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Emerging Markets Reading List

Emerging Markets Overview

  • Fung, Victor K. et. al. Competing in a Flat World: Building Enterprises for a Borderless World (Wharton School Publishing, 2007).
  • Garten, Jeffrey. The Big Ten: The Big Emerging Markets and How They Will Change Our Lives (Basic Books, 1997).
  • Pello, Stefane. Understanding Emerging Markets: Building Business BRIC by Brick (Sage Publications, 2007). Sawyers, Larry et. al., eds. Emerging Financial Markets in the Global Economy (World Scientific Publishing Company, 2000).
  • Van Agtmael, Antoine. The Emerging Markets Century: How a New Breed of World-Class Companies is Taking Over the World (Free Press, 2007).

Enterprises Serving the Base of the Pyramid and Entrepreneurship

  • De Soto, Hernando. The Mystery of Capital (Basic Books, 2000).
  • Hammond, Allen L. et. al. The Next 4 Billion: Market Size and Business Strategy at the Base of the Pyramid (World Resources Institute and International Finance Corporation/World Bank Group, 2007).
  • Lodge, George and Craig Wilson. A Corporate Solution to Global Poverty: How Multinationals Can Help the Poor and Invigorate Their Own Legitimacy (Princeton University Press, 2006).
  • Prahalad, C.K. The Fortune at the Bottom of the Pyramid: Eradicating Poverty Through Profits (Wharton School Publishing, 2006).
  • Rangan, V. Kasturi et. al., eds. Business Solutions for the Global Poor: Creating Social and Economic Value (Jossey-Bass, 2007).
  • Smith, Philip and Eric Thurman. A Billion Bootstraps: Microcredit, Barefoot Banking, and the Business Solution for Ending Poverty (McGraw-Hill, 2007).
  • Weiser, John et. al. Untapped: Creating Value in Underserved Markets (Berrett-Koehler Publishers, 2006).
  • Wilson, Craig and Peter Wilson. Make Poverty Business: Increase Profits and Reduce Risks by Engaging with the Poor (Greenleaf, 2006).
  • Yunus, Mohammed. Banker to the Poor: Micro-Lending and the Battle Against World Poverty (Public Affairs, 2003).

Emerging Market Enterprise Strategy

  • Cavusqil, S. Tamer, et. al. Doing Business in Emerging Markets: Entry and Negotiation Strategies (Sage Publications, 2002).
  • Hooke, Jeffrey C. Emerging Markets: A Practical Guide for Corporations, Lenders, and Investors (Wiley, 2001).
  • Jansson, Hans. International Business Strategy in Emerging Country Markets: The Institutional Network Approach (Edward Elgar Publishing, 2007).
  • Pacek, Nenad and Daniel Thorniley. Emerging Markets: Lessons for Business Success and the Outlook for Different Markets (Economist Books, 2007).
  • Pereiro, Luis E. Valuation of Companies in Emerging Markets: A Practical Approach (Wiley, 2002).
  • Sabal, Jaime. Financial Decisions in Emerging Markets (Oxford University Press, 2002).
  • *Salacuse, Jeswald W. The Global Negotiator: Making, Managing, and Mending Deals Around the World in the Twenty-First Century (Palgrave Macmillan, 2003).
  • Schoenborn, Guenter. Entering Emerging Markets: Motorola's Blueprint for Going Global (Springer, 2006).

Emerging Market Local Capital Markets

  • Arner, Douglas W. et. al., eds. Asia's Debt Capital Markets: Prospects and Strategies for Development (Springer, 2006).
  • De la Torre, Augusto and Sergio Schmukler. Emerging Capital Markets and Globalization: The Latin American Experience (World Bank Publications, 2006).
  • Dowers, Kenroy and Pietro Masci, eds. Focus on Capital: New Approaches to Developing Latin American Capital Markets (Inter-American Development Bank, 2003).
  • Huertas, Marcela et. al. Subnational Capital Markets in Developing Countries: From Theory to Practice (World Bank Publications, 2004).
  • *Jacque, Laurent L. and Paul M. Vaaler, eds. Financial Innovations and the Welfare of Nations: How Cross-Border Transfers of Financial Innovations Nurture Emerging Capital Markets (Springer, 2001).
  • Kanuk, Alan R. Capital Markets of India: An Investor’s Guide (Wiley, 2007).
  • Litan, Robert E. et. al., eds. The Future of Domestic Capital Markets in Developing Countries (Brookings Institution Press, 2003).

Energy and Commodity Markets

  • Asplund, Richard W. Profiting from Clean Energy: A Complete Guide to Trading Green in Solar, Wind, Ethanol, Fuel Cell, Carbon Credit Industries, and More (Wiley Trading, 2008).
  • Dinar, Ariel et. al. Bridges Over Water: Understanding Transboundary Water Conflict, Negotiation and Cooperation (World Scientific, 2007).
  • Esty, Daniel C. Green to Gold: How Smart Companies Use Environmental Strategy to Innovate, Create Value, and Build Competitive Advantage (Yale University Press, 2006).
  • Fusaro, Peter C. and Gary M. Vasey. Energy and Environmental Hedge Funds: The New Investment Paradigm (Wiley, 2006).
  • Geman, Helyette. Commodities and Commodity Derivatives: Modeling and Pricing for Agriculturals, Metals and Energy (Wiley, 2005).
  • Hart, Stuart. Capitalism at the Crossroads: Aligning Business, Earth, and Humanity (Wharton School Publishing, 2007).
  • Labys, Walter C. Modeling and Forecasting Primary Commodity Prices (Ashgate Publishing, 2006).
  • Pimentel, David and Marcia. Food, Energy, and Society (CRC: Third Edition, 2007).
  • *Rappaport, Ann and Margaret Fresher Flaherty. Corporate Responses to Environmental Challenges: Initiatives by Multinational Management (Quorum Books, 1992).
  • Razavi, Hossein. Financing Energy Projects in Developing Countries (PennWell Corp., 2007).
  • Sims, Ralph E.H. Bioenergy Options for a Cleaner Environment: In Developed and Developing Countries (Elsevier Science, 2003).

Country-Specific Emerging Markets Enterprise

  • *Bijapurkar, Rama. Winning in the Indian Market: Understanding the Transformation of Consumer India (Wiley, 2007).
  • Enderwick, Peter. Understanding Emerging Markets: China and India (Routledge, 2007).
  • *Kalter, Eliot. Chile: Institutions and Policies Underpinning Stability and Growth (International Monetary Fund, 2004).
  • *Khanna, Tarun. Billions of Entrepreneurs: How China and India Are Reshaping Their Futures—and Yours (Harvard Business School Press, 2008).
  • Meredith, Robyn. The Elephant and the Dragon: The Rise of India and China and What It Means for All of Us (W.W. Norton, 2007).

* denotes CEME guest lecturer, CEME fellow, or Fletcher School faculty publication