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  • 22 Jul 2010
  • News

New Jobs in Tourism

Keywords: Performing Arts, Spectator Sports, and Related Industries; Arts, Entertainment
  • 01 Jun 2009
  • News

Consumption Is America’s Competitive Advantage

fruitfully partner in a global economy. Bhidé argues that high-level know-how developed in other countries benefits the United States because it is highly mobile and cheap: What is invented expensively in Taiwan, for example, can then be produced cheaply in the View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne; Management, Scientific, and Technical Consulting Services; Professional Services
  • August 2013
  • Case

The Republic of the Philippines: The Next Asian Tiger?

By: Richard H.K. Vietor, Carol Dominguez and Tully Moss
The Philippines, for long a laggard in Asia, is now growing fast in 2012, with a positive current account balance. While it still exports services, it is increasing its assembly of manufactured products and trying to increase mining. For these activities, however, it... View Details
Keywords: Country Strategy; Asia; Outsourcing; Macroeconomics; Foreign Direct Investment; Country; Asia; Philippines
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    Jaime Augusto Zobel de Ayala

    Keywords: Real Estate, Infrastructure, Insurance, Banking
    • Portrait Project

    Ginarella Pearl Yu

    could change that. My dream is to transform the Philippines into a place where economic opportunity comes from hard work, not the barrel of a gun – a place that no one needs to run away from. It was my commitment to making my country a... View Details
    • 01 Dec 2008
    • News

    NYC Club Hosts Nonprofits

    Northern California Events in conjunction with students Madrid and Barcelona Northern California Video conferences with faculty Pakistan Philippines Topics addressed at the events included “Innovation, Regulation, and Biomedical Business... View Details
    • January 2018 (Revised February 2020)
    • Case

    Financial Inclusion at Omidyar Network

    By: Vikram S. Gandhi, Caitlin Lindsay Reimers Brumme and James Barnett
    A team of investors at Omidyar Network explore two different investment possibilities in the budding financial inclusion space using their investment framework to consider capital alternatives available for both investments, each of which carries highly divergent... View Details
    Keywords: Impact Investing; Micro Finance; Investment; Investment Return; Investment Activism; Investment Portfolio; Microfinance; Africa; Philippines
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    • 01 Jun 2012
    • News

    Plan B: The Brick Bank

    the target household’s average savings capacity was $1 per month, that local annual inflation was nearly 20 percent, and that home repairs usually cost about $300.” While that environment was not conducive to the savings program, the team did recommend its... View Details
    Keywords: Julia Hanna
    • August 2024
    • Article

    Heuristics on Call: The Impact of Mobile-Phone-Based Business-Management Advice

    By: Shawn Cole, Mukta Joshi and Antoinette Schoar
    There is growing evidence that business training for micro-entrepreneurs can be effective. However, in-person training can be expensive and imposes costs on the target beneficiaries. This paper presents the results of a two-site randomized evaluation of a light-touch,... View Details
    Keywords: Training; Entrepreneurship; Mobile and Wireless Technology; India; Philippines
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    • July 2019
    • Supplement

    Omidyar Network's Impact Investment Framework

    By: Vikram S Gandhi
    A team of investors at Omidyar Network explore two different investment possibilities in the budding financial inclusion space using their investment framework to consider capital alternatives available for both investments, each of which carries highly divergent... View Details
    Keywords: Impact Investing; Micro Finance; Investment; Investment Return; Investment Activism; Investment Portfolio; Microfinance; Framework; India; Philippines
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    • May 2004 (Revised October 2004)
    • Case

    Globe Telecom

    By: Tarun Khanna, Krishna G. Palepu and Ingrid Vargas
    The Ayala Group, one of the oldest and largest Filipino business groups, partnered with Singapore Telecommunications (SingTel) to launch a telecom venture following industry deregulation in the Philippines. The partners must decide whether to continue the venture in... View Details
    Keywords: Strategy; Development Economics; Partners and Partnerships; Emerging Markets; Business Startups; Telecommunications Industry; Singapore; Philippines
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    • July 2019
    • Supplement

    Omidyar Network's Investment Decisions: MicroEnsure and Lenddo

    By: Vikram S Gandhi
    A team of investors at Omidyar Network explore two different investment possibilities in the budding financial inclusion space using their investment framework to consider capital alternatives available for both investments, each of which carries highly divergent... View Details
    Keywords: Impact Investing; Micro Finance; Investment; Investment Return; Investment Activism; Investment Portfolio; Microfinance; Decision Choices and Conditions; India; Philippines
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    • 29 Jul 2008
    • First Look

    First Look: July 29, 2008

    outlining the situation to the team. His email generated a negative backlash and chain of defensive emails from involved staff who felt criticized. Purchase this case: http://www.hbsp.harvard.edu/b01/en/common/item_detail.jhtml?id=608171 Peoplepower, Inc.: The Republic... View Details
    Keywords: Martha Lagace
    • 07 Mar 2005
    • Research & Ideas

    The Rise of Innovation in Asia

    started with the need to find software smarts to prepare for Y2K, but now include a shortage of qualified, technically trained people in the States. India Favored Respondents said they are likely to send work to the following countries: India (69 percent); China (8... View Details
    Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
    • 24 Aug 2016
    • Blog Post

    Internship In Action

    introducing a new operational strategy for a group of sellers. After a few weeks of investigation my manager and I pushed to initiate the launch of this new operational strategy, which has been super cool. After visiting the warehouse and offices in Malaysia and View Details
    Keywords: Consumer Products / Retail
    • 01 Jun 2023
    • News

    Action Plan: Net Proceeds

    Philippines are a few countries where they operate, ensuring chain of custody of materials and ethical collection, with no child or forced labor. OceanCycle has worked with Patagonia, Herman Miller, and Dell Computer to make products out... View Details
    Keywords: April White; recycling; corporate social responsibility; waste management; water; Waste Management and Remediation Services; Corporate Services
    • 01 Mar 2007
    • News

    The Plight of the Global Poor

    QUEZON CITY, THE PHILIPPINES: On the edge of this municipality of Manila lies the Payatas dumpsite, the home and sole provider to thousands of scavengers. Payatas and places like it are symbols of a glaring inefficiency: Amid the global economy's great riches, billions... View Details
    Keywords: Garry Emmons; bottom of the pyramid (BOP); Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services; Social Assistance; Health, Social Assistance
    • 01 Jun 1999
    • News

    Sheila Lirio Marcelo

    Cambridge, for example, she served as a market research consultant, covering the telecommunications industry in Asia. Her strong interest in the region prompted her to seek a summer internship in the Philippines with Monitor Company, the... View Details
    Keywords: Marguerite Rigoglioso
    • September 2024
    • Case

    Xendit: Hiring for Growth

    By: Jeffrey F. Rayport, Steve Castano, Quoc Anh Nguyen and Claire Wu
    In 2019, Xendit, a growth-stage Southeast Asia (SEA) fintech venture based in Jakarta, was looking to hire a Head of Sales and Head of Product to lead its next phase of growth. Founded by Moses Lo and Tessa Wijaya, Xendit provided payment infrastructure, modeling... View Details
    Keywords: Fintech; Financing and Loans; Entrepreneurship; Jobs and Positions; Sales; Product; Growth and Development; Selection and Staffing; Organizational Culture; Expansion; Financial Services Industry; Technology Industry; Southeast Asia; Indonesia; Philippines
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    • 25 Aug 2014
    • News

    Sheila Lirio Marcelo, MBA 1998/JD 1999

    Download Sheila Marcelo profile Return to Alumni Achievement Awards main page TIMELINE 1970 Born, Manila, Philippines 1993 Earns BA, Economics, Mount Holyoke College 1999 Earns JD/MBA 1999 Joins HBS as Teaching Fellow 2000 Joins Upromise... View Details
    Keywords: Susan Young