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Colombia: Strong Fundamentals, Global Risk
Musacchio, Aldo; Vietor, Richard H.K.; Schlefer, Jonathan; Camacho, CarolinaCase HBS-710012-EEconomicsBy mid-2009 Colombian President Alvaro Uribe had ended decades of virtual civil war and strengthened the business climate, but he faced tough economic challenges. Though he had instituted prominent market reforms and brought inflation down sharply, Colombia seemed stuck in a middle ground, industrially behind Brazil or Chile but ahead of poorer Latin American countries. Traditional exports--coal, coffee, oil--still comprised more than half the to...Starting at €8.20
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TransMilenio: The Battle Over Avenida Septima
Mojica, Carlos; Gomez-Ibanez, JoseCase HBS-HKS681-EStrategyIn August of 2007, the mayor of Bogota, Luis Eduardo Garz n had to decide whether to proceed with plans to build a Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) line in Avenida S ptima, one of the most important transportation corridors in the Colombian capital. The proposed line would be an extension of Bogot 's BRT system, called TransMilenio, which had opened in 2000 as the first BRT system to be built in a large metropolis. TransMilenio's modest construction co...Starting at €8.20