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- May 2016 (Revised December 2016)
- Case
Camposol
By: David E. Bell and Natalie Kindred
With $289 million in 2015 revenues, Camposol is a Peruvian grower, exporter, and marketer of fruits and vegetables, with a focus on the high-growth, high-margin blueberry category. Camposol aspires to become Peru’s first multinational branded produce company. It...
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Keywords:
Blueberries;
Avocado;
Asparagus;
Agriculture;
Peru;
Retail;
Produce;
Agricultural Production;
Branding;
Brand Strategy;
Commercialization;
Camposol;
Aquaculture;
Agribusiness;
Marketing;
Trade;
Vertical Integration;
Strategy;
Marketing Strategy;
Family Business;
Growth and Development;
Growth Management;
Food;
Supply Chain;
Distribution;
Agriculture and Agribusiness Industry;
Food and Beverage Industry;
Retail Industry;
Distribution Industry;
Peru;
South America;
United States;
China
Bell, David E., and Natalie Kindred. "Camposol." Harvard Business School Case 516-111, May 2016. (Revised December 2016.)
- 2014
- Working Paper
Multinational Firms, Labor Market Discrimination, and the Capture of Competitive Advantage by Exploiting the Social Divide
By: Jordan I. Siegel, Lynn Pyun and B.Y. Cheon
The organizational theory of the multinational firm holds that foreignness is a liability, and specifically that lack of embeddedness in host-country social networks is a source of competitive disadvantage; meanwhile the literature on labor market discrimination...
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Keywords:
Prejudice and Bias;
Human Capital;
Selection and Staffing;
Multinational Firms and Management;
Competitive Advantage;
Markets;
Profit;
Gender;
South Korea
Siegel, Jordan I., Lynn Pyun, and B.Y. Cheon. "Multinational Firms, Labor Market Discrimination, and the Capture of Competitive Advantage by Exploiting the Social Divide." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 11-011, August 2010. (Revised February 2014.)
- Web
Creating Emerging Markets
Jones, "Deeply Responsible Business A Global History of Values-Driven Leadership" (Harvard University Press, 2023) 15 May 2022 The Lakshmi Mittal and Family South Asia Institute Leadership to Last: New Book...
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International Students - MBA
Africa Business Club Asia Business Club Australian and New Zealand Club Canadian Club Emerging Europe Association European Club German-Speaking Society Greater China Club LatAm Club Le Club des Francophones Middle East and North Africa...
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- March 2006 (Revised September 2006)
- Case
Irizar in 2005
By: Ramon Casadesus-Masanell and Jordan Mitchell
In June 2005, Koldo Saratxaga, the leader of Basque-based luxury coach manufacturer Irizar, decided to leave after 14 years at the helm of the worker-owned cooperative. Under Saratxaga's stewardship, Irizar was saved from near bankruptcy in 1991 and has become a highly...
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Keywords:
Business Model;
Business Startups;
Customer Focus and Relationships;
Resignation and Termination;
Leadership Style;
Production;
Quality;
Luxury;
Competitive Advantage;
Construction Industry;
Real Estate Industry;
South Africa;
China;
India;
Mexico;
Brazil
Casadesus-Masanell, Ramon, and Jordan Mitchell. "Irizar in 2005." Harvard Business School Case 706-424, March 2006. (Revised September 2006.)
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Global
Understanding a rapidly changing, Dynamic world Global Research MBA 2024 Tokyo, Japan Mark McNeill 38% of our Class of 2024 MBA students are international. The MBA Experience Regional Activities Africa Asia Pacific Europe Japan Latin...
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- April 2010 (Revised October 2010)
- Case
Vale: Global Expansion in the Challenging World of Mining
By: Tarun Khanna, Aldo Musacchio and Ricardo Reisen de Pinho
In 2009 the management of Vale, a Brazilian diversified mining company and the largest iron ore producer in the world, was under pressure from at least two fronts. First, the emergence of China as the most important consumer of iron ore in the last few years had...
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Keywords:
Financial Crisis;
Investment;
Global Strategy;
Risk Management;
Market Entry and Exit;
Business and Government Relations;
Competitive Strategy;
Mining Industry;
Brazil
Khanna, Tarun, Aldo Musacchio, and Ricardo Reisen de Pinho. "Vale: Global Expansion in the Challenging World of Mining." Harvard Business School Case 710-054, April 2010. (Revised October 2010.)
- January 2005 (Revised November 2009)
- Case
Tata Consultancy Services
By: Rohit Deshpande and Seth Schulman
As CEO of Tata Consultancy Services (TCS), S. "Ram" Ramadorai had grown the company into an emerging IT services powerhouse, with marquee clients such as General Electric, offices in 32 countries, and revenues of nearly $2 billion dollars. Now, he was about to steer...
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Keywords:
Initial Public Offering;
Job Cuts and Outsourcing;
Labor;
Competitive Strategy;
Information Technology;
Consulting Industry;
India;
United States
Deshpande, Rohit, and Seth Schulman. "Tata Consultancy Services." Harvard Business School Case 505-058, January 2005. (Revised November 2009.)
- September 2005 (Revised November 2006)
- Case
AmorePacific: From Local to Global Beauty
By: Pankaj Ghemawat, Carin-Isabel Knoop and David Kiron
Suh Kyung-Bae, the President and CEO of AmorePacific, a South Korean cosmetics company, was an ardent globalizer. In its home market, AmorePacific had held off major multinational players such as L'Oreal and Estee Lauder and had engaged them in markets around the...
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Keywords:
Globalized Firms and Management;
Local Range;
Global Range;
Global Strategy;
Beauty and Cosmetics Industry;
South Korea
Ghemawat, Pankaj, Carin-Isabel Knoop, and David Kiron. "AmorePacific: From Local to Global Beauty." Harvard Business School Case 706-411, September 2005. (Revised November 2006.)
- 28 Apr 2009
- First Look
First Look: April 28, 2009
since 1980 when compared to firms in Europe or Asia (measured both by sales and by numbers of new product introductions), this essay explores the interplay of regulation, definitions of "patient" and "consumer," and...
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Martha Lagace
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A Global Experience - MBA
Student Clubs Africa Business Club Asian-Affinity Business Association Australian & New Zealand Canadian Club Central & Eastern European Club European Club Global Business Club Greater China Club LatAm Club Middle East & North Africa Club View Details
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MBA Experience - Global
Central & Eastern European Club European Club Global Business Club Greater China Club LatAm Club Middle East & North Africa Club South Asian Business Association Southeast Asia Club Canadian Fellowship The...
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From Harvard Business School to Spotify: Four Lessons in My Journey to Land My Dream Job - MBA
Government Health Care / BioTech Manufacturing Private Equity Real Estate Retail Social Enterprise Technology Venture Capital Audiences Audiences FirstGen+ College Diverse Perspectives International LGBTQ+ Military Socioeconomic Inclusion Women Geographies Geographies...
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A Cost Comparison of Cataract Surgeries in Three Countries—United States, India, and Nepal
By: Jiayin Xue, John Hinkle, Mary-Grace Reeves, Luo Luo Zheng, Vengadesan Natarajan, Shyam Vyas, Radhika Upreti Oli, Matt Oliva, Robert S. Kaplan, Arnold Milstein, Geoff Tabin, Jeffrey L. Goldberg and Kevin Schulman
U.S.-based cataract surgeries are costly compared with those performed in high-quality Indian and Nepalese eye centers. The authors used time-driven activity-based costing to evaluate phacoemulsification surgery across four sites: a U.S.-based academic hospital...
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Keywords:
Time-Driven Activity-Based Costing;
Cost Accounting;
Health Care and Treatment;
Health Industry;
India;
Nepal;
United States
Xue, Jiayin, John Hinkle, Mary-Grace Reeves, Luo Luo Zheng, Vengadesan Natarajan, Shyam Vyas, Radhika Upreti Oli, Matt Oliva, Robert S. Kaplan, Arnold Milstein, Geoff Tabin, Jeffrey L. Goldberg, and Kevin Schulman. "A Cost Comparison of Cataract Surgeries in Three Countries—United States, India, and Nepal." NEJM Catalyst Innovations in Care Delivery 2, no. 9 (September 2021).
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Entrepreneurship - Recruiting
94% Mid-Atlantic 3% Northeast 65% South 4% Southwest 4% West 18% International: 6% Asia 1% Europe 3% Latin America 1% Founding a Business 127 Number of Founders Have a Cofounder 53% Connected with a...
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Trends - Recruiting
40% 41% 49% 47% 54% Boston - MA 14% 13% 11% 14% 15% New England (Except Boston) 3% 3% 4% <1% 3% New York - NY 21% 22% 31% 31% 35% Other Northeast <1% 2% 2% 1% 2% South (US) 3% 3% 3% 6% 5% Atlanta - GA <1% 1% 1% <1% 1% Miami - FL 0% 0% 2%...
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- 2013
- Article
Prosocial Spending and Well-Being: Cross-Cultural Evidence for a Psychological Universal
By: Lara B. Aknin, Christopher P. Barrington-Leigh, Elizabeth W. Dunn, John F. Helliwell, Justine Burns, Robert Biswas-Diener, Imelda Kemeza, Paul Nyende, Claire Ashton-James and Michael I. Norton
This research provides the first support for a possible psychological universal: Human beings around the world derive emotional benefits from using their financial resources to help others (prosocial spending). In Study 1, survey data from 136 countries were examined...
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Keywords:
Prosocial Spending;
Psychological Universal;
Prosocial Behavior;
Well-being;
Happiness;
Spending;
Philanthropy and Charitable Giving;
Canada;
Uganda;
South Africa;
India
Aknin, Lara B., Christopher P. Barrington-Leigh, Elizabeth W. Dunn, John F. Helliwell, Justine Burns, Robert Biswas-Diener, Imelda Kemeza, Paul Nyende, Claire Ashton-James, and Michael I. Norton. "Prosocial Spending and Well-Being: Cross-Cultural Evidence for a Psychological Universal." Journal of Personality and Social Psychology 104, no. 4 (April 2013): 635–652.
Laura Alfaro
Laura Alfaro is the Warren Alpert Professor of Business Administration. At Harvard since 1999, she served as Minister of National Planning and Economic Policy in Costa Rica from 2010-2012, taking a leave from HBS. She is Co-Editor of the Journal of International... View Details
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HBS Application Tips from MBA Admissions - MBA
Government Health Care / BioTech Manufacturing Private Equity Real Estate Retail Social Enterprise Technology Venture Capital Audiences Audiences FirstGen+ College Diverse Perspectives International LGBTQ+ Military Socioeconomic Inclusion Women Geographies Geographies...
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- March 2005 (Revised July 2007)
- Case
Capital Controls in Chile in the 1990s (A)
By: Laura Alfaro, Rafael M. Di Tella and Ingrid Vogel
In 1991, Chile adopted a framework of capital controls focused on reducing the massive flows of foreign investment coming into the country as international interest rates remained low. Capital inflows threatened the Central Bank's ability to manage the exchange rate...
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Keywords:
Developing Countries and Economies;
Economic Growth;
Financial Crisis;
Capital;
Governance Controls;
Business and Government Relations;
Chile
Alfaro, Laura, Rafael M. Di Tella, and Ingrid Vogel. "Capital Controls in Chile in the 1990s (A)." Harvard Business School Case 705-031, March 2005. (Revised July 2007.)