Publications

fall 2010
Article

Lawsuits and Empire: On the Enforcement of Sovereign Debt in Latin America

By: Faisal Z. Ahmed, Laura Alfaro and Noel Maurer

The re-occurring phenomenon of sovereign default has prompted an enormous theoretical and empirical literature. Most of this research has focused on why countries ever chose to pay their debts (or why private creditors ever expected repayment). The problem originates... View Details

Keywords: Lawsuits and Litigation; Insolvency and Bankruptcy; Sovereign Finance; Borrowing and Debt; Debt Securities; Motivation and Incentives; Markets; Equity; Banking Industry; Latin America

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January 2000 (Revised May 2000)
Case

Patagon.com: Building (and Defending) the First Financial Destination in Latin America

By: William A. Sahlman, Ramiro Montealegre and Luis Pereiro

Describes Patagon.com, a company trying to build a financial portal in Latin America. The company's founders, Wenceslao Casares and Constancio Larguia, must deal with complex financial and strategic challenges as they guide the company in a difficult context. View Details

Keywords: Strategy; Internet and the Web; Entrepreneurship; Problems and Challenges; Business Startups; Finance; Financial Services Industry; Latin America

03 Nov 2014
Working Paper Summaries

Adding Value Through Venture Capital in Latin America and the Caribbean

Keywords: by Josh Lerner, Ann Leamon, James Tighe & Susana Garcia-Robles; Financial Services

November 2010
Supplement

LAN Airlines in 2008: Connecting the World to Latin America (B)

By: Ramon Casadesus-Masanell and Jorge Tarzijan

Provides updated facts on Lan Airlines as of 2010. It is meant to be used as a supplement to "Lan Airlines in 2008: Connecting the World to Latin America" (Harvard Business School Case 709-410). View Details

Keywords: Business Model; Competitive Advantage; Air Transportation Industry; Latin America

01 Dec 2002
News

Building a Network for Social Enterprise in Latin America

and educational programs in social enterprise with the partnership of AVINA, a foundation that supports sustainable development in the area; the HBS Latin America Research Center (LARC); and six cooperating... View Details

07 Nov 2018
News

Can Netflix Keep Winning? And Why People Are Fleeing Latin America

Article

Business, Governments and Political Risk in South Asia and Latin America since 1970

By: G. Jones and Rachael Comunale

This article contributes to the literature on political risk in business and economic history by examining both new perspectives (risk encountered by companies domestically, rather than risk for foreign investors) and new settings (emerging markets economies in Latin... View Details

Keywords: Political Risk; Emerging Market; Bribery; Business ＆ Government Relations; Turbulence; Violence; Risk and Uncertainty; Emerging Markets; Crime and Corruption; Business and Government Relations; Business History; India; Latin America

2014
Other Unpublished Work

Enter the Dragon: Risks from China to Latin America

By: Laura Alfaro, Guillermo Calvo, Alberto Carrasquilla, Pedro Carvalho de Mello, Pedro De Gregorio, Roque Benjamin Fernandez, Pablo Guidotti, Guillermo Perry, Carmen Reinhart, Liliana Rojas-Suarez and Ernesto Talvi

13 Sep 2023
Podcast

How Arcos Dorados is Addressing Climate Change in Latin America

Today’s episode is the first in our 2023 back-to-business school series. The episode features Gabriel Serber, Vice President of Social Impact and Sustainable Development, Arcos Dorados, the largest McDonald’s franchise in the world. He discusses how Arcos Dorados... View Details

Article

How Big are the Private Equity Transactions in Latin America?: Evidence from Twenty-five Countries from 2001 to 2008

By: Roberto Charvel

This article shows evidence on private equity transaction size and firm value size in 25 Latin American countries. View Details

Keywords: Private Equity; Venture Capital; Alternative Assets; Latin America; Emerging Market; Entrepreneurial Finance; Business Ventures; Finance; Entrepreneurship; Financial Services Industry; Latin America

28 Mar 2024
News

Michael Chu on Businesses for Good in Latin America

September 2023
Supplement

Arcos Dorados: Decarbonizing McDonald’s in Latin America – Decarbonization Activities

By: George Serafeim and Michael W. Toffel

21 May 2018
Working Paper Summaries

Business, Governments, and Political Risk in South Asia and Latin America Since 1970

Keywords: by Geoffrey Jones and Rachael Comunale

2010
Book

The Economics of Crime: Lessons for and from Latin America

By: Rafael Di Tella, Sebastian Edwards and Ernesto Schargrodsky

Keywords: Economics; Crime and Corruption; Learning; Latin America

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August 2008 (Revised August 2009)
Case

Lan Airlines in 2008: Connecting the World to Latin America

By: Ramon Casadesus-Masanell, Jorge Tarzijan and Mitchel Jordan

Lan Airlines operates three distinct models: low-cost for domestic short-haul flights, full-service for international routes; and an international cargo business, the latter of which makes up 33% of Lan's overall revenues (markedly different from many U.S. legacy... View Details

Keywords: Business Model; Growth and Development Strategy; Competitive Advantage; Air Transportation Industry; Latin America

Educators

2001
Book

Cases in Strategic Marketing Management: Business Strategies in Latin America

By: Guillermo D'Andrea and John A. Quelch

06 Sep 2022
Blog Post

To Go-Go: A Foodtech Startup Serves Up Scale in Latin America

across four countries. Foodology delivers 200,000 orders a month through apps such as Uber Eats and the Latin American unicorn Rappi, and it has fulfilled more than 2 million orders since launch. According to Izquierdo, View Details

April 7, 2013
Guest Column

Infraestructura en América Latina [Infrastructure in Latin America: A perspective from the HBS Latin America Conference]

By: Laura Alfaro

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September 2023
Supplement

Arcos Dorados: Decarbonizing McDonald’s in Latin America – Alternative Protein Products

By: George Serafeim and Michael W. Toffel