surprises in business and society. They outline six danger signals that suggest when a predictable surprise may be imminent and provide a systematic framework that leaders... View Details
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Global Reach | Baker Library
Global Reach Businessmen and governments in nearly all countries have recognized the need for capable administrators, trained to act in a complex, fast-changing, and increasingly interdependent world, as the best means of assuring... View Details
- Web
Breaking the Cycle of Intergenerational Poverty | Social Enterprise | Harvard Business School
the privilege, who didn't have the opportunity? What can I do, whether small or large, to make a difference? Impact For me, such a big piece of my work is the intellectual challenge of what I do. At Eos Foundation we collaborate with companies and people around the... View Details
- 01 Sep 2013
- News
Beantown as a Beacon
help boost America's performance in the global economy. The May event was part of a series of city-specific "Paths Forward" programs held across the country that brought together expert panels to weigh in on how the national business... View Details
- 25 May 2015
- Blog Post
RapidSOS Wins the HBS New Venture Competition
accurately determine a caller’s location in an emergency. After an early career spent helping to commercialize new technologies, I entered HBS committed to finding a better way to utilize all of the technologies that we carry in our pockets to assist View Details
- 12 Apr 2023
- News
Step Change
in deep discussion—is no different in this sprawling city of 20 million than it is in Silicon Valley or any other entrepreneurial hot spot. Yet, 10 or 11 years ago, incubators and accelerators were only emerging concepts in Egypt. An... View Details
Keywords: Julia Hanna; entrepreneurship; women; venture capital; Egypt; developing economies; Finance
- 02 Sep 2015
- Research & Ideas
Explaining China's Crash
part from massive outsourcing on the part of companies in developed markets. They were moving production to China in droves because labor was cheap, so the economy grew very, very fast. In the process of becoming the “factory of the world,” the View Details
- 11 Mar 2014
- First Look
First Look: March 11
evolution of multinational enterprises (MNEs) in host countries over time. We argue that a change in the policy environment in a host country presents an MNE with two sets of interrelated decisions. First,... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 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
- 04 Apr 2007
- Research & Ideas
The Business of Global Poverty
BOP," Kash Rangan says. "Yes, economies, and with them, the middle classes in emerging countries, have grown. But inequality within countries has also grown. Globalization has not really hurt those... View Details
Keywords: by Garry Emmons
- 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 trip last May, James... View Details
- 01 Aug 2017
- First Look
First Look at New Research and Ideas, August 1
and desire for it. Consistent with this conceptual account, we demonstrate that this brand flirting effect is mediated by excitement. Moreover, the brand flirting effect is most likely to emerge under conditions that facilitate arousal... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 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
- 01 Jun 2015
- News
Learning from Global Immersion Experiences
second module of the three-part course, sends all 900-plus first-year MBAs across the globe in January to work on projects with partner organizations in emerging markets. “The logistical challenges are enormous,” says course head Tony... View Details
- 29 Oct 2021
- Blog Post
Helping Women in Mexico to Live Fulfilled and Healthy Lives
women’s health investment thesis for this fund, focused on emerging countries mainly in Southeast Asia. This experience opened a whole new universe of FemTech and really inspired me. I also had experience at... View Details
- 05 Dec 2016
- News
The Dragon’s Tale
toward the outside world. But there was also the reality that it was a country that had only begun to emerge from a time of massive pain. When you look back broadly at the last few decades, what were some of... View Details
Keywords: Deborah Blagg
- 10 Jun 2002
- Research & Ideas
How to Look at Globalization Now
emerged. Some (relatively rich) emerging countries now exploit the economic advantage of relatively low labor costs to move quickly into the manufacture of high-tech products, such as wireless phones,... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 29 Jan 2019
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, January 29, 2019
of countries with deteriorated corporate financial fragility indicators (Altman’s Z-score). Firm size plays a critical role in the relationship between leverage, firm fragility, and exchange rate movements in View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 29 Oct 2020
- Research & Ideas
The COVID Gender Gap: Why Fewer Women Are Dying
virus and a refusal to abide by public health rules, according to the article "Gender Differences in COVID-19 Attitudes and Behavior: Panel Evidence from Eight Countries (PDF)" in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. [div... View Details
- 19 May 2009
- First Look
First Look: May 19, 2009
were used to identify which countries qualified for emerging markets investments. The case also raises the issue of the difference between "value" and "values" investing and the future... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace