Publications

April 2009 (Revised May 2010)
Case

Partners In Health: HIV Care in Rwanda

By: Michael E. Porter, Scott S. Lee, Joseph Rhatigan and Jim Yong Kim

In 2005, Partners in Health (PIH) was invited by the Rwandan Ministry of Health to assume responsibility for the management of public health care in two rural districts in Eastern Rwanda and create an HIV treatment program at these sites. PIH successfully implemented a... View Details

Keywords: Developing Countries and Economies; Health Care and Treatment; Health Testing and Trials; Medical Specialties; Service Delivery; Nonprofit Organizations; Expansion; Health Industry; Rwanda

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FIELD Global Immersion Resources: Rwanda

Where can I find country, industry and market information and news about Rwanda? Country information and economic data Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU): Useful for: in-depth country information covering... View Details

March 1997 (Revised October 1999)
Case

Stone Container in Honduras (A)

By: James K. Sebenius and Hannah Bowles

Chicago-based Stone Container Corp., a leading producer of cardboard containers and paper bags, proposes a large-scale pine forest management and utilization program in the La Mosquitia region of Honduras. A framework agreement with the government is strongly endorsed... View Details

Keywords: Negotiation Preparation; Negotiation Types; Environmental Sustainability; Conflict of Interests; Globalized Firms and Management; Developing Countries and Economies; Government and Politics; Manufacturing Industry; Pulp and Paper Industry; Honduras; Chicago

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November 2007 (Revised December 2008)
Background Note

China Rising: An Economic Snapshot

"China Rising: An Economic Snapshot" provides readers with an overview of China's economic transformation, relying on economic data from a variety of sources. It is organized into three sections: (1) "The Big Picture" explores macroeconomic indicators, as well as those... View Details

Keywords: Developing Countries and Economies; Macroeconomics; Microeconomics; Local Range; Globalized Economies and Regions; Business and Government Relations; China

Portrait Project

Ade' Lawal

whose objective would be to help poor people in developing countries (like my home Nigeria) learn how to maximize the value of the money they earn. I will work with the governments of these View Details

October 2005 (Revised June 2007)
Case

Apollo Hospitals--First-World Health Care at Emerging-Market Prices

By: Felix Oberholzer-Gee, Tarun Khanna and Carin-Isabel Knoop

The Apollo Hospitals Group, one of Asia's premier health care organizations, had come to rival the best health care organizations on the globe. Apollo offered advanced medical procedures, such as cardiac surgery using the beating heart technique, at very high levels of... View Details

Keywords: Vertical Integration; Decision Choices and Conditions; Health Care and Treatment; Global Strategy; Developing Countries and Economies; Health Industry; Thailand; United States; India

2002
Chapter

Institutional Change and Economic Growth: Banks, Financial Markets, and Mexican Industrialization, 1878-1913

By: Noel Maurer and Stephen Haber

Keywords: History; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Financial Markets; Economic Growth; Developing Countries and Economies; Banks and Banking; Banking Industry; Financial Services Industry; Mexico

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01 Dec 2022
News

Contributing to a Better Future

countries where LGBTQ+ rights were threatened. “The experience opened my eyes to using business as a vector for social change,” explains Keller. As BiGS director, Keller works with Spar, who oversees the Institute as senior associate dean... View Details

Keywords: April White

25 Apr 2014
News

In emerging economies, business opportunities provide lessons in leadership

these countries develop more efficient and equitable ways of doing business," says Leach, who anticipates a career in the mining or energy sectors. In Accra, Leach was part of a student team assigned to help... View Details

12 Oct 1999
Research & Ideas

Women Leading Business: A New Kind of Conversation

Education staff.EE: What led you to develop the "Women Leading Business" forum? Hart: I'd observed in the School's Executive Education programs—AMP, PMD, and OPM, for example—that the women attending them loved meeting each... View Details

Keywords: Re: Myra M. Hart & Cynthia A. Montgomery

01 Jun 2010
News

$how Me the Money

business, government, and the global economy. It saps the strength of people and institutions, especially in developing countries. Everyone’s against corruption, or so they claim. But virtually all countries... View Details

Keywords: Garry Emmons; Administration of Economic Programs; Government; Executive, Legislative, and Other General Government Support; Government; Legal Services; Professional Services; Management, Scientific, and Technical Consulting Services; Professional Services

January 2025
Case

PayJoy: Financing for the Next Billion

By: Boris Groysberg and Sarah L. Abbott

PayJoy, an impact-driven financial technology company founded in 2015, provides smartphone financing and other financial products to customers who lack access to traditional credit products. As of early 2025, PayJoy had issued $2.5 billion in loans to 13 million... View Details

24 Mar 2002
Research & Ideas

The Trick of Balancing Business and Government

Asked which institutions must be in place in order for African countries to grow, experts on a panel at the Africa Business Conference had no shortage of suggestions. One panelist, representing the International Monetary Fund, voted for a... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace

23 Feb 2004
Research & Ideas

How Corporate Responsibility is Changing in Asia

To what extent do multinational corporations have an institutional obligation to the Asian countries in which they serve, and does that obligation include holding higher standards than Asian law requires? These questions were debated at... View Details

Keywords: by Julia Hanna

01 Jun 2008
News

Faculty Books

incomes either among countries or within them. Inequalities of income and power emerge as a major societal issue alongside poverty, and the book develops alternative societal models based upon the degree of... View Details

Keywords: Educational Services; Business Schools & Computer & Management Training; Educational Services; Publishing Industries (except Internet); Information; Management

Winter 2002
Article

Private Equity in Latin America: The Mexican Case

By: Roberto Charvel and Juan Carlos de Yeregui

This article describes the private equity industry in Mexico from the late 1990's to the begining of the 2000's as well as gives a potential perspective for its coming years. View Details

Keywords: Emerging Economies; Latin America; Mexico; Developing Countries and Economies; Private Sector; Asset Management; Capital Markets; Venture Capital; Private Equity; Financial Services Industry; Latin America