South America
The disturbing reality that an estimated 1 billion people in the world live on less than $1.25 a day—and another 2.5 billion on less than $2 a day—has for decades fueled efforts from governments and nonprofits to help tackle global poverty. Businesses, large and small, are getting on board, too,...
STANFORD GRADUATE SCHOOL OF BUSINESS — Former Colombian President Álvaro Uribe delivered an impassioned defense of his tactics in pursuing the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia, or FARC, between 2002-2010.
When he came to power in 2002, political assassinations were rife. Guerrillas and...
STANFORD GRADUATE SCHOOL OF BUSINESS—One need look no further than Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan's use of interest rates to manage the stock market and the economy to realize that expectations play a key role in economic well-being. In recent years, economists have learned a great deal...
STANFORD GRADUATE SCHOOL OF BUSINESS—In June finance ministers of the Group of 8, the world's wealthiest industrialized nations, agreed to cancel at least $40 billion in debt owed by the world's poorest nations, many of them in Africa. The move certainly sounds generous, but researchers caution it...
STANFORD GRADUATE SCHOOL OF BUSINESS—Borders restrict the free flow of people, goods and ideas, confining small nations with relatively fewer resources or markets while benefiting large countries with access to greater pools of capital, ideas, and buyers.
Redrawing maps has affected economic...
STANFORD GRADUATE SCHOOL OF BUSINESS—Bribery, extortion, graft, embezzlement––these are just some of the grizzly faces of corruption. In some countries, corruption is so common that it is as expected as a handshake when ordinary people or businesses deal with government officials.
In a recent...
STANFORD GRADUATE SCHOOL OF BUSINESS - For just one example of entrepreneurship around the world, take a look at Argentina-based MercadoLibre Inc. It's a top Latin American e-commerce technology company and provides online systems to consumers and merchants doing business over the internet. Its...
While 33 Chilean miners were trapped underground for 69 days, Laurence Golborne, Stanford Executive Program ’96, was busy overseeing the rescue operation, fielding questions from journalists from around the globe, and comforting the family members of the men nearly a half mile beneath the activity...
STANFORD GRADUATE SCHOOL OF BUSINESS—MercadoLibre, the Buenos Aires-based online company considered the eBay of Latin America, sees nothing but growth ahead as more households in the region jump online.
That’s the prediction from Nicolás Szekasy, MBA ’91 and chief financial officer of the firm,...
STANFORD GRADUATE SCHOOL OF BUSINESS -- What's it like to be the boss of The Most Interesting Man in the World? students asked Jose Antonio Fernandez, chairman and CEO of FEMSA, the largest bottler in Latin America. They were referring to the Dos Equis beer advertising campaign featuring a faux...