Country Strategy - Publications - Faculty & Research

02 Nov 2015
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Making Higher Ed Accessible to Africans

material wealth, but we believe it also leads to a powerful contribution to familial wealth, country wealth, and ultimately, wealth for the continent,” says Royster, cofounder of Maarifa Education, a pan-African education holding company.... View Details

Keywords: Jill Radsken

18 Feb 2016
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Urbanization with Chinese Characteristics? China’s Gamble for Modernization

Keywords: by Kristen Looney and Meg Rithmire; Public Administration; Real Estate

March 2003 (Revised November 2005)
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Botswana: A Diamond in the Rough

By: Laura Alfaro, Debora L. Spar, Faheen Allibhoy and Vinati Dev

In the years since independence, tiny, landlocked Botswana has gone from being one of the world's poorest nations to becoming a stable, prosperous state, blessed with the highest sustained growth rate in the world. This case highlights the role that foreign direct... View Details

Keywords: Foreign Direct Investment; Growth and Development Strategy; Economic Growth; Natural Environment; Developing Countries and Economies; Botswana

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25 Jun 2018
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Incubating Ideas for the ‘Water Economy’

one in every $10 of financing for innovative water businesses. “Imagine H20 is now global—about a quarter of the entries, which are, in number, about 100 a year, come from other countries. There are certain countries that are particularly... View Details

20 Sep 2016
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September 20, 2016

to Jewish organizational life. Inspired by 30 years of pioneering work by retail giant Leslie Wexner’s philanthropic focus on Jewish leadership, More Than Managing brings together diverse and remarkable thinkers to address challenges facing communal life and the skills... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

02 Jul 2019
Blog Post

Fast-track to Better Outcomes: Yoonjin Min and RapidSOS

number of projects for hospital systems and pharmacies, then, inspired by the opportunity to explore health in a larger context, joined Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance. An international organization affiliated with WHO and UNICEF, Gavi provides vaccines to the poorest View Details

Keywords: Health Care; Technology

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Charting Tariff Pain: Small Businesses Brace for Job Cuts, Falling Sales | Working Knowledge

medium-sized enterprises in the US and Canada who were surveyed on the Alignable networking platform in late March. The answers, gathered just before the US government announced tariffs on imports from countries worldwide, illustrate how... View Details

27 Oct 2009
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in Developing Countries Authors: Diego Comin, Norman Loayza, Farooq Pasha, and Luis Serven Abstract We build a two-country asymmetric DSGE model with two features: (1) a product cycle structure determines the range of intermediate goods... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

February 2008 (Revised June 2008)
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Shoppers' Stop Group (SSG)

By: Rajiv Lal and Virginia Fuller

As B.S. Nagesh thumbed through the 2006-2007 Annual Report for Shoppers' Stop Group (SSG), action shots of healthy-looking people dressed in the latest fashions amid the words "Redefining Retail" brought a smile to his face. As managing director of SSG-a Rs 8.9 billion... View Details

Keywords: Developing Countries and Economies; Initial Public Offering; Growth and Development Strategy; Marketing Strategy; Emerging Markets; Retail Industry; India

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01 Aug 2001
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William F. Connell (MBA '63)

expensive, and many observers were questioning the ability of this country to compete in the world economy. Convinced that the postindustrial era had arrived in America, the chairman of the Ogden Corporation, a giant New York-based... View Details

Keywords: Alumni Achievement Award; William F. Connell (MBA 1963); James O.Dunn; Manufacturing

20 Feb 2014
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Managing the World’s Trouble Spots

and philanthropy and executive director of the Mattel Children's Foundation, based in El Segundo, California.) “Business can be the greatest force for good on this planet.” At ExecWB, Goodwin and his team recruit for-profit partners to reach into developing View Details

Keywords: Jill Radsken

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The Coming of Managerial Capitalism - Course Catalog

defined by how business leaders and other stakeholders operate. Course Content and Organization This course offers students an opportunity to explore the historical development of the United States as the country became increasingly... View Details

06 Feb 2012
Research & Ideas

Kodak: A Parable of American Competitiveness

in the area of energy storage and green energy production, for example, including lithium ion batteries for cell phones and laptops, silicon solar cells, and power semiconductors for solar panels. As a result, Shih says, the country risks... View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman; Manufacturing

18 Apr 2005
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Tips to Reinvent the Department Store

four times over the last hundred years they've been in existence." But he said they still offer customers a variety that many value. "It's hard to find a store today in the country where you can go in and buy multiple brands... View Details

Keywords: by Julie Jette; Retail

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Global Entrepreneurship - Course Catalog

media and in the classroom. Global Entrepreneurship develops strategies for entrepreneurs and investors in these emerging ecosystems around the globe. The course will have cases from 26 different countries... View Details

22 Sep 2015
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Working on the Local Level

money in New York, but going home where I care about the communities that are going to see the impact of the work that I'm doing. The state of Maine is facing some real, serious challenges. We have a demographics challenge; we have the oldest state in the View Details

05 May 2017
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Barnes & Noble Names Demos Parneros CEO

ambitious push into physical retail, with six new stores around the country and six more scheduled to open this year. James McQuivey, an analyst at Forrester, said Barnes & Noble needed to innovate to survive, and quickly. “You’re never... View Details

06 Jun 2005
Research & Ideas

Microsoft vs. Open Source: Who Will Win?

in a special issue of Management Science. Ultimately, the authors believe, neither side is likely to be forced from the battlefield—Microsoft has too much market share and OSS offers too many benefits for users. But there are strategies... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne; Technology

04 Apr 2000
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The Right Way to Restructure Conglomerates in Emerging Markets

Western corporate strategies have long been held up as role models for businesses in emerging markets. The reaction to recent financial crises in Asia and Latin America has only served to reinforce this practice. The multilateral... View Details

Keywords: by Tarun Khanna & Krishna Palepu

01 Dec 2004
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Poverty and Security

world (Los Angeles Times, October 4, 2004). Wolfensohn noted that, in his ten years at the Bank’s helm, he has met with poor people in more than 100 countries and found that “they want security, but they define it differently than we do.... View Details

Keywords: IMF and World Bank Group; Administration of Economic Programs; Government

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