The Keystone XL Pipeline: A Win-Win for the United States and Canada
The United States would do well to move forward on the project. Oh, Canada! Blessed by proximity to the United States, cursed by its politics. The ongoing saga of the Keystone XL pipeline best...
View ArticleThe Cybersecurity Threat in Latin America
Until last year, most Latin Americans felt that cybersecurity issues did not necessarily impact them. That all changed thanks to former NSA contractor Edward Snowden and revelations that the NSA...
View ArticleLatin America 2014: A Mixed Bag So Far
There are reasons to be optimistic about Latin America this year – but temper that optimism. As we approach mid-year, it is a good time to take stock of how the economies of Latin America and the...
View ArticleBrazil: A Rocky Road Ahead?
LBC contributor Jerry Haar evaluates the challenges for Brazil’s economy in the near term. By Jerry Haar Is Brazil’s calamitous performance in the 2014 World Cup a symbolic metaphor for its economy...
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Latin America’s Challenge: A Fresh Look at Industrial Policy
How can industrial policy aid in improving ease of doing business? By Jerry Haar When John Price and I wrote Can Latin America Compete? several years ago we were unflinching in our criticism of the...
View ArticleIndustry-University Linkages in Mexico: The Quest for Innovation
By Jerry Haar The accelerated expansion of the global knowledge economy has intensified the need for strategic partnerships between business and academe, with government in a supporting role, to boost...
View ArticlePost-embargo Cuba: How Risky?
By Jerry Haar Last month’s announcement of a U.S.-Cuba normalization accord has produced euphoria among American companies and entrepreneurs, even though the trade and financial provisions of the...
View ArticleOUTSOURCING SERVICES TO CUBA? A WIN-WIN FOR THE U.S. AND CUBA
By Jerry Haar “Services” comprises the main driver of the economy of many large cities in the U.S. in terms of employment, revenue, and taxes. Be it tourism, banking and finance, real estate,...
View ArticleDoing business in Cuba?
It’s time for a reality check The continuing and growing chatter on doing business in Cuba is reaching epic proportions. It has become the “flavor of the month” (and will continue to be) among...
View ArticleLatin America’s Agricultural Challenges
By Jerry Haar Our planet is a hungry one. By the year 2050, the world will need to produce enough food to feed more than 2 billion additional people, compared to the current 7.2 billion. To meet future...
View ArticleCreating an ecosystem of innovation in Latin America
Jerry Haar The last few years have not been kind to Latin America, economically speaking. And that is an understatement. The region has experienced two consecutive years of negative growth (-0.1% and...
View ArticleInbound FDI—A Bright Spot for the U.S. in Global Commerce
By Jerry Haar In both political and military battles there are casualties. During this election season, one of the most notable casualties is free trade. The bipartisan piling on –slamming NAFTA, TPP,...
View ArticleFree Trade at the Crossroads
By Jerry Haar Trade agreements are like oysters, Jägermeister and Jackson Pollock paintings—you either love them or hate them. In the current political milieu, anti-trade proponents have the upper...
View ArticleBeyond Commodities: Argentina’s Dynamic Biotech Industry
By Jerry Haar and Krystal Rodriguez The dictionary definition of crucible is “an extremely difficult experience or situation; a severe test or trial”. This is precisely where most of Latin America...
View ArticleWelcome to the post-New World Order
Veni, vidi, vici. (“I came, I saw, I conquered”) Julius Caesar, 26 BC. Donald Trump, 2017. However, the new U.S. president confronts a landscape far more daunting and turbulent than the Roman emperor...
View ArticleGood corporate citizenry, no longer a choice but a necessity
When queried at a 1909 business meeting about the choice of colors available for his automobiles, Henry Ford replied that customers could have any color they wanted as long as it is black. Fast forward...
View ArticleCorporate Sustainability—the New Mandate
Jerry Haar and Carlos Parra Is the exclusive aim of the corporation to maximize profit and shareholder value or does it have an obligation to do more? This question—and dilemma—has been vigorously...
View ArticleTowards a new industrial policy in Colombia
Scanning the business and political environments in South America, there is no country, with the exception of Chile, that matches Colombia in terms of stability and performance. On a large scale,...
View ArticleMine your business: Lithium in Latin America
Jerry Haar You’ve seen it on TV—a smoking suitcase in an airport check-in line. A spontaneous fire in a handbag in a supermarket shopping cart. Is the culprit: ISIS? Al-Qaeda? No, lithium. The...
View ArticleInnovation in Mexico: Rays of sunshine among the clouds
By Jerry Haar The Age of Anxiety is a long, six-part poem composed by W.H. Auden in 1947. The title is also an apt description for what Mexicans are experiencing today, as well as foreign companies...
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