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Spain: Can the House Resist the Storm (Spanish Version)
Comin, DiegoCase HBS-712S01Knowledge and CommunicationEl 16 de septiembre de 2008, el presidente Rodríguez Zapatero reconoció la gravedad de la situación macroeconómica de España y señaló claramente que el culpable delante del Congreso español: "Que nadie duda; ya existe un amplio consenso sobre el origen de la crisis: [Se ] es en el de sus hipotecas de alto riesgo de Estados Unidos y ". Durante los últimos ocho años, España ha pasado por una fenomenal expansión que ha tenido muchos ingredientes imp...Starting at €8.20
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Asahi India Glass Limited: Leverage, A Double-edged Sword
Sanjay Dhamija; David J. SharpCase IVEY-9B15N018-EEntrepreneurship, Finance, StrategyAsahi India Glass Limited faces a situation encountered by many growing companies after having funded its diversification from retained earnings and debt, both in rupees and foreign currency. An over-reliance on borrowed funds without a matching infusion of equity has plunged the company into losses. To reduce its need for financial leverage, the company has issued equity shares on a rights basis, which has helped but is insufficient to reduce it...Starting at €8.20
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Essar Energy: Indian GAAP, U.S. GAAP or IFRS (B)
David J. Sharp; Sudershan Kuntluru; Paritosh Basu; Sanjay ChauhanCase IVEY-9B13B015-EAccounting and Control, StrategyThis is a supplement to 9B13B014.Starting at €5.74
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Yogurt Mamas: Probiotics in Tanzania
Oana Branzei; David J. Sharp; Jessica Kelly; Osama SiddiquiCase IVEY-9B09M051-EEntrepreneurship, Marketing, StrategyThis case illustrates a grassroots enterprise's path to self-sufficiency in a subsistence market context. It explores the gradual evolution of a business model with strong social mandates (pro-health, pro-women) and asks which growth options best marry profitability and positive social change. The Mwanza, Tanzania-based Yogurt Mamas emerge as entrepreneurial role models in their communities, with funds from Western donors and an exciting new tech...Starting at €8.20
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Revenue Recognition for a Services Contract
Pratibha Wasan; David J. SharpCase IVEY-9B15B005-EAccounting and Control, StrategyOn November 25, 2012, the head of Revenue Recognition at ESol Limited (ESol) India was preparing for a meeting with the company’s sales team at the head office in Bangalore. ESol Limited was a large, U.S.-based multinational information technology corporation, which had moved into India in 2000. Since then, its management had insisted on the need for close monitoring of accounting procedures in strict adherence to Generally Accepted Accounting Pr...Starting at €8.20
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Spain: Can the House Resist the Storm
Comin, DiegoCase HBS-709021-EOn September 16, 2008, President Rodriguez Zapatero recognized the severity of Spain's macroeconomic situation and clearly pointed to the culprit in front of the Spanish Congress: "Let nobody doubt it; there is already a wide consensus about the origin of the crisis: [It is] in the U.S. and its subprime mortgages." During the last eight years, Spain had gone through a phenomenal expansion that has had many important ingredients: immigration, hous...Starting at €8.20
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The Great Moderation, Dead or Alive
Comin, DiegoCase HBS-709023-EThe Great Moderation is a significant decline in the volatility of fluctuations in most macroeconomic variables that the United States and other developed and developing economies have experienced at least since the mid 1980s. This case describes the basic facts, presents contending explanations and explores the consequences of the Great Moderation for the likely amplitude of future business cycles.Starting at €8.20
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Spain: Can the House Resist the Storm, Teaching Note
Comin, DiegoTeaching Note HBS-710026-ETeaching Note for [709021].Starting at €0.00
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China ''Unbalanced''
Comin, Diego; Vietor, Richard H.K.Case HBS-711010-EEconomicsIn 2010, Wen Jiabao looked back at the financial crisis with some satisfaction. Using aggressive fiscal and monetary policy, China had weathered the crisis successfully, growing 8.7% annually in 2010. Most of the unemployed workers had returned to work, often demonstrating for higher wages or better working conditions. Wen, however, was really focused on his new development strategy-shifting away from export-led growth to ease domestic and intern...Starting at €8.20
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Fraunhofer: Innovation in Germany
Comin, Diego; Trumbull, Gunnar; Yang, KerryCase HBS-711022-EEconomicsFraunhofer is one of the largest applied research organizations in the world. With 17,000 employees and a 1.6 billion euros budget, Fraunhofer has 60 institutes in Germany that cover most fields of science. The case examines the consequences that Fraunhofer has for the competitiveness of the German economy. It also explores whether the organization of R&D is affected by the size distribution of firms as well as by institutions in labor and financ...Starting at €8.20