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Sinopec: Refining its Strategy
Vietor, Richard H.K.; Galef, JuliaCase HBS-708018-EStrategyChina's oil industry, with majority ownership vested in the government, had engaged in an "equity oil" strategy for the past few years--acquiring equity interests in oil producing nations including Sudan, Angola, and Iran. Outside critics, however, suggested that the Chinese companies could buy oil in the highly fungible global marketplace. But Sinopec, the nations largest refiner, was one of the three companies (together with PetroChina and CNOO...Starting at €8.20
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The Offshoring of America
Vietor, Richard H.K.; Rivkin, Jan W.; Seminerio, JulianaCase HBS-708030-EService and Operations ManagementThe movement from jobs in the United States to developing countries, in a process known as offshoring, has become quite a controversial topic. Managers not only need to decide which activities, if any, to move offshore, but where to move them. This case describes the nature of offshoring and its effect on developing countries.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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AEP: Carbon Capture and Storage
Vietor, Richard H.K.Case HBS-711036-EEconomicsBy October 2010, American Electric Power, the largest coal-fired, electric utility in the United States, had been operating a carbon capture and sequestration pilot plant for one year. Using a proprietary, Alstom chilled ammonia technology, AEP was capturing and sequestering 90% of the carbon dioxide in a small waste stream at its Mountaineer plant in West Virginia. As part of its larger carbon reduction strategy, AEP was launching construction o...Starting at €8.20
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Turkey - A Work in Progress
Vietor, Richard H.K.Case HBS-713018-EEconomicsFor the past 10 years, Turkey has grown its real GDP at about 6% annually. This came after a huge debt crisis in 2001-02, wherein Turkey had to borrow $16 billion from the IMF and comport with its difficult conditionality. Today, Turkey is a middle-income country in search of an effective development strategy. It tends to run high inflation with a devalued currency, despite massive capital inflows and a huge current account deficit. At home, the ...Starting at €8.20
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Turkey - A Work in Progress Teaching Note
Vietor, Richard H.K.Teaching Note HBS-713068-EEconomicsTeaching Note for 713018.Starting at €0.00
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Deficits and Debt: The U.S. Current Account
Alfaro, Laura; Vietor, Richard H.K.Case HBS-322044-EEconomicsStarting at €8.20
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Australia: Commodities, Competitiveness, Climate and China
Vietor, Richard H.K.; Alfaro, LauraCase HBS-720028-EEconomicsFor the past few decades, Australia has dealt with the benefits and costs of repeated mining booms-inflation, a housing bubble, a current account deficit, and growing dependence on China. Between 1996 and 2007, however, Australia had most of these issues under control and grew at impressive rates, becoming one of the richest of developed countries. Yet competitiveness in its non-mining sectors declined. Since the financial crisis, additional chal...Starting at €8.20
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China: the New "New Normal"
Vietor, Richard H.K.; Sheldahl-Thomason, HavilandCase HBS-716080-EEconomicsExamines a struggling IT outsourcing project from the perspective of the IT services provider--Hrad Technika. When used in conjunction with Tegan c.c.c. (9-609-038), it provides an opportunity to see both sides of the issue. When Hrad enters into a contract to create a new accounts payable system for Welsh toy distributor, Tegan, the outsourcing firm from the Czech Republic views the project as another step in its progression towards delivering h...Starting at €8.20
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Israel-An Energy Leviathan
Vietor, Richard H.K.Case HBS-719004-EEconomicsIn the last decade, Noble Energy and the Delek Group have discovered almost 40 trillion cubic feet of natural gas, offshore of Israel. For Israel, this has been an extraordinary turnaround, from energy dependence on Arab producers to energy independence and exporter. For Prime Minister Netanyahu, this abundance poses a huge foreign-policy opportunity to lock in national relationships. For Noble, it poses significance operational challenges, fundi...Starting at €8.20