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- 01 Dec 2006
- News
Entrepreneurial Unit Travels to China
professionals, and 77 corporate and government officials — contacts that will be helpful in future research and course development activities at the School. The group learned that government at all levels is supportive of... View Details
- 22 Apr 2015
- Op-Ed
Reforming Greece: Myths and Truths
both equity and fixed income claims increased significantly because of country risk premium. In the 2014 World Competitiveness Yearbook Ranking, conducted by the International Institute for Management View Details
Keywords: by George Serafeim
- 01 Mar 2025
- News
Forward Thinking
There was a time when human activity in outer space was a highly centralized, government-led endeavor, says Professor and Senior Associate Dean Matthew Weinzierl. But that era has passed: Over the past two decades, a calcified space bureaucracy has given way to a... View Details
- 01 Jun 2015
- News
Fast Forward
same, but the scope has expanded from just research to helping business leaders take action to make America more competitive. The number of faculty involved has grown from 15 to almost 25, and a host of HBS alumni and corporate partners across the View Details
- Fast Answer
Emerging Market/Frontier Market Fellowship Resources
data World Development Indicators: Statistics from the World Bank for almost 600 development indicators, dating as far back as 1960. Economist Intelligence Unit: Country... View Details
- 30 Apr 2007
- Research & Ideas
All Eyes on Slovakia’s Flat Tax
As interest in the flat tax grows, the world seems transfixed on an unlikely country, Slovakia, whose 3-year-old tax reform program is paying early dividends. Essentially applying a uniform tax rate on citizens (and sometimes companies) regardless of income, View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 28 Jul 2003
- Research & Ideas
It’s India Above China in New World Order
Comparing India and China is to embark on an old puzzle that has fascinated smart people for centuries. The newer question of economic leadership, however—"Which country will overtake the other in the foreseeable future?" —is an... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 01 Jun 2013
- News
A Case For Fellowships
have worked outside their home country for three months or longer. In addition to ensuring that our doors are open to qualified candidates from all backgrounds, the fellowship program allows our graduates to pursue careers driven by... View Details
- July 1986
- Case
Nicaragua and the U.S. Trade Embargo
By: James E. Austin
Keywords: Developing Countries and Economies; Trade; Policy; International Relations; Nicaragua; United States
Austin, James E. "Nicaragua and the U.S. Trade Embargo." Harvard Business School Case 387-027, July 1986.
- 22 Aug 2019
- News
Catalyzing Africa’s Tech Sector
cosmopolitan than people think, and it's got this vibrant, just hustle if you will. Everyone is moving and trying to get somewhere, and people are migrating from different parts of the country and different parts of the continent just to... View Details
- April 1992 (Revised June 1994)
- Case
Grappling with Garbage: The Bandung Municipal Cleansing Enterprise, P.D. Kerbersihan
By: James E. Austin
Keywords: Wastes and Waste Processing; Business and Government Relations; Developing Countries and Economies; Environmental Sustainability; Indonesia
Austin, James E. "Grappling with Garbage: The Bandung Municipal Cleansing Enterprise, P.D. Kerbersihan." Harvard Business School Case 392-124, April 1992. (Revised June 1994.)
- May 2024
- Article
Refugees Are Hosted in Highly Vulnerable Communities
By: C. Austin Davis, Paula Lopez-Peña, A. Mushfiq Mobarak and Jaya Y. Wen
Low- and middle-income nations host 76 percent of the world's refugees. This study uses original data to explore within-country spatial variability in refugee-hosting responsibilities. We find that hosting responsibilities for the displaced Rohingya people in... View Details
Keywords: Refugees; Political Elections; Equality and Inequality; Immigration; Developing Countries and Economies; Income
Davis, C. Austin, Paula Lopez-Peña, A. Mushfiq Mobarak, and Jaya Y. Wen. "Refugees Are Hosted in Highly Vulnerable Communities." American Economic Review: Papers and Proceedings 114 (May 2024): 75–79.
- February 2000 (Revised March 2001)
- Case
Alphatec Electronics Pcl
By: Stuart C. Gilson, C. Fritz Foley and Perry Fagan
The newly appointed CEO of an important high-technology company in Thailand must lead the company through a complicated debt restructuring. Due to the collapse of the Thai currency, the company's debt burden, like that of most Thai companies, has skyrocketed because it... View Details
Keywords: Currency Exchange Rate; Valuation; Management Teams; Restructuring; Laws and Statutes; Insolvency and Bankruptcy; Developing Countries and Economies; Borrowing and Debt; Technology Industry; Electronics Industry; Thailand; United States
Gilson, Stuart C., C. Fritz Foley, and Perry Fagan. "Alphatec Electronics Pcl." Harvard Business School Case 200-004, February 2000. (Revised March 2001.)
- Article
Marketing Complex Financial Products in Emerging Markets: Evidence from Rainfall Insurance in India
By: Sarthak Gaurav, Shawn A. Cole and Jeremy Tobacman
Recent financial liberalization in emerging economies has led to the rapid introduction of new financial products. Lack of experience with financial products, low levels of education, and low financial literacy may slow adoption of these products. This article reports... View Details
Keywords: Literacy; Insurance; Marketing; Decisions; Demand and Consumers; Financial Instruments; Emerging Markets; Education; Personal Finance; Agribusiness; Developing Countries and Economies; Innovation and Invention; Gujarat
Gaurav, Sarthak, Shawn A. Cole, and Jeremy Tobacman. "Marketing Complex Financial Products in Emerging Markets: Evidence from Rainfall Insurance in India." Journal of Marketing Research (JMR) 48, no. SPL (November 2011): S150–S162.
- 01 Mar 2010
- News
Rwanda Provides Students with Hands-On Learning
in Rwanda’s most impoverished villages. To help improve the function of the Rwanda Development Board, another team examined the cost to business of governmental bureaucracy. “I believe that people learn the most about another View Details
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Student Life An Inside Look at How Student Life Unfolds Activities, Government & Clubs Community People Virtual Campus Tour A Residential Campus HBS is the only top business school in the country with a residential, self-contained campus.... View Details
- 01 Dec 2015
- News
Sharing Knowledge of Innovation in India
Naveen Tewari (MBA 2005) When Naveen Tewari (MBA 2005) arrived on campus in 2003, his native India had not yet become the economic powerhouse it is today, a fact reflected in the limited number of HBS cases with Indian protagonists. In just over a decade, the School... View Details
- 13 Jan 2021
- News
Silicon Valley’s “Detroit Moment”
Haryopratomo: I don't think it's just Silicon Valley against the world or frontier markets. I actually think every country has a slightly different culture and you have to embrace what is strong about their culture. Indonesia has always... View Details
- April 2003 (Revised July 2003)
- Teaching Note
Singapore Inc. (TN)
Teaching Note for (9-703-040). View Details
- 27 May 2008
- Sharpening Your Skills
Sharpening Your Skills: Thinking About Global
landscape. Key concepts include: Although property rights protections for investors in developing nations have improved since 1980, the new instruments are failing to satisfy the interests of either host View Details