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Liberia
Werker, Eric; Beganovic, JasminaCase HBS-712011-EEconomicsFrom 1989 to 2003 civil war raged in Liberia, causing GDP per capita to drop an unprecedented 90% from peak to trough. The roots of Liberia's conflict and economic decline are complex and intertwined, resting on over a century of discriminatory elite rule and twisted by ethnic politics during a military dictatorship. By late 2011, eight years of post-conflict government have restored basic order, re-opened the country to foreign investors, and ju...Starting at €8.20
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Piracy in Somalia (A)
Reinert, Sophus A.; Davies, AlissaCase HBS-718018-EEconomicsA Somali fisherman stands on a beach in early 2011, considering his options: should he embark in his tiny fishing vessel, or join a nearby pirate crew? His war-ravaged country, entering its twentieth year of civil war, was in the midst of a famine that had claimed hundreds of thousands of lives, and piracy had recently become the country's greatest claim to fame, securing ransoms to the tune of millions of US dollars in one of the poorest corners...Starting at €8.20
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Piracy in Somalia (B)
Reinert, Sophus A.; Davies, AlissaCase HBS-718019-EEconomicsA Somali fisherman stands on a beach in early 2011, considering his options: should he embark in his tiny fishing vessel, or join a nearby pirate crew? His war-ravaged country, entering its twentieth year of civil war, was in the midst of a famine that had claimed hundreds of thousands of lives, and piracy had recently become the country's greatest claim to fame, securing ransoms to the tune of millions of US dollars in one of the poorest corners...Starting at €5.74
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Liberia, Teaching Note
Werker, Eric; Cornell, IanTeaching Note HBS-713001-EEconomicsTeaching Note for 712011. From 1989 to 2003 civil war raged in Liberia, causing GDP per capita to drop an unprecedented 90% from peak to trough. The roots of Liberia's conflict and economic decline are complex and intertwined, resting on over a century of discriminatory elite rule and twisted by ethnic politics during a military dictatorship. By late 2011, eight years of post-conflict government have restored basic order, re-opened the country to...Starting at €0.00
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Buchanan Renewables: Bringing Power to Liberia, Teaching Note
Lee, HenryTeaching Note HBS-HKS889-EEconomicsTeaching note for KS0888.Starting at €0.00
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Piracy in Somalia (A) and (B), Teaching Note
Reinert, Sophus A.Teaching Note HBS-718043-EEconomicsTeaching note for cases 718018 and 718019.Starting at €0.00
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Vivian Lowery Derryck and African Governance, Teaching Note
Yatsko, PamelaTeaching Note HBS-ALI023-ETeaching note for case ALI002.Starting at €0.00
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ArcelorMittal and the Ebola Outbreak in Liberia, Teaching Note
Reinert, Sophus A.Teaching Note HBS-718045-EEconomicsTeaching note for case 718029.Starting at €0.00
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Mission in Flux: Michigan National Guard in Liberia
Howitt, Arnold M.; Lundberg, KirstenCase HBS-KS1242-EIn summer and fall of 2014, thousands of individuals in Liberia, Sierra Leone, and Guinea contracted the Ebola virus. This outbreak of the deadly disease, which until then had been highly uncommon in West Africa, prompted a major (albeit delayed) public health response on the part of the international community, including an unprecedented commitment made by the United States, which sent almost 3,000 active military soldiers to Liberia. "Mission i...Starting at €8.20