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How Low and Middle-Income Countries Are Innovating to Combat Covid
Global Business Digital ArticleSeven lessons for innovators everywhere. -
New Indian Consumer
Sales & Marketing Magazine ArticleAccording to the Gallup Organization, consumerism is becoming a way of life in India. -
Making the World Safe for Markets
Global Business Magazine ArticleUnleashing free-market democracy in developing countries breeds ethnic hatred and instability--yet that's the very prescription wealthy democracies have... -
Emerging Threat: Human Rights Claims
Global Business Magazine ArticleIt's only a matter of time before some company becomes the Enron of human rights abuse, warns the general counsel in this fictional memo to the CEO. Activist... -
AIDS Is Your Business
Global Business Magazine ArticleIf your company operates in a developing country, AIDS is your business. Although Africa has received the most attention, AIDS is also spreading swiftly... -
Emerging Giants: Building World-Class Companies in Developing Countries
Strategy & Execution Magazine ArticleOver the past 20 years, waves of liberalization have all but washed away protectionist barriers in developing countries. As multinational corporations... -
How Emerging Giants Are Rewriting the Rules of M&A
Strategy & Execution Magazine ArticleWhile Western companies struggle with mergers and acquisitions, emerging giants like Indian aluminum producer Hindalco are using M&A as their main globalization... -
Inclusive Growth: Profitable Strategies for Tackling Poverty and Inequality
Strategy & Execution Magazine ArticleMore than a billion people in the developing world remain in extreme poverty and outside the formal economy. Traditional CSR programs have done little... -
Why Focused Strategies May Be Wrong for Emerging Markets
Global Business Magazine ArticleCore competencies and focus are now the mantras of corporate strategists in Western economies. But while managers in the West have dismantled many conglomerates... -
Wealth of African Nations
Strategy & Execution Magazine ArticleDespite Africa's regional poverty, the continent's gross national income per capita is greater than India's. That represents a huge potential market for... -
Development, Democracy, and the Village Telephone
Global Business Magazine ArticleConventional thinking about Third-World development rejects the idea of state-of-the-art technology for villages that lack adequate water, power, food,... -
The Founder of UBI Group on Leading a Transition to Renewable Energy in Africa
Innovation & Leadership Magazine ArticleAfter building the oil and gas distribution company UBI Group in her native Ghana and then selling a majority stake to an international investor, Salma... -
A New Alliance for Global Change
Innovation & Entrepreneurship Magazine ArticleThe citizen sector, composed of millions of groups worldwide that are attempting to address critical social needs, has long been regarded as understaffed... -
Shakedown (HBR Case Study and Commentary)
Global Business Magazine ArticleCustomer Strategy Solutions, a California-based developer of order fulfillment systems, is facing a shakedown. Six months after the firm's CEO, Pavlo... -
Managing Risks in Mexico
Global Business Magazine ArticleThe authors warn that any company considering a move to Mexico must manage both the old risks of a developing country and the new uncertainties of an... -
The World's Next Great Manufacturing Center
Global Business Magazine ArticleAccording to data from the Chinese Ministry of Commerce, privately owned Chinese companies are making more than 150 investments a year in Africa's manufacturing... -
How GE Is Disrupting Itself
Strategy & Execution Magazine ArticleFor decades, General Electric and other industrial-goods manufacturers based in rich countries grew by developing high-end products at home and distributing... -
Segmenting the Base of the Pyramid
Strategy & Execution Magazine ArticleThe bottom of the economic pyramid is a risky place for business, but decent profits can be made there if companies link their financial success with... -
Expanding the Reach of Primary Care in Developing Countries
Innovation & Leadership Digital ArticleGetting there will take classic business skills. -
Thriving Locally in the Global Economy (HBR Classic)
Global Business Magazine ArticleMore and more small and midsize companies are joining corporate giants in striving to exploit international growth markets. At the same time, civic leaders...
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How Digital Technologies Could Boost Tiny Retailers in Developing Countries
Technology and analytics ResearchToo much of this vast market’s potential is unrealized. -
How Tony’s Chocolonely Created a Purpose-Driven (and Profitable) Supply Chain
Human rights Digital ArticleA case study of the popular Dutch chocolate company. -
Accelerating Digital Integration in Africa
Government policy and regulation Digital ArticleIt comes down to three factors: private sector partnerships, interoperable systems, and internet infrastructure. -
Eurasia Group’s Ian Bremmer: Biggest Threat to World Is Rogue Actors – From Putin to Musk
Business and society Digital ArticleUnchecked power is dangerous in anyone’s hands. -
Why Sharing Economic Growth with the Community Is Good Business
Social and global issues Digital ArticleMutually beneficial partnerships can both drive profit and alleviate poverty. -
The Founder of UBI Group on Leading a Transition to Renewable Energy in Africa
Innovation & Leadership Magazine ArticleAfter building the oil and gas distribution company UBI Group in her native Ghana and then selling a majority stake to an international investor, Salma... -
What Covid-19 Taught Us About Doing Business During a Crisis
Business ethics Big IdeaTakeaways from a seven-city global survey. -
How Low and Middle-Income Countries Are Innovating to Combat Covid
Global Business Digital ArticleSeven lessons for innovators everywhere. -
Research: How Technology Could Promote Growth in 6 African Countries
Developing countries Digital ArticleA framework for understanding economic potential in the region. -
The Next Era of Globalization Will Be Shaped by Customers, Technology, and Value Chains
Global Business Digital ArticleCountries that used to be sources of cheap labor have become lucrative markets. -
How Employers in Poor Countries Are Using Nudges to Help Employees Save Money
Economics ResearchA study of the largest mobile phone company in Afghanistan. -
What 45 Years of Data Tells Us About Globalization's Influence on the Shadow Economy
Global Business Digital ArticleHow openness to trade and participation in IMF programs influence the informal economy. -
Inclusive Growth: Profitable Strategies for Tackling Poverty and Inequality
Strategy & Execution Magazine ArticleMore than a billion people in the developing world remain in extreme poverty and outside the formal economy. Traditional CSR programs have done little... -
Expanding the Reach of Primary Care in Developing Countries
Entrepreneurship Digital ArticleGetting there will take classic business skills. -
The World's Next Great Manufacturing Center
Global Business Magazine ArticleAccording to data from the Chinese Ministry of Commerce, privately owned Chinese companies are making more than 150 investments a year in Africa's manufacturing... -
Whiteboard Session: 5 Principles for Innovation in Emerging Markets
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Survey: People's Trust Has Declined in Business, Media, Government, and NGOs
Global Business Digital ArticleNew results from Edelman's annual research on trust. -
Mapping Frontier Economies
Global Business Magazine ArticleGlobal players in search of double-digit growth are running out of opportunities. Emerging-market giants such as Brazil, Russia, and China are experiencing... -
The Dos and Don'ts of Working with Emerging-Market Data
Global Business Digital ArticleOvercome data gaps, biased data, and outdated numbers. -
The Countries That Would Profit Most from a Cashless World
Economics Digital ArticleIn two charts.
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Grupo Garantia (C) Lojas Americanas SA: The Retail Chain
Finance & Accounting Case Study5.00View Details Supplements the (A) case. -
Grupo Garantia (D) Cervejaria Brahma SA: Beer Brewing and Marketing
Finance & Accounting Case Study5.00View Details Supplements the (A) case. -
Drug Testing in Nigeria (A)
Global Business Case Study8.95View Details In 1996, a meningitis epidemic swept across Nigeria. Thousands of children were struck and, lacking appropriate medicine, were liable to die from the... -
Milkpak Ltd.: International Joint Venture
Sales & Marketing Case Study8.95View Details Considers a Pakistani company's decision to conduct a joint venture with a foreign multinational. In 1987, Milkpak Ltd. had successfully developed a market... -
Zotter Chocolate: Creating a Market in China
Global Business Case Study8.95View Details This case describes the process of Austrian chocolate producer Zotter Chocolate entering the Chinese market. There are several things that make this company... -
Barber of Buenos Aires: Argentina's Debt Renegotiation
Global Business Case Study8.95View Details Tells the story of Argentina's aggressive strategy for renegotiating its sovereign debt from 2003 to 2005. Most creditors accepted the offer to swap their... -
Grupo Garantia (E) GP Investimentos: The Private Investment Company
Finance & Accounting Case Study5.00View Details Supplements the (A) case. -
Haiti Hope: Innovating the Mango Value Chain
Technology & Operations Case Study8.95View Details Haiti Hope was to provide 25,000 Haitian farmers with world-class business and industry expertise to help them grow mangos more efficiently and abundantly,... -
Databank in Africa
Global Business Case Study8.95View Details This case tackles issues of regional strategy and strategic institutional arbitrage. Databank is a financial services firm designing its regional strategy... -
Pressure Makes Diamonds: Investing in Copper Mining in Laos (B)
Management Case Study5.00View Details Case Supplement for Case RSM103 -
Privatization of Anatolia National Telekom: TAD Confidential Instructions
Strategy & Execution Case Study8.95View Details Anatolia National Telekom is a multiparty negotiation simulation patterned after the Turkish government's aborted attempt to privatize its state-owned... -
Enhancing Competitive Strategy at Darling Kenya
Sales & Marketing Case Study8.95View Details In September 2013, the managing director of Darling Kenya, a hair care product company headquartered in Nairobi, was pondering his next move. As a leader... -
M-KOPA (B): Empowering Lives
Management Case Study5.00View Details The Pay As You Go solar power company in East Africa had sales of $71 million in 2019. It wished to grow to $300 million by 2025. M-KOPA, founded by three... -
Interplast's Dilemma
Organizational Development Case Study8.95View Details Established in the late 1960s, Interplast was the first international humanitarian organization to send American medical professionals overseas to provide... -
Kenya and the Silicon Savannah
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Repsol and YPF (A): A Perfect Marriage?
Global Business Case Study8.95View Details Back in 1999, the Spanish oil company Repsol purchased 98 percent of the Argentine oil company YPF's shares for more than $15 billion and changed its... -
Pressure Makes Diamonds: Investing in Copper Mining in Laos (C)
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Privatization of Anatolia National Telekom: Note on Valuation of Privatizing Enterprises in Emerging Markets
Strategy & Execution Case Study8.95View Details Anatolia National Telekom is a multiparty negotiation simulation patterned after the Turkish government's aborted attempt to privatize its state-owned... -
Cementing the Bottom of the Pyramid: A New Direction at CEMEX?
Global Business Case Study8.95View Details This case details cement, ready-mix, and concrete giant CEMEX's consideration of a set of strategies designed to grow the Mexican market from the bottom...
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BeautifulCoffee and Fair Trade: Working with Local Farmer Co-operatives in Nepal, Teaching Notes
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Grupo Garantia (C) Lojas Americanas SA: The Retail Chain
Finance & Accounting Case Study5.00View Details Supplements the (A) case. -
Grupo Garantia (D) Cervejaria Brahma SA: Beer Brewing and Marketing
Finance & Accounting Case Study5.00View Details Supplements the (A) case. -
Best Practice in Consumer Packaged Goods Management, Teaching Note
Strategy & Execution Digital ArticleTeaching Note for 311-116, 311-117, 311-118, 311-119, 311-120. -
Drug Testing in Nigeria (A)
Global Business Case Study8.95View Details In 1996, a meningitis epidemic swept across Nigeria. Thousands of children were struck and, lacking appropriate medicine, were liable to die from the... -
Milkpak Ltd.: International Joint Venture
Sales & Marketing Case Study8.95View Details Considers a Pakistani company's decision to conduct a joint venture with a foreign multinational. In 1987, Milkpak Ltd. had successfully developed a market... -
Zotter Chocolate: Creating a Market in China
Global Business Case Study8.95View Details This case describes the process of Austrian chocolate producer Zotter Chocolate entering the Chinese market. There are several things that make this company... -
How Low and Middle-Income Countries Are Innovating to Combat Covid
Global Business Digital ArticleSeven lessons for innovators everywhere. -
Barber of Buenos Aires: Argentina's Debt Renegotiation
Global Business Case Study8.95View Details Tells the story of Argentina's aggressive strategy for renegotiating its sovereign debt from 2003 to 2005. Most creditors accepted the offer to swap their... -
Grupo Garantia (E) GP Investimentos: The Private Investment Company
Finance & Accounting Case Study5.00View Details Supplements the (A) case.