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India 2014: The Challenges of Governance
Iyer, Lakshmi; Vietor, Richard H.K.Case HBS-712038-EEconomicsIn January 2012, the government of India faced significant challenges to achieving three key objectives of high growth, inclusive development, and improved governance. The economy was experiencing a growth slowdown, persistently high inflation, and infrastructure and energy deficits. Policy reforms were hampered by several recent corruption scandals, widespread citizen protests against corruption, and disagreements with coalition partners. Could ...Starting at €8.20
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Indonesia's OJK: Building Financial Stability
Iyer, Lakshmi; Lane, DavidCase HBS-713003-EEconomicsIn 2013, a new financial services authority, the Otoritas Jasa Keuangan (OJK), took over responsibility for regulating capital markets and non-bank financial institutions in Indonesia. OJK was scheduled to take over bank regulation and supervision from the central bank, Bank Indonesia, in 2014. At a time when there was no global consensus on the optimality of separating monetary policy from bank supervision, the creation of the OJK raised many qu...Starting at €8.20
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The United Kingdom and the Means to Prosperity
Alfaro, Laura; Iyer, Lakshmi; White, HilaryCase HBS-715008-EEconomicsAfter struggling through the country's longest recession since 2008, the U.K. was expected to grow faster than any other G7 nation in 2014. Analysts wondered whether the return to growth was because, or in spite of, Prime Minister David Cameron's controversial 113 billion austerity plan introduced in 2010. Despite the positive upturn in the economy, U.K. policymakers still faced challenges with rapidly rising income inequality, an economy domin...Starting at €8.20
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Special Economic Zones in India: Public Purpose and Private Property (A)
Alfaro, Laura; Iyer, LakshmiCase HBS-709027-EEconomicsIn 2005, the government of India enacted the Special Economic Zones (SEZ) Act in order to attract investment, generate export revenues, and create manufacturing jobs. However, several planned projects faced difficulties in acquiring land for setting up the SEZ. In December 2007, the government introduced a new piece of legislation, which proposed to extend the power of eminent domain to allow the government to acquire land for SEZs. Was this the ...Starting at €8.20
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Tata Motors in Singur: Public Purpose and Private Property (B)
Iyer, Lakshmi; Alfaro, Laura; Arora, NamrataCase HBS-709029-EEconomicsIn October 2008, Tata Motors canceled their car manufacturing plant in West Bengal state, in the face of widespread farmer protests over land acquisition issues. This meant abandoning a project in which the company had invested $300 million and delaying the launch of the Nano, the world's cheapest car. What strategy could Tata have pursued to avoid this outcome? Would similar problems arise in Gujarat state, where the project had been relocated?Starting at €5.74
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Dharavi: Developing Asia's Largest Slum (B)
Iyer, Lakshmi; Macomber, John D.Case HBS-711107-EEconomicsIn July 2009, as investors prepared to submit financial bids for the $3 billion Dharavi slum redevelopment project, considerable economic and political risks remained.Starting at €5.74
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RMS: Investing in Chinese Timberland
Perold, Andre F.Case HBS-213002-EFinanceThe protagonist is considering acquiring a timber property located in rural China, a region where almost no timberland investment has taken place. The question is how to value the property, including understanding the appropriate risk-adjusted return.Starting at €8.20
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AXA MONY
Perold, Andre F.; White, LucyCase HBS-208062-EFinanceAXA's friendly bid for MONY is contested by activist hedge funds suspicious of management's generous change in control contracts. Votes trade after the record date. AXA financed the bid using an unusual conditionally convertible bond which may have affected incentives to trade and vote MONY shares.Starting at €8.20
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International Carbon Finance and EcoSecurities
Perold, Andre F.; Reinhardt, Forest L.; Hyman, MikellCase HBS-208151-EFinanceIn late 2007, EcoSecurities had to decide whether to undertake a new Clean Development Mechanism (CDM) project in China. EcoSecurities was an aggregator of carbon credits and also invested directly in projects that produced carbon credits. Governments andStarting at €8.20
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Rosetree Mortgage Opportunity Fund
Ivashina, Victoria; Perold, Andre F.Case HBS-209088-EFinanceIn December 2008, in the midst of the worst financial crisis since the Great Depression, Rosetree Capital Management was evaluating the purchase of a pool of U.S. residential mortgages. The firm had formed an investment vehicle to acquire troubled residential mortgages from banks and other motivated sellers. The idea was to purchase mortgage loans at a discount and to work with individual borrowers to restructure their debts. Performing mortgages...Starting at €8.20