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A Concise Guide to Macro Economics, Second Edition, Chapter 5, Fundamentals of GDP Accounting
Moss, David A.Book Chapter HBS-0017BC-EFinanceIn Chapter 5, Fundamentals of GDP Accounting (18 pages), the author considers the importance of and methods for measuring output. He presents the three basic approaches to measuring output: value added, income, and expenditure (and reviews the expenditure method in depth). He also examines the role of depreciation and looks briefly at gross national product (GNP). He explains adjustments to GDP that enable historical and cross-country comparisons...Starting at €8.20
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A Concise Guide to Macro Economics, Second Edition, Chapter 6, Reading a Balance of Payments Statement
Moss, David A.Book Chapter HBS-0018BC-EFinanceChapter 6, Reading a Balance of Payments Statement (15 pages), defines the essential information in a balance of payments (BOP) statement. The author explores how to read and analyze a BOP and explains how to look for indicators of economic health. The chapter concludes with a short essay on how accounting rules are evolving at the International Monetary Fund (IMF).Starting at €8.20
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A Concise Guide to Macro Economics, Second Edition, Conclusion, Putting the Pieces Together
Moss, David A.Book Chapter HBS-0020BC-EFinanceIn Conclusion, Putting the Pieces Together (10 pages), the author reviews the key concepts in his description of macroeconomics and summarizes the relationships between them. He explores the concept of macroeconomics as an inexact science that provides a baseline for analysis and cautions against the dangers of accepting macroeconomic theory as ironclad prediction. The chapter includes an epilogue on the financial crisis of 2007-2009.Starting at €8.20
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The United States and Their Constitution--1763-92 (Spanish version)
Moss, David A.Case HBS-707S30Economics1) the reasons why the American colonists rebelled against Britain (1763-1774); 2) the problems the new nation confronted during the War of Independence and under the Articles of Confederation (1775-1788); 3) the main issues taken up at the Constitutional Convention in Philadelphia (1787); and 4) the enormous challenges facing Alexander Hamilton as Secretary of the Treasury in the first Washington Administration (1789-1792). A complete version o...Starting at €8.20
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Angola and the Resource Curse (Spanish version)
Musacchio, Aldo; Werker, Eric; Schlefer, JonathanCase HBS-714S10Economicsimmense inequality, low life expectancy, a non-diversified economy, and constant grumblings of corruption. The global financial crisis and subsequent fall in state oil revenue drives a loan-seeking Angola towards either the IMF, who demand extensive reforms, or the Chinese, who seek to take a direct stake in the nation's recovery. The case explores the dynamics of post-conflict recovery as well as the challenges associated with a reliance on oil...Starting at €8.20
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Lehman Brothers
Nicholas, Tom; Chen, DavidCase HBS-810106-EEntrepreneurshipIn 2008, the U.S. financial system was in a state of crisis and Lehman Brothers went from a major Wall Street investment bank to an insolvent institution. It was a swift end for a firm that had its beginnings over 150 years prior. What would be the firm's legacy? And how, if at all, had its activities changed the course of American history?Starting at €8.20
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Foreign Direct Investment and South Africa (B)
Werker, Eric; Cornell, Ian McKownCase HBS-712054-EEconomicsIncoming and outgoing foreign direct investment in an environment of politics, geography, globalization, and history. Since the end of apartheid, South Africa had undertaken substantial economic reforms in order to attract more foreign direct investment, but it was slow in coming. At the same time, South African firms had become major players in sub-Saharan Africa and beyond. Collectively, these investment decisions could have a major long-run im...Starting at €5.74
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GEM 15: Country Development Strategies in 15 Statistics
Musacchio, Aldo; Werker, EricCase HBS-713025-EEconomicsStarting at €8.20
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4M: Four-Markets Analysis for Emerging Economies
Werker, EricCase HBS-713026-EEconomicsThis technical note describes a methodology for evaluating the political economy of business-government relations in an emerging or frontier economy. The note argues that there are not one but four markets in an emerging economy: the market of "rentiers" such as mining companies that earn profits by maximizing rents in the export sector, "powerbrokers" that use monopoly power and government relations in regulated industries to earn outsized profi...Starting at €8.20
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Privatization of the Power Sector in Nigeria (B)
Werker, Eric; Ezekwueche, Onyechi; Igun, Olatomiwa; Wei, AliceCase HBS-713043-EEconomicsSupplement for case 713042Starting at €5.74