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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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From Beirut With Love (B): The Last Judgment
Wing, Christina R.; Cekin, Esel; Al-Rachedy, SamerCase HBS-619027-EThis case describes how Robert Fadel, as CEO and chairman of ABC, one of Lebanon's leading retail and real estate groups, professionalized the family business amid ongoing disputes with his siblings. Robert was the second son of Maurice Fadel, who had founded the business years before and who ran it single-handedly. Growing up with three brothers, Robert and his siblings were tested by their father before they were allowed to take on managerial p...Starting at €5.74
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Kazakhstan Railways: From the Middle of Nowhere to a Center of Trade
Shih, Willy; Cekin, EselCase HBS-620020-EEconomicsThis case describes the evolution of Kazakhstan's rail connectivity strategy post-collapse of the Soviet Union and its now central role in China's Belt and Road Initiative. This meant shifting from a north-south orientation towards east-west, as well as the development of new border-crossing facilities, special economic zones, and a new middle route that crossed the Caspian Sea. Unlike many other BRI initiatives that involved loans from China, Ka...Starting at €8.20
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Godiva Japan: Think Local, Scale Global
Deshpande, Rohit; Cekin, Esel; Kanno, AkikoCase HBS-517056-EMarketingThis case tracks Jerome Chouchan's strategies and execution for a successful turn around of Godiva Japan's operations which was experiencing a decline in sales when he became the managing director of the company in 2010. Through various initiatives and innovations, Godiva Japan had targeted a variety of demographic segments in different sales points, acquired new customers and created a moment of luxurious consumption for all ages. Accordingly, w...Starting at €8.20
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Acibadem Healthcare Group
Herzlinger, Regina E.; Cekin, Esel; Kindred, Natalie; Yucaoglu, GamzeCase HBS-315120-EThis case focuses on Ac badem Healthcare Group's, Turkey's only premium nationwide hospital network, potential expansion strategies after it was acquired by International Healthcare Holdings Berhad (IHH) in 2011, the world's second-largest publicly listed health care group and a private hospital leader in Singapore and Malaysia. By providing perspectives on both Ac badem and IHH-Parkway-Pantai's operational models, growth aspirations, collabora...Starting at €8.20
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TAV Airports Holding (B)
Alcacer, Juan; Cekin, EselCase HBS-715470-EStrategyThis case explores the strategic options available to TAV Airports Holding, a Turkish firm, after it withdraws from a bid to build Istanbul's newest airport. The new airport would eventually replace Istanbul Atat rk Airport, where TAV makes 43% of its current revenue, and losing it will leave the company without a presence in its nation's largest city. TAV weighs four options: continue expanding internationally to the U.S. and other distant mark...Starting at €5.74
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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