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HBS Working Knowledge
October 22, 2012
Michael Blanding |
Not Your Father's Communist-Run Capitalism The face of state-owned companies in Russia, China, and other countries has changed dramatically over the last several decades, says professor Aldo Musacchio. What capitalists need to know about these increasingly powerful competitors.   |
HBS Working Knowledge
July 11, 2012
Julia Hanna |
The Future of Boards In "The Future of Boards: Meeting the Governance Challenges of the Twenty-First Century," Professor Jay Lorsch brings together experts to examine the state of boards today, what lies ahead, and what needs to change. |
HBS Working Knowledge
December 6, 2004
Mallory Stark |
Executive Comp: Pay Without Performance Out-of-control executive compensation schemes are "widespread, persistent, and systemic," and new reforms won't clean up the mess, argue two law professors in this Q&A and book excerpt. |
HBS Working Knowledge
September 21, 2009
Roger Thompson |
Excessive Executive Pay: What's the Solution? In the search for culprits in the global financial meltdown, bloated executive pay and the excessive risk-taking behavior it fueled stand out as prime suspects. |
Real Estate Portfolio
Jul/Aug 2006
Dees Stribling |
Inside the Boardroom Top REIT CEOs discuss the major corporate governance issues facing the industry. |
Finance & Development
June 1, 2002
Pradeep K. Mitra & Marcelo Selowsky |
Lessons from a Decade of Transition in Eastern Europe and the former Soviet Union A decade after the dissolution of the Soviet Union in late 1991, some transition economies are performing far better than others. Reducing barriers to entry is not enough -- hard budget constraints must also be imposed on the old money-losing state-owned enterprises. |
BusinessWeek
December 3, 2007
James E. Ellis |
The Making of a Stock Market Society "The Speculation Economy: How Finance Triumphed Over Industry" is a fascinating account of the early 20th century emergence of a stock-market-oriented economy. |
HBS Working Knowledge
May 2, 2008
Jim Heskett |
What is the Future of State Capitalism? These days, state-owned corporations now dwarf even the largest privately-owned global organizations, says the author. What is the impact on competition? |
BusinessWeek
September 27, 2004 |
Brazil's Soft Spot For Software Development, Industry & Trade Minister Luiz Fernando Furlan explains why the country is intently focusing on the software sector. |
BusinessWeek
May 17, 2004 |
Investors Fight Back From the Netherlands to South Korea, corporate boards are taking major steps to improve shareholder rights in the wake of financial scandals. |
Real Estate Portfolio
Special Issue 2005
Debora Morilha |
Spotlight on South America The quality of commercial real estate assets has improved considerably over the last few years in Brazil. However, the market as a whole still presents signs of immaturity mainly in financing vehicles and lease enforcement laws. |
The Motley Fool
November 23, 2007
Tim Hanson |
Profit From the Next Economic Superpower Over the past forty years Brazil has done a poor job of turning the countries blessings into sustained economic growth. But all that may be about to change. |
The Motley Fool
June 4, 2010
Alyce Lomax |
Should We Be Like Britain? The UK's mandating corporate governance rules. Should we follow suit? |
Finance & Development
June 1, 2007
Dollar & Wei |
Underutilized Capital If the investment bias toward inefficient state enterprises ended, China could increase living standards substantially without sacrificing growth. |
Financial Advisor
April 2008
Jeff Schlegel |
Carnival For Investors Brazil vaults to the top spot on the MSCI Emerging Markets index as the biggest emerging market opportunity in the world. |
BusinessWeek
May 17, 2004
Capel et al. |
Europe's Old Ways Die Fast The two-year bear market, and a slew of homegrown corporate scandals, is spurring European shareholders to stand up for their rights. |
U.S. Banker
November 2005 |
Executive Compensation & The Boardroom Dilemma Investors shouldn't have to sift through every number on a proxy statement to determine total executive compensation. Now the SEC wants all payouts and perks -- including costs for corporate jets and housing -- out in plainer view. |
The Motley Fool
June 15, 2007
Zoe Van Schyndel |
Latin American Guerilla: The Brazil ETF Brazil has roughly the 10th-largest economy in the world, which makes it a South American powerhouse. The iShares MSCI Brazil Index Fund changed the playing field significantly. |
HBS Working Knowledge
August 7, 2006
Sean Silverthorne |
Whatever Happened to Caveat Emptor? In many world nations, consumers enjoy vast protections that are relatively new on the scene. Why the rapid rise in consumer protectionism? Why do these efforts vary from country to country? A discussion with professor Gunnar Trumbull on his new book, Consumer Capitalism. |
Finance & Development
June 1, 2000
Daniel Kaufmann, Aart Kraay, & Pablo Zoido-Lobaton |
Governance Matters: From Measurement to Action Policymakers generally rely on anecdotal evidence to assess the quality of governance, but this information is often misleading and incomplete.... |
Bank Director
1st Quarter 2009 |
For Your Review Corporations have an opportunity to begin restoring trust and confidence lost in the financial crisis by instituting the cutting edge governance practice of direct dialogue between directors and investors |
| Knowledge@Wharton |
Corporate Boards Should Focus on Performance, Not Conformance After the corporate governance revolution of the 1990s that led to a new era of accountability to shareholders, the Enron debacle has brought new attention to the role of corporate boards and governance... |
| Knowledge@Wharton |
Brazil: A Heady Mix of World Cup Euphoria, Election Anxiety and Economic Uncertainty While most people agree that Brazil's problems are less severe than Argentina's, there are nonetheless troubling developments in this huge sprawling country. |
Finance & Development
June 1, 2005
dos Santos |
Brazil's Remarkable Journey Latin America's largest economy is finally reaping the benefits of reforms. |
The Motley Fool
May 10, 2011
Shubh Datta |
Wal-Mart Pins Hopes on Brazil's Mighty Potential Wal-Mart is set to invest close to $756 million in the South American giant. |
CFO
July 15, 2010
Kate O'Sullivan |
Brazil Is Booming (and Maddening) U.S. companies are keen to expand into Latin America's biggest market, but CFOs report that Brazil poses unique challenges. |
Real Estate Portfolio
Jul/Aug 2007
Charles Keenan |
Pillars of Good Governance REIT corporate governance is among the best in the United States and boards across the industry remain highly focused on corporate performance and strategy. |
Chemistry World
May 23, 2006
Katharine Sanderson |
Brazil and UK Team up Brazil is ready and mature to join the international science arena, the Brazilian science minister told leading UK and Brazilian scientists and politicians yesterday. |
IndustryWeek
August 1, 2005
Jill Jusko |
Beefed Up Boards More diligent and accountable, today's directors are scrutinizing executive compensation like never before -- and changing the dynamic of the board-management relationship. |
AskMen.com
Simon Kuper |
Brazil Soccer Soccer players once fled Brazil for a better life; now, they're returning to play for home teams. |
On Wall Street
December 1, 2008
Judith Schoolman |
5 Questions with Sister Susan Mika The director of the Socially Responsible Investment Coalition discusses her role as an activist investor. |
The Motley Fool
October 6, 2009
Dan Caplinger |
This Emerging Market Just Left China in the Dust Brazil is booming, but can its stocks keep pushing higher? |
The Motley Fool
May 19, 2009
Ivan Martchev |
Brazil Is Doing Something Right The second-best "BRIC" country has a lot going for it. If a close relationship with China is good for the United States, it must also be good for Brazil. |
Knowledge@Wharton
May 7, 2003 |
Lula's Brazil is Back on Track A $1 billion bond issue by a national government is not exactly sexy news in most places, but for Brazil a recent such sale was significant. It signaled that investors were confident they would get their money back and marked a milestone of sorts for the young administration. |
Finance & Development
March 2011
Mario Mesquita |
Great Expectations Brazil's economic success has raised the bar for that country, at home and abroad. |
HBS Working Knowledge
May 1, 2006
Ann Cullen |
What Companies Lose from Forced Disclosure What researchers are now discovering is that increasing levels of mandatory financial disclosure have unforeseen consequences on executive performance and may work against the interests of employers. |
BusinessWeek
October 1, 2009
Maria Bartiromo |
How Brazil's Lula Sees the Emerging World Order A conversation with Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva. |
HBS Working Knowledge
March 5, 2007
Sean Silverthorne |
Risky Business? Protecting Foreign Investments Business managers must take a significant role in pushing for a multilateral agreement on foreign direct investment. |
IDB America
January 2003
Daniel Drosdoff |
Reaping the fruits of fiscal reform In exchange for financial discipline and transparency, Brazil's states and municipalities get more control over their budgets |
Finance & Development
September 1, 2005
Daniel Kaufmann |
Back to Basics--10 Myths About Governance and Corruption The challenge of governance and anticorruption confronting the world today strongly argues against business-as-usual. A bolder approach is needed. The rich world must not only deliver on its aid and trade liberalization promises, it must also lead by example. |
BusinessWeek
January 6, 2011
Ragir & Kopecki |
Brazil's Credit Boom Could End in Tears Consumer credit has shot up fivefold since the end of 2002. Now Brazil's leaders are moving to head off a subprime-style crisis. |
| Knowledge@Wharton |
A Global View of Corporate Governance: One Size Doesn't Fit All Does corporate governance operate the same way in any economy? That has been a point of contention among academics and economists. |
Investment Advisor
November 16, 2010
Savita Iyer-Ahrestani |
Wealth Without Borders Wealth management firms have their sights set on Brazil and its growing prosperity |
Finance & Development
March 1, 2001
Neil Gregory & Stoyan Tenev |
The Financing of Private Enterprise in China A 1999 survey of more than 600 private Chinese enterprises revealed that they relied primarily on self-financing. For China's private sector to thrive, firms will need increased access to external loan and equity financing... |
The Motley Fool
November 27, 2009
Jennifer Schonberger |
How We Can Fix Wall Street Congressman Paul Kanjorski on reforming corporate governance. |
Finance & Development
June 2009
Kamil et al. |
A Hedge, Not a Bet Latin American companies used new techniques to protect against currency swings. But a few used them to gamble -- and they lost big. |
IDB America
December 2005
Charo Quesada |
A Giant That Needs to Keep Growing A Brazilian academic suggests ways to accelerate the development of Latin America's largest economy. |
HBS Working Knowledge
August 8, 2005 |
Readers Respond: Is There an "Efficient Market" in CEO Compensation? Readers offer varying viewpoints and solutions on the topic of CEO compensation. |
Finance & Development
March 1, 2000
Arminio Fraga |
Monetary Policy During the Transition to a Floating Exchange Rate: Brazil's Recent Experience The financial crisis that erupted in Asia in 1997 quickly spread to other developing regions, as international investors panicked and pulled their capital out. In this article, the governor of Brazil's central bank outlines the steps Brazil took to avert financial disaster when inflows of private foreign capital suddenly dried up. |
HBS Working Knowledge
July 5, 2006
Joseph Hinsey |
Corporate Governance Activists are Headed in the Wrong Direction Corporate governance reformers are pushing the idea of majority voting for directors. But that solution won't produce the desired outcome. The answer? Keep CEOs and board chairs separate. |
