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    • February 2023
    • Case

    Doing Business in Buenos Aires, Argentina

    By: Nori Gerardo Lietz, Leonard A. Schlesinger and Zeke Gillman

    This case examines the challenges and opportunities of doing business in Argentina. It highlights Argentina's economic transformation in the decades leading up to 2023 in the context of its history, culture, and politics. The case gives an overview of some of the main obstacles faced by businesses operating in the country, contrasting these with the efforts undertaken by the government to improve the country's business climate. This is illustrated through the discussion of a business dilemma in which Forever 21 attempts to launch its first store in Buenos Aires.

    • February 2023
    • Case

    Doing Business in Buenos Aires, Argentina

    By: Nori Gerardo Lietz, Leonard A. Schlesinger and Zeke Gillman

    This case examines the challenges and opportunities of doing business in Argentina. It highlights Argentina's economic transformation in the decades leading up to 2023 in the context of its history, culture, and politics. The case gives an overview of some of the main obstacles faced by businesses operating in the country, contrasting these with...

    • February 2023
    • Case

    Doing Business in Seoul, South Korea

    By: Sara Fleiss, Leonard A. Schlesinger, Bonnie Yining Cao and Dawn H. Lau

    This case examines the challenges and opportunities of doing business in Seoul, South Korea. It highlights South Korea's economic development in the decades leading up to 2023 in the context of its history, culture, and politics.

    • February 2023
    • Case

    Doing Business in Seoul, South Korea

    By: Sara Fleiss, Leonard A. Schlesinger, Bonnie Yining Cao and Dawn H. Lau

    This case examines the challenges and opportunities of doing business in Seoul, South Korea. It highlights South Korea's economic development in the decades leading up to 2023 in the context of its history, culture, and politics.

    • February 2023
    • Case

    Success Academy Charter Schools

    By: Robin Greenwood, Joshua D. Coval, Denise Han, Ruth Page and Dave Habeeb

    • February 2023
    • Case

    Success Academy Charter Schools

    By: Robin Greenwood, Joshua D. Coval, Denise Han, Ruth Page and Dave Habeeb

About the Unit

Our strategy is to assemble and nurture a faculty whose interests and skills complement each other, and who work well together:

a) to produce a broad range of finance-related research that is published in top-tier scientific and practitioner journals, and that addresses issues of present and future importance to managers (including regulators and policy makers);

b) to develop highly-relevant and intellectually rigorous MBA and executive education courses; and

c) to mentor future academics through the Business Economics doctoral program.

Our applied focus and access to business organizations are major advantages which are reinforced by our students and our case-based approach. We have a faculty with broad expertise, and we have resources, field contacts, and institutional support, all of which we can leverage to do richer work and be more productive than we could at other institutions.

Recent Publications

Pershing Square's Pandemic Trade Teaching Note Courseware

By: Luis M. Viceira and Emil N. Siriwardane
  • March 2023 |
  • Supplement |
  • Faculty Research
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Viceira, Luis M., and Emil N. Siriwardane. "Pershing Square's Pandemic Trade Teaching Note Courseware." Harvard Business School Spreadsheet Supplement 223-708, March 2023.

Doing Business in Buenos Aires, Argentina

By: Nori Gerardo Lietz, Leonard A. Schlesinger and Zeke Gillman
  • February 2023 |
  • Case |
  • Faculty Research
This case examines the challenges and opportunities of doing business in Argentina. It highlights Argentina's economic transformation in the decades leading up to 2023 in the context of its history, culture, and politics. The case gives an overview of some of the main obstacles faced by businesses operating in the country, contrasting these with the efforts undertaken by the government to improve the country's business climate. This is illustrated through the discussion of a business dilemma in which Forever 21 attempts to launch its first store in Buenos Aires.
Keywords: Business History; Business and Government Relations; Corporate Strategy; Fashion Industry; Retail Industry; Argentina; Latin America
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Lietz, Nori Gerardo, Leonard A. Schlesinger, and Zeke Gillman. "Doing Business in Buenos Aires, Argentina." Harvard Business School Case 323-087, February 2023.

Doing Business in Seoul, South Korea

By: Sara Fleiss, Leonard A. Schlesinger, Bonnie Yining Cao and Dawn H. Lau
  • February 2023 |
  • Case |
  • Faculty Research
This case examines the challenges and opportunities of doing business in Seoul, South Korea. It highlights South Korea's economic development in the decades leading up to 2023 in the context of its history, culture, and politics.
Keywords: Emerging Markets; Strategy; Management; Social Enterprise; Technology Industry; Consulting Industry; South Korea; United States
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Fleiss, Sara, Leonard A. Schlesinger, Bonnie Yining Cao, and Dawn H. Lau. "Doing Business in Seoul, South Korea." Harvard Business School Case 323-091, February 2023.

Bond Analysis: Yield to Maturity

By: Emily R. McComb
  • February 2023 |
  • Technical Note |
  • Faculty Research
Citation
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McComb, Emily R. "Bond Analysis: Yield to Maturity." Harvard Business School Technical Note 223-077, February 2023.

Success Academy Charter Schools

By: Robin Greenwood, Joshua D. Coval, Denise Han, Ruth Page and Dave Habeeb
  • February 2023 |
  • Case |
  • Faculty Research
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Greenwood, Robin, Joshua D. Coval, Denise Han, Ruth Page, and Dave Habeeb. "Success Academy Charter Schools." Harvard Business School Multimedia/Video Case 222-707, February 2023.

Success Academy Charter Schools

By: Robin Greenwood, Joshua Coval and Denise Han
  • February 2023 |
  • Teaching Note |
  • Faculty Research
Teaching Note for HBS Case No. 222-707.
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Greenwood, Robin, Joshua Coval, and Denise Han. "Success Academy Charter Schools." Harvard Business School Teaching Note 222-060, February 2023.

Graphic Packaging: Project Cowboy (A) Courseware

By: Benjamin C. Esty and Scott Mayfield
  • February 2023 |
  • Supplement |
  • Faculty Research
In July 2019, Graphic Packaging CEO Michael Doss was proposing a $600 million investment in a new machine to produce coated recycled board (CRB), a type of paper packaging used for consumer products (cups, cereal boxes, beverage boxes, etc.) that utilized recycled paper as an input. Graphic Packaging was an integrated producer of paperboard packaging for consumer products and the market leader in CRB. What made this decision difficult was that for the past 30 years, plastic packaging had been replacing paper packaging because of cost and ease of manufacturing. Yet a growing interest in environmental sustainability among paperboard manufacturers, consumer goods companies (immediate customers), and consumers (end users) was creating the possibility of a transition from plastics back to paper-based products. If these trends actually materialized, there would be greater demand for CRB mills that could use recycled inputs and create recyclable products. Was this the right time for a capacity neutral investment (GPK planned to shut older plants when the new one came online) particularly when the sustainability trends were still unclear. By closing older, less efficient mills in favor of a newer, larger, and more efficient machine, GPK could save $100 million per year in costs. In short, this decision had a clear economic benefit as long as sustainability trends continued, competitors did not add new or more efficient capacity, and GPK actually removed existing capacity once the new machine was operational.
Keywords: Capital Budgeting; Growth Management; Demand and Consumers; Duopoly and Oligopoly; Competitive Strategy; Competitive Advantage; Expansion; Value Creation; Supply and Industry; Pulp and Paper Industry; Manufacturing Industry; United States; North America
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Esty, Benjamin C., and Scott Mayfield. "Graphic Packaging: Project Cowboy (A) Courseware." Harvard Business School Spreadsheet Supplement 223-709, February 2023.

Graphic Packaging: Project Cowboy (C)

By: Benjamin C. Esty and E. Scott Mayfield
  • February 2023 |
  • Supplement |
  • Faculty Research
Analyzes the company’s decision on Project Cowboy following the events described in the B Case.
Keywords: Capital Budgeting; Growth Management; Demand and Consumers; Duopoly and Oligopoly; Competitive Strategy; Competitive Advantage; Expansion; Value Creation; Supply and Industry; Pulp and Paper Industry; Manufacturing Industry; United States; North America
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Esty, Benjamin C., and E. Scott Mayfield. "Graphic Packaging: Project Cowboy (C)." Harvard Business School Supplement 223-066, February 2023.
More Publications

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    • 14 Mar 2023
    • HBS Working Knowledge

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    Re: Victoria Ivashina & Erik Stafford
    • 07 Mar 2023
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    • 07 Mar 2023
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    By: Lauren Cohen
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    • 16 Feb 2023

    ESG Activists Met the Moment at ExxonMobil, But Did They Succeed?

    by Lane Lambert
    • 07 Feb 2023

    Supervisor of Sandwiches? More Companies Inflate Titles to Avoid Extra Pay

    Re: Lauren H. Cohen
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Harvard Business Publishing

    • March 2012
    • Article

    How to Make Finance Work

    By: Robin Greenwood and David S. Scharfstein
    • February 2023
    • Case

    Success Academy Charter Schools

    By: Robin Greenwood, Joshua D. Coval, Denise Han, Ruth Page and Dave Habeeb
    • 2017
    • Book

    HBR Guide to Buying a Small Business: Think Big, Buy Small, Own Your Own Company

    By: Richard S. Ruback and Royce Yudkoff
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