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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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Managing Risk in the New World
Kaplan, Robert S.; Mikes, Anette; Simons, Robert L.; Tufano, Peter; Hofmann, Michael; Champion, DavidArticle HBS-R0910E-EFive experts gathered recently to discuss the future of enterprise risk management: Kaplan, the Baker Foundation Professor at Harvard Business School, who with his colleague David Norton developed the balanced scorecard; Mikes, an assistant professor at HBS who studies the evolution of risk management and the role of the chief risk officer; Simons, the Charles M. Williams Professor of Business Administration at HBS; Tufano, the Sylvan C . Coleman...Starting at €8.20
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How Early Adoption Has Increased Wealth--Until Now
Comin, Diego; Hobijn, BartArticle HBS-F1203Z-EEconomicsSocieties that are better at utilizing tools are likely to be more productive. The authors have studied when 161 countries adopted 104 technologies over the past 200 years, and they conclude that profound economic advantages--as measured by per capita income--accrue to early adopters of technology. Due to the highly graphical nature of the Vision Statement, we offer this reprint in color, PDF format only. We recommend printing it out in color to...Starting at €8.20
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Teach Workers About the Perils of Debt
Lusardi, Annamaria; Tufano, PeterArticle HBS-F0911A-ELeadership and People ManagementMost consumers don't understand how interest rates work and can't make sound decisions about borrowing. So wouldn't employees be better served by company programs that ventured beyond retirement planning and helped them stop pouring money into credit card fees and payments?Starting at €8.20
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Drivers of Productivity and Global Competitiveness
Comin, DiegoTeaching Note HBS-712037-EEconomicsProductivity and competitiveness have become hot topics among managers and policy-makers. Their interest surely resides in the fact that productivity and competitiveness not only determine the present living standards but also contribute importantly to the determination of a country's living standards in the future. This module provides a new framework to understand the drivers of productivity and competitiveness for companies and countries.Starting at €0.00
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Europe: An Ever Closer Union
Trumbull, Gunnar; Schlefer, Jonathan; Choi, DianeCase HBS-713085-EEconomicsIn 2010, the European Union faces the challenges of the global financial crisis. With 27 member states, each facing different challenges, can new EU institutions respond effectively? Will its new currency, the euro, survive?Starting at €8.20
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Can Mexico Make Democracy Work
Trumbull, Gunnar; Schlefer, JonathanCase HBS-714049-EEconomicsEnrique Pe a Nieto, the presidential candidate of the old Mexican ruling party elected in 2012, passed the most fundamental reforms in at least two decades. They included allowing private competition in the energy sector, including with the state-owned oil company, Pemex; strengthening competition in the telecoms industry; promoting private-bank and public development-bank lending. Also, political reforms allowed re-election (formerly prohibited...Starting at €8.20
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The German Export Engine
Trumbull, Gunnar; Schlefer, JonathanCase HBS-715045-EEconomicsThis case traces the economic history of modern Germany, from its beginnings in the 19th century to its strong performance during the financial crisis and its emergence as a de facto economic and political leader of Europe.Starting at €8.20
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Afghanistan 2006: Building a Brand New State
Maurer, Noel; Spar, Debora L.; Trumbull, GunnarCase HBS-707033-EEconomicsIn 2006, Afghanistan remains a country in turmoil. It has a newly elected democratic government, a rebounding economy, and considerable economic potential. But the country is still torn by rival factions and dominated by the opium trade. Explores how Afghanistan has been rebuilt since the U.S. invasion of 2001, and what it means to create a modern state. Can state institutions be imposed from the outside? And what are the prospects for democracy ...Starting at €8.20
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Consumer Lending in Japan: Citi CFJ (A)
Trumbull, Gunnar; Kanno, AkikoCase HBS-709017-EEconomicsDespite a tradition of high household savings, Japan has supported a dynamic and technically sophisticated consumer lending sector. The high profitability of the sector has periodically attracted interest from domestic banks as well as international investors. Most recently, in 1998 and 2000 respectively, GE Capital and Citi Financial both acquired Japanese consumer lending companies. In 2006, when the Japanese Supreme Court rules that one of the...Starting at €8.20