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To Float or Not to Float? (A) (Spanish version)
Alfaro, Laura; Di Tella, Rafael; Vogel, IngridCase HBS-707S08EconomicsOn July 21, 2005 China revalued its decade-long quasi-fixed exchange rate of approximately 8.28 yuan per U.S. dollar by 2.1% to 8.11% and, at the same time, introduced a more market-based exchange rate system. Many analysts and economists were disappointed with what they considered too small a change and called for more flexibility in the U.S. dollar/yuan exchange rate. Modification to China's exchange rate regime had been eagerly anticipated and...Starting at €8.20
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China: Flotar o no flotar (C) Esquel Group y el Renminbi chino
Alfaro, Laura; Di Tella, Rafael; Vogel, IngridCase HBS-707S10EconomicsEn julio de 2005, China revaluó su moneda en un 2,1% y ajustar su régimen de tipo de cambio hacia un sistema más basado en el mercado. Esquel Group, una gestión familiar, textiles privadas firma especializada en camisas de algodón de alta calidad con su mayoría de base de producción se encuentra en China, estaba entre aquellas empresas que se enfrentan con el reto de hacer frente a la revaluación del yuan y la posibilidad de apreciación futura . ...Starting at €5.74
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Televigilancia en el Visiting Nurse Health System
McFarlan, F. Warren; Keil, Mark; Kaul, MalaCase HBS-117S07Information TechnologiesLos esfuerzos de la televigilancia en Visiting Nurse Health System caso presenta una casa de organización de atención médica para usar televigilancia para mejorar la calidad de la atención prestada a los pacientes en situación de riesgo que fueron dados de alta de hospitales y necesitan cuidados en el hogar. Después de dos años de usar el sistema de salud de amigos para la televigilancia de pacientes en situación de riesgo, Mark Oshnock, Presiden...Starting at €8.20
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Governance and Sustainability at Nike (B) (Spanish version)
Paine, Lynn S.; Hsieh, Nien-he; Adamsons, LaraCase HBS-316S01StrategyTwo members of Nike's executive team must decide what sustainability targets to propose to Nike's CEO and to the corporate responsibility committee of Nike's board of directors. Set in 2012, the case traces the evolution of Nike's approach to environmental and social concerns from its origins in student protests against labor conditions in the supply chain in the 1990s through the development of a board-level corporate responsibility (CR) committ...Starting at €5.74
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Global Sourcing at Nike
Hsieh, Nien-he; Toffel, Michael W.; Hull, OliviaCase HBS-619008-EBusiness Ethics and Corporate Social ResponsibilityThe Inside the Case video that accompanies this case includes teaching tips and insight from the author (available to registered educators only). This case explores the evolution of Nike's global product sourcing strategy, in particular ongoing efforts to improve working conditions at its suppliers' factories. When the case opens in July 2018, Vice President of Sourcing Amanda Tucker and her colleagues in Nike's Global Sourcing and Manufacturing...Starting at €8.20
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Li & Fung 2012
McFarlan, F. Warren; Shih-ta Chen, Michael; Wong, Keith Chi-hoCase HBS-312102-EKnowledge and CommunicationMidway through its current three-year plan, Li & Fung stop to assess the path it is taking in extending its distribution network business in Asia.Starting at €8.20
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Governance and Sustainability at Nike (B)
Paine, Lynn S.; Hsieh, Nien-he; Adamsons, LaraCase HBS-313147-EKnowledge and CommunicationTwo members of Nike's executive team must decide what sustainability targets to propose to Nike's CEO and to the corporate responsibility committee of Nike's board of directors. Set in 2012, the case traces the evolution of Nike's approach to environmentaStarting at €5.74
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Governing the "Chinese Dream": Corruption, Inequality and the Rule of Law
Di Tella, Rafael; Rithmire, Meg; Szydlowski, KaitlynCase HBS-715023-EEconomicsXi Jinping assumed his position as head of China's fifth generation of leaders in 2012. Xi was head of both the People's Republic of China and the Chinese Communist Party, which had ruled China since 1949. Xi inherited a country far more unequal than the one that Mao Zedong, Communist China's first leader, had left behind in 1978. The growth of markets had made China much wealthier, but also generated many social problems, including inequality, c...Starting at €8.20
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The Ready-Made Garment Industry: A Bangladeshi Perspective (A), (B), (C), and (D), Teaching Note
Hsieh, Nien-heTeaching Note HBS-318124-ETeaching note for cases 317052, 317053, 317054, and 318028.Starting at €0.00
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Chronology of the Asian Financial Crisis
Alfaro, Laura; Di Tella, Rafael; Kim, ReneeCase HBS-708001-EFinanceIn July 1997, Thailand became the first Asian "tiger" economy to abandon its fixed exchange rate system in response to speculative attacks on its currency. Investors started to flee Asia, and the crisis rapidly spread to other countries. Central banks spent billions of dollars to try and defend their currencies, only to seek emergency bailouts from the International Monetary Fund. This case presents a chronology of events that unraveled during th...Starting at €8.20