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The Right Way to Restructure Conglomerates in Emerging Markets
Government Magazine ArticleIn many countries, diversified business groups substitute for the institutions that support effective markets in capital, labor, and goods and services. Their capacity for doing this must be strengthened through restructuring, not destroyed through dismantling. -
Pursue Your Dream or Move On? (HBR Case Study and Commentary)
Leadership & Managing People Magazine ArticleA young social entrepreneur must decide whether to stick with her struggling start-up--a tomato paste company based entirely in Nigeria--or go to work... -
Turkey Badly Needs a Long-Term Plan for Syrian Refugees
Labor Digital ArticleIt’s time to stop treating the situation as a short-term crisis. -
Cutting the Cost of HIV
Finance and investing Magazine ArticleCompanies doing business in the developing world have to contend with the staggering human and financial costs of HIV infection—and most would agree that conventional approaches to controlling the epidemic aren’t working. In our experience in the labor-intensive mining industries of Russia, South Africa, and Botswana, we’ve seen infection rates among workers exceeding 90% in […] -
The Promise and Peril of Russia's Resurgent State
Global Business Magazine ArticleRussia is no longer a failing superpower. After Vladimir Putin became president in 2000, Goldman Sachs predicted that Russia, along with Brazil, China,... -
Cracking Frontier Markets
Innovation & Entrepreneurship Magazine ArticleWith emerging-market giants such as Brazil, Russia, India, and China experiencing slowdowns, investors, entrepreneurs, and multinationals are looking... -
The HBR List: Breakthrough Ideas for 2010
Finance and investing Magazine ArticleWhen the business community supports an idea, change can happen fast. HBR’s annual ideas collection, compiled in cooperation with the World Economic Forum, offers 10 fresh solutions we believe would make the world better. Ranging from productivity boosting to nation building, from health care to hacking, any of the ideas presented in the following pages […] -
How Local Companies Keep Multinationals at Bay
Emerging markets Magazine ArticleTo win in the world’s fastest-growing markets, transnational giants have to compete with increasingly sophisticated homegrown champions. It isn’t easy. -
Ideals for Export
Business history Magazine ArticleMany nations in Asia and Africa have now become fully responsible for their destiny. What kind of nations will they become? Will they be swept along by the vision of progress through authoritarian discipline exemplified by the Communist nations? Or will they recognize and seek the ideal of individual freedom, of truth, of respect for […] -
These 6 Sectors of Africa's Economy Are Poised for Growth
Global Business Digital ArticleThere's still a lot of opportunity, despite the continent's slowing growth. -
The Perils of Partnering in Developing Markets
Cross-cultural management Magazine ArticleHow a health care provider addresses the risks that come with globalization -
3 Things Driving Entrepreneurial Growth in Africa
Emerging markets Digital ArticleAnd why Western investors often miss them. -
A Cautionary Tale for Emerging Market Giants
Strategy & Execution Magazine ArticleCompetitors from the developing world are rising fast. Will they come to rule the global economy? Not necessarily, say Insead's Black and Morrison, who... -
How Amazon Adapted Its Business Model to India
Emerging markets Digital ArticleMom-and-pop store owners are partners, not competitors. -
Troubles Ahead in Emerging Markets
Emerging markets Magazine ArticleThe opportunities in emerging markets are huge. So are the risks. -
Expanding in China
Global Business Magazine ArticleBain consultants Ann Chen and Vijay Vishwanath offer three key strategies multinationals can use to expand from China's premium segment into the broader... -
From Complacency to Competitiveness: An Interview with Vitro’s Ernesto Martens
Emerging markets Magazine ArticleIn Mexico, business, family, and politics are often intermingled. -
Africa's New Generation of Innovators
Innovation & Entrepreneurship Magazine ArticleWith a young, urbanizing population, abundant natural resources, and a growing middle class, Africa seems to have all the ingredients necessary for huge... -
Making the World Safe for Markets
Emerging markets Magazine ArticleWhen the poor have no stake in their own economies, mixing democracy and capitalism can be catastrophic. -
The Ups and Downs of India’s Digital Transformation
Cybersecurity and digital privacy Digital ArticleThe country’s demonetization hasn’t stopped people from using cash.
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Sensory Branding: Oreo in the Indian Context
Sales & Marketing Case Study11.95View Details Indian marketing scenario (an emerging economy) has been experiencing a new wave of consumer behavior after liberalization of markets. FMCG and durable... -
Framedia (A)
Finance & Accounting Case Study11.95View Details Examines an acquisition in the highly competitive new media advertising industry in China in late 2005. The transaction leads to eventual consolidation... -
Turkcell (B): From a Telecom Network Operator to a Customer Experience Provider
Strategy & Execution Case Study5.00View Details Supplement to case IMD972 Kaan Terzioglu, Turkcell's CEO, and his top team had spent Capital Markets Day with global investment analysts celebrating... -
Daksh and IBM: Business Process Transformation in India. Part 2 - The Post Buy-out Years
Global Business Case Study11.95View Details The story of Daksh, one of India's leading BPO companies that was bought out by IBM in April 2004 at an estimated amount of US$170 million, had all the... -
Sula Vineyards (A): Indian Wine - Ce n'est pas possible!
Finance & Accounting Case Study11.95View Details The case focuses on the risks and rewards of early-stage investing in a successful emerging market consumer start-up (i.e. non-tech), from seed funding... -
Startup Capital Ventures in China
Global Business Case Study11.95View Details John Dean and Danny Lui began raising their first fund as Startup Capital Ventures (SCV), a small venture capital firm in 2005. They made a soft commitment... -
SKYETON: THE SKY IS NO LONGER THE LIMIT
Strategy & Execution Case Study11.95View Details Ukrainian founder Aleksandr Stepura wants to grow his civilian drone-manufacturing startup Skyeton. Thanks to a local pool of aeronautical expertise inherited... -
ZipDial: Reaching The Next 3 Billion Consumers
Innovation & Entrepreneurship Case Study11.95View Details In early 2014, Sanjay Swamy and Valerie Rozycki Wagoner, respectively chairman and CEO of ZipDial, were discussing the possibility of extending the company's... -
Procter & Gamble in China
Leadership & Managing People Case Study11.95View Details The case is set in 2011. P&G has announced that it wishes to serve an additional billion customers globally within the next five years. To do so, it will... -
Dealing with Capital Flows: Thailand in 2006
Global Business Case Study11.95View Details This case was written as an exam case for first-year course, Global Economies and Markets. It is written as a comprehensive case that examine the policy... -
Dr. Reddy's Laboratories (B)
Global Business Case Study5.00View Details This supplement to Dr. Reddy's Laboratories (A), product # 908M64, looks at the two years post-acquisition and examines a major risk which, as it unfolded,... -
Fashion Forward Dubai (FFWD): Digitally Transforming the Fashion Industry?
Strategy & Execution Case Study11.95View Details The case discusses the globalization of fashion and the trajectory of Fashion Forward Dubai. Since its inception in 2013, FFWD had striven to offer an... -
bKash: Financial Technology Innovation for Emerging Markets
Leadership & Managing People Case Study11.95View Details The founder of bKash Limited (bKash), a successful mobile financial services (MFS) model pioneered in Bangladesh, built the company from scratch, targeting... -
Internationalization Strategy of Chinese Private Enterprises in Europe (Shuguang: Learn By Doing)
Strategy & Execution Case Study5.00View Details Supplement to case RSM037. Shuguang Europe was established in 2008 in the Netherlands. Initially set up to handle REACH registrations for its headquarters... -
China: Building "Capitalism with Socialist Characteristics"
Global Business Case Study11.95View Details Describes China's phenomenal development from a poor, communist country to a global powerhouse. Provides background on China's history and culture, details... -
Allianz Turkey: Focus on the Customer (A)
Strategy & Execution Case Study11.95View Details At the age of 39, Solmaz Altın took over the helm at Allianz Turkey. Solmaz quickly realized that, although the insurance market was thinly penetrated... -
Unilever: Opportunities in the White Spaces
Strategy & Execution Case Study11.95View Details May 2016, Singapore. Umesh Shah, the head of Unilever International (UI), was pleased with what his team had been able to achieve since the business unit... -
Open Innovation at Fujitsu (B)
Strategy & Execution Case Study5.00View Details This add-on case study reveals the location decision that was made in front of the challenge presented in case study #616-034. The launch of the Open... -
Kunshan, Incorporated: The Making of China's Richest Town
Innovation & Entrepreneurship Case Study11.95View Details In 1980, the city of Kunshan was mere countryside, registering neither on the Chinese government's nor the international business community's radar. By...
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The Right Way to Restructure Conglomerates in Emerging Markets
Government Magazine ArticleIn many countries, diversified business groups substitute for the institutions that support effective markets in capital, labor, and goods and services. Their capacity for doing this must be strengthened through restructuring, not destroyed through dismantling. -
Pursue Your Dream or Move On? (HBR Case Study and Commentary)
Leadership & Managing People Magazine ArticleA young social entrepreneur must decide whether to stick with her struggling start-up--a tomato paste company based entirely in Nigeria--or go to work... -
Sensory Branding: Oreo in the Indian Context
Sales & Marketing Case Study11.95View Details Indian marketing scenario (an emerging economy) has been experiencing a new wave of consumer behavior after liberalization of markets. FMCG and durable... -
Turkey Badly Needs a Long-Term Plan for Syrian Refugees
Labor Digital ArticleIt’s time to stop treating the situation as a short-term crisis. -
Framedia (A)
Finance & Accounting Case Study11.95View Details Examines an acquisition in the highly competitive new media advertising industry in China in late 2005. The transaction leads to eventual consolidation... -
Turkcell (B): From a Telecom Network Operator to a Customer Experience Provider
Strategy & Execution Case Study5.00View Details Supplement to case IMD972 Kaan Terzioglu, Turkcell's CEO, and his top team had spent Capital Markets Day with global investment analysts celebrating... -
Daksh and IBM: Business Process Transformation in India. Part 2 - The Post Buy-out Years
Global Business Case Study11.95View Details The story of Daksh, one of India's leading BPO companies that was bought out by IBM in April 2004 at an estimated amount of US$170 million, had all the... -
Sula Vineyards (A): Indian Wine - Ce n'est pas possible!
Finance & Accounting Case Study11.95View Details The case focuses on the risks and rewards of early-stage investing in a successful emerging market consumer start-up (i.e. non-tech), from seed funding... -
Startup Capital Ventures in China
Global Business Case Study11.95View Details John Dean and Danny Lui began raising their first fund as Startup Capital Ventures (SCV), a small venture capital firm in 2005. They made a soft commitment... -
SKYETON: THE SKY IS NO LONGER THE LIMIT
Strategy & Execution Case Study11.95View Details Ukrainian founder Aleksandr Stepura wants to grow his civilian drone-manufacturing startup Skyeton. Thanks to a local pool of aeronautical expertise inherited...