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Supergrid, Teaching Note
Vietor, Richard H.K.Teaching Note HBS-712033-EEconomicsTeaching Note for 707-016.Starting at €0.00
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Italy: If Not Now, When
Vietor, Richard H.K.; Galef, JuliaCase HBS-707051-EEconomicsDescribes Italy's main macroeconomic problems: low productivity growth, stagnant GDP growth, and high public debt. As of early 2007, the country's global competitiveness has plummeted and its debt remains well above the level allowed by the EU's Maastricht treaty. Historical and structural reasons for the current situation are explored, and Italy's possible strategies are discussed in the context of the country's challenging political climate. A ...Starting at €8.20
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Poweo: David y Goliat en el mercado francés de electricidad
Maurer, Noel; Farri, ElisaCase HBS-713S19StrategyPara maximizar su eficacia, los casos de color deben imprimirse en color. Charles Beigbeder, el presidente y fundador de Poweo, una alternativa electricidad y el operador de gas en Francia, tiene que decidir sobre la estrategia de la empresa a la luz de la desregulación de la electricidad y la posición dominante de lectricit de France (EDF) en el mercado francés. Can Poweo competir con éxito contra la FED, con su gigantesca base nuclear instalada...Starting at €8.20
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Poweo: David and Goliath in the French Electricity Market
Maurer, Noel; Farri, ElisaCase HBS-711037-ETo maximize their effectiveness, color cases should be printed in color. Charles Beigbeder, the president and founder of Poweo, an alternative electricity and gas operator in France, needs to decide on the company's strategy in light of electricity deregulation and the dominant position of lectricit de France (EDF) in the French market. Can Poweo successfully compete against EDF, with its giant installed nuclear base, and will competition bri...Starting at €8.20
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Barclays Wealth: Reignite WAR or Launch AlphaStream
Goldberg, Lena G.; Farri, ElisaCase HBS-310090-EIn late January 2009, Thomas Fekete, Managing Director at Barclays Wealth in London, redeemed the most illiquid positions in the so-called Wealth Absolute Return Fund (WAR), one of Barclays Wealth's most promising offshore funds of hedge funds, and halted the Fund's investment activities. For Fekete, the decision to declare the WAR funds a ''failed experiment" marked a turning-point. In May 2009, money from the redeemed underlying funds would bec...Starting at €8.20
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Portugal: Can Socialism Survive, Teaching Note
Vietor, Richard H.K.Teaching Note HBS-718054-EEconomicsTeaching note for case 718024.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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Portugal: Can Socialism Survive
Vietor, Richard H.K.; Sheldahl-Thomason, HavilandCase HBS-718024-EEconomicsPortugal was not ready to join the European Monetary Union in 1999. With strong unions, weak competitiveness and a legacy of socialism, it could not compete with north-European countries. After borrowing extensively to fund deficits, Portugal went into debt crisis in 2011 and had to borrow from the Troika. As banks failed, structural adjustment followed. Today several structural issues and the threat of external risks continue to cast a shadows o...Starting at €8.20