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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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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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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
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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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Proximity Designs
Hattendorf, L; Kennedy, M; de, Clara, L; Yin, LiCase SGSB-IDE06-EInnovation and ChangeIn early 2014, Sanjay Swamy and Valerie Rozycki Wagoner, respectively chairman and CEO of ZipDial, were discussing the possibility of extending the company’s operations to Indonesia and the Philippines, two key markets in Southeast Asia. Having successfully rolled out ZipDial solutions in Bangladesh and Sri Lanka – from their primary market in India – they planned to accelerate expansion into selected markets in the region. Through its proprieta...Starting at €8.20
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Proximity Designs - Teaching Note
Hattendorf, L; Kennedy, M; de, Clara, L; Yin, LiTeaching Note SGSB-IDE06TN-EInnovation and ChangeIn early 2014, Sanjay Swamy and Valerie Rozycki Wagoner, respectively chairman and CEO of ZipDial, were discussing the possibility of extending the company’s operations to Indonesia and the Philippines, two key markets in Southeast Asia. Having successfully rolled out ZipDial solutions in Bangladesh and Sri Lanka – from their primary market in India – they planned to accelerate expansion into selected markets in the region. Through its proprieta...Starting at €0.00
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China: Flotar o no Flotar (B) Calendario de cambios relevantes del Renminbi chino
Alfaro, Laura; Di Tella, Rafael; Vogel, Ingrid; Kim, Renee; Russell, WilliamCase HBS-707S11EconomicsEl 21 de julio, 2005, China revaluó su tipo de cambio cuasi-fijo década de duración de aproximadamente 8,28 yuanes por dólar EE.UU. un 2,1% a 8,11% y, al mismo tiempo, introdujo un sistema de tipo de cambio más basado en el mercado. Muchos analistas y economistas se mostraron decepcionados con lo que consideraban un cambio muy pequeño y pidieron una mayor flexibilidad en el tipo de cambio dólar-yuan EE.UU.. Proporciona una línea de tiempo de más ...Starting at €5.74
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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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Corruption, Inequality and the Rule of Law (Spanish version)
Di Tella, Rafael; Rithmire, Meg; Szydlowski, KaitlynCase HBS-716S18EconomicsXi 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