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  • September 1992 (Revised March 1993)
  • Case

Empresas ICA and the Mexican Road Privatization Program

By: Willis M. Emmons III and Monica Brand
Mexico's largest construction company, Empresas ICA, makes an initial public offering to international equity investors in April 1992 to help fund its participation in an ambitious new private-sector approach to highway development. Under the new program, launched by... View Details
Keywords: Construction; Transportation Networks; Infrastructure; Privatization; Private Equity; Investment; Initial Public Offering; Private Sector; Government and Politics; Policy; Construction Industry; Mexico
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Sebastian Velasco

pursuing capital, debt management. She took me on business trips to New York City; I got to know what the business world was like." The combination of his mother's influence and their business trips together led to Sebastian's first... View Details
Keywords: Financial Services
  • 15 Aug 2006
  • First Look

First Look: August 15, 2006

expect bankers to have been less central than in Mexico and, perhaps, the United States. Second, I test if the availability of financing alternatives, like a well-developed bond market in Brazil, reduced the average importance of... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
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Hiring International Students

requires at least a bachelor’s degree Annual quota of 85,000 new H-1B visas with 20,000 reserved for individuals who hold advanced degrees from US universities Individuals who previously held H-1B status not subject to cap A total of 6... View Details
  • 15 May 2015
  • Research & Ideas

Kids Benefit From Having a Working Mom

©iStockphoto Here's some heartening news for working mothers worried about the future of their children. Women whose moms worked outside the home are more likely to have jobs themselves, are more likely to hold supervisory responsibility... View Details
Keywords: by Carmen Nobel

    Agustín Legorreta

    Keywords: Financial Services
    • Web

    Request the Data - Leadership

    Mexico Monaco Mongolia Mozambique Myanmar (Burma) Namibia Netherlands New Zealand Nicaragua Nigeria Northern Ireland Norway Oman Pakistan Palestine Panama Paraguay Peru Phillippines Poland Portugal Qatar... View Details
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    National Competitiveness - Institute For Strategy And Competitiveness

    Presentations on National Competitiveness The Institute has developed research-based economic agendas for more than 60 nations since its founding in 2001. Asia-Pacific Australia China Hong Kong India Indonesia Japan Malaysia Mongolia Nepal View Details
    • 25 Jun 2020
    • Blog Post

    Harvard Business School Class of 2021 Student Profiles

    that’s my number one leadership takeaway.” HOME REGION Mexico City, Mexico UNDERGRAD EDUCATION Columbia University PREVIOUS EXPERIENCE IGNIA, Home Depot, Houlihan Lokey, Inc., Bank of America Merrill Lynch... View Details
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    Events - Business History

    Jones and Kwelina Thompson Seminar meets on Zoom. Oct 16 16 Oct 2023 Business History Seminar: Business, Society, and the Environment Christy Thornton (Johns Hopkins University), "Revolution in Development: Mexico and the Governance of... View Details
    • 19 Oct 2012
    • Other Presentation

    Building a Competitive Mexico: The Role of Business

    By: Michael E. Porter
    This presentation draws on ideas from Professor Porter's articles and books, in particular, The Competitive Advantage of Nations (The Free Press, 1990), "Building the Microeconomic Foundations of Competitiveness," in The Global Competitiveness Report... View Details
    Keywords: Economics; Mexico
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    • 06 Jul 2023
    • News

    Home Economics

    nonprofit. The organization uses an evidence-based “graduation approach” that provides two years of support to help these women build new livelihoods and micro-enterprises. This includes supporting basic needs, setting up savings groups,... View Details
    Keywords: April White
    • 11 Sep 2012
    • First Look

    First Look: September 11

    systems that place these leaders in positions of power, Indispensable sheds new light on how we may be able to identify the best leaders and what lessons we can learn, from both the process and the result. Profiling a mix of historic and... View Details
    Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
    • 23 Dec 2008
    • First Look

    First Look: December 23, 2008

    welfare. Yet, our understanding of this decision is limited. Using an instrumental variables strategy and dataset new to this literature, we provide the first precise, causal estimates of the effects of education on financial market... View Details
    Keywords: Martha Lagace
    • 24 Oct 2006
    • First Look

    First Look: October 24, 2006

    and environmental standards. Natura began to seek international markets in 1982, but experienced many setbacks until surviving the economic crisis in Argentina in 2001. The company opened operations in France and Mexico in 2005, and the... View Details
    Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
    • 30 Nov 2018
    • Blog Post

    8 Reasons the Section Experience is the Best Part About HBS

    Still, it can be hard to share this with 93 people immediately. Evolve takes sharing your story in a new direction. Twice a month, small groups of five get together to discuss meaningful topics: what do we value, what brought us to HBS,... View Details
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    Globalization - Faculty & Research

    of that firm's affiliate activity in their native countries. Ethnic innovators also appear to facilitate the disintegration of innovative activity across borders and to allow U.S. multinationals to form new affiliates abroad without the... View Details
    • July 2024
    • Case

    “In That Crucible, You Find Innovation”: Public Safety Transformation in Albuquerque

    By: Hise O. Gibson and Antonio Manuel Oftelie
    “In That Crucible, You Find Innovation”: Public Safety Transformation in Albuquerque" centers on Mayor Tim Keller’s leadership during the social justice protests in 2020 and his efforts to reinvent Albuquerque’s public safety model. Faced with both a federal consent... View Details
    Keywords: Change Management; Government Administration; Leading Change; Safety; Social Issues; Governing Rules, Regulations, and Reforms; Ethics; Public Administration Industry; New Mexico
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    • 04 Nov 2008
    • First Look

    First Look: November 4, 2008

    Inc.—Engineered Products Division Harvard Business School Case 709-434 Curled Metal Incorporated has declining sales but has developed a new product (curled metal pile driver pads) that, in field tests, deliver customer benefits that are... View Details
    Keywords: Martha Lagace
    • 03 Oct 2006
    • First Look

    First Look: October 3, 2006

    ABC provides a simpler and more powerful method. Purchase this note: http://www.hbsp.harvard.edu/b01/en/common/item_detail.jhtml?id=106068 Dana Hall: Funding a Mission (A) Harvard Business School Case 306-090 Dana Hall is a private all-girls school in View Details
    Keywords: Sean Silverthorne