Emerging Country - Publications - Faculty & Research

20 Jun 2019
News

Reframing Modern Art

content of the work, the context in which I worked, the issues that I was dealing with, the unfolding of the global financial markets, as well as the political and economic situation that shaped especially the emerging markets of Latin... View Details

27 Aug 2014
Lessons from the Classroom

Learning From Japan’s Remarkable Disaster Recovery

the disaster recedes into the past, the students are shifting focus. During trips in earlier years, they studied the emergency response and rebuilding of companies. Now the emphasis is transitioning from business recovery to business... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne; Energy; Utilities; Retail

14 Nov 2017
First Look

New Research and Ideas: November 14, 2017

emerging market corporate balance sheet indicators have not deteriorated to AFC crisis-country levels. However, more countries are close to or in the “vulnerable” range of Altman’s Z-score, and average... View Details

Keywords: Carmen Nobel

17 Mar 2008
Research & Ideas

The Lessons of Business History: A Handbook

accepted advice is that wealth and growth will come to countries that open their borders to foreign direct investment. "The historical evidence shows clearly that this is an article of faith rather than proven by the historical... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne

24 May 2011
First Look

First Look: May 24

scenarios and with expert opinions on emerging risk issues. In order to explain the dynamics of these alternative plots, I show that risk experts engage in various kinds of boundary-work (Gieryn, 1983, 1999), sometimes to expand and... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

14 Jan 2022
Blog Post

Embracing Activism for Social Change

Partnership, a pilot program implemented with the county’s mental health authority, Detroit Wayne Integrated Health Network (DWIHN), designed to create better outcomes in emergencies involving first responders and citizens with mental or... View Details

24 Jul 2018
Blog Post

The Global Classroom: From Boston to Jakarta

emerging economy. This year, students could choose from the following locations around the world: Europe (Athens, Helsinki), Africa (Casablanca, Johannesburg, Cape Town), South America (Sao Paolo, Bogota, Buenos Aires), Asia (New Delhi,... View Details

01 Apr 1998
News

Speakers Share Triumphs and Challenges

continued M&A activity among companies seeking economies of scale and scope and attempting to take full advantage of political liberalization, globalization, and emerging markets. This positive business climate, Corzine noted, will be... View Details

Keywords: James E. Aisner

26 Jun 2013
Op-Ed

A Roadmap for Afghanistan’s Economic Future

specialized intermediaries emerges over decades to address these issues. There might be auction houses for the wholesaling of goods, companies that specialize in gathering price data for various commodities, others that authenticate the... View Details

Keywords: by Tarun Khanna

Web

AI Enhanced Learning: HBS IT and Faculty Collaborate on Research Navigator Bot | Information Technology

students conduct customer interviews, perform market analysis, and present their recommendations. Before Immersion Week can take place, however, students participate in “Industry Week,” conducting intensive research on the industry, the company, and the View Details

20 Oct 2022
News

Lebanon Alumni Host US Ambassador for Dinner and Discussion

explored a number of economic, political, and business issues the country is facing. “Lebanon is at a crucial stage in its history,” says Ingea. “We have presidential elections this month, we have an economic crisis like we’ve never seen... View Details

Keywords: Margie Kelley

29 Mar 2023
News

Supporting Earthquake Victims in Turkey and Syria

in the area. The product had been in development for years prior to the disaster, says Polatoğlu, developed to address a rise in natural disaster–related emergencies caused by climate change. “Moreover, we have designed a special... View Details

01 Sep 2007
News

Ali Allawi

better future beckoned. But then as I entered the border town of Safwan, which is a few miles into Iraq from Kuwait, it became clear that this was not the country that I had left. It had changed in ways that were incredible. Safwan seemed... View Details

Keywords: Roger Thompson; National Security and International Affairs; Government

01 Jun 2022
News

'Rooted' In Innovation

in 2019 that is already creating jobs and expanding economic opportunities in his home country of Cameroon. In May, CassVita was honored with a Harvard President’s Innovation Challenge Award funded by the Bertarelli Foundation. Cassava is... View Details

Keywords: Deborah Blagg

01 Dec 2018
News

Trade Off

What patterns emerge from history that can help us better understand where we are today? Sophus Reinert: To many people, globalization is teleological, something that necessarily becomes stronger over time and leads to an ever-more... View Details

27 Mar 2014
News

From Marx to Marketing

food products, he had traveled frequently on business to the USSR and other Central and East European countries in the Soviet Bloc, thus gaining a knowledge of Soviet-style commerce few other Westerners could claim. Between 1985 and 1992,... View Details

01 Jan 2008
News

Anand G. Mahindra, MBA 1981

that.” In 2002, M&M launched its own sports utility vehicle, the Scorpio, which is now being exported to countries such as Italy, Russia, and South Africa. A hybrid version will hit U.S. showrooms within a few years, a prime example of... View Details

18 Sep 2007
First Look

First Look: September 18, 2007

Partnerships Harvard Business School Case 807-175 Stimulates discussion of entrepreneurship in emerging economies, especially for entrepreneurs returning to their home countries to start businesses with... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

Profile

Cristina Ros Blankfein

When Cristina Ros Blankfein and Jennifer Ross returned from their FIELD 2 expeditions, they were both feeling the entrepreneurial buzz that an international travel experience often spawns. But the idea that the close friends and section-mates eventually turned into a... View Details

30 Aug 2016
First Look

August 30, 2016

water treatment company employing membrane technology. In 2004 the company entered the large Middle Eastern market for water treatment but soon encountered problems, including political turbulence. The case ends with demonstrations and an View Details