Publications

09 Aug 2011
News

A Toast to Macchu Pisco

elevation to trendiness goes to Melanie Asher (MBA ’03), founder of Macchu Pisco, the Maryland-based company she started back in 2005 with her sister, Lizzie. They import their product from Peru, which is actually overshadowed by neighboring View Details

Keywords: Beverage and Tobacco Product Manufacturing; Manufacturing

Profile

Philipp Schäelli

worked in Pakistan, Chile and China before school, I wanted to go back to another developing market to broaden my understanding for the world. Nigeria for me was the most exciting place to go as it is the fastest growing and largest... View Details

Keywords: Venture Capital / Private Equity; Financial Services

03 Nov 2022
Blog Post

Introducing the Creating Emerging Markets Sustainability Series

drastically reduce our carbon footprint, represented by advances in renewable energy such as with increased investment in geothermal power in Indonesia, or the construction of a pioneering energy-efficient headquarters in Chile that has... View Details

01 Sep 2011
News

‘Green’ Trailblazers

and Santiago, Chile For-profit conservationists David Blood (MBA 1985) Generation Investment Management London, New York, and Sydney Investment management that integrates sustainability factors and traditional equity research Scott Bolick... View Details

Keywords: Health, Social Assistance; Management; Architectural, Engineering, and Related Services; Professional Services

07 Dec 2010
First Look

First Look: Dec. 7

MaterialsChile's Copper Surplus: The Road Not Taken (A) Laura Alfaro, Dante Roscini, and Renee KimHarvard Business School Case 710-019 In 2008, Andres Velasco, Chile's Finance Minister, was under mounting criticisms over his fiscal policy. As the world's largest copper... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

16 Apr 2001
Research & Ideas

Making the Most of Government Upheaval

Beginning with Chile more than twenty years ago, Latin America has experienced a wrenching yet exciting transformation of its predominantly inward-looking, state-driven economies to a robust acceptance and practice of open-market... View Details

Keywords: by Nancy O. Perry

Blog

How the Pandemic Changed Case Development in Latin America

Harvard Business School Case 421-013, July 2020. View Details Pons, Vincent, William Mullins, Ruth Costas, and Pedro Levindo. "Walmart Chile After the Unrest: Doubling Down or Pulling Out?" Harvard Business School Case 722-012, August... View Details

21 Jun 2010
Research & Ideas

Strategy and Execution for Emerging Markets

with the challenges of scaling up as well as huge opportunities in managing rapid growth. These countries also provide an innovation platform to justify tailoring and inventing products and services just for them. Khanna: Think about Chile. View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace

March 2013
Teaching Note

Colbún and the Future of Chile's Power (TN)

By: Forest L. Reinhardt and Shon R. Hiatt

Keywords: Energy Industry; Chile; South America

Coco Chanel climbed the ladders of her success from lover to lover, nor that she was a Nazi agent. I would have never suspected that the famous cultural patron Guggenheim pushed Chile to an economic and political crisis in order to... View Details

01 Dec 2002
News

Building a Network for Social Enterprise in Latin America

Universities Instituto Centroamericano de Administración de Empresas (INCAE), Costa Rica Instituto Tecnológico y de Estudios Superiores de Monterrey—Escuela de Graduados en Administración y Dirección de Empresas (EGADE), Mexico Pontificia Universidad Católica de View Details

August 2017 (Revised July 2020)
Case

Cumplo.com

By: Frank V. Cespedes, Fernanda Miguel and Mariana Cal

In August 2017, Cumplo’s Founder Shea and CEO Kirberg meet to discuss growth and strategy issues faced by this Chilean fintech startup. What sales and marketing strategy will best foster the compny’s growth? Are changes needed in the product lineup? How and when should... View Details

Keywords: Fintech; Alternative Finance; Crowdfunding; Crowdlending; Marketing Strategy; Growth and Development Strategy; Social Entrepreneurship; Expansion; Latin America; South America; Chile

07 Jul 2010
First Look

First Look: July 7

had ended decades of virtual civil war and strengthened the business climate, but he faced tough economic challenges. Though he had instituted prominent market reforms and brought inflation down sharply, Colombia seemed stuck in a middle ground, industrially behind... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

January 2005 (Revised March 2010)
Teaching Note

Patagonia (TN)

By: Ramon Casadesus-Masanell and Forest L. Reinhardt

Keywords: Argentina; Chile

July 2021
Case

Migrante: Using Tech to Provide Financial Inclusion to Immigrants

By: Boris Vallee and Mauricio Larrain

Keywords: Chile

29 Jun 2005
Other Presentation

Chile’s Competitiveness: Where Does the Country Stand?

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), "The Microeconomic Foundations of Economic Development," in The Global Competitiveness Report 2004, (World Economic... View Details

Keywords: Economics; Chile

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August 2007
Case

Codelco Copper Mines

Codelco was a Chilean copper-mining company, widely considered to be one of the most professionally managed firms in South America in spite of the fact that it was 100% government-owned. A $10.5 billion company in 2005, Codelco faced the challenge of incorporating... View Details

Keywords: Mining; Geographic Location; Leading Change; Business Processes; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Information Technology; Mining Industry; Chile