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When Should Multinationals Move Back into Venezuela?
International business Digital ArticleCompanies should hope for the best and prepare for the worst. -
Strategies for Succeeding in Today’s Brazil
Global strategy Digital ArticleThe country’s economic climate has changed. -
How Marketing Is Evolving in Latin America
Sales & Marketing Digital ArticleA survey shows a wave of growth in inbound marketing. -
How We Went Digital Without a Strategy
Organizational culture Magazine ArticleOver the last decade, Semco has successfully extended its business from manufacturing to services to the Internet. Here’s what it has learned: transformation is easy—if you throw away your plans and let your people lead you. -
Time for a Unified Campaign? (HBR Case Study)
Sales & Marketing Magazine ArticleAlegre, a leading hotel group in Central and South America, is suffering under the troubled economy, and its newest property, the flagship Palma Cay in... -
How I Did It: Timberland’s CEO on Standing Up to 65,000 Angry Activists
Business communication Magazine ArticleThe Idea: After Greenpeace pressured Timberland to pull out of Brazil, CEO Jeff Swartz chose instead to engage with the activist group and Timberland’s Brazilian supplier in hopes of making a positive difference. -
Column: Want People to Save? Force Them.
Government Magazine ArticleIn Chile last June, I had the opportunity to spend some time with Felipe Kast, the new government’s minister of planning, and a few of his compadres. (We also went dancing, but that is another story.) One of the topics we talked about was the Chilean retirement saving plan. By law, 11% of every employee’s […] -
Venture Philanthropist
Social enterprise Magazine ArticleInternet entrepreneur Martin Varsavsky is applying what he does best—building high-tech companies—to improving education in Argentina. -
Emerging Giants: Building World-Class Companies in Developing Countries
Emerging markets Magazine ArticleCompanies in emerging markets must choose among three kinds of strategies to compete successfully, both at home and abroad. -
Cocreating Business’s New Social Compact
Economics Magazine ArticleThe liberalization of markets is forcing executives and social activists to work together. They are developing new business models that will transform organizations and the lives of poor people everywhere. -
The Olympics Needs a New Business Model
Business models InterviewHaving a rotating host city is a 19th-century idea. -
Time for a Unified Campaign? (Commentary for HBR Case Study)
Sales & Marketing Magazine ArticleAlegre, a leading hotel group in Central and South America, is suffering under the troubled economy, and its newest property, the flagship Palma Cay in... -
Recruiting Strategies for a Tight Talent Market, Chinese Version
Leadership & Managing People Digital ArticleYou can't keep relying on the same old methods. -
Globalizing the Rest of the World
Global Business Magazine ArticleAlthough they account for 20% of the world's population and a major share of its natural resources, Latin America and Africa have been left out of the... -
Strategies That Fit Emerging Markets
Emerging markets Magazine ArticleFast-growing economies often provide poor soil for profits. The cause? A lack of specialized intermediary firms and regulatory systems on which multinational companies depend. Successful businesses look for those institutional voids and work around them. -
The Rise of WhatsApp in Brazil Is About More than Just Messaging
Technology & Operations Digital ArticleIt opens up a whole new world of digital marketing. -
The Seasoned Executive’s Decision-Making Style
Organizational culture Magazine ArticleNew research shows that senior managers analyze and act on problems far differently than their more junior colleagues do. Those whose thinking does not evolve may not advance. -
Time for a Unified Campaign? (HBR Case Study and Commentary)
Sales & Marketing Magazine ArticleAlegre, a leading hotel group in Central and South America, is suffering under the troubled economy, and its newest property, the flagship Palma Cay in... -
How to Quantify Sustainability’s Impact on Your Bottom Line
Sustainable business practices Digital ArticleA case study of the Brazilian beef industry. -
Why My Former Employees Still Work for Me
Motivating people Magazine ArticleRather than just cut jobs, Ricardo Semler set up workers as private entrepreneurs—in his own factories.
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XP: Dual Track Financing Alternatives
Leadership & Managing People Case Study8.95View Details XP, an investment platform, was on the verge of defining whether to do an IPO or selling off a majority stake to Itaú Unibanco, Brazil´s largest financial... -
Clinica Ricardo Palma, Spanish Version
Finance & Accounting Case Study8.95View Details The Clínica Ricardo Palma is looking for a strategic partner. It has contracted the services of a financial advisor (Apoyo Consultoría) to help with the... -
American Electric Power: Investing in Forest Conservation
Organizational Development Case Study8.95View Details This case focuses on an opportunity that American Electric Power (AEP) has to invest, with The Nature Conservancy (TNC), in one of the world's first projects... -
Pepperoni Lovers: A Negotiation Simulation: Role For the Purchasing Manager of Oris Pizza
Strategy & Execution Case Study8.95View Details Pepperoni Lovers is a negotiation exercise between two actors, buyer and seller, for a pizzeria chain and a premium producer of delicatessen meats. The... -
Green Hydrogen in Chile
Global Business Case Study8.95View Details In 2020, the Chilean government wants to promote green hydrogen, a technology with high potential to help mitigate climate change. President Sebastián... -
Inclusion and Diversity at Mars Petcare
Management Case Study8.95View Details In 2018, Erica Coletta became Mars Petcare's Chief Human Resources Officer, and immediately found herself dealing with high-stakes inclusion and diversity... -
Beyond the Barricades: Chile 2023
Management Case Study8.95View Details Chile, often considered among Latin America´s greatest economic success stories, suffered a shocking wave of protests in October 2019, as its citizens... -
La Madrilena: Economic Performance Management in 2014
Finance & Accounting Case Study8.95View Details La Madrilena, footwear and sport goods' retailer, operated 18 stores -under La Madrilena brand for shoes and Quonam for sports- in Argentina's Patagonia... -
LEGO® Products: Building Customer Communities Through Technology
Sales & Marketing Case Study8.95View Details This case takes students through the evolution of LEGO's business model from a traditional product-centric "make and sell" model to a more customer-centric... -
Grupo SMU: A Challenging Corporate Restructuring Process
Management Case Study8.95View Details This case tells the story of SMU Group, the third-largest supermarket operator in Chile. Having implemented a second restructuring plan (CIMA) between... -
The Price of Dignity - Labor Rights in Peru, Spanish Version
Global Business Case Study8.95View Details On February 23, 2012, a special commission appointed by Peru's Labor Ministry submitted a technical report on how to consolidate the country's national... -
Carbostar: To sell or not to sell? That is the question
Finance & Accounting Case Study8.95View Details The Morales couple, Carlos and María, and Andrés Córdoba, shareholders of the twenty-year old Colombian mining company Carbostar, wanted to step down... -
Negotiate in a Crisis: Oil Disaster in the Argentine Sea. Special Instructions for the President of the Patagonia Verde Association
Sales & Marketing Case Study5.00View Details The case aims to exercise skills in decision-making, negotiations, and conflict resolution in extreme crisis management. It is a multi-party negotiation:... -
Intercorp
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Promigas & Gases de Occidente
Leadership & Managing People Case Study8.95View Details Promigas, founded in 1974, is one of the pioneering companies in the natural gas sector in Latin America. Its role has been fundamental in the process... -
Proxima Servicios: Turning Subcontracting Into Supercontracting
Strategy & Execution Case Study8.95View Details Proxima Servicios is a company with a social orientation, recognized in 2017 among the 10% most sustainable B companies. It had the objective of improving... -
Chiquita Brands International (A)
Global Business Case Study8.95View Details When a new banana import policy is implemented in 1993 by the European Union, Chiquita Brands International, the world's largest banana distributor, watches... -
Swimmer's Headphones
Finance & Accounting Case Study8.95View Details The case describes a capital budgeting dilema for a new the finance of a new product in a technology firm: Swimmer's headphones. By reviewing a series... -
Tesla's Battery Supply Chain: A Growing Concern
Strategy & Execution Case Study8.95View Details In October 2021, the fictional vice president of supply chain sustainability at Tesla is working on finding the best way to achieve Tesla's goal of 100%... -
Finance and CSR at Banco W: In Search of the Missing Link, Spanish Version
Finance & Accounting Case Study8.95View Details Alexandra Camacho, Vice President of Credit Risk at the Multilateral Development Agency (MDA), faces the challenge of preparing in a short time a report...
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When Should Multinationals Move Back into Venezuela?
International business Digital ArticleCompanies should hope for the best and prepare for the worst. -
XP: Dual Track Financing Alternatives
Leadership & Managing People Case Study8.95View Details XP, an investment platform, was on the verge of defining whether to do an IPO or selling off a majority stake to Itaú Unibanco, Brazil´s largest financial... -
Strategies for Succeeding in Today’s Brazil
Global strategy Digital ArticleThe country’s economic climate has changed. -
SimCase Simulation: $50M for Change
Innovation & Entrepreneurship Digital ArticleDeveloped in conjunction with Professor Megan Kashner, "$50M For Change" assigns learners to one of five roles-impact investor, state director of commerce,... -
Clinica Ricardo Palma, Spanish Version
Finance & Accounting Case Study8.95View Details The Clínica Ricardo Palma is looking for a strategic partner. It has contracted the services of a financial advisor (Apoyo Consultoría) to help with the... -
American Electric Power: Investing in Forest Conservation
Organizational Development Case Study8.95View Details This case focuses on an opportunity that American Electric Power (AEP) has to invest, with The Nature Conservancy (TNC), in one of the world's first projects... -
SimCase Simulation: $50M for Change, Teaching Note
Innovation & Entrepreneurship Digital ArticleTeaching note for SC0017. -
Inside the Ayangue Community: In search of sustainable tourism, Teaching Note
Leadership & Managing People Digital ArticleTeaching note for case SKE191. -
Pepperoni Lovers: A Negotiation Simulation: Role For the Purchasing Manager of Oris Pizza
Strategy & Execution Case Study8.95View Details Pepperoni Lovers is a negotiation exercise between two actors, buyer and seller, for a pizzeria chain and a premium producer of delicatessen meats. The... -
How Marketing Is Evolving in Latin America
Sales & Marketing Digital ArticleA survey shows a wave of growth in inbound marketing.