Developing countries

A few years ago, while I was a first-year Ph.D. student in the engineering school at Johns Hopkins University, I had a business idea. I had taken two excellent courses on microelectronics, and decided that I could build a business around them in my native Nigeria. As a college student in Nigeria, I had wanted […]

HBR's editors searched for the best new ideas related to the practice of management and came up with a collection that is as diverse as it is provocative....

Three decades into the environmental revolution, many companies in the industrialized nations have recognized that they can reduce pollution and increase...

How openness to trade and participation in IMF programs influence the informal economy.

Market capitalism, a system that has proven to be a remarkable engine of wealth creation, is poised for a breakdown. That sounds dire, and it is. Increasing...

There's a fatal flaw in the low-price, low-margin, high-volume strategy that multinationals have been pursuing in the bottom of the economic pyramid for...

A 2021 survey of seven cities around the world during the Covid-19 pandemic offers clues to how businesses handle crises. Analyzing responses from 78,000...

The best way to foster an appreciation for intellectual property rights in China is to let partner firms experience the benefits of locally generated...

Many managers face increasing calls to invest corporate resources in charitable causes. How should executives balance a firm's very real economic imperative...

Rohit Deshpande, Harvard Business School professor, describes ways that emerging market companies can overcome consumer bias against their products.

Too much of this vast market’s potential is unrealized.

Why some movements succeed and others fail.

A framework for understanding economic potential in the region.

Yesterday was International Women's Day and there were many articles and blog posts championing the idea that anti-poverty philanthropy should focus on...

By stimulating commerce and development at the bottom of the economic pyramid, multinationals could radically improve the lives of billions of people...

In emerging markets, contracts must be both flexible and rigid. "Shock absorber" and "safety net" clauses offer firms a living, breathing solution.

According to data from the Chinese Ministry of Commerce, privately owned Chinese companies are making more than 150 investments a year in Africa's manufacturing...

If your company operates in a developing country, AIDS is your business. Although Africa has received the most attention, AIDS is also spreading swiftly...

Though many multinationals see little business potential in serving the poorest people in developing countries, two innovative mobile phone companies...

More and more small and midsize companies are joining corporate giants in striving to exploit international growth markets. At the same time, civic leaders...

Since 1974, the Multifibre Arrangement (MFA) had been the systematic means for developed countries to restrict textiles and clothing imports from developing...

The case centres on the difficulties of weighing up the pros and cons of a foreign investment decision in the natural resources sector, characterized...

The Asian Newly Industrialised Economies (ANIEs)--Taiwan, South Korea, Singapore, and Hong Kong--have become masters and creators of advanced technologies...

The case is about Ashok Kumar Pandey, the principal of Ahlcon International School (AIS) in Delhi. The school was established in 2001. Pandey joined the...

Embraer is the story of a company from a developing country, Brazil, that has become the leader in a high-tech field, regional passenger jets. Embraer's...

Gerdau Group is a family-controlled Brazilian manufacturer and distributor of long steel products. Describes the evolution of the company's strategy,...

In early 2014, Sanjay Swamy and Valerie Rozycki Wagoner, respectively chairman and CEO of ZipDial, were discussing the possibility of extending the company's...

Supplements the (A) case.

Starting as a modest 20-bed hospital, Aravind had grown into a 1,400-bed hospital complex by 1992. It had by then screened 3.65 million patients and performed...

Suitable for MBA, EMBA, GEMBA, and executive education programs, this note sets the stage to unfold an analysis of popular notions about how the world...

Top officials at Pfizer are assessing their strategy for improving protection of Pfizer's patents around the world. The outcome of the Uruguay Round of...

Explores how location affects a firm's strategy and identifies the different ways location affects industry structure, choice of a firm's position, and...

No abstract available.

What caused the 1997-98 Asia Crisis: Asian nations' poor economic management, international financial contagion, close "crony" relations between local...

In 1996, a meningitis epidemic swept across Nigeria. Thousands of children were struck and, lacking appropriate medicine, were liable to die from the...

Who are the right investors for a for-profit company targeting the world's poor? Before this start-up spends hundreds of hours pursuing venture capital...

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...

Mibanco, Peru's leading microfinance bank, faces intense competition as the banking industry rushes into low income segments. Companion video clips bring...

A few years ago, while I was a first-year Ph.D. student in the engineering school at Johns Hopkins University, I had a business idea. I had taken two excellent courses on microelectronics, and decided that I could build a business around them in my native Nigeria. As a college student in Nigeria, I had wanted […]

Since 1974, the Multifibre Arrangement (MFA) had been the systematic means for developed countries to restrict textiles and clothing imports from developing...

The case centres on the difficulties of weighing up the pros and cons of a foreign investment decision in the natural resources sector, characterized...

HBR's editors searched for the best new ideas related to the practice of management and came up with a collection that is as diverse as it is provocative....

The Asian Newly Industrialised Economies (ANIEs)--Taiwan, South Korea, Singapore, and Hong Kong--have become masters and creators of advanced technologies...

Three decades into the environmental revolution, many companies in the industrialized nations have recognized that they can reduce pollution and increase...

The case is about Ashok Kumar Pandey, the principal of Ahlcon International School (AIS) in Delhi. The school was established in 2001. Pandey joined the...

Embraer is the story of a company from a developing country, Brazil, that has become the leader in a high-tech field, regional passenger jets. Embraer's...

Gerdau Group is a family-controlled Brazilian manufacturer and distributor of long steel products. Describes the evolution of the company's strategy,...