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China ''Unbalanced''
Comin, Diego; Vietor, Richard H.K.Case HBS-711010-EEconomicsIn 2010, Wen Jiabao looked back at the financial crisis with some satisfaction. Using aggressive fiscal and monetary policy, China had weathered the crisis successfully, growing 8.7% annually in 2010. Most of the unemployed workers had returned to work, often demonstrating for higher wages or better working conditions. Wen, however, was really focused on his new development strategy-shifting away from export-led growth to ease domestic and intern...Starting at €8.20
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Malaysia: People First
Comin, Diego; Abraham, JohnCase HBS-710033-EEconomicsOn March 30, 2010, Prime Minister Najib Razak presented his new economic model (NEM) for Malaysia. With the goal of raising per capita income to over $15,000 by 2020 from the current level of $6,634, the plan included measures to improve human capital, reduce migration and privatize inefficient government linked corporations (GLCs). However, the most controversial part of the NEM was the dismantling of the new economic policy (NEP), an affirmativ...Starting at €8.20
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Business Cycles and the New Challenges of Globalization
Comin, DiegoTeaching Note HBS-711064-EEconomicsBusiness Cycles and the New Challenges of Globalization is one of the core modules in Business Government and the International Economy (BGIE), a course for the required curriculum of the Harvard Business School. BGIE teaches the economic, political and historical context in which businesses operate. The readings and cases in this module have been selected to provide students with two sets of concepts: (i) a framework to understand business cycle...Starting at €0.00
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Medicloud Singapore: Digital Health Entrepreneurship in an Evolving Industry
Yun Su; Dominic LimCase IVEY-9B20M009-EEntrepreneurship, StrategyIn December 2016, two years after the founding of Medicloud, a Singapore-based start-up that offered a medical appointment-booking application, the founder and chief executive officer recognized that the start-up had yet to monetize. A decision regarding a pivot was imminent. He also recognized that there were new opportunities in the areas of employee benefits and insurance for small- and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs). He needed to answer two ...Starting at €8.20
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China "Desequilibrada"
Comin, Diego; Vietor, Richard H.K.Case HBS-712S14EconomicsEn 2010, Wen Jiabao, volvió a mirar a la crisis financiera con cierta satisfacción. El uso de la política fiscal y monetaria agresiva, China había resistido con éxito la crisis, creciendo un 8,7% anual en 2010. La mayoría de los trabajadores en paro habían regresado al trabajo, a menudo demostrando por mejores salarios o mejores condiciones de trabajo. Wen, sin embargo, estaba muy concentrado en su nueva estrategia de cambio de desarrollo lejos d...Starting at €8.20
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China "Unbalanced", Teaching Note
Comin, Diego; Vietor, Richard H.K.Teaching Note HBS-711028-EEconomicsTeaching Note for 711010.Starting at €0.00
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Malaysia: Standing on a Single Leaf
Comin, Diego; Kuykendoll, Maurice; Williams, MonneCase HBS-713007-EEntrepreneurshipThe case discusses the development of palm oil in Malaysia. This experience provides important insights about when and how government intervention can be successful in developing new sectors in the economy.Starting at €8.20
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Malaysia: The Economic Transformation Program (B)
Comin, Diego; Peng, Ku KokCase HBS-713008-EEconomicsThis case presents the Economic Transformation Program (ETP) designed by the Malaysian government meant to revamp productivity growth after a decade of slow down. It also presents the procedures and outcome of the ETP. Follow up to Malaysia: People First? Very transparent view of policy making in Malaysia.Starting at €5.74