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April 2020 (Revised January 2022)
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Uber: Competing Globally

By: Alexander J. MacKay, Amram Migdal and John Masko

This case describes Uber’s global market entry strategy and responses by regulators and local competitors. It details Uber’s entry into New York City (New York), Bogotá (Colombia), Delhi (India), Shanghai (China), Accra (Ghana), and London (United Kingdom). In each... View Details

Keywords: Business Ventures; Business Growth and Maturation; Business Model; Geography; Geographic Location; Geographic Scope; Globalization; Global Strategy; Multinational Firms and Management; Globalized Markets and Industries; Governance; Governance Controls; Governing Rules, Regulations, and Reforms; Innovation and Invention; Disruptive Innovation; Innovation Strategy; Law; Management; Growth and Development Strategy; Growth Management; Markets; Demand and Consumers; Consumer Behavior; Network Effects; Emerging Markets; Market Design; Market Entry and Exit; Market Participation; Supply and Industry; Industry Structures; Planning; Strategic Planning; Relationships; Business and Community Relations; Business and Government Relations; Business and Stakeholder Relations; Labor and Management Relations; Networks; Strategy; Adaptation; Business Strategy; Competition; Competitive Advantage; Competitive Strategy; Expansion; Information Technology; Mobile and Wireless Technology; Digital Platforms; Transportation; Transportation Networks; Transportation Industry; Technology Industry; Africa; Ghana; Asia; China; Shanghai Shi; Shanghai; India; New Delhi; Europe; United Kingdom; England; London; Latin America; North and Central America; United States; New York (city, NY); New York (state, US); South America; Colombia

December 2022
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Mission Produce in 2022

By: Forest Reinhardt, Jose B. Alvarez and Natalie Kindred

Founded by CEO Steve Barnard in 1983, California-based Mission Produce was a leading supplier of Hass avocados with a global sourcing, marketing, and distribution network and $892 million in 2021 sales. Barnard had been influential in the global avocado trade’s... View Details

Keywords: Agriculture and Agribusiness Industry; Food and Beverage Industry; Retail Industry; Consumer Products Industry; United States; California; Peru; Guatemala; Colombia; Mexico; Chile

06 Jun 2017
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Many Rivers to Cross

highways versus 5 million in the US—is a significant barrier to economic growth. His advocacy for developing a South American Riverways System to facilitate trade and transit in Colombia and neighboring countries dates to the mid-1990s,... View Details

01 Jun 2022
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Research Brief: Weatherproofing Renewables

From its seat at the tip of South America, belted by the equator, Colombia enjoys fairly steady temperatures—an evenness that’s counterbalanced by the seesawing of two rainy seasons and two dry seasons every year. Those peak periods of... View Details

Keywords: Jen McFarland Flint; Electric Power Generation, Transmission, Distribution; Utilities

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Teaching Guidelines - Creating Emerging Markets

featured university professors and educators below. If you have taught CEM materials for your coursework and would like to be featured, please contact us at cem@hbs.edu . Andrea Lluch Independent Researcher, CONICET, Argentina Associate Professor, School of Management,... View Details

01 Sep 2013
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Class Day/Commencement 2013

potentially the next person to teach you something. The near future? I don't want to get comfortable. I want to keep the drive that got me here. Long term? I want to combine my interest in technology with business and policymaking to help View Details

Keywords: commencement; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services

07 Jul 2010
First Look

First Look: July 7

had ended decades of virtual civil war and strengthened the business climate, but he faced tough economic challenges. Though he had instituted prominent market reforms and brought inflation down sharply, Colombia seemed stuck in a middle... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

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Commencement 2025 - Commencement 2025

Soled Venice, CA Jay Bhandari Houston, TX Julie Cruz New York, NY Julia Siegel Denver, CO Ken Zeng Guangzhou City, People's Republic of China Lena Licht Boca Raton, FL Laura Mediorreal Bogota, Colombia & Houston, TX Mireya Iglesias Ayala... View Details

Portrait Project

Debbie Rosenbaum

conversation flowed between, and in spite of, different dialects. Born in Miami, I grew up in a bilingual city and a multi-language household. When my grandparents fled an anti-Semitic Europe before World War II, they settled in a small community in Bogotá, View Details

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Alejandro Maldonado

and growth-stage company CEO’s. He has served on various for-profit, impact investing, and non-profit boards, including Accupac, Blush Bar, Ocean Lane Capital, Ventures Foundation, and Teach for America’s Colombia Chapter. Alejandro... View Details

Keywords: Consulting; Education; Emerging Markets; Investment Banking; Financial Services (All); Private Equity; Financial Services (All); Social Enterprise; Impact Investing; Financial Services (All)

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Capturing Contemporary Latin American Business History - Creating Emerging Markets

about the use digital methodologies including video in the classroom. An important component of the event was learning from past interviews to prepare for a new set of CEM interviews planned in the region over the following twelve months, which will pay special... View Details

29 Jun 2016
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The Latest Local Motor: A Self-Driving Bus

(photo by Local Motors) (photo by Local Motors) The Jetsonian era may be upon us. A recent NPR piece details how 24-year-old Colombia native Edgar Sarmiento worked with Local Motors to build a vehicle called Olli—a self-driving electric... View Details

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Hispanic and Latinx Heritage Month | Baker Library

his career, Sawyer worked in Chile, Bolivia, and Colombia on construction and engineering projects such as surveys for pipelines and railroads, bridge construction, and in goldmine speculation. The collection contains letters written by... View Details

2001
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Dos Casos Colombianos de Gerencia Social: La Corporacion de Accion Solidaria Corposol y La Compania de Financiamiento Comercial Finansol

By: James Austin, Enrique Ogliastri and Roberto Gutierrez

Keywords: Commercial Banking; Colombia

April 2020 (Revised October 2022)
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Medellín Reborn (A)

By: Jorge Tamayo, Ashish Nanda and Margaret Cross

In 2003, mathematics professor Sergio Fajardo was elected mayor of Medellín, Colombia—one of the most violent cities in the world at that time. As mayor, Fajardo faced a host of daunting challenges. Rampant gang violence had raised Medellín’s homicide rate... View Details

Keywords: Strategic Leadership; Peace; Government; Politics; Priorities; Leadership; City; Strategy; Government and Politics; Problems and Challenges; Transformation; Government Administration; Crime and Corruption; Colombia; Medellín

18 Feb 2011
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Prosperity for Colombia: Creating Shared Value

By: Michael E. Porter

Regional competitiveness and CSV presentation, Bogotá View Details

Keywords: Economic Development; Competitiveness; Economics; Society; Colombia