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- 01 Sep 2005
- News
Have Ideas, Will Travel
With a growing body of knowledge supported by its global research centers, the School last May conducted its first research symposium abroad, hosting an all-day event in Rio de Janeiro for a select group of 45 Latin American business leaders and academics. “We wanted...
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- 05 Mar 2007
- Research & Ideas
Risky Business? Protecting Foreign Investments
negotiated. Indonesia was, of course, not alone. Argentina is another prominent example where foreign investors in infrastructure found themselves with contracts that could not reasonably be honored. In my view, the most pressing step is...
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- 01 Mar 2016
- News
Alumni and Faculty Books for March 2016
predicts that Dell’s innovation-driven comeback will be one for the ages and that more than half of Dell’s profits will soon come from product lines it didn't have five years ago. Faculty Books The Impact of Globalization on Argentina and...
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- 20 Mar 2012
- First Look
First Look: March 20
Publication:Journal of Public Economics (forthcoming) Abstract Argentina privatized most public utilities during the 1990s but re-nationalized the main water company in 2006. We study beliefs about the benefits of the privatization of...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Jun 2012
- News
Bringing ‘Global’ Back Home
Issue Focus: The Global Manager Fields Photo courtesy FORD Motor Company Issue Focus: The Global Manager Around the World They Call Him Mr. China Think Locally, Act Globally No disrespect to Detroit and California—they’re definitely hubs of car culture. But don’t...
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- December 2005 (Revised January 2007)
- Case
Los Grobo
Los Grobo, a grain farming company based in Argentina, must decide whether to expand internationally to neighboring Paraguay and Uruguay. Los Grobo has built an IT-facilitated network with hundreds of participants who work together to produce corn and soybeans. Los...
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Expansion;
Information Technology;
Supply Chain Management;
Global Range;
Globalization;
Agriculture and Agribusiness Industry;
Paraguay;
Argentina;
Uruguay
McAfee, Andrew P., and Alexandra de Royere. "Los Grobo." Harvard Business School Case 606-014, December 2005. (Revised January 2007.)
- September 1995 (Revised September 1998)
- Supplement
Argentina's YPF Sociedad Anonima (C)
By: Michael Y. Yoshino and Carin-Isabel Knoop
Supplements the (B) case.
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Yoshino, Michael Y., and Carin-Isabel Knoop. "Argentina's YPF Sociedad Anonima (C)." Harvard Business School Supplement 396-026, September 1995. (Revised September 1998.)
- 11 Jan 2011
- First Look
First Look: Jan. 11
system present in Peron's speeches during the period 1943-1955. Second, we study survey data for the 1990s on the beliefs of Peronist and non- Peronist voters in Argentina and Democrat and Republican voters in the U.S. While income and...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Jun 2015
- News
Exploring Global Business Practices
Enhancing the Worldview of HBS Students and Faculty Building on a legacy of global engagement, Harvard Business School has made internationalization a key priority for its second century. To prepare leaders to meet the challenges of today’s society, the School focuses...
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- December 2020 (Revised April 2021)
- Case
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...
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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
Reinhardt, Forest, José B. Alvarez, Jenyfeer Martinez Buitrago, and Mariana Cal. "Arcos Dorados: A QSR Recovery Plan." Harvard Business School Case 721-023, December 2020. (Revised April 2021.)
- 01 Apr 1998
- News
World Class Learning
Classes of 1998 and 1999 combined. "We have students from as far away as Georgia, Brunei, Gabon, and the Ivory Coast," she says. From Argentina to New Zealand, few corners of the world are missing from today's class profile. Inherent...
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Eileen K. McCluskey
- January 2022
- Case
Walmart Goes Global (A)
By: Juan Alcácer
- 01 Sep 2006
- News
Winston to Lead the Global Initiative
As the new executive director of the HBS Global Initiative, Victoria Winston will be a central figure in the School’s efforts to chart the future for its global activities. Last winter, Dean Jay Light convened a faculty task force, led by Senior Associate Dean for...
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- 01 Feb 2017
- News
New Regional Offices Broaden HBS’s Intellectual Reach
Geoffrey Jones (photo by Susan Young) Professor Geoffrey Jones (photo by Susan Young) Two decades ago, HBS launched the Global Initiative to strengthen the School's engagement with businesses and business leaders around the world and to deepen the faculty's...
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Annual Report 2016 - Annual Report 2016
of design thinking (customer observation, brainstorming, and prototyping) to develop new products and services for global partner companies in locations ranging from China and Argentina to Turkey and Cambodia. 930 Students 157 Global...
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- March 2004 (Revised May 2005)
- Case
Foreign Exchange Hedging Strategies at General Motors
By: Mihir A. Desai and Mark Veblen
How should a multinational firm manage foreign exchange exposures? Examines transactional, translational, and competitive exposures. Describes General Motors' corporate hedging policies, its risk management structure, and how accounting rules impact hedging decisions....
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Keywords:
Risk Management;
Multinational Firms and Management;
Currency Exchange Rate;
Investment;
Financial Markets;
Manufacturing Industry;
Auto Industry;
Argentina;
Japan;
Canada;
United States
Desai, Mihir A., and Mark Veblen. "Foreign Exchange Hedging Strategies at General Motors." Harvard Business School Case 204-024, March 2004. (Revised May 2005.)
- 20 Feb 2018
- First Look
First Look at New Research and Ideas, February 20, 2018
https://pubwww.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=53983 Harvard Business School Case 715-017 Creditor Activism in Sovereign Debt: Argentina vs. Holdout Investors (B) No abstract available. Purchase this case:...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 17 Mar 2008
- Research & Ideas
The Lessons of Business History: A Handbook
significant gaps elsewhere. The business history group currently has a major initiative to encourage business history research in Argentina and Chile led by Research Fellow Andrea Lluch, who is currently based at our Latin American...
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by Sean Silverthorne
- 08 Nov 2016
- First Look
November 8, 2016
hectares of land in Chile and Argentina that he converted to protected areas and national parks. The Chouinard strategy represented best practice green entrepreneurship, which if widely adopted might markedly reduce the environmental...
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Sean Silverthorne
- Teaching Interest
Overview
Globalization and Emerging Markets (Elective Course)
The world order has changed significantly in the last two decades. The influence of western-style varieties of capitalism has been challenged by new forms of capitalism that rely less on private enterprise and on the...
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Keywords:
Globalization;
Strategy;
Macroeconomics;
State Capitalism;
Political Economy;
Emerging Markets;
Multinational Firms and Management;
Global Strategy;
Economics;
Energy Industry;
Retail Industry;
Mining Industry;
Agriculture and Agribusiness Industry;
Banking Industry;
China;
Africa;
Dubai;
Pakistan;
India;
Brazil;
Russia;
Cuba;
Argentina