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The Deutsche Bank (A)
Moss, David A.Case HBS-708044-EFinanceFounded in 1870 to help finance surging German exports and imports, the Deutsche Bank soon moved into domestic banking. In fact, its founders aimed to create both a commercial bank and an investment bank under one roof--that is, a "universal bank." By the end of the nineteenth century, the Deutsche Bank was not only the largest bank in Germany, but also a strategic actor in the broader European market and, indeed, in the world economy. Over the f...Starting at €8.20
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Megaprojects & the Role of the Public: Germany's Embattled 'Stuttgart 21' Rail Project
Varley, Pamela; Mayne, QuintonCase HBS-KS1130-EEconomicsIn February 2010, Germany's national railway broke ground on a project that had been under negotiation for more than 20 years-the Stuttgart segment of the European Magistrale, a 930-mile cross-Europe high-speed rail line that would one day extend from Paris through Munich and Vienna to Budapest and Bratislava. At long last, the German national railway, the state of Baden-W rttemberg, and the city of Stuttgart had come to agreement on the routing...Starting at €8.20
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Danatbank
Moss, David A.; Bolton, Cole; Novo, AndrewCase HBS-710059-EEconomicsIn the summer of 1931, Germany was struggling with a deepening economic crisis. Production had fallen, unemployment was high, and bank deposits and gold were being withdrawn from the country at a rapid pace, threatening the value of the German mark. The country's third largest bank, the Danatbank, was especially hard hit by the flagging economy and the flight of capital. By July, the Danatbank was on the verge of collapse, and the bank's charisma...Starting at €8.20
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Aung San Suu Kyi, Seizing the Moment: Soaring Hopes & Tough Constraints in Myanmar's Unfolding Democracy, Abridged
Varley, Pamela; Bowles, Hannah RileyCase HBS-KS1276-EEconomicsThis 9-page version of Seizing the Moment primarily differs from the original in omitting a 4-page section that describes the early, confusing stages of Myanmar's democratization process. Like the original, this leadership case is set in the spring of 2016 and gives students the chance to grapple with the difficult challenges confronting Myanmar's opposition leader, Aung San Suu Kyi, after a rapid turn of fortune took her, over a period of six ye...Starting at €8.20
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Fallen Idol Aung San Suu Kyi & the Rohingya Humanitarian Crisis
Varley, Pamela; Robichaud, ChristopherCase HBS-KS1277-EEconomicsSoon after Myanmar's longtime democracy crusader and opposition leader, Aung San Suu Kyi, was released from a long house arrest and elected to the country's parliament in 2012, intercommunal violence began to escalate in the western state of Rakhine between local Buddhists and Rohingya Muslims. Over the next five years, the long-persecuted Rohingya minority faced increasingly violent waves of attack, culminating in a humanitarian catastrophe in A...Starting at €8.20