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South Africa: A Fractured Rainbow
Vietor, Richard H.K.; Sheldahl-Thomason, HavilandCase HBS-716069-EEconomicsTwenty years after the end of Apartheid, South Africa's democracy persists, albeit with problems. A tripartite coalition-the African National Congress, the labor unions, and the Communist Party-still controls the political system but with diminishing economic results and authority. Since 2010, the economy has grown at 1.4% annually, with unemployment at 25%. Several national plans have been initiated but none with success. Most recently, the Nati...Starting at €8.20
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"To Get Rich Is Glorious" (Spanish version)
Kennedy, Robert E.; Vietor, Richard H.K.; Galef, JuliaCase HBS-711S05EconomicsIn 1978, Deng Xiaoping assumed the leadership of an impoverished China, after Mao Zedong's disastrous Cultural Revolution. During the next 17 years, Deng applied pragmatic policies to liberalize the Chinese economy gradually while maintaining the power of the Communist state. In hindsight, this strategy was among the most successful development strategies ever. Reviews Chinese political history and explores in detail eight parts of Deng's develop...Starting at €8.20
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Sasol: U.S. Growth Program
Vietor, Richard H.K.Case HBS-714034-EEconomicsSasol, the world's largest producer of synthetic oil from coal and gas, has announced plans to build a huge Catalytic cracker and gas-to-liquids plant in Lake Charles, Louisiana. This $21 billion venture will be the single largest foreign direct investment in US manufacturing history. The plants, on 1,600 acres adjacent to the company's existing cracker, will liquefy 98,000 barrels daily, converting ethane to ethylene and then into various specia...Starting at €8.20
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Suntech Power
Vietor, Richard H.K.Case HBS-710013-EStrategySuntech, a Chinese manufacturer of photovoltaic cells and solar panels, is the third largest solar company in the world. About 90 percent of its sales have been in Europe-especially Germany and Spain. But with its new "pluto" technology, and with new governmental subsidies in China, Japan and the USA, Suntech is shifting its focus-first to the USA, and then to China and Japan. And it has recently moved down-stream in the USA, into systems integra...Starting at €8.20
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China "Desequilibrada"
Comin, Diego; Vietor, Richard H.K.Case HBS-712S14EconomicsEn 2010, Wen Jiabao, volvió a mirar a la crisis financiera con cierta satisfacción. El uso de la política fiscal y monetaria agresiva, China había resistido con éxito la crisis, creciendo un 8,7% anual en 2010. La mayoría de los trabajadores en paro habían regresado al trabajo, a menudo demostrando por mejores salarios o mejores condiciones de trabajo. Wen, sin embargo, estaba muy concentrado en su nueva estrategia de cambio de desarrollo lejos d...Starting at €8.20
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Supergrid, Teaching Note
Vietor, Richard H.K.Teaching Note HBS-712033-EEconomicsTeaching Note for 707-016.Starting at €0.00
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Note on Wind Energy
Maurer, Noel; Vietor, Richard H.K.Case HBS-714021-EEconomicsStarting at €8.20
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Suntech Power, Teaching Note
Vietor, Richard H.K.Teaching Note HBS-712001-EStrategyTeaching Note for 712001.Starting at €0.00
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DeepGreen and Polymetallic Nodules
Vietor, Richard H.K.Case HBS-720016-EEconomicsStarting at €8.20
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Mexico's Energy Reform
Vietor, Richard H.K.; Sheldahl-Thomason, HavilandCase HBS-717027-EEconomicsEnergy - both petroleum and electricity - had been terribly managed for decades in Mexico. The two national monopolies - PEMEX and CFE - were inefficient, overstaffed, corrupt, rife with subsidies, and losing money. Finally, in 2012, President Enrique Pena Nieto announced his intent to drastically reform both. Over the next two years, the Mexican constitution was amended, and a dozen implementing laws were passed, to break up the CFE, reorgani...Starting at €8.20