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  • February 2016 (Revised February 2017)
  • Case

Alvogen

By: Daniel Isenberg and William Kerr
Alvogen is a young Icelandic generic pharmaceutical company, whose CEO believes that his global strategy will give them an edge in this competitive industry.
Robert Wessman, Alvogen’s CEO, was also previously the CEO of Actavis, another Icelandic generics... View Details
Keywords: Pharmaceutical Companies; Generic Drugs; Entrepreneurship; Globalization; Risk and Uncertainty; Pharmaceutical Industry; Iceland
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  • December 2021
  • Case

The Instant Payment Mandate: The Central Bank of Brazil and Pix

By: Lauren Cohen and Spencer C. N. Hagist
João M. P. De Mello and his team at the Central Bank of Brazil are preparing a move that would seek to tilt the scales in favor of financial inclusion for the entire country. The innovation at hand is the unprecedented nation-wide instant payment scheme: Pix. The fruit... View Details
Keywords: Fintech; Finance; Entrepreneurship; Innovation Strategy; Banking Industry; Brazil
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  • 01 Nov 2006
  • Working Paper Summaries

Male Circumcision and AIDS: The Macroeconomic Impact of a Health Crisis

Keywords: by Eric D. Werker, Amrita Ahuja & Brian Wendell
  • Program

Competing in the Age of AI—Virtual

inherent risks Create opportunities to build competitive advantage Reimagine your company's value propositions to create new revenue streams Redesign organizational systems, processes, and roles to be AI driven Build the skills,... View Details
  • March 2006 (Revised June 2010)
  • Case

Eldeco: Playing in the Big League

By: Arthur I Segel, Nicolas P. Retsinas and Siddarth Yog
In 2001, Pankaj Bajaj is considering whether to go forward with a residential development outside New Delhi. Facing an uncooperative local authority, he must determine how to evaluate the risks of proceeding against the potential loss of a golden opportunity to bring... View Details
Keywords: Developing Countries and Economies; Construction; Government and Politics; Risk Management; Emerging Markets; Business and Government Relations; Conflict and Resolution; Real Estate Industry; New Delhi
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  • 30 Mar 2010
  • First Look

First Look: March 30

people believe the risk decreases (negative recency) but at the same time exhibit more cautious behavior (positive recency). The rest of the difference is consistent with two well established mechanisms: judgment error and the use of... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 16 Feb 2018
  • Blog Post

Out of PE, Into Africa

Last summer, my wife and I took our 11-year-old daughter and 8-year-old son on a nine-week trip through seven countries in Africa. As a lifelong traveller, it was a priority for me to take an epic family adventure, and I had talked about... View Details
  • 27 Aug 2013
  • Working Paper Summaries

The Impact of Patent Wars on Firm Strategy: Evidence from the Global Smartphone Market

Keywords: by Yongwook Paik & Feng Zhu; Legal Services

    Nien-he Hsieh

    Nien-hê Hsieh is the Kim B. Clark Professor of Business Administration in the General Management Unit at Harvard Business School. His research and teaching aims at helping business leaders and organizations determine and deliver on their responsibilities. He... View Details

    • 21 Feb 2007
    • Op-Ed

    What a U.N. Partnership with Big Business Could Accomplish

    spur to migrants hammering at the gates of Europe and America. But the goal of poverty reduction will not be reached unless the world tries something new. It is clear from the experience of countries that have been most successful in... View Details
    Keywords: by George C. Lodge & Craig Wilson
    • 22 Dec 2009
    • First Look

    First Look: Dec. 22

    over 600 multibusiness corporations in seven countries (France, Germany, Holland, U.K., Japan, U.S., and Chile), the paper describes the differences among countries and then applies a model of the factors... View Details
    Keywords: Martha Lagace
    • 03 Feb 2016
    • Research & Ideas

    The State of Customer Service Leadership

    service sector? What role does it play in the US economy? Heskett: Leadership practices in the service sector deserve attention because this sector represents nearly 90 percent of employment and nearly 80 percent of gross domestic product in the United States. The... View Details
    Keywords: by Jim Aisner; Retail
    • 12 Feb 2008
    • First Look

    First Look: February 12, 2007

    firms. They also affect trading signal classifications, back-testing inferences, track records of individual analysts, and models of analysts' career outcomes in the three years following the changes. Long-Run Stockholder Consumption Risk... View Details
    Keywords: Martha Lagace
    • June 2024
    • Article

    Oral History and Business History in Emerging Markets

    By: Geoffrey Jones
    This article describes the motivation, structure and use of the Creating Emerging Markets (CEM) oral history-based project at the Harvard Business School. The project consists of lengthy interviews with business leaders from emerging markets. By June 2024 183... View Details
    Keywords: Emerging Economies; Oral History; Emerging Markets; Business History; Research
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    • January 2025 (Revised April 2025)
    • Case

    Doing Business in Cairo: Navigating a Path to Economic Resilience

    By: A. Zelleke and Ahmed Dahawy
    Egypt has long been a pivotal force in the Middle East and North Africa. Located at a crossroads of global trade routes, the country was a strategic partner for numerous regional and global powers. However, a substantial currency devaluation in 2016 brought many... View Details
    Keywords: Business; Developing Countries and Economies; Economic Slowdown and Stagnation; Inflation and Deflation; Macroeconomics; Cross-Cultural and Cross-Border Issues; Globalized Economies and Regions; International Relations; Emerging Markets; Risk and Uncertainty; Culture; Economy; Country; Currency; Investment; Governing Rules, Regulations, and Reforms; Egypt
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      Michael E. Porter

      Michael Porter is an economist, researcher, author, advisor, speaker and teacher. Throughout his career at Harvard Business School, he has brought economic theory and strategy concepts to bear on many of the most challenging problems facing corporations, economies... View Details

      Keywords: biotechnology; e-commerce industry; health care; information; information technology industry; internet; nonprofit industry; service industry; state government
      • 28 Jul 2015
      • First Look

      First Look: July 28, 2015

      country-level factors that limit firms' use of selective disclosure by intensifying scrutiny on them and by diffusing global norms to their headquarters countries. We test our hypotheses using a novel panel dataset of 4,750 public companies across many industries and... View Details
      Keywords: Carmen Nobel
      • 15 Apr 2008
      • First Look

      First Look: April 15, 2008

      that, at the aggregate level, is similar to the one sector neoclassical growth model, while, at the disaggregate level, has implications for the path of observable measures of technology adoption. We estimate our model using data on the diffusion of 15 technologies in... View Details
      Keywords: Martha Lagace
      • 11 Dec 2008
      • Working Paper Summaries

      Quality Management and Job Quality: How the ISO 9001 Standard for Quality Management Systems Affects Employees and Employers

      Keywords: by David I. Levine & Michael W. Toffel
      • 06 Apr 2009
      • Research & Ideas

      Cheers to the American Consumer

      countries may be the most important of all enablers of entrepreneurship and innovation in America. Why is the American consumer more venturesome? Six factors come to mind. Wealth. The average American consumer has more disposable income... View Details
      Keywords: by John Quelch