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Business, Governments and Political Risk in South Asia and Latin America since 1970
By: G. Jones and Rachael Comunale
This article contributes to the literature on political risk in business and economic history by examining both new perspectives (risk encountered by companies domestically, rather than risk for foreign investors) and new settings (emerging markets economies in Latin...
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Keywords:
Political Risk;
Emerging Market;
Bribery;
Business & Government Relations;
Turbulence;
Violence;
Risk and Uncertainty;
Emerging Markets;
Crime and Corruption;
Business and Government Relations;
Business History;
India;
Latin America
Jones, G., and Rachael Comunale. "Business, Governments and Political Risk in South Asia and Latin America since 1970." Australian Economic History Review 58, no. 3 (November 2018): 233–264.
- October 2018 (Revised August 2019)
- Case
Everybody Knows: Russia and the Election
By: Rawi Abdelal, Rafael Di Tella and Galit Goldstein
Following a contentious presidential race, Donald Trump’s 2016 election destabilized America’s status quo. Academics, journalists, politicians and the public at large examined why Trump had won. Many Americans, inside and outside the government, asserted that a...
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Keywords:
Strategic Industry;
Strategic Alliances (Business);
Business And Government;
Business And Public Policy;
Business And Society;
Media Businesses;
Media Content;
Media Slant;
Media Regulation;
Internet Of Everything;
Government Policy;
Politics;
Political Campaigns;
Political Strategy;
Political Turmoil;
Government;
Government Regulation;
Security;
International Business;
International Relations;
National Security;
Political Elections;
News;
Media;
Internet and the Web;
Rights;
Problems and Challenges;
Globalization;
Business and Community Relations;
Business and Government Relations;
Government Legislation;
Risk and Uncertainty;
Cognition and Thinking;
Conflict and Resolution;
Identity;
Civil Society or Community;
Culture;
Public Opinion;
Social Issues;
War;
Social Media;
Public Administration Industry;
United States;
Russia
Abdelal, Rawi, Rafael Di Tella, and Galit Goldstein. "Everybody Knows: Russia and the Election." Harvard Business School Case 719-012, October 2018. (Revised August 2019.)
- July 2018 (Revised July 2018)
- Teaching Note
Argentina Power—Don’t Cry for Me Argentina
By: Nori Gerardo Lietz and Sayiddah Fatima McCree
Teaching Note for HBS No. 218-041. This case concerns a complex potential energy infrastructure investment in Argentina by a global conglomerate shortly after Mauricio Macri (“Macri”) became President of Argentina in 2015. The central issues are (i) why was a country...
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- May 2018 (Revised October 2018)
- Case
Argentina Power—Don't Cry for Me Argentina
By: Nori Gerardo Lietz and Sayiddah Fatima McCree
In 2016, Bruce Wayne, Managing Director of Energy Finance Corporation (“EFC”), was refining the Investment/Credit Committee materials for the development of up to 10 power generating plants in Argentina. As a subsidiary of the much larger International Conglomerate...
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Keywords:
Cross Border;
Energy Markets;
Infrastructure Finance;
Infrastructure Development;
Business Subsidiaries;
Business Cycles;
Macroeconomics;
Energy Generation;
International Finance;
Project Finance;
Government and Politics;
Demand and Consumers;
Infrastructure;
Utilities Industry;
Energy Industry;
Financial Services Industry;
Argentina;
Latin America
Lietz, Nori Gerardo, and Sayiddah Fatima McCree. "Argentina Power—Don't Cry for Me Argentina." Harvard Business School Case 218-041, May 2018. (Revised October 2018.)
- 2018
- Working Paper
Business, Governments and Political Risk in South Asia and Latin America since 1970
By: Geoffrey Jones and Rachael Comunale
This working paper provides a new perspective on how businesses have responded to political risk in South Asia and Latin America over the last half century. The existing business history literature on political risk is focused on the experiences of Western...
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Keywords:
Business and Government Relations;
Risk Management;
Government and Politics;
Business History;
South Asia;
Latin America
Jones, Geoffrey, and Rachael Comunale. "Business, Governments and Political Risk in South Asia and Latin America since 1970." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 18-102, May 2018.
- March 2018
- Case
Lufax: FinTech and the Transformation of Wealth Management in China
By: Christopher J. Malloy, Lauren H. Cohen and Anthony K. Woo
This case examines the rise and competitive positioning of Lufax, an online marketplace headquartered in Shanghai, China, and a pioneer in the origination and trading of financial assets. The company had grown at a remarkable rate, and was awarded “Trading Platform of...
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Keywords:
Asset Management;
Internet and the Web;
Competitive Strategy;
Situation or Environment;
Product Positioning;
Financial Services Industry;
China
Malloy, Christopher J., Lauren H. Cohen, and Anthony K. Woo. "Lufax: FinTech and the Transformation of Wealth Management in China." Harvard Business School Case 218-088, March 2018.
- March 2018
- Teaching Note
Making Target the Target: Boycotts and Corporate Political Activity (A) and (B)
By: Nien-hê Hsieh and Victor Wu
Through the challenges facing Target, the case examines the ways in which corporations can become involved in political and legislative debates and processes, ranging from campaign contributions to lobbying. In 2016, Target CEO Brian Cornell must determine how to...
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Keywords:
Public Opinion;
Social Issues;
Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact;
Mission and Purpose;
Problems and Challenges;
Laws and Statutes;
Rights;
Crisis Management;
Risk Management;
Media;
Political Elections;
Taxation;
Corporate Accountability;
Values and Beliefs;
Fairness;
Diversity;
Customers;
Communication;
Business and Government Relations;
Retail Industry;
United States
- February 2018
- Case
Infrastructure in Nigeria: Unlocking Pension Fund Investments
By: John Macomber and Pippa Tubman Armerding
The so-called “infrastructure finance gap” was a problem in Nigeria as in many parts of the world. Infrastructure projects like power plants and dams were very large capital investments that could generate long-term consistent cash flows, but their financing and...
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Keywords:
Pension Fund Investing;
Infrastucture;
Power/Energy;
Credit Enhancement;
Infrastructure;
Project Finance;
Investment Funds;
Emerging Markets;
Nigeria;
Africa
Macomber, John, and Pippa Tubman Armerding. "Infrastructure in Nigeria: Unlocking Pension Fund Investments." Harvard Business School Case 218-071, February 2018.
- January 2018
- Case
Merck CEO Ken Frazier Quits President Trump's Advisory Council
By: Andy Zelleke and Brian Tilley
In the first six months of Donald Trump’s presidency, Merck CEO Kenneth Frazier appeared alongside Trump at least three times at press events, one of which commemorated the first and only meeting of the president’s Manufacturing Job Initiative (better known at the...
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- January–February 2018
- Article
The New CEO Activists
By: Aaron K Chatterji and Michael W. Toffel
Though corporations have been lobbying the government and making campaign donations for a long time now, in recent years a dramatic new trend has emerged in U.S. politics: CEOs are taking very public stands on thorny political issues that have nothing to do with their...
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Keywords:
Government Policy;
Rights;
Leadership & Corporate Accountability;
Sustainability;
Leadership;
Corporate Accountability;
Policy;
Social Issues;
Communication Intention and Meaning;
United States
Chatterji, Aaron K., and Michael W. Toffel. "The New CEO Activists." Harvard Business Review 96, no. 1 (January–February 2018): 78–89. (Winner of the 2019 HBR Warren Bennis Prize as best 2018 HBR article on leadership. Featured in the HBR Ideacast podcast and an HBR Webinar.)
- November 2017 (Revised November 2017)
- Teaching Note
Accounting for Political Risk at AES
By: Gerardo Pérez Cavazos and Suraj Srinivasan
Teaching Note for HBS Nos. 118-023 and 118-024.
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- 2017
- Working Paper
International Business and Emerging Markets: A Long-Run Perspective
By: Geoffrey Jones
This working paper explores long-run patterns in the strategies of international business in developing countries. There was a massive wave of Western multinational investment in the developing world during the first wave of globalization before the 1920s. The...
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Keywords:
Multinational Firms and Management;
Developing Countries and Economies;
History;
Emerging Markets;
Problems and Challenges
Jones, Geoffrey. "International Business and Emerging Markets: A Long-Run Perspective." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 18-020, September 2017.
- August 2017 (Revised November 2017)
- Case
Accounting for Political Risk at AES
By: Gerardo Pérez Cavazos and Suraj Srinivasan
As a global energy generating company, AES frequently faces challenges from political changes and instability. This is exacerbated by the fact that in many instances AES' primary customer is the government, which is also in charge of law-making. For example, AES'...
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Keywords:
Political Risk;
Asset Impairment;
Risk Factors;
Fair Value;
Fair Value Accounting;
Financial Reporting;
Financial Statements;
Energy Industry;
Bulgaria;
Dominican Republic;
United States;
Venezuela
Pérez Cavazos, Gerardo, and Suraj Srinivasan. "Accounting for Political Risk at AES." Harvard Business School Case 118-023, August 2017. (Revised November 2017.)
- August 2017
- Supplement
Accounting for Political Risk at AES (B)
By: Gerardo Pérez Cavazos and Suraj Srinivasan
Supplement to the (A) case, HBS No. 118-023.
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Pérez Cavazos, Gerardo, and Suraj Srinivasan. "Accounting for Political Risk at AES (B)." Harvard Business School Supplement 118-024, August 2017.
- August 2017
- Supplement
Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation in Motion: Video Supplement
By: Boris Groysberg and Sarah L. Abbott
Evan Siddall, newly appointed CEO of Canada Mortgage Housing Corporation, a governmental organization focused on the residential housing market, is charged with leading change at the organization. The case follows this process of change step by step and looks at the...
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Keywords:
Leading Change;
Organization Behavior;
Government;
Performance;
Leadership;
Change;
Organizational Change and Adaptation;
Organizational Culture;
Nonprofit Organizations;
Government Administration;
Restructuring;
Risk Management;
Financial Services Industry;
Canada
Groysberg, Boris, and Sarah L. Abbott. "Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation in Motion: Video Supplement." Harvard Business School Multimedia/Video Supplement 418-701, August 2017.
- July 2017
- Teaching Plan
'Clarín Lies!': Bias, Post-Truth, and Populism in Argentina's Media War
By: Rafael Di Tella and Sarah McAra
Teaching Note for HBS No. 718-008.
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- July 2017 (Revised November 2017)
- Case
'Clarín Lies!': Bias, Post-Truth, and Populism in Argentina's Media War
By: Rafael Di Tella, Jose Liberti and Sarah McAra
In 2012, Argentine media conglomerate Grupo Clarín and President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner were embroiled in what some called “the mother of all battles.” Grupo Clarín was one of the preeminent media companies in Argentina, with leading newspapers, cable...
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Keywords:
Media Regulation;
Media;
Government and Politics;
Policy;
Newspapers;
Government Legislation;
Business and Government Relations;
Risk and Uncertainty;
Monopoly;
Journalism and News Industry;
Media and Broadcasting Industry;
Argentina
Di Tella, Rafael, Jose Liberti, and Sarah McAra. "'Clarín Lies!': Bias, Post-Truth, and Populism in Argentina's Media War." Harvard Business School Case 718-008, July 2017. (Revised November 2017.)
- June 2017 (Revised August 2018)
- Supplement
Making Target the Target: Boycotts and Corporate Political Activity (B)
By: Nien-hê Hsieh and Victor Wu
Supplements the (A) Case.
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Keywords:
Campaign Finance Reform;
Corporate Political Activity;
Lobbying;
LGBTQ;
Campaign Contributions;
Campaign Finance;
Retail;
Shareholder Activism;
Public Opinion;
Social Issues;
Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact;
Mission and Purpose;
Problems and Challenges;
Laws and Statutes;
Rights;
Crisis Management;
Risk Management;
Media;
Political Elections;
Taxation;
Corporate Accountability;
Values and Beliefs;
Fairness;
Diversity;
Customers;
Communication;
Business and Government Relations;
Retail Industry;
United States
Hsieh, Nien-hê, and Victor Wu. "Making Target the Target: Boycotts and Corporate Political Activity (B)." Harvard Business School Supplement 317-131, June 2017. (Revised August 2018.)
- April 2017 (Revised March 2024)
- Case
Making Target the Target: Boycotts and Corporate Political Activity
By: Nien-hê Hsieh and Victor Wu
Through the challenges facing Target, the case examines ways in which corporations can become involved in political and legislative debates and processes, ranging from campaign contributions to lobbying to political activism. In 2016, Target CEO Brian Cornell must...
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Keywords:
Boycott;
Corporate Political Activity;
Lobbying;
LGBTQ;
Campaign Contributions;
Campaign Finance;
Retail;
Shareholder Activism;
Public Opinion;
Social Issues;
Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact;
Mission and Purpose;
Problems and Challenges;
Laws and Statutes;
Rights;
Crisis Management;
Risk Management;
Media;
Political Elections;
Taxation;
Corporate Accountability;
Values and Beliefs;
Fairness;
Diversity;
Customers;
Communication;
Business and Government Relations;
Retail Industry;
United States
Hsieh, Nien-hê, and Victor Wu. "Making Target the Target: Boycotts and Corporate Political Activity." Harvard Business School Case 317-113, April 2017. (Revised March 2024.)
- March 2017 (Revised June 2019)
- Case
CEO Activism (A)
By: Michael W. Toffel, Aaron K. Chatterji and Julia Kelley
This case introduces CEO activism, a phenomenon in which business leaders engage in political or social issues that do not relate directly to their companies. The case uses several examples to describe why business leaders are engaging in CEO activism and the potential...
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Keywords:
Leadership & Corporate Accountability;
Environmental And Social Sustainability;
Environment;
Climate Change;
Gender Equality;
Communication Strategy;
Moral Sensibility;
Values and Beliefs;
Leadership;
Law;
Rights;
Risk Management;
Media;
Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact;
Religion;
Expansion;
Strategy;
Social Issues;
Consumer Products Industry;
Electronics Industry;
Technology Industry;
United States;
Indiana;
North Carolina
Toffel, Michael W., Aaron K. Chatterji, and Julia Kelley. "CEO Activism (A)." Harvard Business School Case 617-001, March 2017. (Revised June 2019.)