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Colombia and the Economic Premium of Peace
Vietor, Richard H.K.; White, HilaryCase HBS-715011-EEconomicsColombia, the fastest growing country in Latin America, continues to struggle with productivity. Both labor productivity and total factor productivity have been low for the past decade, despite economic growth of 4.7% annually. Many factors contribute-everything from infrastructure, to banking, to informality. President Santos, one year into his second term, is well aware of these difficulties and has put in place new policies to mitigate them. H...Starting at €8.20
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Colombia: Strong Fundamentals, Global Risk
Musacchio, Aldo; Vietor, Richard H.K.; Schlefer, Jonathan; Camacho, CarolinaCase HBS-710012-EEconomicsBy mid-2009 Colombian President Alvaro Uribe had ended decades of virtual civil war and strengthened the business climate, but he faced tough economic challenges. Though he had instituted prominent market reforms and brought inflation down sharply, Colombia seemed stuck in a middle ground, industrially behind Brazil or Chile but ahead of poorer Latin American countries. Traditional exports--coal, coffee, oil--still comprised more than half the to...Starting at €8.20
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Arcos Dorados: A QSR Recovery Plan
Reinhardt, Forest L.; Alvarez, Jose B.; Buitrago, Jenyfeer Martinez; Cal, MarianaCase HBS-721023-EEconomicsArcos Dorados-McDonald's largest independent franchisee, covering Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC)-faced a pandemic that was disrupting the entire consumer foodservice business in 2020. With the exclusive right to own, operate, and sub-franchise McDoStarting at €8.20
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Grupo xito: Facing Colombia's Competitive Grocery Retail Industry
Alvarez, Jose B.; Larangeira, Carla; Buitrago, Jenyfeer Martinez; Moreno, Miguel DiazCase HBS-520043-ELeadership and People ManagementGrupo xito, a leading South American retailer, faced declining market shares in Colombia in 2019 with the arrival of low-cost competitors and emerging digital trends. Originally founded in Medell n, xito had over the course of its seventy-year historStarting at €8.20