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Controles de capital en Chile en la década de 1990 (B)
Alfaro, Laura; Di Tella, Rafael; Vogel, IngridCase HBS-706S29EconomicsComplementa el caso (A).Starting at €5.74
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Controles de capital en Chile en la década de 1990 (A)
Alfaro, Laura; Di Tella, Rafael; Vogel, IngridCase HBS-706S32EconomicsEn 1991, Chile adoptó un marco de controles de capital se centró en la reducción de los flujos masivos de inversión extranjera que entra en el país ya que las tasas de interés internacionales se mantuvieron bajos. Las entradas de capital en peligro la capacidad del Banco Central para manejar el tipo de cambio dentro de una banda flotante, cuyo objetivo era el tiempo para bajar tasa de inflación de Chile a nivel internacional. Hasta la crisis fina...Starting at €8.20
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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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Bolivia: Globalización, Soberanía o Democracia
Di Tella, Rafael; Pill, Huw; Vogel, Ingrid; Violand, Cinthia Fernholz; Gomez, Miguel Lopez De SilCase HBS-707S22EconomicsDescribe el programa de estabilización económica implementada por el gobierno boliviano en 1985 a 1986 y su impacto en el proceso de desarrollo en Bolivia.Starting at €8.20
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Martingale Asset Management LP in 2008, 130/30 Funds, and a Low-Volatility Strategy (Spanish version)
Viceira, Luis M.; Tung, Helen H.Case HBS-218S15FinanceIn early July of 2008, William (Bill) Jacques, Chief Investment Officer at Martingale Asset Management, a quantitative value-oriented investment manager in Boston, Massachusetts, was busy preparing for an upcoming meeting with the group that made new product decisions within the firm. The objective of the meeting was to review the backtesting and real-time investment results of a new minimum-variance strategy within the framework of a 130/30 fund...Starting at €8.20
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Alcoa's Bid for Alcan (A)
Healy, Paul M.; Rossano, PenelopeCase HBS-114029-EAccounting and ControlIn spring 2007, Alcoa CEO Alain Belda was concerned about the company's market position in light of increased competition from developing markets. China's recent entry into the aluminum market was affecting both supply and demand. Furthermore, downstream and upstream product was coming on-line from other parts of the world, including Russia. As a result, Alcoa had lost its historical market dominance and stock premium. Belda was convinced that fo...Starting at €8.20
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Alcoa's Bid for Alcan (B)
Healy, Paul M.; Rossano, PenelopeCase HBS-114030-EAccounting and ControlIn spring 2007, Alcoa CEO Alain Belda was concerned about the company's market position in light of increased competition from developing markets. China's recent entry into the aluminum market was affecting both supply and demand. Furthermore, downstream and upstream product was coming on-line from other parts of the world, including Russia. As a result, Alcoa had lost its historical market dominance and stock premium. Belda was convinced that fo...Starting at €5.74
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Ukraine: On the Border of Europe and Eurasia
Abdelal, Rawi; Di Tella, Rafael; Tarontsi, SogomonCase HBS-714042-EEconomicsIn the fall of 2013, the people of Ukraine disagreed passionately whether their country should intensify ties with the European Union or Russia. After President Yanukovych rejected the free trade agreement with the EU in November, thousands of Ukrainians peacefully protested. But the protest movement morphed into a violent, deadly confrontation in January, culminating in February in mass slaughter, an overthrow of government, foreign invasion, an...Starting at €8.20
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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