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  • 2018
  • Working Paper

Do We See the Same Hierarchy? Status Disagreement in Multicultural Teams and Its Impact on Team Performance

By: Catarina Fernandes and Sujin Jang
This paper develops and tests a theory of status disagreement in multicultural teams. We posit that, in multicultural teams, the diversity of members’ cultural backgrounds will lead to implicit disagreements about who has how much status in the team. More specifically,... View Details
Keywords: Status; Social Hierarchies; Multicultural Teams; Team Performance; Team Diversity; Status and Position; Groups and Teams; Diversity; Cross-Cultural and Cross-Border Issues; Performance
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  • March 2022
  • Case

In Data We Trust: Be Mobile Africa and Furthering Financial Inclusion Across the African Continent

By: Lauren Cohen, Grace Headinger and Pierre Marchesseault
To Cédric Jeannot, leveraging technology to promote financial inclusion was personal. After no established financial institution would accept his technology platform to lower transaction costs for free, Jeannot launched FinTech company Be Mobile Africa in May 2020.... View Details
Keywords: Finance; Fintech; Emerging Market; Fundraising; Financial Inclusion; Strategy; Expansion; Management; Entrepreneurship; Personal Finance; Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact; Growth and Development Strategy; Financial Services Industry; Banking Industry; Africa; Togo; Nigeria; Ghana
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  • 10 Oct 2017
  • First Look

First Look at New Research and Ideas, October 10, 2017

fruitful new agendas for research on the political-economic nexus as it has developed in the Western world since the end of the Middle Ages. New Perspectives on the History of Political Economy brings... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • January 2009
  • Teaching Note

Bunge: Food, Fuel, and World Markets (TN)

By: Tarun Khanna, Santiago Mingo and Jonathan West
Teaching Note for [708443]. View Details
Keywords: Agribusiness; Sales; Integration; Globalized Markets and Industries; Developing Countries and Economies; Competition; Business Model; Trade; Performance Efficiency; Agriculture and Agribusiness Industry; New York (state, US); Brazil; India; China
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  • 30 Jan 2013
  • Working Paper Summaries

These Are the Good Old Days: Foreign Entry and the Mexican Banking System

Keywords: by Stephen Haber & Aldo Musacchio; Banking
  • March 1990 (Revised May 1993)
  • Case

USSR--1990

By: Willis M. Emmons III
Describes the political, economic, and social development of the USSR from 1921-90. Particular emphasis is placed on 1) institutional change, 2) the costs and benefits of central economic planning, and 3) the political economy of perestroika under Mikhail Gorbachev.... View Details
Keywords: Country; Strategy; Cost vs Benefits; Change; Government and Politics; Russia
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  • 2008
  • Article

Industrial Specialization and Regional Clusters in the Ten New EU Member States

By: Orjan Solvell, Christian H.M. Ketels and Goran Lindqvist
Purpose—The purpose of this paper is to provide an analysis of regional concentration patterns within ten new European Union (EU) member states, EU10, and make comparisons with EU15 and the US economy.
Design/methodology/approach—Industrial... View Details
Keywords: Geographic Location; Policy; Employment; Industry Clusters; Industry Structures; European Union; United States
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  • September 2021 (Revised March 2024)
  • Case

Tesla in 2023: 'Electrified' Competition

By: Eric Van den Steen, Ramon Casadesus-Masanell and Karen Elterman
Over its 17 years in existence, Tesla had redefined people’s view of electric cars, and in 2020, the company saw its stock rise by more than 700% to became the most valuable carmaker in the world. In December 2020, Tesla celebrated its fifth consecutive quarter of... View Details
Keywords: Barrier To Entry; Competitive Advantage; Innovation; Tesla; Automotive Industry; Sustainable Competitive Advantage; Values; Vision; Learning By Doing; Economies Of Scale; Electric Vehicle; Scenario Planning; Batteries; Competitive Strategy; Product Positioning; Profit; Competition; Industry Growth; Auto Industry
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  • September 2007
  • Article

Related Lending and Economic Performance: Evidence from Mexico

By: Noel Maurer and Stephen Haber
Related lending, a widespread practice in LDCs, is widely held to encourage bankers to loot their banks at the expense of minority shareholders and depositors. We argue that neither looting nor credit misallocation are necessary outcomes of related lending. On... View Details
Keywords: Crime and Corruption; Developing Countries and Economies; Financial Crisis; Financing and Loans; History; Business and Shareholder Relations; Banking Industry; Mexico
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  • 24 Mar 2002
  • Research & Ideas

The Trick of Balancing Business and Government

critical role in developing institutions for better—and occasionally for worse. The boundaries between business and government need to be clearly defined, said several panelists. Mauritius is one example of... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
  • 01 Dec 2005
  • News

Alumni Achievement Awards: Honorees and Victories

corporate practices in his country, championing modern concepts of production and manufacturing as well as adherence to the highest standards of governance. Nancy M. Barry (MBA ’75) For fifteen years, Nancy Barry has been president of... View Details
Keywords: Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools
  • 22 Feb 2022
  • News

March 2022 Alumni and Faculty Books

Bower Associate Professor Harvard University Press In the first decades after World War II, many newly-independent Asian and African countries and established Latin American... View Details
  • Web

Innovation & Innovative Capacity - Institute For Strategy And Competitiveness

capacity of both countries and regions. Using data from the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development View Details
  • 28 Feb 2023
  • Blog Post

Celebrating Socioeconomic Diversity and Inclusion at HBS (Part 1)

role models and stories to relate to. However, getting here also makes you a trailblazer, breaking down barriers and inspiring others who share similar backgrounds, especially from my same region View Details
  • 15 May 2015
  • Blog Post

2+2: A "Liberating and Life-Altering" Choice

someone with an interest in the intersection of business and policy, particularly as it relates to generating economic development in the south, I soon began to find the opportunities View Details
  • February 2004
  • Case

Czech Mate: CME and Vladimir Zelezny (D)-Resolution

By: Mihir A. Desai, Alberto Moel and Kathleen Luchs
Supplements the (A) case. View Details
Keywords: Developing Countries and Economies; Fairness; Financial Institutions; Corporate Governance; Rights; Ownership Stake
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  • 23 Mar 2011
  • Research & Ideas

China’s 60-Year Road from Revolution to World Power

They saw a stagnant or even declining economy during China's Republican period, divided sharply between the internationally-oriented port cities and the unchanging, "feudal" interior, with its... View Details
Keywords: by William C. Kirby
  • 01 Sep 2020
  • News

Building a Strong and Prosperous Society

race because they are so efficient and, as a result, generate enormous prosperity. Moreover, real competition is a powerful driver of innovation. It’s not surprising that nearly every developing country is... View Details
  • Web

CSV in Practice - Institute For Strategy And Competitiveness

Shared Value in Products & Markets Novo Nordisk developed diabetes training programs for Chinese physicians in partnership with government, NGOs, and opinion leaders to disseminate the latest thinking on... View Details
  • Web

Globalization and Emerging Markets - Course Catalog

and markets in globalization and between the developed and developing parts of the world economy. The course uses... View Details