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Propose an Independent Project - MBA
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William A. Sahlman
William Sahlman is a Baker Foundation Professor of Business Administration at Harvard Business School.
Mr. Sahlman received an A.B. degree in Economics from Princeton University (1972), an M.B.A. from Harvard University (1975), and a Ph.D. in Business... View Details
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service industry;
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transportation;
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Request the Data - Leadership
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Credential of Leadership, Impact, and Management in Business | HBS Online
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- September 1998 (Revised March 2002)
- Case
Petrolera Zuata, Petrozuata C.A.
By: Benjamin C. Esty and Mathew M Millett
Petrozuata is a proposed $2.5 billion oil-field development project in Venezuela. The case is set in 1997 as the project sponsors, Conoco and PDVSA (Venezuela's national oil company), are planning to meet with various development agencies and rating agencies regarding...
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Keywords:
Risk Management;
Valuation;
Project Finance;
Capital Markets;
Investment;
Projects;
Mining Industry;
Energy Industry;
Venezuela
Esty, Benjamin C., and Mathew M Millett. "Petrolera Zuata, Petrozuata C.A." Harvard Business School Case 299-012, September 1998. (Revised March 2002.)
Ray A. Goldberg
A native of North Dakota, Dr. Goldberg received his A.B. from Harvard University in 1948, his MBA from the Harvard Graduate School of Business Administration in 1950 and his Ph.D. in Agricultural Economics from the University of Minnesota in 1952.
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- 20 Dec 2010
- Research & Ideas
Panama Canal: Troubled History, Astounding Turnaround
West Coast headed to eastern ports, with a smaller flow of manufactured goods and agricultural products headed the other way. The canal supercharged the growth of the West Coast (at the expense of Venezuela in oil and the South in timber)...
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Sergio Velasquez-Terjesen
View Video Sergio Velasquez-Terjesen (MBA 2019) is accustomed to changing directions. At age fifteen, he moved from his home in Venezuela in the midst of civil and political unrest, seeking safety and opportunity in the United States. He...
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- June 2012
- Class Lecture
Why You're Not Buying Venezuelan Chocolate: The Provenance Paradox
By: Rohit Deshpandé
A product's country of origin establishes its authenticity. This is the provenance paradox. Consumers associate certain geographies with the best products: French wine, Italian sports cars, Swiss watches. Competing products from other countries - especially developing...
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Keywords:
Global Business;
Branding;
Strategic Planning;
Strategic Positioning;
Emergent Countries;
Consumer Perception;
Developing Markets;
Brands and Branding;
Geographic Location;
Globalized Markets and Industries;
Perception;
Emerging Markets;
Product Positioning;
Global Strategy;
Marketing Strategy;
Food and Beverage Industry;
Venezuela
Deshpandé, Rohit. "Why You're Not Buying Venezuelan Chocolate: The Provenance Paradox ." Harvard Business School Class Lecture 512-703, June 2012.
- 01 Sep 2013
- News
Class Day/Commencement 2013
potentially the next person to teach you something. The near future? I don't want to get comfortable. I want to keep the drive that got me here. Long term? I want to combine my interest in technology with business and policymaking to help Colombia and View Details
- 05 Mar 2007
- Research & Ideas
Risky Business? Protecting Foreign Investments
Foreign investment in developing countries has always involved an element of risk. Just ask Verizon Communications, which could lose hundreds of millions of dollars in Venezuela should President Hugo Chávez follow through with plans...
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- August 1994 (Revised December 1996)
- Case
Astra Sports, Inc. (B)
By: John A. Quelch
Astra executives meet to discuss their options with a Venezuelan company that, for seven years, manufactured and marketed athletic shoes under the Astra name without authorization from Astra.
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Keywords:
Strategy;
Crime and Corruption;
Brands and Branding;
Manufacturing Industry;
Apparel and Accessories Industry;
Sports Industry;
Venezuela
Quelch, John A. "Astra Sports, Inc. (B)." Harvard Business School Case 595-008, August 1994. (Revised December 1996.)
- January 2008 (Revised February 2010)
- Case
Chocolates El Rey
By: Rohit Deshpandé, Gustavo Herrero and Regina Garcia-Cuellar
In late November 2006, Jorge Redmond, CEO of Chocolates El Rey, called a meeting with senior management to discuss the company's growth strategy. A relatively small firm with sales of around $14 million, El Rey produced top quality chocolate made with single origin...
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Keywords:
Family Business;
Globalized Markets and Industries;
Growth and Development Strategy;
Brands and Branding;
Marketing Strategy;
Segmentation;
Agriculture and Agribusiness Industry;
Food and Beverage Industry;
Venezuela
Deshpandé, Rohit, Gustavo Herrero, and Regina Garcia-Cuellar. "Chocolates El Rey." Harvard Business School Case 508-052, January 2008. (Revised February 2010.)
- 25 Feb 2014
- First Look
First Look: February 25
causal evidence for the role of matchmaking in promoting happiness. Publisher's link: https://pubwww.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=46356 August 2013 Venezuela Before Chávez: Anatomy of an Economic Collapse Oil, Macroeconomic Volatility...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Mar 2010
- News
Analyze This
(239), Chile (159), Colombia (83), Ecuador (39), Peru (82), and Venezuela (85). On the African continent? Answer: South Africa (775), followed by Nigeria (239), the only other country in triple digits. It hasn’t always been this way. In...
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- 2018
- Mimeo
Measuring Venezuela's Inflation Using Crowdsourcing and Mobile Phones
By: Alberto Cavallo
Cavallo, Alberto. "Measuring Venezuela's Inflation Using Crowdsourcing and Mobile Phones." 2018. Mimeo.
- December 2010
- Article
Why You Aren't Buying Venezuelan Chocolate
By: Rohit Deshpandé
The article discusses the "provenance paradox," wherein consumers are unwilling to buy high-quality products from regions not commonly associated with excellence in certain product categories. Venezuelan chocolate maker Chocolates El Rey does little international...
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Keywords:
Geographic Location;
Global Strategy;
Globalized Markets and Industries;
Brands and Branding;
Marketing Strategy;
Product Marketing;
Emerging Markets;
Food and Beverage Industry;
Venezuela
Deshpandé, Rohit. "Why You Aren't Buying Venezuelan Chocolate." Harvard Business Review 88, no. 12 (December 2010).
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Julio Cedeno
Julio Cedeno was born in Texas just months after his mother and father (originally from Mexico and Venezuela respectively) arrived in the United States from Venezuela. As the oldest among a generation of siblings and cousins, Julio was...
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Keywords:
Manufacturing/Energy
- August 2010 (Revised February 2012)
- Supplement
Cosmeticos de Espana, S.A. (D)
By: David F. Hawkins
The fourth case in the Cosmeticos de Espana case series. What should management's accounting response be to the imposition of foreign currency controls?
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Keywords:
Financial Statements;
Decision Choices and Conditions;
Inflation and Deflation;
Currency Exchange Rate;
Governance Controls;
Beauty and Cosmetics Industry;
Spain;
Venezuela
Hawkins, David F. "Cosmeticos de Espana, S.A. (D)." Harvard Business School Supplement 111-030, August 2010. (Revised February 2012.)
- March 2011 (Revised February 2012)
- Supplement
Cosmeticos de Espana, S.A. (E)
By: David F. Hawkins
Spanish parent company must decide on the Euro/BsF exchange rate to translate its Venezuelan subsidiary's financial statements into Euros.
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Keywords:
Financial Statements;
Business Subsidiaries;
Decision Choices and Conditions;
Currency Exchange Rate;
Beauty and Cosmetics Industry;
Spain;
Venezuela
Hawkins, David F. "Cosmeticos de Espana, S.A. (E)." Harvard Business School Supplement 111-119, March 2011. (Revised February 2012.)