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  • March 2019 (Revised October 2020)
  • Case

GENTERA: Facing the Digital Age

By: Michael Chu and Carla Larangeira
After long dominating Mexican microfinance, Compartamos Banco faces the emergence of fintech, just as for the first time its loan portfolio and clients have declined. Enrique Majós, CEO of GENTERA, the bank´s parent company, is keenly aware of the profound changes... View Details
Keywords: Micro Finance; Base Of The Pyramid; Fintech; Microfinance; Disruption; Innovation and Management; Competitive Strategy; North America; Mexico
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  • December 2020 (Revised April 2021)
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Arcos Dorados: A QSR Recovery Plan

By: Forest Reinhardt, José B. Alvarez, Jenyfeer Martinez Buitrago and Mariana Cal
Arcos Dorados—McDonald’s largest independent franchisee, covering Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC)—faced a pandemic that was disrupting the entire consumer foodservice business in 2020. With the exclusive right to own, operate, and sub-franchise McDonald’s... View Details
Keywords: Agribusiness; Animal-Based Agribusiness; Plant-Based Agribusiness; Customer Value and Value Chain; Income; Macroeconomics; Environmental Management; Environmental Sustainability; Cross-Cultural and Cross-Border Issues; Food; Health Pandemics; Crisis Management; Logistics; Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact; Strategic Planning; Food and Beverage Industry; Agriculture and Agribusiness Industry; Retail Industry; Latin America; Aruba; Guadeloupe; Martinique; Mexico; Panama; Costa Rica; Argentina; Brazil; Chile; Colombia; Ecuador; French Guiana; Peru; Uruguay; Venezuela; Puerto Rico; Trinidad and Tobago
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  • 01 Dec 2017
  • News

Enhancing Students’ Cultural Intelligence

Students partnered with Colgate-Palmolive in Mexico City Students partnered with Colgate-Palmolive in Mexico City Brian Franklin (MBA 2018) admits the prospect of partnering with Colgate-Palmolive to... View Details
  • June 2024
  • Case

Growing Foodology into Latin America's Largest Platform for Virtual Restaurants

By: Jorge Tamayo, Rembrand Koning and Jenyfeer Martinez Buitrago
This case delves into the expansion strategy of Foodology, a cloud kitchen startup based in Bogotá that operated across four Latin American countries (Colombia, Brazil, Mexico, and Peru). Co-founders Daniela Izquierdo and Juan Guillermo Azuero (both HBS, 2019) grappled... View Details
Keywords: Entrepreneurship; Food; Digital Platforms; Product Launch; Growth and Development Strategy; Business Strategy; Business Model; Business Startups; Profit; Marketing Strategy; Expansion; Diversification; Food and Beverage Industry; Latin America; South America; Colombia; Brazil; Mexico; Peru
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  • 01 Oct 2001
  • News

¡Vamos al Cine!

Heyman: hitting 317 screens. As a student at HBS, movie buff Matthew Heyman (MBA '93) used to ask classmates what the theaters were like in their hometowns. When two classmates from Mexico City told him the theaters there were terrible,... View Details
Keywords: Performing Arts, Spectator Sports, and Related Industries; Arts, Entertainment; Broadcasting (except Internet); Information
  • 01 Dec 2014
  • News

The Harvard Business School Campaign: Chicago and NY Regional Events

after presenting some of his recent research during the evening’s formal program. The HBS Campaign New York Regional Event, November 12, 2014 Dean Nitin Nohria and James Dinan (MBA 1985) Alumni and their guests mingled outside of the... View Details
  • 01 Sep 2014
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The Harvard Business School Campaign: California Regional Events

Lynton (MBA 1987) hosted the Los Angeles Regional Campaign event. An interactive experience was created to help alumni find others in attendance with similar interests. Regional Events Around the World Chicago Mumbai Hong Kong Miami, FL Washington, DC São Paulo View Details
Keywords: Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services
  • 01 Jun 2014
  • News

The Campaign Begins

1997) Katie Vogelheim & John Hansen (MBA 1985) An interactive experience connected alumni with similar interests. Regional Events Around the World Boston San Francisco New York Chicago Mumbai More to follow Paris São Paulo Los Angeles... View Details
Keywords: Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services
  • 26 Apr 2011
  • First Look

First Look: April 26

religion—an increasing number of people are abandoning their faith. As commitment wanes, religious involvement may become detrimental to well-being, and individuals may be better off seeking new affiliations. Read the paper:... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 01 Mar 2016
  • News

The Harvard Business School Campaign: Regional Events

Recent HBS Campaign Regional Events & Alumni Gatherings 1–3 HBS Campaign Mexico City Regional Event held in February at the Hyatt Regency Mexico City: 1 Alfredo Berlanga (MBA 1997), Dan Roig (MBA 1995),... View Details
  • 01 Sep 2016
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Events Around the World

1 PARIS: Eddy Pirard (MBA 1991), Philippe Sereys de Rothschild (MBA 1991), Paula Zazadze Arrigo (MBA 1990), and Gregory Salinger (MBA 1991) at the Campaign’s Paris Regional Event at the Pavillon Gabriel in May 2015. 2 MEXICO CITY: Vera... View Details
  • 05 May 2009
  • First Look

First Look: May 5, 2009

http://hbsp.harvard.edu/b01/en/common/item_detail.jhtml?id=209135 URBI and the City Licensee Managers Harvard Business School Case 209-144 A leading low income housing builder in Mexico decides which prospective View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 02 Apr 2013
  • First Look

First Look: April 2

and previous studies of decentralization in China, I discuss this work according to the theoretical approaches (institutional, ideational, and socio-historical) used to explain the origins of regional differences. I conclude by examining the limitations of the View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 25 Mar 2014
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First Look: March 25

Capitalism: Volume 2. The Spread of Capitalism: From 1848 to the Present Firms and Global Capitalism By: Jones, Geoffrey Abstract—This chapter forms part of the two-volume Cambridge History of Capitalism, a definitive new reference work... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 10 Apr 2013
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Tapped In

company's work with the resin that he discovered an opportunity for a unique social enterprise project. Called Green and Tapped Indian Community and launched in 2010, the program works with indigenous Mexican populations to plant new pine... View Details
Keywords: pine resin; Forestry and Logging; Agriculture; Wood Product Manufacturing; Manufacturing
  • 01 Jun 2009
  • News

Dispatches from the Global Classroom

in small groups to spend an early January weekend at one of four villages outside Oaxaca City, 340 miles southeast of Mexico City. Travel in a foreign country is nothing new for this bunch. They come from... View Details
Keywords: Julia Hanna; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services; Social Assistance; Health, Social Assistance; Management, Scientific, and Technical Consulting Services; Professional Services
  • 28 Sep 2010
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First Look: September 28, 2010

These changes did not—as often assumed—result in the decline of family businesses but instead gave rise to a different kind of competitive and internationally oriented "Mittelstand." The study integrates approaches from new... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 01 Jun 2016
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Case Study: On the Table

with the country’s young and growing middle class. With funding from angel investors, the company launched in Mexico City in October 2014 with 3 employees; now it has more than 50 employees, 35 percent growth month over month, and an... View Details
  • 01 Dec 2015
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The Harvard Business School Campaign: Regional Events

Kraft (MBA 1965), an honorary chair of The Harvard Business School Campaign, at a meeting of Campaign Leadership Volunteers held at Gillette Stadium in Foxborough, MA. Upcoming Regional Events Around the World Mexico City Dubai Istanbul... View Details
  • 01 Sep 2015
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The Harvard Business School Campaign: Regional Events

gathering of alumni and guests at the Contemporâneo 8076 in São Paulo. Ibiye Harry (MBA 2013), Dean Nitin Nohria, and Scott Malkin (MBA 1983) posed for a photo during the reception held inside Old Billingsgate. Upcoming Regional Events Around the World Seattle Istanbul... View Details