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Angola and the Resource Curse (Spanish version)
Musacchio, Aldo; Werker, Eric; Schlefer, JonathanCase HBS-714S10Economicsimmense inequality, low life expectancy, a non-diversified economy, and constant grumblings of corruption. The global financial crisis and subsequent fall in state oil revenue drives a loan-seeking Angola towards either the IMF, who demand extensive reforms, or the Chinese, who seek to take a direct stake in the nation's recovery. The case explores the dynamics of post-conflict recovery as well as the challenges associated with a reliance on oil...Starting at €8.20
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Zensar: The Future of Vision Communities, Teaching Note
Garvin, David A.Teaching Note HBS-312036-ETeaching Note for 311024, 311025, 312705, and 312706.Starting at €0.00
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Pakistan: Is Foreign Aid Helping or Hindering Development
Musacchio, Aldo; Chu, Ada; Nawabi, Shahnawaz; Schlefer, Jonathan; Staykov, EmilCase HBS-712005-EEconomicsNo abstract available.Starting at €8.20
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Korea
Reinhardt, Forest L.; Schlefer, Jonathan; Wong, Keith Chi-ho; Yamazaki, MayukaCase HBS-715047-EEconomicsSouth Korea's economic success and its transition from authoritarianism to democracy teach important lessons in national strategy and political economy. Now, though, its famous chaebols may need reform, the population is aging, and relations with the North are as tense as ever. What should the country's leaders do?Starting at €8.20
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Financial Crisis in Asia: 1997-1998 (Abridged)
Pill, Huw; Di Tella, Rafael; Schlefer, JonathanCase HBS-709004-EEconomicsWhat caused the 1997-98 Asia Crisis: Asian nations' poor economic management, international financial contagion, close "crony" relations between local politicians and capitalists? This case examines how the crisis erupted in Thailand and spread in a chain of events that no one-neither Asian financial authorities nor Western economists-had foreseen. The crisis raises questions about how competently financial institutions such as mutual funds manag...Starting at €8.20
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Modelo coreano de crecimiento compartido, 1960-1990
Musacchio, Aldo; Di Tella, Rafael; Schlefer, JonathanCase HBS-714S22EconomicsEste caso narra el desarrollo de la República de Corea entre 1960 y 1990. El caso analiza tres cuestiones generales. En primer lugar, el caso proporciona una discusión de la política industrial en Corea. En segundo lugar, el caso se explica la relación entre la industrialización y la desigualdad y cómo Corea desarrolló sin aumentar la desigualdad. Por último, el caso tiene una breve discusión sobre el papel de la educación en la industrialización...Starting at €8.20
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Steinway & Sons (Spanish version)
Garvin, David A.Case HBS-603S21Service and Operations ManagementConsiders whether Steinway should reintroduce a long-discontinued product line to meet competition from the Japanese. Raises the issue of just how quality is defined in this market. Looks closely at a production process relying on craft skills. Students have the opportunity to consider issues of quality.Starting at €8.20
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The Future of Vision Communities (A) (Spanish version)
Garvin, David A.; Tahilyani, RachnaCase HBS-311S05StrategyZensar is a rapidly growing, mid-sized Indian IT services company with a collaborative management philosophy and innovative HR policies. One of its practices, Vision Communities, is an inclusive forum for innovation and strategy formulation. As the company grows, managers must decide how to scale the Vision Community process so that it retains its spirit of employee involvement and engagement while encompassing a larger, more geographically dispe...Starting at €8.20
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Ctrip: Scientifically Managing Travel Services, Teaching Note
Garvin, David A.Teaching Note HBS-313018-ETeaching Note for 312092.Starting at €0.00
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In the Name of Democracy? The Rise and Decline of India's Congress Party
Mangla, Akshay; Schlefer, JonathanCase HBS-716068-EEconomicsIn 1950 it looked highly doubtful that Indian democracy would hold -- typical family income was $6 a month, only about 15 percent of the population was literate, there were deep religious and ethnic differences, and more than a dozen national languages were spoken. But after a half a century, India had proved to be the first democracy anywhere near so poor to survive. Why? As well, in 1950 India's economic prospects looked bright for a developing...Starting at €8.20