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The Tavistock Group and the Australian Agricultural Company
Roscini, Dante; Preble, MatthewCase HBS-717009-EEconomicsIn late 2015, Dr. Shehan Dissanayake, a managing director and board member of the Bahamian-based investment firm The Tavistock Group (Tavistock), the largest single shareholder in the Australian Agricultural Company (AACo), one of the country's largest agribusinesses, faces a potentially challenging future operating environment in Australia. The country's national government has recently instituted changes to its agricultural foreign direct inves...Starting at €8.20
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The TTIP: Bridging the Transatlantic Economy, Teaching Note
Roscini, Dante; Gabrieli, Federica; Beyersdorfer, DanielaTeaching Note HBS-717022-EEconomicsTeaching note for case 716026.Starting at €0.00
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The TTIP: Bridging the Transatlantic Economy
Roscini, Dante; Marin, ChristinaCase HBS-716026-EEconomicsIn 2016, the United States and the European Union struggled to reach an agreement over the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP). Started in June 2013, TTIP negotiations had gone on much longer than anyone had expected. With elections coming on both sides of the Atlantic and a rising opposition in the public opinion, what where the odds that such a comprehensive trade agreement would see the light? How would TTIP change the rules ...Starting at €8.20
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Necessity and Invention: Monetary Policy Innovation and the Subprime Crisis
Musacchio, Aldo; Roscini, DanteCase HBS-709041-EEconomicsThis case describes the efforts of Ben Bernanke, Chairman of the Federal Reserve, to improve liquidity in money markets during the subprime crisis. The case explains the four main new tools for monetary policy (or quantitative easing) the Federal Reserve has used between 2007 and 2009: the Term Auction Facility (TAF), the Primary Dealer Credit Facility (PDCF), the Term Securities Lending Facility (TSLF), and the Asset Backed Commercial Paper Mone...Starting at €8.20
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Chile's Copper Surplus: The Road Not Taken (B)
Alfaro, Laura; Roscini, Dante; Kim, ReneeCase HBS-710020-EEconomicsIn 2009, Chile's Finance Minister Andres Velasco's fortunes had been reversed. His fiscal policy that had come under attack just a year ago had been used to finance a $4 billion fiscal stimulus package amid the global economic downturn. Velasco was now Chile's most popular minister. However, the future of Chile's fiscal policy was questionable with the election of a new president, Sebastian Pinera, the first conservative leader to lead Chile in t...Starting at €5.74
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The Euro in Crisis: Decision Time at the European Central Bank, Teaching Note
Trumbull, Gunnar; Roscini, Dante; Choi, DianeTeaching Note HBS-711094-EEconomicsTeaching Note for 711049.Starting at €0.00
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El Superávit de Chile Procedente del Cobre: El Camino que No Se Tomó (A)
Alfaro, Laura; Roscini, Dante; Kim, ReneeCase HBS-711S25EconomicsEn 2008, Andrés Velasco, Ministro de Hacienda de Chile, estaba bajo una creciente críticas sobre su política fiscal. Como el mayor productor de cobre del mundo, Chile se beneficia de la subida de los precios del cobre, que se había más que triplicado desde 2003. Los ingresos del cobre se tradujo en mayores ingresos para el gobierno como el mayor productor de cobre de Chile, Codelco, fue una empresa estatal. Velasco había escogido para salvar la m...Starting at €8.20
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El Superávit de Chile Procedente del Cobre: El Camino que No Se Tomó (B)
Alfaro, Laura; Roscini, Dante; Kim, ReneeCase HBS-711S26EconomicsEn 2009, la suerte del ministro de Hacienda de Chile, Andrés Velasco, se habían invertido. Su política fiscal que había sido atacada hace apenas un año había sido utilizado para financiar un paquete de estímulo fiscal $ 4 billón en medio de la recesión económica mundial. Velasco era ahora ministro más popular de Chile. Sin embargo, el futuro de la política fiscal de Chile era cuestionable con la elección de un nuevo presidente, Sebastián Piñera, ...Starting at €5.74
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Can the Eurozone Survive
Roscini, Dante; Schlefer, JonathanCase HBS-713034-EEconomicsThe sovereign debt crisis that took Greece by storm in 2010 began to spread to other European markets. Within a few months Ireland and Portugal had also lost access to the sovereign debt markets and had to rely on supranational loans for their financing. The risk of further contagion was clear and present. Political leaders continued to seek measures to stem the crisis and to avoid the larger economies of Spain and Italy becoming involved. The Eu...Starting at €8.20
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OMV Petrom: Investment as Partnership-When It Takes Three to Tango
Roscini, Dante; Moloney, Emer; Beyersdorfer, DanielaCase HBS-716035-EEconomicsPetrom was privatized by the Romanian state in 2004 and acquired by Austrian oil company OMV, with the state retaining a 20.6% stake in the company. The situation was particularly challenging for the foreign investor since the sector in which the company operated was strategic, was regulated by the Romanian state and the company was a key employer and tax payer in a country that was undergoing major structural change. Under OMV and CEO Mariana Gh...Starting at €8.20